KR102557979B1 - Method for providing online to offline based package pickup service - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing an O2O-based courier pickup service is provided, comprising: receiving a pickup request event from a user terminal; and a pickup request event to at least one courier terminal located within a predetermined radius based on a pickup address included in the received pickup request event. Transmitting the location of the courier driver's terminal that responded to the pick-up request event to the user terminal, and transmitting an arrival event to the user terminal if the location of the courier driver's terminal is the same as the pick-up address, the camera and weight of the courier driver's terminal Calculating the size and weight of the courier box requested for pickup using a sensor, deriving the unit price by volume and weight pre-mapped to the size and weight, and handling pickup completion when the payment of the unit price by volume and weight is completed at the delivery driver's terminal Include steps.

Description

How to provide O2O-based courier pickup service {METHOD FOR PROVIDING ONLINE TO OFFLINE BASED PACKAGE PICKUP SERVICE}

The present invention relates to a method for providing an O2O-based courier pick-up service. When a courier pick-up is requested, a courier vehicle located at the center of the pick-up location assigns a pick-up task to immediately respond, thereby ensuring customer convenience and driver's income. provide a platform.

According to the Cargo Distribution Promotion Act, the logistics industry is an important driving force for national economic activities. It refers to an industry that carries out transportation, storage, unloading, or packaging of cargo and other related activities for a fee in response to the demand of others. With the growth of the online market, the size of the parcel delivery market continues to expand, and for consumers who pursue rationality and convenience, differentiated delivery strategies and securing infrastructure capable of stably handling the growing volume of goods are the most important decision factors to have a superior competitive position. becomes The courier business process refers to the step-by-step composition of the process from the collection of cargo to the delivery to the final customer. Courier pick-up is a function in which customers consign goods to a courier company, and it is a process in which a courier driver receives the goods through direct visits, the Internet, or telephone. The delivered goods are stored in the collection terminal (TML), sort cargo, and perform vehicle trunk operation functions. Items sorted at the collection terminal are sorted and shipped to each hub terminal, and the goods are moved to the delivery terminal (TML) at the delivery address. Finally, the process of delivering the goods to the final delivery destination through a courier driver at the delivery terminal is carried out.

At this time, a method of picking up a parcel within a short time has been researched and developed. In this regard, prior art Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1929491 (published on December 14, 2018) receives a request for receiving a parcel collected from a requesting terminal. The pickup terminal is searched based on the address included in the received parcel acceptance request, the parcel pickup request is transmitted to the searched pickup terminal, and the pickup area of the pickup terminal, information on the pickup terminal, and parcel acceptance request are transmitted to the courier service company server. and transmits the waybill information generated and sent from the courier service company server to the requesting terminal and pickup terminal, receiving the pickup movement route and current location from the pickup terminal in real time and transmitting it to the requesting terminal, and collecting and storing parcel items within the pickup area In the case of reading or scanning an identification code attached to a courier picked up from a gas station terminal of a gas station, a configuration for updating by adding a pickup completion log to waybill information is disclosed.

However, even if the above-described configuration is used, the courier driver and the customer are not directly connected, and after going through the courier company once more, the courier company creates and sends the waybill, and then starts the pickup, so the courier company can simplify the process. There is a delay as long as the processing time occurs, and customers who need to send a parcel immediately must use the unmanned delivery box again, visit a nearby convenience store, or visit a post office or delivery base to register. In this case, although the customer goes through the trouble of moving the courier to the base, the price is higher than that of the courier that is picked up, so the customer pays more for the money while doing the labor for the labor. In addition, the courier driver's fee per parcel is currently 800 won, which is lower than the 1,300 won fee for pick-up. Therefore, it is required to research and develop a platform that allows customers to receive pickup quickly at low cost while providing additional revenue to courier drivers.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when a user requests delivery pickup based on O2O (Online to Offline), the delivery driver's terminal within a preset radius of the pickup address immediately accepts the request, so that the user and the delivery driver are directly connected. and informs when the courier driver arrives based on the route, current location, and pick-up address, so customers do not have to directly leave or entrust the parcel to the base, and the courier driver collects the parcels in the direction of travel and provides additional Income can be earned, so income can be increased, and convenience is improved by providing tax settlement and vehicle management for additional income of courier drivers on one platform, and receipt issuance and waybill printing using Android-based courier terminals. And price and payment according to volume and weight are performed with one terminal, thereby lowering the burden of payment fees and providing an O2O-based courier pickup service that can be easily added through an update method even if a new service is added without infrastructure expansion. can provide However, the technical problem to be achieved by the present embodiment is not limited to the technical problem as described above, and other technical problems may exist.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of receiving a pickup request event from a user terminal, located within a preset radius based on the pickup address included in the received pickup request event, at least Transmitting a pickup request event to one courier driver terminal, transmitting the location of the courier driver terminal that responded to the pickup request event to a user terminal, and transmitting an arrival event to the user terminal if the location of the courier driver terminal is the same as the pickup address Step of calculating the size and weight of the courier box requested for pickup using the camera and weight sensor of the courier driver's terminal, and deriving the volumetric weight unit price stored by mapping to the size and weight; and When the payment is completed, processing the pickup completion is included.

According to any one of the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, when a user requests a courier pickup based on O2O (Online to Offline), the courier terminal within a preset radius of the pickup address immediately accepts the request. Since it directly connects the courier and the courier driver, and informs them of when the courier will arrive based on the route, current location, and pick-up address, the customer does not have to directly leave or entrust the parcel to the base, and the courier driver is You can increase your income as you can earn additional income while collecting couriers that are available, and you can improve convenience by providing tax settlement and vehicle management for the additional income of courier drivers on one platform, and use Android-based courier terminals. Therefore, receipt issuance, waybill output, and price and payment according to volume and weight are performed with one terminal, thereby reducing the burden of payment fees and even if a new service is added, it can be easily added through an update method without infrastructure expansion.

1 is a diagram for explaining an O2O-based courier pick-up service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a delivery pickup service providing server included in the system of FIG. 1 .
3 and 4 are diagrams for explaining an embodiment in which an O2O-based courier pick-up service is implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an operational flowchart for explaining a method for providing an O2O-based parcel pickup service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily practice the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. And in order to clearly explain the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and similar reference numerals are attached to similar parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to be "connected" to another part, this includes not only the case where it is "directly connected" but also the case where it is "electrically connected" with another element interposed therebetween. . In addition, when a part "includes" a certain component, this means that it may further include other components, not excluding other components, unless otherwise stated, and one or more other characteristics. However, it should be understood that it does not preclude the possibility of existence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

As used throughout the specification, the terms "about", "substantially", etc., are used at or approximating that value when manufacturing and material tolerances inherent in the stated meaning are given, and do not convey an understanding of the present invention. Accurate or absolute figures are used to help prevent exploitation by unscrupulous infringers of the disclosed disclosure. The term "step of (doing)" or "step of" as used throughout the specification of the present invention does not mean "step for".

In this specification, a "unit" includes a unit realized by hardware, a unit realized by software, and a unit realized using both. Further, one unit may be realized using two or more hardware, and two or more units may be realized by one hardware. On the other hand, '~ unit' is not limited to software or hardware, and '~ unit' may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or configured to reproduce one or more processors. Thus, as an example, '~unit' refers to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, processes, functions, properties, and procedures. , subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays and variables. Functions provided within components and '~units' may be combined into smaller numbers of components and '~units' or further separated into additional components and '~units'. In addition, components and '~units' may be implemented to play one or more CPUs in a device or a secure multimedia card.

In this specification, some of the operations or functions described as being performed by a terminal, device, or device may be performed instead by a server connected to the terminal, device, or device. Likewise, some of the operations or functions described as being performed by the server may also be performed by a terminal, apparatus, or device connected to the server.

In this specification, some of the operations or functions described as mapping or matching with the terminal mean mapping or matching the terminal's unique number or personal identification information, which is the terminal's identifying data. can be interpreted as

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram for explaining an O2O-based courier pick-up service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , the O2O-based parcel pick-up service providing system 1 may include at least one user terminal 100, a parcel pick-up service providing server 300, and at least one courier driver terminal 400. . However, since the O2O-based courier pick-up service providing system 1 of FIG. 1 is only an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limitedly interpreted through FIG. 1 .

At this time, each component of FIG. 1 is generally connected through a network (network, 200). For example, as shown in FIG. 1 , at least one user terminal 100 may be connected to the parcel pick-up service providing server 300 through the network 200 . In addition, the parcel pickup service providing server 300 may be connected to at least one user terminal 100 and at least one courier driver terminal 400 through the network 200 . In addition, at least one delivery driver terminal 400 may be connected to the delivery pick-up service providing server 300 through the network 200 .

Here, the network refers to a connection structure capable of exchanging information between nodes such as a plurality of terminals and servers, and examples of such networks include a local area network (LAN) and a wide area network (WAN: Wide Area Network), the Internet (WWW: World Wide Web), wired and wireless data communications networks, telephone networks, and wired and wireless television communications networks. Examples of wireless data communication networks include 3G, 4G, 5G, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), 5th Generation Partnership Project (5GPP), Long Term Evolution (LTE), World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX), Wi-Fi , Internet (Internet), LAN (Local Area Network), Wireless LAN (Wireless Local Area Network), WAN (Wide Area Network), PAN (Personal Area Network), RF (Radio Frequency), Bluetooth (Bluetooth) network, NFC ( A Near-Field Communication (Near-Field Communication) network, a satellite broadcasting network, an analog broadcasting network, a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) network, etc. are included, but not limited thereto.

In the following, the term at least one is defined as a term including singular and plural, and even if at least one term does not exist, each component may exist in singular or plural, and may mean singular or plural. It will be self-evident. In addition, the singular or plural number of each component may be changed according to embodiments.

At least one user terminal 100 may be a terminal of a user who requests a parcel collection using a web page, app page, program, or application related to an O2O-based parcel pick-up service. At this time, at least one user terminal 100 may be a terminal that transmits a pickup request to the parcel pickup service providing server 300 after setting a pickup address. Also, at least one user terminal 100 may be a terminal that performs payment after calculating a price in the delivery driver terminal 400 . In addition, at least one user terminal 100 may be a terminal that receives a tracking number from the parcel pick-up service providing server 300 and tracks the location of the parcel.

Here, at least one user terminal 100 may be implemented as a computer capable of accessing a remote server or terminal through a network. Here, the computer may include, for example, a laptop, a desktop, a laptop, and the like equipped with a navigation system and a web browser. In this case, at least one user terminal 100 may be implemented as a terminal capable of accessing a remote server or terminal through a network. At least one user terminal 100 is, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility, navigation, PCS (Personal Communication System), GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), PDC (Personal Digital Cellular), PHS (Personal Handyphone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication)-2000, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)-2000, W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet ) may include all types of handheld-based wireless communication devices such as terminals, smartphones, smart pads, tablet PCs, and the like.

The parcel pick-up service providing server 300 may be a server that provides an O2O-based parcel pick-up service web page, app page, program, or application. Also, the parcel pick-up service providing server 300 may be a server that receives a parcel delivery route registered from at least one parcel delivery driver terminal 400 and stores the parcel to be mapped with the parcel delivery driver terminal 400 . In addition, the parcel pick-up service providing server 300 may be a server that transmits the parcel pick-up request to the courier driver terminal 400 within a preset radius based on the pick-up location when the parcel pick-up request is received from the user terminal 100. there is. In addition, the parcel pick-up service providing server 300 is a server that notifies the user terminal 100 of the courier driver terminal 400 that has responded to the parcel pick-up request and outputs the expected arrival time of the courier driver terminal 400. can be In addition, the delivery pick-up service providing server 300 may be a server that calculates a price based on the size and weight received from the delivery driver terminal 400 through a camera and a weight sensor and proceeds with a payment process. Here, the delivery pick-up service providing server 300 may proceed with the payment process through the user terminal 100, and the delivery driver terminal 400 inserts a card or touches or slides to make the payment. can be a server In addition, the delivery pickup service providing server 300 may be a server that periodically or in real time settles the fee per case to the delivery driver terminal 400 when the pickup is completed. In addition, the parcel pick-up service providing server 300 may be a server that assigns a waybill number and prints and outputs a barcode or QR code corresponding to the waybill number from the courier driver terminal 400 .

Here, the parcel pick-up service providing server 300 may be implemented as a computer capable of accessing a remote server or terminal through a network. Here, the computer may include, for example, a laptop, a desktop, a laptop, and the like equipped with a navigation system and a web browser.

At least one delivery driver terminal 400 may be a terminal of a delivery driver using a web page, app page, program, or application related to an O2O-based delivery pick-up service. Also, at least one courier driver terminal 400 may be a terminal that registers a delivery route with the courier pick-up service providing server 300 . In addition, the courier driver terminal 400 may be a terminal for inputting approval when a courier pick-up request is received from the courier pick-up service providing server 300 . Accordingly, the courier driver terminal 400 may be a terminal that sets and outputs a place to be picked up as a waypoint in conjunction with navigation, measures the size and weight of a courier item using a camera and a weight sensor, and measures the price corresponding thereto. It may be a terminal that outputs. In addition, the delivery driver terminal 400 may be a terminal that outputs the waybill when a barcode or QR code corresponding to the waybill number is received from the delivery pickup service providing server 300 when payment is completed.

Here, at least one courier driver terminal 400 may be implemented as a computer capable of accessing a remote server or terminal through a network. Here, the computer may include, for example, a laptop, a desktop, a laptop, and the like equipped with a navigation system and a web browser. In this case, at least one courier driver terminal 400 may be implemented as a terminal capable of accessing a remote server or terminal through a network. At least one courier driver terminal 400 is, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility, navigation, PCS (Personal Communication System), GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) , PHS(Personal Handyphone System), PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), IMT(International Mobile Telecommunication)-2000, CDMA(Code Division Multiple Access)-2000, W-CDMA(W-Code Division Multiple Access), Wibro(Wireless Broadband) It may include all kinds of handheld-based wireless communication devices such as Internet) terminals, smartphones, smart pads, tablet PCs, and the like.

Figure 2 is a block diagram for explaining the delivery pick-up service providing server included in the system of Figure 1, Figures 3 and 4 is an embodiment in which the O2O-based delivery pick-up service is implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a drawing for explanation.

Referring to FIG. 2, the delivery pick-up service providing server 300 includes a receiving unit 310, a transmitting unit 320, a notification unit 330, a derivation unit 340, a processing unit 350, a database conversion unit 360, It may include a settlement unit 370, a tax calculation unit 380, and a vehicle management unit 390.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the delivery pick-up service providing server 300 or another server (not shown) operating in conjunction with at least one user terminal 100 and at least one delivery driver terminal 400 transmits an O2O-based delivery service. When transmitting a pickup service application, program, app page, web page, etc., at least one user terminal 100 and at least one courier driver terminal 400, O2O-based courier pickup service application, program, app page, web You can install or open pages, etc. Also, the service program may be driven in at least one user terminal 100 and at least one delivery driver terminal 400 by using a script executed in a web browser. Here, the web browser is a program that allows users to use the web (WWW: World Wide Web) service, and means a program that receives and displays hypertext described in HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language). For example, Netscape , Explorer, Chrome, and the like. In addition, an application means an application on a terminal, and includes, for example, an app running on a mobile terminal (smart phone).

Referring to FIG. 2 , the receiving unit 310 may receive a pickup request event from the user terminal 100 . At this time, the user's name, address, and phone number, the recipient's name, address, and phone number, the type of delivery item, and the pick-up location may be included in the pickup application event. At this time, the pick-up location may be used by automatically extracting the current location of the user terminal 100 through GPS. If the user terminal 100 directly measures the weight and size, it is not necessary to measure the weight and size in the courier terminal 400 afterwards, so in this case, the weight and volume measurement values within the pickup application event, and the weight volume unit price and price accordingly Data in which both calculation and payment processes have been performed may be included. However, in the case of a user who does not have a tool for measuring weight, payment cannot be made until the weight is measured in the courier driver terminal 400 thereafter. If you are shipping a product whose weight and size are both known, for example, in the case of a product whose specifications and weight are both disclosed, such as an industrial product, if you enter the product number, etc. without measuring the weight, everything from payment to payment It may be possible.

When receiving a pickup application event from the user terminal 100, the receiver 310 selects a priority allocation request to which a first additional amount is added or an emergency allocation request to which a second additional amount is added from the user terminal 100. In this case, when the pick-up application event is transmitted to at least one courier driver terminal 400, a text of priority assignment or urgent assignment can be set to be transmitted together. In this case, the first additional amount may be less than the second additional amount. For example, 1,000 won may be added to the priority allocation request, and 2,000 won may be added to the urgent delivery request.

The transmission unit 320 may transmit a pickup request event to at least one delivery driver terminal 400 located within a predetermined radius based on the pickup address included in the received pickup request event. At this time, the transmission unit 320 has at least one case where the pick-up address is located in the forward direction of the parcel delivery route, excluding the case where the location of at least one courier driver terminal 400 has already passed the route including the pick-up address. A pick-up request event may be transmitted to the courier driver terminal 400 of . For example, a courier driver carries out delivery along a route such as A-B-C-D-E-F (direction A to F), and the courier driver has completed delivery of A-B-C and exists at location D. However, when a pick-up request comes from location B, it is necessary to pass through location C again and go back to location B to pick up the goods (courier). In this case, since it interferes with the original courier delivery service, this case is excluded. Therefore, when a pick-up request comes from location B, the pick-up request is made only to the delivery driver who is still in A and is scheduled to drop by B soon, while using the route A-B-C-D-E-F as the delivery route.

Of course, when filtering in this way, there is a possibility that no one will be extracted, so i) first extract the courier drivers located on the route and not passing through, and if there is no courier driver who came out at this time, ii) route Secondarily extracts the courier driver located on the top and closest to the current location of the courier driver, and if the courier driver is not extracted, iii) thirdly extracts the courier driver located close to the current location but not on the route do.

The notification unit 330 transmits the location of the courier driver terminal 400 in response to the pick-up request event to the user terminal 100, and when the location of the courier driver terminal 400 is the same as the pick-up address, the user terminal 100 Arrival events can be sent. The notification unit 330 operates when the user terminal 100 is interlocked with an artificial intelligence speaker (not shown), the artificial intelligence speaker is connected to a door opening and closing system, and the location of the delivery driver terminal 400 is the same as the pick-up address. It may be controlled to open the door through the door opening and closing system through the intelligent speaker. When the notification of the user terminal 100 is silenced, a situation arises in which the courier driver does not receive a call no matter how much, and this immediately leads to a waste of time and cost loss of the courier driver. Accordingly, the notification of the user terminal 100 may be forcibly changed to an unconditional notification, or the door may be opened through an artificial intelligence speaker so that the courier driver does not waste time calling and waiting.

In addition, assuming that the courier driver is moving along a route of A-B-C-D-E-F (direction A to F), is currently in the location of D, and has a pick-up address of F, the estimated arrival time is calculated by simply calculating the distance between D and F. Shouldn't be. That is, the courier driver has to deliver while going through D-E-F, and when each recipient arrives late or the delivery volume is large, there is a case of delay. Accordingly, an estimated arrival time may be calculated in consideration of the amount of delivery to be delivered to D-E-F and whether or not the recipient is connected, and the like may be transmitted to the user terminal 100 .

The derivation unit 340 may calculate the size and weight of the courier box requested for pick-up using the camera and weight sensor of the courier driver terminal 400, and may derive a volume weight unit price that is previously mapped to the size and weight and stored. . In this case, the weight can be measured using a pressure sensor built into the courier terminal 400, but if the weight is heavy, a module including a separate weight sensor may be used because there is a risk of breaking the terminal itself. In addition, in order to measure the size, the following method is used, but it is not limited thereto, and it will be apparent that it can be changed according to the embodiment.

First of all, the derivation unit 340 may calculate the absolute size based on AR or measure the volume and size using triangulation. First, in the case of AR-based, a method of calculating the absolute size using an AR marker whose absolute size is already known is used. For example, when a delivery driver attaches a sticker (the absolute size of which is known in advance) as an AR marker to a delivery box and photographs it, the delivery driver terminal (Pose Estimation) of the delivery driver terminal 400 400) and the delivery box can be calculated. For example, when using an AR marker, you can create a marker image through the drawMarker() function and obtain 4 corner point values and IDs from the markers on the image using the detectMarker() function. Using the four corner point values and IDs of the obtained markers, the 3D position and direction of the camera are found using the Estimate Pose Single Markers Method function provided by the OpenCV library. Before executing the posture estimation of the camera, it is possible to measure precise camera position and direction values by using a camera calibration algorithm that obtains camera-specific parameters (Focal Length, Principal Point, Skew Coefficient) and corrects the error value. can In addition, if the EstimatePoseSingleMarkers Method function is used, the markers detected from the image input from the camera are received and the pose estimation for the camera is returned individually.

Therefore, one rotation vector and one translation vector are returned for each marker. If the length of one side of the marker is obtained as an input value, the marker coordinate system is located at the center of the marker, and the z-axis is the marker be perpendicular to the plane. In this case, even if the camera of the delivery driver terminal 400 is not a depth camera, the distance value between the camera of the delivery driver terminal 400 and the delivery box can be measured simply by photographing an object whose absolute size and location are already known. Since camera-specific parameter values can be measured using camera calibration, and camera position and posture can be estimated by correcting camera errors, it is possible to accurately obtain the XYZ coordinates of the delivery box. Accurate measurement is possible through Of course, errors may be included, but some degree of error is ignored because size and volume are not of the type or nature of goods that are sharply divided into CM units in courier logistics.

Alternatively, the height, width, and volume of the box can be measured using openCV, an image processing library, and the gyro sensor built into the smartphone. First, when the tape measure application is executed in the delivery driver terminal 400, the delivery driver must first input the height of the delivery driver terminal 400. After that, when registering the box, the volume of the box can be calculated by touching three buttons sequentially on the screen where the camera is photographing the box.

The first is height measurement. In order to measure the height of the box, first, an angle formed between the delivery driver terminal 400 and the floor must be measured using an internal gyro sensor of the delivery driver terminal 400. At this time, since the unit of the value received from the SensorEvent is radian, it must be converted based on the degree. Here, the length of the delivery driver terminal 400 is a, the angle formed by the delivery driver terminal 400 and the floor is θ, and the straight line between the upper surface of the delivery driver terminal 400 and the delivery box, and the delivery driver terminal ( If the straight line corresponding to the length of 400) forms 90 degrees, L, which is the distance between the lower surface of the delivery driver terminal 400 and the delivery box, can be expressed as a/cosθ. Corresponding to the midpoint of the delivery box, a “touch” icon is output, and when the distance button is touched, the distance to the delivery box is calculated using the angle θ obtained from the sensor and the camera height input by the delivery driver.

The second measures the actual height of the box. After measuring the distance in the first step, when the center of the screen is aligned with the upper surface of the delivery box and the height button is touched, the inclined angle of the delivery driver terminal 400 is an acute angle. It can be calculated by dividing the case of (less than 90 degrees) and obtuse angle (more than 90 degrees). In the former case, it is the position of the camera-box and the camera is tilted toward the floor (/), and in the latter case, the position is the same as the position of the camera-box, but the camera is tilted upward (＼), so there is no contact with the ground. angle becomes obtuse.

acute angle obtuse angle

In this case, it can be calculated as in Equation 1 in the case of an acute angle and Equation 2 in the case of an obtuse angle.

[Equation 1]

[Equation 2]

The third measures the width. At this time, after measuring the height, the midpoint on the screen of the delivery driver terminal 400 is aligned with the center of the delivery box, and a picture is taken. The image is processed to extract the corner coordinate values of the box on the screen. If the height and width of the box on the screen are calculated using this, the actual width of the container can be calculated using the ratio to the actual height. First of all, for corner coordinate value extraction, openCV's Sobel function is applied to the photographed picture to extract vertical and horizontal outlines respectively. Then, after binarizing the result, a histogram can be created by counting the number of edges in each direction, and coordinates can be extracted by analyzing it. In the case of the Vertical Sobel, the x-coordinate with the maximum number of edges is found on the left and right of the center of the photo. In the case of the Horizontal Sobel, the y-coordinate with the maximum number of edges is found for the upper part and the number of edges is found for the lower part by dividing the photo vertically. Find the y-coordinates of the midpoints of the first and last points that exceed a certain number.

The intersection of the four coordinate values found based on the histogram can be extracted as the corner coordinates of the container, and the height (h) and width (w) on the screen can be obtained with the extracted corner coordinates, which are values distorted by the shooting angle. Therefore, it can be corrected with the value (h') taken at 90 degrees, and the corrected height can be h' = h / sinΘ. The length of the projected image may be distorted depending on the perspective, but assuming that it does not account for a large proportion in the measurement of the length of the delivery box, the amount of calculation can be reduced by assuming that the object is projected parallel to the screen. Accordingly, the width of the actual delivery box can be measured using the ratio of the height (H) of the actual delivery box and the height on the screen after correction (actual width W = (H * w) / h'). In addition, since the volume of a box can be calculated only by knowing the length, width, and height of the box, it is simple and easy to know the size and volume of the box. In addition to this, variously developed volume size measurement applications may be used, and the method is not limited to the above method.

The processing unit 350 may process pickup completion when payment of the volume weight unit price is completed in the delivery driver terminal 400 . When the processing unit 350 completes the payment of the unit price by volume and weight in the delivery driver terminal 400 and processes pickup completion, the delivery driver terminal 400 may print and output the receipt on paper. For example, as shown in FIG. 4C, the delivery driver terminal 400 itself is formed to include paper capable of outputting a receipt, and when payment is completed, the receipt is output and stored. At this time, the paper can be printed with a barcode or QR code containing the waybill number or waybill information written on the waybill, and can be used to store it until delivery is completed.

Before receiving the pickup application event from the user terminal 100 in the receiving unit 310, the database builder 360 may receive input of a courier delivery route and a courier delivery time by location from at least one courier driver terminal 400. there is. At this time, since the courier delivery route is mostly determined, it is inputted. Even if the courier driver terminal 400 does not directly input, the delivery route may be automatically accumulated and a pattern may be generated through GPS tracking and log storage. . For example, "A" courier goes through the route A-B-C-D-E-F, where it is 10:00 AM to point A, 11:00 AM to point B, 11:30 AM to point C, 11:40 AM to point D, and 11:40 AM to point E. At 12:00, point F arrives at 1:00 p.m. If the average pattern comes out, A(10)-B(11)-C(11:30)-D(11:40)-E(12)-F( 1) can be saved. Of course, since an error may exist depending on the amount of delivery, a database may be formed by storing the statistically processed average value together with the tolerance range.

The settlement unit 370, when the payment of the volume and weight unit price is completed in the delivery driver terminal 400 in the processing unit 350, the delivery driver who has completed the pickup completion processing of the pickup completion, and then pays a predetermined fee to the delivery service that has been processed for pickup completion. It can be settled with the terminal 400. In this case, the courier driver terminal 400 may be a terminal including an Android-based delivery pick-up service providing application.

The tax calculation unit 380 processes the pickup completion when the payment of the volume and weight unit price is completed in the delivery driver terminal 400 in the processing unit 350, and then, based on the fee for the delivery service that has been picked up, the delivery driver terminal 400 ), the estimated tax amount can be automatically calculated through the pre-stored tax accounting program. Most of the courier drivers work in the form of freelancers as individual businesses, and instead of doing year-end tax settlement in December, they file a comprehensive income tax return in May. At this time, the amount of expenditure and income may be automatically counted and an automatic tax amount calculation may be provided in an Excel format, and this may be implemented in a manner using various well-known programs.

The vehicle management unit 390 may receive vehicle management data from at least one delivery driver terminal 400 before receiving a pick-up request event from the user terminal 100 in the receiving unit 310 . That is, the format of the vehicle management log can be further provided, and through this, the basis for deduction, such as processing as a deduction cost, is prepared even when calculating the tax amount later.

In addition, the parcel pick-up service providing server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention may use a Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). That is, it is a question of which courier driver is the most efficient to pick up the courier from the corresponding pickup address. TSP is a problem belonging to the NPHard problem, and there is a travel time or cost between all areas, and it is a problem of finding the minimum cost or minimum time when returning from visiting all areas. TSP is divided into problems with symmetric distance and problems with asymmetric distance. In addition to the method of checking all the number of cases, simulated annealing, tabu search, genetic algorithm Algorithm) and Ant Colony Optimization methods can be used.

In one embodiment of the present invention, ant colony optimization may be used. In the initial stage of operation, it is started with a random starting point like general ant colony optimization. Starting with an arbitrary starting point, the ant colony optimization algorithm starts, and the ant colony optimization algorithm finds the optimal value. At this time, the ant colony optimization algorithm converges to a constant value when the optimal value is found. Here, the general ant colony optimization algorithm cannot determine whether it is a global optimal value or a local optimal value. If the mutation proceeds through a certain probability, the mutation takes a number from the path from the ant colony optimization algorithm and gives it a transformation. The path created through mutation is applied to the ant colony optimization algorithm once again to compare the existing path with the path created through mutation. At this time, since the value obtained through mutation presents a completely new path, if the value obtained through mutation converges to the local optimum, an opportunity to converge to the global optimum may be obtained through such mutation.

If the courier driver terminal 400 transmits an acceptance event to pick up, the corresponding pickup route is added to the courier driver's original route. Accordingly, the navigation of the courier driver terminal 400 needs to set a movement route based on the pick-up address. At this time, unlike a delivery vehicle that moves with a certain weight and load, in the case of loading and unloading a delivery service according to an embodiment of the present invention, the loading space (volume) and load must also be calculated together with the pickup request that changes in real time. It is possible to save the logistics cost of

To this end, as described above, a method of calculating an optimal solution by applying an ant algorithm, a genetic algorithm, and an A* algorithm may be used, but is not limited thereto. In order to calculate this, the initial data, that is, the information of the delivery vehicle such as the load weight, run, driving speed, and workable time provided at the time of driver registration in the delivery driver terminal 400, the weight of the requested delivery service, departure and destination, etc. Information and information on the path along which the delivery vehicle moves are required.

Then, not only the shortest path between the starting point and the destination point, but also the shortest path between each waypoint and other waypoints must be calculated, and based on the shortest path between each waypoint, the initial initialization is performed using the ant algorithm or ant colony optimization (ACO). After planning cargo transport and assuming it as an initial set, the final movement route is created using a genetic algorithm. At this time, when a pick-up request is added, the shortest path calculation may be re-performed using the A* algorithm. Alternatively, NNA (Nearest-Neighbor Algorithm), CLA (Cheapest Link Algorithm), GA (Genetic Algorithm), etc. may be used for the problem of the number of cases that increase exponentially whenever a plurality of waypoints or links are added. Again, it is not limited to the above-described algorithm.

Hereinafter, the operation process according to the configuration of the above-described parcel pick-up service providing server of FIG. 2 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 as examples. However, it will be apparent that the embodiment is only any one of various embodiments of the present invention, and is not limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 3 , (a) the home delivery pick-up service providing server 300 collects routes received from at least one delivery driver terminal 400 and stores them in a database. And, (b) when a courier pickup request is received from the user terminal 100, the courier driver terminal 400 is extracted based on the pickup address, the courier movement route, and the current location of the courier vehicle, and accordingly, the courier driver terminal 400 ), and then wait for a response. At this time, if any one courier driver terminal 400 responds, the courier pickup request disappears (FIFO). And, (c) since the pick-up location allocated to the courier driver needs to be added as a waypoint, if it is linked with the navigation, the waypoint is added to the navigation in the courier driver terminal 400, and the navigation function is applied to the courier terminal 400 itself. (d) When arriving at the delivery pickup location, take a photo of the delivery box, measure its weight, and print the waybill when payment is completed. let it do

4A to 4G show a delivery driver terminal 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4A, the courier driver terminal 400 has various applications such as credit card payment, simple payment, PayPal, Kakao Pay, Samsung Pay, Union Pay, etc. built-in or can drive and use the corresponding application, and the screen as shown in FIG. 4B. The upper part of includes a configuration for paying by sliding a credit card, etc., and a slot is provided on the right side so that the IC chip of the credit card can be read. In addition, as shown in Figure 4c, the paper is provided in the form of a roll on the upper part of the screen and the slide, so that the receipt and the waybill can be output together, and when a card is inserted in the form of a slot, payment proceeds as shown in Figure 4d , Payment can be made by scratching (slide) a card as shown in FIG. 4e, payment can be made through fingerprint recognition as shown at the top of FIG. configured to be able to At this time, as shown in FIG. 4G, a module capable of reading a fingerprint is provided at the top of the left side. In addition to this, modules for various technologies for simple payment may be further added, and it is obvious that the design or function is not limited to those shown in the drawings.

Matters that have not been described for the O2O-based parcel pick-up service provision method of FIGS. 2 to 4 are the same as those described for the O2O-based parcel pick-up service provision method through FIG. 1 or can be easily inferred from the description. Therefore, the following description is omitted.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a process of transmitting and receiving data between components included in the O2O-based courier pickup service providing system of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, an example of a process of transmitting and receiving data between each component will be described through FIG. 5, but the present application is not limited to such an embodiment, and according to various embodiments described above, It is obvious to those skilled in the art that a process of transmitting and receiving data may be changed.

Referring to Figure 5, the delivery pickup service providing server receives a pickup application event from the user terminal (S5100).

Then, the delivery pickup service providing server transmits a pickup request event to at least one delivery driver terminal located within a preset radius based on the pickup address included in the received pickup request event (S5200), and responds to the pickup request event. The location of the delivery driver's terminal is transmitted to the user terminal, and if the location of the delivery driver's terminal is the same as the pick-up address, an arrival event is transmitted to the user terminal (S5300).

In addition, the delivery pickup service providing server calculates the size and weight of the delivery box requested for pickup using the camera and weight sensor of the delivery driver's terminal, and derives the volume weight unit price previously mapped to the size and weight and stored (S5400). .

Finally, the delivery pick-up service providing server processes pick-up completion when payment of the unit price by volume is completed at the delivery driver's terminal (S5500).

The order between the above-described steps (S5100 to S5500) is only an example, and is not limited thereto. That is, the order of the above-described steps (S5100 to S5500) may be mutually changed, and some of the steps may be simultaneously executed or deleted.

Matters that have not been described for the O2O-based parcel pick-up service provision method of FIG. 5 are the same as those described for the O2O-based parcel pick-up service provision method through FIGS. 1 to 4, or can be easily inferred from the description. Therefore, the following description is omitted.

The method for providing an O2O-based courier pick-up service according to an embodiment described with reference to FIG. 5 may be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer such as an application or program module executed by a computer. . Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. Also, computer readable media may include all computer storage media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data.

The above-described method for providing an O2O-based parcel pick-up service according to an embodiment of the present invention may be executed by an application basically installed in the terminal (this may include a program included in a platform or operating system basically installed in the terminal). and may be executed by an application (that is, a program) directly installed in the master terminal by a user through an application providing server such as an application store server, an application or a web server related to the corresponding service. In this sense, the method for providing an O2O-based courier pick-up service according to an embodiment of the present invention described above is implemented as an application (ie, a program) that is basically installed in a terminal or directly installed by a user and can be read by a computer such as a terminal. can be recorded on a recording medium.

The above description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes, and those skilled in the art can understand that it can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, the embodiments described above should be understood as illustrative in all respects and not limiting. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims rather than the detailed description above, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and equivalent concepts should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

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In the courier pickup service providing method executed in the courier pickup service providing server,
Receiving a pick-up request event from a user terminal;
Transmitting a pickup request event to at least one delivery driver terminal located within a preset radius based on the pickup address included in the received pickup request event;
transmitting the location of the courier driver terminal responding to the pickup request event to the user terminal and transmitting an arrival event to the user terminal when the location of the courier driver terminal is identical to the pickup address;
Calculating the size and weight of the courier box requested for pickup using the camera and weight sensor of the courier driver's terminal, and deriving the volume weight unit price stored by mapping to the size and weight; and
processing pickup completion when payment of the volume weight unit price is completed at the courier terminal;
including,
Prior to the step of receiving a pickup request event from the user terminal,
receiving an input of a parcel delivery route and a parcel delivery time by location from at least one courier driver terminal;
Including more,
Transmitting a pickup request event to at least one courier terminal located within a predetermined radius based on the pickup address included in the received pickup request event,
The pick-up request is made to at least one delivery driver terminal when the pickup address is located in the direction of the delivery route and the location of the at least one delivery driver terminal has already passed the route including the pick-up address. to send an event,
Receiving a pickup request event from the user terminal,
If the courier requested for pickup is an industrial product and a product number is input from the user terminal, payment is made by calculating the size and weight based on the product number,
The step of transmitting the location of the courier driver terminal responding to the pickup request event to the user terminal and transmitting an arrival event to the user terminal when the location of the courier driver terminal is the same as the pickup address,
When the user terminal is interlocked with an artificial intelligence speaker, the artificial intelligence speaker is connected to a door opening and closing system, and the location of the delivery driver terminal is the same as the pickup address, the door is opened through the door opening and closing system through the artificial intelligence speaker. controlling to open;
Including more,
After the step of processing the pickup completion when the payment of the unit price by volume is completed at the courier driver terminal,
Automatically calculating an expected tax amount through a pre-stored tax accounting program in the delivery driver's terminal based on the fee of the pickup-completed delivery service;
Including more,
Prior to the step of receiving a pickup request event from the user terminal,
Receiving vehicle management data from at least one courier terminal;
Including more,
In the step of receiving vehicle management data from the at least one courier terminal,
Further comprising processing the input vehicle management data as deduction cost data for tax calculation,
Receiving a pickup request event from the user terminal,
When a priority allocation request to which a first additional amount is added or an urgent allocation request to which a second additional amount is added is selected from the user terminal, the text of the priority allocation or urgent allocation when a pick-up application event is transmitted to at least one courier driver terminal setting to transmit together;
including,
The first additional amount is less than the second additional amount, O2O-based courier pickup service providing method.
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After the step of processing the pickup completion when the payment of the unit price by volume is completed at the courier driver terminal,
Settling a predetermined fee for the pickup-completed delivery service to the delivery driver's terminal that completed the pickup;
Further comprising, O2O-based courier pick-up service providing method.
According to claim 1,
In the step of processing pickup completion when the payment of the unit price by volume is completed at the courier driver terminal,
The O2O-based courier pick-up service providing method, wherein the courier driver terminal prints and outputs a receipt on paper.
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The courier driver terminal is a terminal including an Android-based delivery pickup service providing application, an O2O-based delivery pick-up service providing method.
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