KR20110012052A - Physical distribution system using photo picture and the methtod thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A distribution information providing system using image information and a method thereof are provided to visually check images of products at a distribution information registering time. CONSTITUTION: A product recognizing device(100) comprises a camera and an RFID reader(100b). A distribution management server(200) collects product information including product images. If it is requested to refer to products, the distribution management server transmits the product information including the product image information to an inquiry request person terminal. A storage unit of the product recognizing device stores the product information.

Description

Logistics Information Providing System and Method Using Image Information {PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM USING PHOTO PICTURE AND THE METHTOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a logistics information providing system and method using video information for performing management while visually confirming the management target logistics (goods).

In order to guarantee the speedy and accurate logistics delivery of goods, it is required to be able to quickly and accurately grasp the target logistics information for each base.

Therefore, RFID tags for storing product information are applied to logistics (goods) management so that the user can read the product information in real time during the movement of the product without the user inputting the product information by using the terminal. The RFID tag is attached to a product or a package of goods and shipped, and by obtaining the RFID transport information in real time by reading the RFID tag information using an RF reader for each logistics transport point to determine the location and inventory status of the entire logistics. Make it quick and accurate.

In addition, in the case of internet product sales such as home shopping, the merchandise is displayed on the sales floor, and the purchaser visits the place where the product is located and does not perform the conventional product purchasing method of selecting a product, and searches the product through the Internet. Have a purchase later. Since the buyers purchased the goods without checking the actual information, the buyers require that information about the delivery status be provided in real time. This is an important factor in maintaining the purchase intention.

Accordingly, Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2006-26226 discloses a 'wideband electronic logistics system and method (prior art)' using RFID tags (RFID tags) for managing logistics information using RFID.

The prior art enables the inquiry of real-time logistics information and delivery information by attaching and managing RFID tags to goods.

However, the logistics system of the related art does not provide a method for visually recognizing the actual logistics situation since only the logistics information and delivery information are stored as text data.

Accordingly, the prior art causes a problem in that the storage or delivery situation of the logistics (goods) may not be correctly recognized when the skilled person is not skilled.

In addition, the prior art is unable to confirm the actual information about the goods to be shipped has a problem that can not perform a quick response process without providing the information of the shipper if the goods being delivered is damaged or lost.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a logistics information providing system and method using image information to visually identify and manage the goods to be managed in order to solve the above problems of the prior art.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for providing a logistics information using image information, which can acquire still image or moving image information of a product in a process of collecting product information delivered using an RFID tag. It is done.

Logistics information providing system using the image information of the present invention, a product recognition device having a camera and RFID reader (RFID Reader); After collecting the product information including the product image recognized and photographed by the product recognition device for each logistics base, the logistics management to transmit the product information, including the product image information to the inquiry requester terminal when the inquiry request for the product Server; characterized in that configured to include.

The product recognition device may be configured to photograph the product image in a predetermined process before and after the RFID tag recognition time using the RFID reader.

The product recognition device may include a storage unit which stores product information including image information of the product collected through the camera and the RFID reader; And a communication unit performing communication through a communication network.

The product recognition device may further include a MMS processing unit for converting the product information, including the product image collected by the camera and the RFID reader for each logistics base to MMS code and then transmits; Can be.

The product recognition device may further include an image integration unit for integrating the product image photographed for each logistics base into a single image.

The logistics management server, the communication unit; Logistics information is generated by integrating the product information received through the communication unit and the product information including the image information of the product, and requesting the inquiry for the product information including the image information of the product when the inquiry request to the product Delivery information processing unit for transmitting to the requester terminal; And a server storage unit for storing the delivery information.

The delivery information processing unit. The product information may be grouped and stored by the product identification number. In this case, the product identification number may be a unique serial number of the product or a waybill number of the product.

The logistics management server may further include an internet service unit configured to collect the product detail information, product image information, and provide logistics information about the product through the Internet.

The logistics management server may further include a server image integration unit for integrating the image of the product transmitted for each logistics base of the product into a single image.

Logistics information providing method using the image information of the present invention, a product information collection process for collecting product information including the image information of the product through a product recognition device; MMS service process for converting the product information including the image information of the product to the MMS code and transmits; characterized in that it comprises a.

Logistics information providing method using the image information of another configuration of the present invention, a product information collection process for collecting product information including the image information of the product through a product recognition device; A product information transmission process of transmitting product information including image information of the product to a logistics management server; And a logistics information providing process in which the logistics management server integrates the product information and generates and provides inventory information including quantity, price, location, or the like, and logistics information including delivery information. .

The product information collecting process may be performed to capture a still image or a video of the product photographed for a predetermined time before or after the time of reading the RFID tag attached to the product.

The product information collection process may further include an MMS transmission process of converting and transmitting product information including an image of the product into an MMS code.

The product information collecting process or the logistics information providing process may further include an image integration process of integrating the movement information collected for each logistics base of the product and the image information of the product into one image.

The present invention enables to visually check the image of the product itself at the time of information registration, such as storage and movement management of logistics (goods), to accurately grasp the product inventory management and delivery status, and to respond quickly in case of damage or loss of goods. To help.

In addition, the present invention by providing the delivery information by using the image information of the product, it is possible to clearly identify the location and location of responsibility when the product is damaged, lost or the like.

In addition, the present invention improves the delivery-related reliability of the buyer by allowing the buyer to visually check the goods being delivered using the product image information.

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

1 is a block diagram of the logistics information providing system 1 of the present invention, Figure 2 is a functional block diagram of the product recognition device 100 of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a functional block of the logistics management server 200 of FIG. It is a block diagram.

As shown in FIG. 1, the logistics information providing system 1 includes an RFID tag 3, a product recognition device 100, a manufacturer server 10a and a warehouse server 10b, ..., and a delivery server 10n. A plurality of logistics base server 10, a logistics management server 200, a supplier terminal 30 and the purchaser terminal 20, including a) is connected to the communication network 300 to enable communication with each other.

The RFID tag 3 stores product detail information for each product. The RFID tag 3 records and reads product detail information by the RFID reader units 110, 110a, and 110b. In this case, the RFID tag 3 is configured as passive, semi-passive or active. The RFID tag 3 is attached to the product 2 itself or the outside of the package after the product information is recorded.

The product recognition apparatus 100, as shown in Figure 2, RFID reader unit 110, 110a, 110b, camera unit 120, 120a, 120b, MMS processing unit 130, storage unit 140, server communication unit It consists of a HHT (Hand Held Terminal) 100a or an RFID reader 100b including a 260 and an image integration unit 170.

The RFID reader unit 110, 110a, 110b is configured to record product information in the RFID tag 3 or read recorded (stored) product information by RF communication.

The camera unit 120, 120a, or 120b captures the product when the RFID reader unit 110, 110a, or 110b reads the product detail information from the RFID tag 3, so as to capture a still image or a moving image of the product. Create The image of the product photographed by the camera unit 120, 120a, or 120b may be a still image photographing the product when the product recognition apparatus 100 reads the RFID tag 3. In addition, the image of the product may be a moving picture or a plurality of still images of the product for a predetermined time after the product recognition device 100 read the RFID tag (3). The image of the product may be a moving picture or a plurality of still images of the product during a predetermined time interval before and after the product recognition apparatus 100 reads the RFID tag 3. During the time interval before and after the product recognition apparatus 100 reads the RFID tag 3, the image before the RFID tag 3 is read out of the moving image or a plurality of still images photographing the product is stored in a buffer. Imaging can be performed using image information. To this end, the camera of the product recognition apparatus 100 has a buffer of sufficient capacity to temporarily store the imaging information for a sufficient time.

The MMS processor 130 collects product information through the RFID reader unit 110, 110a, 110b and the camera unit 120, 120a, 120b when the MMS message transmission function is set. When the product information is collected, the MMS processing unit 130 converts the collected product information into an MMS code and then supplies a supplier terminal 30 of a supplier including a shipper, a seller, a manufacturer, etc. through a mobile communication network included in the communication network 300. Or to transmit the multimedia message to the purchaser terminal 20.

The storage unit 140 stores goods information including goods information including goods image information and goods detail information generated at each management point of time, and logistics information for inventory, receipt and delivery management of goods.

The controller 150 controls the driving of the RFID reader unit 110, 110a and 110b, the camera unit 120, 120a and 120b, the MMS processing unit 130, the storage unit 140, and the server communication unit 260. In addition, data processing for logistics management is performed. Although not shown in the figure for this purpose, the RFID reader unit 110, 110a, 110b is configured to include a display unit, such as a touch screen or keypad and an LCD having an input function and a display function.

Particularly, the controller 150 captures the currently managed goods for a predetermined time interval before and after the time when the product history information stored in the RFID tag 3 is read through the RFID reader 110, 110a and 110b. And control the camera unit 120, 120a, 120b.

The communication unit 160 mediates communication through the communication network 300 between the product recognition device 100 and the logistics management server 200, the logistics base server 10, the supplier terminal 30, the purchaser terminal 20. do.

The image integration unit 170 integrates a product image collected so far for one product into one image as necessary.

The logistics management server 200 is configured to perform the logistics management, including logistics management, inventory management, shipment management and delivery management of the goods to be managed for each shipper, shipper, seller. To this end, the logistics management server 200, as shown in Figure 3, the logistics information processing unit 210, server image integration unit 220, Internet service unit 230, MMS processing unit 130, server server communication unit 260 and It is configured to include a server storage unit (250).

The logistics information processing unit 210 generates delivery management information such as inventory, incoming and outgoing and incoming and outgoing management of the goods to be transmitted from the plurality of product recognition apparatus 100 and the logistics base server 10.

The server image integration unit 220 integrates the images received for each management time point into a single image for a specific product to be managed. In this case, the integrated merchandise image may be generated to output a plurality of images in a slide format, or may be generated to continuously reproduce the plurality of videos.

The Internet service unit 230 is the logistics management server 200, the information processing, such as registration, change, deletion of information for logistics management, management of logistics information including inventory, receipt and delivery of each product and Allow referrals to be made over the Internet.

The MMS processing unit 130 is configured to convert the logistics management information for the product into an MMS code and provide it in the form of MMS.

The server server communication unit 260 is a communication network 300 between the logistics management server 200, the product recognition device 100, logistics base server 10, supplier terminal 30, buyer terminal 20 Mediate communication via

The logistics base server 10 including the manufacturer server 10a, the warehouse server 10b, and the delivery company server 10n performs product inventory management, shipment management and delivery management of the manufacturer, logistics manager, and delivery company itself. It is configured to, and has a logistics base server storage unit (11a ~ 11n) for storing each logistics management information. The manufacturer server 10a, the warehouse server 10b, and the delivery company server 10n may each perform a function of the logistics management server 200.

The logistics base server 10 and the logistics management server 200 which perform the logistics management including the inventory, receipt and delivery of the goods are to comply with the EPICS (Electric Product Code Information Service) standard. Can be designed.

The supplier terminal 30 is composed of a shipper, a seller, a shipper's computer 30a or a portable terminal 30b such as a mobile phone or a PDA.

The purchaser terminal 20 also includes a purchaser's computer 20a or a portable terminal 20b such as a mobile phone or a PDA.

Hereinafter, a logistics information providing method using image information of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a logistics information providing method using the image information of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, after the RFID tag 3 storing product detail information for each item to be managed is attached (S10) to provide logistics information using image information, a process of providing the logistics information providing method of the present invention is performed.

The logistics information providing method after the RFID tag is attached consists of a product information collection process (S20), a logistics information generation process (S30), and a logistics information providing process (S40).

In the product information collection process (S20), the RFID reader 100b of the product recognition device 100 receives the product details from the RFID tag 3 while the product 2 with the RFID tag 3 is received and shipped. Read and photograph the product to generate the product information and transmit it to the logistics base server 10, logistics management server 200, supplier terminal 30 or buyer terminal 20 according to the storage, delivery, and the like.

On the contrary, when the product 2 is being delivered, the product details are read from the RFID tag 3 by using the HHT 100a carried by the shipper among the product recognition apparatus 100, and the product is photographed. After generating the transmission to the logistics base server 10, the logistics management server 200, the supplier terminal 30 or the buyer terminal 20 according to the storage, delivery, and the like. In this case, the product information transmitted to the supplier terminal 30 or the purchaser terminal 20 may be transmitted in the form of MMS including a still image or a video of the product.

In addition, the image of the product in the product information collection process may be a still image that photographed the product when the product recognition device 100 reads the RFID tag (3). Also, the image of the product may be a moving image or a plurality of still images of the product for a predetermined time after the product recognition apparatus 100 reads the RFID tag 3. The image of the product may be an image or a plurality of still images of photographing the product during a predetermined time interval before and after the product recognition apparatus 100 reads the RFID tag 3.

In the logistics information generation process (S30), the logistics management server 200 classifies the goods information received from the goods recognition apparatus 100 by goods and integrates them by type to generate logistic information, which is then stored in the server storage 250. Save it.

The logistic base server 10 also generates logistic information related to itself and stores it in the logistic base server storage units 11a to 11n.

The logistics information generated in this process includes history information for each product and image information of the product photographed at the time of generating the history information. Therefore, the logistics information generation process (S30) groups and stores the product image information collected for each delivery point for the single product. At this time, the grouped image information of each product up to the current point in time is generated and stored by using the server image integration unit 220, which is integrated into one image.

The logistics information providing process (S40), after the logistics information is generated as described above, provides the logistics information including the product image to the supplier and buyer including the manager, shipper, seller, shipper for logistics management.

That is, a manager, a shipper, a seller, a supplier and a buyer, including a shipper, access the logistics management server 200 or the logistics base server 10 for inventory management, incoming and outgoing management, delivery management, and delivery inquiry. If requested, the logistics management server 200 or the logistics base server 10 to the requester terminal requesting the corresponding information, and provides the logistics information for the entire product or individual products. In this process, since the logistic information includes image information of goods for each logistic point to date, the manager, seller, shipper, and buyer can visually check the status of the goods for each logistic point.

Referring to the logistics information providing process of the present invention taking the delivery process as an example, when the purchase of goods occurs, the waybill number is assigned to the goods, the RFID tag (3) to record the waybill number and product details information is stored .

The goods are shipped with the RFID tag 3 attached to the goods themselves or the package, and delivery is performed.

During the delivery process, the product is photographed while reading the RFID tag 3 information every time the process of attaching the RFID tag 3, leaving the product, getting off and unloading at the logistics base, and generating product information including a product image. Logistics management server 200 or buyer terminal 20 is transmitted. When the product information is transmitted to the buyer terminal 20 may be transmitted in the form of MMS.

The collection of such product information is continued while the delivery is in progress.

The collected product information is classified and integrated in the logistics management server 200, and generates product image information for each logistics base received up to now as one integrated image and stores it as logistics management information as needed.

Thereafter, if there is a delivery inquiry request of the manager, seller, shipper, buyer, etc., the logistics management server 200 transmits all the product information collected by the logistics base for the product or the present to the delivery inquiry requester terminal.

Accordingly, the requester for delivery inquiry can visually check the status of each product's logistics base.

This process can be applied to both inventory control and receipt and exit management.

In the case of the inventory management, the product information is generated by photographing the product while the goods are received and loaded into the storage place and periodically reading the product detail information. Thereafter, if there is a stock inquiry such as the delivery inquiry, the product information (logistic information) including the image of the product is transmitted to the inquirer so that the inquirer can visually check the stock goods.

1 is a block diagram of a logistics information providing system 1 of the present invention,

2 is a functional block diagram of the product recognition device 100 of FIG.

3 is a functional block diagram of the logistics management server 200 of FIG.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing the processing of the logistics providing method of the present invention.

* The description of the key symbols in the drawings *

100: product recognition device 3: RFID tag

10: logistics base server 200: logistics management server

100a: HHT (Hand Held Terminal) 100b: RF ID Reader

110, 110a, 110b: RFID reader unit 120, 120a, 120b: camera unit

Claims (14)

A product recognition device having a camera and an RFID reader; After collecting the product information including the product image recognized and photographed by the product recognition device for each logistics base, the logistics management to transmit the product information, including the product image information to the inquiry requester terminal when the inquiry request for the product Logistics information providing system using the image information, characterized in that it comprises a server. The method according to claim 1, The product recognition device, A storage unit which stores product information including image information of the product collected through the camera and the RFID reader; And, Logistics information providing system using the image information, characterized in that it comprises a; communication unit for performing communication through a communication network. The method according to claim 1, The product recognition device, Logistics information providing system using the image information, characterized in that it comprises a; image integration unit for integrating the product image photographed by the logistics base into a single image. The method according to claim 1, The product recognition device, And an MMS processing unit for converting product information including the product image collected by the camera and the RFID reader for each logistics base into an MMS code and transmitting the MMS code. Logistics information provision system. The product recognition device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, Logistics information providing system using the image information, characterized in that configured to shoot the product during one of the predetermined time interval, the before and after time interval of the RFID tag recognition time by the RFID reader (RFID). The method of claim 1, wherein the logistics management server, Communication unit; Logistics information is generated by integrating the product information received through the communication unit and the product information including the image information of the product, and requesting the inquiry for the product information including the image information of the product when the inquiry request to the product Delivery information processing unit for transmitting to the requester terminal; And, System information providing system using a video information, characterized in that it comprises a; server storage for storing the delivery information. The method of claim 6, wherein the delivery information processing unit. Logistics information providing system using the image information, characterized in that for storing the product information grouped by the product identification number. The method of claim 6, wherein the logistics management server, And an Internet service unit configured to collect the product detail information, product image information, and provide logistics information about the product through the Internet. The method of claim 6, wherein the logistics management server, And a server image integrating unit for integrating the image of the product transmitted for each logistic point of the product into a single image. A product information collecting process of collecting product information including image information of the product through a product recognition device; MMS service process for converting the product information including the image information of the product into an MMS code and transmits; Logistics information providing method using a video information comprising a. A product information collecting process of collecting product information including image information of the product through a product recognition device; A product information transmission process of transmitting product information including image information of the product to a logistics management server; And a logistics information providing process of the logistics management server integrating the product information to generate and provide logistics information including inventory information or delivery information. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the product information collection process, Logistics information providing method using the image information, characterized in that to take a still image or a video of the product taken for a predetermined time before and after the time of reading the RFID tag attached to the product. The method according to claim 11, wherein the product information collection process, Logistics information providing method using the image information, characterized in that further comprising the MMS transmission process for converting the product information including the image of the product to MMS code and transmits. The method according to claim 11, The product information collection process or the logistics information providing process, And a video integration process of integrating the moving information collected for each logistic point of the goods and the video information of the goods into a single image.

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