JP2000067195A - Information card - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To enable accurate and high-speed sorting work even for irregularly shaped delivery items such as mail and home delivery. SOLUTION: Mail 9 delivered from a sender to a destination person
An information card 1 to be attached to a (delivery item), and a semiconductor nonvolatile memory 4 in which ZipCode information of a destination person is recorded.
And an electronic circuit that extracts power from a wireless signal supplied from a reading device 10 that reads ZipCode information in a semiconductor nonvolatile memory.
The ipCode information is output as a wireless signal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sorting operation (sorting operation) for mail and home delivery, and more particularly, to ZipCode.
(Including postal codes in Japan; the same applies hereinafter.) This relates to a technology for improving the efficiency of sorting work based on information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to improve the efficiency of sorting (sorting) mail, home delivery, and the like (hereinafter referred to as "delivery"), for example, ZipCode information is directly written or labeled on a delivery. The label is affixed in such a manner as described above, and when sorting these deliverables, the ZipCode information is read by an optical reader, and based on the information, the deliveries are sorted by Zipcode information by a sorter. Like that.

[0003]

The ZipCode information used in such a conventional sorting operation of the delivery items is described directly on the delivery items or is attached to the delivery items by being described on a label. When the object is a fixed envelope, mail, home delivery, or the like, the interval between the optical reader and the delivery is almost constant, and the reading can be performed accurately and at high speed.

[0004] However, in the case of irregularly shaped mail, home delivery, and the like, the shape and size of the delivery vary, and
Even when trying to read ZipCode information with an optical reader, it is not possible to read ZipCode information because the distance between the two is indefinite or the reading surface is uneven. Therefore, conventionally, irregularly shaped mail and home delivery are read visually or an optical reader is used to read the Z of the delivery.
It was designed to be pressed artificially against the portion where the ipCode information was written.

[0005] For this reason, there has been a problem that the sorting operation for delivery items such as irregularly shaped mail items and home delivery items cannot be automated and speeded up.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to enable accurate and high-speed sorting work even for non-standard-size mail, home delivery, and other deliverables.

[0007]

Therefore, an information card according to the present invention is an information card to be attached to a delivery delivered from a consignor to a consignee in order to solve the above-mentioned problem.
An electronic circuit including a memory storing at least the ZipCode information of the consignee;
Power is extracted from a wireless signal supplied from a reading device that reads ipCode information, and ZipCode information is output as a wireless signal.

Therefore, according to the information card of the present invention, ZipCode information can be read by a radio signal by passing a delivery such as a mail or a home delivery through the vicinity of the reading device. Even if the size, shape, and the like of a delivery item such as a home delivery item are irregular, the ZipCode information can be read without contact, and these sorting operations can be performed accurately and at high speed. Further, since there is no battery for holding ZipCode information, it is possible to prevent an accident that the memory contents are unexpectedly erased due to the consumption of the battery, as compared with a memory card which holds the memory contents using a battery as a power supply. It is possible,
Delivery items such as mail and home delivery can be reliably delivered from the consignor to the consignee.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The details of the information card of the present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the present invention is applied to an information card to be attached to a mail.
The postal matter is a general term for letters, parcels, and the like sent by mail, and includes a fixed-shaped article having a predetermined shape and an irregular-shaped article whose shape and size are not determined.

The information card 1 includes a power signal receiving section 2 for receiving a power signal from a reading device described later, and a power signal received by the power signal receiving section 2 is charged into a capacitance to supply power to each circuit. Power supply unit 3 and ZipC
semiconductor non-volatile memory 4 in which mode information is recorded, a signal processing unit 5 for processing data recorded in the semiconductor non-volatile memory 4, and a signal transmitting unit for transmitting data signalized by the signal processing unit 5 6 comprising an electronic circuit 7.

Such an information card 1 is attached to a predetermined place of a mail 9 together with a label 8 describing a destination, a name, a telephone number and the like of a destination person (corresponding to a consignee in the claims). Is done. Such mail 9 may be a fixed-size article or an irregular-size article.

The size of the information card 1 is, for example, 20 × 50 since it is attached to the mail 9.
× 0.5 to 0.7 (mm) is preferred.

The ZipCode information is recorded in the semiconductor non-volatile memory 4 of the information card 1 by the sender of the mail 9 (corresponding to the sender in the claims) or a post office employee receiving the mail. But it is good.

[0015] ZipCode information is a seven-digit number at present for mail 9, and a courier delivery.
It is given as a four-digit number.

The reading device 10 includes a power signal transmitting unit 11
And a signal receiving unit 12, and are connected to the computer 13. Note that the reading device 10 may be a handy type or a fixed type.

When reading the ZipCode information of the information card 1 attached to the mail 9 by the reading device 10, the power signal transmitting unit 1 of the reading device 10 is used.
1 transmits a power signal (for example, 13.56 MHz).

The information card 1 that has received the power signal charges the power signal received by the power signal receiving unit 2 in the power supply unit 3 into a capacitance and supplies it to each circuit as power. The signal processing unit 5 which has been supplied with power converts the ZipCode information recorded in the semiconductor nonvolatile memory 4 into a signal, and transmits the signalized ZipCode information from the signal transmitting unit 6.

The Zip transmitted from the information card 1
The Code information is received by the signal receiving unit 12 of the reading device 10 as a wireless signal.

The reading device 10 reads Z
The ipCode information is processed by the computer 13, and the mails 9, 9,... are sorted based on the ZipCode information of the information card 1 read by a mail sorting device (not shown).

The reading device 10 is used for reading mail items 9, 9,.
The zip code information recorded on the information card 1 of the mail 9 moving on the belt conveyor 14 is disposed near the belt conveyor 14 as a transport system.

By combining the reading device 10 with a plurality of belt conveyors 14, 14,... And controlling each belt conveyor 14 by the computer 13, a sorting device for mail 9, 9,. can do.

The relative positional relationship between the reading device 10 and the mail 9 can be arbitrarily set by changing the output or frequency of the power signal, and the mail 9 transferred by the belt conveyor 14 can be set. Is determined in consideration of the interval of the sorting work.

Further, the specific shapes and structures of the respective parts shown in the above-described embodiment are merely examples of the embodiment for carrying out the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Should not be interpreted restrictively.

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, there is provided an information card attached to a delivery delivered from a consignor to a consignee, and at least a ZipCode information of the consignee. An electronic circuit including a memory in which is stored, the electronic circuit extracts power from a wireless signal supplied from a reading device that reads ZipCode information in the memory, and outputs the ZipCode information as a wireless signal.

Therefore, according to the information card of the present invention, ZipCode information can be read by a radio signal by passing a delivery such as a postal matter or a home delivery through the vicinity of the reading device. Even if the size, shape, and the like of a delivery item such as a home delivery item are irregular, the ZipCode information can be read without contact, and these sorting operations can be performed accurately and at high speed.

Further, since there is no battery for holding ZipCode information, an accident that the memory contents are unexpectedly erased due to the exhaustion of the battery as compared with a memory card which holds the memory contents using a battery as a power supply. Can be prevented, and a delivery such as a mail or a home delivery can be reliably delivered from the consignor to the consignee.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which an information card according to the present invention is attached to a delivery.

FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram of an information card and a reading device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a usage example of the information card according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information card, 4 ... Memory (semiconductor non-volatile memory), 7 ... Electronic circuit, 9 ... Delivery (mail), 10 ... Reading device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An information card affixed to a delivery delivered from a consignor to a consignee, comprising: an electronic circuit including at least a memory in which ZipCode information of the consignee is recorded; An information card characterized in that power is extracted from a wireless signal supplied from a reader for reading ZipCode information, and the ZipCode information is output as a wireless signal.