KR20030037353A - An apparatus for automatically monitoring the position of label - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device for automatically detecting a label is provided to improve a detecting reliability and a job efficiency by photographing a label image, detecting a slant of the label, slanting a bar code reader corresponded to the label, operating the bar code reader vertically, and automatically detecting label information, thereby preventing incorrect information from being transmitted to a consumer. CONSTITUTION: In a label detecting device for reading a bar code of a label attached on one side of a coil commodity, a motor(24), a worm gear(14), and a worm wheel(45) for rotating a bar code reader(10) on the upper portion of a base(12) are mounted. An angle adjusting plate(32) is slant toward the horizontal direction of the base(12). A motor(78), a flywheel(70), and link arms(62) are mounted on the angle adjusting plate(32) for rotating the bar code reader(10) vertically. The bar code reader(10) mounted on the angle adjusting plate(32) is rotated vertically. A CCD camera(5) is mounted at the front portion of the base(12) for photographing a label, transmitting an image to a PLC, and detecting an inclination of the label.

Description

Label automatic detection device {AN APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY MONITORING THE POSITION OF LABEL}

The present invention relates to an apparatus for easily detecting a label containing coil information attached to one side of a coil product, and more particularly, automatically detects whether the actual information of the coil matches the label information attached to the product, and the label. The present invention relates to an automatic label detecting device capable of accurately and easily detecting various types of information written on a label by inclining the barcode at a predetermined angle so that the barcode reader is inclined according to the inclination of the attached label.

In general, in a POL packaging line, as shown in FIG. 1, when the coil 200 arrives through the conveyor 210 with the saddle seated in the saddle 202, the central computer Sending the packaging work instruction from the 220 to the field computer 230, the label issuer 232 issues a label (LABEL) 240 for the work order product information, the field computer 230, the work order coil 200 When the packaging job is set and sent to the PLC 235, the PLC 235 performs the packaging and banding process.

Then, a worker attaches the label 240 to the side of the coil 200 in which the packaging is completed. The label 240 records information of the packaged product, for example, coil number, weight, material, and demand. . Subsequently, when the coil 200 attached to the label 240 is received and arrives at the coil waiting line, the worker uses the HAND TYPE barcode reader 250 to label the label 240. If scanning is performed to determine whether or not the coil 200 information transmitted from the central computer 220 matches the label 240 information, and if it matches, the lifter (LIFTER) of the crane (not shown) ( The coil 200 is received into the product warehouse using the 260.

However, in this process, if the coil 200 information and the label 240 information does not match, the operator checks the information on the coil 200 and reissues the label 240 of the information corresponding to the spot coil 200. After taking the measures, they are transported to the warehouse to finish the work.

However, when the label 240 attached to the coil 200 is manually performed, the label is inclined with respect to the horizontal reference line, and the label 200 is attached to the coil 200 with different information. Often occurring, in order to prevent this, in the prior art, workers check the information one by one using the bar code reader 250 for each coil 200, while coil 200 is packed in parallel, such coil 200 information. By inspecting the spot coils 200 by hand, workers often miss the label 240 inspection, which lowers the reliability of the label system, and causes the label 200 to attach another label 240 to the coil 200. If so, there is a problem such that a completely different coil 200 is delivered to the demand price.

In addition, in order to solve the problems described above, when a fixed bar code reader (not shown) is installed instead of a worker's manual to detect label information, when the bar code reader reads the label information, the bar code start point and the end point must be barcoded. Although it should be located on the beam of the reader, it is difficult to read the information because the attachment position is different because it is manually attached to the label.

In particular, when the label 240 is attached at an inclined angle, the start point and the end point deviate from the light rays of the barcode reader 10 even if the angle θ is tilted by 6 degrees or more with respect to the horizontal reference line P1. There is a problem that information is not detected.

Thus, it was a major obstacle to applying such a conventional method in the field.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, the object of which is to configure the automatic system that can automatically detect the coil information through the label in order to improve the degree of label detection by taking a label image to reduce the inclination of the label Detects, tilts the barcode reader to match the label, and then operates the barcode reader up and down to automatically detect the label information, improving the reliability of detection by preventing the information from being changed and delivered to demand. It is to provide an improved label automatic detection device to improve the efficiency.

1 is a block diagram for explaining a coil label detection method according to the prior art;

2 is a configuration diagram illustrating a coil label detection method to which an automatic label detection apparatus according to the present invention is applied;

3 is a perspective view showing an automatic label detecting apparatus according to the present invention;

4 is an exploded perspective view showing an automatic label detection apparatus according to the present invention;

5 is an explanatory diagram partially showing the operation of the automatic label detecting apparatus according to the present invention;

A), b) of FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram of an automatic label detecting apparatus according to the present invention;

7 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the automatic label detecting apparatus according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

5 ...... CCD Camera 10 ...... Barcode Reader

12 ..... Bass 14 ...... Worm Gear

18 ..... Bearing block 22 ...... Encoder

24 ..... Servo Motor 32 ...... Angle Control Panel

36 ..... Support 45 ...... Worm Wheel

62 ..... Link arm 64 ...... Universal bearing

70 ..... flywheel 85 ...... support

200 .... Coil 202 ..... Saddle

220 .... central computer 230 ..... field computer

232 .... Label machine 235 ..... PLC

240 .... LABEL

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a label detection device for reading a bar code of a label attached to one side of the coil product, the motor and the worm gear and the worm wheel for tilting the bar code reader on the upper portion of the base of a certain size A back plate is inclined in the transverse direction of the base plate, and the angle plate is provided with a motor, a flywheel and link arms for rotating the bar code reader up and down, the bar code reader mounted on the angle control plate to be rotatable Rotate up and down, and the front side of the base is provided with an automatic label detection device characterized in that the CCD camera for detecting the label inclination by photographing the label and sending the image to the PLC.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

In the system configuration to which the label automatic detection device 1 of the present invention is applied, as shown in FIG. 2, a central computer 220 having information about the coil 200 is packaged in the field computer 230. The work order is sent, and the label issuer 232 sends an instruction signal to issue the label 240.

In addition, the field computer 230 sets the packaging work for the work order information from the central computer 220 and transmits the work signal to the PLC 235, and the PLC 235 from the field computer 230. The work order signal is transmitted to the devices so that the packaging device (not shown) and the bending machine (not shown) operate according to the information on the packaging work.

A label issuing machine 232 for receiving the coil 200 information from the central computer 220 to issue the label 240 is provided.

The label automatic detection device 1 according to the present invention includes a CCD camera 5 and a barcode reader 10 so as to automatically scan the label 240 along the inclinedly mounted label 240, which is a second device. As shown in the figure, the operator is mounted at the position where the label 240 is read.

In the automatic label detecting apparatus 1 according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, a worm gear 14 is disposed in a horizontal direction on a base 12 of a predetermined size, and the worm gear is disposed in a horizontal direction. A bearing block 18 is inserted into both shafts 16 on which the 14 is formed, and is fastened to the base 12, and an encoder 22 is inserted on the side where the bearing block 18 on one side is inserted. Equipped with a servo motor 24 is connected.

And, the upper side of the base 12 is mounted to the angle adjusting plate 32 which is free to rotate in the transverse direction with respect to the base 12, for this purpose, the angle adjusting plate 32 has a bearing block 34 on both axes thereof; The support 36 is fastened to the lower surface of the bearing block 34, and is fixed to the base 12. The shaft 38 on the side of the bearing block 34 on which one side is inserted is a key ( The worm wheel 45 is secured by the flange 47, the bolt 49a, and the nut 49b, and is engaged with the worm gear 14 by 40. As shown in FIG.

In addition, the bar code reader 10 is disposed on the upper side of the angle control plate 32, the bar code reader 10 is arranged to be free to rotate in the longitudinal direction of the base 12, for this purpose the bar code reader 10, the bearing block 52 is inserted into both sides of the shaft 50, the bearing blocks 52 are fixed to the angle adjusting plate 32 through the support 54, the rear shaft of the barcode reader 10 The link arm 62 is connected to the link arm 62, and the universal bearing 64 and the ball bearing 66 are inserted so that the link arm 62 on the side where the universal bearing 64 is inserted is fastened. The output shaft 72 of the flywheel 70 is inserted into the link arm 62 in which the ball bearing 66 is inserted, and is eccentrically inserted into and fastened to the flywheel FLY WHEEL 70.

In addition, the central shaft 72 of the flywheel 70 is connected to the shaft 78a of the motor 78 employing the reduction gear, and the motor 78 is fixed on the angle adjusting plate 32, thereby The operation of the motor 78 raises and lowers the rear side of the barcode reader 10 through the flywheel 70, the link arm 62, and the like.

Meanwhile, the beam BEAM 85 is fixed to the front side of the base 12, and the CCD camera 5 is fastened to the beam 85.

Referring to the operation of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

The automatic label detecting apparatus 1 according to the present invention has a conveyor with the coil 200 loaded on the saddle SADDLE in step 102 after the start step 100, as shown in the operation flowchart of FIG. Upon arrival via 205, packaging instructions are sent from the central computer 220 to the field computer 230, and in step 104 a label issuer 232 issues a label LABEL for product information.

Then, the field computer 230 sets the packaging work for the work order coil 200 in the next step 106 and transmits it to the PLC 235, the PLC 235 performs the packaging and banding (BANDING) process In operation 108, the worker attaches the label 240 to the side of the coil 200 in which the packing is completed.

In this case, the labeling operation may be performed by the operator by hand, and may be inclined. If the inclination is 6 ° or more, the conventional fixed barcode reader may not measure.

Subsequently, in the next step 108, when the coil 200 attached to the label 240 arrives and arrives at the coil 200 waiting line, the label labeling state is measured, and the label automatic detection device according to the present invention ( 1), as shown in FIG. 5 for all coils 200 in order to be able to read the label 240 information attached obliquely above, in step 110 the CCD camera 5 is connected to a coil ( 200) the barcode of the label 240 attached to the side is taken. In the next step 112, the photographed measurement value is transmitted to the PLC 235. In the next step 114, the PLC 235 displays the values of the X and Y axes displayed on the CCD camera 5 and the label 240. The inclination angle θ is calculated by calculating the inclination of the barcode.

In this way, the function and operation relationship of the PLC 235 which measures the label image by the CCD camera 5 and calculates the inclination of the label 240 is calculated by using the image camera 5 in the art. Since it uses a known technique that applies a conventional technique for recognizing and detecting the contour of the object and detecting the contour of the object, a detailed description thereof will be omitted, but those skilled in the art can easily implement such a technique can be easily implemented. You will know.

Then, in the next step 116, a step of determining whether the inclination of the label is within 6 degrees is made, and if the within 6 degrees, the next operation is performed, and if the degree is more than 6 degrees (degrees), in the next step 118 Tilt the barcode reader 10 to match the slope of the label 240.

As shown in FIG. 6, the servo motor 24 for the worm gear 14 is operated by the encoder 22 to rotate the worm gear 14, and the worm wheel 45 is rotated by the rotation of the worm gear 14. Is activated to tilt the motor 78, the flywheel 70, and the barcode reader 10 integrally, including the angle adjuster 32, so that the inclination of the barcode reader 10 is adjusted to the label 240. Corresponding to the inclination value of.

That is, by inclining the barcode reader 10 so as to correspond to the slope of the label in this way, the barcode reader 10 is arranged in a state capable of detecting the barcode of the label 240.

Subsequently, in the next step 120, when the flywheel 70 is driven by operating the motor 78 employing the reducer as shown in a) of FIG. 6, one side is fastened to the flywheel 70. On the other side, the bar code reader in which the link arm 62 fastened to the rear center of the bar code reader 10 through the universal bearing 64 proceeds up and down by the flywheel 70 and is fixed. 10 operates up and down to scan barcode information.

In this process, since the barcode reader 10 is connected to the link arm 62 by the universal bearing 64 while being moved up and down, the angle adjustment is easy, and the barcode formed on the label 240 has a barcode reader ( 10) but the height of the emitted light is narrow to 2mm, the height of the label 240 per coil 200 is different up and down, so if the barcode reader 10 is fixed In this case, the bar code may not be measured, but in the present invention, the bar code reader 10 is rotated up and down to completely measure the bar code so that the bar code information of the label 240 can be accurately read at any height. will be.

Then, in the next step 122, if the fixed barcode reader 10 is operated up and down to receive the data for the label 240 information, it is determined whether or not the reception, and in the next step 124 fixed barcode reader 10 ) Moves to the home position and stops. Then, in step 126, it is determined whether the label information read from the barcode reader 10 matches the coil information transmitted from the central computer 220, and if so, in step 133 the crane ( Using the lifter 260 (not shown), the product is received into the product warehouse, and the end step 135 is performed.

However, when the coil 200 information and the label 240 information do not match, an alarm ALARM (not shown) is generated in the next step 128 and a warning light (not shown) is turned on to stop the operation, and the next step ( In 130, the operator checks the information about the coil 200, reissues the label 240 of the information corresponding to the actual coil 200, and then attaches the label 240 to re-execute the information detection operation to change the information. So that the work is done automatically.

As described above, according to the present invention, the CCD camera 5 photographs the label image to determine the inclination (6 degrees or more) value of the attached label 240, and tilts the barcode reader 10 to correspond thereto. Next, the barcode reader 10 is operated up and down to automatically detect the label 240 information containing the coil 200 information regardless of the label position, thereby checking the coil 200 information and the label 240 information. The information is changed in the process to prevent other coil 200 products from being delivered to the demand price in advance, thereby improving detection reliability.

In addition, by not relying on the manual labor of the operator for detecting such a label, all the processes can be fully automated to obtain an effect of improving work efficiency.

Claims (4)

In the label detection device for reading the barcode of the label 240 attached to one side of the coil 200 product, A motor 24, a worm gear 14, a worm wheel 45, and the like, which tilt the bar code reader 10, are mounted on an upper portion of the base 12 having a predetermined size, and the angle adjusting plate 32 is moved in the transverse direction of the base 12. The angle adjusting plate 32 is provided with a motor 78, a flywheel 70, and a link arm 62 for rotating the barcode reader 10 up and down, on the angle adjusting plate 32. Rotating the barcode reader 10 mounted to be rotatable up and down, CCD camera for detecting the inclination of the label by photographing the label 240 on the front side of the base 12 and transmitting the image to the PLC (235) ( 5) Label automatic detection device characterized in that it is provided. According to claim 1, Worm gear (WORM GEAR) 14 is disposed on the base (12) in the horizontal direction, the worm gear 14 is supported by a bearing block 18 is the encoder (ENCODER) ( 22 is connected to the mounted servo motor 24, the angle adjustment plate 32 is fixed to the base 12 by the bearing block 34 and the support (36), both axes thereof, the angle adjustment plate 32 is a worm wheel (WORM WHEEL) 45 on one side is engaged by the operation of the servo motor 24 by engaging the worm gear 14 as the flange 47, the bolt 49a and the nut (49b). Label automatic detection device characterized in that the rotation. According to claim 1, The bar code reader 10 is fixed to the angle adjuster plate 32 through the bearing block 52 and the support shaft 54, both sides of the side of the bar code reader 10, 60, the link arm 62 is inserted and fastened through the universal bearing 64, and the output shaft 72 of the eccentric flywheel 70 is inserted into the link arm 62 into which the ball bearing 66 is inserted. The central shaft 72 of the flywheel 70 is coupled to the shaft 78a of the motor 78 employing the reducer, and the motor 78 is fixed on the angle adjuster 32, thereby The operation of the motor (78) is a label automatic detection device, characterized in that configured to raise and lower the rear side of the bar code reader (10) through a flywheel (70) and a link arm (62). The automatic label detection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the CCD camera (5) is fixed to the front side of the base (12) through a beam (BEAM).