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Physical distribution storage system
Assignee: Fujitsu Ltd
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Filing: 1996-12-24
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Granted: 2000-06-13
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Expires: 2016-12-24
Abstract
Abstract A physical distribution storage system comprises a series of storage racks, a host processing unit and hand-held terminals, the storage racks storing articles and each storage rack having rack information indication means which indicates information concerning the articles stored in the rack. The host processing unit includes a printer which prints in and out lists, indicating articles to be taken in and out, on the print material. Each hand-held terminal includes an input unit which reads the rack information and the in and out lists and updates the in and out lists according to the in and out operations, a data comparator which compares the rack information read by the input unit with the updated in and out lists and a display which displays the comparator results on a respective screen. The in and out lists may be represented by two dimensional bar codes.
Inventors
- 👤 Miyuki Sato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 06:49
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K17/00; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/06009; G06K19/06037; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/08; G06Q10/087; G06Q10/0874; G06Q10/08741; G06Q10/0877
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
177 words
A physical distribution storage system comprising: a series of storage racks which store articles, each article stored in one of said storage racks or each space of said storage racks, in which a common kind of articles is stored, has associated therewith article information indication means for indicating information concerning, respectively, said article or said common kind of articles stored in said space; a host processing unit, including a printing unit which prints in and out lists, providing an indication of articles to be taken in and out, on print material; and a hand-held terminal comprising input means for reading said in and out lists, storage means for storing said in and out lists and updating said stored in and out lists according to in and out storage operations, a data comparator which compares the article information read by said input means with said updated in and out lists and produces a comparator output, and a display which displays thereon the indication provided by said in and out lists and the comparator output of said data comparator.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
177 words
A physical distribution storage system comprising: a series of storage racks which store articles, each article stored in one of said storage racks or each space of said storage racks, in which a common kind of articles is stored, has associated therewith article information indication means for indicating information concerning, respectively, said article or said common kind of articles stored in said space; a host processing unit, including a printing unit which prints in and out lists, providing an indication of articles to be taken in and out, on print material; and a hand-held terminal comprising input means for reading said in and out lists, storage means for storing said in and out lists and updating said stored in and out lists according to in and out storage operations, a data comparator which compares the article information read by said input means with said updated in and out lists and produces a comparator output, and a display which displays thereon the indication provided by said in and out lists and the comparator output of said data comparator.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A physical distribution storage system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said in and out lists printed by said printing unit of said host processing unit are represented by two dimensional bar codes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A physical distribution storage system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said article information indication means comprises printed matter.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A physical distribution storage system as set forth in claim 3, wherein said article information indication means comprises two dimensional bar code labels.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A physical distribution storage system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said storage racks respectively have associated therewith rack information indication means for indicating information concerning the articles stored in said rack.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A physical distribution storage system as set forth in claim 5, wherein said rack information indication means comprises printed matter.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A physical distribution storage system as set forth in claim 6, wherein said rack information indication means comprises two dimensional bar code labels.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
52 words
A physical distribution storage system as set forth in claim 6, wherein each hand-held terminal further has associated therewith rack information generating means for generating rack information and printing means for printing said rack information indication means by printing said rack information, generated by said rack information generating means, on print material.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
58 words
A physical distribution storage system as set forth in claim 8, wherein said printing means in each hand-held terminal outputs the results of the in and out operations indicated by said in and out lists, and said host processing unit includes input means for reading said results of the in and out operations output from said hand-held terminals.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
62 words
A physical distribution storage system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said data comparator judges whether or not articles, indicated by said rack information indication means, are included in said in and out lists and said display displays information of the corresponding articles which are indicated by said rack information indication means to be included in said in and out lists.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
A physical distribution storage system as set forth in claim 10, wherein said information of the corresponding articles, displayed on said display, is automatically deleted from said in and out lists.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
36 words
A physical distribution storage system as set forth in claim 10, wherein said information of the corresponding articles, displayed on said display, is deleted from said in and out lists in response to an operator's indication.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
A physical distribution storage system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said input means comprises at least a selected one of a scanner and a keyboard.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
167 words
A hand-held terminal for use in taking in and out articles, stored in a series of storage racks, according to in and out lists printed on print material and indicating articles to be taken in and out, comprising: article information indication means, associated with each article stored in one of said storage racks or with each space of said storage racks in which a common kind of articles is stored, for indicating information concerning, respectively, said article or said common kind of articles stored in said space; input means for reading said in and out lists; storage means for storing said in and out lists and updating said stored in and out lists according to in and out storage operations; a data comparator which compares the article information read by said input means with said updated in and out lists and produces a comparator output; and display means for displaying thereon indications according to said in and out lists and the comparator output of said data comparator.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
167 words
A hand-held terminal for use in taking in and out articles, stored in a series of storage racks, according to in and out lists printed on print material and indicating articles to be taken in and out, comprising: article information indication means, associated with each article stored in one of said storage racks or with each space of said storage racks in which a common kind of articles is stored, for indicating information concerning, respectively, said article or said common kind of articles stored in said space; input means for reading said in and out lists; storage means for storing said in and out lists and updating said stored in and out lists according to in and out storage operations; a data comparator which compares the article information read by said input means with said updated in and out lists and produces a comparator output; and display means for displaying thereon indications according to said in and out lists and the comparator output of said data comparator.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
A hand-held terminal as set forth in claim 14, wherein said in and out lists printed on said printed material are represented by two dimensional bar codes.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
A hand-held terminal as set forth in claim 14, wherein said article information indication means comprises printed matter.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
38 words
A hand-held terminal as set forth in claim 14, wherein said storage racks respectively have associated therewith rack information indication means for indicating information concerning the articles stored in said rack; and said input means reads rack information.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
18 words
A hand-held terminal as set forth in claim 17, wherein said rack information indication means comprises printed matter.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
A hand-held terminal as set forth in claim 18, wherein said rack information indication means comprises two dimensional bar code labels.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
50 words
A hand-held terminal as set forth in claim 18, wherein each hand-held terminal further has associated therewith rack information generating means for generating rack information and printing means for printing said rack information indication means by printing said rack information, generated by said rack information generating means, on print material.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
34 words
A hand-held terminal as set forth in claim 20, wherein said printing means of each hand-held terminal outputs the results of the in and out storage operations indicated by said in and out lists.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
60 words
A hand-held terminal as set forth in claim 14, wherein said data comparator judges whether or not articles, indicated by said rack information indication means, are included in said in and out lists and said display displays information of the corresponding articles which are indicated by said rack information indication means to be included in said in and out lists.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
29 words
A hand-held terminal as set forth in claim 22, wherein said information of the corresponding articles, displayed on said display is automatically deleted from said in and out lists.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
34 words
A hand-held terminal as set forth in claim 22, wherein said information of the corresponding articles, displayed on said display is deleted from said in and out lists in response to an operator's indication.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
24 words
A hand-held terminal as set forth in claim 14, wherein said input means comprises at least a selected one of a scanner and keyboard.
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