JP2002279156A - Terminal for route sales - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a terminal for route sales capable of displaying identification information on a store to which a business car go next (a next store) only when the speed of the business car is at a fixed speed or lower and displaying the instructions of business services to be provided for the store only when reaching the customer's store. SOLUTION: This terminal 10 for route sales is provided with a CPU 11, a RAM 12, a display part 13, an input part 14 having a touch panel and various keys, an interface circuit 15 connected to an on-vehicle GPS 31 of the business car 30, an interface circuit 16 connected to a car sped sensor 32 of the business car 30, a telephone communication circuit 17, a ROM storing a terminal control program, and a storage part 18 storing a route sales information table and a store position information table. The terminal control processing execute by the CPU 11 is as follows only when it approaches the next store and the car speed is 5 km/h or lower. A store arrival screen 45 is displayed on the display part 13 to display instructions of business services to be done at the next store.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention outputs a patrol route defining the order of patrols of a plurality of customers' stores and information relating to sales such as delivery, orders, collection, and sales promotion to be performed for each customer. Related to a terminal for route sales.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Sales representatives of manufacturers and wholesalers who perform sales operations (route sales) such as delivery, orders, collection, sales promotion, etc., while patrol a plurality of customers one by one, take over from the previous personnel. According to the tour route set by the user himself or herself based on information such as order slips and invoices and his / her own memory, or by visiting a dealer's store by a sales vehicle in accordance with the previously set tour route, the above-mentioned business operation is performed.

[0003]

However, the salesperson considers the business operation to be performed at the store to be arrived while considering a vehicle such as a sales truck (hereinafter referred to as a “business vehicle”).
Driving), so it is often difficult to concentrate on driving. With the recent deterioration of traffic conditions, or
As the types of products being handled and the number of dealers increase year by year, sales representatives are burdened both mentally and physically, so their ability to concentrate on driving is further reduced. Was. Further, such a decrease in concentration may have caused mistakes such as making a mistake in a traveling route, but some customers require that delivery at a specified time be an absolute condition. An early or late delivery to a customer not only inconveniences the customer, but also loses the credibility of the sales representative himself and the maker and wholesaler to which the representative belongs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and has as its object to display the identification information of the store to which to go next only when the speed of the business vehicle is lower than a certain value. Another object of the present invention is to provide a route sales terminal capable of displaying an instruction of a business operation to be performed on a store only when the customer arrives at the store.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention, which is configured to achieve the above-mentioned object, is used by a person who performs business operations while traveling in a sales vehicle and visiting a plurality of customer stores one by one. An input unit for inputting various instructions, a display unit for displaying various information, patrol sequence information defining a patrol sequence of each customer store, and A storage unit for storing business operation information on business operations to be performed for each customer store, a vehicle speed detection unit for detecting a vehicle speed of the business vehicle, and a vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detection unit being equal to or less than a predetermined speed. Only when there is a customer display control unit that causes the display unit to display identification information of a customer store to go to next defined by the tour order information, and a predetermined instruction input at the input unit, the customer table Information about the business operations to be performed on the customer shop, which is displayed on the display unit by the control unit,
A business operation information display control unit for extracting the business operation information from the business operation information and displaying the extracted business operation information on the display unit.

With this configuration, the customer display control section displays the next customer store defined by the tour order information on the display section only when the speed of the commercial vehicle is equal to or lower than the predetermined speed. Is done. At this time, an input for instructing the display of the information on the business operation to be performed on the customer store displayed on the display unit can be made. With this, the salesperson operating the terminal can input a predetermined input to the input unit when the customer store to be headed to next is displayed on the display unit. The information can be displayed on the display unit. In addition, by visiting the customer stores to be headed to next next, which are shown on the display unit, it is possible to perform route sales while accurately following the previously determined patrol order. Further, when the sales vehicle is running, information regarding sales operations to be performed for the customer store to which the customer is to go next is not displayed, so that the salesperson watches the display unit or operates the terminal while driving. Is lost. Therefore, inattentive driving due to this is prevented, and the salesperson can concentrate on driving.

[0007] In the route sales terminal of the present invention, customer location information relating to the locations of a plurality of customer stores is stored in the storage unit, and a location detection unit for detecting the current location of the commercial vehicle is provided. When the vehicle speed is equal to or lower than the predetermined speed, a search unit may be further provided for searching some of the customer stores located closest to the current position from the customer position information in the storage unit. In this case, the customer display control unit displays on the display unit the customer store searched by the search unit and the next customer store defined by the tour order information. A business operation for displaying information on business operations to be performed on one customer store selected by a predetermined input from the input unit from among the customer stores displayed on the display unit by the customer display control unit on the display unit A display control unit may be further provided. As a result, the salesperson using the terminal is not limited to the customer store defined in the tour order information,
Since one customer store can be selected from several customer stores, it is possible to respond flexibly even if a certain change must be made to the patrol order.

Further, in the route sales terminal of the present invention, a distance determination section for determining whether or not the current position detected by the position detection section is a predetermined distance away from the location of the customer store to be headed next. However, it may be further provided. In this case, the search is performed by the search unit only when the distance determination unit determines that the distance between the current position and the location of the customer store to be headed next is within a predetermined distance. As a result, the information about the sales operations to be performed on the customer store is not displayed until the customer store nears the location of the customer store to be headed to next. When the user is far enough away, he can concentrate on driving the commercial vehicle without worrying about the display on the display unit.

Further, in the route sales terminal according to the present invention, the customer display control unit is configured to locate the next customer store defined by the traveling order information at a position closest to the current position detected by the position detection unit. A first display mode for displaying an existing customer store and a customer store present at a position next to the current position detected by the position detection unit on the display unit, and a current display mode detected by the position detection unit. The customer store closest to the location, the next customer store defined by the tour order information,
A second display mode for displaying the customer store to which the customer store should go next on the display unit may be provided. In this case, the customer display control unit is configured to perform any one of the display modes switched according to a predetermined input in the input unit.
Each customer store is displayed on the display unit.

[0010] As the route sales terminal of the present invention, the customer location information, the traveling order information, and the business operation information include:
It may be stored in the storage unit by being downloaded from a database server connected via a telephone communication line.

Further, the position detecting section may be a GPS device mounted on a commercial vehicle or a dedicated GPS device not for use on a vehicle. Further, the vehicle speed detection unit may be a vehicle speed sensor attached to an axle or wheels of a commercial vehicle, or may be another vehicle speed sensor, for example, a sensor that detects the vehicle speed by measuring the direction of gravity. .

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A route sales terminal according to the present invention travels a predetermined route with a business vehicle and performs predetermined business operations (such as delivery and delivery of goods, This is a device used by sales representatives who collect luggage, receive orders, collect money, promote sales, etc.). When a business vehicle approaches the location of the customer's store to go next, the name of the customer's store and the current location Displaying the names of other nearby stores, and displaying all information on sales operations that should be performed at the store when a predetermined input is made when a sales representative performs a business operation at a store. And Hereinafter, an embodiment of a route sales terminal of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG.
1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a route sales terminal 10 of the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the route sales terminal 10 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped overall shape, and has a display section 13 on which various screens are displayed, a text data and various Input unit 14 for inputting commands
And an antenna 17 for performing communication using a wireless telephone.
a.

The schematic configuration of the internal circuit of the route sales terminal 10 is shown in the block diagram of FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal 10 for route sales is
PU 11, RAM 12, display unit 13, input unit 14, two interface circuits 15, 16, telephone communication circuit 1
7, a ROM 18, and a storage unit 19.

The CPU 11 has hardware 12 to 19
Is a central processing unit that integrally controls RAM12
Is a random access memory in which various programs read by the CPU 11 are cached and a work area for the CPU 11 is expanded.

The display unit 13 has a liquid crystal panel and a control circuit for controlling the liquid crystal panel, and displays various screens (see FIGS. 8 to 14) according to a command from the CPU 11.
The input unit 14 includes various keys for inputting text data, a touch panel for inputting various commands indicated by buttons on a screen displayed on the display unit 13, an input signal corresponding to the pressed key, It has a control circuit that performs control for converting an input signal corresponding to a portion pressed by a finger, a touch pen, or the like on the touch panel into input data recognizable by the CPU 11.

The interface circuit 15 is connected to an in-vehicle GPS (global pointing system) 31 via a dedicated cable A and controls reception of latitude and longitude data from the in-vehicle GPS 31. In addition, this in-vehicle GPS
31 is a device for detecting the latitude and longitude of the current position from the difference in the arrival times of radio waves emitted by four or more satellites flying over an altitude of about 20,000 m. 30.

The interface circuit 16 is connected to a vehicle speed sensor 32 via a dedicated cable B, and controls reception of vehicle speed data from the vehicle speed sensor 32. The vehicle speed sensor 32 is a sensor that detects the number of revolutions indicated by a tachometer near the driver's seat on the axle or wheels of the vehicle, and is incorporated in the commercial vehicle 30.

The telephone communication circuit 17 exchanges data with another computer via a telephone communication network by transmitting and receiving radio waves to and from a radio telephone base station via an antenna 17a in accordance with a command from the CPU 11. Device.
Note that the telephone communication circuit 17 of the present embodiment is compatible with wireless packet communication, which is a service provided by a mobile phone company.

The ROM 18 is a read-only memory in which various programs executed by the CPU 11 are recorded. The programs recorded in the ROM 18 include an OS (operating system) program for managing the execution of the application program, and a terminal control program for controlling the route sales terminal 10. include.

The storage unit 19 stores various data used by various programs executed by the CPU 11. The data stored in the storage unit 19 includes a route sales information table and a store position information table.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the route sales information table. As shown in FIG. 3, the route sales information table includes store identification information (store number and base code) for identifying the store of the customer,
Estimated time of arrival at each store according to a previously determined patrol route, and sales information (sales identification number of the product to be delivered and delivery of the product) concerning the business operations (delivery, collection, order) to be performed at each store Number, collection amount, and number of collection receipts) are recorded. In the route sales information table of FIG. 3, information on one store is arranged on the same line, so that the store identification information, the estimated arrival time, and the sale information are described in association with each other. Are arranged in the order in which the sales representatives patrol (the order of expected arrival time).

FIG. 4 shows an example of the store location information table. As shown in FIG. 4, the store location information table stores the above-described store identification information (store number and base code), an update flag indicating the update status of the store identification information, the store name of the store, and the store name. And the chain code for identifying each franchisee store, and the business format of the store (this business format is a so-called business form such as a department store, general supermarket, food supermarket, retail store, convenience store, etc.) Means)
Is recorded. In the store position information table of FIG. 4, information on one store is arranged on the same line, so that the store identification information, the update flag, the store name, the latitude, the longitude, the chain code, and the business type code are associated with each other. It is described in the state.

The route sales information table and the store location information table shown above are stored in the storage unit 19 by being downloaded from a database server functioning as a host computer of the route sales terminal 10 through a telephone network. It is a thing. FIG.
2 shows a schematic configuration diagram of the entire system including the database server 20.

As shown in FIG. 5, the database server 20 is communicably connected to a plurality of route sales terminals 10, 10,... Via a telephone network. The internal circuit includes a CPU 21 and a RAM 2
2, a ROM 23, a telephone communication circuit 24, and an HDD (hard disk drive) 25.

The CPU 21 has hardware 22 to 25.
Is a central processing unit that integrally controls the
Is a random access memory in which various programs read by the CPU 21 are cached and a work area by the CPU 21 is expanded.

The ROM 23 is a read-only memory in which various programs including an OS program for executing an application program and managing a network are recorded. The telephone communication circuit 24 is a device such as a modem or a TA (terminal adapter), and exchanges data with another computer or a portable information terminal via a telephone communication network.

The HDD 25 is a storage unit that stores various programs and various data. The HDD 25 stores a route sales information database that stores route sales information to be transmitted to each route sales terminal 10, A store location information database that stores data on the store such as the store name and position of the store, a database program, and the like are stored. The route sales information database and the store location information database are searched by a database program read from the HDD 25 and executed by the CPU 21.
Alternatively, it is updated.

The HDD 25 has a program for transmitting appropriate route sales information to the route sales terminal 10 when a data transmission request is received from the route sales terminal 10 via the telephone communication network. It is included.

Further, the HDD 25 includes a program for editing the route sales information. When this program is executed by the CPU 21, the worker can edit the traveling route and the business operation content according to each route sales terminal 10.

Next, the contents of the processing executed by the route sales terminal 10 will be described. In the route sales terminal 10, the activation process is automatically started when the main power is turned on. In this activation process, processes such as recognizing each hardware and displaying a start screen (not shown) on the display unit 13 are performed. At this time, CPU1
1 also performs a process of confirming and recognizing the connection between the vehicle-mounted GPS 31 of the commercial vehicle 30 and the vehicle speed sensor 32. Then, when the startup processing is completed, the CPU 11 reads the terminal control program from the ROM 18 and starts the terminal control processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. The DB (database) server 20 stores the route sales terminals 10
(Moving state of the route sales terminal 10, ie,
(A state in which the position and the time fluctuate) may be collected. In this case, the CPU 11
In parallel with this terminal control process, location information (latitude and longitude)
A process for periodically transmitting the vehicle speed information to the DB server 20 is also executed.

In the first step S101 after the start of the terminal control process shown in FIG. 6, the CPU 11 clears the route sales information table in the storage unit 19 and sets the search mode to the route priority mode (to be described in detail later). The initialization such as the execution is performed.

In the next step S102, the CPU 11 executes an initial setting processing subroutine. This initialization process
This is a process for notifying the DB server 20 of information about the user of the route sales terminal 10 and the business vehicle 30 and downloading the route sales information from the DB server 20. The contents of the initialization subroutine are shown in the flowchart of FIG.

In the first step S201 of the initial setting process subroutine in FIG. 7, the CPU 11 causes the display unit 13 to display an initial input screen 40 as shown in FIG. The initial input screen 40 shown in FIG. 8 includes a text box 40a for inputting an identification number of a sales representative, a text box 40b for inputting a course number of a traveling course assigned to the sales representative, A text box 40c for inputting the identification number of the business vehicle 30 used by the salesperson. In addition, the initial input screen 40 shows a confirmation button 40d to be clicked by the salesperson after entering each number in each of the text boxes 40a to 40c.

In the next step S202, the CPU 11 sets each of the text boxes 40a to 40c on the initial input screen 40 shown in FIG.
It is checked whether or not the confirmation button 40d is clicked in a state where necessary information has been input. And CPU1
When the confirmation button 40d is not clicked, or when the information in the text boxes 40a to 40c is missing even when the button 40d is clicked, the process returns to S201, and the necessary information is Confirmation button 4 with input to 40a-40c
If 0d is clicked, the process proceeds to S203.

In S203, the CPU 11 transmits the information input to each of the check boxes 40a to 40c on the initial input screen 40 to the DB server 20, and waits for a reply from the DB server 20. Then, when the route sales information table is transmitted from the DB server 20,
The CPU 11 advances the processing to S204.

In S204, the CPU 11 stores the route sales information table transmitted from the DB server 20 in the storage unit 19, and causes the display unit 13 to display a download screen 41 as shown in FIG. The download screen 41 shown in FIG. 9 shows the information (the sales person identification number, the course number, and the business vehicle identification number) input in S202, and also outlines the work to be performed by the sales person ( Delivery schedule information) and an index indicating the download status. If it is determined in S203 that the information transmitted to the DB server 20 is incorrect in the DB server 20, information indicating the fact is transmitted from the DB server 20, and the download screen 41 indicates the fact. The screen is displayed. Also, the DB server 20
In the case where the contents of the store location information database have been updated, the data of the updated portion is also transmitted from the DB server 20 at this time. CPU11
Performs a process of rewriting data of a corresponding portion of information in the store location information table in the storage unit 19, or adding or deleting data, based on the data transmitted from the DB server 20. Then, when the download is completed, the process proceeds to S205.

In S205, the CPU 11 displays a confirmation screen 42 as shown in FIG.
The confirmation screen 42 shown in FIG. 10 shows the information input in S202 and the outline of the work to be performed by the salesperson, and when the contents are incorrect, the salesperson should click. A reset button 42a and a departure button 4 that the sales representative should click if the contents are correct
2b is shown.

At the next S206, the CPU 11
Of which button 42a, 42b of the confirmation screen 42 is clicked is checked. And reset button 4
If it is determined that 2a has been clicked, the CPU 11
Clears the route sales information table stored in the storage unit 19 and returns the processing to S201. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S206 that the confirmation button 42b has been clicked, the CPU 11 ends the initialization processing subroutine, and returns to the main routine of FIG.

After the initial setting process is performed as described above, the CPU 11 advances the process to S103.

In S103, the CPU 11 stores in the storage unit 19
First, the store identification information (the store number and the base code in FIG. 3) is read from the route sales information table in FIG. Further, the CPU 11 reads and recognizes position information (latitude and longitude) corresponding to the recognized store identification information from the store position information table in the storage unit 19. The store indicated in the recognized store identification information and location information is the store to which the salesperson should go at this time along the predetermined traveling route. Hereinafter, this store to be headed is referred to as “next store”. When the dynamic observation of the route sales terminal 10 is being performed in the DB server 20, the CPU 11 also performs a process of transmitting the store identification information to the DB server 20.

In the next step S104, the CPU 11 detects a vehicle speed by reading a signal from the vehicle speed sensor 32 of the commercial vehicle 30, and checks whether or not the vehicle speed is 5 km / h or less. If it is determined that the speed of the commercial vehicle 30 is 5 km / h or more, the process proceeds to S105.

In S105, the CPU 11 sets the display unit 13
Is switched to the running screen 43 as shown in FIG. The running screen 43 shown in FIG. 11 indicates that “general road / running”. Then, the CPU 11 switches the display on the display unit 13 to the running screen 43, and then returns the processing to S104.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S104 that the vehicle speed is 5 km / h or less, the CPU 11
Proceeds to S106.

In S106, the CPU 11 sets the commercial vehicle 30
, And detects the latitude and longitude of the current position, and recognizes the latitude and longitude.

In the next step S107, the CPU 11 executes the processing in step S10.
The distance from the current position recognized in 6 to the location of the next store recognized in S103 is calculated, and it is checked whether the calculated distance is shorter than a predetermined distance. If the CPU 11 determines that the distance from the current position to the location of the next store is longer than the predetermined distance, the process proceeds to S108.

In step S108, the CPU 11
Is switched to the low-speed screen 44 as shown in FIG. On the low-speed screen 44 shown in FIG. 12, the name of the next store is shown, and a return button 44a to be clicked by the salesperson when ending the route sales is shown. Then, the CPU 11
After switching the display on the display unit 13 to the low-speed screen 44, the process returns to S104.

According to the processing loop from S104 to S108, if the vehicle is sufficiently away from the next store, the vehicle speed becomes 5 k
When the vehicle speed becomes 5 m / h or less, a low-speed screen 44 as shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the display unit 13. When the vehicle speed becomes 5 km / h or more, a running screen 43 as shown in FIG. It is. As a result, when the vehicle speed becomes 5 km / h or more, detailed information is not displayed on the display unit 13, so that the salesperson does not gaze at the display unit 13 while driving the business vehicle 30. And S104-S
While the processing loop of 108 is repeated, the vehicle speed becomes 5 k
m / h or less, and if it is determined in S107 that the distance from the current position to the location of the next store is shorter than the predetermined distance, the CPU 11 proceeds to S109.
Proceed to

In S109, the CPU 11 stores in the storage unit 19
With reference to the store position information table in, a candidate for a store arriving from the latitude and longitude of the current position is searched. If the search mode to be switched in the processing described later is set to the “course priority mode” at the time of S109, the store identification information of the nearest store and the second closest store is searched, and the “position If the "priority mode" is set, the shop identification information of the nearest shop is searched.

In the next step S110, the CPU 11 executes the processing shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the display unit 13 as shown in FIG. The store arrival screen 45 shown in FIG.
The store names of the three stores listed as candidates according to the search result are displayed as buttons 45a to 45c. Specifically, in the case of the "course priority mode", the first candidate button 45a shows the name of the next store following the tour course, and the second candidate button 45b shows the store closest to the current position. Is displayed, and the third candidate button 45c is displayed.
Indicates the name of the store closest to the current position.
In the case of the "position priority mode", the first candidate button 45a indicates the name of the store closest to the current position, and the second candidate button 45b indicates the name of the next store following the tour course. The third candidate button 45c indicates the name of the store to which the next store should go. Note that, on the store arrival screen 45 of the present embodiment, the button indicating the store name of the store closest to the current position (the first candidate button 45a in FIG. 13) is replaced by another button (the second button 45a in FIG. 13). It is displayed slightly larger than the third candidate buttons 45b, 45c). Further, on the store arrival screen 45, a store number designation button 45d to be clicked by the salesperson when inputting a store number of a store not listed as a candidate, and a mode to be clicked by the salesperson when switching the search mode. A switching button 45e and a confirmation button 45f to be clicked by a salesperson when arrival at a candidate store indicated by any of the buttons 45a to 45c is confirmed are shown.

In the next step S111, the CPU 11 reads the signal from the vehicle speed sensor 32 of the commercial vehicle 30, detects the vehicle speed, and checks whether or not the vehicle speed is 5 km / h or less. When determining that the vehicle speed is equal to or less than 5 km / h, the CPU 11 advances the process to S112 and clicks one of the buttons 45d to 45f shown on the store arrival screen 45 in FIG. To wait. At this time, if none of the buttons 45d to 45f on the store arrival screen 45 is clicked and the vehicle speed is maintained at 5 km / h or less, the CPU 11 executes S111 and S112.
Is repeated.

If it is determined that the vehicle speed is 5 km / h or more while repeating the processing loop of S111 and S112, the CPU 11 advances the processing to S105, switches to the running screen 43, and executes the processing. Is returned to S104.

If it is determined that the mode switching button 45e has been clicked while repeating the processing loop of S111 and S112, the CPU 11 switches to another search mode (the processing of S109 executed immediately before). In step S10, when the search is performed in the “course priority mode”, the mode is switched to the “position priority mode”, and
If the search is performed in the “position priority mode” in the processing of No. 9, the processing is switched to the “course priority mode”), and the processing is performed in S10
Return to 9.

If it is determined that the store number designation button 45d has been clicked while repeating the processing loop of S111 and S112, the CPU 11 proceeds to FIG.
A store number designation screen 46 as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display unit 13 and the system waits for an input. The store number designation screen 46 shown in FIG. 14 includes a text box 46a for inputting a store number,
The confirmation button 46b that the sales person should click when confirming with the store number input in a is shown. Then, if the enter button 46b is clicked after the appropriate store number is input in the text box 46a, the CPU 11 advances the process to S114.

While any one of the candidate buttons 45a to 45c is clicked and selected while the processing loop of S111 and S112 is repeated, the enter button 4
If it is determined that 5f has been clicked, the CPU 11
Advances the process to S114.

Then, in S114, the CPU 11
The display unit 13 displays a screen showing the sales information of the store determined in 112 or S113. The CPU 11
Executes a process indicated by the button when the button in the screen displayed on the display unit 13 is clicked. As an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 13, a sales content screen 47 is shown in FIG. In the sales content screen 47 shown in FIG. 15, a product button 47a for displaying a screen for confirming a product to be delivered by a salesperson to this store, and items to be taken over from a previous person in charge are confirmed. A transfer item button 47b for displaying a screen to be displayed is shown. Then, when the execution of the process related to the business to be performed by the salesperson at this store ends, the CPU 11 advances the process to S115.

In S115, it is checked whether or not the store identification information of the store to go to next is stored in the route sales information table of the storage unit 19. Then, when determining that there is information of the next store, the CPU 11 advances the process to S116.

At S116, the CPU 11 stores
The store identification information (the store number and the base code in FIG. 3) of the next store is read from the route sales information table in the table and recognized. Further, the CPU 11 stores the position information (latitude and longitude) corresponding to the recognized store identification information in the storage unit 19.
It is read out from the store location information table in and recognized. In the DB server 20, the route sales terminal 10
When the dynamic observation is performed, the CPU 11 also performs a process of transmitting the store identification information to the DB server 20. Then, the CPU 11 advances the processing to S104.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S115 that there is no store identification information of the next store, the CPU 11 ends the terminal control process.

Since the above-described processing is executed by the route sales terminal 10, the salesperson performs the initial setting (S2
01 to S206) are completed.
And get into the sales car 30 and visit the next store indicated on the route sales terminal 10 one by one,
Route sales can be performed while accurately tracing a predetermined traveling route.

Further, when the next store following the traveling route approaches, the route sales terminal 10 displays candidates for the store to arrive (S109, S110). At this time, it is also possible to display a candidate when the traveling route is not prioritized (S109 to S112). Thus, for example, when a few stores to go to are very close (for example, when they are on opposite sides of a road or adjacent to each other), the salesperson follows the traveling route. Instead of the next store, the business near the next store can be performed first.

Further, at the route sales terminal 10,
While the business vehicle 30 is running, detailed display of the next store is not displayed until the vehicle is close to the next store (S104 to S104).
S108) Therefore, the salesperson does not have to watch the display unit 13 or operate the route sales terminal 10 during driving. Therefore, inattentive driving due to this is prevented, and the salesperson can concentrate on driving.

(Supplementary Note 1) A route sales terminal used by a person who performs business operations while traveling in a business vehicle and visiting a plurality of customer stores one by one, and for inputting various instructions. An input unit, a display unit for displaying various types of information, a tour order information in which the tour order of each customer store is defined, and sales business information on business operations to be performed on each customer store during the tour. A storage unit for storing, a vehicle speed detecting unit for detecting a vehicle speed of the commercial vehicle, and a next direction defined by the patrol sequence information only when the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting unit is equal to or less than a predetermined speed. A customer display control unit for displaying the identification information of the customer store to be displayed on the display unit, and a predetermined instruction input at the input unit, for the customer store displayed on the display unit by the customer display control unit. Information about the business operations to be performed,
A route business information display control unit that extracts from the business process information and displays the extracted information on the display unit. (1) (Supplementary Note 2) The storage unit further stores customer position information on the location of each of the customer stores, a position detection unit that detects the current position of the business vehicle, and the vehicle speed detection. When the vehicle speed detected by the unit is equal to or lower than a predetermined speed, a search unit that searches the customer position information for some customer stores located closest to the current position detected by the position detection unit. Wherein the customer display control unit causes the display unit to display the customer store searched by the search unit and the next customer store defined by the tour order information. The terminal for route sales according to supplementary note 1. (2) (Supplementary Note 3) The sales operation display control unit is configured to switch to one customer store selected by a predetermined input in the input unit from among the customer stores displayed on the display unit by the customer display control unit. 3. The route sales terminal according to claim 2, wherein information on business operations to be performed on the terminal is displayed on the display unit. (3) (Supplementary Note 4) The supplementary note 2 or 3, further comprising a perspective determination unit that determines whether the current position is away from the location of the customer store to be headed next by a predetermined distance. The route sales terminal described. (4) (Supplementary Note 5) The search unit may perform the search only when the distance determination unit determines that the distance between the current position and the location of the customer store to be arrived is within a predetermined distance. The route sales terminal according to claim 4, characterized in that: (5) (Supplementary Note 6) The customer display control unit includes a customer store to be headed to next defined by the tour order information, and a customer store existing at a position closest to the current position detected by the position detection unit. A customer store located at a position next to the current position detected by the position detection unit,
A first display mode to be displayed on the display unit, and a customer store existing at a position closest to the current position detected by the position detection unit, and a customer store to go to next defined by the tour order information. A second display mode for displaying on the display unit a customer store to which the customer store should go next, and by using one of the display modes switched in response to a predetermined input on the input unit, The terminal for route sales according to any one of supplementary notes 2 to 5, wherein the customer stores are displayed on the display unit. (6) (Supplementary note 7) The route sales terminal according to any one of Supplementary notes 2 to 6, wherein the position detection unit is a GPS device mounted on the commercial vehicle. (7) (Supplementary note 8) A telephone communication circuit that enables transmission and reception of data to and from the database server via a telephone communication line is provided.
Further comprising, the customer location information is downloaded from the database server,
Supplementary notes 2 to 7 stored in the storage unit
A terminal for route sales according to any one of the above. (8) (Supplementary note 9) A telephone communication circuit capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from the database server via the telephone communication line is provided.
9. The route according to claim 1, wherein the route information and the business operation information are stored in the storage unit by being downloaded from the database server. Sales terminal. (9) (Supplementary note 10) The route sales terminal according to any one of Supplementary notes 1 to 9, wherein the vehicle speed detection unit is a vehicle speed sensor built in the commercial vehicle. (10) (Appendix 11) An input unit for inputting various instructions,
A display unit for displaying various types of information, a storage unit for storing patrol order information in which the patrol order of each customer store is defined, and sales business information on business operations to be performed on each customer store during the patrol And a vehicle speed detecting unit for detecting the vehicle speed of the commercial vehicle, and only when the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting unit is equal to or lower than a predetermined speed, goes to the next defined by the patrol sequence information. Customer display means for displaying the identification information of the customer store to be displayed on the display unit,
And, according to a predetermined instruction input at the input unit, information on business operations to be performed on the customer store displayed on the display unit by the customer display unit is extracted from the business operation information, and A computer-readable medium storing a program for functioning as business operation information display means to be displayed on a display unit.

(Supplementary Note 12) An input unit for inputting various instructions, a display unit for displaying various information, patrol order information defining the patrol order of each customer store, and
A computer comprising a storage unit for storing business operation information relating to business operations to be performed for each customer store during patrol, and a vehicle speed detection unit for detecting a vehicle speed of a business vehicle, a vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detection unit. Only when the speed is equal to or less than a predetermined speed, customer display means for displaying the identification information of the customer store to go to next defined by the patrol order information on the display unit, and a predetermined input entered in the input unit According to the instruction, as the business operation information display means for extracting information on the business operation to be performed on the customer store displayed on the display unit by the customer display means from the business operation information and displaying it on the display unit Program to make it work.

(Supplementary Note 13) An input unit for inputting various instructions, a display unit for displaying various information, patrol sequence information defining the patrol sequence of each customer store, and
The storage unit for storing business operation information relating to business operations to be performed for each customer store during the patrol, and the display unit of the route sales terminal including a vehicle speed detection unit for detecting the vehicle speed of the business vehicle, the patrol order information The identification information of the customer store to go to next defined by is displayed only when the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detection unit is equal to or less than a predetermined speed, and should be performed for the displayed customer store. A method for displaying a route sales terminal, wherein information on a business operation is extracted from the business operation information and displayed when a predetermined instruction is input to the input unit.

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As described above, according to the route sales terminal of the present invention, only when the speed of the business vehicle is lower than a certain value, the identification information of the store to go to next is displayed. Only when the customer arrives at the store, the instruction of the business operation to be performed for the store can be displayed.
Thus, the salesperson can perform the business operation while accurately following the previously determined patrol route. Also, when the speed of the sales vehicle is higher than a certain value, various information is not displayed and the operation cannot be performed.
You can concentrate on driving.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a route sales terminal according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic internal configuration of a terminal for route sales.

FIG. 3 is a data structure example of a route sales information table stored in a route sales terminal;

FIG. 4 is a data structure example of a store location information table stored in a route sales terminal;

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of an entire system that uses a route sales terminal.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the content of a terminal control process executed in the route sales terminal.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the contents of an initialization processing subroutine executed in the route sales terminal;

FIG. 8 is an exemplary view showing an example of an initial input screen displayed on the display unit of the route sales terminal.

FIG. 9 is an exemplary view showing an example of a download screen displayed on the display unit of the route sales terminal.

FIG. 10 is an exemplary view showing an example of a confirmation screen displayed on the display unit of the route sales terminal.

FIG. 11 is an exemplary view showing an example of a running screen displayed on the display unit of the route sales terminal.

FIG. 12 is an exemplary view showing an example of a low-speed screen displayed on the display unit of the route sales terminal.

FIG. 13 is an exemplary view showing an example of a store arrival screen displayed on the display unit of the route sales terminal.

FIG. 14 is an exemplary view showing an example of a store number designation screen displayed on the display unit of the route sales terminal.

FIG. 15 is an exemplary view showing an example of a sales content screen displayed on the display unit of the route sales terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 terminal for route sales 11 CPU 12 RAM 13 display unit 14 input unit 15, 16 interface circuit 17 electric communication circuit 18 ROM 19 storage unit 20 database server 21 CPU 22 RAM 23 ROM 24 telephone communication circuit 25 hard disk drive (HDD) 30 business Car 31 In-vehicle GPS 32 Vehicle speed sensor

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Toshio Asako 4-1-1, Kamidadanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Fujitsu Limited (72) Inventor Tomoyuki Tsuda 4-1-1 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa No. 1 Inside Transtron Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Atsushi Kobayashi 4-1-1, Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa F-term within Transtron Co., Ltd. 5H180 AA01 AA21 BB05 CC12 FF05 FF17 FF27 FF33

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A route sales terminal used by a person who performs a business operation while traveling in a business vehicle and traveling through a plurality of customer stores one by one, and an input unit for inputting various instructions. And a display unit for displaying various types of information, and store the tour order information in which the tour order of each customer store is defined, and sales business information on business operations to be performed on each customer store during the tour. A storage unit, a vehicle speed detection unit that detects a vehicle speed of the business vehicle, and a customer who is to go to the next destination defined by the traveling order information only when the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detection unit is equal to or less than a predetermined speed. A customer display control unit for displaying store identification information on the display unit; and a customer instruction displayed on the display unit by the customer display control unit according to a predetermined instruction input at the input unit. Information regarding sales business, route sales terminal, characterized in that an operating task information display control unit that extracts and displays on the display portion from among the operating business information. 2. The storage unit further stores customer position information relating to the location of each of the customer stores, a position detection unit for detecting a current position of the business vehicle, and a vehicle speed detection unit. When the detected vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a predetermined speed, a search unit that searches some customer stores located at a position closest to the current position detected by the position detection unit from the customer position information. The customer display control unit causes the display unit to display a customer store searched by the search unit and a customer store to go to next defined by the tour order information. Item 1. The terminal for route sales according to item 1. 3. The sales operation display control unit is operable to select one customer store selected by a predetermined input in the input unit from each customer store displayed on the display unit by the customer display control unit. 3. The route sales terminal according to claim 2, wherein information relating to business operations to be performed is displayed on the display unit. 4. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a perspective determining unit that determines whether or not the current location is a predetermined distance away from a location of a customer store to which the customer should go next.
Or the terminal for route sales described in 3. 5. The search unit performs a search only when the distance determination unit determines that the distance between the current position and the location of the customer store to be arrived is within a predetermined distance. The route sales terminal according to claim 4, wherein 6. The customer display control unit includes: a customer store to be headed next defined by the patrol order information; a customer store located closest to a current position detected by the position detection unit; A first display mode for displaying on the display unit a customer store located at a position second closest to the current position detected by the position detection unit, and a position closest to the current position detected by the position detection unit A second display mode for displaying, on the display unit, a customer store existing at a position, a customer store to be defined next by the patrol order information, and a customer store to be set next to the customer store; The display device displays the customer stores on the display unit in any one of display modes switched in response to a predetermined input in the input unit. Route sales terminal according to any one of. 7. The route sales terminal according to claim 2, wherein the position detection unit is a GPS device mounted on the business vehicle. 8. A telephone communication circuit capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from a database server via a telephone communication line.
The route sales terminal according to any one of claims 2 to 7, further comprising: the customer location information being stored in the storage unit by being downloaded from the database server. 9. A telephone communication circuit capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from a database server via a telephone communication line,
9. The system according to claim 1, further comprising: the tour order information and the business operation information are stored in the storage unit by being downloaded from the database server. Route sales terminal. 10. The vehicle speed sensor according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle speed detection unit is a vehicle speed sensor built in the commercial vehicle.
A terminal for route sales according to any one of the above.