Near field communication tag reader, mobile terminal for interworking with the reader, and operating method thereof

• US 9,082,027 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2013
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LSIS Co. Ltd. (LS Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LSIS Co. Ltd. (LS Corporation)
• Inventors: Yeo, Seon Mi
• Primary Examiner(s): La, Anh V
• Application Number:
  US14/023,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20140085090A1
• Time in Patent Office: 672 Days
• Field of Search: 3405721-5729, 340/10.1, 235/380, 235/385
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/0029 the arrangement being specially adapted for wireless interrogation of grouped or bundled articles tagged with wireless record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10386 the interrogation device being of the portable or hand-handheld type, e.g. incorporated in ubiquitous hand-held devices such as PDA or mobile phone, or in the form of a portable dedicated RFID reader
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

A mobile terminal acquires an item group identifier and an item identifier from a near field communication tag reader which recognizes an item group identification tag and an item identification tag. The mobile terminal acquires item group information related to an item group corresponding to the item group identifier, and extracts information related to an arrangement location of an item corresponding to the item identifier from the item group information. The mobile terminal checks whether or not the item has been correctly arranged based on the arrangement location and an identified location of the item corresponding to the item identifier, so as to display information indicating that the item has been incorrectly arranged.

Claims

1. An operation method for a mobile terminal the method comprising:

acquiring an item group identifier from a near field communication tag reader by recognizing an item group identification tag and an item identification tag;

acquiring item group information related to an item group corresponding to the item group identifier;

acquiring an item identifier from the near field communication tag reader;

extracting information from the item group information, the extracted information related to an arrangement location of an item corresponding to the item identifier;

determining that the item has been incorrectly arranged based on the arrangement location and an identified location of the item corresponding to the item identifier; and

displaying information indicating that the item has been incorrectly arranged.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving identifies from the near field communication tag reader; and

classifying the received identifiers into the item group identifier and the item identifier by checking a type of the received identifier.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein acquiring the item group information comprises:

requesting item group information related to the item group corresponding to the item group identifier from an item management server; and

receiving the requested item group information from the item management server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the item has been correctly arranged comprises:

comparing a difference between the arrangement location and the identified location of the item with a threshold value.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting information related to a shape of the item corresponding to the item identifier from the item group information; and

displaying the item into the shape according to an identification sequence of the item.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein displaying the item comprises:

displaying the item into a size when the information related to the shape of the item includes information related to the size.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein displaying the item further comprises:

displaying the item into a default shape when the information related to the shape of the item does not include shape-related information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the information comprises:

providing a visual effect to the displayed item.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring a list of incorrectly arranged items by checking whether each of the items has been correctly arranged; and

displaying the list of incorrectly arranged items.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring a list of correctly arranged items by checking whether each of the items has been correctly arranged; and

displaying the list of correctly arranged items.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring a list of items that are expected to be arranged but have not been identified by checking whether each of the items has been correctly arranged; and

displaying the list of unidentified items.