JP2003036332A - Recovery management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recovery management system capable of recovering recovered matters efficiently by unitarily managing the situation of the recovered matters accumulated in respective recovery places through a communication network of a line, a private communication line, etc. SOLUTION: When receiving information on the recovered matters transmitted from the respective recovery places, a control part 12 updates information in a recovered matter database 14 based on the received information on the recovered matters. Consecutively, the control part 12 detects recovery places where the accumulated quantity of the recovered matters exceed a first prescribed quantity set in advance based on the recovered matter database 14, gives information on the detected recovery places to a recovery company and instructs recovery of the recovered matters.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a collection management system that centrally manages the situation of collection points scattered around various places.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in order to effectively reuse resources,
Recycling material collection points have been set up in various places to encourage consumers to collect recycled products. Conventionally, local people have volunteered to collect such recycled materials, and have been engaged in activities to collect the recycled materials accumulated at the collection point every predetermined period and carry them to a recycling factory.

[0003]

Generally, the amount of recycled materials accumulated in each collection place varies greatly from time to time due to various factors such as weather and business conditions. For this reason, when the rate at which the recycled materials are provided by the users is high, the recycled materials will overflow into the collection point, and the collected materials must be collected earlier than originally planned. On the other hand, when the supply rate of recycled materials is low, even if a person goes to a collection place for collection, there are cases in which there are few recycled materials to be collected, which may be a waste.

As described above, conventionally, there has been a problem that the collection person cannot grasp the amount of the recycled material accumulated in each collection place, so that the recycled material cannot be collected at an appropriate timing. In addition, conventionally, since collected items such as recycled materials are collected by volunteers or the like, there is a problem that the burden on local people is large.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and centrally manages the status of collected items accumulated at each collection point via a communication network such as the Internet network or a dedicated communication line network. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a recovery management system capable of efficiently recovering recovered materials.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is a collection management system for centrally managing information relating to collection items accumulated in collection points scattered in various places. A collection database that holds information about the collection items for each collection point, a collection point database that stores information about the location of the collection point, and information about the collection items sent from each collection point Based on the receiving means, the collected material database updating means for updating the information of the collected material database based on the received information on the collected material, and the accumulated amount of the collected material is preset based on the collected material database. First collection point detecting means for detecting collection points exceeding the first predetermined amount, and information on the detected collection points (for example, location information of the collection points, information for specifying the collection points) ) Notify the recycler provides a collection management system comprising a recovery instruction means for instructing a recovery of harvest.

The collection management system according to a second aspect is the collection management system according to the first aspect, in which a route information database storing information relating to the collection route of the collection company and accumulation of collected items When a collection place whose amount exceeds the first predetermined amount is detected, a collection route extraction means for extracting a collection route including the detected collection place from the route information database, and the extracted collection route. A second collecting place detecting means for detecting a collecting place of the collecting places arranged above, in which the accumulated amount of collected substances exceeds a second predetermined amount smaller than the first predetermined amount; Is characterized by.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the recovery management system according to the first aspect, in which the recovery points existing in the vicinity of the recovery points detected by the first recovery point detecting means are the recovery points. A collection point extraction means for extracting from the collection point database, and a third collection point detecting step, out of the extracted collection points, for detecting a collection point whose accumulated amount of collected matter exceeds a second predetermined amount smaller than the first predetermined amount. The present invention is further characterized by further comprising a collection point detecting means.

Further, in the recovery management system according to claim 4, in the recovery management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the information related to the recovered material is a classification of each recovered material and its classification. It is characterized in that the collected matter database updating means updates the accumulated quantity of the collected matter for each classification.

Further, the invention according to claim 5 is a collection management system for centrally managing information on collected items accumulated at collecting points scattered in various places, wherein the collection management system is provided for each manufacturer of the collected items. A manufacturer database that stores the accumulated amount of collected items, a receiving unit that receives information about the collected item in which the manufacturer and the accumulated amount that are transmitted from the collection place are associated with each other, and related to the received collected item Based on the information, a manufacturer database updating means for updating the manufacturer database, and the money received from each manufacturer as a consideration for the collection agency, based on the accumulated amount of the collected products held in the manufacturer database for each predetermined period. Collection management system including a charging means for determining the amount of money, and a notification means for notifying each manufacturer of the accumulated amount of collected materials and the amount of money for each predetermined period. To provide. According to such a configuration, the manufacturer is notified of the accumulated amount of the collected material provided, and thus the manufacturer can reflect such information in marketing activities and service provision.

Further, the invention according to claim 6 is a collection management system for centrally managing information relating to collected materials accumulated at collection points scattered in various places, the user identification information and the utilization A user database that holds information on collected items provided by a person in association with each other, and information on collected items in which the identification information of the user transmitted from the collecting place and the collected items provided by the user are associated with each other. Receiving means for receiving
A user database updating means for updating the user database based on the received information on the collected material, and a privilege for giving the user a privilege according to the amount of the collected material provided by the user. (EN) Provided is a collection management system including a giving means.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the recovery management system, a manufacturer database that holds the accumulated amount of the recovered substance for each manufacturer of the recovered substance, a manufacturer and an accumulated amount transmitted from the recovery point. Receiving means for receiving information relating to the collected matter associated with, the manufacturer database updating means for updating the manufacturer database based on the received information relating to the collected matter, in the manufacturer database for each predetermined period. A charging means for determining the amount of money received from each manufacturer as consideration for the collection agency based on the accumulated amount of the collected substances, and the accumulated amount of the collected substances for each manufacturer for each predetermined period. It further comprises notifying means for notifying the amount of money, and a part of the money received from the manufacturer is given to the provider of the collected items as the privilege.

Further, the invention according to claim 8 is a collection device installed at collection points scattered in various places and monitoring the collection status of the collection points, and a privilege database storing a plurality of benefits. And a collection device including a privilege acquisition unit that acquires a privilege from the privilege database when a collected product is provided, and a privilege granting unit that grants the acquired privilege to a provider of the collected product. .

Further, the invention according to claim 9 is a recovery device which is installed at recovery points scattered in various places and monitors the recovery status of the recovery points, and which is a manufacturer that determines the manufacturer of the provided recovery object. A determination means, an advertisement database in which the manufacturer of the collected material and an advertisement related to the manufacturer are stored in association with each other, and an advertisement information acquisition means for acquiring an advertisement corresponding to the manufacturer of the collected collected material from the advertisement database The present invention provides a collection device, characterized by comprising: an advertisement presenting means for presenting the acquired advertisement to a user.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a collection management system and a peripheral network of the collection management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment described below,
A case where the collection management system and the collection device of the present invention are applied to the collection of recycled materials such as bottles, PET bottles, and garbage will be described.

In the figure, reference numeral 10 is a collection management system, which is connected to the communication network 50. Examples of the communication network 50 include an internet network and a dedicated line network.

Reference numeral 20 is a collection device installed in recycling material collection points (hereinafter simply referred to as collection points) 200 scattered in various places and accumulated in the accumulation area 21 of the corresponding collection point. The status of the collected material is monitored, and information about the collected material is transmitted to the collection management system 10 via the communication network 50 at a predetermined timing. The internal structure of the recovery device 20 will be described later. Reference numeral 70 denotes a communication terminal (hereinafter referred to as a terminal for a collecting company) installed at a collecting company that collects the recycled material accumulated in the collecting place. Further, reference numeral 80 is a communication terminal (hereinafter referred to as a manufacturer terminal) installed in a manufacturer of recycled materials such as cans and bottles. The collection device 20, the collection company terminal 70, and the manufacturer's terminal 80 are all communication terminals such as personal computers and mobile communication terminals, and the collection management system 1
It is connected to the communication network 50 in the same manner as 0.

It is assumed that an input device, a display device, etc. (none of which are shown) are connected as peripheral devices to the recovery device 20, the recovery company terminal 70, and the manufacturer's terminal 80. Here, the input device refers to an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse. What is a display device? CRT (Ca
Thode Ray Tube) Refers to display devices and liquid crystal display devices.

<< Structure of Collection Management System >> Next, the detailed structure of the collection management system 10 will be described with reference to FIG. In the collection management system 10, reference numeral 11 denotes a transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving data via the communication network 50, and reference numeral 12
Updates the contents of each database based on the information received from the collection device 20 via the transmission / reception unit 11, and
A control unit for performing various processes, a reference numeral 14 is a collected material database, a reference numeral 15 is a collection place database, a reference numeral 16 is a route information database, a reference numeral 17 is a manufacturer database, and a reference numeral 18 is a user database.

Each database is a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk device, a magneto-optical disk device, a flash memory, or a RAM (Random Access Memory).
Such a volatile memory, or a computer-readable / writable recording medium using a combination thereof.

Further, it is assumed that the collection management system 10 is connected with peripheral devices such as an input device and a display device (none of which are shown). Here, the input device refers to an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse. The display device refers to a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display device, a liquid crystal display device, or the like.

In the collection database 14, as shown in FIG. 3, for each collection point code for identifying each collection point, the accumulated amount and the total amount of collected matter currently accumulated in the collection point ( (Collection total) is retained. Further, in the collection place database 15, as shown in FIG. 4, each collection place code and the location information of the collection place specified by the collection code are stored in association with each other. Further, in the route information database 16, as shown in FIG. 5, the collection route information for each collecting company and the code of the collecting place existing on each collecting route are stored in association with each other. There is. When one collection company is in charge of a plurality of collection routes, a plurality of collection route information and a collection place code existing in each collection route are stored for one collection company. In addition, the manufacturer database 17 includes
As shown in FIG. 6, the amount of various recycled materials collected is retained for each manufacturer.

In addition, the user database 18 is stored in FIG.
As shown in, the user's email address for each user identification number for identifying the user, the current acquisition points,
The collected item provision information is held. Here, the earned points are points that are added according to the amount of recycled materials provided by the user. This is because the system has preset points such as 5 points per bottle for bottles and 3 points for cans for cans. Based on these points, the amount of recycled materials provided by the user can be determined. Is calculated accordingly. In addition, with collected item provision information,
To understand which type of recycled material the user provides and to what extent, the amount of recycled material provided by the user for each manufacturer, and when the user provided the recycled material. Information.

Then, the above-mentioned collected material database 14
, Manufacturer database 17 and user database 1
The various data stored in 8 and 8 are updated at any time by the collection management system 10 acquiring information on the collected items from the collection device 20 installed in each collection place 200. Further, the data stored in the collection place database 15 and the route information database 16 can be freely changed or deleted by performing a predetermined input operation from an input device (not shown) included in the collection management system 10. ,
It can be added.

<< Structure of Collection Device >> Next, the structure of the collection device 20 provided in the collection sites 200 scattered in various places will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 8, reference numeral 21
Is an accumulation area for accumulating recycled materials provided by users. Note that, for convenience of explanation, only one storage area is shown in FIG.
Is provided for each recycled material (for cans, bottles, PET bottles, and garbage). Reference numeral 22
Is a manufacturer discriminating unit for discriminating the manufacturer of the recycled material input from the user based on its shape, size, design, etc., and is provided so as to correspond to the above-mentioned storage area 21 excluding raw garbage. .

Reference numeral 23 is a user identification section for identifying user identification information for identifying the user who provided the recycled material. As the user identification unit 23, for example,
An example is a card reader. In this case, the user is given an ID card or the like in which the user identification information is recorded in advance, and the user identifies the ID in the user identification unit 23.
By inserting the card, the user identification unit 23 is
By reading the user identification information from the D card,
Identify users. The user identification unit 23 may have any function as long as it has a function of determining the identification information of the user. For example, the user may key in his / her user information from an operation unit provided for input.

Reference numeral 24 indicates an instruction for associating the identification information of the user received from the manufacturer discrimination unit 22 and the user identification unit 23 with the information of the collected product and transmitting them to the collection management system 10 via the transmission / reception unit 28. It is a control unit that outputs the acquired privilege and advertisement on the basis of predetermined conditions from the advertisement database 25 and the privilege database 26, and displays the acquired privilege and advertisement on the display unit 27. Code 25
Is an advertisement database in which advertisement information is stored for each manufacturer (see FIG. 9), and reference numeral 26 is a privilege database in which information on various benefits is stored (see FIG. 10).
Reference numeral 27 is a display unit, and reference numeral 28 is a transmission / reception unit.

Next, the operations of the recovery device 20 and the recovery management system 10 having the above-mentioned configurations will be described.

<< Operation of Collection Device >> First, the user inserts the ID card in which the identification number given in advance is recorded in the card insertion slot. By such an operation, the user identification unit 23 reads the identification information of the user from the ID card and outputs it to the control unit 24. Subsequently, when the user puts the recycled materials into the storage areas 21 corresponding to the respective types, the manufacturer determination unit 22 provided corresponding to each storage area 21 determines the manufacturer of the input recycled materials. Then, the manufacturer information and the input amount (accumulation amount) information are associated with each other and output to the control unit 24. As a result, the amount of the material put into each storage area 21 and the manufacturer of the material are associated with each other and output from each manufacturer determination unit 22 to the control unit 24.

The control unit 24 acquires the information obtained from each manufacturer discriminating unit 22, the identification information of the user, and the code of the collection place where the collection device 20 is installed (collection place code).
And are associated with each other and transmitted to the collection management system 10 via the transmission / reception unit 28. Here, FIG. 11 shows an example of information transmitted from the collection device 20 to the collection management system 10. In the information shown in FIG. 11, the user identified by the identification information “12C53E” in the accumulation area 21 of the collection place identified by the collection place code “1” has “10 bottles” of A company, “5 cans” for cans, “3” for PET bottles of company A, and “5” for bottles, cans, and PET bottles of company B respectively.
"Book", "6 cans", "20", cans from Company C are "20"
It shows that "cans", "one" plastic bottle of Company C, and "3 kg" of garbage were provided (input).

<Operation of Collection Management System> When the collection management system 10 acquires the above-mentioned information, it updates each database based on this information and executes a predetermined process. Hereinafter, the collection process, the manufacturer process, and the user process performed by the collection management system will be described.

Processing Related to Collection First, when the control unit 12 of the collection management system 10 obtains the information as shown in FIG. 11 from the collection device 20, the collection point code “in the collection database 14” based on this information. 1 "to update by adding the above data to the data that can be specified (step SP1 in FIG. 12).
1).

Subsequently, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the current accumulated amount at the collection point (collection point code "1") has reached the preset first predetermined amount by this data update. A judgment is made (step SP12). Here, the first predetermined amount means, for example, a bottle “60 bottles”, a can “200 cans”,
Collection point 2 for collection companies such as “150 bottles”
00 is set for each recycled material, which is the lower limit of accumulation for collecting the material. As a result of the determination, when the above-mentioned first predetermined amount has been reached (“YES” in step SP12), the control unit 12 sets the collection route data in which the collection place code is included in the collection route to the route information database 1
It is acquired from 6 (step SP13). Here, since the collection point code is “1”, the collection route data including the collection point code, that is, the collection route data of the collection company α is acquired from the route information database 16 shown in FIG. To do.

Subsequently, the control unit 12 extracts the other collection point codes "3, 4, 7 ..." Existing on the acquired collection route (step SP13), and extracts the collection point code "3.
Among the collection points of "4, 7 ...", the collection points whose current accumulated amount exceeds the second predetermined amount are detected (step SP14). The second predetermined amount is set smaller than the first predetermined amount described above. Subsequently, the control unit 12 sets the code “1” of the collection point and the collection point code detected in step SP14 to the collection company α in charge of the collection route.
And instruct the collection of the collected material at the collected collection place (step SP15).

As a result, the information on the collection point code is collected by the collection company communication device 70 installed under the collection company α.
Sent to. The collection company α goes to the collection place instructed by the collection management system 10 to collect the recycled material. In addition, when the recycling material is collected by the collecting company, the collecting device 20 installed in the collecting place
Transmits to the collection management system 10 the information indicating that collection has been performed and the collection point code. As a result, the control unit 12 of the collection management system 10 causes the collected material database 1
4 is accessed and the current accumulated amount of each recycled material of the received recovery point code is added to the total recovered amount to update the total recovered amount and the current accumulated amount of each recycled material is updated to “0”.

In the above-described embodiment, when the collected material database 14 is updated in step SP11 of the flowchart in FIG. 12 and the accumulated amount at the collecting place exceeds the first predetermined amount, Extract the collection route that includes the collection point, and also collect the recycled resources with the collection point for the collection points that exceed the second predetermined amount among the other collection routes that exist on this collection route. Although instructed to the collection company in the above, the collection place instructing the collection may be determined as follows.

For example, when it is determined in step SP12 in FIG. 12 that the accumulated amount at the collection point exceeds the first predetermined amount, the collection points database 15 is set to the collection points existing around the collection point. Of the extracted collection points, and the collection points whose accumulated amount exceeds the second predetermined amount are detected. Note that the collection points existing in the vicinity are set in advance with the condition that the collection points existing within a radius of KM of the collection point are extracted, and the collection points that match this condition are extracted. do it.

Note that, in step SP12 in FIG. 12, when it is determined that the accumulated amount at the collection point exceeds the first predetermined amount, the collection company is notified of the information on the collection point and the collection point It may be configured to instruct to collect the collected material.

The control unit 12 of the processing recovery management system 10 relating to the manufacturer updates each manufacturer data in the manufacturer database 17 based on the information acquired from the recovery device 20. As a result, the manufacturer database 17 accumulates data for grasping the collection status of recycled materials for each manufacturer. Here, in the manufacturer database 17, in addition to the various data shown in FIG. 6, information regarding the period for transmitting the data held in the database for each manufacturer (for example, every month,
(Every three months, every half month, etc.) is retained. The information regarding the transmission period can be arbitrarily set by each manufacturer. It is possible to change and set the data by performing a predetermined operation via the communication network 50. In addition, the control unit 12 determines the amount of money received from each manufacturer as consideration for the collection agency, based on the accumulated amount of the collected material held in the manufacturer database 17. Then, the control unit 12 notifies each manufacturer of the accumulated amount of collected items and the amount of money for each predetermined period. The control unit 12 sets the data currently held in the database to the communication device 80 of the corresponding manufacturer when the elapsed time from the previous transmission of the data reaches the set transmission period.
Send to. As a result, the manufacturer can acquire the collection status data of the recycled material at intervals set by the manufacturer. As a result, the recycling collection status of the in-house product can be grasped, and the manufacturer can also infer the market sales in the area from the recycling collection status, which can be utilized for marketing. Further, the collection management system 10 can receive money corresponding to the collection amount as a consideration for the collection agency of the recycled material.

The collection management system 10 may return the price received from the manufacturer to the user who provided the recycled material, the collection company who collects the material, or the like. At this time, the amount of consideration returned to the user may be an amount corresponding to the amount of the recycled material provided by the user. In this way, by receiving the consideration from the manufacturer in the form of a collection agent of the recycled material and returning the consideration to the person related to the collection of the recycled material, the user's motivation for recycling can be agitated.

Based on the information shown in FIG. 11 acquired from the collection device 20, the control unit 12 of the processing collection management system 10 relating to the user, the data of the user specified by “12C53E” in the user database 18. To update. In addition, points are awarded to the user according to the recycled material provided by the user. this is,
For example, points are set for each recycled material (bin "4 points", can "3 points", PET bottle "5 points".
Etc.), the points for the current recycling collection are calculated according to these points, and the points are updated by adding these points to the total points so far.
When the data update is completed as described above, the control unit 12
Indicates the current point and the user identification information “12C53
Collection device 20 with collection point code “1” in association with “E”
Reply to.

When the collection device 20 acquires the above information from the collection management system 10, the collection device 20 acquires the privilege corresponding to this point from the privilege database 26, prints the privilege on paper, and issues it. As a result, a paper on which a privilege such as a "30 yen discount ticket" is printed is issued by a privilege issuing unit (not shown). The user can receive the privilege by bringing this paper to a predetermined store.

The points described above may be further managed for each manufacturer, and the manufacturer may provide the privilege given to the user in accordance with these points. That is, as shown in FIG. 11, the information received by the control unit 12 from the collection device 20 includes the information on the recycled material provided for each manufacturer, and therefore the control unit 12 determines each manufacturer based on this information. Each point is calculated and managed. For example, when the points for the manufacturer A are calculated with the above-mentioned points, the points for the manufacturer A = (points of the bottle) + (points of the can) + (points of the PET bottle) = (10 x 4) + (5 x 3) + (3 × 5). Similarly, the control unit 12 calculates points for each manufacturer. Then, when the points are calculated in this manner, the current owned points of each manufacturer and the identification information of the user are associated with each other and transmitted to the collection device 20.

The privilege database of the collection device 20 stores the privilege given to each point for each manufacturer. For example, if the manufacturer A is taken as an example, information of privilege that can be acquired according to points such as "6 beers", "12 juices", "2 beer tickets" ... Is stored at 500 points. Control unit 24 of recovery device 20
When the information is acquired from the collection management system 10, the privilege database 26 acquires the privilege that can be acquired within the range of the user's points and the number of points required to acquire the privilege, and this data is displayed on the display unit. Display on 27.

If there is a privilege to be acquired among the privileges presented on the display unit 27, the user specifies the privilege. As a result, the control unit 24 outputs the specified privilege data to the printing unit (not shown). As a result, the privilege specified by the printing unit (not shown) is printed on the paper, and the paper is issued. For example, when the user specifies “6 bottles of beer”, a paper printed with “6 bottles of beer-manufacturer A company” is issued. The user can obtain six bottles of company A's beer by bringing the paper to the store. In addition, among the benefits that users can get with the current points,
You can also save points if you don't want to earn anything.

As described above, by giving a privilege to the amount of the recycled material provided by the user, the user's motivation for recycling can be stimulated and the user's consciousness for recycling can be increased. As a result, the movement for recycling becomes active, and it is possible to further install the collection point and increase the demand for the collection management system.

In the above-described embodiment, the collection device 20 transmits the information of the recycled material provided by the user to the collection management system 10 each time the user information is input. However, not limited to this, the collection device 20 stores information to be transmitted to some extent, and when the predetermined data amount is reached or at a predetermined timing, the stored information is collectively transmitted to the collection management system. Such a configuration is also possible. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the recycled material is described as an example of the recovered material, but the present invention is applied not only to the recycled material but also to the case where the material is regularly collected at a predetermined place. It is possible.

The program for realizing the functions of the collection management system in the above-described embodiment is recorded in a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded in this recording medium is read into a computer device and executed. Therefore, various processes may be executed.
It should be noted that the “computer device” here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

Further, the "computer device" includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW device is used. Further, the "computer-readable recording medium" means a portable medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a CD-ROM, or a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer device. Further, the "computer-readable recording medium" means a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer device which becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted via a communication network such as a line or a communication line such as a telephone line. As described above, the one that holds the program for a certain period of time is also included. Also,
The program may be a program for realizing some of the functions described above. Further, it may be a so-called difference file (difference program) that can realize the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer device.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the specific structure is not limited to this embodiment, and includes a design etc. within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. Be done.

[0052]

As described above, according to the collection management system of the present invention, the information on the collected items accumulated at the collecting points scattered in various places is centrally managed, and the collected items are collected at each collecting point. Since the accumulated amount is known, it is possible to efficiently instruct the collection company to collect when the accumulated amount of the collected substance reaches an appropriate amount.

Further, according to the invention of claim 2, when it is judged that the accumulated amount of the collected matter of a certain collecting place exceeds the first predetermined amount, the collecting route of the collecting place is further increased. For other existing collection points, check the accumulated amount of the collected materials,
If the accumulated amount exceeds the second predetermined amount, the collection contractor is instructed to collect the collected products at those collecting places as well, so that the collected products can be collected more efficiently. Becomes

Further, according to the invention described in claim 3, when it is judged that the accumulated amount of the collected matter at a certain collecting place exceeds the first predetermined amount, the area around the collecting place is further For other existing collection points, check the accumulated amount of the collected materials,
If the accumulated amount exceeds the second predetermined amount, the collection contractor is instructed to collect the collected products at those collecting places as well, so that the collected products can be collected more efficiently. Becomes

Further, according to the invention of claim 6, since the privilege is given according to the amount of collected material provided by the user, the user's motivation for recycling can be agitated, and further collection can be performed. You may want to provide things. As a result, the movement for collecting the collected items becomes active, and it is possible to further install the collecting place and increase the demand for the collecting management system.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 7, the collection management system receives the consideration from each manufacturer according to the collected amount of the collected material. In addition, the price received in this manner is returned to the person who provided the collected material, the collecting company who collects the collected material, and the like. In this way, by receiving the consideration from the manufacturer in the form of a collection agent for the recycled material and returning the consideration to the person related to the collection of the recycled material, it is possible to arouse the user's motivation for recycling. It is possible to raise the user's awareness of. As a result, the movement for recycling becomes active, and it is possible to further install the collection point and increase the demand for the collection management system. In addition, since the manufacturer is notified of the collection status of collected products at a predetermined timing, the manufacturer can reflect such information in marketing activities and service provision.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a collection management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a collection management system and a peripheral network of the collection management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of data stored in a collected product database.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of data stored in a collection point database.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of data stored in a route information database.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of data stored in a manufacturer database.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of data stored in a user database.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a collection device provided at collection points scattered in various places.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration example of data stored in an advertisement database.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration example of data stored in a privilege database.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration example of information transmitted from the collection device to the collection management system.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a process related to collection performed by the collection management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Collection management system, 11 ... Transmission / reception unit, 12 ... Control unit, 14 ... Collection database, 15 ... Collection database, 16 ... Route information database, 17 ... Manufacturer database, 18 ... User database, 20 ... Collection device, 21 ... Accumulation area, 22 ... Manufacturer discriminating section, 23 ... User identifying section, 24 ... Control section, 25 ... Advertisement database,
26 ... Privilege database, 27 ... Display unit, 28 ... Transmission / reception unit, 50 ... Communication network, 70 ... Communication terminal (for collection company), 8
0 ... Communication terminal (for manufacturer), 200 ... Collection point

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A collection management system that centrally manages information related to collected materials accumulated at collection points scattered in various locations, and a collected material database that holds information related to the collected materials for each collection point. And a collection point database that stores information about the location of the collection point, a receiving unit that receives information about the collected matter transmitted from each collection point, and A collected material database updating means for updating information in the collected material database, and a first detecting unit for detecting a collection place where the accumulated amount of collected materials exceeds a preset first predetermined amount based on the collected material database. The collection management system including the collection place detection means and the collection instruction means for notifying the collection company of the information on the detected collection place and instructing the collection of the collected matter. 2. A route information database that stores information relating to the collection route of the collection company, and a detection place when a collection place where the accumulated amount of collected substances exceeds the first predetermined amount is detected. The collection route extracting means for extracting the collection route including the collected collection place from the route information database, and the collection place of the collection place arranged on the extracted collection route, the accumulated amount of the collected matter is the first place. The recovery management system according to claim 1, further comprising a second recovery point detection unit that detects a recovery point that exceeds a second predetermined amount that is smaller than the fixed amount. 3. A collection place extracting means for extracting, from the collection place database, collection places existing around the collection place detected by the first collection place detecting means, and a collected product among the extracted collection places. The collection management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a third collection place detection means for detecting a collection place where the accumulated amount of the above is larger than a second predetermined amount smaller than the first predetermined amount. 4. The information relating to the collected matter is information in which the classification of each collected matter and the accumulated amount of the classification are associated with each other, and the collected matter database updating means accumulates the collected matter for each classification. The collection management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the amount is updated. 5. A collection management system that centrally manages information related to collected materials accumulated at collection points scattered in various places, and a manufacturer that holds the accumulated amount of the collected material for each manufacturer of the collected materials. A database, a receiving unit that receives information related to the collected product in which a manufacturer and a storage amount transmitted from the collection place are associated with each other, and the manufacturer database based on the received information about the collected product. A manufacturer database updating means for updating, and a charging means for deciding the amount of money received from each manufacturer as consideration for the collection agency, based on the accumulated amount of the collected matter held in the manufacturer database for each predetermined period, A recovery management system, comprising: a notification unit that notifies each manufacturer of the accumulated amount of collected materials and the amount of money for each predetermined period. 6. A collection management system that centrally manages information related to collected items accumulated at collection points scattered around each area, including user identification information and collected item information provided by the user. A user database that holds the associated information, and a receiving unit that receives information related to the collected item in which the user identification information transmitted from the collection place and the collected item provided by the user are associated with each other, A user database updating unit that updates the user database based on information about the collected items, and a privilege giving unit that gives the user a privilege according to the amount of collected items provided by the user. A collection management system comprising: 7. A manufacturer database that holds the accumulated amount of the recovered substance for each manufacturer of the recovered substance, and information on the recovered substance in which the manufacturer and the accumulated amount transmitted from the recovery point are associated with each other. Receiving means for receiving, manufacturer database updating means for updating the manufacturer database based on the received information on the collected materials, and the accumulated amount of the collected materials held in the manufacturer database for each predetermined period. Based on this, there are charging means for determining the amount of money received from each manufacturer as consideration for the collection agency, and notifying means for notifying each manufacturer of the accumulated amount of collected items and the amount of money for each predetermined period. The recovery management system according to claim 6, further comprising: providing a part of the money received from the manufacturer as the benefit to the provider of the recovered material. 8. A collection device which is installed at collection points scattered in various places and monitors the collection status of collection points. When a collection database is provided with a privilege database storing a plurality of benefits, A collection device comprising: a privilege acquisition unit that acquires a privilege from the privilege database; and a privilege granting unit that grants the acquired privilege to a provider of the collected product. 9. A collection device which is installed at collection points scattered in various places and monitors the collection status of the collection points, and which is a manufacturer discriminating means for discriminating the manufacturer of the provided collection item and a collection item manufacturer. An advertisement database in which advertisements related to the manufacturer are stored in association with each other, advertisement information acquisition means for acquiring an advertisement corresponding to the manufacturer of the collected collection product from the advertisement database, and presenting the acquired advertisement to the user A collection device comprising: