JP2004303061A - Umbrella rental managing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an umbrella rental managing method for reducing the waste of resources such as the accumulation of umbrellas rented to users or the dumping of unnecessary umbrellas. <P>SOLUTION: This umbrella rental managing method for lending umbrellas by deciding the distribution of the number of umbrellas based on a weather forecast information data base comprises a store information management procedure for managing store information including the number of umbrellas to be lent in each store, a recycle information managing procedure for checking the recyclable conditions of umbrellas, and for managing recycle information including the number of umbrellas to be recycled, a decision procedure for deciding a region fulfilling predetermined conditions based on weather forecast information managed by a weather forecast information data base and a delivery deciding procedure for deciding the delivery of umbrellas to the rental places for lending umbrellas in the region fulfilling the predetermined conditions based on the decision result of the decision procedure and the store information and the recycle information. Thus, it is possible for a user to borrow an umbrella in a remote place such as a station or a convenience store in a rainy day, and to return it to a near recovery exclusive box when it is not necessary. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the waste of resource such as the accumulation or dumping of unnecessary umbrellas. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an umbrella rental management method using a station or a convenience store, which realizes delivery of an umbrella according to a weather forecast and enables the rented umbrella to be collected at a convenient collection place of a user. Another object of the present invention is to provide an umbrella rental management method that reduces waste of resources such as umbrellas rented to users being accumulated or unnecessary umbrellas being discarded.
[0002]
[Prior art]
If the umbrella does not have a umbrella and suddenly falls due to a sudden change in weather, many people rush to purchase and use a relatively affordable umbrella sold at a station or a store. Alternatively, when lending at a station or the like, an umbrella was borrowed to prepare for sudden rain.
[0003]
Such a system for renting umbrellas is an umbrella rental management system that rents umbrellas at a station based on commuter pass information (for example, see Patent Literature 1). A system has been proposed in which the system is explicitly rented out for advertising (for example, see Patent Document 2).
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2002-99333
[0005]
[Patent Document 2]
JP 2003-15573 A
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, umbrellas purchased in a hurry at a relatively reasonable price as described above will not be used habitually, and will be stored in a house or workplace after the weather recovers, and will be discarded if the stored umbrellas are in the way. I was Such a makeshift umbrella has the problem of wasting resources in the end.
[0007]
In addition, when the umbrella rental management system as described above is used, there is a problem that a station cannot be selected for a reason at the time of return. Also, it is limited to users who own commuter passes and must be returned at the station, which lacks convenience for users.
[0008]
Furthermore, even in the system for renting out the information as described above, it is inconvenient because the return place cannot be determined for the convenience of the user.
[0009]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an umbrella rental management method for renting an umbrella so as not to waste resources.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an umbrella rental management method for renting umbrellas by determining the distribution of the number of umbrellas based on a weather forecast information database. A store information management procedure for managing information, a recycle information management procedure for checking the recyclable state of the umbrella and managing recycle information including the number of recycles, and weather forecast information managed in the weather forecast information database A determination procedure for determining an area that satisfies a predetermined condition, based on the determination result, the shop information and the recycling information, and a rental place for renting the umbrella in an area that satisfies the predetermined condition based on the shop information and the recycling information. And a delivery determining procedure for determining delivery of the umbrella.
[0011]
In such an umbrella rental management method, an appropriate umbrella can be delivered to each store according to the weather forecast and the number of umbrellas that can be rented at the store and the number of umbrellas required according to the rainy situation. it can. Therefore, the rental service of the umbrella is sufficiently provided to the user, and the quality at the time of renting (recycling) the collected umbrella is controlled, so that the umbrella is not discarded unnecessarily by the user and waste of resources is reduced. Can be reduced.
[0012]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0013]
The umbrella rental system according to an embodiment of the present invention configures a network as shown in FIG. 1, for example. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration of an umbrella rental system. In FIG. 1, an umbrella rental headquarters system 100, a recycling center 200, a store cash register 300, a collection-only box 400, and a distribution center 500 are connected to each other via a network 25.
[0014]
The umbrella rental headquarters system 100 is a system that centralizes and manages information on umbrella rentals and manages such information using various databases (hereinafter, referred to as DBs). A rental umbrella information DB 131 for managing the umbrella rental status, a collection-only box status DB 132 for managing information indicating the collection status of the umbrellas received from the collection-only box 400, and management of information on umbrella delivery performed by the distribution centers 500 in various locations. And a weather forecast information DB 134 for managing weather forecast information acquired from the weather forecast data 50 of the external service.
[0015]
A plurality of recycling centers 200 are installed in various places, and collect the collected umbrellas once and check the quality of the collected umbrellas.
[0016]
The store cash register 300 is a station or a convenience store where the umbrella 30 is lent out, and is recorded on an IC card or the like embedded in the umbrella 30 by a reader / writer 320 connected to a POS (Point Of Sale) terminal 310. The ID for identifying the umbrella 30 is read, and the use date is registered by writing the lending date and time on the IC card. The user who rents the umbrella can use the umbrella 30 after completing the use registration in this way. The information on the umbrella read from the POS terminal 310 is transmitted to the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 via the network 25.
[0017]
The collection-only box 400 is installed at a station or a convenience store, and is a place where the user returns the umbrella 30 lent at the store cash register 300, and a reader 420 connected to the collection box terminal 410 (POS terminal for collection). Thereby, the ID and use registration information of the umbrella 30 are read from the IC card of the umbrella 30. The read ID and usage registration information of the umbrella 30 are transmitted to the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 via the network 25 by the collection box terminal 410.
[0018]
Upon receiving the delivery schedule from the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 via the network 25, the local delivery center 500 delivers the designated number of umbrellas 30 from the designated recycling center 200 to the designated store cash register 300. The umbrella rental headquarters system 100 determines the required number of umbrellas 30 using the weather forecast information DB 134 and schedules delivery to the store cash register 300 where the umbrella 30 is considered necessary.
[0019]
The hardware configuration of the computer system that configures the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 is, for example, as shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the umbrella rental headquarters system.
[0020]
2, the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 includes a CPU (central processing unit) 11, a memory unit 12, an output unit 13, an input unit 14, a display unit 15, an auxiliary storage device 16, a drive unit 17, and a communication unit 18. ing. These units 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and the communication unit 18 are connected to the bus B.
[0021]
The CPU 11 controls the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 according to a program stored in the memory unit 12, and performs processing in the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 as described later. The memory unit 12 is composed of a random access memory (RAM) and a read-only memory (ROM), and is a program executed by the CPU 11, data required for processing by the CPU 11, and data obtained by the processing by the CPU 11. Stores data etc. Further, a part of the area of the memory unit 12 is allocated as a work area used for processing in the CPU 11.
[0022]
The output unit 13 includes a printer or the like, and outputs a processing result or designated information. The input unit 14 has a mouse, a keyboard, and the like, and is used by the administrator of the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 to input various necessary information. The display unit 15 displays various information necessary for the administrator under the control of the CPU 11. The auxiliary storage device 16 is composed of, for example, a hard disk unit, and stores various files, databases, programs, and the like.
[0023]
The program related to the processing performed by the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 is provided to the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 by a recording medium 20 such as a CD-ROM, for example. That is, when the recording medium 20 storing the program related to the processing is set in the drive unit 17, the drive unit 17 reads the program from the recording medium 20, and the read program is stored in the auxiliary storage device via the bus B. 16 is installed. Then, when this processing is started, the CPU 11 starts the processing according to the program installed in the auxiliary storage device 16. The storage medium for storing the program is not limited to the CD-ROM, but may be any medium that can be read by a computer.
[0024]
The communication unit 18 controls communication with the recycling center 200, the store cash register 300, the collection-only box 400, and the distribution center 500 in each place via the network 25.
[0025]
Next, an umbrella rental process performed by the umbrella rental system 1000 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 are flowcharts for explaining the umbrella rental process. In FIG. 3, first, a rental service of the umbrella 30 is performed at, for example, 100 yen at a store cash register 300 at a station or a convenience store (step S11). An advertisement such as a station name or a convenience store may be drawn on the umbrella 30 to be rented, and may have an advertisement effect when opened. In addition, drawing an advertisement in this manner has an effect of increasing the return rate, since the user must return it eventually.
[0026]
When it rains, the user comes to the store cash register 300 and rents the umbrella 30 for 100 yen (step S12). In the store cash register 300, the ID of the umbrella is read by the reader / writer 320 from the IC chip (ID tag) embedded in the umbrella, and at the same time, information such as the lending date and time and the lending store is written to the ID tag. These pieces of information are transferred from the POS terminal 310 of the store cash register 300 to the umbrella rental headquarters system 100.
[0027]
If the user opens the umbrella immediately after the rental at the store cash register 100 and the umbrella is broken, the user can request an exchange with another umbrella 30 at the store cash register 300 (step S131). When a request for replacement is received from the user, the store cash register 300 refers to the lending date and time of the ID tag and confirms whether or not the umbrella has been found to be damaged immediately after the rental. If so, get another umbrella. In this case, the payment for the replaced umbrella 30 has already been completed, so the 100 yen is not charged (step S132). The broken umbrella 30 is collected from the store cash register 300 to the recycling center 200, the umbrella 30 collected at the recycling center 200 is repaired and delivered to the store again (step S133), and the umbrella rental process returns to step S11. .
[0028]
On the other hand, after the use of the umbrella 30, if the rain stops and the weather is fine, the user returns to the collection-only box 400 installed at a station or a convenience store (step S14). The umbrella 30 may not be rented at the station or convenience store. The collection box terminal 410 reads information such as the ID and the rental date and time from the ID tag of the umbrella 30 with the reader 420 in the collection dedicated box 400 and transmits the information to the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 via the network 25 (step). S15).
[0029]
The umbrella rental headquarters system 100 determines whether or not the rental date and time is within one week (step S16). If one week has elapsed, the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 notifies the collection-only box 400 that cashback of the rental fee when returning the rental fee is not performed (step S17), and proceeds to step S19. On the other hand, if it is within one week, the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 notifies the cashback of the rental fee of 100 yen when returning it to the collection box 400 (step S18).
[0030]
The collection-only box 400 locks the returned umbrella 30 so that it cannot be used (step S19), and registers the collection waiting status in the ID tag of the umbrella 30 in the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 (step S20). The collection-only box 400 notifies the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 of the number of returned umbrellas 30 that have been collected, and is periodically referred to by the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 (steps S21 and S22).
[0031]
The umbrella rental headquarters system 100 determines whether the number of umbrellas 30 exceeds a predetermined capacity (for example, 80%) of the number of umbrellas (step S23). If not exceeded, the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 does not transmit an umbrella collection command (step S24). In other words, if the number of collected pieces is not sufficient, the collection from the dedicated collection box 400 to the recycling center 200 is not performed. On the other hand, if it exceeds, the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 transmits an umbrella collection command to the collection-only box 400 (step S25). The umbrella rental headquarters system 100 searches for a delivery truck after delivery of the product to each store, and sends a collection command via the distribution center 500 at each location (step S26). The delivery truck of each delivery center 500 sends the goods to the store based on the contents of the collection instruction, and then heads to the collection box 400 to collect the returned umbrella 30 (step S27).
[0032]
On the other hand, the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 refers to the weather forecast information DB 134 to create a next delivery schedule for the umbrella 30 (step S28). An area where the perfume probability fluctuates by more than a predetermined fluctuation rate (for example, 30%) as compared with the forecast two hours ago is determined (step S29). When there is no particular area that fluctuates, the distribution center 500 is instructed to deliver the umbrella 30 to a store with a small number of umbrellas (step S30), and the process proceeds to step S32. In this case, the umbrella 30 is delivered to a store that is smaller than the number of umbrellas 30 to be held in normal times.
[0033]
On the other hand, if there is an area that fluctuates by 30% or more, the demand for the umbrella 30 is predicted to suddenly increase. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the reference precipitation probability based on the number data of the umbrellas 30 present in the store. A command is sent to the delivery truck via the distribution center 500 to deliver the number of umbrellas 30 to the store and to the store where the number of umbrellas 30 is less than the predetermined number (step S31). In this case, in an area where the demand for the umbrella 30 is expected to increase, the umbrella 30 is delivered in accordance with the number of rain umbrellas 30 that will be required in the case of more rain than a predetermined number in normal times, Is not predicted, the umbrella 30 is delivered to a store having a smaller number of umbrellas 30 to be held in normal times, as in step S30.
[0034]
At the store cash register 300 of each store, the rental service is provided again by the delivered umbrella 30 (step S31), and the process returns to step S11.
[0035]
In step S29, the distribution of the umbrellas 30 to the shops is determined according to the fluctuation rate of the precipitation probability. However, the distribution of the umbrellas 30 to the area having a high precipitation probability may be increased.
[0036]
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of rental umbrella management information managed by the rental umbrella information DB. In FIG. 5, the status of an item that is actually blank is written in parentheses for convenience of explanation. The rental umbrella management information 600 in the rental umbrella information DB 131 managed by the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 shown in FIG. 5 indicates the umbrella management No. recorded in the ID tag of the umbrella 30 and the date and time when the umbrella 30 was lent. A lending date and time, a status indicating the current state of the umbrella 30, a lending store No for identifying the store that lent the umbrella 30, a recycling center No for identifying the recycling center 200 where the umbrella 30 is checked for recycling, It has items such as the number of recyclings and the number of cashbacks this month.
[0037]
The status may be, for example, “waiting for lending” indicating a state of being held at a store, “lending” indicating a state of lending to a user, waiting for delivery to the recycling center 200 after being collected by the collection box 400. "Recovery wait", "delivery to the store" indicating the state of being delivered again to the store by the delivery center 500, "delivery to the recycling center" indicating the delivery from the collection box 400 to the recycling center 200, A state such as "recycling" indicating that the state is checked by the recycling center 200 is shown.
[0038]
The rental store No is blank if there is no record in the new rental umbrella 30 yet. Thereafter, when rented, the rent terminal No. is transmitted from the POS terminal 310 of the store cash register 300 together with the information on the umbrella 30, so the rented store number is recorded. Until the umbrella 30 is rented and collected, the collection-only box No is blank because there is no record. When the umbrella 30 is collected in the collection box 400, the collection box number is transmitted from the collection box terminal 410 of the collection box 400 together with the information on the umbrella 30. Therefore, the collection box number is recorded. It is possible to know where the user rents the umbrella 30 and returns the umbrella 30 based on the rental store No. and the collection-dedicated box No. Therefore, it is possible to read the behavior of the user on a rainy day.
[0039]
The recycling center No is blank from the state of “waiting for lending” to the state of “delivery to store”. Thereafter, when the umbrella 30 is directly delivered from the store (in this case, the umbrella 30 is broken and returned at the store cash register 300) or delivered from the collection box 400 to the recycling center 200, the umbrella rental headquarters system 100 is sent from each recycling center 200 to the umbrella rental headquarters system 100. A recycling Santa No identifying the recycling center 200 is transmitted together with the information on the umbrella 30.
[0040]
The number of recycling is counted each time the quality status is checked at the recycling center 200 and delivered to each store again. The number of cashbacks of this month indicates the number of cashbacks to the user when the user returns to the collection-only box 400 on a predetermined date (for example, within one week). The number is counted at the time of processing in step S18 executed by the umbrella rental headquarters system 100.
[0041]
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a store table. The store table 620 shown in FIG. 6 is a table referred to in steps S30 and S31 executed in the umbrella rental headquarters system 100, and stores a store number for identifying a store, a store name, and a current service. The current number of service umbrellas indicating the number of umbrellas, the current number of umbrellas collected at the store cash register 300 indicating the number of umbrellas returned for plate damage immediately after rental, and the precipitation every two hours in the area of the store It has items such as probability (%).
[0042]
For example, in the store table 620, the current number of service umbrellas of the store name “Tamachi store” of the store No. “10001” is “100”, the current number of damaged umbrellas is “3”, and the probability of precipitation every two hours is It is shown to be "90"%. Thus, the number of umbrellas that can be rented at this store does not include the number of umbrellas 30 that have been found to be damaged during rental. By performing such number management, the number of umbrellas 30 that can be rented can be reliably determined. Therefore, the number of umbrellas 30 to be distributed can be accurately determined.
[0043]
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the collection box table. The collection box table 630 illustrated in FIG. 7 includes a collection box number for identifying a collection box, the installation location, the current number of collection umbrellas indicating the number of currently collected umbrellas 30, and the collection rate with respect to the number of collection boxes. (%).
[0044]
For example, in the collection box table 630, the current number of collection umbrellas at the installation location “Tamachi store” of the collection-dedicated box No. “2001” is “100”, and the collection rate with respect to the number of recoverable boxes is “80”%. It is.
[0045]
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the recycling center table. The recycle Santa table 640 shown in FIG. 8 shows a recycle center number for identifying the recycle center 200, the center name, the number of recycle umbrellas indicating the number of umbrellas 30 being recycled, and the number of umbrellas 30 that have been completely recycled. It has items such as the number of umbrellas that have been recycled.
[0046]
For example, the recycling Santa table 640 indicates that the number of umbrellas in recycling of the center name “Tamachi Store Center” of the recycling center No. “300003” is “100”, and the number of umbrellas completed recycling is “80”.
[0047]
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a POS screen at the time of lending and return. FIG. 9A is a diagram showing an example of a POS screen for lending. In FIG. 9A, a rental POS screen 700 is a screen displayed on the POS terminal 310 when renting the umbrella 30, and is a display on which information regarding rental of the umbrella 30 is displayed at the store cash register 310. An area 710 and an input area 720 for inputting the characteristics of the customer.
[0048]
The display area 710 includes an umbrella management number indicating the ID of the umbrella 30 read from the umbrella 30 by the reader / writer 320, a lending date and time when the ID is read, a lending store name indicating the store name of the store cash register 300, and a return. Items such as location are displayed. For example, “00000001” is displayed for the umbrella management No., “2003/1/8” for the lending date and time, “Oimachi store” for the lending store name, “−−−” for the return location, and the like. Here, “−−−” of the return place indicates a blank space.
[0049]
The input area 720 is an input area for inputting the characteristics of the customer, and displays items such as gender, age, purchased goods at the time of lending, purchased goods at the time of return, and the like. For example, "male" is displayed for gender, "40s" is displayed for age, "o-orange juice" is displayed for items purchased at the time of lending, "----" is displayed for items purchased at the time of return. Here, "----" of the merchandise purchased at the time of return indicates a blank.
[0050]
FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating an example of the POS screen at the time of return. In FIG. 9 (B), the rental POS screen 700 is a screen displayed on the collection box terminal 410 when returning the umbrella 30, and information on rental of the umbrella 30 is displayed on the collection box terminal 410. Display area 810 and an input area 820 for inputting customer characteristics.
[0051]
The display area 810 includes an umbrella management number indicating the ID of the umbrella 30 read from the umbrella 30 by the reader 420, a lending date and time when the umbrella 30 was rented, and a rented store name indicating the store name of the store cashier 300 rented the umbrella 30. , Return place, etc. are displayed. For example, “00000001” is displayed for the umbrella management No., “2003/1/8” for the lending date and time, “Oimachi store” for the lending store name, “Tamachi station” for the return location, and the like.
[0052]
The input area 820 is an input area for inputting the characteristics of the customer, and displays items such as gender, age, purchased goods at the time of lending, purchased goods at the time of return, and the like. For example, “female” is displayed for gender, “teens” is displayed for age, “−−−” is displayed for items purchased at the time of lending, “−−−” is displayed for items purchased at the time of return, and the like. Here, “−−−−” of the commodity purchased at the time of rent and the commodity purchased at the time of return indicates a blank.
[0053]
In this way, it is possible to know which umbrella of number "00000001" is rented by which user and where, and where (the person or another person) returned it. By accumulating such information, it is possible to rent umbrellas according to the lifestyle of the user, and by arranging products according to the demographics of the user, the rental user can be provided to the customer. It can promote product sales.
[0054]
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an umbrella used in the umbrella rental system. An umbrella 30 shown in FIG. 10 has an IC card 31 readable and writable by a reader / writer 320 and readable by a reader 420 embedded in a handle portion. An ID number for identifying the umbrella 30 is recorded in the IC card 31 in advance, and at the time of rental, rental information such as a rental date and time is further written. In addition, on the umbrella 30, an advertisement 32 such as a character or picture for advertisement is drawn on the outside or inside of the umbrella in order to provide an advertisement effect and enhance the return effect.
[0055]
As described above, according to the present invention, an appropriate umbrella 30 is delivered to each store based on the number of umbrellas 30 that can be rented at the store and the number of umbrellas 30 required according to the rainy condition, according to the weather forecast. With such a mechanism, it is possible to appropriately respond to a user's request. In addition, the user can rent the umbrella 30 outside on a rainy day at a station or a convenience store, and can return the umbrella 30 to the nearby collection box 400 when the umbrella 30 becomes unnecessary. It is possible to eliminate waste of resources such as accumulated umbrellas and the like and discarding them. In addition, the user can easily use the rental service of the umbrella 30 by returning the cash in a predetermined period and making a cashback. Furthermore, since the delivery of the umbrella is determined according to the weather forecast, a rental service according to the user's request can be provided.
[0056]
In a store such as a station or a convenience store where the store cash register 300 is installed and the collection box 400, by analyzing the rental status of the umbrella 30, it is possible to strategically sell the product according to the form to the user. This increases the possibility that the user will purchase a product when renting or returning the umbrella 30. In addition, by drawing an advertisement on the umbrella 30, the user himself can be used as an advertising tower. In addition, this can increase the return rate.
[0057]
Further, since the quality check and the like are performed at the recycling center 200, the user does not need to care for the broken umbrella.
[0058]
In recent years, the use of stations and convenience stores has become regular, and if it is troublesome to carry an umbrella from the morning even if it is known to rain in the afternoon, umbrella rental service using the station and convenience store, It is convenient for the user. In addition, since the borrowed umbrella may be returned at the station or convenience store where the weather has recovered after returning to the weather, returning the umbrella to the user is not so painful.
[0059]
The following is added.
(Supplementary Note 1) In an umbrella rental management method in a system for determining the distribution of the number of rental umbrellas to be delivered to a store based on a weather forecast information database and managing the rental status of the umbrellas,
The above system,
A store information management procedure for managing store information including the number of umbrellas that can be rented at each store,
A recycle information management procedure for checking the recyclable state of the umbrella and managing recycle information including the number of recycles;
Based on weather forecast information managed by the weather forecast information database, a determination procedure of determining an area that satisfies a predetermined condition;
Based on the determination result of the determination procedure, the shop information, and the recycling information, a delivery determination procedure of determining delivery of the umbrella to a rental location for renting the umbrella in an area that satisfies the predetermined condition is performed. Umbrella rental management method.
(Supplementary note 2) In the umbrella rental management method described in Supplementary note 1,
The system further comprises:
A rental status management procedure for managing the rental status for each umbrella,
The rental status management procedure is updated based on umbrella identification information for identifying the umbrella received from the rental location, rental location identification information for identifying the rental location, and rental registration information including a rental date and time indicating the date and time of rental. Registration renewal procedure,
A collection date determination procedure for determining whether or not the umbrella has been collected within a predetermined period based on the umbrella identification information received from the collection place where the umbrella was collected and the collection place identification information for identifying the collection place When,
A refund instruction for instructing a refund by transmitting refund information indicating that a refund is made to the user who has collected the umbrella with a predetermined amount to the collection place based on the result of the collection date determination procedure. Umbrella rental management method with steps to execute.
(Supplementary Note 3) In the umbrella rental management method described in Supplementary note 1 or 2,
The recycling information management procedure manages the recycling information indicating a recycling state provided from the collection place for checking whether or not the umbrella has been collected, and
The system further comprises:
An umbrella rental management method for executing a delivery instruction procedure for instructing distribution centers in various places to deliver an umbrella to the rental location determined by the delivery determination procedure.
(Supplementary Note 4) In the umbrella rental management method according to any one of Supplementary notes 1 to 3,
The store information management procedure manages the number of umbrellas that can be recycled for each store, the number of damaged umbrellas, and the probability of precipitation every predetermined time,
The umbrella rental management method, wherein the determining step determines the area using the predetermined condition indicating the magnitude of the fluctuation rate of the precipitation probability.
(Supplementary Note 5) In the umbrella rental management method according to any one of Supplementary notes 1 to 4,
The system further comprises:
A rental having a first display area for displaying information about rental of the umbrella on a display unit of an information processing terminal installed at the rental place, and a second display area for inputting information about a user who rented the umbrella. Umbrella rental management method that executes the rental screen display procedure to display the screen.
(Supplementary note 6) In the umbrella rental management method described in Supplementary note 5,
An umbrella rental management method, wherein the second display area displays information about a product purchased by the rented user at the rental location.
(Supplementary note 7) In the umbrella rental management method according to any one of Supplementary notes 1 to 6,
The system further comprises:
A collection having a first display area for displaying information about rental of the umbrella on a display unit of the information processing terminal installed at the collection place, and a second display area for inputting information about a user who has collected the umbrella. Umbrella rental management method that executes the collection screen display procedure to display the screen.
(Supplementary Note 8) In the umbrella rental management method described in Supplementary note 6,
An umbrella rental management method, wherein the second display area displays information about a product purchased by the collected user at the collection place.
(Supplementary note 9) In the umbrella used in the umbrella rental management method according to any one of Supplementary notes 1 to 8,
An umbrella, wherein umbrella identification information for identifying the umbrella is electronically recordable, and an electronically readable and writable recording medium is embedded in the rental location and the collection location. .
(Supplementary Note 10) In a recording medium that records a program for causing a computer to perform processing in an umbrella rental management method of deciding the distribution of the number of umbrellas and renting umbrellas based on the weather forecast information database,
The above computer is
A store information management procedure for managing store information including the number of umbrellas that can be rented at each store,
A recycle information management procedure for checking the recyclable state of the umbrella and managing recycle information including the number of recycles;
Based on weather forecast information managed by the weather forecast information database, a determination procedure of determining an area that satisfies a predetermined condition;
Based on the determination result of the determination procedure, the store information, and the recycling information, a delivery determination procedure of determining delivery of the umbrella to a rental location where the umbrella is rented in an area satisfying the predetermined condition is performed. Recording medium. (5)
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a user can rent an umbrella on the go on a rainy day at a station or a convenience store, and use a nearby collection box when the umbrella becomes unnecessary. Since the umbrellas can be returned, unnecessary umbrellas and the like are stored, and waste of resources such as discarding them can be eliminated.
[0060]
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a network configuration of an umbrella rental system.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of an umbrella rental headquarters system.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an umbrella rental process.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an umbrella rental process.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of rental umbrella management information managed by a rental umbrella information DB.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a store table.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a collection box table.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a recycling center table.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a POS screen at the time of lending and return.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an umbrella used in an umbrella rental system.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 CPU
12 memory units
13 Output unit
14 Input unit
15 Display unit
16 Auxiliary storage device
17 Drive unit
20 Recording media
B bus
100 Umbrella Rental Headquarters System
200 Recycling Center
300 cash register
400 Box for exclusive use of collection
500 Distribution Centers

Claims (5)

Based on the weather forecast information database, determine the distribution of the number of rental umbrellas to be delivered to the store, and in the umbrella rental management method in a system that manages the rental status of the umbrella,
The above system,
A store information management procedure for managing store information including the number of umbrellas that can be rented at each store,
A recycle information management procedure for checking the recyclable state of the umbrella and managing recycle information including the number of recycles;
Based on weather forecast information managed by the weather forecast information database, a determination procedure of determining an area that satisfies a predetermined condition;
Based on the determination result of the determination procedure, the shop information, and the recycling information, a delivery determination procedure of determining delivery of the umbrella to a rental location for renting the umbrella in an area that satisfies the predetermined condition is performed. Umbrella rental management method. The umbrella rental management method according to claim 1,
The system further comprises:
A rental status management procedure for managing the rental status for each umbrella,
The rental status management procedure is updated based on umbrella identification information for identifying the umbrella received from the rental location, rental location identification information for identifying the rental location, and rental registration information including a rental date and time indicating the date and time of rental. Registration renewal procedure,
A collection date determination procedure for determining whether or not the umbrella has been collected within a predetermined period based on the umbrella identification information received from the collection place where the umbrella was collected and the collection place identification information for identifying the collection place When,
A refund instruction for instructing a refund by transmitting refund information indicating that a refund is made to the user who has collected the umbrella with a predetermined amount to the collection place based on the result of the collection date determination procedure. Umbrella rental management method with steps to execute. The umbrella rental management method according to claim 1 or 2,
The recycling information management procedure manages the recycling information indicating a recycling state provided from the collection place for checking whether or not the umbrella has been collected, and
The system further comprises:
An umbrella rental management method for executing a delivery instruction procedure for instructing distribution centers in various places to deliver an umbrella to the rental location determined by the delivery determination procedure. The umbrella used in the umbrella rental management method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
An umbrella, wherein umbrella identification information for identifying the umbrella is electronically recordable, and an electronically readable and writable recording medium is embedded in the rental location and the collection location. . Based on the weather forecast information database, on a recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to perform processing in an umbrella rental management method of deciding the number of umbrellas and renting umbrellas,
The above computer is
A store information management procedure for managing store information including the number of umbrellas that can be rented at each store,
A recycle information management procedure for checking the recyclable state of the umbrella and managing recycle information including the number of recycles;
Based on weather forecast information managed by the weather forecast information database, a determination procedure of determining an area that satisfies a predetermined condition;
A program for executing a delivery determining procedure for determining delivery of an umbrella to a rental location for renting the umbrella in an area that satisfies the predetermined condition, based on the determination result of the determination procedure, the shop information, and the recycling information. The stored recording medium.

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