KR20200055633A - System and method for managing clothes using rfid - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, a clothing management system using an RFID comprises: an RFID clothing with a built-in RFID tag; an RFID reader that emits an electromagnetic field for driving the RFID tag and reads and receives clothing data stored in an IC chip of the RFID tag according to the access of the RFID clothing wearer; a clothing management server that receives and analyzes the clothing data received by the RFID reader to determine whether to wash the RFID clothing; and a laundry management server receiving laundry request information of the corresponding RFID clothing when it is determined to wash the RFID clothing according to the analysis of the garment management server, thereby having an effect of managing clothing systematically.

Description

System and method for garment management using RFID {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CLOTHES USING RFID}

The present invention relates to a clothing management system and method using RFID, and more specifically, a radio frequency identification (Radio Frequency Identification, hereinafter referred to as RFID tag) tag embedded in clothing and an access sensor recognizing the corresponding FRID tag. The present invention relates to a clothing management system and method using RFID that performs real-time monitoring of clothing of a wearer entering and exiting a door in which the corresponding access sensor is installed, and counts the number of accesses, etc. to inform the washing time of the clothing.

In general, the RFID system is a type of automatic recognition technology, a reader capable of reading or writing data or information, and an RFID tag incorporating a microchip that reads or records data or information according to a signal transmitted from the reader. (Tag) and a computer or a processing device that identifies and processes software, data or information used in these devices.

The RFID tag is divided into a passive type and an active type according to whether a battery is used as a power source. First, the passive type tag is composed of an antenna coil and an IC chip. When the tag enters the electromagnetic field range emitted by the reader, AC voltage is applied to the antenna coil of the tag, and the voltage is rectified to DC voltage to be used as a power source required for the IC chip. The IC chip is operated with a constant voltage applied, and data is transmitted to the reader from this moment.

This is commonly referred to as backscattering. In addition, the read range is determined by the circuit and size of the antenna, and usually has a short range read range of about 2 to 70 cm, and can be produced at a low price, and is applicable to a wide range of fields.

In addition, the active type tag includes a battery inside, and transmits an RF signal to the outside according to a pre-stored time interval while the battery is maintained. Therefore, it is possible to transmit and receive data over a longer distance than the passive type, but it is expensive and has a disadvantage in that the usage period is limited according to the life of the battery.

In addition, the reader supplies and activates RF energy to the passive tag to receive data or information transmitted from the tag.

In addition, the reader includes a portion for transmitting and receiving RF signals and decoding data, and performs serial communication (RS-232), USB, Ethernet, and the like with a host computer. The RF transmission part includes an antenna circuit, a tuning circuit, and an RF carrier generator.

In addition, the received signal can be decoded through the microcontroller to obtain data, and the firmware algorithm in the microcontroller transmits the RF signal, interprets the received data, and communicates with the host computer.

In addition, it is a device used to read and record data or information on a tag or card using an antenna radio frequency. In some systems, an antenna and a controller are used separately, and in another system, one In some cases, an antenna and a controller are built in a reader or reader / writer. In addition, the antenna can be manufactured in various sizes and shapes, and the inductance value is determined according to the thickness of the copper wire, winding, and the diameter of the antenna.

Typically, the longer the RFID tag read range, the larger the antenna size. That is, a low frequency RFID system (30 kHz to 500 kHz) is used in a short-range transmission region of about 1.8 m, and a high-frequency RFID system (860 MHz to 960 MHz, 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz) is used in a long-distance transmission region of 27 m or more.

Accordingly, RFID is efficiently operated in store goods management, logistics management, parking management, personnel access control, etc. In addition, applications using RFID are used in various fields and are also being studied.

Although the use of RFID or the technology to grasp the information of the laundry with the RFID reader attached to the RFID tag has been utilized, in the clothes management system and method using RFID to inform the washing time of the clothing with the RFID attached as in the present invention, It has not been applied to the Korean technology field.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0076722 (2009. 07. 13)

In order to apply to the technical field that has not been applied as described above, the present invention is applied to the garment of a wearer who enters and exits a door in which the corresponding access sensor is installed by using an RFID sensor embedded in clothing and an access sensor that recognizes the corresponding FRID tag. It is an object of the present invention to provide a clothing management system and method using RFID that can perform real-time monitoring and count the number of accesses to inform the washing time of the corresponding clothing.

Apparel management system using the FID according to the present invention for achieving the above object is an RFID tag embedded RFID clothing; An RFID reader that emits an electromagnetic field for driving the RFID tag and reads and receives clothing data stored in the IC chip of the RFID tag according to the access of the RFID clothing wearer; A clothing management server that receives and analyzes the clothing data received by the RFID reader to determine whether to wash the RFID clothing; If the laundry is determined according to the analysis of the garment management server, it characterized in that it comprises; a laundry management server for receiving the laundry request information of the RFID clothing.

In addition, the RFID garment of the garment management system using the FID in accordance with the present invention for achieving the above object is connected to the RFID tag is a water sensor (Water sensor) to detect that washing is made when in contact with water for a predetermined time It is characterized in that it transmits the information on whether or not the washing is completed when the RFID reader passes.

In addition, the garment management server of the garment management system using the FID according to the present invention for achieving the above object, determines the washing if the washing date has passed a predetermined date among the garment data, and unique identification of the RFID garment It is characterized in that it sends a code or serial number to a company server or a laundry management server to request laundry.

In addition, the garment management server of the garment management system using the FID in accordance with the present invention for achieving the above object is the number of times the worker who wears the RFID clothing to the workplace more than a predetermined number of times, the time the worker stays at the workplace It is characterized in that it determines whether or not the RFID clothing is washed if any one of the predetermined time periods or the work strength received from the company server is greater than or equal to a predetermined strength.

In addition, the garment management server of the garment management system using the FID according to the present invention for achieving the above object, while storing and managing the number of washing along with the identification code or serial number of the RFID garment, the number of washing of the RFID garment It is characterized by determining the destruction if it is more than a predetermined number of times.

As another embodiment, a method for managing clothing using an FID according to the present invention for achieving the above object includes: (a) an RFID reader detecting an RFID tag embedded in an RFID clothing; (b) the RFID reader generating an electromagnetic field to drive the RFID tag and receiving clothing data stored in the RFID tag; (c) a garment management server receiving and analyzing the garment data of the RFID garment received by the RFID reader, and determining whether the corresponding RFID garment is washed; (d) determining, by the garment management server, whether the number of washings of the RFID garment is greater than or equal to a limit; And (e) the clothes management server requesting laundry by transmitting a unique identification code and serial number of the corresponding RFID clothes to a company server or a laundry management server when the number of times of washing of the RFID clothes is less than the limited number of times. It is characterized by.

In addition, step (e) of the clothes management method using the FID according to the present invention to achieve the above object is (e`) If the clothing management server is more than the number of times the number of washing is limited to the company server or laundry management server RFID It is characterized in that it is replaced by the step of requesting destruction by passing the unique identification code and serial number of the garment.

In addition, in the step (c) of the garment management method using the FID according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the garment management server, the number of times the worker who wears the RFID garment enters and exits the workplace more than a predetermined number of times, It is characterized in that it determines whether or not the RFID clothes are washed when the time at which the worker stays at the workplace is greater than a predetermined time or when the work intensity received from the company server is greater than or equal to a predetermined intensity.

The clothing management system and method using RFID according to the present invention is equipped with RFID embedded in the garment, so that it is possible to utilize real-time monitoring of the number of people entering and exiting the garment, identification of the visitor, and access statistics by time zone and date. There is.

In addition, the clothes management system and method using RFID according to the present invention has an effect of systematically managing clothes using statistical information of an access person.

1 is a block diagram of a garment management system using RFID according to the present invention.
2 is a flowchart according to a clothes management method using RFID according to the present invention.

The present invention can be applied to various changes and can have various embodiments, and specific embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing each drawing, similar reference numerals are used for similar components.

Terms such as first, second, A, and B may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from other components. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as the first component. The term and / or includes a combination of a plurality of related description items or any one of a plurality of related description items.

When a component is said to be "connected" to or "connected" to another component, it should be understood that other components may be directly connected to, or connected to, other components. something to do. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that no other component exists in the middle.

The terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, terms such as “include” or “have” are intended to indicate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, one or more other features. It should be understood that the existence or addition possibilities of fields or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts or combinations thereof are not excluded in advance.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Terms such as those defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having meanings consistent with meanings in the context of related technologies, and should not be interpreted as ideal or excessively formal meanings unless explicitly defined in the present application. Does not.

Throughout the specification and claims, when a part includes a certain component, this means that other components may be further included instead of excluding the other component, unless specifically stated to the contrary.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of a garment management system using RFID according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the garment management system using RFID according to the present invention includes an RFID chip-embedded RFID garment 100, an RFID reader 200, a garment management server 300, a cloud server 400, and a company. It includes a server 500.

The RFID garment 100 has an RFID tag embedded therein, and the RFID tag transmits various information stored in the RFID tag when it enters the electromagnetic field range generated by the RFID reader 200.

That is, the RFID tag stored in the RFID garment 100 according to the present invention is preferably a passive type tag composed of only an antenna coil and an IC chip without a built-in battery in consideration of washing.

When the RFID tag stored in the RFID garment 100 configured as described above falls within the electromagnetic field range emitted by the RFID reader 200, AC voltage is applied to the built-in antenna coil, and the voltage is rectified to DC voltage. It is used as a power source required for the IC chip. The IC chip is operated with a constant voltage applied, and data is transmitted to the RFID reader 200 from this moment.

In addition, the RFID garment 100 is further formed with a water sensor connected to the RFID tag on the surface. When the water sensor is in contact with water for a predetermined time, it is determined that washing has been performed and the RFID tag IC When the washing completion information is transmitted to the chip along with the date, the IC chip transmits the washing completion information when the RFID tag passes through the RFID reader 200.

On the other hand, the RFID reader 200 is installed at a location where a wearer who wears the RFID garment 100 having an RFID chip embedded therein, emits an electromagnetic field for driving the RFID tag.

In addition, the RFID reader 200 receives data transmitted from an IC chip constituting the RFID tag by driving the RFID tag.

The data stored in the IC chip corresponds to the size of the RFID garment 100, a unique identification code, wearer information, gender, serial number, recently washed date, and the number of accesses.

The garment management server 300 receives and analyzes the size, unique identification code, wearer information, gender, serial number, recently washed date, and access count data received by the RFID reader 200.

The apparel management server 300 determines laundry when a predetermined predetermined date has elapsed based on the most recently washed date among the data, and determines the RFID apparel 100 with the corresponding RFID tag as a laundry target. The identification code is transmitted to the company server 500 through the communication network.

At this time, the unique identification code information of the RFID garment 100 determined to be the laundry target may be transmitted directly from the garment management server 300 to the laundry management server 600 of the laundry company through a communication network, or the company server ( 500) may access the laundry management server 600 and directly transmit it.

 In addition, the garment management server 300 wears work clothes, determines whether or not washing is performed according to the number of accesses to and from the workplace, and determines that the RFID garment 100 is a washing target, and provides a unique identification code through the communication network. It may be delivered to the company server 500 or the laundry management server 600 of the laundry company.

At this time, the garment management server 300 reflects the time that the worker who wears the RFID garment 100 in which the RFID is built-in stays at the workplace in the number of accesses, and when the time is longer than a predetermined time, washing the RFID garment 100 It is preferable to determine whether the RFID clothing 100 is a laundry target and transmit it to the company server 500 or the laundry management server 600 of the laundry company through the communication network with a unique identification code.

In addition, the garment management server 300 receives the work schedule from the company server 500 on the relevant date, and wears the RFID garment 100 in consideration of the work type, the strength of the work, etc. The number of times the worker enters and exits the workplace, prior to the time at which the worker stays at the workplace, determines whether the RFID garment 100 is washed and determines the RFID garment 100 as a washing target when the work strength is higher than a predetermined strength. It is preferable to transmit the identification code together with the company server 500 or the laundry management server 600 of the laundry company through the communication network.

The garment management server 300 receives the work schedule and determines whether or not the RFID garment 100 is washed when the work intensity in the work schedule is a wearable sweat due to the movement of the wearer.

In addition, while the clothing management server 300 stores and manages the number of washings along with the unique identification code or serial number of the RFID garment 100, and determines if the number of washings of the specific RFID garment 100 is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, Destruction information is transmitted to the company server 500 or the laundry management server 600 of the laundry company to be destroyed.

On the other hand, the information of the clothes determined to be washed or not analyzed by the clothes management server 300 is transmitted to the cloud server 400 through the communication network, so that the information between the clothes management server 300 and the cloud server 400 Synchronize and share.

The cloud server 400 performs the function of backing up and storing data of the garment management server 300, and accesses the required information by accessing the laundry management server 600 of the laundry company instead of the garment management server 300. You can ask.

That is, the cloud server 400 distributes access to the laundry management server 600 of the laundry company at the same time to the garment management server 300, prevents data loss, and allows the administrator to wear clothes to the terminal. Data can be provided without access to the management server 300.

Referring to Figure 2 will be described a garment management method using RFID according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart according to a clothes management method using RFID according to the present invention.

The RFID reader 200 detects an RFID tag embedded in the RFID garment 100 worn by an operator (S100).

The RFID reader 200 generates an electromagnetic field to drive the RFID tag and receives various information stored in the RFID tag (S200).

At this time, the various information received by the RFID reader 200 corresponds to the size of the garment, the unique identification code, the wearer's information, the gender, the serial number, the last washing date, and the number of accesses.

In addition, at this time, the RFID reader 200 is formed on the RFID garment 100, and when the water sensor connected to the RFID tag is in contact with water for a predetermined period of time, it is determined that washing has been performed. It is desirable to receive together.

The garment management server 300 receives the size, unique identification code, wearer information, gender, serial number, recently washed date, and the number of access data of the RFID garment 100 received by the RFID reader 200 By analyzing, it performs a step of determining whether or not the RFID garment 100 is washed (S300).

At this time, in the step of determining whether to wash (S300), it is preferable that the garment management server 300 determines washing when a predetermined predetermined date has elapsed based on the recently washed date among the data.

In addition, at this time, it is preferable that the garment management server 300 wears work clothes and determines whether or not washing is performed according to the number of accesses to and from the work place.

At this time, it is preferable that the garment management server 300 pre-reflects the time that the worker who wears the RFID-embedded RFID garment 100 in the workplace stays at the workplace.

In addition, the garment management server 300 receives the work schedule from the company server 500 on the relevant date, and wears the RFID garment 100 in consideration of the work type, the strength of the work, etc. The number of times the worker enters and exits the workplace, prior to the time at which the worker stays at the workplace, determines whether the RFID garment 100 is washed and determines the RFID garment 100 as a washing target when the work strength is higher than a predetermined strength. It is preferable to transmit the identification code together with the company server 500 or the laundry management server 600 of the laundry company through the communication network.

When washing is determined in step (S300) of determining whether the washing is performed, the clothing management server 300 performs a step of determining whether the number of washing is more than the limited number of times (S400).

When the number of washings is less than the limit number of times, the garment management server 300 transmits the identification code and serial number of the corresponding RFID garment 100 to the company server 500 or the laundry management server 600 of the laundry company to request washing. Perform the steps (S500).

Conversely, if the number of washing times exceeds the limit number of times, the garment management server 300 transmits a unique identification code and serial number of the corresponding RFID garment 100 to the laundry management server 600 of the company server or laundry company to request destruction. Perform the step (S500`).

That is, the garment management server 300 stores and manages the number of washings along with the identification code or serial number of the RFID garment 100, and determines if the number of washings of the specific RFID garment 100 is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, Destruction information is transmitted to the company server 500 or the laundry management server 600 of the laundry company to be destroyed.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and variations without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention, but to explain, and the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the claims below, and all technical spirits within the equivalent range should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

100: RFID clothing
200: RFID reader
300: garment management server
400: cloud server
500: company server
600: laundry management server

Claims (8)

RFID clothing with built-in RFID tag;
An RFID reader that emits an electromagnetic field for driving the RFID tag and reads and receives clothing data stored in the IC chip of the RFID tag according to the access of the RFID clothing wearer;
A garment management server that receives and analyzes the garment data received by the RFID reader to determine whether to wash the RFID garment;
When laundry is determined according to the analysis of the garment management server, a laundry management server of a laundry company receiving laundry request information of the corresponding RFID garment; a garment management system using RFID.
According to claim 1,
The RFID clothing
A garment management system using RFID that is connected to the RFID tag and is provided with a water sensor that detects that washing has occurred when it has been in contact with water for a predetermined period of time, and transmits information on whether washing is completed when the RFID reader passes.
According to claim 2,
The garment management server
Among the above-mentioned clothes data, a clothes management system using RFID that determines laundry when the washed date has passed a predetermined date, and transmits a unique identification code or serial number of the RFID clothes to a company server or a laundry management server to request laundry. .
According to claim 3,
The garment management server
Any one of the cases in which the number of times the worker wearing the RFID garment enters and exits the workplace is more than a predetermined number of times, the time the worker stays in the workplace is more than a predetermined time, or the work intensity received from the company server is greater than or equal to a predetermined intensity. If satisfied, a garment management system using RFID to determine whether to wash the RFID garment.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The garment management server
A clothing management system using RFID that stores and manages the number of washings along with the identification code or serial number of the RFID clothing, and determines if the number of washings of the RFID clothing is greater than or equal to a predetermined number.
(a) an RFID reader detecting an RFID tag embedded in an RFID garment;
(b) the RFID reader generating an electromagnetic field to drive the RFID tag and receiving clothing data stored in the RFID tag;
(c) a garment management server receiving and analyzing the garment data of the RFID garment received by the RFID reader, and determining whether the corresponding RFID garment is washed;
(d) determining, by the garment management server, whether the number of washings of the RFID garment is greater than or equal to a limit; And
(e) when the clothes management server requests the laundry by transmitting a unique identification code and serial number of the corresponding RFID clothes to the company server or the laundry management server when the number of times of washing of the RFID clothes is less than the limited number of times; How to care for your clothes.
The method of claim 6,
Step (e) is
(e`) if the garment management server has more than the number of times the washing is limited, sending a unique identification code and serial number of the corresponding RFID garment to the company server or the laundry management server to request destruction; the garment management using the replaced RFID Way.
The method of claim 7,
In step (c),
The garment management server
Any one of the cases in which the number of times the worker wearing the RFID garment enters and exits the workplace is more than a predetermined number of times, the time the worker stays in the workplace is more than a predetermined time, or the work intensity received from the company server is greater than or equal to a predetermined intensity. If satisfied, a garment management method using RFID to determine whether to wash the RFID garment.

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