KR20160104246A

KR20160104246A - Unmanned inventory actual inspection system using arerial vehicle and the method thereof

Info

Publication number: KR20160104246A
Application number: KR1020150026992A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 한관희; 이현근; 장현찬; 공석환; 김윤덕; 장미연
Original assignee: 한관희; 이현근; 김윤덕; 장미연; 장현찬; 공석환
Priority date: 2015-02-26
Filing date: 2015-02-26
Publication date: 2016-09-05

Abstract

A system and method for allowing an unmanned inventory inspection using a flight object including a communication module is disclosed. An ID information receiver for receiving the extracted ID information from the flying object from which the ID information of the target inventory item is extracted by using the RFID communication; an ID information receiving unit for matching the received ID information with the stock status information of the pre- And a data updating unit updating the quantity and status information of the list in correspondence with the ID information of the plurality of data checking objects recognized by the flying object.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to an unmanned inventory inspection system using a flying object,

The present invention relates to an unmanned physical inventory inspection system and method thereof, and more particularly, to a system and a method for realizing unattended physical inventory inspection using a flight object including a communication module.

In the current inventory / logistics management of goods, technologies using bar codes are widely used, and in recent years, real-time inventory / logistics management systems have also been introduced using non-contact communication methods such as RF-id technology. The above-described method is less affected by the external environment, and has the advantage that multiple tags can be deciphered at the same time.

Based on these advantages, the Korean Registered Utility Model No. 0377948 introduces the technology of the article management device using the RFID ID.

However, in the above-mentioned device, a simple device such as a PDA is directly read by a person, and the Rf-id tag of the property is read one by one. In the case of an outdoor workplace, In particular, in the case of multi-stage stacking, it is difficult to recognize the product in the upper layer, which causes a lot of time for inventory inspection.

To overcome such disadvantages, there is a need for a system and method for accurately measuring property using an object equipped with an RF-id reader / antenna module in an unattended object.

Korean Registered Utility Model 0377948

The present invention provides an unmanned physical inventory system and method for realizing unloaded stock inspection by using a flying object including a communication module, thereby realizing a large-sized, multi-tiered inventory that can not be easily measured by manpower do.

The unmanned physical inventory system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an ID information receiver for receiving the extracted ID information from a flying object that extracts ID information of a target stock item using RFID communication, Updating the quantity and status information of the list in accordance with the ID information of the plurality of data checking objects recognized by the flying object; .

According to an aspect of the present invention, the ID information includes a unique ID number capable of distinguishing each of the object stock items, and further includes information of at least one of a type, a storage area, and a storage date of the object stock item can do.

According to an aspect of the present invention, when the quantity of unidentified inventory of the data check target list corresponding to the recognized target inventory item is not 0, the data updating unit repeatedly repeats the predetermined number of times The ID information of the stock item can be recognized, and the quantity and the record of the list can be updated.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an unmanned physical inventory method includes a first step of receiving the extracted ID information from a flying object that extracts ID information of a target stock item using RFID communication, a step of receiving the extracted ID information, A step of selecting a list to be subjected to data checking by matching the inventory status information of the object to be checked, and updating each status information of the data check target list from the unidentified inventory to the identification stock corresponding to the target inventory item identified by the flying object If the number of unidentified inventories in the data check target list is not 0, the step 3 is re-executed for a predetermined maximum number of times, and if the unidentified inventory to be verified is 0, the data check is terminated It includes five steps.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for rapidly and accurately performing an inventory inspection of unmanned objects using a flying object including a communication module, .

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an unmanned inventory inspection system using a flying object according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view for explaining ID information of an unmanned physical inventory system using a flying object according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an unmanned inventory inspection method using a flying object according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to or limited by the embodiments. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an unmanned inventory inspection system 100 using a flying object according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an unmanned flying object such as a DRONE can fly over an object inventory item by attaching an RFID reader and an antenna for RFID communication, and the ID chip 200, It is possible to recognize the ID information. The recognized ID information is received by the ID information receiving unit 110 of the DUT 100. In the list selection unit 120, the ID information of the received object stock item and the stock status information of the pre-stored DB And selects a list to be a data check target by matching.

Here, the ID information may include a unique ID number 210 that can identify each of the target stock items, and may further include at least one of a type of the target stock item, a storage area, and a storage date. More specifically, the unique ID number 210 includes a type code that can indicate the type of the target inventory item, a unique numeric code for separately managing each of the items, A zone code indicating a zone, and a date code indicating a storage date of the target stock article.

For example, referring to FIG. 2, a tire article is in stock,

The TR portion of the unique ID number 210 is assumed to be identical to the ID number 210 of the unique ID number 210 of the same type as that of the RFID communication module TR150101-A5-0034, And the number 150101 of the unique ID number 210 is a date code indicating the date of storage of the article on January 1, 2015, and the unique ID number 210 is a type code indicating the type of the article. The A5 portion of the unique ID number 210 is a zone code indicating that the article is stored in the A5 zone and the number 0034 portion of the unique ID number 210 is a unique numeric code .

In addition, the data updating unit 130 may update the quantity and status information of the list in correspondence with the ID information of the plurality of data checking objects recognized by the flying object.

Here, if the unidentified inventory quantity of the data check target list corresponding to the recognized target inventory item is not 0, the ID information of the plurality of target inventory items is repeated one time, at most a preset maximum number of times, And can update the quantity and the record of the list.

For example, if the quantity of unidentified inventory is a constant 3 other than 0, it means that there are three unidentified products. Accordingly, the data check is performed again to identify the unidentified inventory. Here, it is assumed that the predetermined maximum number of times is five. The re-execution is repeated at least once, at most five times, and if the number of unidentified inventories is updated to 0 through repetition, it can be re-executed no more.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an unmanned inventory inspection method using a flying object according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step S10, the extracted ID information can be received from the flying object from which the ID information of the object stock item is extracted using the RFID communication. The flying object may further include a step of recognizing information of the ID chip 200 attached to the object inventory item by flying over the object inventory item. The ID information recognized in the step includes a unique ID number 210 that can distinguish each of the target stock items, and may further include at least one of the type of the target stock item, the storage area, and the storage date have.

In step S20, the received ID information and the stock status information of the pre-stored DB are matched to select a list to be subjected to data check.

In step S30, the status information of the data check target list may be updated from the unidentified inventory to the identification stock corresponding to the target inventory item identified by the flying object.

More specifically, the flying object attaches an RFID reader and an antenna for RFID communication, and rotates over a target stock item to recognize information of the ID chip 200 attached to each of the target stock items . Here, the status information of each article in the data check target list corresponding to the recognized ID information can be updated from the unidentified inventory state to the identified inventory state.

In step S40, if the number of unidentified inventories in the data check target list is not 0, the step S30 is repeated at least once, and at most a predetermined maximum number of times. For example, if the number of unidentified inventories in the data check target list is a constant 3 other than 0, it means that there are three unidentified items. Accordingly, the data check is performed again to identify the unidentified inventory. Here, it is assumed that the predetermined maximum number of times is five. The re-execution is repeated at least once and at most five times, and each re-execution is performed in the same manner as in the step S30. Here, if the quantity of the unidentified inventory is updated to 0 through the iterative process, the process can proceed to the next step without further re-execution.

In step S50, if the unidentified inventory to be imaged is zero, the data check can be terminated.

That is, as illustrated in the above example, the unmanned flying object such as DRONE can fly over the object inventory item by attaching an RFID reader and an antenna for RFID communication, The information of the mobile terminal 200 can be recognized. The ID information can be used for unmanned inventory inspection by using the recognized ID information, thereby making it possible to quickly and accurately carry out inventory that is larger in size and stacked in multiple stages and hard to be measured by manpower.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Various modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings. Accordingly, it is to be understood that one embodiment of the present invention should be understood only by the appended claims, and all equivalent or equivalent variations thereof are included in the scope of the present invention.

100: Unmanned Inventory System
110: ID information receiver
120: list selection unit
130:
200: ID chip
210: unique ID number

Claims

An ID information receiver for receiving the extracted ID information from a flying object that extracts ID information of a target stock item using RFID communication;
A list selection unit for selecting a list to be checked for data by matching the received ID information with inventory status information of a pre-stored DB;
A data updating unit for updating the quantity and state information of the list in correspondence with the ID information of the plurality of data checking objects recognized by the flying object;
And the unmanned physical inventory system.

The method according to claim 1,
The above-
And a unique ID number capable of distinguishing each of the object stock items,
Further comprising information on at least one of a type of the target inventory item, a storage area, and a storage date.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the data updating unit comprises:
Recognizing the ID information of the plurality of target inventory items repeatedly by a predetermined maximum number of times when the quantity of unidentified inventory of the data check target list corresponding to the recognized target inventory item is not 0, And the record is updated.

Receiving ID information from the flying object from which the ID information of the target inventory item is extracted using the RFID communication;
A second step of matching the received ID information with the stock status information of the pre-stored DB to select a list to be checked for data;
A third step of updating each state information of the data check target list from the unidentified inventory to the identification stock corresponding to the target inventory item identified by the flying object;
If the number of unidentified inventories of the data check target list is not 0, re-executing the step 3 by a predetermined maximum number of times;
And terminating the data checking if the unidentified inventory subject to inspection is 0;
The method comprising the steps of: