JPH07318398A - Vessel with information code - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily manage the remaining quantity of contents in a vessel by reading by comparing an information code of the vessel having the information code stuck on the surface partly transparent with a level of the content. CONSTITUTION:The whole or a part of a vessel 100 is transparent so that levels of contents 110, 120... can be visually observed. An information code 180 formed with bar codes on the surface of the vessel 100 is arranged, and disposed in parallel with level 110, 120... in response to the levels 110, 120... of the contents of the inside of the vessel 100. The code 180 is composed of a plurality of the bar codes 181, 182, 183, 184, 185 and 186. The bar code 181 has information in response to the level 110 of the contents at the unused time as initial information, the bar codes 182-185 have information in response to the remaining quantity in response to respective positions, and the bar code 186 possesses last information. The bar codes 181-186 in response to the levels 110, 120... of the contents are read by a bar code reader or the like.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container with an information code, which is capable of managing the remaining amount of contents in a container which is at least partially transparent.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in many cases, liquid volume control in a liquid container is performed by visual inspection. For example, as shown in FIG. It was visually read to control the liquid volume. Therefore, a method disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-163673 has been considered. As shown in FIG. 4, in this device, the light emitted from the LED 420 is reflected by the liquid level 410 in the container 400, and this reflected light is received by the light receiving element 4
30 and the detection circuit 440 detect the residual amount of the contents in the container 400. In addition, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-
As shown in Japanese Patent No. 242501, it has been considered to read the scale by a bar code. As shown in FIG. 5, this product has a bar code 51 on the measure 500.
The length is managed by adding 0 and causing the pen scanner to read the bar code 510 corresponding to the length.

[0003]

However, in the case of FIG. 3, it is not easy to mechanically read the liquid amount and manage the remaining amount, and it is necessary to visually record the scale and record the remaining amount. was there. In the case of FIG. 4, L
The ED 420, the light receiving element 430, and the detection circuit 440 are required, and there is a problem that only the liquid can be managed. Further, in the case of FIG. 5, it is necessary to align the measure with the length of the measured object and associate the length with the barcode, and when the length is in the position of FIG. There is a problem that the operator wonders whether to read the barcode. There is also the problem of ambiguous management. Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a container with an information code that can easily manage the remaining amount of the content in the container by machine reading.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is an information coded container having a container, at least a part of which is transparent, and an information code attached to the surface of the container. The feature is that the information code is associated with the level of the contents in the container. A second feature of the configuration of the present invention is that the information code is formed in a block shape and the information code and the level of the contents in the container are made to correspond to each other. Furthermore, the third feature of the configuration of the present invention is that the information code has a plurality of information contents, and the information code and the level of the contents in the container are made to correspond to each other.

[0005]

In the present invention configured as described above, since the information code and the level of the contents in the container are arranged in correspondence with each other, it is possible to mechanically correspond to the level of the contents. The special effect is that the remaining amount of the contents can be easily grasped by only reading the information code that is present. Further, since the information code is formed in a block shape, it is possible to prevent the reading error of the information code and to easily and surely grasp the remaining amount of the contents. Further, since the information code has a plurality of information contents, the contents can be managed easily and accurately.

[0006]

【Example】

First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the container 100 is configured as a container that is wholly transparent or partially transparent so that the levels 110, 120, ... Of the contents inside the container can be visually confirmed. An information code 180 formed of a bar code is arranged on the surface of the container 100, and the levels 110, 120 of the contents correspond to the levels 110, 120, ... Of the contents inside the container. ... and so on are arranged in parallel. The information code 180 is composed of a plurality of barcodes 181, 182, 183, 184, 185 and 186.

A plurality of these bar codes 181, 18
2, 183, 184, 185 and 186, the bar code 181 has information corresponding to the level 110 of the unused contents as the initial information, and the bar codes 182, 183, 184 and 185 will be described below. , And has information corresponding to the remaining amount corresponding to the position of each barcode, and the barcode 186 has terminal information. The width W of the information code changes depending on code generation conditions such as the number of digits of information and the type of code. The height T of the information code indicates the height of each information code, and the total length L changes depending on the size of the container 100.

Here, the information code 180 is divided into six equal parts by a plurality of bar codes 181, 182, 183, 184, 185 and 186.
Are arranged on the surface of the container 100,
The levels of the contents inside are divided into 6 equal parts, and each of the levels of the 6 divided contents is the respective bar codes 181, 18.
2, 183, 184, 185 and 186. Therefore, when the contents in the container 100 are not used,
The contents at the position 81 are
Gradually move downward. As the contents are moved downwards, the level of the contents is changed to the individual bar code 182, 18
3, 184, 185 and 186, respectively. In this state, by reading the bar code corresponding to the level of the content with a bar code reader or the like, the remaining amount of the content in the container 100 can be easily grasped. It should be noted that the content in the container 100 may be any object such as a liquid, powder, tablet, etc., as long as the level of the content can be visually confirmed.

As described above, in the first embodiment, the plurality of barcodes 181 of the information code 180,
182, 183, 184, 185 and 186 and container 1
Since the contents are arranged in correspondence with the contents level in 00, the remaining amount of the contents can be easily grasped by mechanically reading the information code corresponding to the contents level. It has a special effect. Further, the information code 180 includes a plurality of barcodes 181, 1
Since the blocks 82, 183, 184, 185 and 186 are continuously formed, the contents and the barcode are always in contact with each other, and it is possible to prevent the reading error of the information code 180. You can easily and surely know the remaining amount of the contents. Furthermore, depending on the use of the container with this type of information code, information code 1
Only by changing the height T of 80, it becomes possible to easily set the management state of the remaining amount of the contents.

Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, the container 200 is composed of a container that is wholly transparent or partially transparent so that the levels 210, 220, 230 of the contents inside the container can be visually confirmed. An information code 240 formed of a bar code is attached to the surface of the container 200. The information code 240 includes a bar code 250, a bar code 260 and a bar code 270. The bar code 250 has product name information, and the bar code 260 and the bar code 270 relate to the remaining amount of the contents. Have information The bar code 250, the bar code 260, and the bar code 270 are arranged adjacent to each other.

The bar code 260 is divided into six equal parts with respect to the total amount of the contents, and a plurality of bar codes 261, 262, 2 are provided.
It is composed of 63, 264, 265 and 266, and has information of, for example, liter. Here, for example, when the container 200 is a container capable of holding 6 liters, the barcode 261 indicates information of 5 liters and the barcode 26
2 for 4 liters of information, barcode 263 for 3 liters of information, barcode 264 for 2 liters of information,
Bar code 265 shows 1 liter of information and bar code 2
65 has information of 0 liters, respectively.

Further, the bar code 270 has information of deciliter, and the bar codes 261, 262, 26 are included.
It is divided into four equal parts corresponding to the respective bar codes of 3, 264, 265 and 266. For example, the bar code 2
A plurality of barcodes 271, 272, 27 corresponding to 61
3 and 274. For example, the barcode 271 contains 750 deciliters of information and the barcode 2
72 is a bar code 273 with information of 500 deciliters.
Is 250 deciliters information, barcode 274 is 0
It has information in deciliters. Here, the barcode 270 is divided into 24 equal parts with respect to the total amount of the contents.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described. The information code 240 of the second embodiment can manage three pieces of information at one time. That is, by reading the bar code corresponding to the level of the contents with the bar code reader or the like as in the first embodiment, the bar code 25
Product name information of 0, liter information of barcode 260,
The deciliter information of the barcode 270 can be managed at one time. For example, assume that the container 200 contains 6 liters of contents when not in use. In this state, the information code 240 is attached to the surface of the container 200 so that the upper end of the information code 240 and the level 210 of the contents match.

If the contents are used from this state and the level of the contents moves from the position 210 to the position 220,
By reading the barcodes 250, 261, and 271 at this position with a barcode reader or the like, the product name and
Information of 5 liters and 750 deciliters is read, and the remaining amount of the contents is managed as 5.75 liters. Similarly, if the level of the contents moves to the position of 230, the bar code 250, 261 and 272 at this position is read by a bar code reader or the like, and the product name, 5 liters and 50
Information of 0 deciliter is read, and the remaining amount of the contents is managed as 5.50 liters. In addition, as the contents in the container 200, the first
As in the case of the embodiment, any object such as a liquid, powder, or tablet whose level of contents can be visually recognized may be used.

As described above, in the second embodiment, the information code 240 is the bar code 2 of the product name information.
Since it has 50, a liter information bar code 260, and a deciliter information bar code 270, it is possible to easily read the bar code corresponding to the level of the contents by mechanically reading the bar code. The special effect of being able to grasp the remaining amount of the product is produced. Further, since the remaining bar codes 260 and 270 are formed by continuously forming adjacent bar codes in a block shape, the contents and the bar code are always in contact with each other, and the remaining bar codes 260 and 270 are in contact with each other. It becomes possible to prevent misreading of the contents and to easily and surely grasp the remaining amount of the contents.

In the above-mentioned first and second embodiments, the bar code is used as the information code, but the information code may be a two-dimensional code, an OCR character or the like. Needless to say.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a container with an information code according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a container with an information code according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional container with a scale.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of detecting a liquid level using a conventional optical sensor.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a measure using a barcode.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 ... Container with information code, 180 ... Information code, 1
81 to 186 ... A bar code indicating the remaining amount.

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A container with an information code having at least a partly transparent container and an information code attached to the surface of the container, wherein the information code and the level of the contents in the container. A container with an information code characterized in that 2. A container with an information code, which has a container at least a part of which is transparent and an information code attached to the surface of the container, wherein the information code is formed in a block shape, and the information code A container with an information code, wherein the container and the level of the contents in the container are associated with each other. 3. A container with an information code, which has at least a partially transparent container and an information code attached to the surface of the container, wherein the information code has a plurality of information contents, A container with an information code, wherein the information code and the level of the contents in the container are associated with each other.