JPH0688643B2 - Freight management equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a freight management device applicable to freight information management of an air freight handling system and any freight handling system such as ships and automobiles.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in freight information management, there is no automatic input / output of information by a label in a network system within a company, and information is input by a manual input method within a range of one company. I'm just there.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, in the information management within one company, if the information is spread over an agent, a warehouse, or an airline company, the information cannot be centrally managed, and the information service to the shipper is not provided. Not enough. Moreover, erroneous recognition and transcription of information by handwriting have occurred.

The present invention has been made to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and makes the information service to the shipper and the like more detailed,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a freight management device that improves the service rate, eliminates handwritten transcription of information, and guarantees the accuracy of information.

[Means for Solving Problems] A cargo management device according to the present invention includes a label storing the cargo information input to the information management device, a label reading device installed at each cargo handling point, and an information management device. A dialogue device connected online is provided.

[Operation] According to the present invention, the information of the cargo is recorded in the information management device, the recorded information is stored in a label, the label is attached or attached to the cargo, and the label is read by the label reader at each transit point of the cargo. Information to the information management device, and the dialogue device and the information management device exchange real-time cargo information.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the cargo management device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is an information management device for managing all freight information and the like.
It is connected to the.

The detailed configuration of the information management device 1 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 11 denotes a central processing unit, to which a storage device 12 and a communication control device 13 are connected. The storage device 12 stores freight information and the like.

Further, in FIG. 1, a plurality of information input devices are connected to the line network 7.
201 and 202 are connected. The information input device 201 is a device for inputting generated freight information and is mainly installed as a proxy, and its detailed configuration is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, a label issuing machine 3, a display device 21, a manual operation input device 22, and a communication control device 13 are connected to a central processing unit 20. The communication control device 13 is similar to the communication control device 13 shown in FIG.

The label issuing machine 3 is a device for issuing a label to be attached or attached to the cargo 8 (see FIG. 7). Display device 21
Indicates the confirmation of the input data, the response to the inquiry, etc. Further, the manual operation input device 22 is used for inputting the label data and the like.

On the other hand, the information input device 202 is a device for inputting the received freight information, and is mainly installed in a warehouse, an airline company, etc. The details are shown in FIG.

In FIG. 4, a display device 21, a manual operation input device 22, and a communication control device 13 are connected to the central processing unit 20, which are the same as those in FIG.

Further, an input device 23 and a line data transmission device 24 are connected to the central processing unit 20. The input device 23 is for inputting cargo information obtained by the label reading device, and corresponds to an IC card reading device or a wireless data receiving device. The wireless data transmitter 24 is required only for label information and wireless system.

Reference numeral 5 in FIG. 1 is a label reading device mainly for reading a bar code and an optical character, and a portable label reading device is used and has a shape as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 8, the information obtained by the label reading device 5 is stored in the portable label information recording device 51. The storage medium is an IC card or the like.

The label information storage device 51 includes a display unit 503 and a manual operation input unit 506.
Is equipped with. The display unit 503 is for displaying the information input or wirelessly received at the output unit of the label information storage device 51, and the manual operation input unit 506 is used for operations such as backup and other inquiries when automatic reading is not possible. To use.

Instead of the label information recording device 51, a label recording information device 52 as shown in FIG. 9 may be used. The label information recording device 52 is provided with a magnetic label reading device 53.

With this magnetic label reader 53, the label holder 41 shown in FIG.
It is a portable device that stores information obtained by reading the magnetic label 4 attached to the.

Like the label information recording device 51, the label information recording device 52 can also wirelessly transmit and receive data.

The label information recording device 51 of FIG. 8 is configured as shown in FIG. In FIG. 10, 501 is a control unit of the label information recording apparatus 51, which controls an input unit 502, an output unit 503, and a storage unit 504 (a portion for displaying information). The storage unit 504 stores the input information in an IC card or the like.

Similarly, the label information recording device 52 of FIG. 9 is configured as shown in FIG. The control unit 501, the input 502, and the output unit 503 are the same as those in FIG. 10, but a wireless transmission / reception unit 505 is used instead of the storage unit 504 in FIG. This is a part for wirelessly transmitting input information and wirelessly receiving instructions and the like.

Further, 6 in FIG. 1 is a dialogue device, and the dialogue device 6
Are also connected to the network 7. This line network 7 is for connecting the above-mentioned information management device 1, information input devices 201 and 202, and dialogue device 6 online, and is used for data communication by the communication control device 13 of each device.

This dialogue device 6 is mainly installed on the user side such as a shipper, and its detailed configuration is shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 60 denotes a central processing unit. The central processing unit 60 is connected with a display device 21, a manual operation input device 22, and a communication control device 13, which are the same as those described above. .

A print device 61 is connected to the central processing unit 60. The printing apparatus 61 is for outputting information obtained by a dialogue with the information management apparatus 1.

It should be noted that reference numeral 8 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 is a cargo, and the label 4 on which the cargo information is recorded is attached to the cargo 8 as described above. This recording is performed by magnetic recording, bar code, optical characters, etc. Then, as is clear from FIG. 7, the label 4 may be stored in the label holder 41, that is, attached, instead of being attached.

Next, the operation of the cargo management device of the present invention will be described. In explaining the operation, handling of air cargo will be described as an example.

The cargo 8 generated by the shipper is collected by a cargo handling agent such as an agent, and then the information is input for each item mainly from the information input device 201 installed in the agent to create the label 4.

The label 4 is output from the label issuing machine 3. Label 4
May be attached to the cargo 8 as shown in FIG. 6, or the label 4 may be put in a label holder 41 as shown in FIG.

The freight information is sent to the information management device 1 through the communication control device 13 of the information input device 201, and is stored in the storage device 12 thereof.

The cargo 8 to which the label 4 is attached reaches the warehouse company through the customs broker and the consolidated carrier, and is delivered to the airline company for export. Each time the cargo 8 arrives at each trader's hand, the portable label reading device 5 is used to read the information of the label 4 and accumulate the data in the label information recording device 51. The accumulated data is sent to the information management device 1 through the cargo information input device 23 and the communication control device 13 of the information input device 202, which is mainly installed in the shed and the airline company, and is compared with the previously transmitted data. It is determined that the cargo 8 has moved and the current position has changed, the cargo information is updated, and the cargo is stored in the storage device 12. Further, even when the cargo 8 is shipped from the hands of each trader, the same processing as when it arrived is performed.

In addition, regarding imports, after withdrawing from the aircraft, the same processing as at the time of export is carried out each time via each contractor, from the stage of unpacking the 8 units of cargo with the label 4 to the final collector. .

By the above processing, the freight information is centralized in the information management device 1,
Can be centrally managed. Therefore, a user such as a shipper can inquire, for example, where the requested cargo 8 is currently, by using the manual operation input device 22 constituting the dialogue device 6.

The dialogue device 6 receives the information management device 1 through the communication control device 13.
Since it is connected online with, the answer to the inquiry can be obtained from the information management device 1 in real time and can be output to the display device 21 constituting the dialogue device 6. The user can also output the displayed information to the printing apparatus 61 as needed.

As described above, the device of the present invention makes it possible to provide detailed information in real time.

In addition, the label 4 attached to the cargo 8 by the device of the present invention is
It is created at the time of cargo 8 generation, and label 4 is attached to the final delivery person, so there is no need to post it at a transit point on the way,
Freight can always be delivered accurately.

next. Two types of cargo information input methods of the label reading device 5 will be described. FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 show block diagrams of the label information recording devices 51 and 52.

The first method is a method in which the label information recording devices 51 and 52 have a storage unit 504, and each time the worker reads the information of the label 4 using the label reading device 5 at the handling site of the cargo 8, the label information recording is performed. This is a method of accumulating label information in the storage unit 504 of the devices 51 and 52.

The information that has been accumulated is an information input device that is installed in offices, etc.
It is transmitted to and stored in the information management device 1 using 202. The storage medium used for the storage unit 504 of the label information storage device 51, 52 that can be carried to the site is a small and large-capacity storage medium such as an IC card or a micro floppy disk.

The second method is a method in which the label information recording devices 51 and 52 have a wireless transmission / reception unit 505, and the label information is transmitted (transmitted) every time the information of the label 4 is read in the same field work as the first method. , Cargo information input device installed in the work area 23
The wireless data is received at, and transmitted to the information management device 1 and stored by using the information input device 202 installed in an office or the like.

Further, the label information recording device may have a magnetic label reading device 53 as shown in FIG.

Since the label 4 is affixed to the cargo 8, it is effective for the work within one trader, for example, automation of sorting.

The device of the present invention can be connected to an existing information system online.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the freight management apparatus of the present invention, the freight information is automatically created every time when the freight is generated, a label for each item is created and affixed, and the location is changed. Since the information is grasped in real time, it is possible to centralize and centrally manage the freight information, thereby providing the user with accurate and speedy information.

In addition, since it is not necessary to post the freight information on the way, problems such as erroneous delivery can be solved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of the freight management device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of an information management device in the freight management device, and FIG. 3 and FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of an information input device in the cargo management device; FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of an interactive device in the cargo management device;
FIG. 7 and FIG. 7 are perspective views showing a cargo applied to the cargo management device and the label attached or attached thereto, respectively, and FIGS. 8 and 9 are label information recording devices applied to the cargo management device, respectively. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the label information recording apparatus of FIG. 8, and FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the label information recording apparatus of FIG. 1 ... Information management device, 3 ... Label issuing device, 5 ... Label reading device, 6 ... Dialogue device, 7 ... Line network, 201, 202
…… Information input device.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An information management device for managing all cargoes, an information input device for inputting the information of the cargo to the information management device, and recording the information of the cargo inputted by the information input device. A label issuing machine that issues a label to be attached or attached to the cargo, and a label reading device that is installed at each transit point of the cargo and that reads the cargo information from the label at the transit point and transmits it to the information management device. A cargo management device comprising: a dialogue device that interacts with the information management device to obtain information about the cargo; and a network that connects the devices online.