JP2003146413A - Load and return management method using wireless tag and system for implementing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a loan and return management method using a wireless tag and a system for implementing the method that automatically and inexpensively distinguishes loan and return of an article by affixing a wireless tag on a managed article, equipping a transferrer who loans or returns an article with a like wireless tag, and installing two sets of wireless tag readers. SOLUTION: The loan and return management method using a wireless tag and the system for implementing the method affixes the article wireless tags 3 on all articles 30 as management targets, installs the first wireless tag reader 1 and the second wireless tag reader 2 in adjacent positions without a mutual electromagnetic interference at a doorway 71 of a store 7, reads and stores article information from the article wireless tag 3 on an article 30 passing through the doorway 71, and determines the order of readings by the first wireless tag reader 1 and the second wireless tag reader 2 to determine loan or return of the article 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lending / returning management method using a wireless tag and an apparatus for implementing the same, and in particular,
The RFID tag is attached to the article to be managed and the carrier who rents and returns the article also has the same RFID tag, and two sets of RFID tag readers are installed to automatically check whether the article is lent or returned. In addition, the present invention relates to a lending / returning management method using a wireless tag for discriminating at low cost and an apparatus for carrying out the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional example of lending / returning management using a wireless tag, in order to manage the lending and returning of an article, a wireless tag including article information is attached to an article to be managed, and an entrance / exit of an article storage box is provided. A set of RFID tag readers is installed in advance. When renting and returning an article, the article is passed through this RFID tag reader, and the article information is obtained by the RFID tag reader reading the RFID tag attached to the article. Then, it depends on manpower whether the passing article is a loan or a return.

In another conventional example, a dedicated RFID tag reader is installed for each of lending and returning, and the item information is attached to the item passing in front of the lending and returning dedicated RFID tag reader. Each tag is individually read by a dedicated wireless tag reader. Further, in order to manage the lending and returning of the articles, a large number of RFID tag readers are installed on the shelves corresponding to the many articles stored on the shelves of the article storage cabinet, and the wireless tag attached to the articles stored on the shelves is installed. It is also performed to read the tag directly to determine the presence or absence of an article. As a conventional example of the lending / returning management, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
-212564 gazette, patent publication 2000-11307.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-097511 are known.

[0004]

The above-mentioned conventional example of the management of lending / returning by the RFID tag is used for the entrance / exit of the storage of the article 1
In the example where a pair of RFID tag readers is installed, the article information can be obtained by the RFID tag reader reading from the RFID tag, but it cannot be recognized whether the article passing through is a loan or a return. . In the conventional example in which dedicated RFID tag readers are installed for each of lending and returning to read the article information for lending and returning from the RFID tags separately, the lending / returning management member including the RFID tag reader is duplicated. This leads to an increase in the cost of configuring.

In the conventional example in which the RFID tag reader is installed on the shelf corresponding to the article to be stored on the shelf of the article storage, if the number of articles to be stored is large, it is necessary to manage all of them. It is necessary to install a wireless tag reader on each of a large number of shelves corresponding to articles, and the cost of configuring this example is also high. In any of the above-described conventional examples of lending / returning management using a wireless tag, the lending / returning person is recognized by an ID card or another method other than the wireless tag method. That is, while the article is managed by reading a medium called a wireless tag, the lender-returner holds a different identification medium such as an ID card different from the RFID tag and recognizes the identification medium. Cannot be uniformly read and managed.

According to the present invention, the RFID tag is attached to the article to be managed, the person who rents and returns the article also has the same RFID tag, and two sets of RFID tag readers are installed to rent and return the article. The present invention provides a lending / returning management method using a wireless tag and a device for carrying out the method, which solves the above-mentioned problem of automatically distinguishing whether or not the cost is low.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, an RFID tag 3 is attached to all articles 30 to be managed, and a first RFID tag reader is attached to a door 71 of a storage 7 adjacent to a position where radio waves do not interfere with each other. The first and second RFID tag readers 2 are installed to read and store the article information from the article RFID tags 3 of the articles 30 passing through the entrance / exit 71 and determine the reading order of the first RFID tag reader 1 and the second RFID tag reader 2. Then, a lending / returning management method using a wireless tag for judging whether to lend or return the article 30 is configured.

[0012] Claim 2: In the lending / returning management method according to claim 1, the lender / returner 40 of the article 30.
The carrier return tag 40 is stored in the carrier return tag 40, and the lender returner 40 information is read from the carrier return tag 4 and stored.
A lending / returning management method using a wireless tag for managing lending / returning by combining the information and the article 30 information is configured. Here, claim 3: the article RFID tags 3 attached to all articles 30 to be managed are provided, and the first RFID tag reader 1 and the first RFID tag reader 1 and the first RFID tag reader 1 are provided adjacent to the entrance 71 of the storage 7 where they do not interfere with each other. A lending device that includes two RFID tag readers 2 and inputs article information read by the first RFID tag reader 1 and the second RFID tag reader 2 from the RFID tag 3 and recognizes the RFID tag reader passage order and determines whether to lend or return. A lending / returning management device method using a wireless tag is provided, which is provided with the return determination device 5, and is provided with a storage device 6 that stores the item information, which is the result of determination by the lending / return determination device 5, whether lending or returning.

[0009] Claim 4: In the loan-return management device according to claim 3, the lender-returner 40 of the article 30.
The RFID tag 4 attached to the carrier RFID tag 4 is input, and the article information read by the first RFID tag reader 1 and the second RFID tag 2 from the article RFID tag 3 and the information read by the carrier RFID tag 40 by the lender-returner 40 are input. In addition, the lending / returning determination device 5 for recognizing the order of passing through the RFID tag reader and determining whether to lend or return the device is provided. A lending / returning management device using a wireless tag having a storage device 6 for storing is configured.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the example of FIG. At the doorway 71 of the storage 7,
A first wireless tag reader 1 including a pair of transceivers and a second wireless tag reader 2 including a pair of transceivers are installed adjacent to each other at positions where they do not interfere with each other. These first
The wireless tag reader 1 and the second wireless tag reader 2 of
It is connected to the lending / returning determination device 5. On the other hand, the article wireless tags 3 are attached to all the articles 30 to be managed.
Here, the article wireless tag 3 has a resonance element, receives a radio wave transmitted by a transmitter of a wireless tag reader, outputs electric power, and uses this electric power to attach the article wireless tag 3 to the article information. Is sent back to the receiver of the RFID tag reader. The lender-returner 40 is also provided with the carrier RFID tag 4 similar to the article RFID tag 3. That is, the carrier wireless tag 4 also has a resonance element, receives a radio wave transmitted by the transmitter of the wireless tag reader, outputs electric power, and the carrier wireless tag 4 is attached by using this electric power. The information of the lender-returner 40 is sent back to the receiver of the wireless tag reader.

The article 30 and the lender-returner 40 carrying the article 30 pass between the transceivers of the first RFID tag reader 1 and the second RFID tag reader 2 installed adjacent to the entrance 71 of the storage 7. . The lending / returning determination device 5 is connected to the storage device 6 and stores the determination result of the lending / returning determination device 5 such as lending or return, date / time of lending / returning, article information, and lender / returner information in the storage device 6. Send in. The storage device 6 stores and stores these pieces of information in a unified manner. When the lender-returner 40 carries the article 30 and arrives at the doorway 71 and proceeds in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. 1, first, the first RFID tag reader 1 attaches the article RFID tag 3 to the article 30. Then, the carrier wireless tag 4 given to the lending / returning person 40 is read, and the article information, the returning person information, and the passage time for recognizing the passage order are sent to the lending / returning determination apparatus 5. When the lender-returner 40 further advances, the second RFID tag reader 2 similarly reads the item RFID tag 3 attached to the item 30 and the carrier RFID tag 4 attached to the lender-returner 40, and returns the item information and return. Person information is sent to the lending / returning determination device 5. The lending / returning determination device 5 sends the passing time, whether to lend or return, article information, and lender / returner information to the storage device 6,
These are stored in the storage device 6 in a unified manner. The lending / returning determination device 5 compares the passing times of the two pieces of information sent from the first RFID tag reader 1 and the second RFID tag reader 2 and compares the passing time of the RFID tag reader 1 with the RFID tag reader 1. Since it is faster than the passage of 2,
Is determined to be stored in the storage 7.

Here, when the lender-returner 40 carries the article 30 and advances in the direction opposite to the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 1, the second RFID tag reader 2 is attached to the article 30 to the article radio. The tag 3 and the carrier wireless tag 4 attached to the lender-returner 40 are read, and the article information and the returner information are sent to the lending / returning determination device 5. When the lender-returner 40 proceeds in the opposite direction, the first RFID tag reader 1 then similarly attaches the article RFID tag 3 to the article 30 and the carrier RFID tag 4 attached to the lender-returner 40. And sends the article information and the returnee information to the lending / returning determination device 5. The lending / returning determination device 5 sends the passing time, whether lending or returning, article information, and lender / returner information to the storage device 6, and the storage device 6 stores and stores these in a unified manner. The lending / returning determination device 5 compares the passing times of the two pieces of information sent from the second RFID tag reader 2 and the first RFID tag reader 1, and the passing of the RFID tag reader 2 is the RFID tag reader 1 Since it is faster than the passage of
It is determined that the loan will be carried out from.

FIG. 2 shows an example of management information when the above lending / returning management is performed, which is data stored and stored in the storage device 6. As described above, the article wireless tags 3 are attached to all the articles 30 to be managed in the storage 7,
The carrier wireless tag 4 is also attached to the lender / returner 40 who performs the lending / returning of 0, and the first wireless that is two sets of wireless tag readers installed adjacent to the entrance 71 of the storage 7 where the radio waves do not interfere with each other. The article 30 and the lender-returner 40 are passed in front of the tag reader 1 and the second RFID tag reader 2, and the RFID tags attached or attached to these are sequentially read by the two RFID tag readers and connected to the two RFID tag readers. The lending / returning determination device compares the reading order of the RFID tag readers to determine whether to lend or return. In addition to this, by storing the read information of the article 30 and the information of the lender / returner 40 together in the storage device 6, it is possible to automatically and at a low cost when and who lent out what or when who returned what. Can be managed at. That is, according to the present invention, the articles 30 passing in front of each RFID tag reader are installed by installing only two sets of the RFID tag reader 1 and the second RFID tag reader 2.
By comparing the passing order of the items 30, it is possible to automatically determine whether the article 30 is lent or returned at low cost. Then, by letting the lender-returner 40 hold the same wireless tag as the item 30, both the item 30 and the lender-returner 40 can be read and managed in a unified manner.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, an article RFID tag is attached to an article, and only two sets of a first RFID tag reader and a second RFID tag reader are installed at a doorway of a storage. As a result, it is possible to automatically determine whether to lend or return. Then, by letting the lender / returner hold the wireless tag which is the same identification medium as the wireless tag of the article, the article and the lender / returner can be read and managed in a unified manner. As a result, it is possible to automatically manage the rental and return of the goods in the storage such as the material warehouse, the rental video shop, and the library at a low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing management information on a storage device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 1st RFID tag reader 2 2nd RFID tag reader 3 Article RFID tag 30 Article 4 Carrier RFID tag 40 Lender / returner 5 Lending / returning judgment device 6 Storage device 7 Storage 71 71 Entrance / exit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Article RFID tags are attached to all articles to be managed, and a first RFID tag reader and a second RFID tag reader are installed adjacent to a location where radio waves do not interfere with each other at the entrance and exit of the storage box. The first RFID tag reader and the second RFID tag read and store the article information from the article RFID tag of the article passing therethrough.
The management method for lending / returning by means of a wireless tag, wherein the lending / returning of the article is judged by judging the reading order of the wireless tag reader. 2. The lending / returning management method according to claim 1, wherein the lender / lender of the article has a carrier wireless tag, and the lender / returner information is read from the carrier wireless tag and stored therein. A lending / returning management method using a wireless tag, wherein the lending / returning is managed together with the item information. 3. An article RFID tag attached to all articles to be managed, comprising a first RFID tag reader and a second RFID tag reader adjacent to a location where radio waves do not interfere with each other at the entrance of the storage. Reading the article wireless tag by the first wireless tag reader and the second wireless tag reader, and including a lending / returning determination device for inputting the product information and recognizing the passing order of the wireless tag reader to determine whether to lend or return the lending / returning determination device. A lending / returning management device using a wireless tag, which is provided with a storage device for storing the item information, which is the result of lending or returning as a result of the judgment. 4. The lending / returning management device according to claim 3, further comprising a carrier wireless tag attached to a lender / returner of an article, wherein the article wireless tag includes a first wireless tag reader and a second wireless tag reader. It is a judgment result of the lending / returning judgment device, which is provided with a lending / returning judgment device for inputting the read article information of the carrier and reading the carrier RFID tag and recognizing the RFID tag reader passage order and judging whether to lend or return A lending / returning management device using a wireless tag, comprising: a storage device for storing article information and lender / returner information, whether rented or returned.