WO2019162040A1

WO2019162040A1 - Packaging system having a security system

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Publication number: WO2019162040A1
Application number: PCT/EP2019/051837
Authority: WO
Inventors: Harald Katschke
Original assignee: Relytex Gmbh & Co. Kg
Priority date: 2018-02-21
Filing date: 2019-01-25
Publication date: 2019-08-29
Also published as: DE102018103910A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a packaging system having a security system. The packaging system is in the form of a box, the security system being integrated in the box (1). The security system has conductive structures (8) that extend over walls of the box (1). RFID units of an RFID assembly are associated with the conductive structures (8). By means of said RFID units, interruptions in the conductive structures (8) are sensed. If an interruption is sensed, an alarm indication is generated.

Description

Packaging system with a security system

The invention relates to a packaging system with a security system.

Such a packaging system is generally used for packaging a Verpa ckungsguts.

From DE 10 2015 120 783 Al a packaging system is known, which at least one flat or shell-shaped bottom element and at least one connectable to the floor element or connected, hooded in the unfolded state plane of flexible material with at least one turn over the bottom element or inverted Planenöffhung, wherein the packaged material is enclosed in a closed state of the packaging system of the bottom element and the tarpaulin. The tarpaulin has a tarpaulin opening extending around the tarpaulin opening, in which at least one hal rope runs. The bottom element has a counterhold for the tether rope forming side edge. The tether is coupled to a hand or motor operated rope tensioning device. To provide a security system, the tarpaulin is at least partially formed of a textile material, in or on the at least one electrical ladder structure is technically switched on or applied, wherein the Lei terstruktur is coupled with at least one alarm device, so that at least a partial destruction of the textile Material in the closed state due to a short circuit between at least two conductors of the conductor structure and / or destruction of at least one conductor of the conductor structure an alarm signal is triggered by the alarm device. The assembly of such a packaging system is relatively expensive. Also, the design effort of the packaging system is complex, FITS disadvantageous is that the closure mechanism for closing the Verpa ckungssystems requires a high design effort. The invention has the object of providing a packaging system bereitzustel len, which has high functionality with low design effort.

To solve this problem, the features of claim 1 are provided. Advantageous embodiments and expedient developments of the invention düng are described in the dependent claims.

The invention relates to a packaging system with a security system. The packaging system is in the form of a box, wherein the security system is integrated in the box. The security system has conductive structures extending over walls of the box. The conductive structures are associated with RFID units of an RFID arrangement, by means of which interruptions in the conductive structures are detected. When an interruption is detected, an alarm message is generated.

An essential aspect of the invention is to provide the packaging system in the form of a box. The term box generally includes box-shaped structures with dimensionally stable walls, wherein advantageously the box is formed cuboid mig and side walls next to a bottom part and an upper part has.

The box can be formed in different sizes depending on the nature of the packaged goods to be stored therein. An advantage of this packaging system is that the packaged goods in the box are protected against damage by the dimensionally stable walls.

An essential aspect of the invention is that the components of the security system are integrated in the walls of the box. As a result, the components of the security system can be integrated into the box without additional design effort, wherein it is particularly advantageous that the interior of the box is not blocked by the components of the security system, so that the entire interior is available for receiving packaged goods. Furthermore, the box is characterized by a simple handling, wherein it is particularly advantageous that the box can be closed medium without complex constructive aids. This is especially true when the box has a base body with side walls and a bottom part, wherein a Publ tion of the body is lockable with a lid. The box can be closed easily by placing the lid on the body GE, which can be secured against lifting by locks or the like, the lid.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the main body of the box is at least partially foldable. The advantage here is that the empty box can be folded into a compact unit, which can then be easily transported and shipped.

In principle, the entire body can be foldable. Particularly advantageously, the side walls form a foldable construction which can be inserted into a trough-shaped bottom part of the box. This unit is then closed with the lid. The box is advantageously made of plastic. In principle, the box can also consist of other materials such as cardboard.

The safety system according to the invention is adapted to the construction of the box, so that its components do not reduce the loading space of the box. The security system comprises, as essential components, conductive structures and an RFID arrangement assigned to them.

Advantageously, the conductive structures extend over the entire surfaces of the side walls and the bottom part of the base body.

In the event that the lid does not have sufficient intrinsic stability, which protects it against tampering, the conductive structures extend over the entire surface of the lid.

In this case, the conductive structures are advantageously formed by in a surface eingear processed electrically conductive threads. In principle, the conductive threads can also be incorporated into a film, or even introduced in a spraying process or a 3D printing process.

To produce the electrically conductive structures, electrically conductive threads may be used, which consist of metallic but also non-metallic electrically conductive materials. The lattice spacings are placed so that a cold cut or breakout attempt, whether with a conductive or non-conductive object, safely leads to an alarm trigger, so that in a local regurgitation of the box in each case a recordable interruption tion of the electrically conductive structure occurs. The threads can example, be applied to the same plastic material with warp knitting machines, Raschel machines or a weaving machine, so that a welding or bonding of the two outer walls with the support material that carries and fixes the sensor is enabled, and so a solid, resilient composite of Outer plates with the stabilizing grid plus the sensor between the Pat is guaranteed.

Interruptions in the conductive structures are detected with the RFID units of the RFID arrangement. In this case, the RFID arrangement as RFID unit advantageously has an RFID reading device which transmits data and energy to an RFID receiver connected to a conductive structure.

Furthermore, the RFID reader is designed for the evaluation of signals transmitted via conductive Struktu ren signals of an RFID receiver.

The RFID reader thus forms a central unit which sends energy and data to individual RFID receivers connected to the conductive structures. From their feedback to the RFID reader can be detected in this who the whether in a conductive structure, an interruption is present or not. The RFID receivers can generally be formed as active RFID tags with a separate energy supply or as passive RFID tags without their own energy supply, in the simplest case in the form of antennas.

Advantageously, the range of the RFID reader is so large that all RFID receivers are addressed directly by this.

Alternatively, an RFID receiver and an RFID transmitter are integrated in a conductive structure. By means of the RFID transmitter signals are forwarded to an RFID receiver in another conductive structure.

In this way, a hierarchical multiple arrangement is obtained such that data generated by the RFID reader is fed via an RFID receiver into the closest conductive structure. In this conductive structure is also the RFID transmitter, which forwards the data to the RFID receiver of the next conductive structure, in which a further RFID receiver is provided. The RFID transmitter can be used as another RFID reader be educated. The feedback of the RFID receiver is then on to swept way to the RFID reader.

According to a structurally advantageous embodiment, the RFID reader is in the lid of the box. The conductive structures in the sidewalls of the box are each connected to an RFID transmitter and an RFID receiver. The conductive structures in the bottom part are connected to another RFID receiver. Thus, signals from the RFID reader can be forwarded from the cover via the conductive structures of the side walls to the conductive structures of the bottom part, as a result of which the entire arrangement of conductive structures in the box can be checked for interruptions.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the RFID device is associated with an alarm device in which the interruption of a leitfähi structure signaling alarm message is generated.

The alarm device expediently has a computer unit in which the signal evaluation and generation of the alarm message takes place.

The functionality of this security system can be further enhanced by the fact that objects stored in the box by means of the RFID arrangement can be detected.

For this purpose, the objects stored in the box are advantageously labeled with RFID tags, which are detected by the RFID reader. In the alarm device, it can then be evaluated whether the filling of the box with objects is correct or whether, if necessary, objects have been stolen. Depending on this, a status signal can be generated in the alarm device that indicates the current loading state. Furthermore, an alarm message can be generated who the, if there is a misuse of objects. This functionality can be further extended by the fact that the Alarmvor direction is assigned a GPS tracker. With the GPS tracker, a continuous location of the packaged goods in the box is possible. This information can be integrated into the status signals.

According to an advantageous embodiment, the alarm device has an interface for data exchange with an external unit.

In particular, the interface provides access to the Internet.

Status signals and alarm messages can be output via the interface and thus tracked by third parties from an external unit.

Alternatively or additionally, a signal transmitter is connected to the alarm device, via which an alarm message can be output.

This allows alarm conditions to be displayed directly on the box.

According to an advantageous embodiment, the box has an RFID signals shielding enclosure.

It is essential here that the conductive structures with the RFID arrangement are mounted inside this enclosure. Thus, the conductive structures and the RFID arrangement are precluded from interfering with similar systems in other boxes, which may be placed close to the first box.

Suitably, the sheath consists of at least one surface element, a foil, a conductive coating or a conductive plastic.

The textile surface elements may in particular be formed as knitted fabrics, knitted fabrics or woven fabrics.

The invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings. Show it: Figure 1: Schematic representation of a box as part of the erfmdungsge- proper packaging system.

FIG. 2: main body of the box according to FIG. 1 with folded base body side walls and a bottom part. FIG. 3: Box according to FIG. 1 with side walls accommodated in / in the bottom part and the lid placed in the bottom part in the box.

Figure 4: Schematic representation of an integrated in the box of Figure 1 conductive structure.

FIG. 5 shows an example of an arrangement of conductive structures and associated RFID units of an RFID arrangement for the box according to FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of components of the security systems for the box according to FIG. 1.

Figure 1 shows schematically an embodiment of a box 1, which forms a Ver packaging system. The box 1 is cuboid in the present case and is made of plastic.

The box 1 has a main body 2 which comprises a bottom part 3 and side walls 4 mounted thereon. The side walls 4 and the bottom part 3 to close a cavity which forms the loading space of the box 1.

The upper edges of the side walls 4 define an opening through which the interior of the box 1 can be loaded. This opening can be closed with a cover 5 as a further component 3 of the box 1.

The box 1 forms a modular unit. As FIG. 2 shows, the side walls 4 of the box 1 can be folded together and placed in the trough-shaped base. Part 3 are inserted. The unit thus formed can be closed ver with the lid 5 (Figure 3). In this form, the empty box 1 can be easily transported as a compact unit.

In the assembled state of the box 1, which is shown in Figure 1, in particular after loading the interior of the box 1, the lid 5 is placed on the base body 2. The cover 5 is secured in position on the base body 2 with two United locking means in the form of locking pin 6 on opposite sides of the lid 5. The closure means can generally also be designed as Rie gel, locking means and the like. Furthermore, the box 1 can be locked with two security locks 7. The security locks are located on opposite sides of the lid 5. Each security lock 7 is secured with a code, that is it can only be opened by entering the code. For code input, a suitable input unit such as a keypad or a keyboard can be provided. Furthermore, the code can generally also be input via non-contact data interfaces, such as Bluetooth interfaces and the like.

According to the invention, the box 1 and thus the packaging system on a hedging system, with which the box 1 is secured against manipulation and in particular unauthorized interference. As components of the security system conductive structures 8 are provided, which extend over the entire surface over all walls, that is side walls 4, the cover 5 and the bottom part 3 of the box 1.

In the present case, the conductive structures 8 are applied to the insides of the walls. In general, the conductive structures 8 may also be integrated in the walls, for example by welding the conductive structures 8 between plastic plates as elements of these walls. Figure 4 shows an example of a conductive structure 8. The conductive structure 8 consists of a textile surface 8a, in which electrically conductive threads 8b, which may consist of metallic or non-metallic materials, eingear processed. The conductive threads 8b form a grid structure, as indicated by the highly schematic representation of FIG. The lattice spacings are placed so that a cold cut or breakout attempt, whether with a conductive or non-conductive object, safely leads to an alarm triggering.

FIG. 5 shows an example of conductive structures 8 integrated in the box 1, to which an RFID arrangement having a plurality of RFID units is assigned. The RFID units are part of the security system, with this RFID unit interruptions in the conductive structures 8 can be detected.

As FIG. 5 shows, an RFID reader 9 is integrated in the cover 5 as the central RFID unit. In the side walls 4, the conductive structures 8 are connected to an RFID receiver 10 and an RFID transmitter 11. In general, the arrangement can be modified such that for each side wall 4, the conductive structure 8 provided there is connected to an RFID receiver 10 and an RFID transmitter 11. Furthermore, a conductive structure 8 can also be provided in the lid 5, which is connected to an RFID receiver 10. Finally, the conductive structure 8 arranged in the bottom part 3 is connected to a further RFID receiver 10.

The operation of this RFID arrangement is such that the RFID reader 9 emits energy and data that are received by the one or more RFID receivers 10 in the side walls 4 and optionally in the lid 5 itself. The RFID receiver (s) 10 thereby send signals corresponding to the data to the conductive structures 8. The one or more RFID transmitter 11 in the conductive structures 8 of the side walls 4 send these signals corre sponding data to the RFID receiver in the bottom part 3, which in turn emits corre sponding signals to the conductive structure 8 in the bottom part 3. The RFID Receivers 10 then return response signals to the received data or signals in the RFID reader 9 back. On the basis of the response signals, the RFID reader 9 can detect whether there is an interruption in a conductive structure 8. In order to avoid mutual influencing of the RFID arrangement integrated in the box 1 with a further RFID arrangement in an adjacent box 1, the box 1 has an envelope shielding RFID signals. This enclosure extends over the entire area of the box 1, wherein it is essential that the enclosure is incorporated into the walls of the box 1 so that the RFID arrangement with the conductive structures 8 lies within the enclosure. The envelope may be formed from films. Suitably, the sheath consists of at least one surface element, a film, a conductive coating or a conductive plastic.

The functionality of the RFID arrangement is extended to the effect that objects loaded with the RFID reader 9 in the box 1 can be detected and identified, for which purpose the objects are identified by RFID tags.

Figure 6 shows a block diagram of the components of the invention Si cherungssystems. The security system comprises an alarm device 12, which has a computer unit, not shown. The alarm device 12 is associated with a GPS tracker 13. Furthermore, the alarm device 12 is associated with an interface 14 for connection to an external unit. In the present case, the interface 14 is designed as an Internet interface. Closing Lich are connected to the alarm device 12, the RFID reader 9, the or the security locks and a signal generator 15, which can be designed as optical or acoustic Sig nalgeber 15 connected. The GPS tracker 13 can be used to track objects loaded in the box 1. Together with the signals for detecting objects generated by the RFID reader 9, status signals about the current load state are generated in the alarm device 12 with spatial resolution, which are read out via the interface 14. In order for a user, in particular the supplier of the stored in the box 1 objects to track exactly in the box 1 gelager th objects.

As a further status message, the closed state of the security locks or can be transmitted. Finally, an alarm message is generated in the alarm device 12, if an interruption of the conductive structure 8 of the box 1 is registered with the RFID arrangement. A further alarm message can be generated if it is registered with the RFID arrangement that objects in the box 1 are missing. These alarm messages can be output via the interface 14. In addition, they are displayed locally on the box 1 with the signal from the alarm device 12 controlled signal generator 15.

Finally, an alarm message can be generated if a manipulation of the box 1 is present in that it is covered with a conductive foil or the like, so that a data exchange over the interface over a longer period is prevented.

The alarm device 12 associated with the interface 14 can also be used by a user, in particular the supplier of the packaged to who the query status parameters of the security system.

Furthermore, the supplier can provide the customer via the interface 14, as soon as the customer has received the packaged goods, a release for access to the packaged goods. In the simplest case, the supplier sends the customer the code with which he can open the security lock 7. The customer can then enter the code at the security lock 7 via an input unit such as a keyboard or via a non-contact interface 14 such as a Bluetooth interface and open the security lock 7. In principle, the security lock 7 can be opened via suitable release commands directly via the interface 12 assigned to the alarm device 12.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

(1) box

(2) basic body

(3) bottom part

(4) sidewall

(5) Lid

(6) Locking bolt

(7) Security lock

(8) conductive structure (8a) textile surface (8b) conductive threads

(9) RFID reader

(10) RFID receiver

(11) RFID transmitter

(12) Alarm device

(13) GPS tracker

(14) Interface

(15) Signaling device

Claims

claims

1. Packaging system with a security system, characterized in that the packaging system in the form of a box (1) is formed, wherein the security system in the box (1) is integrated, that the hedging system over walls of the box (1) extending has conductive structures (8), wherein the conductive structures (8) are assigned RFID units of an RFID arrangement by means of which interruptions in the conductive structures (8) are detected, an interrupt message being generated when an interruption is detected ,

2. Packaging system according to claim 1, characterized in that the RFID arrangement as an RFID unit has an RFID reader (9), wel ches data and energy to one with a conductive structure (8) verbun which RFID receiver sends.

3. Packaging system according to claim 2, characterized in that the RFID reader (9) is designed for evaluating via conductive structures (8) returned signals of an RFID receiver (10).

4. Packaging system according to one of claims 2 or 3, characterized in that a RFID receiver (10) and an RFID transmitter (11) are integrated in a conductive structure (8), wherein by means of the RFID transmitter (11). Signals to an RFID receiver (10) in a further conductive structure (8) are forwarded.

5. Packaging system according to one of claims 1 - 4, characterized in that the box (1) has a base body (2) with side walls (4). and a bottom part (3) and a cover (5), wherein the base body (2) of the box (1) is at least partially foldable.

6. Packaging system according to claim 5, characterized in that the conductive structures (8) extend over the entire surfaces of the side walls (4) and the bottom part (3) of the base body (2).

7. Packaging system according to claim 6, characterized in that in the conductive structures (8) of the side walls (4) at least one respective RFID transmitter (11) and an RFID receiver (10) are provided that in the conductive structure (8 ) of the bottom part only one RFID receiver (10) is provided, and that the RFID reader (9) in the lid (5) is integrated, wherein in particular in the cover (5) conductive structures (8) with an RFID receiver (10 ) are provided.

8. Packaging system according to one of claims 1-7, characterized in that by means of the RFID arrangement in the box (1) mounted objects can be detected.

9. Packaging system according to one of claims 1-8, characterized in that the RFID arrangement an alarm device (12) is assigned net, in which an interruption of a conductive structure (8) signaling alarm message is generated.

10. Packaging system according to claim 9, characterized in that in the alarm device (12) an evaluation of in the box (1) stored objects takes place, depending on the evaluation, a status signal and / or an alarm message is generated, and / or that in the alarm device (12) time resolved and depending on the current position of the box (1) entries and exits of objects in the box are detected, and that when registering a bad occupancy in the box an alarm message is generated.

11. Packaging system according to one of claims 9 or 10, characterized in that the alarm device (12) has an interface (14) for data exchange with an external unit, wherein an alarm message and / or a status signal via the interface (14) can be output is, and / or that the alarm device (12) a signal generator (15) is closed, via which an alarm message can be output.

12. Packaging system according to claim 11, characterized in that the interface (14) provides access to the Internet.

13. Packaging system according to one of claims 9 - 12, characterized in that the alarm device (12) is a GPS tracker (13) zugeord net.

14. Packaging system according to one of claims 1 - 13, characterized in that the conductive structures (8) of in a textile surface (8 a) incorporated electrically conductive threads (8 b) are formed, and / or that the conductive structures (8). in walls of the box (1) are integrated.

15. Packaging system according to one of claims 1-14, characterized in that the box (1) has an RFID signals shielding enclosure, wherein the envelope of at least one or more WING chenelementen of plastic or with a conductive coating or at least one or multiple slides.