JP2010238190A - Ic tag-equipped physical distribution carrier apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make an IC tag hard to be damaged or fall, and to allow transmission/reception of electric waves regardless of a moving direction of a carrier apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: Peripheral faces of a carriage of this physical distribution carrier apparatus are attached with IC tags, and a protection material is provided outside each IC tag. The IC tags are provided near two diagonal corners of the peripheral faces of the carriage, or are attached on two peripheral faces sandwiching one corner. Both or one of the protection material and an IC tag attachment part of the carriage is formed with an opening part through which the electric wave can pass. The protection material can be an elastic material, an inelastic material, a metal material, or a nonmetal material. The protection material can be an electromagnetic non-shielding material. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a logistics transport device with an IC tag in which an IC tag is attached to a logistics transport device such as a dolly, a carry, or a carriage that transports luggage.

  In a package collection / delivery place where a large number of packages are collected and delivered, logistics transport equipment is used to move the packages within the venue. When a package is moved by a logistics transport device, the package is usually moved together with a package of recorded package information such as package contents, delivery destination, package handling conditions, and delivery date and time. This is to carry the baggage correctly to the target location (the target delivery vehicle, planned storage location, etc.). Conventionally, as a means of recording this baggage information, it is often handwritten on a tag, slip, whiteboard, etc. In addition to troublesome work, mistakes were also caused by misreading messy characters.

  Therefore, in recent years, as in Patent Document 1, an IC tag (RFID: Radio Frequency IDentification) is installed in the physical distribution equipment, and after the necessary information is recorded in the IC tag, the package of the physical distribution equipment can be moved. Has been done. An IC tag may be attached to a package or a physical distribution equipment on which the package is loaded, as sometimes called an “electronic tag”.

JP 2006-36230 A

  However, when a dolly without a handle (handle) is not in use, two or more units are often stacked, and even a carry or cart with a handle may be folded and two or more units may be stacked. . When stacked in this way, an IC tag attached to a physical distribution device such as a dolly may be damaged by coming into contact with the physical distribution device mounted on the IC tag.

  A logistics transport device, particularly a dolly, has a simple configuration in which casters are attached to a rectangular body in plan view. The dolly tends to be handled roughly when no luggage is loaded, and may collide with surrounding pillars and walls during movement. Since the dolly has a simple structure in which a caster is attached to a rectangular body in plan view, if the IC tag is attached to the side of the body, the IC tag may collide with a pillar or a wall depending on the handling. It becomes a cause.

  IC tags attached to physical distribution equipment can only handle radio waves from the opposite direction, so radio waves cannot be transmitted or received depending on the direction of physical movement of the physical distribution equipment unless it is attached to only one location of the physical distribution equipment. There are many cases.

  The subject of the present invention is that the IC tag is not damaged or detached even if the physical distribution equipment is stacked, and it is difficult to damage even if it is handled roughly. The object is to provide a physical distribution equipment with IC tags that can be transmitted and received well.

  The physical distribution equipment with IC tag of the present invention is attached with an IC tag having an integrated circuit and an antenna and having a wireless communication function on the outer peripheral surface of the main body (loading platform) of the physical distribution equipment such as a dolly, a carry, and a carriage. A protective material is provided around the IC tag. In this case, the IC tag can be provided in the vicinity of the two corners on the diagonal position of the outer peripheral surface of the loading platform, or can be attached to the two outer peripheral surfaces sandwiching one corner. The IC tag may be attached to a peripheral frame that protrudes upward from the outer peripheral edge of the main body above the upper surface of the loading platform. An opening through which radio waves can pass can be provided in both or either of the protective material and the IC tag mounting portion on the outer peripheral surface of the loading platform. The protective material may be an elastic material or a non-elastic material, and may be a metal material or a non-metal material. The protective material can also be made of a non-radio-shielding material.

The physical distribution equipment with IC tag of the present invention has the following effects.
(1) Since the IC tag is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the loading platform of the logistics transport device, it is not in the way when loading the cargo on the top surface of the loading platform, and two or more logistics transport devices when not in use are placed on the top surface of the loading platform. Even when stacked on top of each other, or when two or more logistics transport devices when not in use are turned upside down and stacked on the bottom of the main body, the stacked logistics transport devices do not contact the IC tag, and the IC The tag will not be damaged or fall off.
(2) Since the protective material is provided on the outside of the IC tag, the IC tag will be damaged even if the logistics equipment is handled violently and the outer peripheral surface of the loading platform of the logistics equipment collides with walls, pillars, etc. And harmful effects such as falling off and falling off are less likely to occur.
(3) When the protective material is an elastic material, even if the outer peripheral surface of the main body of the physical distribution equipment collides with a wall, a pillar, or the like, the IC tag is not easily damaged or detached, and the cargo bed is not easily damaged.
(4) In the case where the protective material is made of metal, even if the outer peripheral surface of the loading platform of the physical distribution equipment collides with a wall, a pillar, or the like, the IC tag is not easily damaged or detached, and the loading platform is not easily damaged.
(5) Since there is an opening that allows radio waves to pass through either or both of the protective material and the IC tag mounting portion of the loading platform, radio waves can be reliably transmitted from either the front-rear direction or the left-right direction of the logistics equipment. You can send and receive.
(6) Since the protective material is a radio wave non-shielding material, even if the outside of the IC tag is covered with the protective material, radio wave transmission / reception of the IC tag is ensured.
(7) Since the IC tag is attached to two diagonal surfaces of the outer peripheral surface of the cargo carrier equipment, transmission / reception from two or more directions of the main body can be performed with high accuracy.
(8) Since the IC tag is attached to the two outer peripheral surfaces sandwiching one corner, transmission / reception from two or more directions of the loading platform can be performed with high accuracy.
(9) Since an opening through which radio waves can pass is provided in the IC tag mounting portion of the peripheral frame of the loading platform, the IC tag attached to the peripheral frame also receives radio waves from the front side (front of the peripheral frame). Since radio waves from the rear of the frame can also be transmitted and received, radio waves can be transmitted and received in any case of reciprocating in the same path.
(10) Since electronic data can be recorded on the IC chip of the IC tag and can be read by wireless communication, there is no hassle of recording the package information by hand, and mishandling of handwritten messy or wrinkled characters is mistaken. There will be no information recognition mistakes.
(11) By writing the package information on the IC tag and reading the information, it is possible to reliably and quickly recognize the package mounted on the physical distribution equipment.

The top perspective view which shows an example of the physical distribution conveyance apparatus with an IC tag of this invention. The detailed perspective view of one corner part of the loading platform of the distribution conveyance apparatus with an IC tag of this invention. The exploded explanatory view of one corner part of the loading platform of the physical distribution equipment with IC tag of the present invention. Sectional drawing of the IC tag attachment state of a physical distribution conveyance apparatus with an IC tag of this invention, and a protection material attachment state. The top view of the state which is the physical distribution conveyance apparatus with an IC tag of this invention, Comprising: IC tag was attached to the outer peripheral surface of two places on the diagonal of a loading platform. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a state where the IC tag is attached to two outer peripheral surfaces sandwiching one corner of the cargo bed, which is a physical distribution transport device with an IC tag according to the present invention. The top view of the state which is the physical distribution conveyance apparatus with an IC tag of this invention, Comprising: The IC tag was attached to two outer peripheral surfaces which pinch | interpose one corner of a loading platform.

(Embodiment 1)
An embodiment of a physical distribution equipment with an IC tag according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The physical distribution equipment of the present invention is a variety of mobile physical distribution equipment such as a dolly, a carry, a hand cart, a car, and a container truck that can carry and carry a load. The dolly is illustrated as an example.

  There are various shapes, forms, and structures of the dolly. The example illustrated as an example of the dolly 1 has wheels (casters) 5 attached to four corners on the back surface of a rectangular loading platform 2 on which a load is loaded. Is provided with a peripheral frame 4 projecting upward from the mounting surface 3 on the four outer peripheral edges of the mounting surface 3. Hereinafter, the illustrated dolly will be described as an example.

The wheels 5 at the four corners of the bottom surface of the loading platform 2 of the dolly 1 can be so-called fixed wheels that cannot rotate around the vertical axis, or freely adjustable wheels that can rotate around the vertical axis. Moreover, the wheel 5 can be provided with a stopper function, whether it is a fixed type or a free type. The shape, structure, etc. of the wheel 5 may be other than those illustrated.

An IC tag 7 is attached to the outer peripheral surface (circumferential frame in the figure) 4 of the loading platform 2. The IC tag 7 is disposed outside the opening 9 through which the radio wave can be passed provided in the IC tag mounting portion of the peripheral frame 4, and the protective material 6 is covered on the outside as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4. The IC tag 7 is fixed to the peripheral frame 4 together with the protective material 6 by screwing screws, screws, etc. into the fixing hole of the protective material 6 from the outside of the IC 6, so that the IC tag 7 can be protected from external impacts. . The protective member 6 also has an opening 8 through which radio waves can pass.

The mounting position of the IC tag 7 and the protective material 6 may be any of the peripheral frame 4, but the example shown in FIG. 1 is provided at the two corners of the diagonal position of the outer peripheral surface of the loading platform 2, One IC tag 7 is attached to the short side of the peripheral frame 4 as shown in FIG. 5, and the other IC tag 7 is attached to the long side of the peripheral frame 4 as shown in FIG. It can send and receive radio waves from directions. By mounting in this way, even when the dolly 1 moves in either the left or right direction in FIG. 5, radio waves from the orthogonal direction (front or rear of the dolly 1 and either the left or right side) can be reliably transmitted. You can send and receive.

As another example of the attachment positions of the IC tag 7 and the protective material 6, those shown in FIG. 6 are attached to two outer peripheral surfaces sandwiching one corner of the outer peripheral surface of the loading platform 2. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the outer side of the two attached IC tags 7 is covered with a protective material 6, and screws or screws are screwed into the fixing holes of the protective material 6 from the outer side of the protective material 6. The IC tag 7 is fixed to the peripheral frame 4 together with the protective material 6 so that the IC tag 7 can be protected from external impacts. Also in this case, an opening 9 through which radio waves can pass is provided in the IC tag mounting portion of the peripheral frame 4, and an opening 8 through which radio waves can pass is also opened in the protective material 6. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the protective material 6 is bent at a right angle so that it can be put on two outer peripheral surfaces sandwiching one corner of the loading platform 2. These two IC tags 7 can also reliably transmit and receive radio waves from the orthogonal direction (either forward or rearward or leftward or rightward) even when the dolly moves in either the left or right direction in FIG. it can.

The attachment position and the number of attachments of the IC tag 7 may be other than those shown in the drawing, and two or more places may be arranged on one long side or one short side of the outer periphery, or the long side and the short side may be combined. For example, it can be arranged on two long sides or two short sides. If it is the outer periphery of the loading platform 2, it may not be a surrounding frame but may be another location. In this embodiment, the shape of the loading platform 2 is rectangular in plan view. However, if the IC tag 7 is arranged in two or more different directions along the outer edge line of the loading platform shape, the rectangular corners may be curved or polygonal. Or any other shape.

The IC tag 7 can select a read-only type (read only) or a read / write type (writable). When the read / write type is selected, the reader 1 is stopped when the dolly 1 is stopped before the reader. Necessary information can be recorded in the IC tag 7 from the (wireless communication device). The IC tag 7 includes an active type equipped with a power supply and a passive type equipped with no power supply, and it goes without saying that either of them can be selected, but the active type allows the IC tag 7 to transmit information on its own and the communication distance. Also has a feature that it is longer than the passive type. Even if the reader is a so-called reader / writer capable of reading and writing or a reader only for reading, the IC tag 7 can be used. However, if the reader is a reader, the IC tag 7 can be used. The tag 7 cannot record information.

The IC tag 7 utilizes RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification, a wireless non-contact automatic recognition technology), and includes an IC chip and a wireless function part of an antenna, and a packaging part that wraps them. The IC chip is an integrated circuit (Integrated Circuit) formed in a chip shape and has a function of storing information, and the antenna is used for transmitting and receiving information. Specifically, when information is transmitted wirelessly from a reader (reader / writer), the antenna receives this information and is written in the IC chip, and the information stored in the IC chip is transmitted from the antenna and read out. Read by.

The protective material 6 includes a front portion 6a that covers the front surface of the IC tag 7 and an upper portion 6b that can be covered from the top of the peripheral frame 4 to the inner surface. The protective material 6 may be an elastic material such as rubber or resin, or may be a non-elastic material such as a metal or hard resin, and may be a metal material (radio wave shielding) or a non-metal material ( (Non-shielding property) may be used. When the protective material 6 is a radio wave shielding material, it is preferable to provide an opening 8 through which radio waves can pass as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and when the protective material 6 is made of a radio wave non-shielding material, an opening through which radio waves can pass. The part 8 may not be provided.

(Usage example of the dolly of this embodiment)
An example of the case where the goods are moved in the luggage collection area using the IC tag-equipped physical distribution equipment in the present embodiment will be described below. Each package collected in the package collection / delivery site must be properly loaded on a predetermined transport vehicle (for example, a truck). Therefore, a person who transports the luggage in the hall (hereinafter referred to as “transporter”) grasps the target transport vehicle and the luggage to be loaded thereon, and then starts the transportation work.

The carrier takes the dolly 1 equipped with the IC tag 7 to the command point. At this command point, a reader (reader / writer) and an electronic computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) are installed. This reader is embedded in the wall surface, and the carrier stops the dolly 1 before the reader and waits for information to be written. The reader is not limited to being embedded in the wall surface, and a gate-type one, a handy-type reader, or other various modes can be selected.
The commander waiting here communicates with the IC tag 7 of the dolly 1 through the reader by operating the personal computer, and sends necessary baggage information such as the baggage to be transported and the target transport vehicle to the IC of the dolly 1. Write to tag 7.

The transporter appropriately loads the packages on the dolly 1 based on the package information recorded on the IC tag 7. At this time, if the carrier carries a portable monitor (for example, a mobile computer such as a PDA) that can read and display information from the IC tag 7 in order to confirm the package information recorded on the IC tag 7, Is preferred.

When the carrier finishes loading all the packages, the carrier carries the dolly 1 to the intended transport vehicle. At the transport vehicle standby point, it is possible to check whether or not the packages are loaded as planned. Specifically, it can be performed by the following procedure.
First, the planned package information is read from the IC tag 7 of the dolly 1 with a reader and transmitted to a personal computer installed in advance. Next, the IC tags 7 attached to the individual packages placed on the dolly 1 are each read by a handy type reader and transmitted to a personal computer. Accordingly, it is possible to determine whether or not the cargo is appropriately loaded by comparing the planned baggage information with the actually loaded baggage information.

After the confirmation work, the transporter reloads all the packages placed on the dolly 1 onto the transport vehicle. After completing this transshipment work, the transporter returns to the command point again and repeats a series of work.

  The logistics transport device with an IC tag of the present invention is not limited to use with a logistics transport device in a luggage collection / delivery place, but is used when organizing luggage in a warehouse, or when it is used for book rearrangement in a library, It can also be applied in various situations, such as when a shopper uses a cart.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Dolly 2 Loading platform 3 Mounting surface 4 Peripheral frame 5 Wheel 6 Protective material 6a Front part 6b Upper part 7 IC tag 8 Opening part of protective material 9 Opening part of peripheral frame

Claims (5)

  An IC tag having an integrated circuit and an antenna and having a wireless communication function is attached to the outer peripheral surface of a main body (loading platform) of a logistics transport device such as a dolly, a carry, and a carriage, and a protective material is provided around the IC tag. A logistics transport device with an IC tag characterized by being provided.   2. The physical distribution equipment with an IC tag according to claim 1, wherein the IC tag is attached to two outer peripheral surfaces of the cargo bed or two outer peripheral surfaces sandwiching one corner.   3. The physical distribution transport device with an IC tag according to claim 1, wherein the IC tag is attached to a peripheral frame projecting upward from the outer peripheral edge of the main body above the upper surface of the loading platform. machine.   In the physical distribution equipment with an IC tag according to any one of claims 1 to 3, an opening through which a radio wave can pass is provided in both or either of the protective material and the IC tag mounting portion on the outer peripheral surface of the loading platform. Logistics transport equipment with IC tag characterized by the above.   5. The physical distribution transport device with an IC tag according to claim 1, wherein the protective material is any one of an elastic material, a non-elastic material, a metal material, and a non-metal material. Logistics equipment with IC tags.

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