JP5267977B2 - Wireless IC tag holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wireless IC tag holder capable of surely achieving information communication between the external and each wireless IC tag while holding many wireless IC tags. <P>SOLUTION: The wireless IC tag holder 1 includes: a first holding member 10 wherein a plurality of first grooves 11 to 15 into which respective IC tags can be inserted are formed separately each other; a second holding member 20 wherein a plurality of second grooves 21 to 25 into which respective wireless IC tags can be inserted are formed separately each other so as to correspond to respective first grooves 11 to 15; and a pair of supporting members 2, 3 with which the side edges of the first holding member 10 and the second holding member 20 are respectively coupled. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a wireless IC tag holder for holding a plurality of wireless IC tags.

  In recent years, wireless IC tags are often used in factories and stores to manage a plurality of articles. The wireless IC tag can read and write management information of each article wirelessly by a dedicated reader / writer device. Moreover, it is also possible to simultaneously read and write a plurality of articles while being accommodated in a box or the like with respect to a large number of articles each having a wireless IC tag attached thereto (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

By the way, when the article is delivered, it is necessary to prepare a large number of wireless IC tags corresponding to the quantity of the articles, and to read necessary information in each wireless IC tag in advance. Here, as described above, a plurality of wireless IC tags can be simultaneously read and written by a single reader / writer device. However, depending on the distance between wireless IC tags and the strength of radio waves used for communication, There was a limit to the number of images that could be read and written at the same time due to weakening and interference of radio waves. For this reason, a transport writing device including one transport roller and another transport roller and a transport belt for shifting the wireless IC tag in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction transported by the transport roller has been proposed ( For example, see Patent Document 2). According to such a conveyance writing device, after a plurality of wireless IC tags are conveyed by one conveyance roller, the wireless IC tags can be shifted from each other in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction by another conveyance roller and a conveyance belt. Therefore, it is supposed that information can be written in each wireless IC tag.
Japanese Patent No. 3967313 JP 2006-331170 A

  However, the reading and writing of information of the wireless IC tag by the device as disclosed in Patent Document 2 is large in size and increases in cost, and it is not realistic to implement it in each factory or store. For this reason, there has been a demand for a holder that can securely read and write information to a large number of wireless IC tags even in a conventional reader / writer device having only a means for transmitting and receiving radio waves while holding a large number of wireless IC tags.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and is a wireless IC tag holder capable of reliably communicating information between the wireless IC tag and the outside while holding a large number of wireless IC tags. Is to provide.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes the following means.
The holder for a wireless IC tag according to the present invention includes a first holding member in which a plurality of first grooves into which a wireless IC tag can be inserted are formed apart from each other, and a second groove into which the wireless IC tag can be inserted. A plurality of second holding members that are spaced apart from each other and corresponding to each of the first grooves are connected to side edges of the first holding member and the second holding member, respectively. Each of the first holding member and the second holding member is connected to each of the support members so as to be rotatable around its side edge. Features.

According to the wireless IC tag holder according to the present invention, each of the plurality of wireless IC tags is inserted into the first groove and the second groove corresponding to each other, and is connected to the pair of support members. It is held by the holding member and the second holding member. Here, the plurality of first grooves are formed apart from each other. Similarly, the plurality of second grooves are also formed apart from each other. For this reason, each of the plurality of wireless IC tags is held in a state of being displaced from each other by an amount corresponding to the distance between the plurality of sets of the first groove and the second groove. For this reason, it is possible to prevent radio waves from weakening or interfering between adjacent wireless IC tags, and to simultaneously and reliably communicate information by an external communication unit.
In addition, according to the wireless IC tag holder according to the present invention, each of the first holding member and the second holding member is connected to each of the support members so as to be rotatable around its side edge. The pair of support members can be moved so as to be displaced from each other in the direction in which the first holding member and the second holding member are arranged. And a 1st holding member and a 2nd holding member can change the angle which connects with each support member in a side edge by shifting a pair of supporting member. Therefore, the wireless IC tags inserted into the first groove formed in the first holding member and the second groove formed in the second holding member are also held in the first state. The position of the holding member and the second holding member can be shifted in the direction in which the holding member and the second holding member are arranged, and in this state, communication of information is performed by an external communication unit, thereby further improving the reliability of communication. .

  In the wireless IC tag holder, it is more preferable that the first groove and the second groove are formed so that at least two or more wireless IC tags can be inserted in a bundle.

  According to the wireless IC tag holder of the present invention, the wireless IC tags are bundled and inserted into the first groove and the second groove as long as they can be communicated at the same time. Information about the tag can be communicated simultaneously and reliably by an external communication means.

  Further, in the above wireless IC tag holder, the pair of supporting members are connected at the side edges so as to be rotatable around their side edges, and are inserted into the first groove and the second groove. It is more preferable to provide a contact member with which the end of the wireless IC tag is contacted.

  According to the wireless IC tag holder according to the present invention, the end of each wireless IC tag inserted into the first groove and the second groove is brought into contact with the contact member, thereby each wireless IC tag. Can be accurately aligned and held. The contact member is also connected between the pair of support members so as to be rotatable around the side edge thereof, so that the connection state of the contact members also corresponds to the positional displacement of the pair of support members. Thus, each wireless IC tag can be arranged with the position accurately shifted in the direction in which the first holding member and the second holding member are arranged. For this reason, the certainty of the communication of information by an external communication means can be further improved.

In the above wireless IC tag holder, it is more preferable that the wireless IC tag holder is made of a non-metallic and non-magnetic material.
According to the wireless IC tag holder of the present invention, since it is made of a non-metallic and non-magnetic material, it interferes with radio wave communication between the wireless IC tag to be held and external communication means. The risk of being lost can be eliminated.

  According to the wireless IC tag holder of the present invention, it is possible to reliably communicate information with each wireless IC tag while holding a large number of wireless IC tags by the first holding member and the second holding member. It becomes.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. A holder 1 of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is for holding a plurality of wireless IC tags so that they can be collectively communicated by a reader / writer device which is an external communication means (not shown). Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the wireless IC tag 40 includes a substantially plate-like tag body 41, an IC (integrated circuit) 42 built in the tag body 41, and an antenna built in the tag body 41 and extending from the IC 42. 43. The wireless IC tag 40 receives, for example, various information such as its own identification information, the name of the article to be managed in correspondence, and the identification number of the article consisting of alphanumeric characters, etc., by an external reader / writer device. Thus, it is possible to perform additional writing and updating, and it is possible to transmit and read various information. In FIG. 2, the IC 42 of the wireless IC tag 40 is disposed substantially at the center of the tag main body 41, and the antenna 43 is extended on both sides of the IC 42. It is not something. As shown below, in the present embodiment, the wireless IC tag 40 can read and write information by communication with an external communication means (not shown), but may be configured to allow only one of reading and writing.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the holder 1 of the present embodiment includes a first plate-like first holding member 10, a second holding member 20, and a contact member 30 that are arranged substantially parallel to face each other, A pair of substantially plate-like support members 2 and 3 that are disposed substantially parallel to face each other and support the first holding member 10, the second holding member 20, and the contact member 30 are provided. The first holding member 10 has both side edges 10a and 10b connected to the support members 2 and 3, respectively. The second holding member 20 is disposed so as to be separated from the first holding member 10 to such an extent that the wireless IC tag 40 to be held can be spanned between the first holding member 10. The side edges 20a and 20b are connected to the support members 2 and 3, respectively. The abutting member 30 is a second holding member that can abut the end portion 40a (see FIG. 2) of the wireless IC tag 40 held between the first holding member 10 and the second holding member 20. It is disposed at a predetermined distance from the member 20, and both side edges 30 a and 30 b are connected to the support members 2 and 3, respectively.

  Here, it is preferable that each member constituting the holder 1 is made of a non-metallic and non-magnetic material from the viewpoint of improving the quality without interfering with radio wave communication with the wireless IC tag 40. In particular, it is preferably made of paper, plastic, etc., and the member thickness is thin enough to hold the wireless IC tag 40, specifically about 0.5 mm to 3 mm and can be bent and deformed in the thickness direction. . And in this embodiment, since each member is formed with the material which can bend and deform in this way, each of the 1st holding member 10, the 2nd holding member 20, and the contact member 30 is as follows. The side edges 10a, 10b, 20a, 20b, 30a, and 30b, which are the connecting portions with the support members 2 and 3, are bent, respectively, so that the support members 2 and 3 can rotate around their side edges. .

  A plurality of first grooves 11 to 15 communicating with both surfaces are formed on the upper edge portion 10c of the first holding member 10 so as to be separated from each other. Similarly, a plurality of second grooves 21 to 25 communicating with both surfaces are formed on the upper edge portion 20c of the second holding member 20 so as to be separated from each other. The plurality of first grooves 11 to 15 and the second grooves 21 to 25 correspond to each other one to one, and are provided at positions facing each other. Each of the first grooves 11 to 15 and each of the second grooves 21 to 25 is formed to have a width that allows the plurality of wireless IC tags 40 to be inserted as a bundle 50. For this reason, the first holding member 10 and the second holding member 20 are inserted by inserting the bundle 50 of the wireless IC tags 40 into the first grooves 11 to 15 and the second grooves 21 to 25 corresponding to each other. The bundle 50 of the wireless IC tags 40 can be held with the direction in which the first grooves 11 to 15 and the second grooves 21 to 25 face each other as the arrangement direction Y, and each set of the first grooves The wireless IC tags 40 of the plurality of bundles 50 can be separated and held for each bundle 50 by being inserted into 11 to 15 and the second grooves 21 to 25. The depths of the first grooves 11 to 15 and the second grooves 21 to 25 can be reliably held when the target wireless IC tag 40 is inserted, while the antenna 43 of each wireless IC tag 40 is held. However, the upper edge portions 10c and 20c of the first holding member 10 and the second holding member 20 can be exposed upward.

  Here, the wireless IC tag 40 that can communicate as a bundle 50 according to the intensity of radio waves transmitted and received by an external reader / writer device (not shown) to be used, the distance between the reader / writer device and the antenna 43 of each wireless IC tag 40, and the like. There is a limit to the number of sheets. And the width | variety of the 1st groove | channels 11-15 and the 2nd groove | channels 21-25 is set to the magnitude | size which can be inserted with the bundle 50 made into the number of sheets which can communicate with all the wireless IC tags 40. FIG. Specifically, as described above, although it depends on the intensity of the radio wave and the distance to the reader / writer device, the number of wireless IC tags 40 used as the bundle 50 is preferably about 20 or less. More preferably, the number is 7 or less.

  Next, a method of performing batch communication with a plurality of wireless IC tags 40 using an external reader / writer device using the holder 1 of this embodiment will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, for a plurality of target wireless IC tags 40, the first grooves 11 to 15 and the second grooves corresponding to each other for each bundle 50 in a bundle 50. Are inserted into the grooves 21-25. Then, the end 40 a of the wireless IC tag 40 of each bundle 50 is brought into contact with the surface 30 c facing the second holding member 20 in the contact member 30. As described above, since the plurality of first grooves 11 to 15 and the second grooves 21 to 25 are formed apart from each other, the bundles 50 of the wireless IC tags 40 are also arranged correspondingly. The first holding member 10 and the second holding member 20 are spanned and held apart from each other in the direction X perpendicular to the installation direction Y. Further, each bundle 50 can be accurately aligned in the arrangement direction Y of the bundle 50 by the end 40a of the wireless IC tag 40 contacting the contact member 30.

  Next, the pair of support members 2 and 3 are moved so as to shift their positions in the arrangement direction Y in which the support members 2 and 3 are arranged. Here, the first holding member 10, the second holding member 20, and the abutting member 30 connected between the pair of support members 2 and 3 are both side edges 10a, 10b, 20a, 20c, 30a and 30b. Can be rotated with respect to the support members 2 and 3. Therefore, the first holding member 10, the second holding member 20, and the abutting member 30 maintain the substantially parallel positional relationship with each other, and the angle of connection with the support members 2 and 3 at the side edges is The holder 1 is deformed so as to be reduced, and the holder 1 as a whole is deformed so as to be sheared in the arrangement direction Y and to be compressed in the direction X orthogonal to the arrangement direction Y. Accordingly, the bundle 50 of each wireless IC tag 40 inserted into the first grooves 11 to 15 formed in the first holding member 10 and the second grooves 21 to 25 formed in the second holding member 20. The positions can be shifted in the arrangement direction Y by a distance corresponding to the distance between the first grooves 11 to 15 and the second grooves 21 to 25 while being held. Here, since the end 40a of the wireless IC tag 40 of each bundle 50 is in contact with the end surface 30c of the contact member 30, the wireless IC tag 40 is guided by the contact member 30 and the first grooves 11 to 11 are guided. 15 and the second grooves 21 to 25 are arranged so as to be accurately displaced according to the separation distance.

  Next, information is read from and written to the plurality of wireless IC tags 40 held by the holder 1 by a reader / writer device which is an external communication means (not shown). That is, the holder 1 is placed on a reading table of a reader / writer device (not shown), and the direction X or the vertical direction Z perpendicular to the arrangement direction Y of the wireless IC tag 40 held by the holder 1 intersects the antenna surface of the reader / writer device. Arrange as follows. The reader / writer device (not shown) transmits radio waves to the wireless IC tag 40 on the holder 1 to read / write information. Here, as described above, the bundle 50 of each wireless IC tag 40 is displaced in the arrangement direction Y by a distance corresponding to the distance between the first grooves 11 to 15 and the second grooves 21 to 25. Yes. In addition, each bundle 50 is the number of sheets that can be read and written collectively. For this reason, the weakening of the radio wave used for communication and the influence of interference can be removed, and the wireless IC tags 40 of all the bundles 50 can be collectively communicated, and information can be reliably read and written.

  As described above, the holder 1 according to the present embodiment includes the first holding member 10 and the second holding member 20, and wirelessly moves to the first grooves 11 to 15 and the second grooves 21 to 25. By inserting the bundle 50 of the IC tags 40, it is possible to reliably communicate information to each wireless IC tag 40 by an external reader / writer device while holding a large number of wireless IC tags 40.

  In the holder 1 of the present embodiment, the first holding member 10, the second holding member 20, and the contact member 30 are formed of a material that can be bent and deformed, and are bent at the connected side edges. It is assumed that the support members 2 and 3 can be rotated around the side edges, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the support members 2 and 3 are rotatably connected to the pins. Also good. Further, the first holding member 10, the second holding member 20, and the contact member 30 are not limited to be rotatably connected to the support members 2 and 3. That is, the first holding member 10, the second holding member 20, and the contact member 30 may be rigidly coupled to the support members 2 and 3. Even in this case, the bundle 50 of the wireless IC tags 40 is held apart in the direction X perpendicular to the arrangement direction Y, and is communicated by a reader / writer device (not shown) along the vertical direction Z. The wireless IC tags 40 of all the bundles 50 can communicate together. Further, in the holder 1 of the present embodiment, a plurality of wireless IC tags 40 are bundled 50 in a number capable of batch communication and are inserted and held in the first grooves 11 to 15 and the second grooves 21 to 25 of each set. Although it was intended, it is not limited to this. Even if the wireless IC tags 40 are inserted into the first grooves 11 to 15 and the second grooves 21 to 25 of each set one by one, an external reader is securely held while holding a plurality of wireless IC tags 40. There is an effect that information can be communicated with the writer device. In this embodiment, the wireless IC tag 40 is directly held, and the two holding members of the first holding member and the second holding member are provided, and the wireless IC tag 40 is passed over the two holding members. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and three or more holding members may be provided.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail with reference to drawings, the concrete structure is not restricted to this embodiment, The design change etc. of the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention are included.

It is a perspective view showing the whole holder for wireless IC tags of an embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the radio | wireless IC tag hold | maintained with the holder for radio | wireless IC tags of embodiment of this invention. FIG. 6 is a top view illustrating a state where the wireless IC tag is held in the wireless IC tag holder of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view explaining the state where the wireless IC tag was held in the wireless IC tag holder of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a top view for explaining a state when the held wireless IC tag is read in the wireless IC tag holder of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view explaining the state at the time of reading the hold | maintained wireless IC tag in the holder for wireless IC tags of embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Holder 2, 3 Support member 10 1st holding member 10a, 10b Side edge 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 1st groove | channel 20 2nd holding member 20a, 20b Side edge 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Second groove 30 Contact member 40 Wireless IC tag

Claims (4)

A first holding member in which a plurality of first grooves into which a wireless IC tag can be inserted are spaced apart from each other;
A second holding member in which a plurality of second grooves into which the wireless IC tag can be inserted are separated from each other and corresponding to each of the first grooves;
A pair of support members to which side edges of the first holding member and the second holding member are respectively connected;
The wireless IC tag holder, wherein each of the first holding member and the second holding member is coupled to each of the support members so as to be rotatable around a side edge of the first holding member and the second holding member . The wireless IC tag holder according to claim 1,
The wireless IC tag holder, wherein the first groove and the second groove are formed so that at least two or more wireless IC tags can be inserted into a bundle. The wireless IC tag holder according to claim 1 or 2 ,
Between the pair of supporting members, the end of the wireless IC tag inserted into the first groove and the second groove is abutted so as to be rotatable around the side edge of the supporting member. A wireless IC tag holder comprising a contact member. The wireless IC tag holder according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
A wireless IC tag holder, which is made of a non-metallic and non-magnetic material.

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