JP2002128240A - Slip holding electronic tag - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use an electronic tag with a slip and to reuse the electronic tag after using it. SOLUTION: This slip is made of a sheet type base material 1, and an adhesive region 4 on which an adhesive layer 3 is provided and a nonadhesive region 5 on which no adhesive layer is provided are furnished on a back surface of the sheet type base material. The non-adhesive region is surrounded by the adhesive region, and the sheet type base material holds the electronic tag in a state of pressing it on a surface of an article when it is adhered on the article 10 through the adhesive layer with the electronic tag 6 sandwiched between them. An unsealing mechanism to tear out a part corresponding to the non- adhesive region from the sheet type base material adhered on the article by hand is provided corresponding to an outer periphery of the non-adhesive region on the sheet type base material.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slip attached to an article and used in combination with an electronic tag capable of reading and writing data in a non-contact manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, electronic tags (IC tags or ID tags) have been used as a type of data carrier capable of reading and writing data.
Tags). The electronic tag includes a sheet-shaped substrate provided with a transmission / reception coil antenna and an IC chip module connected to the transmission / reception coil antenna and having a memory, so that data can be read and written by a non-contact transmission method. It has become.

[0003] An electronic tag is attached to an article and used together with a dedicated reader / writer, and article management information is written and read out from the IC chip module, so that it has begun to be used in distribution management and the like. However, since the production cost and the production amount of the electronic tag are high, it is currently assumed that the electronic tag is collected and reused.

[0004] On the other hand, a slip is conventionally attached to an article for distribution management. The slip is provided on its surface with a column for entering one or both of slip-specific information such as a slip number and article management information,
Physical distribution management is performed by reading information written in this column visually or by a barcode reader or the like. However, information written on the slip cannot be read and written in a non-contact manner.

[0005] In this case, if both the slip and the electronic tag are attached to the article and used, the slip-specific information and the article management information written on the slip are read visually or by a bar code reader or the like, and the electronic tag is used. In addition, the slip-specific information and the article management information can be read and written in a non-contact manner, and the distribution management can be performed more efficiently.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to use an electronic tag together with a voucher and to reuse the used electronic tag.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided, in accordance with the present invention, a sheet-shaped base material having a slip number on a surface thereof. An electronic entry unit for entering one or both of the slip-specific information and the article management information, and capable of reading and writing one or both of the slip-specific information and the article management information by a contactless transmission method. A voucher is provided wherein the tag is detachably held.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the slip-specific information and the article management information entered in the information entry section have a form of a character, a symbol, a bar code, or a combination thereof, and , The symbol or the barcode or a combination thereof is mechanically read and written on the electronic tag. According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, an adhesive layer is provided on the back surface of the sheet-like substrate, and a release paper is attached to the adhesive layer.

According to still another preferred embodiment of the present invention, a non-adhesive region having no pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on a back surface of the sheet-like substrate, and the non-adhesive region is formed of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. And the sheet-shaped base material is sandwiched between the electronic tags, and is adhered to the article via the adhesive layer when the electronic tag is attached to the article. The portion corresponding to the outer periphery of the non-adhesive region in the sheet-like substrate, the portion of the sheet-like substrate from the sheet-like substrate adhered to the article, the non-adhesive An opening mechanism for manually tearing off a portion corresponding to the area is provided.

According to still another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on the entire back surface of the sheet-like substrate, and the back surface is covered with a covering member. A non-adhesive area is provided, and the non-adhesive area is surrounded by an adhesive area having the adhesive layer, and the sheet-like substrate sandwiches the electronic tag, When attached to the article through, the electronic tag is held in a state of being pressed against the surface of the article, in a portion corresponding to the outer periphery of the non-adhesive region in the sheet-like substrate Is provided with an opening mechanism for manually tearing off a portion corresponding to the non-adhesive region from the sheet-like substrate adhered to the article.

According to still another preferred embodiment of the present invention, an adhesive layer is provided on a back surface of the sheet-like base material, an electronic tag holding area is provided on a front surface, and an electronic tag holding area is provided on the electronic tag holding area. Tag holding sheet is to be adhered, the electronic tag holding sheet has a back surface, an adhesive region provided with an adhesive layer, and a non-adhesive region where the adhesive layer is not provided, When the non-adhesive region is surrounded by the adhesive region, and the electronic tag holding sheet is attached to the sheet-like substrate via the adhesive layer with the electronic tag interposed therebetween. The electronic tag is held in a state where the electronic tag is pressed against the surface of the sheet-like base material, and a portion of the electronic tag holding sheet corresponding to the outer periphery of the non-adhesive region includes the sheet-like base material. Affixed to Opening mechanism for taking defeated by hand portion corresponding to the non-adhesive region is provided from the electronic tag holding sheet.

According to still another preferred embodiment of the present invention, an adhesive layer is provided on a back surface of the sheet-like substrate, and the electronic tag has been subjected to a surface treatment having a releasing property. The sheet-like substrate sandwiches the electronic tag,
The electronic tag is attached to the article via the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and the electronic tag is held in a state where the electronic tag is pressed against the surface of the article by the back surface thereof. The portion that is held while pressed against the surface of the device is provided with an opening mechanism for tearing the portion by hand.

[0013]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1A and 1B are diagrams showing a voucher according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a front view of a voucher stuck to an article, and FIG. 1B is a rear view of the voucher with release paper removed. is there. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.
It is sectional drawing along the line.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the slip according to the present invention comprises a sheet-like substrate 1.
Are provided with information entry sections 2a and 2b for entering one or both of slip-specific information including a slip number and article management information. Information entry section 2a, 2b
The slip-specific information and article information to be written in the form preferably have the form of characters, symbols, bar codes, or a combination thereof, and are mechanically provided by an OCR (optical character reader) or a bar code reader. It is readable.

On the back surface of the sheet-like substrate 1, there are provided an adhesive area 4 on which the adhesive layer 3 is provided, and a non-adhesive area 5 on which the adhesive layer 3 is not provided. In this embodiment, the non-adhesive region 5 is composed of a central circular portion 5a and a linear portion 5b extending from the upper edge of the sheet-like substrate 1 downward to the central circular portion 5a with a constant width. The region 5 is not limited to this shape, and may be any shape suitable for holding and removing the electronic tag after use.
Although not shown, a release paper that is peeled off when the slip is attached to the article is attached to the adhesive layer 3 on the back surface of the sheet-shaped substrate 1. The non-adhesive region 5 is surrounded by the adhesive region 4, and when the sheet-like substrate 1 is attached to the article 10 via the adhesive layer 4 with the electronic tag 6 interposed therebetween, The tag 6 is held while being pressed against the surface of the article 10.

The electronic tag 6 is a known electronic tag also called an IC tag or an ID tag, and includes a sheet-shaped substrate provided with a transmitting / receiving coil antenna and an IC chip module connected to the transmitting / receiving coil antenna and having a memory. Data (one or both of slip-specific information and article management information) can be read and written in a non-contact transmission system. A portion corresponding to the outer periphery of the non-adhesive region 5 in the sheet-like substrate 1 has an opening mechanism 7 for manually tearing off the portion corresponding to the non-adhesive region 5 from the sheet-like substrate 1 attached to the article 10. ,
Preferably, perforations or cuts are provided.

In this way, the slip according to the present invention can detachably hold the electronic tag, so that both the slip and the electronic tag can be attached to an article and used, and after use, only the electronic tag can be easily collected. And can be reused.

When the electronic tag 6 has a relatively large thickness, as shown in FIG. 3, it has a thickness corresponding to the thickness of the electronic tag 6 and has another adhesive on the surface. It is preferable that the protective member 8 provided with the layer 11 is attached to at least the area surrounding the non-adhesive area in the adhesive area 4. This prevents the slip opening mechanism 7 from being broken by the held side edge of the electronic tag 6 and prevents the electronic tag 6 from falling off the article.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a physical distribution management system using a slip holding an electronic tag according to the present invention. In FIG. 7, an electronic tag 6 according to the present invention is shown.
Is held on the article 10. In the information entry sections 2a and 2b of the slip 20, one or both of the slip specific information and the article management information are written in the form of characters, symbols, bar codes, or a combination thereof. In this embodiment, a slip number is written in the information entry section 2a, and a bar code of the slip number is entered in the information entry section 2b.

A character, a symbol, a bar code or a combination thereof is read by a reading device 21 such as an OCR or a bar code reader. In this embodiment, the bar code of the slip number is read by a bar code reader. The read slip number is written to the electronic tag 6 by the writing device 22. At this time, for the electronic tag 6 to be reused,
The previous slip number is deleted.

At the management point of the article 10, a reader / writer for transmitting / receiving data to / from the electronic tag 6 and controlling the electronic tag 6 is provided.
A writer 23, a control device 24 for processing data, and a management computer 25 are arranged. Management computer 2
Reference numeral 5 is connected to the center-side host computer 26 via a communication line. When the article 10 passes through the management point, data is transmitted and received between the reader / writer 23 and the electronic tag 6 which are separated by several tens of cm from each other, and the management computer 25 and the center-side host computer 2
6 manages the delivery of the article 10.

As described above, according to the slip holding the electronic tag according to the present invention, both the slip and the electronic tag are attached to the article, and one or both of the slip-specific information and the article management information are added to the slip. Fill in the form of letters, symbols or barcodes or a combination of these, read the information mechanically with a barcode reader etc. and write it on the electronic tag, using the electronic tag, the slip-specific information and article management information Can be read and written in a non-contact manner, and since the used electronic tag can be reused, physical distribution management and processing / process management in FA (Factory Automation) can be performed efficiently at low cost.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 2 of a voucher according to another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 4 is provided over the entire back surface of the sheet-like base material 1,
The point that the non-adhesive region 5 is formed by the covering member 9 attached to the surface of the adhesive layer 4 is different from the embodiment of FIGS. Therefore, in FIG.
The same components as those of are assigned the same numbers,
Description is omitted. According to this embodiment, the same effect as the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2 can be obtained.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 2 of a voucher according to yet another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an electronic tag holding area 12 is provided on the surface of the sheet-like base material 1, and the electronic tag holding sheet 12 is provided on the electronic tag holding area 12.
3 is stuck. The sheet-like substrate 1
The front surface is provided with an information entry section for entering slip-specific information including a slip number, and article management information, and the back face is provided with an adhesive layer 3, which is adhered to the article 10 via the adhesive layer 3. It has become.

The electronic tag holding sheet 13 has, on the back surface thereof, an adhesive area 15 provided with an adhesive layer 14 and a non-adhesive area 16 not provided with the adhesive layer 14. When the non-adhesive region 16 is surrounded by the adhesive region 15 and the electronic tag holding sheet 13 is attached to the sheet-like substrate 1 via the adhesive layer 14 with the electronic tag 6 interposed therebetween. In addition, the electronic tag 6 is held while being pressed against the surface of the sheet-like substrate 1. Although not shown, a portion corresponding to the non-adhesive region 16 from the electronic tag holding sheet 13 adhered to the sheet-like base material 1 is manually placed on a portion of the electronic tag holding sheet 13 corresponding to the outer periphery of the non-adhesive region 16. An opening mechanism, such as a perforation or a cut, is provided for tearing off at. In this embodiment, the same effects as those of the embodiment shown in FIGS.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 2 of a voucher according to yet another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 6, the electronic tag 6 has been subjected to a surface processing 17 having a releasing property. This surface processing is performed by, for example, silicon coating. The sheet-shaped base material has, on the front surface, a slip-specific information including a slip number, and an information entry section for writing article management information, and has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3 on the back surface, and an electronic tag 6 interposed therebetween. The electronic tag 6 is affixed to the article 10 by being sandwiched therebetween, and is held in a state where the electronic tag 6 is pressed against the surface of the article 10 by the back surface. Although not shown, a portion of the sheet-like substrate 1 for holding the electronic tag 6 pressed against the surface of the article 10 is provided with an opening mechanism for tearing the portion by hand, for example, a perforation or a cut. Have been. In this embodiment, the same effects as those of the embodiment shown in FIGS.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the electronic tag is detachably held on the slip attached to the article. However, in the case of the slip suspended from the article with a string or the like, Alternatively, a hole may be formed in a part of the electronic tag and the electronic tag may be hung on a hanging string of the slip.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, by attaching both a slip and an electronic tag to an article, the slip-specific information and the article management information written on the slip are read visually or by a bar code reader or the like. At the same time, it is possible to read and write the slip-specific information and the article management information in a non-contact manner using the electronic tag, and since the used electronic tag can be reused, the logistics management and the processing / process management in FA can be performed. It can be performed efficiently at low cost. If the slip-specific information and the article management information written on the slip have the form of characters, symbols, bar codes, or a combination thereof, the information written on the slip is replaced with the OCR or bar code. Since the data can be read mechanically by a code reader or the like and written directly on the electronic tag, distribution management and the like can be performed more efficiently and at low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a slip according to one embodiment of the present invention;
(A) is a front view of the slip attached to the article, (B)
FIG. 4 is a rear view of the slip from which the release paper has been peeled off.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a modification of the slip shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 2 of a voucher according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 2 of a voucher according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 2 of a voucher according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a physical distribution management system using a slip holding an electronic tag according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sheet-shaped base material 2a, 2b Information writing part 3 Adhesive layer 4 Adhesive area 5 Non-adhesive area 6 Electronic tag 7 Opening mechanism 8 Protective member 9 Covering member 10 Article 11 Another adhesive layer 12 Electronic tag holding area 13 Electronic tag Holding sheet 14 Adhesive layer 15 Adhesive area 16 Non-adhesive area 17 Surface processing with release properties

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A sheet-shaped base material which is used by being attached to an article, and is used for writing one or both of slip-specific information including a slip number and article management information on the surface thereof. Characterized in that the electronic tag has a detachable electronic tag capable of reading and writing one or both of the slip-specific information and the article management information by a non-contact transmission method. 2. The slip-specific information and the article management information entered in the information entry section have a form of a character, a symbol, or a barcode, or a combination thereof, and the character, the symbol, the barcode, or 2. The slip according to claim 1, wherein the combination is mechanically read and written on the electronic tag. 3. The slip according to claim 1, wherein an adhesive layer is provided on a back surface of the sheet-shaped substrate, and a release paper is attached to the adhesive layer. .