JP2001034878A - Method and system for preventing erroneous delivery of cargo - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for preventing cargos from being forgotten to be unloaded and being erroneously delivered by displaying the message of offset that the cargos are not delivered due to the forgetting of the unloading of the cargos at a delivery destination area and the erroneous delivery of the cargos to an erroneous delivery area, or generating alarm when it is detected. SOLUTION: At a physical distribution center 40, bar codes 31 are added to loading cargos 30. A transportation vehicle 20 going to a delivery destination transmits the discriminated position information of the present vehicle to an on-vehicle operation managing device by a GSP satellite 1 and a GPS reception device after the cargos 30 are loaded. The on-vehicle operation managing device discriminates a present area from the preset matrix information of a delivery area and from the position information of the present vehicle. When the transportation vehicle 20 enters the area and moves to the other area without unloading the cargos at the time of delivering the cargos, the message of the forgetting of the unloading of the cargos is displayed or alarm sound is rung, thus the forgetting of the unloading of the goods can be prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a delivery system, and more particularly to a method and an apparatus for preventing erroneous delivery of packages.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In conventional luggage delivery, delivery mistakes such as forgetting to unload (unload) luggage and erroneous delivery must be manually checked by the physical distribution delivery side, and accuracy and efficiency are reduced. I was missing.

[0003] For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-3496 discloses a management system for centralized management of logistics such as courier service as a structure for checking delivery mistakes caused by forgetting to drop a package or erroneous delivery. And a logistics transport vehicle management system suitable for logistics in which logistics such as a delivery truck exchanges information on transport such as a delivery schedule and a delivery result via a communication line with a logistics transporter on a transport vehicle side. Is disclosed.

[0004] For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-55499 discloses a case where a difference occurs between the planned unloading quantity for the next unloading place and the quantity actually unloaded at the unloading place. In addition, it is possible to carry out accurate work of updating the scheduled unloading quantity for subsequent unloading places by simple manual input according to the difference amount that occurred at the previous unloading place, and to provide information for managing the operation of transport vehicles. A configuration of a vehicle information collection device and a method of instructing unloading that can be accurately collected are disclosed.

[0005]

However, the physical distribution vehicle management system described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-3496 has a problem that a delivery error cannot be recognized unless the transport vehicle returns to the center side. are doing.

[0006] The above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-55499 does not include a means for immediately informing a person in charge of transportation when unloading occurs.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for preventing forgetting to unload a package and erroneous delivery.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for preventing forgetting to unload a baggage or erroneous delivery on a transport vehicle side before returning to a center side.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention divides a delivery destination area in a matrix and adds identification information for identifying the divided area information to delivery package as delivery destination information. In addition to storing and managing the delivery baggage area information in the transport vehicle, it manages the current area information of the own vehicle, and undelivered due to forgetting to drop the baggage in the delivery destination area, and to the wrong delivery area When erroneous delivery of package is detected, a message to that effect is displayed or an alarm is issued.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. According to the present invention, the delivery destination area is divided into a matrix, and the baggage identification data and the identification information for recording the area information on the divided delivery destination area for the package to be delivered are added to the package. A means for recording and managing the baggage identification data and the delivery destination area information of all the loaded goods, and the current information on the delivery destination area divided into a matrix from the matrix information of the delivery destination area and the position information of the vehicle. Means for acquiring area information, and when moving to another area without unloading the luggage in the area where the luggage is unloaded, the area information of the delivery destination of the luggage still loaded on the transport vehicle and the own vehicle Based on the current area information, the undelivered baggage is detected, a message for forgetting to drop the baggage is displayed on the screen of the display device, or an alarm is sounded. In the case of dropping in the designated area, an erroneous delivery is detected based on the area information of the delivery destination of the package and the current area information of the vehicle, and a delivery error message is displayed on the screen of the notation device or an alarm is displayed. The notification is made by sounding.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, and is a diagram for explaining a configuration in which delivery destination areas are arranged in a matrix. Referring to FIG. 1, the delivery destination area on the map is divided into a two-dimensional matrix, and the destination address of the arrival and each element of the matrix are made to correspond to the delivery destination area data.

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, and is a view showing a bar code and a package. A bar code sticker recording the package identification data and the delivery destination area data is attached to all packages.

In one embodiment of the present invention, before departure from the distribution center, the bar code information of the luggage loaded on the transport vehicle is all transferred to the on-board operation management device (11 in FIG. 3) mounted on the transport vehicle. Record.

The on-board operation management device records the matrix information of the delivery area in advance.

[0015] GPS connected to on-board operation management device
(Global Positioning System) Based on the position information from the receiving device, it is determined which area the vehicle is in on the area divided in a matrix.

[0016] Forget to unload the baggage in the area to be delivered,
When the transported vehicle moves to another area, the area data of the luggage barcode information recorded in the on-board operation management device is compared with the current area data of the vehicle, and the vehicle is unloaded at the delivery destination area. It detects that the baggage to be delivered is in an undelivered state, recognizes that the baggage has been left unloaded, displays a message on the monitor screen that indicates that the baggage has been left unloaded, and sounds an alarm to prevent forgetting to drop the baggage. In addition, the information of the unloading cargo in the delivery destination area is updated and recorded in the on-board operation management device.

In addition, erroneous delivery can be prevented by comparing the delivery destination area data of the package, which is recorded and managed by the on-board operation management device, with the area data of the own vehicle. That is, if you drop your luggage in the wrong area,
Since the area data of the current vehicle is different from the area data of the delivery destination of the package, the erroneous delivery is prevented beforehand by detecting the erroneous delivery and outputting a message or an alarm sound.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a delivery system according to one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, a bar code label 31 having a logistics center 40 which is a main body of logistics delivery and recording package identification data and delivery area data is provided.
Is loaded on the transport vehicle 20, and the transport vehicle 20 transports the load to the destination.

The transport vehicle 20 records and records bar code information.
A transport vehicle-side system 10 for identifying the position of the vehicle is provided,
GP for receiving a signal from a GPS satellite 1 that generates a reference signal for determining position information and obtaining longitude / latitude information
An S receiving device (not shown) is provided.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of the transport vehicle-side system 10 mounted on the transport vehicle 20 in one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the transport vehicle side system 1
0 is the on-board operation management device 11 and the GPS reception device 12
, A handy terminal 13, a PC card 14, a wireless telephone device 15, a monitor (display device) 16, and operation keys 17.

At the distribution center 40, the luggage 30 to be loaded is
, A bar code 31 is attached.

In the information of the barcode 31, package identification data (for example, "001") and delivery area data (for example, "2B") are recorded.

An in-house management code or the like can be used for the package identification data. In addition, the delivery area data can be automatically converted from the destination address or telephone number.

When loading the luggage 30 on the transport vehicle, the bar code information is read using the handy terminal 13.

After all the luggage is loaded, the handy terminal 13 is connected to the on-vehicle operation management device 11 and all the luggage bar code information is recorded.

In addition, on-board operation management device 1
As means for recording in the logistics device 1, the logistics center 40 registers the luggage information in the on-vehicle operation management device 11 via the wireless telephone device 15 by wireless packet communication, or stores the luggage information in the distribution center 40 in the PC. The information may be recorded on the card 14 and registered in the on-board operation management device 11.

After loading the luggage 30, the transport vehicle 20 heading for the destination of the delivery receives the position information of the own vehicle determined by the GPS satellite 1 and the GPS receiving device 12 and uses the on-vehicle operation management device 1.
Tell 1

The on-board operation management device 11 determines the current area from the matrix information of the delivery area set in advance and the position information of the own vehicle.

For example, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 5, the delivery destination area is composed of a matrix of three rows and three columns of A, B, and C in the row direction and A, B, and C in the column direction. 0
FIG. 6 shows a case where the transport vehicle 20 enters the area “2B” and moves to another area without unloading the luggage when the luggage whose delivery area data is “2B” is delivered. Display a message like forgetting to unload your luggage,
By sounding an alarm sound, forgetting to unload the luggage can be prevented.

If the delivery area is the example shown in FIG. 5, if the package identification data is "002" and the delivery area data is "1C", the package is mistakenly delivered in the area "2B". The erroneous delivery can be prevented by displaying a delivery error message as shown in FIG.

In the transport vehicle system 10, the GPS
By replacing the receiving device 12 with a car navigation device and using the barcode delivery area data as latitude and longitude information, display the delivery destination map information on the screen of the monitor 16 and display the point of the package delivery destination point. This makes it possible to visually prevent non-delivery and erroneous delivery.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The delivery destination area is divided into a matrix, the information that records the area information is added to the luggage, and the luggage area information and the own vehicle area information are stored and managed on the vehicle side, thereby preventing forgetting to drop the luggage and erroneous delivery. The effect is that it can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a delivery destination area in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a barcode in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a transport vehicle-side system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an overall system configuration of a delivery system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of a delivery destination area in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of an undelivered error in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of an erroneous delivery error according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 GPS satellite 10 Transport vehicle side system 11 On-board operation management device 12 GPS receiving device 13 Handy terminal 14 PC card 15 Wireless telephone device 16 Monitor (display device) 17 Operation key 20 Transport vehicle 30 Luggage 31 Barcode seal 32 Barcode information 40 Distribution Center

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A delivery destination area is divided in a matrix, and identification information for identifying the divided area information is added to a delivery baggage as delivery destination information, and the area information of the delivery baggage is added by a transport vehicle. In addition to memory management, it manages the current area information of its own vehicle, and when it detects undelivered due to forgetting to drop the luggage in the delivery destination area and erroneous delivery of luggage to the wrong delivery area, A package delivery method, which comprises displaying a message or issuing an alarm. 2. The delivery area is divided into a matrix, and the luggage identification data for the package to be delivered and identification information for recording area information on the divided delivery area are added to the package. Means for recording and managing the baggage identification data and the delivery destination area information of all the loaded luggage, and the current information on the delivery destination area divided into a matrix from the matrix information of the delivery destination area and the position information of the vehicle. Means for acquiring the area information of the vehicle, and if the user moves to another area without unloading the luggage in the area where the luggage is to be unloaded, the area information of the delivery destination of the luggage still loaded on the transport vehicle and the self Based on the current area information of the vehicle, the non-delivery of the baggage is detected, and a message for forgetting to drop the baggage is displayed on the screen of the display device, or an alarm sound is sounded, If drawn in the wrong area, on the basis of the current area information of the delivery destination area information and own vehicle of the cargo,
An incorrect delivery is detected, and a delivery error message is displayed on the screen of the notation device or an alarm is sounded to notify the package delivery system. 3. An apparatus for preventing erroneous delivery of luggage mounted on a transport vehicle, wherein the delivery destination area is divided into a matrix, and the luggage identification data and the luggage identification data of the luggage delivered by the transport vehicle are displayed on the divided delivery area. Means for recording and managing the package identification data and the delivery area information of all the packages loaded on the transport vehicle; and matrix information of the delivery destination area and A means for acquiring current area information on the delivery destination area divided in a matrix form from the vehicle position information, and a case where the user moves to another area without unloading the luggage in the unloading area. The non-delivery of the package is detected based on the area information of the delivery destination of the package and the current area information of the own vehicle, and a message to forget to drop the package is displayed on the screen of the display device. Means to display or to sound an alarm sound, and if the luggage is dropped in the wrong area, based on the area information of the delivery destination of the luggage and the current area information of the vehicle,
Means for detecting erroneous delivery and displaying a delivery error message on the screen of the notation device, or controlling to notify by sounding an alarm sound. 4. The package identification data and delivery area information of all packages loaded on the transport vehicle are input from a handy terminal, data transfer from a distribution center using a wireless telephone, or a PC card. 4. The device for preventing erroneous delivery of a package according to claim 3, wherein: 5. A car navigation system comprising: a display device for displaying delivery destination map information on a screen of the display device based on a current position information of the vehicle; The apparatus for preventing erroneous delivery of a package according to claim 3, wherein: