PICKING METHOD AND PICKING INDICATING DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a picking method and picking indicating device capable of certainly performing picking of an article at low cost. SOLUTION: A first display means 19 clearly indicates a storage position 18 of a storage section 12 for storing the article 11 to be picked by a worker, and an article collecting box 16 for storing a desired article 11 is distinguished based on an ID signal emitted via an antenna 20. Thus, the article collecting box 16 to be stored can be certainly determined. A second display means 22 disposed in the article collecting box 16 where an ID stored in an RFID tag 21 matches with the ID signal operates and displays that the article collecting box 16 is to be stored, so that the worker can easily and certainly store the desired article 11 in the article collecting box 16. The article collecting box 16 can be easily determined even if the article collecting box 16 has passed, the article 11 can be certainly stored in the predetermined article collecting box 16. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI