JP6341525B1 - Vehicle allocation system and vehicle allocation method - Google Patents

Abstract

A vehicle allocation system and a vehicle allocation method with improved convenience of registration procedures are provided. SOLUTION: A plurality of vehicles 2, photographing means 3, a storage unit 4 in which qualified persons are registered in advance, and a first determination as to whether a plurality of users A and B are qualified persons or non-qualified persons. The image recognition apparatus 5 and the management apparatus 6 which dispatches the 1st vehicle 2a with respect to the qualified person A are included. The image recognition device 5 performs the second determination as to whether or not there is a qualified person A at the first position W1 and whether or not there is a non-qualified person B at the second position W2, and according to the result, the non-qualified person B Are registered as temporary qualified persons in the storage unit 4 for a certain period. The management device 6 dispatches the second vehicle 2b to the temporary qualified person B. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle allocation system and a vehicle allocation method.

  As a conventional vehicle allocation system, for example, the one described in Patent Document 1 is known. The vehicle allocation system includes authentication means for transmitting user authentication information to an authentication permitter and determining whether the user can be authenticated according to an authentication result received from the authentication permitter. If the authentication is successful, the user can use the vehicle. Therefore, the user can use the vehicle even if the user is not registered in advance as a qualified person having authority to use the vehicle.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-210417

  However, in the conventional dispatch system, when a user is registered as a qualified person, a procedure for registering biometric information such as a face image, name, address, date of birth, ID, password, telephone number or e-mail address in advance is required. I need it. In particular, when it is desired to treat a user as a qualified person for a certain period of time (for example, only for a few days), there is a problem that the above-described registration procedure is required, which is inconvenient.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a vehicle allocation system and a vehicle allocation method in which the convenience of the registration procedure is improved.

In order to solve the above-described problem, a vehicle allocation system according to the present invention includes:
Multiple vehicles,
Photographing means for photographing a plurality of users in a predetermined waiting place;
A storage unit in which qualified persons having authority to use the vehicle are registered in advance;
An image recognition device that performs a first determination as to whether the qualified person or the unqualified person is not registered in the storage unit for the plurality of users photographed by the photographing unit;
A management device for dispatching the first vehicle selected from the plurality of vehicles to the qualified person in the waiting place;
Including
The image recognition device performs a second determination as to whether or not the qualified person is present at the first position in the waiting place and whether or not the non-qualified person is located at the second position in the waiting place, When the qualified person is in one position and the non-qualified person is in the second position, the non-qualified person is registered as a temporary qualified person in the storage unit for a certain period of time,
The management device dispatches a second vehicle selected from the plurality of vehicles to the temporary qualified person.

In the above dispatch system,
The imaging means includes a first camera that images a first standby location included in the standby location, and a second camera that images a second standby location included in the standby location,
The first position may be at the first standby location and the second position may be at the second standby location.

In the above dispatch system,
When the non-qualified person is registered as the temporary qualified person in the storage unit for a certain period of time, the image recognition apparatus may register the qualified person as a manager of the temporary qualified person in the storage unit.

In the above dispatch system,
The plurality of vehicles are a plurality of cargo handling vehicles performing a cargo handling operation,
The management device selects, as the first vehicle and the second vehicle, a vehicle that is not performing a cargo handling operation among the plurality of cargo handling vehicles, or dispatches the first vehicle and the second vehicle after the cargo handling operation. May be.

In the above dispatch system,
The photographing means photographs the standby place after the first vehicle and the second vehicle are dispatched,
The image recognition device determines whether or not the qualified person and / or the temporary qualified person is present in the waiting place after the vehicle has been photographed photographed by the photographing means,
The management device may cancel the allocation of the first vehicle and / or the second vehicle when the image recognition device determines that there is no qualified person and / or temporary qualified person.

In order to solve the above-described problem, a dispatch method according to the present invention includes:
A vehicle allocation method for distributing a vehicle to a plurality of users in a predetermined waiting place,
A first step of photographing the plurality of users in the standby place with photographing means;
A first determination is made on the plurality of users photographed by the photographing means whether the person is a qualified person registered in the storage unit or a non-qualified person not registered in the storage unit by the image recognition device. Two steps,
A third step of allocating a first vehicle selected from the plurality of vehicles to the qualified person in the standby location by a management device;
In the second step, the image recognition apparatus determines whether there is the qualified person at the first position in the standby place and whether the non-qualified person is at the second position in the standby place. Making a determination, and when the qualified person is in the first position and the unqualified person is in the second position, the unqualified person is registered as a temporary qualified person in the storage unit for a certain period of time,
In the third step, the management device distributes the second vehicle selected from the plurality of vehicles to the temporary qualified person.

In the above dispatch method,
In the first step, the first standby location included in the standby location is photographed by the first camera of the imaging means, and the second standby location included in the standby location is photographed by the second camera of the imaging means,
In the second determination of the second step, the image recognition device determines whether or not the qualified person is in the first position in the first waiting place, and in the second position in the second waiting place. It may be determined whether or not there is an unqualified person.

In the above dispatch method,
In the second step, when the non-qualified person is registered as the temporary qualified person in the storage unit for a certain period of time, the qualified person may be registered in the storage unit as a manager of the temporary qualified person.

In the above dispatch method,
In the third step, when the plurality of vehicles are a plurality of cargo handling vehicles performing a cargo handling operation, the management device designates a vehicle that is not performing the cargo handling operation among the plurality of cargo handling vehicles as the first vehicle and the first vehicle. The two vehicles may be selected, or the first vehicle and the second vehicle may be dispatched after the cargo handling operation.

In the above dispatch method,
A fourth step of photographing the standby location after the first vehicle and the second vehicle are dispatched by the photographing means;
A fifth step of determining whether or not the qualified person and / or the temporary qualified person are present in the waiting place after dispatched by the image recognition device by the image recognition device;
A sixth step of canceling allocation of the first vehicle and / or the second vehicle by the management device when it is determined by the image recognition device that the qualified person and / or the temporary qualified person are not present; May be included.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a vehicle allocation system and a vehicle allocation method with improved convenience of registration procedures.

It is a figure which shows the dispatch system which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart of the dispatch method which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the 1st position and 2nd position in this invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of a vehicle allocation system and a vehicle allocation method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[Vehicle allocation system]
FIG. 1 shows a vehicle allocation system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The vehicle allocation system 1 includes a plurality of forklifts 2, a camera 3, a storage unit 4, an image recognition device 5, and a management device 6. The vehicle allocation system 1 allocates the forklift 2 to a user (users A and B in FIG. 1) in a predetermined standby place W when predetermined requirements are satisfied.

  The forklift 2 corresponds to the “vehicle” of the present invention. The forklift 2 is, for example, a manned and unmanned vehicle configured to be switchable between a manned operation mode that operates by a user's manual operation and an unmanned operation mode that operates autonomously without using a manual operation. As a matter of course, the forklift 2 is not limited to a manned and unmanned vehicle, and may be a manned vehicle or an unmanned vehicle.

  The camera 3 corresponds to the “photographing means” of the present invention. The camera 3 is provided at a position where the standby place W can be photographed (for example, the ceiling of the building). The camera 3 captures the standby location W and generates image data of the standby location W at a predetermined period or when a user in the standby location W is detected. The generated image data is output to the image recognition device 5.

  The storage unit 4 is, for example, a server. In the storage unit 4, information of qualified persons who have authority to use the forklift 2 is registered in advance. The information of the qualified person includes the face image of the qualified person, the name of the qualified person, the department to which the employee belongs, the ID, and the like. In addition, information on temporarily qualified persons is registered in the storage unit 4 for a certain period. The information of the temporarily qualified person includes a face image of the temporarily qualified person and a manager. The storage unit 4 may be included in at least one of the image recognition device 5 or the management device 6.

  The image recognition device 5 analyzes the image data of the camera 3 and performs a first determination as to whether the users A and B in the waiting place W are qualified or non-qualified. Specifically, the image recognition device 5 identifies the face image of the user A in the image data, and compares the face image of the user A with the face image registered in the storage unit 4. The image recognition apparatus 5 determines the user A as a qualified person when the two match, and determines the user A as a non-qualified person when the two do not match. The image recognition device 5 performs the same determination for the user B.

  When the image recognition device 5 determines that one of the users A and B is a qualified person and the other is a non-qualified person, the image recognition apparatus 5 analyzes the image data and qualifies the first position W1 in the waiting place W. And whether or not there is an ineligible person at the second position W2 in the waiting place W is determined. The results of the first determination and the second determination are output to the management device 6.

  The first position W1 and the second position W2 are preferably separated to some extent (for example, about 5 m). Where the first position W1 and the second position W2 are set can be set in advance in the image recognition apparatus 5. When there are a plurality of standby places W, the first position W1 and the second position W2 may be set to different standby places W, respectively.

  When it is determined that there is a qualified person at the first position W1 and a non-qualified person at the second position W2, the image recognition device 5 registers the non-qualified person as a temporarily qualified person in the storage unit 4 for a certain period (temporary registration). ) The information of the temporarily qualified person temporarily registered in the storage unit 4 is a face image of the temporarily qualified person. The temporary registration period is preset in the storage unit 4 and can be changed. Further, the image recognition device 5 can register a qualified person in the storage unit 4 as a person in charge of managing a temporarily qualified person.

  The management apparatus 6 dispatches the 1st vehicle (for example, forklift 2a) selected from the some forklift 2 with respect to the qualified person (for example, user A) in the 1st position W1. Moreover, the management apparatus 6 dispatches the 2nd vehicle (for example, forklift 2b) selected from the some forklift 2 with respect to the temporary qualified person (for example, user B) in the 2nd position W2. When there are two qualified persons at the first position W1, two forklifts 2 are allocated as the first vehicle, and when two temporary qualified persons are present at the second position W2, Deliver two forklifts 2.

  The management device 6 communicates with each forklift 2 and acquires position information of each forklift 2. When the forklift 2 is dispatched to the users A and B, the management device 6 can dispatch the forklift 2 closest to the first position W1 and the forklift 2 closest to the second position W2.

  Moreover, the management apparatus 6 communicates with each forklift 2, and acquires the cargo handling work information of each forklift 2. For this reason, the management apparatus 6 can select the forklift 2 which is not carrying out the cargo handling work as the first vehicle and the second vehicle, or can dispatch the first vehicle and the second vehicle after the cargo handling work. For example, when the forklift 2b of the second vehicle candidate is performing a cargo handling operation, the management device 6 may select a forklift 2 that is not performing a cargo handling operation different from the forklift 2b as the second vehicle. 2b may be moved to the second position W2 as the second vehicle after the current cargo handling operation.

  Eventually, in the vehicle allocation system 1, the qualified person goes to the preset first position W1, and the non-qualified person simply goes to the preset second position W2. Registration) procedure. Therefore, according to the dispatch system 1, the convenience of the registration procedure can be improved as compared with the conventional dispatch system.

  Furthermore, in the vehicle allocation system 1, since the period (temporary registration period) registered as a temporary qualified person has a time limit, it is possible to prevent the temporary qualified person from illegally using the forklift 2 after the expiration date. In the dispatch system 1, since the temporarily qualified person is handled in the same manner as the qualified person from the next dispatch, the forklift 2 can be dispatched alone.

[Vehicle allocation method]
FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of a vehicle allocation method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The dispatch method according to the present embodiment is realized by the dispatch system 1 shown in FIG. In the following, a case will be described in which there are users A and B in the waiting place W, the user A is a qualified person, and the user B is a non-qualified person.

  In the vehicle allocation method according to the present embodiment, when the users A and B arrive at the standby location W, the camera 3 captures the users A and B in the standby location W (S1). This step of S1 corresponds to the “first step” of the present invention. Thereby, the camera 3 generates image data of the standby place W (image data of the users A and B). The generated image data is output to the image recognition device 5.

  The image recognition device 5 analyzes the image data and makes a first determination regarding the presence / absence of a qualified person and the presence / absence of a non-qualified person (S2-1, S2-2). In this embodiment, since the user A is a qualified person and the user B is a non-qualified person, the image recognition apparatus 5 is a qualified person (YES in S2-1) and a non-qualified person (in S2-2). YES).

  Next, the image recognition device 5 performs the second determination as to whether or not there is a qualified person at the first position W1 in the standby place W and whether or not there is a non-qualified person at the second position W2 in the standby place W. (S2-3, S2-4). When the user A is in the first position W1 in S1 and the user B is in the second position W2 (see FIG. 3), the image recognition device 5 has a qualified person (user A) in the first position W1. (YES in S2-3), it is determined that there is a non-qualified person (YES in S2-4) at the second position W2.

  Next, the image recognition device 5 registers (temporarily registers) the user B who is a non-qualified person as a temporary qualified person in the storage unit 4 for a certain period (S2-5). Further, the image recognition device 5 may register the user A who is a qualified person in the storage unit 4 as a manager of the user B who is a temporarily qualified person. These steps S2-1 to S2-5 correspond to the “second step” of the present invention.

  The management apparatus 6 dispatches the 2nd vehicle (for example, forklift 2b) selected from the some forklift 2 with respect to the user B who is a temporary qualified person (S3-1). Moreover, the management apparatus 6 dispatches the 1st vehicle (for example, forklift 2a) selected from the some forklift 2 with respect to the user A who is a qualified person (S3-2). These steps S3-1 and S3-2 correspond to the “third step” of the present invention.

  User B who is temporarily qualified is treated as a qualified person in S2-1 and S3-2 while temporarily registered. That is, when there is a user B who is a temporarily qualified person in the standby place W, the image recognition apparatus 5 determines that there is a qualified person (YES in S2-1), and the management apparatus 6 One vehicle (for example, forklift 2a) is dispatched (S3-2). In S2-3, the user B who is a temporarily qualified person may not be treated as a qualified person.

  After all, in the vehicle allocation method according to the present embodiment, the qualified person goes to the preset first position W1 and the non-qualified person only goes to the preset second position W2, and is registered as a temporarily qualified person (temporary registration). ) You can proceed. Therefore, according to the vehicle allocation method according to the present embodiment, the convenience of the registration procedure can be improved.

  Furthermore, in the vehicle allocation method according to the present embodiment, since the period (temporary registration period) registered as a temporary qualified person has a time limit, it is possible to prevent the temporary qualified person from illegally using the forklift 2 after the expiration date. .

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of the vehicle allocation system and vehicle allocation method which concern on this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment.

  The vehicle of the present invention may be a cargo handling vehicle other than the forklift 2 or a general vehicle (for example, a taxi) that does not perform a cargo handling operation.

  If the imaging | photography means of this invention can image | photograph the several user in the predetermined waiting place W, a structure can be changed suitably. When there are a plurality of standby places W and the first position W1 and the second position W2 are set to different standby places W, the photographing means can be configured by a plurality of cameras. For example, the photographing unit may be configured by a first camera that photographs the first standby place W where the first position W1 is located and a second camera that photographs the second standby place W where the second position W2 is located.

  The image recognition apparatus of the present invention determines whether a plurality of users are qualified or non-qualified, and whether there is a qualified person at the first position W1 and a non-qualified person at the second position W2. If the second determination is performed, and the non-qualified person can be registered as a temporary qualified person in the storage unit for a certain period of time, the configuration can be changed as appropriate.

  The management apparatus according to the present invention can be appropriately changed in configuration as long as the first vehicle is allocated to qualified persons and the second vehicle is allocated to provisionally qualified persons.

  The vehicle dispatching method according to the present invention includes a fourth step of photographing the waiting place after the dispatch by the photographing means, and a step of determining whether or not there is a qualified person and / or a temporary qualified person at the waiting place after the dispatch by the image recognition device. And a sixth step of canceling the allocation of the first vehicle and / or the second vehicle by the management device when it is determined that there is no qualified person and / or temporary qualified person in the fifth step. . In addition, the configuration of the photographing unit, the image recognition apparatus, and the management apparatus can be changed as appropriate so that the fourth to sixth steps can be executed.

  If the second step of the dispatch method according to the present invention performs the first determination and the second determination, and can register the non-qualified person as the temporary qualified person in the storage unit for a certain period according to the result. The configuration can be changed as appropriate.

  In the third step of the dispatching method according to the present invention, if the first vehicle is dispatched to the qualified person and the second vehicle is dispatched to the temporarily qualified person, the configuration can be changed as appropriate.

1 Vehicle allocation system 2 Forklift (vehicle)
3 Camera (photographing means)
4 Storage Unit 5 Image Recognition Device 6 Management Device

Claims (10)

Multiple vehicles,
Photographing means for photographing a plurality of users in a predetermined waiting place;
A storage unit in which qualified persons having authority to use the vehicle are registered in advance;
An image recognition device that performs a first determination as to whether the qualified person or the unqualified person is not registered in the storage unit for the plurality of users photographed by the photographing unit;
A management device for dispatching the first vehicle selected from the plurality of vehicles to the qualified person in the waiting place;
Including
The image recognition device performs a second determination as to whether or not the qualified person is present at the first position in the waiting place and whether or not the non-qualified person is located at the second position in the waiting place, When the qualified person is in one position and the non-qualified person is in the second position, the non-qualified person is registered as a temporary qualified person in the storage unit for a certain period of time,
The management device distributes a second vehicle selected from the plurality of vehicles to the temporarily qualified person. The imaging means includes a first camera that images a first standby location included in the standby location, and a second camera that images a second standby location included in the standby location,
2. The vehicle allocation system according to claim 1, wherein the first position is in the first waiting place and the second position is in the second waiting place. The image recognition apparatus, when registering the non-qualified person as the temporary qualified person in the storage unit for a certain period of time, registers the qualified person as the manager of the temporary qualified person in the storage unit. The vehicle allocation system according to claim 1 or 2. The plurality of vehicles are a plurality of cargo handling vehicles performing a cargo handling operation,
The management device selects, as the first vehicle and the second vehicle, a vehicle that is not performing a cargo handling operation among the plurality of cargo handling vehicles, or dispatches the first vehicle and the second vehicle after the cargo handling operation. The vehicle allocation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: The photographing means photographs the standby place after the first vehicle and the second vehicle are dispatched,
The image recognition device determines whether or not the qualified person and / or the temporary qualified person is present in the waiting place after the vehicle has been photographed photographed by the photographing means,
The management device cancels the allocation of the first vehicle and / or the second vehicle when the image recognition device determines that the qualified person and / or the temporary qualified person are not present. Item 5. The vehicle allocation system according to any one of Items 1 to 4. A vehicle allocation method for distributing a vehicle to a plurality of users in a predetermined waiting place,
A first step of photographing the plurality of users in the standby place with photographing means;
A first determination is made on the plurality of users photographed by the photographing means whether the person is a qualified person registered in the storage unit or a non-qualified person not registered in the storage unit by the image recognition device. Two steps,
A third step of allocating a first vehicle selected from the plurality of vehicles to the qualified person in the standby location by a management device;
In the second step, the image recognition apparatus determines whether there is the qualified person at the first position in the standby place and whether the non-qualified person is at the second position in the standby place. Making a determination, and when the qualified person is in the first position and the unqualified person is in the second position, the unqualified person is registered as a temporary qualified person in the storage unit for a certain period of time,
In the third step, the management device allocates a second vehicle selected from the plurality of vehicles to the temporary qualified person. In the first step, the first standby location included in the standby location is photographed by the first camera of the imaging means, and the second standby location included in the standby location is photographed by the second camera of the imaging means,
In the second determination of the second step, the image recognition device determines whether or not the qualified person is in the first position in the first waiting place, and in the second position in the second waiting place. The vehicle allocation method according to claim 6, wherein it is determined whether or not there is an unqualified person. In the second step, when the non-qualified person is registered as the temporary qualified person in the storage unit for a certain period of time, the qualified person is registered in the storage unit as a manager of the temporary qualified person. The vehicle allocation method according to claim 6 or 7. In the third step, when the plurality of vehicles are a plurality of cargo handling vehicles performing a cargo handling operation, the management device designates a vehicle that is not performing the cargo handling operation among the plurality of cargo handling vehicles as the first vehicle and the first vehicle. The vehicle allocation method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the vehicle is selected as two vehicles, or the first vehicle and the second vehicle are allocated after a cargo handling operation. A fourth step of photographing the standby location after the first vehicle and the second vehicle are dispatched by the photographing means;
A fifth step of determining whether or not the qualified person and / or the temporary qualified person are present in the waiting place after dispatched by the image recognition device by the image recognition device;
A sixth step of canceling allocation of the first vehicle and / or the second vehicle by the management device when it is determined by the image recognition device that the qualified person and / or the temporary qualified person are not present; The vehicle allocation method according to claim 6, further comprising:

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