Package-Position Tracking With Dual-Code Reader Association
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing logistics management systems lack efficient methods for associating package information with their positions in logistics facilities, leading to inefficiencies in tracking and managing packages.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system and method that utilizes a terminal device with a reader to extract identification information from package and position codes, associating this information with each other and managing it in a server's memory, enabling efficient tracking and management of packages and their positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual package tracking methods are used, then system complexity is low, but productivity and tracking efficiency are poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical tracking methods with an automated optical recognition system. The reader device captures images of packages and automatically extracts identification information through image processing, eliminating the need for manual data entry and significantly improving tracking efficiency while reducing labor intensity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service package tracking by allowing the reader device to automatically capture package images, extract identification information, and transmit data to the server without requiring manual intervention. The package information is automatically associated with position information, creating a self-operating tracking system.
2Ease of operation
If code reading operations are performed with gloves or dirty hands, then ease of operation is maintained, but reading accuracy may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual code reading operations with an automated image capture and processing system. The reader device uses a camera to capture images of packages and automatically extracts identification information through image processing algorithms, eliminating the need for direct contact with codes and ensuring consistent reading accuracy regardless of hand condition.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a digital copy of the package code through image capture. Instead of requiring direct reading of physical codes, the system captures an image copy and processes it to extract identification information, allowing operation with gloves or dirty hands without affecting accuracy.
3Measurement precision
If package information is not associated with position information, then data management is simple, but tracking precision is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically associates package identification information with position information through automated data capture and processing. The reader device captures both package codes and position codes, and the server automatically links them, creating precise tracking records without manual intervention and maintaining data integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a feedback loop where package position information is continuously captured, associated with package identification, and stored on the server. This creates an automated tracking system that maintains precise position records and enables real-time package location monitoring throughout the logistics facility.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing system includes a terminal device including a reader and first circuitry, and a server including second circuitry. The first circuitry reads, with the reader, a first code including first identification information identifying a package and a second code including second identification information identifying a position of the package; extracts the first identification information and the second identification information from the first code and the second code, respectively; and transmits the first identification information and the second identification information to the server. The second circuitry manages, in a memory, information on the package identified by the first identification information and information on the position identified by the second identification information in association with each other based on the first identification information and the second identification information.