KR20120002911A - Real-time courier system using RFID - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A real time backup system using an RFID is provided to apply an RFID to a delivery service business, thereby realizing a real time delivery service. CONSTITUTION: Information about a delivery work is checked(107). A receipt is printed after delivery information and a delivery code to be allocated are assigned(109). A delivery code, a barcode including a local code of a destination, and a statement including basic information of a sender and recipient are outputted(113). The barcode is inputted and stored(118). Information of an existing R card and newly inputted information are stored in an R card DB.

Description

Real-time parcel delivery system using RFID {omitted}

1 is a flow chart related to the real-time parcel delivery service

2 is a flowchart of the work related to the collection service of the general parcel delivery service

Figure 3 is a flow chart related to the delivery service of real-time courier

Figure 4 is a flow chart related to the return service of real-time courier

Figure 5 is a flow chart for managing the delivery process and delivery time for each customer in real-time courier

Figure 6 is a flow chart related to the overseas courier service of real-time courier

Figure 7 is a flow chart for the management of the delivery R card

Figure 8 is a flow chart related to the classification service of the courier delivery terminal

Figure 9 is a flow chart for efficient trunk delivery of goods

10 is a flow chart for customers to inquire the progress of the parcel delivery in real time

11 is a data structure of a parcel delivery main DB for managing main information of parcel delivery.

Figure 12 shows the data structure of the delivery parcel DB for managing the step by step delivery status

Fig. 13 shows the data structure of the R card DB for managing the recovery R card.

Figure 14 shows the data structure of the classification matrix DB that summarizes the moving paths of edges.

15 is a diagram of the configuration of an R card.

16 is a drawing for an international courier slip.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing>

604 Delivery Code

It is similar in that it is uniquely assigned code for a certain period of time, which is displayed on the existing courier and used for managing and inquiring the courier items. The code can be viewed up to the shipping point

604 Arrival Code

Refers to the code of the destination sales office used by the existing courier service, which may be given 4-5 digits, and is a company that receives goods in large quantities. May be the office code of the airport or port of arrival or departure.

604 Address Code

In the case of a courier delivered overseas, the business code of the courier company in charge of the address of the final destination in a foreign country is a 4-digit code added according to the system of the company.

705 moving code

This code is similar to the existing parcel delivery code, but is not a code for managing parcel delivery items, but a code that is used to manage the movement of R cards. Code to give special code that does not conflict with parcel code to manage location.

1502 management tags

It is a tag that removes the function to write after saving unique code to R card to manage R card and displays unique code entered in management tag on the R card surface for visual identification. .

1504 Delivery Tag

It is a tag inserted in the R card to be a reader and a writer for the management of parcel delivery items by entering the parcel delivery code and arrival code, automatic sorting by RFID reader when moving trunks, and the final location management of the R card.

Field of invention

The present invention is a system that can achieve a delivery failure rate 0% by enabling efficient and accurate parcel delivery service by utilizing the RFID throughout the work to fully exhibit the advantages of RFID rather than a simple barcode replacement in the parcel delivery industry It is about.

Background of the Invention and Prior Art

In particular, in the early stages of the introduction of RFID, it was expected that the technology would be a perfect replacement for the barcode of the retail industry, and it was expected to be transferred to the RFID system in a short time. It is analyzed that the patent application related to RFID has decreased in all fields, which is a phenomenon caused by the lack of a successful BM and a strong question about the effect.

In any service industry, in order for new technology to be put into practice, it is absolutely impossible to use it if the error rate exceeds 5%, and if it exceeds 1%, the introduction may be considered, but the benefit should be worth the stress. When it reaches 0.1%, it can be said that the state which can be introduced has been reached, and the ultimate should approximate 0%.

However, considering the costs associated with immediate consumer claims when errors occur in the retail industry, the question of the cost / benefit ratio of the low-cost RFID recognition rate that replaces the current bar code has not been resolved. Without the change of ideas, there is no economic feasibility and the situation cannot be introduced.

However, the successful implementation of some RFID is considered to be a successful situation because it is introduced only to books or items managed continuously by being fixed and not fixed. It is the reality that is being applied.

In the logistics field, various patents for RFID have been applied since 2000. In particular, BM has been filed since 2003, and various patents have been applied. In addition, the present invention provides a system and method for processing a shipment using radio frequency identification (RFID), which enables the shipment to be processed quickly and at low cost, by applying RFID technology to a package such as a parcel and applying identification information and destination information to the RFID tag. Its purpose is to provide a system and method for handling a shipment using radio frequency identification (RFID) that can be processed quickly and at low cost by storing and issuing a label. ” It is important to replace RFID barcodes with RFID, but the specific application method Is that in reality there are limits to apply to the extension of the bar code system.

Application number 1020050078014 has specificity compared to the previous application number 1020040108830, but it is implemented by applying RFID to the mail and parcel delivery procedure of customers who visited the post office, but the basic concept is to implement by outputting a low-cost one-time tag. The application has not been applied in the present because it has not overcome the allowable error rate due to the introduction of the new technology, and unlike the post offices that have branches in all over the country for a long time, the error even in the harsh environment where it is rainy and snowy in the parcel delivery service. Given the premise that the rate should fall below the allowable limit, there is a limit to the conventional approach.

In order to actively solve this realistic problem, RFID is applied to the courier service among logistics fields based on the recovery and reuse through the conversion of ideas, and the failure rate is 0% while the recognition failure rate is almost 0.1%. It is intended to suggest a way to provide a courier service capable of real-time home delivery that can not be provided by the courier service.

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Real-time courier is a service that collects and delivers goods at the time desired by customers by utilizing surplus delivery manpower of existing Chinese restaurants and other restaurants that specialize in delivery. It is essential to introduce RFID for service, and because it cannot be provided using existing low-cost RFID, expensive RFID that can be recycled and has good recognition rate is needed. RFID management system is required.

Therefore, since it cannot be used as a simple RFID, it must be produced as a small integrated card by combining a management RFID tag and a courier RFID. Also, the two tags have to be changed into a frequency so that a code can be used only for a courier tag. In the classification terminal, it should not be classified by reading all the values of the tag, but only the destination code of the tag to make simple but accurate classification.

Since the actual application does not simply replace the bar code, a complex technology is required, and in addition to the illustrated examples, the present invention will be appropriately combined or separated according to the situation. Therefore, the method and apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It will be described in detail.

Figure 1 is a flow chart of the real-time parcel delivery service customer information is automatically popped up 103 when the customer 101 is a registered customer 102 at the moment when the customer 101 calls the office, basic information in the case of new After inputting 105 and registering, process the corresponding service 108 if it is not the courier service 106, and in the case of the courier service 106, check (107) the information about the address and items to be sent, and then assign it with the courier information. After assigning the courier code, save it, print out the receipt to be provided to the customer (109), then visit the customer, take over the courier goods, provide the receipt (111), arrive at the sales office after the receipt (112) and enter already After inputting supplemented information and information checked by visiting, a barcode including a courier code and a region code of a destination (usually a business office code) and a document containing basic information of a sender and a recipient are output (113). To R card At the same time as reading the existing information 114 is stored by inputting the same code as the bar code (118), and stores the information of the existing R card and newly entered information in the R card DB (119), If the packaging is not or bad (120) After processing the packaging (121), take a picture of the courier code and the receipt was completed by sending the MMS attached to the packaging photo (122), if the packaging is courier code And send by SMS (125) that the receipt has been completed, but if the delivery information is important to the recipient, such as home shopping, or if the sender asks, send it to the recipient as well as the courier slip and pack the seal with the R card (123) After moving to a storage warehouse (124) will be waiting for delivery.

Here, the arrival code 113 of the destination may be a terminal code if the recipient is a company receiving the goods in a large quantity, and may be an airport or port code of the destination if it is overseas, and the step of inputting information to the R card (118) ) Can be done before attaching the slip (123) as above, but after attaching the package and the delivery slip, insert the R card without the current delivery code and arrival code into the sealed pack and attach the barcode reader. Read the existing information registered on the R card using the RFID writer at the same time, read the barcode and immediately save the information such as the barcode on the R card, and then save the information of the existing R card and the newly entered information in the R card DB. The bar code information and the R card information are processed in the same way.

Figure 2 is a flow of work related to the collection service of the general courier, when a customer applies for delivery to the call center (201), the call center receives a delivery service registration registration (202), and then through a text or phone to the driver who collects in the area The contact person will be contacted (204), and the driver in charge will visit the customer while circulating according to the course (205), take over the goods (206), prepare a delivery slip printed with the courier code and barcode, and issue one copy (207). After arriving at the relevant office in charge (208), the courier code and the basic information of the sender and the recipient are entered and registered (209), and a pocket (pack) for inserting an R card is attached to the courier slip (211). If not, insert the R card after attaching (213), seal (213), read the existing information registered on the R card using an RFID writer integrated with a barcode reader, and read the barcode (214) ( 215) From the information registered in the parcel delivery main DB 217 When the arrival code is queried, the integrated code is stored in the R card (216), and the information of the existing R card and the newly entered information are stored in the R card DB (218) and ready for delivery is completed (219).

In the existing courier service, a driver drives a vehicle and cycles by course (205). In the situation where a customer visits a customer and uses a slip printed with a courier code and barcode, it is not easy to immediately register a receipt. However, in the case of carrying out a collection work with an RFID reader / writer capable of wireless Internet for each article, it may be processed similarly as in Fig. 1, but considering the economics, it is considered that the profit is not great.

Figure 3 is a flow chart of the real-time courier delivery service, if the delivery service is started (301), if the existing registered customers in the preferred shipping time class (302) after the list of goods to be shipped on the day delivery DB ( After saving in 304), the customer who does not want to receive the delivery at the scheduled time and the delivery time is sent to the customer by SMS (305), including the request to contact the sales office, and the customer who received the SMS notification If not, the scheduled time is determined as the delivery time (309). If there is a request for reservation of delivery of customers (306) and the time is not specified (307), it is registered as a reserved item (326) and the time is designated ( In the case of 307), the preferred delivery time is changed to the corresponding time (308) and the final delivery time is confirmed (309). After confirming the shipment registration 310 and outputting the delivery confirmation certificate (312), when the employee releases the shipment goods (313) by the assigned course to take out the goods other than the goods allowed to be released (314) In case of possession and exit, an alarm sounds immediately (315) and the shipment of the goods is stopped, and the released goods are executed in the most efficient course set in advance (316). If the item is registered (326) and the delivery is completed (317), the item is delivered after collecting the R card and the receipt of receipt (318) is confirmed on the delivery confirmation. Upon request (327), the employee is immediately assigned to the factory for registration (328), the employee leaves the factory for delivery (329), collects the R card, delivers the goods, and receives receipt confirmation (318) on the delivery confirmation. The employee returns to the office and retrieves the collected R card. When the reader (319) of the R card in the system, the delivery is completed in the store delivery DB (321), the courier main DB (322), parcel delivery step DB (323) to record the delivery, sender and recipient by SMS The notification 324 completes the delivery service 325.

In this case, a problem such as loss of goods is issued by an R card for employees, so when the assigned employee takes out unregistered courier items (314), an alarm is immediately generated (315), and an employee enters and exits. The passage of goods and goods are automatically recorded, leaving a record that can be tracked in case of future loss or other problems, and in addition, it will be able to cope with the video camera installed at the entrance.

And since real-time courier only ships goods that can be delivered immediately, there is no problem in delivering only the basic short address and name or alias without having to display the sender and recipient details in the courier slip. It is a fundamental solution to the leakage of personal information due to slips.

In addition, the delivery service of the general courier service, which is connected to the courier service of the general courier shown in FIG. 2, delivers the amount allocated to each article as the course (316) and recovers the R card (318). When carrying out the collection business with the RFID reader, the R card can be read immediately to register the completion of delivery. If there is no lead, all the shipping business is completed and the lead is returned to the sales office (319) to register the delivery completion (325). It may be possible, but the flow is simple, so that the summary is not simply described in a separate drawing.

Figure 4 is a flow chart for the return service of the real-time courier, the customer calls for a return request (401 (if the latest delivery history immediately (402) to receive the return request of the item 404) to receive the sender's information After changing to the recipient's information, register in the parcel delivery DB (406), print out the receipt (405), visit the customer to take over the goods (407) and arrive at the office (408) and enter the information and barcode (courier service) A code including a code and a destination code) is output (408), and the existing information registered on the R card is read, and the same code as the bar code is input and stored (409). Store the information in the R card DB (417), send the courier code and receipt completed by SMS (410), attach the pack and seal the courier slip and R card together (415) and then move to the warehouse ( 416) to wait for delivery.

In this case, the procedure for returning is eventually resent to the sender, so it is similar to the detailed contents of FIG. 1, so the short description may be referred to. Also, the return information may be referred to the first sender (home shopping, Internet mall, etc.) in real time. Can be notified or sent by the sender (411).

Figure 5 is a flow chart for managing delivery time and delivery time for each customer in real-time delivery, setting the optimal delivery course based on the address of the recipient, and obtaining information on the time zone in which the customer is most likely to receive the delivery service. In order to provide the courier service of the company, the shipping area is divided in consideration of the characteristics of the area jurisdiction by each office, and the standard delivery course is designated (502), and then in the list (504) that contains the package for the customer of the day If there is no record of the delivery course (505), the delivery course is determined and stored based on the standard delivery course and the customer's address (507), and if there is no information on the preferred time zone (508), a visit is made for the first delivery or collection. In the case of doing so, information about the preferred delivery time zone is collected (509) and stored (510), and the delivery is based on the information stored in the shipping list of the same day later. Reflect the overlooked delivery course (511), store it in the office delivery DB (512), and then automatically classify based on time and course (513), and then assign the delivery list for each employee in the relevant time zone and output it (514). By doing 515, the customer can always receive the high quality service that is delivered at the most comfortable time, and can be the most efficient parcel delivery system by using the standardized delivery course.

In addition, the delivery time for each customer can be set differently depending on the day of the week when requested by the customer, or if there is a courier item without a separate time at all, if the delivery is delivered via SMS, the phone will be picked up at a convenient time. It can also be set to do so.

Figure 6 is a flow chart of the overseas courier service of real-time courier service when a customer applies for overseas courier service (601), visits the customer to take over the goods (602) and arrives at the office (603) to send the information and goods of the sender and the recipient After entering the information, a barcode consisting of the courier code and the destination code of the airport or port of the destination country, and a barcode consisting of the same courier code and the address code of the courier company's courier company jurisdiction oversea address After printing the document containing the document (604), attach it to the delivery item, read the existing information on the R card, enter the bar code including the sales office code of the destination airport or port together and store it (606), and complete the courier code and reception. To the airport or port departing from the destination via the trunk in the same way as the existing domestic delivery. Arrival at (611), classified by destination code and transported (612), and arriving at the destination airport or port (613), leads to the arrival information of the R card attached to the slip automatically complete the arrival registration (614) After reading the bar code containing the management code of the sales office jurisdiction of the overseas address included in the slip and storing it on the R card (617), the information is registered in the destination home delivery main DB 618 of the parcel delivery company jurisdiction abroad. After that, it is completed 623 by moving through the trunk 621 of the destination country in a similar manner to the domestic country and arriving 622 at the addressee's office.

Detailed collection and delivery are described in Table 1 and Table 3, and refer to them. From domestic to overseas destination ports or airports, they are operated by the existing domestic system, and also by foreign systems used by existing foreign companies. Because it can be operated, it can be operated even if all the systems are not integrated. By utilizing these advantages, not only can we establish a cooperative relationship with a suitable courier company separately in each country, but also can establish a cooperative relationship with multiple companies. Is there. However, the key point is that it should have a key value that can be connected to the courier main DB 616 of the basic starting point and the courier main DB 618 of the destination, and that the destination courier main DB 618 and the destination courier step DB are not directly connected. If you configure the inquiry DB so that the sender can look up the DB 618 of the destination through the main DB (616), if the R tag sent out of the country is finally recovered and periodically recovered to the domestic However, if all the foreign companies are integrated into the same system, the R card can be shared and used worldwide by the public without any separate collection procedure.

However, the above destination code does not have to be the port or airport of the destination country, so it is also possible to use the office code of the airport or port of the country of departure and reassign the location where the overseas address code is assigned at the place of departure. In other words, it will be configured in the way most suitable for the environment.

7 is a flow chart for the management of the R card for parcel delivery. The R card of this system uses two high-priced tags with very high recognition rate, which can be used again and again, instead of being used for a simple low-cost RFID tag with low recognition rate. Each frequency is set differently so that one can be read only, so that the management tag 1502 can be used to input the R card's own code for the management of the R card itself, and the other can be both write and read. Since it is an R card (figure 15) consisting of a parcel delivery tag 1504 used for parcel delivery services, a separate procedure is required to prevent loss and management.Always, before entering the parcel delivery code and arrival code in the parcel delivery tag (118), After inputting the previously registered information to the reader 114, and after entering the information of the R card to the R card DB 119 based on the existing code. The current code (the existing information of the R card that was read before the input) is replaced with the previous code, and the code of the new barcode entered in the R card is entered in the current code. It will be managed in such a way that the location of the R card can be confirmed, and the change after the information is retrieved from the R card will be described in detail later in the structure of the R card DB (Fig. 13).

The company that produced the R card (701) enters a registration unique code for management in both the management tag and the courier tag by initialization (702) and sends it to the courier company's headquarters (704). Enter the code (Arrival Code) into the current code (705), register it and send it to the head office (706) .If you move directly to a business office or to a business office without moving to the head office, the courier tag and the business code ( Enter (707) the current code into the current code, and move to the sales office. The R card 708 arrives at the existing R card before inputting it to the R card after assigning the courier code and arrival code of the parcel to be shipped (709). After reading the information (710), based on the existing R card information, access the R card unique information of the R card DB to replace the current code with the previous code and register a new code in the current code (711). Always look up the final location If it is determined that some offices have a lot of R card stock (713), they are requested to move to the office (714) that is not enough (714), and the office gives a mobile code and arrival code (716). After the registration in the R card DB (717) to move the real thing, the destination office may use (718) when the real item arrives.

In addition, by inquiring (719) based on the last use date of the R card, the list of R cards that have not been used for a long time is sorted (720) and provided to the office to check whether the R card is in stock (721). Lost registration (722) if there is no real, and the responsibility for the lost R card is to be held at the relevant office to bear the cost (723) so that it is possible to clarify the loss and liability of the R card.

8 is a flow chart related to the classification service of the courier delivery terminal in the step of starting the classification business of the terminal (801), inquiring the courier main DB 803 that has been closed, and inquiries (802) the courier list of the next destination is the terminal. In accordance with the standard delivery course of the classification matrix DB (826), the arrival code of the inquired list is sorted by the delivery course quantity (804), and the setting of the classification conveyor is based on the large quantity of the destination destination. It is ready to classify and arrange the exits in the order close to the location (805), and store all the arrival codes included in the arranged destination in the separator reader of the corresponding exit (806), and the delivery goods to be sorted on the conveyor (807) Read the value of the R card from the R card reader installed at the entrance to check the list of items arrived (808) and compared to the list to arrive there is an item that has not arrived Right (822) Immediately after notifying (823) of a destination error, finding an unarrived or missing item, re-delivery (824), and placing it back on the conveyor (807) so that the difference is cleared and the destination check is completed normally. If the exit item is assigned code 810 by checking only the arrival code (4-5) digits among the codes of the R card (809), the goods are sorted by the corresponding exit (811). If the lead 812 of the repeater repeats the same procedure, and if an additional R card reader is installed at the end of the outlet, the code of the sorted article is immediately checked (813), and the reader is not installed (812). If there is a missing or misclassified item in comparison with the items to be exited (815), the error list is immediately displayed (816) and the misclassified water is exited. In the case of the near to the separator close to the arrival code (817) to be separated again by the missing goods will be automatically arranged to be sorted automatically, if the classification is completed (818) after the classification completion registration to the goods in each area Will be departed (819) for delivery to the destination.

Here, for a specific example of arranging shipments by destination to be considered in consideration of the delivery course of the classification matrix DB 826, the description will be made based on the collection server terminal in the northern part of the metropolitan area. If you search based on the item specified as, you can search the list to be received, and the goods issue should be classified into server terminal and central hub terminal in the south, west, and east, which should be moved directly from the collecting server terminal to the nearby shipping server terminal. The sorting conveyor will consist of four outlets, and the arrival code to be separated at each server terminal should be extracted by storing the arrival code, which is the office code that has jurisdiction in each server terminal, and stored in the R card reader of the outlet separator. Arrival codes, which should be classified as central hubs, must be delivered from the hub terminal. By extracting the arrival code, which is the code of all the offices under the jurisdiction of multiple server terminals, and storing it in the R card reader of the exit separator, the most common quantity to be classified in the delivery server terminal will be the central hub terminal. Therefore, it is most likely that the exit to the central hub terminal will be assigned nearest to the entrance of the conveyor.

In the same principle, the receipt of the central hub terminal can be inquired based on the goods designated as the corresponding central hub terminal in the code designated as the next course, and the list of items to be received can be inquired, and all the delivery server terminals to be shipped from the central hub terminal. Since the sorting conveyor will be composed of the number of delivery server terminals, the arrival code to be classified in the central hub terminal is obtained by extracting the arrival code, which is the code of all the offices under the control of the shipping server terminal to be delivered from the hub terminal. It will be stored in the R card reader of the outlet separator and separated, and the outlets will be assigned closest to the inlet of the conveyor in the order of volume to be classified into each delivery server terminal.

Finally, when the goods receipt of the delivery server terminal is inquired based on the goods designated as the corresponding delivery server terminal in the code designated as the next course, the list of goods receipts can be inquired. If the number of sales offices are bundled and shipped as a standard, all codes of the bundled offices will be stored in the R card reader of the exit separator and separated. Will be assigned closest to

However, as the basis for the quantity of allocation of the exits in the order close to the conveyor entrance, the exits may be given by tying the sales office unit, vehicle unit, terminal unit, or several vehicles arriving at the terminal for classification. Once the parcel delivery items are loaded on the vehicle to be moved to the area, the exit can be changed and designated again. If it is changed in real time, the electric signboard should be installed at the exit where the separator is installed to check the classification area of the current exit.

And by using the R card, there is no way to check whether the arrival item has arrived completely in the case of the conventional barcode method or by hand, and there is no way to check whether the arrival has arrived normally until confirmed by the destination office. As soon as they arrive and put on the sorting conveyor, all goods can be checked immediately. If there are any missing or wrong goods, the goods can be solved immediately by sending them to another terminal. By assigning exits daily or in real time near the receiving location, the sorting time and the burden on the conveyor can be reduced, making it possible to construct the most efficient sorting system and to build automation with little manual effort.

Figure 9 is a business flow chart for efficient trunk delivery of goods, and the office closes the basic collection (901) and determines the next destination based on the classification matrix (902). 905) If it is advantageous to ship directly to a separate vehicle (926), change the destination to confirm delivery directly to the relevant area (927), register the completion of shipment, and if there is special handling quantity (905), operate as a separate vehicle. If it is determined that it is economically advantageous (926), if it is determined that it is economical, it is transported directly to the central hub terminal (911) or the delivery server terminal (916) or the delivery office (921) of the relevant region, and there is no special handling quantity. If the case (905) or if there is no economy in the operation of the separate vehicle (926) moves to the collecting server terminal 906 according to the standard delivery route.

Collecting server terminal 906 in the main courier DB (908) in the code of the next destination in the list of goods to be received in the terminal to determine the next destination based on the classification matrix (907), but the quantity of the specific area ( 910) If it is advantageous to ship directly to a separate vehicle (930), change the destination to be delivered directly to the area (927), confirm the completion of shipment, and if there is a special handling quantity (910), operate as a separate vehicle. If it is determined that it is economically advantageous (930), if it is determined to be economical, the vehicle is transported directly to a local delivery server terminal (916) or shipping office (921), and there is no special handling quantity (910) or separately. If there is no economy in the operation of the vehicle moves to the central hub terminal of the collection according to the standard delivery route (911).

The central hub terminal 911 in the main courier DB (913) in the code of the next destination in the list of goods to be received in the terminal to determine the next destination based on the classification matrix (912), but the quantity of the specific area ( 915) If it is advantageous to ship directly to a separate vehicle (917), change the destination to confirm that it is delivered directly to the area (917), register the completion of shipment, and if there is special handling quantity (915), operate as a separate vehicle. If it is determined to be economically advantageous, if it is determined to be economical (917), it is transported directly to the local shipping office as a separate vehicle (921), and there is no special handling quantity (915) or when the operation of the separate vehicle is not economical (917) Move to the delivery server terminal 916 according to the standard delivery route.

In the main courier DB 908, the collecting server terminal 906 organizes the list of items to be received at the terminal in the code of the next destination, confirms the next destination based on the classification matrix, and registers the completion of the shipment (907). According to the delivery route, it moves to the collection delivery office (921), and when it arrives at the delivery office, it reads the code through the R card reader installed at the entrance of the warehouse and compares it with the delivery list to confirm that there is nothing missing. As 922, the delivery of the trunk line is completed 925.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart for customers to inquire about the progress of the parcel delivery service in real time. When the button is pressed (1003), the Internet is automatically connected to the callback address included in the MMS and SMS (1004), and when viewed from the homepage, the website is accessed (1007) by the sender or the recipient's telephone number and code. Enter the last four digits to inquire (1008), and if the courier company's call center (1009) through the customer's caller display recently sent and received courier records automatically popped up to confirm with the customer (1010) to match If there is information (1011), it is inquired immediately, and if there is no matching information, it is inquired through sender and recipient information or courier code (1012). If it is input, the courier main DB 1006 first retrieves the complete courier code and basic information based on the information of the corresponding information (1005), and then progresses in each step in the courier step-by-step DB 1014 based on the courier code inquired. Inquiry (1013) and the status that is currently in progress to provide to the customer to complete the inquiry (1015).

FIG. 11 is a data structure of a courier main DB for managing the courier main information. The main information is managed from the time of registering the courier delivery until the completion of delivery. After moving to the DB that manages the past records of the courier information will be deleted so that you can quickly retrieve and modify the information of the courier in progress.

The current stage information is entered first by registering at the time of moving to the collecting server terminal after closing the collection at the collecting office. The code and company name of the office or terminal in the stage of completing registration are entered, and the next stage information is registered. At this point, the code and company name of the terminal or business office, which are the arrival of individual parcel delivery items, are entered, and the destination terminal or business office obtains a list of items to arrive at their terminal or business office based on the next step information of the DB.

Normally, when the collection service is completed, each terminal and sales office can check the expected volume based on the standard classification matrix DB.However, the final arrival will be based on the code entered in the next stage information after closing at the previous stage. It will be confirmed.

Figure 12 is a data structure of the DB for each parcel delivery step to manage the status of the parcel delivery, Figure 11 above is because the information is made to store and query the information of each step of parcel delivery since only the information of the final step is recorded. For example, it generates information on all stages of each parcel delivery, so it generates several pieces of information on one parcel delivery. Also, when the delivery is completed and closed, it transfers to the DB that manages the past records of parcel delivery parcels. Step by step information will be deleted so that you can quickly retrieve the information of the courier in progress.

13 is a data structure of the R card DB for the management of the recovery R card. The management code is a unique code for each R card input to the management tag when the R card is first manufactured and registered. The R code is not changed until the R card is destroyed. The last use date and time is to store the date and time when the business card or head office uses the R card in the parcel delivery service or enters the code in the parcel delivery tag of the R card to move the R card. In order to modify the information on the card is a code that reads and stores a previously registered code, the current code is a code to be input to the R card is usually a code that combines the courier code or moving code and the arrival code.

If you want to change the code information on the R card, first read the code information registered on the R card, find the current code in the DB using the code as a key value, and change the existing current code of the corresponding record to the previous code. If you look up the arrival code of the last 4-5 digits of the current code by storing the current code, you can check the current position of the R card, and you may request to move from the office that owns a lot of inventory to the office that is insufficient.

In addition, by checking the information of the R card that has not been used for a long time by using the information on the last use date, check whether the R card is actually in stock at the relevant office, and if it is lost or lost, register it as unusable and lose the R card. Responsibility will be held at the office of the final arrival code.

Fig. 14 is a data structure of the classification matrix DB which summarizes the moving paths of the trunk lines, and shows the most suitable course for moving from the picking up office to the shipping shop. It is basic to go to the shipping office through the delivery server terminal through the central hub terminal.

However, in terms of the metropolitan area, if there is a volume of parcels collected from the east, west, north and south server terminals of the metropolitan area, the volume is moved to the server terminal of another metropolitan area, rather than moving to the central hub terminal in Chungcheong-do and going back to the metropolitan area. Since it would be efficient to move to the terminal, it would be advantageous not to go through the central hub terminal when moving in the metropolitan area, and it would be advantageous to move directly to the server terminal if the province is also in the same area or in an area that does not go through the central hub terminal by location. It is a DB that summarizes the flow of edges to be processed as standard by considering each situation.

In spite of such standard trunk flow, if there is enough volume to go to a specific area on a specific day, it is economic enough to take into account the irrationality of unloading and classifying the parcel delivery items according to each standard course. By simply modifying the next destination of the item, the course to be moved may be changed, and this change may be immediately confirmed whether the arrival has arrived normally at the destination, so that the course of the trunk may be modified according to the amount of parcel delivery in real time.

Fig. 15 is a diagram of the configuration of the R card, the actual size of which is as small and thin as possible to be convenient to use, the configuration of the R card is two tags, the first management tag to store the management code (1502) and the courier service It consists of a courier tag (1504) to store the courier code and destination code for use in, and the management tag should not be used in normal business without modification, so use a low-frequency RFID tag, courier tags are collective Since it should be able to recognize even at a certain distance from the tag recognition, it is expected to apply a tag using 900 frequencies, but it is not necessary to use only the type described by the frequency or form of the tag.

In addition, depending on the configuration type, it is possible to use only the courier tag without using the management tag, but it is possible to use it after storing the management code in a part of the tag. However, in the example, it is configured as two for the most convenient use. The code to be displayed on the surface of the R card can also be identified by association.

In addition, it is impossible to modify or set the existing courier service because the courier code is printed on the delivery note. However, in real-time courier service, the courier code is assigned at the time of applying for courier service. The first four to five digits of the code consist of the region code of the departure place, and then generate and use a unique code of eight to twenty additional digits. You can search the key information only with code information of.

In addition, even if the courier code is deleted in a special situation, the barcode matches the bar code of the courier slip so that the barcode can be read and stored on the R card. If the barcode is lost, the R card DB can be stored using the management code on the surface of the R card. You can check the current code and check the current code to save the code or take appropriate action.

Fig. 16 is a drawing for an international courier slip, and the existing courier slip needs only one bar code (1603) integrating the courier code and the destination code for the domestic address. A bar code (1604) incorporating the code of the parcel shop that manages the destination address must be added, and the bar code (1604) including the destination address code attached at the port or airport outside the destination is read to read the destination information in the R tag (1602). Once entered, it can be processed in the same way as it is handled in each country, and, as mentioned above, can be handled at the departure port or airport, not at the destination port or airport.

In addition, the actual form of the slip may be modified to best suit the application, but unlike the domestic delivery, it is important that two barcodes (1603, 1604) are printed and the R card (1602) is attached. Is attached to the R card 1602, the key is that a bar code 1604 with an address code attached to the R card 1602 is used abroad, the other is related to shipping Information related to already published procedures, such as the required address or customs clearance information, may be added as necessary to form a slip.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

As described above, the parcel delivery industry has little benefit to adopt the RFID method in place of the existing bar code method, and in order for the new technology to be put into actual work, the error occurrence rate can be used less than 0.1%. It is almost 10 years to consider the introduction of RFID tag because it can never be realized by using disposable RFID tag which is a little more expensive than the price of printed document.

In order to actively solve this realistic problem, RFID is applied to the courier service among logistics fields based on the recovery and reuse through the conversion of ideas, and the failure rate is 0% while the recognition failure rate is almost 0.1%. It suggests a way to do it, and also suggests a way to provide a home delivery service that can be delivered in real time that cannot be provided by the courier service.

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