JP2017122004A - Article management apparatus, article management system, and article management method - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to determine which container contains which article even when a plurality of articles are contained in a plurality of containers. A container (60) includes a surrounding member having radio wave shielding properties. The terminal 10-1 on the shipping side can read the RFID tag 62 inside the container and the RFID tag 71 of the article 70 when the lid 61 of the container 60 is closed, but cannot read the RFID tag 71 when the lid 61 is closed. The terminal 10 - 1 transmits to the server 40 the tag ID that can be read before and when the lid 61 is closed. The server 40 holds the tag IDs of the unreadable RFID tag 62 and the RFID tag 71 in association with each other. [Selection drawing] Fig. 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an article management apparatus, an article management system, and an article management method.

  The pharmaceutical industry has improved on the stable production of better products. However, in recent years, problems have arisen in the distribution process of pharmaceutical products, such as the preservation environment of the pharmaceutical products being not protected and the inclusion of counterfeit products.

  For such a situation, GDP (Good Distribution Practice) is about to be enacted. For this reason, it is necessary to manage the storage environment, and it is known to use a container (cold box) with a temperature measuring device as its means (Patent Document 1).

  In this case, the period during which the medicine is contained in the container can be considered as a period during which the lid of the container is closed. However, since the container itself does not have a function of detecting the opening / closing of the lid, even if the temperature data can be acquired, it is not known from what time to what time the drug has entered.

  On the other hand, a communication device such as an RFID tag is attached to a container having a surrounding member having radio wave shielding properties, and the lid of the container is opened and closed based on whether or not the external detection device can detect a radio wave from the communication device. There is a system for detecting a state (Patent Document 2).

  In this system, the tag ID is read before closing the lid of the container by the detection device having the GPS data acquisition function and the network communication function on the shipment side of the article, and is transmitted to the server together with the GPS data. When the container lid is opened, the tag ID is read and transmitted to the server together with the GPS data, so that the server can grasp the shipping location of the article, the arrival location, and the period during which the article has been stored in the container.

  However, in the system described in Patent Document 2, when a plurality of articles are stored in a plurality of containers, there is a problem that it is impossible to determine which article is stored in which container.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and the object of the present invention is to be able to determine which articles are stored in which containers even when a plurality of articles are stored in a plurality of containers. Is to do.

  The present invention is an article management apparatus for associating article identification information held by an article with container identification information held by a container having an opening / closing unit, and the acquisition means for acquiring the article identification information and the container identification information; Determining means for determining whether the information acquired by the acquiring means has not been added or reduced since the previous acquisition; and a string for storing the article identification information and the container identification information in association with the result of the determining means Attaching means, and the associating means associates the article identification information and the container identification information added since the previous acquisition by the determination means, or the reduced article identification information and the container identification information. This is an article management device that stores information.

  According to the present invention, even when a plurality of articles are stored in a plurality of containers, it is possible to determine which article is stored in which container.

It is a figure showing the whole article management system composition concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the terminal in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the server in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the terminal in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the server in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the registration process of the discrimination code in the article | item management system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the registration process of the container article information in the article management system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the linking process by the side of shipment in the article | item management system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the stringing process by the side of arrival in the article | item management system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the article | item management system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the logger in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the article storage condition setting process in the article management system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the container measurement condition setting process in the article | item management system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the registration process of the container article information in the article management system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the linking process by the side of shipment in the article | item management system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows a part of procedure of the stringing process by the side of arrival in the article | item management system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the remaining part of the procedure of the linking process by the side of shipment in the article | item management system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention, and the procedure of the quality determination process. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the registration process of the discrimination code in the article | item management system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the registration process of the container article information in the article management system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the linking process by the side of shipment in the article | item management system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the stringing process by the side of arrival in the article | item management system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
<Overall configuration of article management system>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an article management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  In the article management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the terminals 10-1 and 10-2 operated by each person in charge in the distribution process of the article 70 and the server 40 as the article management device are connected via the communication network 30. Connected to each other.

  Here, the terminal 10-1 is a terminal operated by a person in charge on the shipment side of the article, and the terminal 10-2 is a terminal operated by a person in charge on the arrival side of the article, and is connected to the communication network 30 by the radio base station 31. The However, in the following description, the terminal 10 is assumed unless it is particularly necessary to distinguish.

  An RFID tag 71 as an article identification information holding unit is attached to the outer surface of the article 70. The container 60 is a cold box whose outer surface is surrounded by a surrounding member (a metal thin film such as aluminum) having radio wave shielding properties, and an RFID tag 62 as a container identification information holding means is attached to the inner surface of the storage space. Yes. The container 60 may be a metal sheet having radio wave shielding properties attached to the inner surface of the container 60.

  The terminal 10 has an RFID tag reading function. That is, the RFID tag holds a tag ID, and the terminal 10 can receive information transmitted from the RFID tag and read the tag ID included in the received information. Here, the RFID tag may be an active type that emits radio waves by itself and transmits the radio waves to the terminal 10, or a passive type that transmits information to the terminals 10 by receiving radio waves from the terminal 10 and performing load modulation.

  In the present embodiment, the terminal 10 has container identification information (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a container ID), which is a tag ID held by the RFID tag 62, in a state where the lid 61 of the container 60 is opened. It is possible to read article identification information (hereinafter, referred to as article ID) that is a tag ID held in the RFID tag 71. However, the terminal 10 cannot read the container ID and the article ID because the radio wave transmission path between the RFID tag 62 and 71 is blocked by the surrounding member of the container 60 when the lid 61 is closed. .

  The server 40 incorporates various databases (details will be described later with reference to FIG. 5), and transmits and receives various information to and from the terminal 10.

  Next, a schematic operation of the article management system will be described (detailed operation will be described later). In addition, although the one container 60 was illustrated here for convenience, since there are actually a plurality of containers 60, the following description will be made assuming that a plurality of containers 60 exist.

  On the shipping side of the article, the article is stored in the container 60, and the container ID and the article ID are read from the RFID tag 62 and the RFID tag 71 by the terminal 10-1 with the lid 61 opened, and transmitted to the server 40. The same applies to containers 60 other than the illustrated container 60.

  Next, the lid 61 is closed, and the container ID and the article ID that can be read by the terminal 10-1 are transmitted to the server 40. At this time, for the container 60 and the article 70 shown in the figure, the container ID and the article ID cannot be read. If there is another container 60 with the lid 61 open, the container ID is read, and the server 40 Sent to. Further, the article ID of the article 70 stored in the container 60 and the article ID of the unstored article 70 are also transmitted to the server 40.

  The server 40 compares the container ID and article ID received last time with the container ID and article ID received this time. The container ID and article ID that could be read last time and could not be read this time, that is, the container ID and article ID that changed from readable to unreadable are the container ID of the container 60 with the lid 61 closed. And the article ID of the article 70 stored in the container 60, the container ID and the article ID are linked and stored in the database.

  The container 60 with the lid 61 closed is transported to the arrival side by a truck or the like. On the arrival side, the container ID and the article ID that can be read by the terminal 10-2 are transmitted to the server 40 before the lid 61 of the arrived container 60 is opened. Since reading is impossible when the lid 61 is closed, blank data is transmitted.

  Next, the lid 61 is opened, and the container ID and the article ID that can be read are transmitted to the server 40. The server 40 can read the container ID and the article ID that can be read this time, that is, the container ID and the article ID changed from unreadable to readable, and the container ID of the container 60 with the lid 61 opened and its container. It is determined that the item ID is the item ID of the item 70 stored and transported in 60, and these are associated.

  In other words, on the shipping side, the difference between the container ID and the article ID detected before and after closing the lid 61 of the container 60, and on the arrival side, the difference between the container ID and the article ID detected before and after opening the lid 61 of the container 60. Thus, it is possible to link the container ID and the article ID.

<Hardware configuration of terminal>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the terminal 10. This terminal 10 is a portable terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet.

  As illustrated, the terminal 10 includes a bus 100, a CPU 101, a RAM 102, a ROM 103 a, a flash memory 103 b and other storage units 103 connected to the bus 100, a microphone 105, a speaker 106, a display 107, a key 108, and a camera 109. RFID communication circuit 110 and wireless circuit 111 are provided.

  The CPU 101 is a processor that controls the entire terminal 10. A RAM 102 is a memory serving as a work area when the CPU 101 executes various processes. The ROM 103a is a memory that stores basic programs such as an OS (operating system) and fixed data. The flash memory 103b is a memory for storing programs and data used for communication with the server 40.

  The microphone 105 is a means for converting the voice of the operator and surrounding sounds into a voice signal, and the speaker 106 is a means for outputting a voice message to the operator, the voice of the other party during the call, and the like.

  The display 107 is a display device such as an LCD that displays the operation state of the terminal 10, information input from the key 108, video captured by the camera 109, and the like. The keys 108 are various keys for the user to operate the terminal 10. The camera 109 is an image input unit for taking a still image or a moving image.

  The RFID communication circuit 110 is a circuit for performing wireless communication with the RFID tag in the present embodiment and the logger in the second embodiment to be described later. The radio circuit 111 is means for connecting the terminal 10 to the communication network 30 via the radio base station 31.

<Hardware configuration of server>
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the server 40.
As illustrated, the server 40 includes a bus 400, a storage unit 403 such as a CPU 401, a RAM 402, a ROM 403a, and an HDD (hard disk drive) 403b connected to the bus 400, an input unit 405, an output unit 406, and a communication unit 407. , And an external I / F 408.

  The CPU 401 is a processor that controls the entire server 40. A RAM 402 is a memory serving as a work area when the CPU 401 executes various processes. The ROM 403a is a memory that stores basic programs such as an OS and fixed data. The HDD 403b is an external storage device that stores various databases, an article management program, and the like.

  The input unit 405 is means for operating the server 40, which includes a keyboard and a mouse. The output unit 406 is a display that displays the operating state of the server 40, information input from the input unit 405, and a printer that prints various data.

  The communication unit 407 transmits a variety of data generated by the server 40 to the terminal 10 via the communication network 30 and receives a data transmitted from the terminal 10 via the communication network 30 (network interface card). ) Etc.

  The external I / F 408 is a connecting means for a removable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a USB memory, or a storage medium.

<Functional configuration of terminal>
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the terminal 10.
As illustrated, the terminal 10 includes an information input unit 11, an information transmission / reception unit 12, an information storage unit 13, an information display unit 14, and an information processing unit 15.

  The information input unit 11 has a function of accepting manual input of information from the key 108 and electrical signal information from the microphone 105 and the camera 109. The information transmission / reception unit 12 has a function of transmitting / receiving information via the RFID communication circuit 110 and the wireless circuit 111. The information storage unit 13 has a function of writing / reading information input from the information input unit 11 and information received by the information transmitting / receiving unit 12. The information display unit 14 has a function of displaying information input from the information input unit 11, information received by the information transmission / reception unit 12, and information read from the information storage unit 13. The information processing unit 15 has a function of performing control of the above-described units, control of information transfer between the above-described units, and various types of information processing.

<Functional configuration of server>
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the server 40.
As illustrated, the server 40 includes a communication unit 41, a management unit 42, a container / article information DB (database) 43, an article storage information DB 44, an environment information DB 45, and a delivery information DB 46. The management unit 42 has a function of performing data processing and control, and includes a container / article information management unit 42a, an article storage condition management unit 42b, an environment information management unit 42c, and a delivery information management unit 42d. Yes.

  Here, the article storage condition management unit 42b, the environmental information management unit 42c, and the corresponding article storage information DB 44 and environmental information DB 45 are used only in the article management system according to the second embodiment to be described later. These blocks are unnecessary in this embodiment and the third embodiment to be described later. Therefore, the functional configuration of the server 40 in the present embodiment and the third embodiment may be obtained by removing these blocks, but for the sake of convenience, the functional configuration of the server 40 as the article management apparatus is common to each embodiment. It was.

  The communication unit 41 has a function of performing data communication with an external device via the communication network 30. The container / article information management unit 42a manages the discrimination code of the container 60, the discrimination code of the article 70, the logger discrimination code in the second embodiment to be described later, the tag ID of the RFID tag 62, the tag ID of the RFID tag 71, and the like. It has a function. The article storage information management unit 42b has a function of managing storage conditions (upper limit temperature / lower limit temperature) of articles in the distribution stage. The environment information management unit 42c has a function of managing measurement conditions and measurement data of environmental information of articles in the distribution stage. The delivery information management unit 42d has a function of managing delivery information of articles. Details of the operation of each management unit will be described later.

  The container / article information DB 43, the article storage information DB 44, the environment information DB 45, and the delivery information DB 46 are databases that are referenced and updated by the corresponding management units during processing. In addition, although the structure which contains DB43-46 in the server 40 was illustrated, you may arrange | position DB43-46 in another database server.

<Operation of article management system>
Regarding the detailed operation of the article management system having the above-described configuration, the "determination code registration process", "container article information registration process", "shipment side linking process", and "arrival side linking process" These will be described in order.

《Registration code registration process》
This process is a process in which a code capable of discriminating articles and containers is determined in advance and stored in the server 40.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of discrimination code registration processing.
For example, when the determination code determined by the person in charge on the shipping side is input (step S1), the terminal 10 transmits the input determination code to the server 40 (step S2).

  The server 40 receives the discrimination code (step S3), records (stores) it in the container / article information DB 43, and transmits that the recording is completed to the terminal 10 (step S4). The terminal 10 receives and displays the notification of recording completion (step S5).

ここでは、容器の判別コードを１、物品の判別コードを０とした。 Table 1 shows an example of the discrimination code.

Here, the container discrimination code is 1, and the article discrimination code is 0.

<Registration processing of container article information>
This process is performed to confirm the presence of the RFID tags 62 and 71 and the RFID tags 62 and 71 with respect to the container 60 to which the RFID tag 62 is attached and the article 70 to which the RFID tag 71 is attached. This is a process of registering in the server 40. This process is performed using the shipping terminal 10-1.

この表に示すように、容器物品情報は、タグＩＤと判別コードからなる。タグＩＤとしては、タグのメーカーが製造時に記録した識別番号であるＵＩＤを用いることが好適である。ＵＩＤとは別のＩＤを用いる場合、別途ＲＦＩＤタグにＩＤを書き込んでおく必要がある。ここでは、物品のタグＩＤは先頭にＢ、容器のタグＩＤは先頭にＬを有するものとした。判別コードは、後述する図７に示す手順により、端末１０−１から出荷側の担当者により入力されるものである。 Table 2 shows an example of container article information.

As shown in this table, the container article information includes a tag ID and a discrimination code. As the tag ID, it is preferable to use a UID which is an identification number recorded at the time of manufacture by the tag manufacturer. When using an ID different from the UID, it is necessary to write the ID separately in the RFID tag. Here, the tag ID of the article has B at the top, and the tag ID of the container has L at the top. The determination code is input by the person in charge on the shipping side from the terminal 10-1 according to the procedure shown in FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the container article information registration process. The main subject of the processing shown at the left end of this figure is “RFID tag 62 attached to container 60, RFID tag 71 attached to article 70”, but “container, article” for convenience of explanation. It was.

The terminal 10-1 transmits an ID transmission instruction to the container 60 and the article 70 (step S11). The container 60 and the article 70 receive the ID transmission instruction (step S12) and transmit the respective tag IDs (step S13). The terminal 10-1 receives and displays the tag ID (step S14).
Thus, by making it possible to discriminate between a container and an article when issuing an ID, a discrimination code becomes unnecessary, and the server can discriminate whether it is a container or an article from the ID. Therefore, by making it possible to discriminate between the container and the article using an ID such as a barcode, the container and the article can be connected not only with the wireless cutoff but also with or without the barcode, as in Modification (7) described later. Can be tied.

  The person in charge looks at the head of the displayed tag ID, confirms whether the tag ID is a container ID or an article ID, and inputs a discrimination code. The discrimination codes are registered by the procedure shown in FIG. 6 and are “article: 0” and “container: 1”. The terminal 10-1 transmits the input discrimination code to the container 60 and the article 70 (step S15).

  The container 60 and the article 70 receive the discrimination code and write it in the memory (internal memory of the RFID tag) (step S16). As a result, the container 60 and the article 70 hold container article information. The container 60 and the article 70 transmit a notification of completion of writing the determination code to the terminal 10-1 (Step S17), and the terminal 10-1 receives the notification of completion of writing (Step 18).

  Next, the terminal 10-1 transmits container article information to the server 40 (step S19). The server 40 receives the container article information (step S19a), records (stores) it in the container / article information DB 43, and transmits a recording completion notification to the terminal 10-1 (step S20). The terminal 10-1 receives the recording completion notification and displays that the data has been correctly recorded in the server 40 (step S20a).

《Shipping process on shipping side》
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the linking process on the shipping side. This process is a process of associating the shipping-side container ID and the article ID, that is, a process of registering in the server 40 information indicating which article is stored in which container.

  First, the terminal 10-1 sets a count value of the number of times of receiving container article information (hereinafter simply referred to as the number of times of reception) to 0 (step S21). Next, the terminal 10-1 issues a container article information transmission instruction to the container 60 and the article 70 in the shipping area (step S22).

  The container 60 and the article 70 receive the container article information transmission instruction (step S23), and transmit the container article information to the terminal 10-1 (step S24). The terminal 10-1 receives the container article information (step S25), and adds 1 to the number of receptions (step S26). As a result, the number of receptions is 1.

Table 3 shows the container article information received by the terminal 10-1.

  Next, the terminal 10-1 transmits the received container article information and the number of receptions to the server 40 (step S27). The server 40 receives the container article information and the number of receptions and stores it in the memory (RAM 402) (step S28).

  Next, the server 40 determines whether the number of receptions is 1 or greater than 1 (step S29). Here, since the number of receptions is 1, the terminal 10-1 is instructed to acquire container article information (execution of step S22).

  The operator stores the article 70 in the container 60 and closes the lid 61. For example, it is assumed that an article 70 with the article IDs B00005, B00006, B00011, and B00012 is stored in the container 60 with the container ID L00003.

つまり、容器ＩＤ＝Ｌ００００３、物品ＩＤ＝Ｂ００００５、Ｂ００００６、Ｂ０００１１、Ｂ０００１２を有するＲＦＩＤタグは、端末１０−１と通信不能になるため、これらの容器ＩＤまたは物品ＩＤを有する容器物品情報を表３に示す容器物品情報から除去したものとなる。 After the article 70 is thus housed in the container 60 and the lid 61 is closed, steps S22 to S25 are executed, and the container article information received by the terminal 10-1 is as shown in Table 4.

That is, since the RFID tag having the container ID = L00003 and the article ID = B00005, B00006, B00011, and B00012 cannot communicate with the terminal 10-1, the container article information having these container ID or article ID is shown in Table 3. It is what was removed from the container article information shown.

  Next, the terminal 10-1 adds 1 to the number of receptions (step S26), and transmits the received container article information and the number of receptions (here, 2) to the server 40 (step S27). The server 40 receives the container article information and the number of receptions and stores it in the memory (step S28).

  Next, the server 40 determines whether the number of receptions is 1 or greater than 1 (step S29). Since the number of receptions is 2 this time, the container article information acquired last time (stored in the memory) is compared with the container article information newly acquired this time (step S30).

Then, the container article information that is unreadable as a result of the comparison is extracted (step S31). Here, the container article information shown in Table 5 below, which is the container article information of the difference between the container article information shown in Table 3 and the container article information shown in Table 4, is extracted.

Next, the server 40 extracts container article information having a container discrimination code (= 1) from the extracted container article information (step S32). Since the container article information including the discrimination code (= 1) in Table 5 is the container article information having the container ID = LD00003, here, the container article information shown in Table 6 below is extracted.

  Next, it is determined whether or not there is container article information having a container discrimination code in the container article information extracted in step S32, in other words, whether or not container article information having a container discrimination code has been extracted. Determination is made (step S33). Here, since the container article information shown in Table 6 has been extracted, it is determined that there is.

Next, the server 40 associates the tag ID (container ID) in the container article information having the container identification code with the tag ID (article ID) of the container article information having the article identification code (step S34), The linking result is added to the container / article information DB 43 as a container / article correspondence table (step S35). Table 7 below shows an example of the linking result.

Next, the server 40 determines whether or not the container discrimination code (= 1) is present in the container article information (Table 4) read in step S30 (step S36). If there is a result of the determination, the terminal 10-1 is instructed to acquire container article information (execution of step S22). Here, since the container article information shown in Table 8 is included in the container article information shown in Table 4, the server 40 instructs the terminal 10-1 to acquire the container article information.

The processes of steps S22 to S36 are repeated until it is determined as “none” in step S36. If it is determined as “none”, the server 40 transmits a notification of completion of association to the terminal 10-1 (step S37), and the terminal 10-1 receives the notification of completion of association, It is displayed (step S38). Here, when the association is completed, the container / article information DB 43 stores the container / article correspondence information shown in Table 9 below.

Thereby, even in an environment where a plurality of tag IDs can be read, the tag ID of the container 60 and the tag ID of the article 70 stored in the container 60 can be uniquely associated. Therefore, even when a plurality of articles are stored in a plurality of containers, it is possible to determine which article is stored in which container.
In the processing described above with reference to FIG. 8, communication with the terminal is executed by the communication unit 41 and processing within the server is executed by the container / article information management unit 42 a in the management unit 40. That is, the communication unit 41 and the container / article information management unit 42a correspond to the acquisition unit in the present invention (Claim 1), and the container / article information management unit 42a corresponds to the determination unit and the association unit in the present invention.

《Pasting process on arrival side》
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the linking process on the arrival side. In this process, the process of associating the container ID with the article ID on the arrival side, that is, the process of registering in the server 40 information indicating which article 70 is stored in which container 60 with the lid 61 opened on the arrival side. It is.

  The person in charge on the arrival side (hereinafter referred to as the person in charge of receiving) transmits a delivery number transmission instruction from the terminal 10-2 to inquire the server 40 of the number of articles or containers scheduled to arrive before the container 60 arrives ( Step S41).

When receiving the delivery number transmission instruction (step S42), the server 40 reads the number of articles or the number of containers from the delivery information DB 46 and transmits it to the terminal 10-2 (step S43). The terminal 10-2 receives the delivery number and stores it in the memory (RAM 102) as an undetected number (step S44). Here, it is assumed that the number of articles (= 12) or the number of containers (= 3) shown in Table 10 below is stored.

  Next, the terminal 10-2 sets the number of receptions to 0 (step S45), and instructs the container 60 and the article 70 in the arrival area to transmit container article information (step S46). The container 60 and the article 70 that have received the container article information transmission instruction (step S47) transmit the container article information to the terminal 10-2 (step S48). The terminal 10-2 receives the container article information (step S49).

However, since the person in charge of receiving has not opened the lid 61 of the container 60, neither the container 60 (strictly RFID tag 62) nor the article 70 (strictly RFID tag 71) that can communicate with the terminal 10-2 exists. Therefore, the container article information is blank as shown in Table 11 below.

  The terminal 10-2 adds 1 to the number of receptions (step S50). As a result, the number of receptions is 1. Next, the terminal 10-2 transmits the received container article information (blank) and the number of receptions (= 1) to the server 40 (step S51).

  The server 40 receives the container article information and the number of receptions and stores it in the memory (RAM 402) (step S52). Next, the server 40 determines whether the number of receptions is 1 or greater than 1 (step S53). Here, since the number of receptions is 1, the terminal 10-2 is instructed to acquire container article information (execution of step S46).

The person in charge opens the lid 61 of the container 60. As a result, the terminal 10-2 can communicate with the RFID tag 62 and the RFID tag 71. Therefore, when the terminal 10-2 instructs the container 60 and the article 70 to transmit container article information (step S46), the container 60 and the article 70 receive the container article information transmission instruction (step S47). The container article information held by each is transmitted to the terminal 10-2 (step S48). Here, it is assumed that the container article information shown in Table 12 below has been transmitted.

  In the case of the container article information shown in this table, the lid 61 of the container 60 with the container ID = L00001 is opened, and the articles with the article ID = B00001, B00002, B00003, and B00004 are housed therein.

  The terminal 10-2 receives the container article information (step S49), adds 1 to the number of receptions (step S50), and transmits the container article information and the number of receptions to the server 40 (step S51). The server 40 receives the container article information and the number of receptions and stores it in the memory (RAM 402) (step S52).

  Next, the server 40 determines whether the number of receptions is 1 or greater than 1 (step S53). Since the number of receptions is 2 this time, the previously acquired container article information is compared with the newly acquired container article information (step S54).

  Then, as a result of the comparison, newly read container article information is extracted (step S55). Here, the container article information of the difference between the container article information (blank) shown in Table 11 and the container article information shown in Table 12, that is, the container article information shown in Table 12 is extracted.

Next, the server 40 extracts container article information having a container identification code (= 1) from the extracted container article information (step S56). Here, the container article information shown in Table 13 below is extracted.

  Next, the server 40 determines whether or not there is a container discrimination code (= 1) in the container article information extracted in step S56 (step S57).

Here, since the container article correspondence table shown in Table 13 has been extracted, it is determined that there is, and the process proceeds to step S58 to associate the container ID and the article ID. Thereby, the container / article correspondence table shown in Table 14 below is created and stored in the container / article information DB 43.

  On the other hand, if there is no container discrimination code (= 1), the terminal 10-2 is again instructed to acquire container article information (execution of step S46).

  The server 40 calculates the number of undetected articles or containers (step S59) after associating the container ID with the article ID (step S58), and determines whether the undetected number is 0 or positive. (Step S60).

Here, the previous undetected number is shown in Table 10, and the current detected number is shown in Table 15 below from Table 12.

Therefore, the current undetected number is as shown in Table 16 below, which is the difference between Table 10 and Table 15.

  For this reason, it is determined that the undetected number is positive, and the server 40 instructs the terminal 10-2 again to acquire container article information (execution of step S46).

When all containers 60 or articles 70 scheduled to arrive are detected, the number of undetected items is determined to be 0, so that the server 40 transmits a notification of completion of linking to the terminal 10-2 (step S61). ). The terminal 10-2 receives and displays the notification of completion of association (step S62). Upon completion of the association, the container / article correspondence table shown in Table 17 below is stored in the container / article information DB 43.

Even in an environment where a plurality of tag IDs can be read from the container / article correspondence information shown in this table, the tag ID of the container 60 and the tag ID of the article 70 stored in the container 60 can be uniquely associated. . Therefore, even when a plurality of articles are stored in a plurality of containers, it is possible to determine which article is stored in which container.
9 described above, among the processes executed by the server, communication with the terminal is executed by the communication unit 41, and the process in the server is executed by the container / article information management unit 42 a in the management unit 40. That is, the communication unit 41 and the container / article information management unit 42a correspond to the acquisition unit in the present invention, and the container / article information management unit 42a corresponds to the determination unit and the linking unit in the present invention.

[Second Embodiment]
<Overall configuration of article management system>
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an article management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 are attached to the same or corresponding parts as those in the first embodiment (FIG. 1).

The main features of the article management system according to the second embodiment compared with the article management system according to the first embodiment are the following (1) to (6).
(1) Using a container 60 to which a logger 80 as an environment information acquisition device is attached, temperature as environment information in the container 60 from shipment to arrival is acquired at regular intervals.
(2) The logger 80 holds a logger ID, a discrimination code, and product information (product name / product code, serial number, use start date / expiration date).
(3) The RFID tag 71 attached to the article 70 also holds a tag ID (article ID), a discrimination code, and product information (product name / product code, serial number, use start date / expiration date).
(4) ID (logger ID, product ID), discrimination code, and product information (product name / product code, production number, use start date / expiration date) are used as container product information.
(5) Record the shipping time and arrival time.
(6) The environmental information from shipment to arrival is compared with predetermined storage conditions, and quality is determined.

  Hereinafter, an article management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described focusing on these features. Since the hardware configurations and functional configurations of the terminal 10-1, the terminal 10-2, the server 40, and the like are the same as those in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

<Logger hardware configuration>
FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the logger in FIG.
The logger 80 includes a bus 800, a storage unit 803 such as a CPU 801, a RAM 802, a ROM 803a, and a flash memory 803b connected to the bus 800, a display unit 804, an input unit 805, a temperature acquisition unit 806, and a time acquisition unit. 807 and an RFID communication circuit 808.

  The CPU 801 is a processor that controls the entire logger 80. A RAM 802 is a memory serving as a work area when the CPU 801 executes various processes. The ROM 803a is a memory that stores basic programs such as an OS (operating system) and fixed data. The flash memory 803b is a memory that holds a program used for communication with the server 40, a logger ID, a determination code, data such as product information, and the like.

  The display unit 804 is a display device such as an LCD that displays the operating state of the logger 80 and input information from the input unit 805. The input unit 805 is various keys for the user to operate the logger 80.

  The temperature acquisition unit 806 is a unit that measures temperature and acquires temperature information, and the time acquisition unit 807 is a unit that acquires time information. The RFID communication circuit 808 is means for performing wireless communication with another RFID communication circuit (in this embodiment, the RFID communication circuit 110 in the terminal 10).

<Operation of article management system>
Regarding the detailed operation of the article management system having the above configuration, “registration code registration process”, “article storage condition setting process”, “container article information registration process”, “shipment side linking process”, The order will be described in the order of the “arrival side linking process and pass / fail determination process”.

《Distinction code registration process》
The contents of this process are the same as those in the first embodiment (FIG. 6).

<Setting process for article storage conditions>
This process is a process in which the person in charge of shipping registers, in the server 40, the upper limit temperature and the lower limit temperature during transportation as article storage conditions before the shipment of the article.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the article storage condition setting process.
When the article storage condition determined by the person in charge is input (step S101), the terminal 10-1 transmits the input article storage condition to the server 40 (step S102). The server 40 receives the article storage condition (step S103), records (stores) it in the article storage information DB 44, and transmits that the recording is completed to the terminal 10-1 (step S104). The terminal 10-1 receives and displays the recording completion notification (step S105).

Table 18 below shows an example of article storage conditions. Here, the article storage condition includes a product code, an upper limit value and a lower limit value of temperature.

《Container measurement condition setting process》
The person in charge on the shipping side registers the measurement conditions of the logger 80 in the server 40 when purchasing a container 60 on which a logger is newly mounted.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure of the container measurement condition setting process.
When the container measurement condition determined by the person in charge is input (step S111), the terminal 10-1 transmits the input container measurement condition to the server 40 (step S112). The server 40 receives the container measurement condition (step S113), records (stores) it in the environment information DB 45, and transmits that the recording is completed to the terminal 10-1 (step S114). The terminal 10-1 receives and displays the recording completion notification (step S115).

ここでは、容器測定条件は、ロガー８０の製品名、測定間隔、およびメモリ数（測定値の最大記憶可能数）からなる。 An example of container measurement conditions is shown in Table 19 below.

Here, the container measurement conditions include the product name of the logger 80, the measurement interval, and the number of memories (the maximum number of measurement values that can be stored).

<Registration processing of container article information>
In the first embodiment, the container article information includes an ID (container ID, article ID) and a discrimination code (container = 1, article = 0), whereas in the second embodiment, an ID (logger ID, article). ID), discrimination code (logger = 1, article = 0), product information (product name / product code, serial number, use start date / expiration date).

  The main subject of the processing shown on the left side of this figure is “a logger 80 attached to a container 60 and an RFID tag 71 attached to an article 70”. However, for convenience of explanation, “container, article” did. In the following description, the logger ID is a container ID, and the container ID + determination code is container information.

この表に示すように、第１の実施形態と同様に、物品ＩＤは先頭にＢ、容器ＩＤは先頭にＬを有するものとした。判別コードは、後述する図１４に示す手順により、端末１０−１から出荷側の担当者により入力されるものである。 Table 20 below shows an example of container article information.

As shown in this table, as in the first embodiment, the article ID has B at the head and the container ID has L at the head. The discrimination code is input by the person in charge on the shipping side from the terminal 10-1 according to the procedure shown in FIG.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a procedure of container article information registration processing.
The terminal 10-1 transmits an ID transmission instruction to the container 60 and the article 70 (step S121). The container 60 and the article 70 receive the ID transmission instruction (step S122) and transmit the respective tag IDs (step S123). The terminal 10-1 receives and displays the tag ID (step S124).

  Next, the person in charge looks at the head of the displayed tag ID, confirms whether the tag ID is a container ID or an article ID, inputs a discrimination code and product information, and transmits them to the container 60 and the article 70. (Step S125). The discrimination codes are registered by the procedure shown in FIG. 6 and are “article: 0” and “container: 1”. Product information is input by the person in charge looking at the product.

  The container 60 and the article 70 receive the determination code and the product information and write them in the memory (the storage unit 804 in the logger 80 and the internal memory of the RFID tag 71) (step S126). As a result, the container 60 and the article 70 hold container article information.

  After writing the identification code and product information, the container 60 and the article 70 transmit a writing completion notification to the terminal 10-1 (step S127), and the terminal 10-1 receives the writing completion notification (step S128). ).

  Next, the terminal 10-1 transmits container article information (tag ID, discrimination code, product information) to the server 40 (step S129). The server 40 receives the container article information (step S130), records (stores) it in the container / article information DB 43, and transmits a recording completion notification to the terminal 10-1 (step S131). The terminal 10-1 receives the recording completion notification and displays that the data has been correctly recorded in the server 40 (step S132).

<< Pasting process at shipment >>
Similar to the first embodiment, a process of associating the container ID and the article ID on the shipping side, that is, a process of registering in the server 40 information indicating which article is stored in which container.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the linking process on the shipping side. In this figure, steps S141 to S146 are the same as steps S21 to S26 in FIG. 8 (first embodiment) except that the container article information includes product information.

  Next, the terminal 10-1 transmits the container article information, the number of receptions, and the current time to the server 40 (Step S147). The server 40 receives the container article information, the number of receptions, and the current time, and stores them in the memory (RAM 402) (step S148). The current time may be generated by the terminal 10-1 or the server 40.

このとき、受信回数は１である。また、現在時刻は2015/09/15/10:00とする。 Table 21 below shows an example of container article information stored in the memory.

At this time, the number of receptions is 1. Also, the current time is 2015/09/15/10: 00.

  Next, the server 40 determines whether the number of receptions is 1 or greater than 1 (step S149). Here, since the reception count is 1, the terminal 10-1 is instructed to acquire container article information (execution of step S142).

  The operator stores the article 70 in the container 60 and closes the lid 61. For example, it is assumed that an article 70 with the article IDs B00005, B00006, B00011, and B00012 is stored in the container 60 with the container ID L00003.

つまり、容器ＩＤ＝Ｌ００００３、物品ＩＤ＝Ｂ００００５、Ｂ００００６、Ｂ０００１１、Ｂ０００１２を有するＲＦＩＤタグは、端末１０−１と通信不可能になるため、これらの容器ＩＤまたは物品ＩＤを有する容器物品情報を表２１に示す容器物品情報から除去したものとなる。 After storing the article 70 in the container 60 and closing the lid 61, steps S142 to S145 are executed, and the container article information received by the terminal 10-1 is as shown in Table 22.

That is, since the RFID tag having the container ID = L00003 and the article ID = B00005, B00006, B00011, and B00012 cannot communicate with the terminal 10-1, the container article information having these container ID or article ID is shown in Table 21. Is removed from the container article information shown in FIG.

  Next, the terminal 10-1 adds 1 to the number of receptions (step S146), and transmits the received container article information and the number of receptions (here, 2) to the server 40 (step S147). The server 40 receives the container article information and the number of receptions and stores it in the memory (step S148).

  Next, the server 40 determines whether the number of receptions is 1 or greater than 1 (step S149). Since the number of receptions is 2 this time, the container article information acquired last time (stored in the memory) is compared with the container article information newly acquired this time (step S150).

Then, the container article information that is unreadable as a result of the comparison is extracted (step S151). Here, the container article information shown in Table 23 below, which is the container article information of the difference between the container article information shown in Table 21 and the container article information shown in Table 22, is extracted.

Next, the server 40 extracts container article information having a container discrimination code (= 1) from the extracted container article information (step S152). Since the container article information having the discrimination code (= 1) in Table 23 is the container article information having the container ID = LD00003 described in the first row of Table 23, the container information shown in Table 24 below. The container article information including is extracted.

  Next, the server 40 extracts whether or not there is container article information having a container identification code in the container article information extracted in step S152, in other words, container article information having a container identification code is extracted. It is determined whether or not (step S153). Here, since the container article information shown in Table 24 is extracted, it is determined that there is.

Next, the server 40 associates the container ID in the container article information having the container identification code with the article ID of the container article information having the article identification code (step S154), the association result and the shipping time (current) Time) is added to the container / article information DB 43 as container / article correspondence information (step S155). Table 25 below shows an example of the association result and the shipping time.

Next, the server 40 determines whether or not there is a container identification code in the container article information (Table 22) read in step S150 (step S156). If there is a result of the determination, the terminal 10-1 is instructed to acquire container article information (execution of step S142). Here, since the container article information shown in Table 26 is included in the container article information shown in Table 22, the server 40 instructs the terminal 10-1 to acquire the container article information.

The processes in steps S142 to S156 are repeated until it is determined as “none” in step S156. If it is determined as “none”, the server 40 transmits a notification of completion of association to the terminal 10-1 (step S157), and the terminal 10-1 receives a notification of completion of association (step S157). Step S158). When the association is completed, the container / article information DB 43 stores the container / article correspondence information shown in Table 27 below.

Thereby, even in an environment where a plurality of container IDs and a plurality of article IDs can be read, the container ID and the article ID of the article 70 stored in the container 60 can be uniquely associated. Further, the time when the article 70 is stored in the container 60 can be recorded accurately and without pressing the start button of the logger 80.
In FIG. 15 described above, among the processes executed by the server, communication with the terminal is executed by the communication unit 41, and the process in the server is executed by the container / article information management unit 42 a in the management unit 40. That is, the communication unit 41 and the container / article information management unit 42a correspond to the acquisition unit in claim 2, and the container / article information management unit 42a corresponds to the association unit in claim 2.

《Landing process on the arrival side and pass / fail judgment process》
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a part of the procedure of the linking process on the arrival side. FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the remaining part of the linking process procedure on the arrival side and the procedure of the pass / fail judgment process.

  Here, as with the first embodiment, the linking process on the arrival side is a process of linking the container ID and the article ID on the arrival side, that is, which article has the lid 61 opened on the arrival side. This is a process of registering in the server 40 information indicating whether it has been stored. The pass / fail determination process is a process unique to the second embodiment, and is a process for comparing pass / fail conditions and environmental information to determine pass / fail of the environment in the container 60 being transported.

  Before the container 60 arrives, the person in charge transmits a delivery number transmission instruction from the terminal 10-2 in order to inquire the server 40 of the number of articles or containers scheduled to arrive (step S161).

Upon receiving the delivery number transmission instruction (step S162), the server 40 reads the number of articles or the number of containers from the container / article information DB 43 and transmits it to the terminal 10-2 (step S163). The terminal 10-2 receives the delivery number and stores it in the memory (RAM 102) as an undetected number (step S164). Here, it is assumed that the number of articles (= 12) or the number of containers (= 3) shown in Table 28 below is stored.

  Next, the terminal 10-2 sets the number of receptions to 0 (step S165), and instructs the container 60 and the article 70 in the arrival area to transmit container article information (step S166). The container 60 and the article 70 that have received the container article information transmission instruction (step S167) transmit the container article information to the terminal 10-2 (step S168). The terminal 10-2 receives the container article information and stores it in the memory (step S169).

However, since the person in charge has not yet opened the lid 61 of the container 60, there is no container 60 (strictly the logger 80) or article 70 (strictly RFID tag 71) that can communicate with the terminal 10-2. The container article information is blank as shown in Table 29 below.

  The terminal 10-2 adds 1 to the number of receptions (step S170). As a result, the number of receptions is 1. Next, the terminal 10-2 transmits the received container article information (blank), the number of times of reception (= 1), and the current time to the server 40 (step S171).

  The server 40 receives the container article information, the number of times of reception, and the current time and stores them in the memory (RAM 402) (step S172). Next, the server 40 determines whether the number of receptions is 1 or greater than 1 (step S173). Here, since the reception count is 1, the terminal 10-2 is instructed to acquire container article information (execution of step S166).

The person in charge opens the lid 61 of the container 60. As a result, the terminal 10-2 can communicate with the container 60 and the article 70. Therefore, when the terminal 10-2 instructs the container 60 and the article 70 to transmit container article information (step S166), the container 60 and the article 70 receive the container article information transmission instruction (step S167). The container article information held by each is transmitted to the terminal 10-2 (step S168). Here, it is assumed that the container article information shown in Table 30 below is transmitted.

  In the case of the container article information shown in this table, the lid 61 of the container 60 with the container ID = L00001 is opened, and the articles with the article ID = B00001, B00002, B00003, and B00004 are housed therein.

  The terminal 10-2 receives the container article information (step S169), adds 1 to the number of receptions (step S170), and obtains the container article information, the number of receptions, and the current time (2015/09/18/15: 23). It transmits to the server 40 (step S171). The server 40 receives the container article information, the number of times of reception, and the current time and stores them in the memory (step S172).

  Next, the server 40 determines whether the number of receptions is 1 or greater than 1 (step S173). Since the number of receptions is 2 this time, the previously acquired container article information is compared with the newly acquired container article information (step S174).

As a result of the comparison, newly read container article information is extracted (step S175).
Here, the container article information of the difference between the container article information shown in Table 29 and the container article information shown in Table 30, that is, the container article information shown in Table 30 is extracted.

Next, the server 40 extracts container article information having a container discrimination code (= 1) from the extracted container article information (step S176). Here, the container article information shown in Table 31 below is extracted.

  Next, the server 40 determines whether or not there is container article identification information having a container identification code, in other words, container article information having a determination code of 1 in the container article information extracted in step S176 ( Step S177).

Here, since the container-item correspondence table shown in Table 31 is extracted, it is determined that there is container-item information with a discrimination code of 1, and the process proceeds to step S178 to associate the container ID and the item ID (step S178). S178), the linking result and arrival time are added to the container / article information DB 43 as a container / article correspondence table (step S179). Thereby, the container / article correspondence table shown in Table 32 below is created and stored in the container / article information DB 43.

  On the other hand, if there is no container article information with the discrimination code of 1, the terminal 10-2 is again instructed to acquire container article information (execution of step 166).

  After executing step S179, the server 40 calculates the number of undetected articles or containers (step S180), and determines whether the number of undetected items is 0 or positive (step S181).

Here, the previous undetected number is shown in Table 28, and the current detected number is shown in Table 33 below from Table 30.

Therefore, the current undetected number is as shown in Table 34 below.

  For this reason, it is determined that the undetected number is positive, and the server 40 instructs the terminal 10-2 again to acquire container article information (execution of step 166).

以上説明した図１６において、サーバが実行する処理のうち、端末との間の通信は通信部４１が実行し、サーバ内の処理は管理部４０内の容器・物品情報管理部４２ａが実行する。つまり、通信部４１および容器・物品情報管理部４２ａが請求項２における取得手段に対応し、容器・物品情報管理部４２ａが請求項２における紐付け手段に対応する。 When all the articles 70 or containers 60 scheduled to arrive are detected, the number of undetected items is determined to be 0, and therefore the server 40 transmits a notification of completion of association to the terminal 10-2 (step S182). ). The terminal 10-2 receives and displays the notification of completion of association (step S183). Upon completion of the association, the container / article correspondence table shown in Table 35 below is recorded in the container / article information DB 43. Up to here is the linking process.

In FIG. 16 described above, among the processes executed by the server, communication with the terminal is executed by the communication unit 41, and the process in the server is executed by the container / article information management unit 42 a in the management unit 40. That is, the communication unit 41 and the container / article information management unit 42a correspond to the acquisition unit in claim 2, and the container / article information management unit 42a corresponds to the association unit in claim 2.

Next, the quality determination process will be described.
The server 40 instructs the terminal 10-2 to transmit environment information (step S184). The terminal 10-2 issues an environment information transmission instruction to the detected container 60 (step S185), and the container 60 (strictly, the logger 80) receives the environment information transmission instruction (step S186). The environment information is transmitted to the terminal 10-2 (step S187). The terminal 10-2 receives the environment information and transmits it to the server 40 (step S188).

The server 40 receives the environment information (step S189) and stores it in the environment information DB 45 (step S190). Table 36 below shows an example of environmental information.

Next, the server 40 adds the shipping time to the container / article correspondence table (Table 35) (step S191). Table 37 below is a container / article correspondence table to which shipping times are added.

Next, the server 40 obtains the maximum value and the minimum value of the environmental information (here, the temperature and temperature in the container 60) from the shipping time to the arrival time of the container / article correspondence table, and additionally writes them in the container / article correspondence table (step) S192). Table 38 below shows an example of a container / article correspondence table in which the maximum and minimum values of the measured temperature are added.

Next, the server 40 extracts the article storage conditions (Table 18) from the article storage information DB 44 (step S193), collates with the container article information, and adds the upper and lower limits of the environmental conditions to the container / article table. (Step S194). Table 39 below shows an example of a container / article correspondence table in which the maximum value and the minimum value of environmental conditions (here, the temperature in the container 60) are added.

Next, the server 40 compares the environmental information with the storage conditions to make a pass / fail determination (steps S195 and S196), and adds the determination result (OK, NG) to the container / article correspondence table, as well as to the terminal 10-2. Notification (transmission) is made (steps S197 and S198). Table 40 below shows an example of the container / article correspondence table in which the determination result is added.

The terminal 10-2 displays the notified determination result (steps S199 and S200). Accordingly, the association between the container 60 and the article 70, the storage period of the article 70 in the container 60, and the storage result can be easily managed. Note that steps S182 and S183 may be omitted.
In FIG. 17 described above, among the processes executed by the server, communication with the terminal is executed by the communication unit 41, and processing in the server is executed by the environment information management unit 42 c in the management unit 40. That is, the communication unit 41 and the environment information management unit 42c correspond to the environment information acquisition unit in claim 3, and the environment information management unit 42c corresponds to the association unit in claim 3 and the determination unit in claim 4.

[Third Embodiment]
The article management system according to the third embodiment of the present invention is the first of the linking processes on the arrival side among the processes executed by the server 40 in the article management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The terminal 10 performs steps other than the step of receiving a delivery number transmission instruction, which is a step, and the step of performing delivery number transmission.

  Therefore, the overall configuration of the article management system according to the third embodiment of the present invention is the same as that of the first embodiment (FIG. 1). The hardware configurations of the terminal 10 and the server 40 are the same as those in the first embodiment (FIGS. 2 and 3). On the other hand, the functional configuration of the terminal 10 and the server 40 is a configuration in which the terminal 10 other than the delivery information management unit 42d and the delivery information DB 46 in the server 40 (FIG. 5) of the first embodiment is provided. That is, in this embodiment, the information input unit 11 and the information transmission / reception unit 12 in the terminal 10 correspond to the acquisition unit in the present invention, and the information processing unit 15 corresponds to the determination unit and the association unit in the present invention.

<Operation of article management system>
Regarding the detailed operation of the article management system having the above-described configuration, the "determination code registration process", "container article information registration process", "shipment side linking process", and "arrival side linking process" These will be described in order.

《Registration code registration process》
FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a procedure of discrimination code registration processing.
For example, when the determination code determined by the person in charge of reception is input (step S201), the terminal 10-1 records (stores in the memory) the input determination code (step S202). Here, the registered discrimination code is the same as that in the first embodiment (Table 1).

<Registration processing of container article information>
FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of container article information registration processing.
In this figure, steps S211 to S218 are the same as steps S11 to S18 in FIG. 7 (first embodiment).

  In the next step S219, the terminal 10-1 records the container article information in the memory and displays the recording completion. The container article information recorded at this time is the same as that in Table 2 (first embodiment).

《Shipping process on shipping side》
FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the linking process on the shipping side.
In this figure, steps S221 to S226 are the same as steps S21 to S26 in FIG. 8 (first embodiment). Steps S227 to S234 are the same as steps S29 to S36 in FIG. 8 except that the subject of operation is not the server 40 but the terminal 10-1.

  The terminal 10-1 and the server 40 repeat the processing from step S222 until it is determined as “none” in step S234. If it is determined as “none”, the completion of linking is displayed (step S235).

《Pasting process on arrival side》
FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the linking process on the arrival side.
In this figure, steps S241 to S250 are the same as steps S41 to S50 in FIG. 9 (first embodiment). Steps S251 to S258 are the same as steps S53 to S60 in FIG. 9 except that the subject of operation is not the server 40 but the terminal 10-2.

  The terminal 10-2 repeats the processes after step S246 until the number of undetected items is determined to be 0 in step S258. If it is determined that the number of undetected is 0, the completion of linking is displayed (step S259).

As described above in detail, according to the article management system according to each embodiment of the present invention, the container identification information and the article identification information changed from readable to unreadable according to the change in the open / close state of the container lid. Or, the container identification information and the article identification information changed from unreadable to readable are linked and held, so even in an environment where a plurality of container IDs and a plurality of article IDs can be read, the container ID and the container ID are It is possible to uniquely associate the article ID of the article stored in the container having the same.
Further, according to the article management system according to the second embodiment, in addition to the above effects, the time when the article is stored in the container is accurately recorded without pressing the start button of the logger. Can do.
In addition, according to the article management system according to the second embodiment, it is possible to make a pass / fail determination based on environmental information (temperature) measured by a logger and storage conditions.
In addition, according to the article management system according to the third embodiment, since most of the processing performed by the server of the article management system according to the first embodiment is executed by the terminal, communication between the terminal and the server The amount can be reduced.

  The present invention has been described above by the preferred embodiments of the present invention. While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, various modifications and changes may be made to the embodiments without departing from the broad spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims. Obviously you can. In other words, the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the details of the specific examples and the accompanying drawings. Modifications are shown in the following (1) to (8).

(1) In the first embodiment, time information is added to the container / article correspondence table. Thereby, the server 40 can manage the shipping time and the arrival time.
(2) In the second embodiment, humidity information is added as environmental information.
(3) A terminal 10 having a position information acquisition means such as a GPS receiver is used, and the position information is transmitted from the terminal 10 to the server 40 together with the container article information. Thereby, the server 40 can record the shipping location and the arrival location.
(4) Communication between the terminal 10 and the container 60 and the article 70 uses light such as infrared rays or ultrasonic waves instead of radio waves.
(5) An RFID tag is attached to the outside of the container 60, and the wireless communication between the RFID tag and the terminal 10 is shielded by opening / closing the container 60, for example, by attaching the lid of the container 60 to the outside of the container 60 The RFID tag thus formed may be covered with a lid. Thereby, it is possible to easily grasp how many containers are present at the time of arrival.
(6) A wireless communication tag that performs wireless communication using Bluetooth (registered trademark) or the like is used instead of the RFID tag, and the terminal 10 is provided with a wireless communication circuit such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) instead of the RFID communication circuit 110. (Registered trademark) etc. are used to send and receive container article information.
(7) A code tag such as a barcode or a QR code (registered trademark) is added to the inner surface of the container 60 and the outer surface of the article 70, photographed by the camera 109 of the terminal 10, and image recognition is performed, whereby container article information is obtained. get. In this case, the container 60 and the lid 61 may be made of a material that does not transmit light, and radio wave shielding is not necessary.
(8) The container 60 and the lid 61 do not have a surrounding member having radio wave shielding properties, but are made of general plastic. When the lid 61 is closed, the received radio wave intensity at the terminal 10 decreases, so that the closure of the lid 61 is detected by comparison with a preset threshold value.

  10-1 ... Shipment side terminal, 10-2 ... Arrival side terminal, 30 ... Communication network, 31 ... Wireless base station, 40 ... Server, 43 ... Container / article information DB, 60 ... Container, 61 ... Lid, 62 , 71 ... RFID tag, 70 ... article, 80 ... logger.

JP 2011-255842 A JP 2008-140146 A

Claims (9)

An article management device for associating article identification information held by an article with container identification information held by a container having an opening / closing unit,
Obtaining means for obtaining the article identification information and the container identification information;
Determining means for determining whether the information acquired by the acquiring means has not been added or reduced since the past acquisition;
From the result of the determining means, a linking means for storing the article identification information and the container identification information in association with each other;
With
The linking means is an article management apparatus for linking and storing the article identification information and the container identification information added since the previous acquisition by the discrimination means, or the reduced article identification information and the container identification information. The article management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
The acquisition means also acquires time information indicating the time when the article identification information or the container identification information is acquired,
The article linking device, wherein the linking means associates the time information with the article identification information and the container identification information. The article management apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
Having environmental information acquisition means for acquiring environmental information in the container;
The correlating unit is an article management apparatus that associates the environment information with the article identification information when the article identification information is associated with the container identification information. In the article management apparatus according to claim 3,
An article management apparatus comprising: a determination unit that determines whether the environmental information satisfies a predetermined storage condition set for the article. In the article management device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The acquisition unit is an article management apparatus that acquires the article identification information or the container identification information held by the article and a wireless communication tag attached to the container. In the article management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The acquisition unit is an article management apparatus that acquires the article identification information and the container identification information from a captured image obtained by imaging the article and a code tag held by the container. An article management system comprising the article management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A terminal that performs wireless communication with a wireless communication tag, acquires the article identification information or the container identification information held by the wireless communication tag, and transmits the acquired information to the article management device;
With
The article management system in which the terminal performs wireless communication with the wireless communication tag at least once when the opening / closing portion of the container is open and when the terminal is closed. An article management system comprising the article management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A terminal that performs wireless communication with a wireless communication tag, acquires the article identification information or the container identification information held by the wireless communication tag, and transmits the acquired information to the article management device;
With
The said terminal is an article | item management system which memorize | stores the article identification information or container identification information of this radio | wireless communication tag, when the signal strength with the said radio | wireless communication tag is more than a predetermined threshold value. An article management method for associating article identification information held by an article with container identification information held by a container having an opening / closing unit,
An acquisition step of acquiring the article identification information and the container identification information;
A determination step of determining whether the information acquired by the acquisition step has not been added or reduced since the past acquisition;
From the result of the determination step, a linking step for linking and storing the article identification information and the container identification information;
With
The linking step is an article management method for linking and storing the article identification information and the container identification information added since the previous acquisition in the determination step, or the reduced article identification information and the container identification information.

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