Printed label with a QR code or code readable by a software application to provide information on the data of a product, machine, document or service in real time.

Abstract

The present invention relates to the manufacture of a permanent or removable label incorporating a QR code. The QR code, a 2D or 3D barcode printed on the label, allows connection via a real-time computer application to a website containing digital information (texts, website addresses, photos, images, etc.). Reading, deciphering, and interpreting the code is done using a mobile phone equipped with a camera or a connected QR code reader. Once selected, the QR code opens via an active, intelligent, and interactive software application for processing and managing warranties for machines, tools, services, and specifically for managing ten-year warranties.Printed label with a QR code or a code readable by a software application to provide information on the data of a product, machine, document or service in real time characterized in that it has permanent or repositionable adhesion and allows the processing of the following data: 1) Complete identity card of the product, machine or service 2) The date of purchase, the owner's data, the type of warranty and whether there is a warranty extension 3) Maintenance (overhaul) or repair operations carried out; 4) The renewal or extension of the warranty and the characteristics of the machine or tool or product and / or the tracking of the manufacturing and packaging.

Description

Title of the invention: Printed label of a qr-code or a code readable by a software application to provide information on the data of a product, a machine, a document or a service in real time.

[0001] The present invention relates to the manufacture of a permanent or removable label incorporating a QR code or a readable or scannable code controlled by specific software. It incorporates a printed QR code or other code that, when scanned by computer software, provides the desired information for managing and archiving data on a product, machine, administrative document, or service in real time. The QR code or code specifically developed according to the invention is a 2D or 3D barcode or a personalized QR code which, when scanned, allows real-time access via a software application to a computer database or website containing digital information (texts, website addresses, photos, images, etc.).It can be deciphered using a compatible mobile phone, camera, or suitable reader that bridges the physical and digital worlds. Once selected, this QR code will link to an innovative, active, intelligent, and interactive software application for processing and managing warranties for machinery, tools, services, and specifically for managing ten-year warranties.

[0002] The invention is aimed at three types of user, namely: the individual, the professional and private or public communities.

[0003] Prior art reveals the existence of numerous problems related to warranty management, monitoring and maintenance,

[0004] Let's take the example of a professional or a public entity that owns a fleet of machines. Warranties will differ depending on the type of machine and the year of purchase. Suppose a machine breaks down. The employee will report the machine to their company. In many cases, it's no longer remembered whether the machine is still under warranty, its type, or its serial number. A search will then be conducted through the company's invoices, resulting in a considerable waste of time. This becomes even more complicated if the document cannot be found.

[0005] This loss of time generates a loss of money in order to find the documents and to call in a repairman or technician to the home or to the manufacturer's or retailer's after-sales service, or for remote repair, which can jeopardize a construction project. The same problem arises for products and services. Let's take Another example is an operator using a vacuum cleaner bag or a belt sander. Considerable time is wasted trying to determine the correct consumable for the machine. In many cases, the consumable is incorrect after purchase, with all the predictable consequences.

[0006] Another example. Local authorities often undertake construction or other projects that involve ten-year warranties. Managing all these warranties is not easy. It becomes even more complicated when the employee in charge at the time the contract was awarded is no longer employed or retires years later. It is very difficult for municipalities to manage all the ten-year warranties and other guarantees in real time for the various parties involved in a single construction project.

[0007] The invention aims to remedy the drawbacks mentioned above

[0008] The label incorporating a QR code allows redirection to a software application specifically developed to process the following data:

[0009] 1) Complete product, machine or service identification card

[0010] 2) The purchase date, the owner's details, the type of warranty and whether there is a warranty extension;

[0011] 3) Maintenance (overhaul) or repair operations carried out;

[0012] 4) Renewal or extension of the guarantee

[0013] Some current manufacturers affix qr-code labels to quickly find out the characteristics of the machine or tool or product and / or to track manufacturing and packaging.

[0014] Thus, it will be enough for the individual or the professional to scan the QR code label to know all the useful data and those desired by the manufacturer or the issuer of the information.

[0015] The label incorporates on its visible face a code or a qr-code according to the invention which also allows, thanks to the software application and in real time, to set up and send alert signals of the expiration of the warranty at 30 days or 15 days and the day before and to specify whether the warranty can be renewed.

[0016] Indeed, scanning the QR code label or other readable and clearly identified code system on said label or directly on the product support allows connection via the computer software application from a computer and / or a smartphone and / or a tablet or via a scanner gun connected to a virtual computer of the data center type.

[0017] The QR code is a 2- or 3-dimensional barcode or other identification code printed on the label that allows connection via a real-time computer application and access to a computer website containing digital information (texts, website addresses, photos, images, etc.). Reading, deciphering, and interpreting the code is done using a mobile phone equipped with a camera or a connected QR code reader. Once selected, this QR code will open via the aforementioned active, intelligent, and interactive software application for processing and managing warranties for machines, tools, services, and specifically for managing ten-year warranties.

[0018] By extension, the QR code will also allow a connected tool that has a chip linked to a Bluetooth device to be combined with the software application or an electronic chip of the RFID type.

[0019] Preferably, the label incorporating the QR code or a personalized code will have a permanent or non-permanent adhesive film on its face in contact with the receiving substrate. Therefore, it is perfectly understandable that the label will be impermeable to liquids and corrosive products. To limit counterfeiting, it may incorporate additional features, notably by being fragmentable and / or the inclusion, on the surface or within the material composing the label, of an organic or inorganic antimicrobial agent. According to another option that characterizes the invention, the QR code or the code that triggers the link with the software after scanning is directly engraved by laser or die-cutting onto the casing or onto at least one visible part of the machine or other components. This second option will be satisfactory for substrates that do not accept labels.

[0020] Coded labels according to the present invention or direct printing on a given support by hot stamping or laser engraving or mechanical engraving or by die-casting are readable by a laser scanner or a photographic system or an optical reading system.

[0021] The computer software will generate a product identification sheet with its variants, based on the nature of the product and the elements that the sheet must include, and will produce the QR code or custom code that will redirect to the specific software or application for reading the information. Several types of QR codes may exist for the same product. Indeed, the code allows, according to pre-programmed settings in the software or application, for the information to be displayed partially or completely. It may be useful to separate the information between, for example, an end user and a reseller.

[0022] During the first registration of the product and after each modification or intervention on the product and until its destruction, the application will record the existence of the connection at a certain date and time and the information or modifications made on said product via a timestamp previously anchored on the blockchain.

[0023] Furthermore, according to one variant, the QR code can also incorporate a non-fungible token.

[0024] Consulting or viewing documents using the QR code tag allows for update the file (for example, the monitoring of maintenance interventions, or warranty etc...) and that each new viewing generates, thanks to the software application, a new timestamp and / or a non-fungible token previously anchored on the blockchain or even a new QR code printed on a new label.

[0025] According to a variant of the invention, the software application can integrate the characteristics of a machine or a product or a document or a service provision on the basis of a qr-code label or a barcode previously affixed by the manufacturer or the service provider or the reseller and can generate a final qr-code label according to the present invention.

[0026] It goes without saying that modifications can be made to the embodiment just described, in particular by substitution of equivalent technical means, without going out of the scope of the present invention.

[0027] It is understood that the invention is not limited to the areas of activity previously described, as well as the substantial improvements that may result therefrom.

Claims

Claims

1. Label printed with a QR code or a code readable by a software application characterized for providing information on the data of a product, a machine, a document or a service in real time by means of scanning or a photographic system and in that it allows the following data to be processed: 1) Complete identity card of the product, the machine or the service 2) The date of purchase, the owner's data, the type of warranty and whether there is an extension of the warranty 3) The maintenance (revision) or repair operations carried out; 4) The renewal or renewal of the warranty and the characteristics of the machine or tool or product and / or the monitoring of manufacturing and packaging.

2. Label printed with a QR code or a code readable using a software application according to Claim 1, characterized in that the QR code label with its computer application makes it possible to set up and send alert signals for the expiration of the warranty after 30 days or 15 days and the day before and to specify whether the warranty can be renewed.

3. Label printed with a QR code or a code readable using a software application according to claim 1, characterized in that scanning the QR code label or another code system readable and clearly identified on said label or directly engraved on the product support allows connection using the computer software application from a computer and / or a smartphone and / or a tablet or using a scanning gun connected to a virtual computer of the data center type and allows, using the computer application in real time, access to a computer site which contains digital information and thus satisfying the reading, deciphering and interpretation of the code.

4. Label printed with a QR code or a code readable by a software application according to claim 1 characterized in that the direct printing on the code labels is hot printing or laser engraving or mechanical engraving or by die-cutting and is readable by a laser scanner or a photographic system or an optical reading system.

5. Label printed with a QR code or a code readable using a software application according to Claim 1, characterized in that the QR code code is a 2 or 3 dimensional barcode or other identification code that allows you to log in from a mobile phone equipped with a camera or a connected scanning gun.

6. Label printed with a QR code or a code readable using a software application according to claim 1, characterized in that the QR code is a 2 or 3 dimensional bar code or another identification code printed on the label allowing connection using a connected tool which has a chip linked to a Bluetooth device with the software application or an electronic chip of the RFID type.

7. Label printed with a QR code or a code readable using a software application according to Claim 1, characterized in that the QR code is a 2 or 3-dimensional bar code or another printed identification code, characterized in that the QR code can also integrate a non-fungible token.

8. Label printed with a QR code or a code readable using a software application according to claim 1, characterized in that the label incorporating the QR code or a personalized code has on its face in contact with the receiving support a permanent or non-permanent adhesive film, to be impervious to liquid and corrosive products and additional devices, in particular by being fragmentable and / or the inclusion on the surface or in the material composing the label of an antimicrobial agent of the organic or inorganic type or that the QR code or the code causing the link with the software after its scanning is directly engraved by laser or stamping on the fairing or on at least one visible part of the machine or others.

9. Label printed with a QR code or a code readable using a software application according to claim 1, characterized in that during the first registration of the product and after each modification or intervention on the product and until its destruction, the application will record the existence of the connection at a certain date and time and the information or modifications made to said product via a timestamp previously anchored on a blockchain.

10. Label printed with a QR code or a code readable using a software application according to Claim 1, characterized in that the computer software will generate an identification sheet of the product with its variants depending on the nature of the product and the elements that must be integrated into said sheet and produce the QR code or the personalized code which allows redirection to the software or application. specific for reading information and that there are several types of QR code for the same product and that the code allows, according to a prior programming of the software or application, to make visible only in a partial way up to total information.