Label Producing Apparatus Database Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing label producing apparatuses lack the ability to accurately manage article arrangement, as they do not verify the availability of space or conformity of articles to their designated places before producing labels, leading to inefficient storage and management.
Innovation Solution
A label producing apparatus and system that includes a feeding device, arrangement information acquisition portion, and information forming device, which access a database to acquire and print arrangement information on a label base, using RFID circuit elements for wireless communication and data storage, enabling accurate and efficient management of article placement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If labels are produced without verifying arrangement place availability and article conformity, then label production speed is improved, but article management accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary verification of arrangement place availability and article conformity through the arrangement information acquisition portion before label production. The database stores and validates arrangement information in advance, ensuring that labels are only produced when the arrangement place is confirmed to be suitable, thus maintaining management accuracy without significantly impacting production throughput
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the arrangement information acquisition portion continuously accesses the database to verify current arrangement status. This feedback loop ensures that label production is based on real-time or near-real-time arrangement data, allowing the system to maintain accuracy while operating at high speed through automated verification processes
2Measurement precision
If arrangement information verification is performed before label production, then article management accuracy is improved, but label production time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a database as a digital copy or representation of the physical arrangement state. By accessing and verifying information in the database rather than performing physical inspections, the system achieves accurate verification of arrangement places and article conformity without time-consuming manual checks, thus maintaining accuracy while minimizing time loss
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual or mechanical verification processes with automated electronic information acquisition and database access. The arrangement information acquisition portion electronically retrieves and validates arrangement data, substituting time-consuming physical verification with rapid electronic information processing, thereby maintaining accuracy while reducing verification time
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system ensures accurate and efficient management of articles by verifying the availability of space and conformity of articles to their designated places, reducing errors in storage and improving operational efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
an antenna for transmitting/receiving information
Data Source
AI summary
A label producing apparatus has a pressure roller drive shaft for feeding a cover film supplied from a cartridge storing a cover film capable of supply, acquires the arrangement information by accessing a database storing and holding arrangement information of the article to be arranged, and has a print head and a cutter for producing an auxiliary label by forming the acquired arrangement information for the cover film fed by the pressure roller drive shaft.