Physical distribution storage system
First Claim
1. A physical distribution storage system comprising:
- a series of storage racks which store articles, each article stored in one of said storage racks or each space of said storage racks, in which a common kind of articles is stored, has associated therewith article information indication means for indicating information concerning, respectively, said article or said common kind of articles stored in said space;
a host processing unit, including a printing unit which prints in and out lists, providing an indication of articles to be taken in and out, on print material; and
a hand-held terminal comprising input means for reading said in and out lists, storage means for storing said in and out lists and updating said stored in and out lists according to in and out storage operations, a data comparator which compares the article information read by said input means with said updated in and out lists and produces a comparator output, and a display which displays thereon the indication provided by said in and out lists and the comparator output of said data comparator.
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Abstract
A physical distribution storage system comprises a series of storage racks, a host processing unit and hand-held terminals, the storage racks storing articles and each storage rack having rack information indication means which indicates information concerning the articles stored in the rack. The host processing unit includes a printer which prints in and out lists, indicating articles to be taken in and out, on the print material. Each hand-held terminal includes an input unit which reads the rack information and the in and out lists and updates the in and out lists according to the in and out operations, a data comparator which compares the rack information read by the input unit with the updated in and out lists and a display which displays the comparator results on a respective screen. The in and out lists may be represented by two dimensional bar codes.
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25 Claims
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1. A physical distribution storage system comprising:
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a series of storage racks which store articles, each article stored in one of said storage racks or each space of said storage racks, in which a common kind of articles is stored, has associated therewith article information indication means for indicating information concerning, respectively, said article or said common kind of articles stored in said space; a host processing unit, including a printing unit which prints in and out lists, providing an indication of articles to be taken in and out, on print material; and a hand-held terminal comprising input means for reading said in and out lists, storage means for storing said in and out lists and updating said stored in and out lists according to in and out storage operations, a data comparator which compares the article information read by said input means with said updated in and out lists and produces a comparator output, and a display which displays thereon the indication provided by said in and out lists and the comparator output of said data comparator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A hand-held terminal for use in taking in and out articles, stored in a series of storage racks, according to in and out lists printed on print material and indicating articles to be taken in and out, comprising:
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article information indication means, associated with each article stored in one of said storage racks or with each space of said storage racks in which a common kind of articles is stored, for indicating information concerning, respectively, said article or said common kind of articles stored in said space; input means for reading said in and out lists; storage means for storing said in and out lists and updating said stored in and out lists according to in and out storage operations; a data comparator which compares the article information read by said input means with said updated in and out lists and produces a comparator output; and display means for displaying thereon indications according to said in and out lists and the comparator output of said data comparator. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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