JP2002316724A - Illicit return prevention method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method that precludes return of a book other than correctly distributed books in a bookselling industry. SOLUTION: In a circulation form based on the premise that unsold merchandise is returned to a supplier, the illicit return prevention method affixes a code of a destination to merchandise invisibly when the supplier supplies it, and checks the destination code affixed to the merchandise when it is returned to determine whether the code coincides with a destination name or not.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an industry in a distribution form capable of returning goods, in which the returned goods are confirmed to be legally returned goods in accordance with rules, and are incorrectly returned. Related to the technical field of preventing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there have been cases where a product purchased with a counterfeit credit card is sold to a coin merchant or a low-cost purchaser and is illegally cashed. The sold product itself is not completely different from the product sold properly in terms of quality, so it does not bother those who purchase it, but a major problem in the industry that allows return Becomes In other words, if the goods brought in regularly are sold at the regular price and the aforementioned cheaply purchased goods are eligible for return, the amount paid for the returned goods will be refunded to the store side. As a result, the difference between the regular price and the price at the time of purchase at a low price remains on the retailer as unjustified profit. The book sales industry is in a similar business category. A book store (bookstore) provides space and labor for selling books, but does not purchase and sell books. In other words, a book that is unsold at a bookstore can be returned. Also, like a newspaper, a book does not need to be stored once it has been read, and since it is an obstacle, some books are sold together at an extremely low price to used bookstores. Many books that come to this used bookstore are well preserved,
There are many things that haven't been sold yet that can be sold at regular prices. Items with a short life, such as weekly magazines, are sold to recycled paper collectors as raw materials for recycled paper. As described above, in the book sales industry, this system is used improperly because the agency distributes books free of charge to bookstores and sells unsold books to the agency free of charge. If it is done, the damage to agencies and publishers will be severe.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention provides a method in the book sales industry that makes it impossible to return books other than books that have been properly distributed.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for preventing an unauthorized return of goods in a distribution mode on the assumption that unsold goods are taken to a supplier. At the time of supply from the supply source, the code of the supply destination is affixed invisibly, and at the time of return, the supply destination code affixed to the product is checked to confirm whether or not it matches the supply destination name It is characterized by the following.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the supply destination code is recorded in a non-rewritable state on an IC chip incorporated in a product. Is what you do.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the IC chip is formed on a thin substrate with an antenna, and is formed on the substrate. It is characterized in that it is stuck to the outside of the product by the adhesive.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the base material is peeled off between the layers in a state where it is difficult to re-adhere.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, when information is recorded on the IC chip, the information is recorded wirelessly.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a method for preventing unauthorized returns of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, focusing on a case where a target product is a book.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a method of preventing unauthorized returns of the present invention, taking a book as an example, and FIG. 2 is an IC.
Diagram for explaining the state where the tag is incorporated in the book,
FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of an IC tag, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of a case where the IC tag is incorporated into bookbinding. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example in which an IC tag is incorporated in a thin book.

In books, printing of the text and printing of the cover are separately performed, and bookbinding is often performed by another company. In many cases, the text consists only of characters and illustrations, and is often printed in one color. In contrast, the cover is printed in color, and the quality of the paper is often different from that of the text. Some types of books are separated because of the need for special devices and techniques for bookbinding. When the text is printed, it is sent to the bookbinding company. When the cover is printed and reaches the bookbinding company,
The fore edge is colored as needed and a cover is attached to form the final book. In this step, an IC tag to be described later is incorporated into the cover and the facing portion. An IC tag is manufactured by forming an antenna on a base material and connecting an antenna connection terminal of an IC chip to a terminal of the antenna with a conductive adhesive. As mentioned above, books incorporating IC tags,
For example, a thick hard cover encyclopedia, a technical book on a medium-thick cover made of relatively soft material, a small book that is thin and full of letters, a monthly magazine with a glued back, and a comic book with a rough paper , Weekly magazines with a wire closed in the middle,
The shape of the book varies depending on the book field, the form of the book, the form of the publication cycle, and the like.

In the publishing industry, a publishing company drafts a book plan and entrusts a manuscript to a person in a specialized field, or a reporter of the company prepares the manuscript. When the manuscript is completed, it is printed according to the form of the book, attached to the cover, and put on the book for final distribution. Publishers rarely go directly to bookstores, and are often delivered to book dealers, which are distributors. The book sales company distributes books to bookstores in the area where the book is sold, and determines the quantity of books to be delivered based on the size and location of bookstores, predicting the best sellers.

In FIG. 1, when a bookstore and a book to be delivered are determined, the contents of delivery are printed together with the bookstore code on a predetermined delivery note and delivered together with the book. In the agent store, the bookstore code "A" is written into the IC tag incorporated in the book to be delivered (distributed) by the wireless writing device (step 101). The IC tag incorporates an IC chip, but there are several types of IC chips, which are selected depending on the use of the tag. A rewritable type that can erase information once written and write new information on it,
There is a write-once type in which information cannot be written in the same place, and a chip suitable for the purpose must be selected as described above. In the method for preventing unauthorized returns of the present invention, the amount of information to be written is small, it is usually used only once, and it must be of a type that is difficult to be tampered with. are doing.

As an IC chip of a type in which the information cannot be erased once it has been written, the EPROM (Era
sable Programmable Read O
nly Memory) and OTPROM (One T)
im Programmable Read Onl
y Memory) is raised as a representative. EP
ROM is an electrically writable non-volatile memory in which writing is performed electrically and erasing of written data is performed by forming a transparent portion on a chip portion as seen in a mold package. Is collectively erased by applying ultraviolet rays. In order to prevent erasure as in the present invention, the surface is treated with a material that blocks ultraviolet rays and does not hinder wireless communication. OTPROMs are rarely used in fields such as the present invention, but have a large demand scale due to the cost advantage of adopting a mold package in a limited function field.

The book incorporating the IC tag into which the bookstore code is written is distributed to the bookstore (step 102).
Since the information recorded on the IC tag cannot be seen from the outside and cannot be returned if it is sent to the wrong bookstore, it must be carefully performed. Usually, the number of books is printed on the delivery note next to the book name, and since the contents of the distribution vary from bookstore to bookstore, the bookstore needs to confirm the contents printed on the delivery note.

[0016] After a certain period of time after being arranged at a bookstore, some of the distributed books will be returned.
This is because the bookstore has a limited display area, so books purchased before it can not be sold unexpectedly, and after that, when a new book with many topics and a large number of orders arises, the books whose sales have fallen are It is the subject of return (step 103).

When the book is returned and the book returns to the agency (step 104), the agency sets the returned book in the IC tag reader and sets the bookstore code "A".
Is checked with the returned bookstore name A (step 106). As a result of the check, if the bookstore code corresponding to all bookstore names matches, accept the pick-up if the bookstore code matches (step 108). I will refer to it when you come. The bookstore code that does not match the bookstore code is returned once (step 105), and the bookstore is charged a predetermined amount.

The book 2 shown in FIG. 2 is a so-called top bookbinding that is often found in specialized books. The book cover is made of a material with a cardboard core, and is bound with a leather or cloth thereon. ing. In the case of such a top binding, even if the IC tag sheet is incorporated between the back of the cover and the facing, the cover is thick, so the swelling due to the incorporation of the sheet can be absorbed neatly, and in appearance, It is not known that the IC tag is incorporated.

The IC tag will be described with reference to FIG. In the non-contact IC tag (1) of this embodiment, antennas 12a and 12b are formed on a base material by a printing method. The above printed antenna has a surface resistivity of the dried ink film of 200 by mixing carbon or the like into the printing ink to impart conductivity to the printing ink.
Ω or less, preferably about 100 Ω (the characteristics of the antenna depend on its area and not its shape).
A gap is provided at the boundary between the antennas 12a and 12b, and the IC chip 13 is fixed across the gap via a connection circuit 14 made of a conductive adhesive. Although not shown in FIG. 3, a portion where the adhesive and the IC chip 13 are in contact is an antenna terminal portion of the IC chip.

The integrated circuit portion of the IC chip 13 is divided into a program area and a memory area, and a memory area of about 32 to 800 bits is often used.
In addition, since the size of the chip also affects the unit price, it is preferable that the size be as small as possible. However, as described above, an appropriate size is necessary for adhering to the antenna, and the length of one side is about 2 mm to 5 mm. Things are used. Some are completed so that a label-like tag can be attached between two antennas. In such a tag label, a connection circuit is formed in advance on a label-like piece of a thin plastic film, and the connection is made in accordance with the position of the circuit.
An IC chip of about 2 mm to 2 mm is adhered and conductive at the connection terminal portion. In this embodiment, an electrostatically-coupled IC chip manufactured by Motorola (“Bistatix”: 8
00 bit rewritable IC chip).

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 3. The IC tag has antennas 12a and 12b formed by printing ink on a plastic base film such as polyester, polyethylene, triacetate, or biodegradable. The IC chip 13 is fixed in a gap between the antennas 12a and 12b by a conductive adhesive. Although not shown, a protective seal may be attached to protect the IC chip 13. Further, as described above, an adhesive material 15 such as a conductive material may be applied to the IC chip side or the opposite side of the IC tag sheet and covered with a release paper 16.

FIG. 5 shows a case where the back 21 has a width and the antenna area of the IC tag 1 can be formed sufficiently as in the case of the bookbinding 2. The point that must be taken into consideration when forming an IC chip on the spine of the bookbinding is that the book body is thick and the whole is heavy, so that when the IC chip is placed on a hard material with the spine 21 down. Is not to be destroyed.
In general, the back part that connects the front and back covers is glued with a facing part, and when you open the text of the book and read it,
Since the back portion is separated from the stiffened portion of the text and is relatively flexible, it has cushioning properties and does not actually break the IC chip.

FIG. 6 shows a case of a magazine such as a so-called weekly magazine, which is flexible even after bookbinding, unlike the case of a rigid book whose cover is made of cardboard as described above. Many of these bookbinding methods close to weekly magazines use the saddle stitching method, and the cover material used is often thin and soft. Such a book is often used by attaching the IC tag sheet 1 to the back side of the cover or the like, and therefore, a difference in the thickness of the IC tag sheet occurs, so that the thickness as shown in this drawing is absorbed. Ingenuity is required. In FIG. 6, the body part 34 of the magazine is fixed to the covers 31 and 32 at the center by wires or the like. Cover 33 on extension of 32 which is the back cover
(One-sided folding part), and a part of the one-sided folded part is IC
By cutting the tag sheet to the size of the tag sheet and bending it to the text side of the magazine, the IC tag sheet attached to the inside of the back cover does not receive particularly strong external pressure when the magazines are stacked, thus damaging the IC chip. You will receive less.

[0024]

1) According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to collect a valid return of a book that has not been sold properly. 2) According to the second aspect of the present invention, the data of the IC chip can be used in a state where it cannot be tampered with, and is safe. 3) Since the IC chip is formed on a thin base material according to the third aspect of the present invention and is bonded to the outside of the product, the present invention is also effective for a book with a thin cover such as a magazine. 4) Since the IC tag can be peeled off by the peeling layer formed between the layers of the base material according to the invention of claim 4, it is safe to turn the read magazine on recycled paper. 5) According to the fifth aspect of the invention, information can be recorded at a remote position.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for describing an example of a book for an unauthorized return prevention method of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a state in which an IC tag is incorporated in a book.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an IC tag.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of a case where an IC tag is incorporated into bookbinding;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a case where an IC tag is incorporated in a thin book.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Non-contact IC tag (sheet) 2 Book (book) 11 IC tag base material 12a, 12b Antenna 13 IC chip 14 Connection circuit 15 Adhesive goods 16 Release paper 21 Top binding spine 31 Saddle-bound book cover (front) 32 Cover (Back) 33 Cover (Kan Kannon folding part) 34 Body part

Claims (5)

[Claims] Claims: 1. In a distribution form on the premise that unsold goods are taken over by a supplier, a code of a supply destination is affixed to the said goods when supplied from the supplier. A method for preventing unauthorized return of a product, comprising checking a supply destination code affixed to the product at the time of return of the product and confirming whether or not the supply destination code matches the supply destination name. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the supply destination code is recorded in a non-rewritable state on an IC chip incorporated in the product. 3. The IC chip according to claim 1, wherein the IC chip is formed on a thin substrate with an antenna, and is adhered to the outside of the product by an adhesive formed on the substrate. 3. The method for preventing unauthorized returns according to any one of (1) to (2). 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the base material is peeled off between the layers in a state where it is difficult to re-attach the base material. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information is recorded wirelessly when the information is recorded on the IC chip.