KR20030063010A - GAS container management system using the RF label - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to attach the RF label that can store the container specifications information, inspection information, manager information, filling information, etc. for each gas container for smooth supply, safe distribution and systematic management of the gas and the information contained in the RF label Gas management using RF label that can achieve inventory control and computerization through the optimization of container management and prediction of replacement time, accurate metering of gas filling through remaining amount check, and prediction of supply time of container gas for volume trading. To provide a container management system.

The container management system of the present invention includes a gas container equipped with an RF label in which specifications, owner information, user information, inspection information, and the like of the container are written in digital information; An RF terminal for each sales office, charging station, and inspection station that reads digital information of the gas label-mounted RF label and writes, changes, and deletes the information on the RF label according to an authorized authority; RF label lead / light information such as inspection information, sales receipt and exit information, charge and exit information, owner and user information, etc. of the gas container of the sales office RF terminal is received and stored, and the usage metering information of the container gas for each consumer is received. A sales office computer that collects at regular intervals and calculates and processes usage fees in volume units; A container gas consumption meter installed for each consumer unit to measure the consumption of the container gas for each consumer; After checking the inspection information, filling receipt information, owner and user information, etc. contained in the RF label of the received gas containers with the filling station RF terminal, it is determined whether the container can be used, and compared with the filling request receipt information input from the sales RF terminal. A charging station computer for controlling the charging system to automatically charge the amount of charge calculated through the amount of gas remaining in each container, and issuing and issuing the charge amount information for each container according to the automatic charge and a charge fee slip; When the inspection target gas container is received from the sales office RF terminal or the charging station RF terminal, all information of the RF label of the container is read through the RF terminal for the inspection company and temporarily stored, and the inspection information of the container is completed after the inspection is completed. It includes a laboratory computer that re-registers the previously required container information, including the previously required container information, with the new RF label of the gas container that has been inspected through the laboratory RF terminal.

Description

GAS container management system using the RF label}

The present invention relates to a customer supply and management system of LP gas for the systematic management of the gas container, in particular, for smooth supply and safe distribution and systematic management of the container gas to the customer, the container specifications information, filling information for each gas container , RF label that can store manager information, etc. can be attached, and the information contained in this RF label can be used to optimize gas container management, predict replacement time, solve consumer disadvantages through accurate metering of gas filling amount through remaining amount check, The present invention relates to a gas container management system using an RF label that can achieve inventory control and computerization by predicting a gas supply time point.

Traditionally, homes and businesses that use gas by container do not know how much gas is left in the container. You will be asked.

Such a gas supply system has a problem that a consumer takes the damage of a temporary fuel gas interruption in a general home or a business that uses gas by a container.

Furthermore, when a gas consumer replaces a gas container, there is a residual gas in the replacement container. As a gas supplier does not recognize the value of the remaining gas, the consumer may buy gas at a price higher than the list price. There is a problem.

On the other hand, although container gas as an energy source has superior advantages in terms of efficiency and eco-friendliness than other energy sources, despite the limitation of its lifetime due to the aging of the container, special management for this is not systematic and efficient, There may be a risk of gas leakage or explosion.

An object of the present invention is to attach a label for storing the gas specifications, filling information, management information, etc. for each gas container for smooth supply, safe distribution and systematic management of LP gas and using the information contained in this RF label It is to provide a gas container management system using RF label that can achieve safe distribution of container gas, and properization and computerization of inventory management.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a gas container management system using a gas volume trading-based RF label that can eliminate the consumer disadvantages for the remaining gas when the gas container is replaced through volume trading of the gas by the container.

Another object of the present invention is to systematically monitor the safety of the gas container in circulation and to dispose of the container that has reached the end of its life or suspected safety, thereby preventing the risk of an accident caused by the distribution of the defective gas container. The present invention provides a gas container management system using an RF label including a container for re-inspection through management.

Another object of the present invention is to manage the gas container using the RF label that enables the tracking and management of the gas container to clearly identify the management responsible material in the event of an accident by registering the owner and user information on the RF label as a manager of the gas container To provide a system.

1 is a block diagram of a system of the present invention.

2 is an exemplary structural diagram of an RF label of the present invention.

3 is a state diagram of the installation of the consumer-side meter for LP gas volume trading of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram of an Internet-based container filling and inspection information sharing system for volume trading as another embodiment of the present invention.

※ Explanation of symbols about main part of drawing ※

10: gas container 20: RF label

21: RF label sheet 22,23: upper, lower protective material

30: sales office computer 31: RF terminal

40: charging station computer 41: RF terminal

42: charging system 50: inspection computer

51: RF terminal 52: inspection system

60: meter 61: automatic switching machine

70: server computer

Gas container management system of the present invention for achieving the above object is a gas container equipped with the RF label is filled with digital information, such as the specifications information, owner information, user information and inspection information of the container; An RF terminal for each sales office, charging station, and inspection station that reads digital information of the gas label-mounted RF label and writes, changes, and deletes the information on the RF label according to an authorized authority; RF label lead / light information such as inspection information, sales receipt and exit information, charge and exit information, owner and user information, etc. of the gas container of the sales office RF terminal is received and stored, and the usage metering information of the container gas for each consumer is received. A sales office computer that collects at regular intervals and calculates and processes usage fees in volume units; A container gas consumption meter installed for each consumer unit to measure the consumption of the container gas for each consumer; After checking the inspection information, filling receipt information, owner and user information, etc. contained in the RF label of the received gas containers with the filling station RF terminal, it is determined whether the container can be used, and compared with the filling request receipt information input from the sales RF terminal. A charging station computer for controlling the charging system to automatically charge the amount of charge calculated through the amount of gas remaining in each container, and issuing and issuing the charge amount information for each container according to the automatic charge and a charge fee slip; When the inspection target gas container received from the sales office RF terminal or the charging station RF terminal, all information of the RF label of the container is read through the RF terminal for the inspection company and temporarily stored, and the inspection information of the container is completed after the inspection is completed. It is characterized in that it comprises a laboratory computer for re-registering the previously required container information, including the information contained in the new RF label of the gas container completed by the inspection station RF terminal.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a system of the present invention, which includes a gas container 10 having a large RF label 20 attached thereto, a sales office RF terminal 31 for reading / reading the RF label 20, and a sales office computer ( 30, a charging station system including a charging station RF terminal 41, a charging system 42, and a charging station computer 40 for reading / writing the RF label 20, and the RF label. 20) A test station system including a test station RF terminal 51, a test system 52, and a test station computer 50 for reading / writing, and receiving the container gas through the sales office system and measuring the amount of use thereof in volume units. To this end, it is composed of a consumer group that installs a meter 60 for each consumer unit.

In the RF label 20 mounted on the gas container 10, specifications information, owner information, user information, inspection information, etc. of the container are written as digital information.

The RF label 20 is referred to in FIG. 2 in order to suppress RF interference caused by the metal surface of the gas container 10 and to prevent damage due to external force when reading / writing the memory information using the RF terminal of each operator. As described above, the thin film RF label sheet 21 is packaged with protective materials 22 and 23 made of a flexible material. In addition, the RF label may be casing back to a hard resin material and may be attached to the gas container 10.

In addition, the RF label sheet 21 inside the RF label 20 is composed of an antenna and a memory chip to be activated in a radio field (RF field) formed by the RF terminal, the memory chip is a step information security level By setting differently, it is designed to limit the access range of RF terminal for each operator (sales office, charging station, inspection station).

The RF terminal 31, the charging station RF terminal 41, and the inspection station RF terminal 51 read digital information contained in the RF label 20, and write, change, and write information on the RF label according to the authority. It is a data lead / writer that can be deleted.

For example, in view of the access authority for generating and changing information to be stored in the memory of the RF label 20, the sales office RF terminal 31 has a container specification information registration area, an owner registration area, and a user registration of the memory chip in the RF label. Granting secure access rights to access only the area, granting secure access rights to the charging station RF terminal 41 to further access the charging history registration area in addition to the secure access rights granted to the sales office RF terminal 31. In addition, the inspection station RF terminal 51 grants the right to access the user registration area, reexamination history registration area, container specification registration area.

The sales office computer 30 includes inspection information, sales receipt and exit information, charge and exit information, owner information, user information, etc. of the gas container that the sales terminal RF terminal 31 reads the RF label. It is a PC that receives, stores, manages, receives and manages digital information of consumers, and collects and calculates the amount of consumption gas used by consumers at regular intervals.

The filling station computer 40 reads the inspection information, filling receipt information, owner and user information, etc. contained in the RF label of the gas containers received from the store for charging to the filling station RF terminal to determine whether the container can be used, and then from the sales RF terminal. It is a computer that performs the filling control of the container by comparing it with the received filling request information and calculates and issues the filling amount information and filling charge slip for each container according to the automatic filling. The charging system 42 for automatically charging the amount is combined.

When the inspection station computer 50 receives the inspection target gas container received from the sales office RF terminal or the charging station RF terminal, all information of the RF label of the container is read and temporarily stored through the inspection terminal RF terminal, and the inspection is completed. A computer that re-registers the previous essential container information including inspection information of the container to the new RF label of the completed gas container through the inspection RF terminal, and combines the inspection system to perform the cleaning, painting and grading of the reinspection container. .

Each container gas consumer side is provided with a meter 60 for measuring the gas consumption amount for each consumer unit, the meter 60 is provided with a plurality of gas containers 10 or more. In particular, the consumer 60 using a plurality of gas container on the side of the gas in one gas container when the gas falls out of the automatic gas exchanger for the automatic switching of the gas of the other gas container is supplied to the meter 60 and the gas container (10) Installed between them.

Referring to the operation of the system configured as described above is as follows.

First, the sales office purchases a gas container manufactured by a container manufacturer or collects (purchases) gas containers supplied to a general household, attaches the RF label 20 to these containers, and uses the sales RF terminal 31 to store the gas containers. The container specification information, user information, owner information, etc., registered on the surface are registered, and the input information is loaded into the sales office computer 30.

Types of information included in the container include the manufacturer's name, use, basic container weight, storage capacity, production date, and inspection date.

Buying or retrieving the empty gas container, the RF label 20 is attached, and the sales office that registers its business code as the container specification and owner information is shipped to the filling station to fill the LP gas in the container.

Prior to shipping the container for filling, the sales office generates the container shipping information by reading the RF label attached to the gas target container 10 using the RF terminal 31, and then the sales office computer 30. Enter to transfer.

In addition, at the request of the general consumer, when the product is released for supply of the gas container 20 to the consumer, and the empty container is collected, the RF label information attached to the gas container is collected by using the sales RF terminal. To load).

On the other hand, at the sales office side, as shown in FIG. 3, at least two or more gas containers 10 are provided for each consumer unit using the container gas, and when the gas of the container being used by the consumer is exhausted, another container is automatically used. In order to supply the gas, an automatic switch 61 is installed between the plurality of gas containers 10.

By collecting the automatic transfer time through the automatic transfer machine 61, the seller can accurately determine the timing of supplying the container gas.

On the other hand, it is possible to determine the point of supply of container gas by using the average gas consumption performance of each consumer as an average value, and reduce the operating expenses of the retailer by minimizing the level of container gas inventory and the efficiency of logistics through the point of sale of container gas. Can be.

In particular, since the meter 60 is attached between the automatic changer 61 and the combustor used by the consumer, a volume trading basis for accurately calculating the gas consumption by the consumer for each period is provided.

As a result, consumers can solve the problem of consumer damages on the residual gas content when using container gas based on the previous weight transaction, and settle the gas usage fee on a monthly basis. This becomes convenient.

When the gas container 10 is loaded into the filling station for filling the container gas from various sales stations, the gas container 10 is carried on the transfer table of the filling station and passes through the gate where the RF terminal 41 is installed. At this time, the RF terminal 41 installed in the gate reads the RF label attached to each gas container and transmits owner information, user information, inspection information, etc. to the charging station system 42.

The charging station computer 40 collects the information of empty gas containers received by a number of sellers and compares them with the RF label information read from the RF terminal of the import gate to check the storage quantity and to extract containers whose inspection expiration date has been exceeded. .

The gas containers that have been checked for expiration date can be taken out to the container owner for safety inspection at the inspection station or sent directly to the inspection station for safety inspection. By filling the gas into a new container as many as the number of containers requested for inspection, the number of containers received and the number of containers taken out can be matched.

At this time, by changing or generating user information in the RF label of the gas container owned by the filling station, the owner and the right of use of the gas container are clearly distinguished and registered to determine the responsible material for post-management.

Meanwhile, the gas container passing through the loading gate of the filling station is transferred to the filling system 42 and the weight value of each container is measured. The remaining gas amount is calculated by subtracting the measured weight value and the empty container weight value of the container specification information registered in the RF label of the gas container, and then generating the filling amount information determined accordingly.

The amount of information to be charged for each gas container and the total amount after the filling is completed may be written to the memory chip of the RF label to enable tracking of the overcharge in case of an accident.

The filling amount information for each container by the LP gas filling system 42 is transmitted to the filling station computer 40 to become the total feed amount information for each vendor who requested the filling and the basic feed of the publication. It is downloaded to each RF terminal of each sales office and used as charging and receiving information in each sales office computer.

On the other hand, the gas container 10 has an inspection validity period up to the retesting point for each container, and such inspection validity period information is stored in the RF label so that the inspection validity period is checked every time the RF label using the RF terminal is read. do.

Therefore, when the gas container information is retrieved by the RF terminal 31 of the sales office side or the RF terminal 41 installed in the receiving gate of the charging station, if the gas container 10 has passed the re-examination period, it is sent to the inspection station for safety inspection. Conduct.

When the gas container to be inspected is received at the inspection station (re-examination), the RF label attached to the gas container is read and stored temporarily by the inspection station RF reader 51 or the necessary information (owner information, user information, container specification information, etc.) is inspected. After transmission to the computer 50 for temporary storage, a predetermined pressure test, a container washing, a painting process, etc. are selectively performed for each judging grade of the container, and a new RF label is attached.

Here, by disposing of the gas container that does not pass the re-examination standard, the risk of an accident due to the distribution of the defective container is prevented in advance.

On the new RF label attached to the gas container that has passed the retest, the newly weighed empty container weight information, the filling limit information, the rating information, and the next retest date information are recorded.

In addition, the previous unique information (owner information, unique information, other container specifications information, etc.) downloaded by the inspection station before re-examination of the gas container is registered directly on the new RF label by using the inspection station RF terminal 51, or the container. The owner (seller) of the need to register and use the necessary information using the seller RF terminal 31.

The RF label 20 is made of an RF label sheet 21 and upper and lower protective materials 22 and 23 of a flexible material protecting the label sheet, and the RF label sheet 21 includes an antenna and a memory chip. When the RF antenna approaches the RF label, the RF field formed by the antenna in the RF terminal is induced by the antenna in the RF label sheet 21 and connected to the antenna of the label sheet. By this activation, access to the RF label memory area by the RF terminal is allowed.

At this time, the upper and lower protective material surrounding the RF label sheet 21 suppresses the RF interference by the metal surface of the gas container and prevents damage to the RF label sheet by external force.

The RF label 20, which is physically considered to be a protective device, may be cascaded again into a box of solid wood series for tight coupling with the gas container 10 and then tightly coupled to the gas container.

Figure 4 is a block diagram of the Internet-based container filling and inspection information sharing system for volume trading of LP gas according to the present invention.

The system includes a gas container (10) equipped with an RF label (20) in which Internet-based container specification information, owner information, user information, and inspection information of container filling information and inspection information are filled in digital information, and the gas container. RF terminals 31, 41, and 51 for each sales office, charging station, and inspection station capable of reading digital information of an attached RF label and writing, modifying, or deleting information on the RF label according to an authorized authority. Receives and manages RF label lead / light information such as inspection information, sales receipt and exit information, charge and exit information, owner and user information of the gas container of the terminal, and collects and uses the container gas consumption metering information at regular intervals. Sales office computer 30 that calculates and handles usage charges in volume units, and inspection information, charge receipt information, owner and company contained in RF labels of received gas containers. After reading the personal information, etc. with the charging station RF terminal, it is determined whether the container can be used and compared with the charging request receipt information input from the sales office computer through the communication network. (42) The charging station computer 40 for controlling and issuing and issuing the charge amount information and the charge charge slip for each container according to the automatic charging in each sales unit, and the gas container to be reviewed from the sales office RF terminal or the charging station RF terminal received When all information of the RF label of the container is read and temporarily stored through the inspection equipment RF terminal, and after reconstruction of the container through the inspection system 52, the previously required container information including the re-inspection information of the container is checked. The inspection station computer 50 for re-registering with the new RF label of the gas container which has been inspected through Work to share and inquire information related to filling and rechecking of gas container by unique ID by uploading business information related to filling and rechecking gas container of each company from computer, charging station computer, and inspection computer through communication network. It consists of an internet server computer 70 for providing a community.

Another embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is to exchange the business information except the logistics between the seller, the charging company, the inspection company through a communication network, so that the seller stores the incoming and outgoing information related to charging and re-examination in their RF terminal After directly accessing their sales office computer, charging station computer and inspection computer, they will be able to bring offline work online.

In particular, through the support of the work community by the server computer 70, it is easy to check the registration, filling, reexamined information for each unique ID of each container required by each company, and can control it, which is advantageous for the safety management of the LP gas container. Do.

The present invention as described above can achieve the safe distribution and inventory management of the container gas and computerization by using the RF label information attached to the gas container, the remaining amount at the time of gas container replacement through the volume transaction of the container gas It has the unique effect of resolving consumer disadvantages for gas.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of preventing the risk of accidents caused by the distribution of the defective gas container by periodically monitoring the safety of the gas container in circulation to the end of its life or discard the disposal of the suspected safety.

In addition, the present invention by listing the owner information and the user information of the gas container on the RF label it is possible to clearly identify the management responsible material in the event of an accident.

In addition, the present invention enables the online of the work that can exchange information related to the logistics distribution of the gas container through the communication network and can check and check the current status of each container through the work related community provided by the Internet server computer.

Claims (5)

A gas container equipped with an RF label in which specifications, owner information, user information, inspection information, etc. of the container are written in digital information; An RF terminal for each sales station, charging station, and inspection station that reads digital information of the gas label-mounted RF label and writes, changes, and deletes the information on the RF label according to an authorized authority; RF label lead / light information such as inspection information, sales receipt and exit information, charge and exit information, owner and user information, etc. of the gas container of the sales office RF terminal is received and stored, and the usage metering information of the container gas for each consumer is received. A sales office computer that collects at regular intervals and calculates and processes usage fees in volume units; A container gas consumption meter installed for each consumer unit to measure the consumption of the container gas for each consumer; After checking the inspection information, filling receipt information, owner and user information, etc. contained in the RF label of the received gas containers with the filling station RF terminal, it is determined whether the container can be used, and compared with the filling request receipt information input from the sales RF terminal. A charging station computer for controlling the charging system to automatically charge the amount to be charged calculated by measuring the amount of gas remaining in each container, and issuing and issuing the charging amount information for each container and the charging fee slip according to the automatic charging; When the inspection target gas container received from the sales office RF terminal or the charging station RF terminal, all information of the RF label of the container is read through the RF terminal for the inspection company and temporarily stored, and the inspection information of the container is completed after the inspection is completed. A gas container management system using an RF label, comprising: a laboratory computer for re-registering the previously required container information, including the previously required container information, to a new RF label of a gas container that has been inspected through an inspection station RF terminal. According to claim 1, wherein the RF label mounted on the gas container is characterized in that the casing is made of a resin material to suppress the RF interference by the metal surface of the container when the lead / write using the RF terminal and to prevent damage by external force. Gas container management system using an RF label. 2. The gas container management system according to claim 1, wherein the RF terminals of the sales office and the inspection station are handheld mobile devices having a display, and the RF terminals of the charging station are fixed to be installed at the entrance and exit gates. According to claim 1, The RF label is composed of an antenna and a memory chip to be activated in the radio field formed by the RF terminal, the memory chip is set by different information entry security level for each access to access the dedicated RF terminal for each operator Gas container management system using an RF label characterized in that the range is differentiated. A gas container equipped with an RF label in which specifications, owner information, user information, inspection information, etc. of the container are written in digital information; An RF terminal for each sales station, charging station, and inspection station that reads digital information of the gas label-mounted RF label and writes, changes, and deletes the information on the RF label according to an authorized authority; RF label lead / light information such as inspection information, sales receipt and exit information, filling and exit information, owner and user information, etc. of the gas container possessed by the sales office RF terminal is received and stored, and the amount of gas used by the container for each consumer is measured. A sales office computer that collects information at regular intervals and calculates and processes usage fees in volume units; The inspection information, filling receipt information, owner and user information, etc., contained in the RF label of the received gas containers are read by the filling station RF terminal to determine whether the container can be used, and then compared with the filling request receipt information entered through the communication network from the sales office computer. Then, the charging station computer for controlling the charging system to automatically charge the amount to be charged through the gas remaining amount metering for each container, and issuing and issuing the charge amount information for each container according to the automatic charging and charge fee slips for each sales office unit; When the inspection target gas container is received from the sales office RF terminal or the charging station RF terminal, all information of the RF label of the container is read through the RF terminal for the inspection company and temporarily stored, and the inspection information of the container is completed after the inspection is completed. A laboratory computer for re-registering the previously required container information, including the previously required container information, to the new RF label of the gas container which has been inspected through the laboratory RF terminal; It is possible to share and inquire the information related to the filling and rechecking of gas containers by unique ID by uploading business information related to the filling and rechecking of gas containers for each company from the sales office computer, charging station computer, and inspection computer through the communication network. Container gas volume trading system using the RF label, characterized in that it comprises an Internet server computer for providing a working community.