JP2000259732A - Freight calculating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify transportation conditions and transport office work and to make easily calculable the transport quantity of articles by determining the longitudes and latitudes of a sending destination and a sending source from the telephone numbers or zip codes of the sending destination and sending source and obtaining the transport distance of the articles from the sending source to the sending destination from their longitudes and latitudes. SOLUTION: A freight calculating program 23a calls a longitude and latitude retrieving program 23b and refers to a telephone number-to-longitude and latitude table 26a or a zip code-to-longitude and latitude table 26b according to the zip codes or telephone numbers of the sending source and sending destination, thereby obtaining the longitudes and latitudes of the sending source and sending destination respectively. Then, a distance calculating program is called to refer to a GPS map information database 26c according to the two points of the sending source and sending destination, thereby obtaining the transport distance and transport route. Special charge for freeway, ship transportation, etc., is obtained by referring to a passing route special table 26d according to the transport route, thereby calculating the freight.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transportation fee calculating device, and more particularly, to a convenience store, a supermarket, a transportation company, etc., which can simplify transportation conditions and transportation work, and can easily calculate a transportation fee of an article. The present invention relates to an apparatus for calculating a transportation fee.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the delivery of purchased goods or the transportation of goods by individual enthusiasts, convenience stores, supermarkets, transportation companies, etc., have clerks and other staff members take up the volume (shape).
The weight is measured, and the shipping fee is calculated manually from the shipping fee table for each destination and each handling company. In the case of postal parcels that send articles by postal mail, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
As in No. 0, there are those that automatically read and recognize the address of postal matter, thereby automatically performing settlement and sorting, but the post office still measures the volume (shape) and weight, and separates it by destination. The shipping fee is calculated manually from the shipping fee table.

[0003]

However, such a conventional method of calculating a transportation charge takes time and has a problem of miscalculation of the transportation charge. In some cases, the transportation fee is calculated by inputting through a computer process, but the slip has many input items, and the slip input process itself takes time. Furthermore, some shipping companies calculate shipping costs by a rough shipping system for manual shipping cost calculation, which is inferior in customer service. An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem of the prior art, and a convenience store,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a transportation fee calculation device that can simplify transportation conditions and transportation affairs in a supermarket, a transportation company, and the like, and can easily calculate a transportation fee of an article.

[0004]

The first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object has the following features.
An input device for inputting the telephone number or postal code of the destination and the source of the goods, a latitude and longitude determining means for determining the latitude and longitude of the destination and the source from the telephone number or the postal code of the destination and the source, a destination and the source And a charge calculating means for obtaining a charge based on the transport distance obtained by the distance calculating means, from the respective latitudes and longitudes. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an input device for inputting a destination number and a telephone number or a postal code of a sender, and a latitude / longitude for determining the latitude / longitude of the destination and the source from the telephone number or the postal code of the destination and the source. Deciding means, distance calculating means for obtaining the transport distance of the article from the source to the destination from the latitude and longitude of the destination and the source, and transportation of the article from the source and destination from the latitude and longitude of the destination and the source. It has transportation route display means for displaying a route and a transportation distance, and fee calculation means for obtaining a fee or a basic fee and a special fee based on the selected transportation route and its distance.

[0005]

As described above, the latitude / longitude determination means obtains the respective latitude / longitude from the telephone number of the destination and the sender, or the respective latitude / longitude from the postal code, so that the transportation distance or the transportation route of the article is obtained. Can be easily obtained. As a result, the basic fee can be easily calculated, so that convenience conditions, transportation operations, etc. can be simplified at convenience stores, supermarkets, transport companies, etc.
Calculate shipping charges for goods easily. In addition, by displaying the transportation route, the list of transportation companies and the contact information (phone number), etc., according to this, and selecting the transportation route from those displayed, the optimal transportation company can be easily determined. In addition, it is possible to optimize and further simplify the transportation work.

[0006]

1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a transportation fee calculating apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2A is an explanatory diagram of a volume-magnification class table, and FIG. 2B is a diagram of a weight-magnification class table. FIG. 3A is an explanatory diagram of a telephone number vs. latitude / longitude table, FIG. 3B is an explanatory diagram of a zip code vs. latitude / longitude table, FIG.
FIG. 4D is an explanatory diagram of a transportation route supplier table, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a transportation fee calculation process. FIG.
In the figure, 1 is a transportation fee calculation device, which includes a transportation fee calculation processing device 2, a volume measurement device 3, and a weight measurement device 4. Reference numeral 5 denotes an external carrier that can be contacted via the communication unit 25. Transportation fee calculation processor 2
Is an MPU 20, an input device 21 such as a keyboard, and a CR.
T display 22, memory 23, interface 2
4, a communication unit 25 including a telephone, etc., and an external storage device 26 such as a hard disk having a database, an external recording file, and a management file necessary for calculating the shipping fee, and these are interconnected by a bus 27. ing. In the external storage device 26, as a database necessary for the processing here, a telephone number / latitude / longitude table 26a, a postal code / latitude / longitude table 26b, a GPS (Global Position
ng System) map information database 26c, transit route special fee table 26d, transport route supplier table 26
e, a product master file 26f, etc., and other external recording files and management files.

On the other hand, the memory 23 is provided with a charge calculation program 23a, a latitude / longitude search program 23b, a distance calculation program 23c, etc., and has a volume vs. magnification class table 23d and a weight vs. magnification class table 23e. . Here, the input device 21 inputs the zip code or telephone number of the sender, and then inputs the zip code or telephone number of the destination. The source and destination may be distinguished by a special key input process. With such a distinction, the input key can be added as identification information for subsequent processing. The volume measuring device 3
It has three image sensors for measuring the length (D), width (W), and height (H), respectively, and calculates the volume of the package (transportation goods) from each measured length and interfaces 24. The weight measuring device 4 measures the weight of the package and outputs the result to the interface 24.

[0008] The actual transported goods (packages) are measured by the volume measuring device 3 and weighed by the weight measuring device 4.
When each measurement is completed, the MPU 20 calculates the transportation fee. The volume measuring device 3 generates an interrupt signal together with the measurement result and sends the measurement result to the interface 24. Similarly, the weight measuring device 4
Generates an interrupt signal together with the measurement result and sends the measurement result to the interface 24. Interface 24
Generates an interrupt signal to the MPU 20 when two interrupt signals are received, passes the respective measurement results to the MPU 20, and starts the calculation process. At this time, when the postal code or telephone number of the sender is not input from the input device 21, the MPU 20 enters a loop for waiting for those inputs.

The communication section 25 is for inquiring of the carrier whether or not it can be actually transported by telephone and other additional charges. The calculated fee is displayed based on the information obtained as described above, and the fee is added or subtracted according to the result. As shown in FIG. 2 (a), the volume-to-magnification class table 23d records the multiplication rate (multiplication factor) with respect to the basic transportation fee according to the volume (liter) of the transported package. The MPU 20 receives the volume data of the baggage from the volume measuring device 3 and searches the volume-magnification class table 23d using the volume data as a key to obtain a multiplication factor (magnification value) for the volume. The weight versus magnification class table 23e is shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the rate of the basic transportation fee is recorded according to the weight (kg) of the package. MPU20
Receives the weight data of the baggage from the weight measuring device 4 and uses the weight data as a key to obtain the weight versus magnification class table 23e.
To get the multiplication rate for weight.

When this program is executed by the MPU 20, the charge calculation program 23a calls the latitude / longitude search program 23b, and the MPU 20 first executes the program, so that the postal code or telephone number of the sender and the mail address of the destination are sent. Based on the number or the telephone number, the latitude and longitude of the source and destination are obtained by referring to either the telephone number / latitude / longitude table 26a or the postal code / latitude / longitude table 26b according to the input contents. Next, the distance calculation program 23c is called, and the MPU 20 executes this, and refers to the GPS map information database 26c from the obtained latitudes and longitudes of the source and destination, and calculates the transport distance and the transport route. Get. Then, by referring to the transit route special fee table 26d from the transport route, a special fee for expressway, ship transportation, etc. is obtained. The transportation fee is calculated as described above, and the transportation route supplier table 26
e to obtain a list of vendors,
The information is displayed on the RT display 22. When there is a single transport route and trader, the process is continued, but when there are multiple transport routes and traders, the operator enters a state of selecting a transport route and trader. The transportation distance, transportation route, and carrier are determined according to the result.

When the transportation distance, the transportation route, and the contractor are determined, the fee calculation program 23a calculates a basic fee from the transportation distance, and calculates a volume-magnification class table 23d and a weight-magnification class table 23e. And calculate the transportation fee based on the calculated rates. If there is a special fee, the result is added to the calculation result and the result is displayed as the transportation fee.
If the basic fee differs depending on the carrier, the fee of the selected carrier is adopted. At this time, the fee may be separately input from the input device 21. When this program is executed by the MPU 20, the latitude / longitude search program 23b refers to the telephone number / latitude / longitude table 26a of FIG. 3A or the postal code / latitude / longitude table 26b of FIG. Obtain the latitude and longitude of the source and destination from the code or zip code. As shown in FIG. 3A, the telephone number versus latitude / longitude table 26a searches for latitude and longitude information of a place (land) corresponding to the area code using the area code as a search code. It is a table. Postal code vs. latitude / longitude table 26
3B, as shown in FIG. 3B, is a table for searching the latitude and longitude information of a place (land) corresponding to the postal code using the postal code as a search code. The latitude and longitude to be selected respectively are determined in advance as an average or a standard for the area. When a zip code and a telephone number are input, if the zip code is a seven-digit code, its latitude and longitude accuracy are high, and the zip code / latitude / longitude table 26b is referred to with priority.

When this program is executed by the MPU 20, the distance calculation program 23c refers to the GPS map information database 26c from the two locations (latitude and longitude) of the source and destination, and calculates the distance between the source and destination. And a transportation route, and a special fee for the passing route is obtained with reference to the special route fee table 26d of FIG. 3 (c).
When there are a plurality of transportation routes, each data is extracted and passed to the fare calculation program 23a via the memory 23.

Next, the overall procedure of the transportation fee calculation process will be described with reference to FIG. First, the charge calculation program 23a is executed by the MPU 20 to determine whether or not there is an input of a sender and a destination (step 1).
01a), a determination is made as to whether or not the weight has been measured (step 101b), and a determination as to whether or not the volume has been measured (step 101c) is made in parallel. When the determination is NO, each input wait loop is executed. When the YES condition is satisfied, it is determined whether or not all inputs have been made (step 102), and this also forms an input waiting loop.

Next, the latitude / longitude search program 23b is executed to obtain the latitude and longitude of the source from the telephone number or postal code of the source, and obtain the latitude and longitude of the source from the telephone number or postal code of the destination. (Step 10
3). Then, the distance calculation program 23c is executed, the distance between the source and the destination and the transportation route are obtained, and the transportation distance and the transportation route are selected (step 104).
Further, the operator selects a carrier in the transport route with reference to the transport route supplier table 26e in which the contact information and the fee are put together corresponding to the transport route in FIG. 3D (step 1).
05). Then, the transportation distance, the transportation route, and the carrier are displayed together with the calculated reference fee (step 106).
Note that the calculated reference fee may be that of a specific trader. Also, when there is a special fee, it is displayed at the same time. At this time, if there are a plurality of transportation routes in the displayed one, the operator selects one of them (step 107).

Next, a basic fee is calculated from the determined transport distance, transport route, and carrier (there is no choice when there is only one carrier) (step 108), and the volume is multiplied by referring to the volume vs. magnification class table. Get the rate (Step 10
9) The weight rate is acquired by referring to the weight versus magnification class table 23e (step 110), and the transport rate is calculated by multiplying the basic rate by the volume rate and the weight rate in the selected transport route (step 110). Step 111). Next, it is determined whether or not there is a special fee for the transportation route by referring to the passing route special fee table 26d (step 11).
2), YES is determined in this determination, and if there is a special fee, the transport fee is calculated by adding it (step 11).
3). Then, the calculated transportation fee is displayed (step 114). If the determination in step 112 is NO, the transportation fee calculated in step 114 is displayed.
In step 106, when there are a plurality of displayed carriers, the clerk and the operator contact each other via the communication unit 25 to select and determine an optimum carrier. At this time, a basic charge or a special charge can be separately input to the input device 21. When these fees are entered, they take precedence.

When the transported package is a specific product recorded in the product master file 26f as a database, the product code is input by the input device 21, a bar code reader (not shown), a magnetic card reader (not shown), or the like. input. As a result, the merchandise information is retrieved from the merchandise master file 26f shown in FIG. 5A, and the transport information (transport volume, transport weight, transport incidental information, etc.) is obtained at the same time as the merchandise price information of the determined merchandise. In this case, the volume measuring device 3 and the weight measuring device 4 are unnecessary. The product master file 26f includes fields such as a product code, a product name, a price, a weight, a volume, a shape, and ancillary information.

In the postal code / latitude / longitude table 26b shown in FIG. 3B, as shown in FIG. 5B, a place name may be displayed as a table provided with columns such as place names. Further, the transport route supplier table 2 in FIG.
6e can be divided into a non-transporter database shown in FIG. 5 (c) and a transporter database shown in FIG. 5 (d). The non-transportable trader database in FIG.
It is managed by postal code, and a column of a starting postal code and a column of an end postal code are provided, and corresponding to these, there is a column for recording a code of a non-transportable trader. On the other hand, the carrier database of FIG. 5D includes columns of a carrier code, a distance, a weight, a volume, a transportation condition, and a transportation price.

In the embodiment, the telephone number and the postal code are used, but only one of them may be used. If both the destination and destination information are telephone numbers, the telephone number is converted into a postal code, so that the postal code / latitude / longitude table 26b can be used. As a result, the telephone number / latitude / longitude table 26a becomes unnecessary. Conversely, if the shipping destination and destination information is a postal code, the postal code may be converted to a telephone number. In this way, the telephone number versus latitude and longitude table 26a can be used, and the postal code versus latitude and longitude table 26b becomes unnecessary.

By using the map information used in the GPS or the like, it is possible to obtain complicated transportation information such as transportation means and road surface distance in addition to simple distances. If there are routes, it is preferable to display them once and select them. As shown in FIG. 5 (c), a non-transportable carrier can be added to the transport route carrier table 26e. By searching and displaying a list of transport charges and transport conditions for each carrier, the operator can carry out transport by carrier. It is possible to select a more efficient carrier, a transport fee, and transport conditions from the list of fees and transport conditions.

In the process of calculating the transportation fee, the transportation unit 5 is inquired of the transportation price via the communication unit 5 so that the source postal code, the destination postal code, the transportation distance, and the package information can be obtained. An inquiry is made to each carrier by online processing, and a list of shipping charges and shipping conditions is displayed for each shipping agent, and the operator can select a more efficient shipping agent, shipping fee, and shipping conditions from the list. The selected carrier, transportation fee, and transportation conditions can be stored on a hard disk such as a transportation management file by settlement processing, and the transport request information can be sent online to the carrier in real time, or can be batch processed by batch processing. It is also possible to transmit.

[0021]

As can be understood from the above description, according to the present invention, the latitude / longitude determination means obtains the respective latitude / longitude from the telephone number of the destination and the sender, or obtains the respective latitude / longitude from the postal code. Thereby, the transportation distance or the transportation route of the article can be easily obtained. This makes it easy to calculate the basic fee,
In convenience stores, supermarkets, transport companies, etc., transportation conditions and transportation affairs can be simplified, and transportation charges for goods can be easily calculated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a transportation fee calculation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2A is an explanatory diagram of a volume-magnification class table, and FIG. 2B is an explanatory diagram of a weight-magnification class table.

FIG. 3A is an explanatory diagram of a telephone number vs. latitude / longitude table, FIG. 3B is an explanatory diagram of a zip code vs. latitude / longitude table, FIG.
(D) is an explanatory view of a transportation route supplier table.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a transportation fee calculation process.

FIG. 5A is an explanatory diagram of a product master file table, FIG. 5B is an explanatory diagram of another postal code / latitude / longitude table, FIG. 5C is an explanatory diagram of a non-transportable trader database, d) is an explanatory diagram of a carrier database.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Transportation fee calculation device, 2 ... Transportation fee calculation processing device, 3
... Volume measuring device, 4 ... Weight measuring device, 20 ... MPU, 2
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Input device, 22 ... CRT display, 23 ... Memory, 23a ... Charge calculation program, 23b ... Latitude and longitude search program, 23c ... Distance calculation program, 23d ...
Volume / magnification class table, 23e: Weight / magnification class table, 24: Interface, 5: Carrier, 25: Communication unit, 26: External storage device, 26a: Phone number to latitude / longitude table, 26b: Postal code to latitude Longitude table, 2
6c: GPS (Global Positioning System) map information database, 26d: Passage route special rate table,
26e: transport route supplier table, 26f: product master file.

Claims (6)

[Claims] An input device for inputting a destination number and a telephone number or a postal code of a source of an article, and determining the latitude and longitude of the destination and the source from the telephone number or the postal code of the destination and the source. Latitude and longitude determining means, distance calculating means for obtaining a transport distance of the article from the source to the destination from the respective latitude and longitude of the destination and the source, and a transport distance obtained by the distance calculating means And a charge calculating means for obtaining a charge based on the price. 2. A weight measuring device for measuring the weight of the article, a volume measuring device for measuring a volume of the article,
A charge rate calculating means for calculating a charge rate for a basic charge from the weight measured by the weight measuring device and calculating a charge rate for the basic charge from the volume measured by the volume measuring device; 2. The transportation charge calculating device according to claim 1, wherein the means calculates the basic charge from the transportation distance, multiplies the basic charge by the multiplication factor calculated by the multiplication factor calculation device, and calculates the transportation fee of the article as the fee. 3. The distance calculating means calculates the transportation distance in an optimal transportation route, and calculates a special charge when the transportation route has a special charge. 3. The transportation charge calculation device according to claim 2, wherein the special charge is added to a charge. 4. The distance calculating means has a function of displaying the transportation distance and the transportation route, and calculates the transportation distance according to a transportation route determined among the displayed transportation routes. The transportation fee calculation device described. 5. A weight / volume search means for obtaining weight and volume corresponding to the article corresponding to the code of the article input, and a weight and volume searched by the weight / volume search means. A charge rate calculating means for calculating a charge rate for a charge, wherein the input device further inputs the code of the article, and wherein the charge calculation means obtains the basic charge from the transport distance. 2. The transportation fee calculation device according to claim 1, wherein the transportation fee of the article is calculated by multiplying the transportation fee by the multiplier calculated by the multiplier. 6. An input device for inputting a telephone number or a postal code of a destination and an origin of an article, and determining the latitude and longitude of the destination and the origin from the telephone number or the postal code of the destination and the origin. Latitude and longitude determining means, distance calculating means for obtaining a transport distance of the article from the sending source to the destination from the respective latitude and longitude of the sending destination and the sending source, and each of the sending destination and the sending source Transport route display means for displaying a transport route and a transport distance of the article from the source to the destination from latitude and longitude; and a fee or a basic fee and a special fee based on the selected transport route and the distance. A transportation fee calculation device, comprising a required fee calculation means.