System and Method for Processing Freight Using Rfid

• US 20080157973A1
• Filed: 12/29/2004
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Hye-Kyu, Park, Jeong-Hyun, Park, Ki-Shik
• Application Number:
  US11/722,175
• Publication Number:
  US 20080157973A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

Provided are a system and method for processing freight using Radio Frequency identification (RFID). The freight processing system includes: an RFID label issuing block for issuing and attaching an RFID tag storing freight identification and destination information; an RFID linking block for generating link information between a freight and a carrier; and an RFID freight identifying block for automatically identifying the freight by reading the destination information from the RFID tag attached to the freight.

Claims

1. A freight processing system using Radio Frequency identification (RFID), comprising:

an RFID label issuing means for issuing and attaching an RFID tag storing freight identification and destination information;

an RFID linking means for generating link information between freight and a carrier; and

an RFID freight identifying means for automatically identifying the freight by reading the destination information from the RFID tag attached to the freight.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

an RFID freight delivering means for selecting the freight to be delivered by reading the freight identification information stored in the RFID tag to process a freight delivery work.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a freight information processing server for receiving, processing and managing the freight information selected to be delivered from the RFID freight delivering means through a network.

4. The system as recited in claim 3, wherein the freight information processing server exists for each freight center and stores freight processing information of each freight center in a central database so that the freight processing information of each freight center can be shared with other freight centers.

5. The system as recited in claim 4, wherein the RFID label issuing means further performs a function printing information that can be checked by naked eyes on a surface of the RFID tag.

6. The system as recited in claim 4, wherein the RFID linking means sets up the RFID reader around the carrier to generate link information only by an action putting the freight into the carrier having the RFID tag.

7. The system as recited in claim 4, wherein the RFID freight delivering means simultaneously reads and processes many freight identification information stored in the RFID tag.

8. A freight processing method using Radio Frequency identification (RFID) for a freight processing system, comprising the steps of:

a) issuing and attaching an RFID tag storing freight identification and destination information;

b) automatically generating link information between freight and a carrier whenever the freight is loaded into the carrier through an RFID reader set up around the carrier;

c) automatically identifying the freight by reading the destination information from the RFID tag attached to the freight; and

d) selecting freight to be delivered by reading the freight identification information stored in the RFID tag to process a freight delivery work.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, further comprising the step of:

e) receiving, processing and managing the freight information selected to be delivered in the step d) through a network from the RFID freight delivering means in a freight information processing server.