Product delivery inspection system, order-receiving-side handy terminal, ordering-side handy terminal, and container

• US 9,846,852 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2013
• Issued: 12/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd. (NEC Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd. (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Narita, Satoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Ariel J
• Application Number:
  US14/383,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20150081480A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,730 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A product delivery inspection system includes an ordering-side terminal, an order-receiving-side terminal, an order-receiving-side handy terminal, a container, and an ordering-side handy terminal. The order-receiving-side handy terminal has an order-receiving-side reception means, a barcode reading means, a tag writing means, an order-receiving-side comparison means, and an order-receiving-side display instruction means that transmits to a display unit an instruction to display a message or a symbol indicative of the completion of an order-receiving-side product inspection. The ordering-side handy terminal has an ordering-side reception means, a tag reading means, an ordering-side comparison means, and an ordering-side display instruction means that transmits to the display unit an instruction to display a message or a symbol indicative of the completion of an ordering-side product inspection.

Claims

1. A product delivery inspection system comprising an ordering-side terminal that transmits ordering data, an order-receiving-side terminal that receives the ordering data and stores the ordering data as order reception data, an order-receiving-side handy terminal for use in an order-receiving-side product inspection of a product before delivery thereof, a container for use in the delivery of the product, and an ordering-side handy terminal for use in an ordering-side product inspection of the product after the delivery thereof,

wherein the container comprises a radio tag and a display unit,

wherein the order-receiving-side handy terminal comprises an order-receiving-side reception means that receives the order reception data from the order-receiving-side terminal, a barcode reading means that reads a product code from a barcode attached to the product, a tag writing means that writes, into the radio tag, data including the product code read by the barcode reading means when it is judged by the order-receiving-side handy terminal that a key input indicating that all the products placed in the one of the container is input and a product quantity, an order-receiving-side comparison means that compares the product code read by the barcode reading means and the product quantity with a product code and a product quantity included in the order reception data, an order-receiving-side display instruction means that transmits to the display unit a display instruction to display a message or a symbol indicative of the completion of the order-receiving-side product inspection when it is judged by the order-receiving-side comparison means that the product codes and the product quantities are in agreement, a display means for displaying a name and a quantity of a surplus or shortage product when it is judged by the order-receiving-side comparison means that the product codes and the product quantities are not in agreement and a product surplus or shortage occurs, and a correcting means for correcting the data when the product surplus or shortage in the container is corrected,

wherein the order-receiving-side handy terminal grasps the display unit, to which the data is to be transmitted, by a display unit ID included in a delivery data,

wherein the tag writing means writes corrected data of the name and the quantity of the product into the radio tag, and

wherein the ordering-side handy terminal comprises an ordering-side reception means that receives the ordering data from the ordering-side terminal, a tag reading means that reads, from the radio tag, the product code and the product quantity written by the tag writing means, an ordering-side comparison means that compares the product code and the product quantity read by the tag reading means with a product code and a product quantity included in the ordering data when it is judged by the order-side handy terminal that a key input indicating that the delivery data of all the container is read, and an ordering-side display instruction means that transmits to the display unit a display instruction to display a message or a symbol indicative of the completion of the ordering-side product inspection when it is judged by the ordering-side comparison means that the product codes and the product quantities are in agreement or to display a name and a quantity of a surplus or shortage product when it is judged by the ordering-side comparison means that the product codes and the product quantities are not in agreement and a product surplus or shortage occurs,

wherein the ordering-side handy terminal grasps the display unit, to which the data is to be transmitted, by the display unit ID in the delivery data,

wherein the ordering-side handy terminal and the order-receiving-side handy terminal have functions of reading the barcode of the product, registering the product, and settling with an electronic money, and

wherein a frequency of the radio tag is set equal to that of the electronic money.

2. The product delivery inspection system according to claim 1, wherein the message indicative of the completion of the order-receiving-side product inspection and the message indicative of the completion of the ordering-side product inspection each include an instruction for a next operation.

3. The product delivery inspection system according to claim 1, wherein each of the order-receiving-side display instruction means and the ordering-side display instruction means communicates with the display unit using short-distance wireless communication or infrared communication which is different from a communication system of the tag writing means.

4. The product delivery inspection system according to claim 3, wherein the radio tag is a passive radio tag that receives a power supply from a radio wave of a communication counterpart and the display unit receives a power supply from a battery.

5. An order-receiving-side handy terminal for use in an order-receiving-side product inspection of a product before delivery thereof, comprising:

a barcode reading means that reads a product code from a barcode attached to the product, a tag writing means that writes, into a radio tag of a container, data including the product code read by the barcode reading means when it is judged by the order-receiving-side handy terminal that a key input indicating that all the products placed in the one of the container is inputted and a product quantity, an order-receiving-side comparison means that compares the product code read by the barcode reading means and the product quantity with a product code and a product quantity included in order reception data, an order-receiving-side display instruction means that transmits to a display unit of the container a display instruction to display a message or a symbol indicative of the completion of the order-receiving-side product inspection when it is judged by the order-receiving-side comparison means that the product codes and the product quantities are in agreement, a display means for displaying a name and a quantity of a surplus or shortage product when it is judged by the order-receiving-side comparison means that the product codes and the product quantities are not in agreement and a product surplus or shortage occurs, and a correcting means for correcting the data when the product surplus or shortage in the container is corrected, the tag writing means writing corrected data of the name and the quantity of the product into the radio tag,

wherein the order-receiving-side handy terminal grasps the display unit, to which the data is to be transmitted, by a display unit ID included in a delivery data,

wherein the order-receiving-side handy terminal has functions of reading the barcode of the product, registering the product, and settling with an electronic money, and

wherein a frequency of the radio tag is set equal to that of the electronic money.

6. The order-receiving-side handy terminal according to claim 5, wherein the order-receiving-side display instruction means communicates with the display unit using short-distance wireless communication or infrared communication which is different from a communication system of the tag writing means.

7. The order-receiving-side handy terminal according to claim 6, wherein the radio tag is a passive radio tag that receives a power supply from a radio wave of a communication counterpart and the display unit receives a power supply from a battery.

8. An ordering-side handy terminal for use in an ordering-side product inspection of a product after delivery thereof, comprising:

a tag reading means that reads a product code and a product quantity from a radio tag of a container, an ordering-side comparison means that compares the product code and the product quantity read by the tag reading means with a product code and a product quantity included in ordering data when it is judged by the order-side handy terminal that a key input indicating that a delivery data of all the container is read, and an ordering-side display instruction means that transmits to a display unit of the container a display instruction to display a message or a symbol indicative of the completion of the ordering-side product inspection when it is judged by the ordering-side comparison means that the product codes and the product quantities are in agreement or to display a name and a quantity of a surplus or shortage product when it is judged by the ordering-side comparison means that the product codes and the product quantities are not in agreement and a product surplus or shortage occurs, and a display confirmation section configured to confirm whether or not the data for is transmitted to the display unit of the container,

wherein the ordering-side handy terminal grasps the display unit, to which the data is to be transmitted, by the display unit ID in the delivery data,

wherein the ordering-side handy terminal has functions of reading the barcode of the product, registering the product, and settling an electronic money, and

wherein a frequency of the radio tag is set equal to that of the electronic money.

9. The ordering-side handy terminal according to claim 8, wherein the ordering-side display instruction means communicates with the display unit using short-distance wireless communication or infrared communication which is different from a communication system of the tag reading means.

10. The ordering-side handy terminal according to claim 9, wherein the radio tag is a passive radio tag that receives a power supply from a radio wave of a communication counterpart and the display unit receives a power supply from a battery.

11. A container for use in delivery of a product, comprising:

a radio tag that stores at least a product code, a product quantity and corrected data of the product code and the product quantity in a readable and writable manner, and a display unit that receives a display instruction based on a product inspection result from a handy terminal for use in a product inspection, the display unit displaying a message or a symbol indicative of the completion of product inspection when the display instruction is based on the product inspection result that the handy terminal judges that the product codes and the product quantities are in agreement, the display unit displaying a name and a quantity of a surplus or shortage product when the display instruction is based on the product inspection result that the handy terminal judges that the product codes and the product quantities are not in agreement and a product surplus or shortage occurs, when there is a key input indicating that a delivery data of the container, and wherein the handy terminal grasps the display unit, to which the data is to be transmitted, by the display unit ID in the delivery data,

wherein the handy terminal has functions of reading the barcode of the product, registering the product, and settling with an electronic money, and

wherein a frequency of the radio tag is set equal to that of the electronic money.

12. The container according to claim 11,

wherein the radio tag is a passive radio tag that receives a power supply from a radio wave of a communication counterpart,

wherein the display unit receives a power supply from a battery, and

wherein the display unit communicates with the handy terminal using short-distance wireless communication or infrared communication which is different from a communication system of the radio tag.