JP2002145419A - Commodity management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform commodity management in packaging containers in a short time without requiring communication charges or communication time and do such work at low cost without requiring infrastructure arrangement. SOLUTION: A reader writer 16 is used to read commodity information one by one out of individual information tags 14a-14f pasted on the upper face of medicines 12a-12f in storing the medicines 12a-12f in a medicine box 18 from a void arrow-mark X direction. The reader writer 16 is used to write commodity information for the medicines 12a-12f on each of block information tags 20a, 20b pasted on open/closed doors 18a, 18b for the medicine box 18. In this case, time histories are also written together with the open/closed condition of the open/closed doors. The commodity information for contents can be obtained simply by making the reader writer 16 close to the block information tags 20 for the medicine box 18. Thus, on-line commodity management is available and defects, if found on the way, are easily discriminated by comparison with the histories of the commodity information written on the block information tags 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article management system, and more particularly, to an article management system for storing and managing arbitrary articles in a packaging container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when managing a plurality of articles contained in a packaging container, for example, a bar code label indicating the article information is attached to each article, and the articles are accommodated in the packaging container. At this time, it has been common practice to read out the label information one by one using a barcode reader and centrally manage the article information for each packing container by a host computer via a server or the like. In recent years, with the development of electronic devices and communication devices, IC cards capable of instantaneously exchanging a large amount of information without contact have become widespread.
When applying this IC card to an article management system,
In the same manner as the barcode label described above, an IC card on which individual article information is written is attached to an article, and article information read by an IC card reader / writer is centrally managed by a host computer via a server or the like. . Such a conventional article management system is an effective management system under logistics management in which there is no risk of unpacking during the distribution process, but as described above, infrastructure such as a host computer and a network is required. Was.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional article management system, when the article is under logistics management in which articles are taken in and out of the packaging container in the middle of the distribution process, each time the article management system is connected via a network. It is necessary to access the host computer and update the article information in the packing container, but there is a problem that a communication fee and communication time are required every time. In addition, when implementing the above-mentioned conventional article management system, it is assumed that infrastructure such as a host computer and a network has been prepared, but a new article management system is constructed without such an infrastructure. Attempting to do so involves a huge cost. The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and can perform article management in a packaging container in a short time without spending communication charges or communication time, and does not require infrastructure such as a host computer and a network. ,
An object is to provide an article management system that can be implemented at low cost.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article management system for storing and managing an arbitrary article in a packing container, wherein the article information is attached to each of the articles and individual article information is written. A separate information tag, a collective information tag attached to the packing container side, on which information about the articles to be stored in the packing container is collectively written, and a case where the articles are stored and managed in the packing container. A reader / writer with a memory function for reading the article information from the individual information tag of each article and writing all the article information in the collective information tag of the packing container collectively. When loading and unloading items and periodically checking the items in the packaging container, the reader / writer reads the individual information tag of each item and And performing article management by comparing the written article information.
According to this, the individual information tag on which the article information is written is attached to each of the articles, and the collective information tag for collectively writing information on the articles contained in the packaging container is attached to the packaging container side. When articles are stored in the packaging container, the reader / writer with a memory function reads the item information from the individual information tags of the individual items, writes the information in a batch information tag, and puts the items in and out of the packaging container. When checking the items in the packing container regularly or by reading the individual information tags of each item with a reader / writer, compare the item information written in the collective information tag with the item information and manage the items. I do.
In this way, when taking in and out the articles in the packaging container, or when checking the articles periodically, the article information of the individual information tag is read using a reader / writer with a memory function, and the information is written on the collective information tag. By comparing with previous article information, accurate article management can be performed offline in a short time, and cost can be reduced. The invention according to claim 2 is the article management system according to claim 1, wherein the collective information tag includes a plurality of non-contact information tags,
The non-contact information tags are arranged so as to overlap or separate according to the open / close state of the opening / closing door of the packing container for taking in / out the articles, and the non-contact information tags are arranged so as to be separated from each other. It is characterized by recognizing the open / closed state of the door. According to this, the collective information tags are arranged such that the non-contact information tags are overlapped or separated according to the open / close state of the opening / closing door of the packaging container for taking in / out the articles. Therefore, it is possible to recognize the open / closed state of the door based on the reading state of the information of the non-contact information tag by the reader / writer. Then, the open / close state of the open / close door of the packing container and the content article information in that state can be stored as a history.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the article management system according to the first aspect, an opening / closing detection sensor for detecting an open / closed state of an opening / closing door of a packing container into / out of the article is further provided. The opening / closing state of the opening / closing door is thereby recognized. According to this, since the open / closed state of the opening / closing door of the packing container can be detected by the open / closed state detection sensor, the open / closed state of the openable door can be recognized by the open / closed state detection sensor. Then, the open / close state of the open / close door of the packing container and the content article information in that state can be stored as a history. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the article management system according to the second or third aspect, the collective information tag includes at least article information contained in the packing container by the reader / writer and opening and closing of the door. The status and the time history are written together. According to this,
In the collective information tag, at least the article information stored in the packaging container and the open / close state of the opening / closing door are written together with the time history by the reader / writer, so that only the offline processing of reading the information of the collective information tag with the reader / writer is performed. In addition, accurate article management can be performed in chronological order. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the article management system according to the fourth aspect, the work history is determined based on the open / close state of the open / close door and the time written in the collective information tag. According to this, it is possible to have a history as to whether the door of the packaging container is being opened or closed according to the open / closed state of the open / close door and the time written in the collective information tag. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the article management system according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, when unpacking the packaging container, the article information written in the collective information tag and the content It is characterized in that the individual information tag of the article is compared with the article information read and the out-of-stock state is grasped. According to this, when unpacking the packaging container, the item information written in the collective information tag is compared with the item information read from the individual information tag of the content item at that time, so that the formal unpacking is performed. It is possible to easily understand a missing item caused by a trouble other than time or an article intentionally removed from the packaging container.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an article management system according to the present embodiment.
Here, as an example of an article management system that stores and manages any article in a packaging container, a medicine box containing a series of regular medicines is placed in each home, and medicines used by staff in regular patrols are used. If found, the user will be billed for the amount of medicine used, and will be described using an example of an article management system relating to a conservative medicine for replenishing the medicine. An article management system 10 shown in FIG.
Individual information tags 14a to 14f such as IC cards capable of writing and reading information in a non-contact manner are attached to the upper surface of each box a to 12f, and individual article information is written in advance. On the other hand, a medicine box 18 as a packing container for accommodating the medicines 12a to 12f is provided with four opening / closing doors 18a to 18d for taking in and out the medicine,
At a predetermined position of the opening / closing doors 18a and 18b, two collective information tags 20a and 20b capable of collectively writing and reading information relating to the articles housed in the medicine box 18.
Is affixed. The predetermined position of the open / close doors 18a, 18b to which the collective information tags 20a, 20b are affixed means that the two collective information tags 20a, 20b are closed with the open / close doors 18a, 18b closed as shown in FIG. It is in the position where it just overlaps. Thus, the opening and closing door 1 of the medicine box 18
Since the collective information tags 20a and 20b are arranged so as to overlap or separate from each other according to the open / close state of 8a, 18b,... When the open / close doors 18a, 18b,. As shown in FIG. 1, the collective information tags 20a, 20a
b) Handy terminal type reader / writer 16
Must be applied individually to read and write information, so that there is a time difference. The doors 18a, 18b,.
・ When is closed, as shown in FIG.
By simply applying the handy terminal type reader / writer 16 to 0 (20a, 20b) once, the information can be read and written collectively, so that there is no time difference. As described above, depending on the difference in the situation where the collective information tags 20a and 20b are read and written by the reader / writer 16, the open / close doors 18a and 18b are different.
The open / closed state of b can be recognized.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, two batch information tags 20a and 20b are arranged on the doors 18a and 18b, respectively. However, as shown in FIG. A tag 22a is built in, and the other collective information tag 22b is located at the same outer position as the collective information tag 22a.
May be provided.
When the opening / closing door is open, the collective information tag 22b is taken out of the pocket 24, and the reader / writer 16 is separately applied to the collective information tags 22a and 22b to read and write information. When the opening / closing door is closed, the collective information tag 22b is inserted into the pocket 24, the collective information tags 22a and 22b are overlapped, and the reader / writer 16 is applied to the part, so that the collective information read / write operation is performed. To

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example provided with an open / close detection sensor for detecting the open / close state of the open / close door of the packing container. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the package information tag and the open / close detection sensor of FIG. FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, an opening / closing door 18 of a medicine box (packing container) for taking in / out a medicine (article).
b, a single collective information tag 26 is connected to the single collective information tag 26 by a line 27 and an open / close detection sensor 28 for detecting the open / closed state of the open / close door is provided. (2 sheets) need not be provided. Also,
As shown in FIG. 5, a tag control unit 26a and a tag antenna 26b are provided inside the collective information tag 26, and the tag control unit 26a and the open / close detection sensor 28 are connected via a line 27. ing. When the information reading of the collective information tag 26 is performed using the reader / writer 16, the tag antenna 26 is read from the reader / writer 16.
When electric power is supplied to the collective information tag 26 via b,
The tag control unit 26a checks the state of the opening / closing detection sensor 28, and when transmitting the memory data of the tag from the collective information tag 26 to the reader / writer 16, the data of the state of the checked opening / closing detection sensor 28 is also transmitted. To In addition, the handy terminal type reader / writer 16 used in the present embodiment is provided with individual medicines 12a to 12a.
f. Individual information tags 14a to 14f are temporarily stored in a built-in memory of the tag control unit 26a, and the reader / writer with a memory function that can collectively write the collective information tags 20a and 20b on the medicine box 18 side. It is. Further, the reader / writer 16 of the present embodiment has a built-in timer for detecting the time, and the individual information tag 14a
情報 14f and article information read from 14f and opening / closing doors 18a, 18
By writing the open / close state of b,... together with the respective time data in the collective information tags 20a, 20b of the medicine box 18, a time history can be formed. Furthermore, based on the opening / closing state of the door and the time history written in the collective information tags 20a and 20b, the time at which the door is opened to take out a medicine (article) and the time at which it was closed are recorded as work history. Can be.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 1, before storing the six types of medicines 12 a to 12 f of A to F in the medicine box 18, individual information attached to the upper surface of each medicine 12 a to 12 f using the reader / writer 16. After reading the article information one by one from the tags 14a to 14f, the medicine 12 is inserted into the medicine box 18 from the direction of the white arrow X.
a to 12f. Next, the opening / closing door 18 of the medicine box 18
Using the reader / writer 16 with respect to the collective information tags 20a and 20b attached to the
Article information of each type of medicines 12a to 12f is written. As a result, it is found that the article information has been written with the door open, and the time history at that time is also written. Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the medicine box 18 is stored with the opening and closing door closed,
Delivery takes place. Here, as shown in FIG.
By performing the reading process by bringing the reader / writer 16 close to the collective information tag 20 (20a and 20b overlap), the data as shown in FIG. 6 can be read.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of data of article information written in the collective information tag. As shown in FIG. 6, data A to F indicating that the medicines 12a to 12f are contained are written in the memory 30 of the collective information tag. Therefore, by simply reading the data of the collective information tag 20, it is found that the medicines 12a to 12f of the contents A to F are contained without unpacking the medicine box 18, and at this time, the opening and closing door is closed. It can also be seen that the state has been set. Thereafter, when using the medicine in the medicine box 18 at home, the opening and closing door is freely opened and the necessary medicine is taken out and used. A staff member who patrols the house where the medicine box 18 is placed at regular intervals is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG.
8 is opened, the medicine 12 contained therein is taken out, and the article information of the individual information tag 14 attached to the upper surface thereof is read. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the medicine remaining in the medicine box (remaining amount) and the medicine already taken out and used (takeout amount) separately. As shown in the white arrow Y direction in FIG. 8, the medicines 12 of A, B, C and E
Since a, 12b, 12c, and 12e are unused drugs, they remain in the medicine box 18, and by reading the individual information tags 14a, 14b, 14c, and 14e with the reader / writer 16, individual article information is read. Can be easily captured. However, as shown in the outline arrow Z direction, the medicines 12d and 12f of D and F that have been used and lost are stored in the medicine box 1
8, the article information cannot be captured by the reader / writer 16. The above-mentioned read result is again written into the collective information tags 20a and 20b attached to the opening / closing door of the medicine box 18 in FIG. 8 by using the reader / writer 16 again. Then, the attendant sets the collective information tag 20
a, 20b, the first contents information written in FIG.
By comparing the contents information after use this time (see FIG. 9) with D and F medicines 12 originally contained.
Since it is immediately known that d and 12f have disappeared, it is possible to request a drug fee for these drugs or to replenish the corresponding drugs. In addition, a display screen is provided on the reader / writer 16 side to display a data comparison screen as shown in FIG. This makes it easier to manage the articles.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when managing various medicines stored in medicine boxes such as regular medicines, a centralized management system (on-line) connected to a host computer or the like via a network. Method), without incurring communication charges and communication time on inexpensive devices,
Articles can be accurately managed in a short time. Also,
According to the present embodiment, since infrastructure such as a host computer and a network is not required, it can be implemented at low cost. In the above-described embodiment, the article management system has been described by taking a medicine box such as a conservative medicine as an example.However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the article management system may be used for distribution management of small-lot delivery such as a convenience store. It can be applied to other various article management.
In this case, in the article management system of the above embodiment, since the time history is included in the article management data, it is easy to find out what is missing due to a trouble during transportation or what is intentionally omitted. Can be. Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which two batch information tags are attached to the opening / closing door of the packaging container. However, it is a matter of course that three or more batch information tags may be used.

[0012]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the individual information tags on which the article information is written are attached to the individual articles, respectively, and the information on the articles contained in the packing container is stored. When a batch information tag to be written collectively is attached to the packing container side and items are stored in the packing container, the item information is read from the individual information tag of each item by a reader / writer with a memory function, and it is collectively read. When collectively writing information tags and putting items in and out of the packaging container, or when regularly checking the items in the packaging container, read the individual information tags of individual items with a reader / writer and write them to the batch information tag. The article management is performed in comparison with the article information. For this reason, when putting products in and out of the packaging container or regularly checking the products, the product information of the individual information tag is read using a reader / writer with a memory function, and the previous product written on the collective information tag is read. Only by comparing with information, accurate article management can be performed in a short time in an offline manner, and cost can be reduced. According to the invention described in claim 2, the collective information tag overlaps or separates the non-contact information tags from each other according to the open / close state of the opening / closing door of the packing container for putting in / out the articles. With this arrangement, the open / closed state of the door can be recognized based on the reading state of the information of the non-contact information tag by the reader / writer. Then, the open / close state of the open / close door of the packing container and the content article information in that state can be stored as a history. According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the open / closed state of the door of the packing container can be detected by the open / closed detection sensor, the open / closed state of the door can be recognized by the open / closed detection sensor. Then, the open / close state of the open / close door of the packing container and the content article information in that state can be stored as a history. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, at least the article information and the open / closed state of the opening / closing door are written together with the time history in the collective information tag by the reader / writer. Only the off-line processing of reading the above information with a reader / writer enables accurate article management in chronological order. According to the invention described in claim 5, according to the open / close state of the open / close door and the time written in the collective information tag, whether the work state of the open state or the closed state of the door of the packing container is used as a history. Can have. According to the invention described in claim 6, when unpacking the packaging container, the article information written in the collective information tag is compared with the article information obtained by reading the individual information tag of the content article at that time. As a result, it is possible to easily grasp a missing item caused by a trouble other than the time of formal unpacking, or an article intentionally removed from the packaging container.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an article management system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the medicine box in FIG. 1 is closed.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a medicine box illustrating another configuration for detecting the open / closed state of the opening / closing door using a plurality of collective information tags.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example provided with an open / close detection sensor for detecting the open / close state of the open / close door of the packaging container.

FIG. 5 is a detailed diagram illustrating the collective information tag and the open / close detection sensor of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of data of article information written in a collective information tag.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view in a case where an article management of medicine inside is performed by opening an opening / closing door of a medicine box.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the medicine taken out of the medicine box and the medicine already used separately.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a result of comparing and collating content information initially contained in a medicine box with used content information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 article management system, 12a-12f medicine, 14a-14f individual information tag, 16 reader / writer, 18 medicine box, 18a-18d opening and closing door, 20a, 20b package information tag, 22a, 22b package information tag, 24 pocket, 26 package Information tag, 26a Tag control unit, 26b Tag antenna, 27 lines, 28 open / close detection sensor, 30 memory.

Continued on the front page F term (reference) 3F022 AA00 MM07 MM11 MM21 PP00 5B035 BB09 BC00 CA23 5B058 CA17 CA23 KA02 KA04 KA06 YA20

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An article management system for storing and managing an arbitrary article in a packing container, comprising: an individual information tag attached to each of the articles, on which individual article information is written; A collective information tag that is attached and collectively writes information about the articles contained in the packaging container, and reads the article information from the individual information tag of each article when managing the articles contained in the packaging container. A reader / writer with a memory function to collectively write all of the article information in the collective information tag of the packing container, and to put goods in and out of the packing container, and to periodically put articles in the packing container. When checking the information tag, the individual information tag of each article is read by the reader / writer and compared with the article information written in the collective information tag. Article management system and performs an article managed by. 2. The non-contact information tag according to claim 1, wherein the non-contact information tag comprises a plurality of non-contact information tags, and the non-contact information tags are overlapped or separated according to an open / close state of an opening / closing door of a packing container into / out of the article. 2. The article management system according to claim 1, wherein the article management system is configured to recognize an open / close state of the open / close door based on a reading state of information of the non-contact information tag by the reader / writer. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an opening / closing detection sensor for detecting an opening / closing state of the opening / closing door of the packing container for taking in / out the article, wherein the opening / closing state of the opening / closing door is recognized by the opening / closing detection sensor. An article management system according to item 1. 4. The collective information tag is configured to write at least the article information contained in the packing container and the open / close state of the open / close door together with a time history by the reader / writer. Item management system according to 2 or 3. 5. The article management system according to claim 4, wherein the work history is made based on the open / close state of the open / close door and the time written in the collective information tag. 6. The unpacking status is grasped by comparing and comparing the article information written in the collective information tag with the article information read from the individual information tag of the content article when unpacking the packing container. The article management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: