JP2005085041A - Reservation confirming system, reservation confirming method, reservation confirming device and reservation confirming program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly and efficiently attain reservation confirmation in carrying in or out a container. <P>SOLUTION: This reservation confirmation system for executing the reservation confirmation of a container to be carried in or out by a reservation managing device for storing and managing the reservation information of the warehousing or shipping of a container is provided with an image obtaining means for photographing the predetermined position of the container at a gate set at the entrance/exit of a vehicle for carrying in or out the container to a predetermined section, a container identification information acquisition means loaded at the position of the container for acquiring container identification information from the image information obtained by the image acquisition means, an identification code reading means for reading an identification code displayed at a terminal moving with the vehicle and a collating means for collating the container identification information acquired by the container identification information acquisition means and the identification code acquired by the identification code acquisition means with the reservation information acquired by the reservation management device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a reservation confirmation system, a reservation confirmation method, a reservation confirmation device, and a reservation confirmation program, and in particular, a reservation confirmation system for quickly and efficiently performing reservation confirmation of container loading or unloading. , A reservation confirmation method, a reservation confirmation apparatus, and a reservation confirmation program.

  Conventionally, when exporting cargo, it is necessary to borrow a container from a predetermined area such as a port facility, pack the cargo in the container, and then load the container packed with the cargo into the port facility. In general, these operations are performed on behalf of a freight company that receives a request from a cargo shipper.

  That is, a vehicle such as a truck of a transportation company carries out an empty container from the port facility, packs the cargo deposited from the shipper into the container, loads the container packed with the cargo on a truck (vehicle), and carries it into the port facility.

  Here, when a container is carried out from a port facility, or when a container is loaded into a port facility, work such as loading of the container into the vehicle occurs in the port facility, so that the container is carried in or out in advance. Reservations must be made to the port facility. When a shipping company borrows a container from a port facility, a reservation for carrying out the container is made, and when a container packed with cargo is carried into the port facility, a reservation for carrying in the container is made. Conventionally, the exchange between the shipping company and the port facility for making such a reservation has been performed by telephone or FAX.

  In addition, in a predetermined area where a vehicle loaded with containers enters and leaves, a toll gate and a gate for checking the container are generally provided in order to permit the entry. At such gates, workers are waiting to check a vehicle or container, pay a fee with the driver (occupant) of the vehicle, verify the identity, and perform various other procedures to make a reservation Confirmation work is performed against information.

  However, since the workers at the gate collate with the reservation information for all the vehicles entering the gate, the worker is instructed where to move the vehicle based on the collation results, checks the container, etc. The burden of will increase. As a result, it takes time until the vehicle passes through the gate, causing a problem that the vehicle is congested. In recent years when the number of vehicles passing through has been increasing, the traffic congestion of vehicles has become more and more serious. In particular, in a gate at a work site such as a port facility, the vehicle traffic congestion can extend to public roads.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and is a reservation confirmation system, a reservation confirmation method, a reservation confirmation apparatus, and a reservation confirmation capable of efficiently performing a reservation confirmation work for loading or unloading a container. A program is provided.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs means for solving the problems having the following characteristics.

  The invention described in claim 1 is a reservation confirmation system for confirming reservation of a container to be carried in or out by a reservation management device that stores and manages reservation information for carrying in or out of a container. Image acquisition means for photographing a predetermined position of the container at a gate installed at an entrance of a vehicle that carries the container in or out, and the container described in the position of the container from image information obtained by the image acquisition means Container identification information acquisition means for acquiring identification information, identification code reading means for reading an identification code displayed on a terminal moving with the vehicle, container identification information obtained by the container identification information acquisition means, and the identification code reading Based on the identification code obtained by the means, collation with the reservation information obtained from the reservation management device is performed. And having a Cormorant checking means.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the procedure time at the gate can be shortened, and the traffic jam of the vehicle during loading and unloading at the gate can be avoided. Further, since the worker does not check the container identification information described at the predetermined position of the container, the labor cost can be reduced. Thereby, the reservation confirmation operation | work of carrying in or carrying out of a container can be implemented rapidly and efficiently.

  The invention described in claim 2 is characterized by further comprising a collation result output means for outputting a collation result obtained by the collation means to the reservation management apparatus and the terminal.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, it is possible to quickly grasp the result of the container reservation confirmation. Thereby, the reservation confirmation operation | work of carrying in or carrying out of a container can be implemented rapidly and efficiently.

  The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the container identification information acquisition means recognizes a character pattern from the image information by an optical character reader and acquires container identification information.

  According to invention of Claim 3, container identification information can be easily acquired using image information. Thereby, since an operator does not confirm the container identification information described in the predetermined position of a container, personnel expenses can be reduced. Furthermore, the reservation confirmation work at the time of carrying in or carrying out the container can be carried out quickly and efficiently.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the collation result output means matches the container identification information in the collation between the container identification information obtained by the container identification information acquisition means and the container identification information obtained by the reservation management device. In this case, the information for instructing the movement position of the vehicle is output, and in the case of inconsistency, the information for instructing the movement to the standby area is output together with the alarm signal.

  According to the invention of claim 4, if they match, it is possible to easily indicate the carrying-in place, and also in the case of a mismatch, the primary evacuation prevents the loss of time at the gate, Gate traffic can be avoided. Thereby, the reservation confirmation work at the time of carrying in or carrying out the container can be carried out quickly and efficiently.

  The invention described in claim 5 is characterized in that the predetermined area is a harbor facility.

  The invention described in claim 6 is characterized in that the identification code is a barcode, and the identification code reading means is a barcode reader.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the identification code reading means can be made inexpensive by using the bar code.

  The invention described in claim 7 is a reservation confirmation method for confirming reservation of a container to be carried in or out by a reservation management device that stores and manages reservation information for carrying in or out of a container. An image acquisition stage in which a predetermined position of the container is photographed at a gate installed at an entrance of a vehicle carrying in or out the container, and container identification described in the position of the container from image information obtained in the image acquisition stage A container identification information obtaining step for obtaining information; an identification code reading step for reading an identification code displayed on a terminal moving with the vehicle; a container identification information obtained by the container identification information obtaining step; and the identification code reading step. On the basis of the identification code obtained by the above-mentioned reservation management device and collation with reservation information obtained from the reservation management device. And having a step.

  According to invention of Claim 7, the procedure time in a gate can be shortened and the traffic jam of the vehicle at the time of carrying in in a gate and carrying out can be avoided. Further, since the worker does not check the container identification information described at the predetermined position of the container, the labor cost can be reduced. Thereby, the reservation confirmation operation | work of carrying in or carrying out of a container can be implemented rapidly and efficiently.

  The invention described in claim 8 includes a collation result output stage for outputting the collation result obtained in the collation stage to the reservation management apparatus and the terminal.

  According to the invention described in claim 8, it is possible to quickly grasp the result of the container reservation confirmation. Thereby, the reservation confirmation operation | work of carrying in or carrying out of a container can be implemented rapidly and efficiently.

  The invention described in claim 9 is characterized in that in the container identification information acquisition step, a character pattern is recognized from the image information by an optical character reader to acquire container identification information.

  According to invention of Claim 9, container identification information can be easily acquired using image information. Thereby, since an operator does not confirm the container identification information described in the predetermined position of a container, personnel expenses can be reduced. Furthermore, the reservation confirmation work at the time of carrying in or carrying out the container can be carried out quickly and efficiently.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the collation result output stage, in the collation between the container identification information obtained by the container identification information acquisition stage and the container identification information obtained by the reservation management device, the container identification information matches. In this case, the information for instructing the movement position of the vehicle is output, and in the case of inconsistency, the information for instructing the movement to the standby area is output together with the alarm signal.

  According to the invention of claim 10, if they match, it is possible to easily indicate the carry-in location, and also in the case of a mismatch, the primary evacuation prevents time loss at the gate, Gate traffic can be avoided. Thereby, the reservation confirmation work at the time of carrying in or carrying out the container can be carried out quickly and efficiently.

  The invention described in claim 11 is a reservation confirmation device for confirming reservation of a container to be carried in or out by a reservation management device that stores and manages reservation information for carrying in or carrying out the container. Image acquisition means for photographing a predetermined position of the container at a gate installed at an entrance of a vehicle for carrying in or out of the container, and image information obtained by the image acquisition means described in the predetermined position of the container Container identification information acquisition means for acquiring container identification information, identification code reading means for reading an identification code displayed on a terminal moving with the vehicle, container identification information obtained by the container identification information acquisition means, and the identification code Checking with the reservation information obtained from the reservation management device based on the identification code obtained by the reading means And having a checking means for performing.

  According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, the procedure time at the gate can be shortened, and the traffic jam of the vehicle during loading and unloading at the gate can be avoided. Further, since the worker does not check the container identification information described at the predetermined position of the container, the labor cost can be reduced. Thereby, the reservation confirmation operation | work of carrying in or carrying out of a container can be implemented rapidly and efficiently.

  The invention described in claim 12 is characterized by further comprising a collation result output means for outputting a collation result obtained by the collation means to the reservation management apparatus and the terminal.

  According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to quickly grasp the result of the container reservation confirmation. Thereby, the reservation confirmation operation | work of carrying in or carrying out of a container can be implemented rapidly and efficiently.

  The invention described in claim 13 is characterized in that the container identification information acquisition means recognizes a character pattern from the image information by an optical character reader and acquires container identification information.

  According to the invention of the thirteenth aspect, the container identification information can be easily obtained using the image information. Thereby, since an operator does not confirm the container identification information described in the predetermined position of a container, personnel expenses can be reduced. Furthermore, the reservation confirmation work at the time of carrying in or carrying out the container can be carried out quickly and efficiently.

  In the invention described in claim 14, the collation result output means matches the container identification information in the collation between the container identification information obtained by the container identification information acquisition means and the container identification information obtained by the reservation management device. In this case, the information for instructing the movement position of the vehicle is output, and in the case of inconsistency, the information for instructing the movement to the standby area is output together with the alarm signal.

  According to the invention of claim 14, if it matches, it is possible to easily indicate the carrying-in location, and also in the case of a mismatch, by temporarily retracting, loss of time at the gate is prevented, Gate traffic can be avoided. Thereby, the reservation confirmation work at the time of carrying in or carrying out the container can be carried out quickly and efficiently.

  The invention described in claim 15 is a reservation confirmation program for causing a computer to execute the reservation confirmation method according to any one of claims 7 to 10.

  According to the thirteenth aspect of the invention, the procedure time at the gate can be shortened, and the traffic jam of the vehicle at the time of loading and unloading at the gate can be avoided. Further, since the worker does not check the container identification information described at the predetermined position of the container, the labor cost can be reduced. Thereby, the reservation confirmation operation | work of carrying in or carrying out of a container can be implemented rapidly and efficiently. Furthermore, by using a program, processing can be easily performed by a general-purpose computer or the like without requiring a special device configuration.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to quickly and efficiently perform reservation confirmation when a container is carried in or out.

<Outline of the present invention>
The present invention quickly and efficiently checks a container carried into a predetermined area such as a port facility, a vehicle loaded with the container, and a reservation number registered in a terminal of an occupant driving the vehicle. For this purpose, the gate number is visually checked against the container number (container identification information) described in the reservation number, which is conventionally performed by the gate administrator, and the container number (container identification information) actually loaded on the vehicle. An image at a predetermined position of the container is acquired using the provided camera, a container number is acquired from the acquired image information, and a check with the reserved container number is performed. According to the present invention, the procedure time at the gate can be shortened, and the traffic jam of the loaded vehicle at the gate can be avoided. Further, it is possible to reduce the burden on the worker who checks the container number written at a predetermined position of the container.

<Embodiment>
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a harbor facility will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an example of a reservation confirmation system according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is configured to include a port facility 1, an administrator terminal 2, a shipper portable terminal 3, a vehicle occupant portable terminal 4, and a port worker portable terminal 5. Each component is connected via the communication network 6 in a state where data can be transmitted and received.

  The manager terminal 2 is a terminal possessed by the manager of the port worker, and can obtain from the port facility 1 the work schedule of each worker, reservation information relating to loading or unloading, and the like. The shipper's portable terminal 3 is a terminal possessed by the shipper (company) of the luggage stored in the container, and can acquire the reservation result, information on the container verification result, and the like from the port facility 1.

  The vehicle occupant portable terminal 4 is a portable terminal possessed by a driver (tracker) of a vehicle such as a truck, and acquires reservation information, movement instruction information after confirmation of reservation, and the like. Moreover, the portable terminal 5 for harbor workers is a portable terminal which the worker in the harbor facility 1 possesses, and acquires work instruction information etc. Here, the shipper's portable terminal 3, the vehicle occupant's portable terminal 4, and the port worker's portable terminal 5 in the present invention are not limited to a mobile phone or the like, for example, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) or the like. A portable information terminal can also be used.

  The port facility 1 includes a management server 11, a reservation confirmation server 12, an OCR server 13, a gate terminal 14, a gate 15, an imaging device 16, a barcode reader 17, and a firewall 18. Has been.

  The management server 11 is a computer that manages information reserved for loading or unloading of containers in the port facility 1, work contents based on the reservation information, gate check contents, and the like, and is a reservation management apparatus in the present invention. The management server 11 receives a reservation from the administrator terminal 2 and manages information related to the received reservation. Moreover, when the management server 11 accepts the reservation, the management server 11 notifies the administrator terminal 2 and the vehicle occupant portable terminal 4 of an e-mail describing the contents of the work that occurs with the reservation. Moreover, if the terminal is mounted in the predetermined vehicle used in order to carry in or carry out the container, the vehicle-mounted terminal is also notified.

  More specifically, the management server 11 stores in the database of the management server 11 information such as loading / unloading of containers onto / from a vehicle that occurs in accordance with a reserved loading / unloading procedure as one record. register. Furthermore, while assigning some workers among the port workers managed in the database to the work, a web page is created for browsing detailed information on the reservation information. Notify 4 mag. Here, the above-described Web page screen will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Web page screen layout displayed on the terminal described above. Reservation information is displayed on the terminal screen 21 of FIG.

  The vehicle occupant (tracker) receives information related to reservation information registered in advance from the management server 11 to the terminal. The received contents include the reservation number, date and time, and the name of the port facility 5 to be carried out (“XX terminal”), and a reservation bar code 22 that is an identification code for identifying reservation information is attached. Has been. Therefore, the tracker will be required to go to the XX terminal (port facility) for loading or unloading containers between 13:30 and 14:00 on June 30, 2003 by browsing the work content email. Can be recognized.

  In addition, the reservation bar code 22 is displayed on the terminal screen 21 of FIG. 2, and when the tracker arrives at the port facility 1 at the designated date and time, the reservation attached to the e-mail at the gate 15 of the port facility 1 is displayed. The reservation information with the management server 11 can be verified simply by presenting the barcode 22 to the barcode reader 17.

  The reservation bar code 22 described above is generated as image data of two-dimensional bar code data obtained by encoding a reservation number uniquely assigned when a reservation for carrying in is made to the management server. Here, the barcode is not necessarily a two-dimensional barcode, and may be a one-dimensional barcode. The identification code may be other than a barcode.

  The gate 15 is a gate installed at the entrance / exit of the port facility, through which a vehicle (truck) for transporting the container passes. The gate 15 will be described later.

  The gate terminal 14 is a PC or the like installed at the gate 15 and is used for confirming a vehicle carrying in or out a container and notifying the management server 11 of passing through the gate 15. Further, the image reader 16 and a bar code reader 17 that is a reading unit for reading a bar code as an identification code are installed in the gate 15 to acquire container identification information (number, etc.), confirm a reservation, etc. Used for.

  Further, the reservation confirmation server 12 collates the container identification information of the reservation information recorded in the management server 11 with the container identification information obtained from the OCR server 13 and sends a control signal corresponding to the collation result to the gate terminal 14. To the manager terminal 2, the shipper portable terminal 3, the vehicle occupant portable terminal 4, and the port worker portable terminal 5. Note that the OCR server 13 acquires image information of a predetermined position of the container photographed by a camera or the like provided in the gate 15, and uses OCR (Optical Character Reader: optical character reader) to perform predetermined information on the container surface. The character pattern described in the position is recognized, and the result is output to the reservation confirmation server 12 as container identification information.

<Reservation confirmation server>
Next, the reservation confirmation server 12 will be described in detail. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the reservation confirmation server 12. The reservation confirmation server 12 shown in FIG. 3 includes a drive device 31 connected to each other via a bus B, a storage medium 32 that can be set in the drive device 31, an auxiliary storage device 33, a memory device 34, and an arithmetic processing device. 35 and an interface device 36.

  The interface device 36 includes, for example, a modem, a router, etc., and is used for connecting to the network 6 shown in FIG. In addition, a display device, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like are also provided, so that an operator can operate the reservation confirmation server 12 and confirm processing contents.

  The reservation confirmation program used by the reservation confirmation server 12 is provided by a storage medium 32 such as a CD-ROM. The storage medium 32 on which the reservation confirmation program is recorded is set in the drive device 31, and the reservation confirmation program is installed from the storage medium 32 to the auxiliary storage device 33 via the drive device 31.

  The auxiliary storage device 33 stores the installed reservation confirmation program and also stores necessary files and data. The memory device 34 reads the reservation confirmation program from the auxiliary storage device 33 and stores it when there is an instruction to activate the reservation confirmation program, such as when the reservation confirmation server 12 is activated. The arithmetic processing unit 35 executes a function related to the reservation confirmation server 32 in accordance with the reservation confirmation program stored in the memory device 34.

  Next, a functional configuration example of the reservation confirmation server 32 will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the reservation confirmation server. In FIG. 4, the reservation confirmation server 12 is configured to include a collation unit 41 and an output unit 42.

  The collation unit 41 collates the container identification information, reflects the collation result on the management server 11, acquires the work content in the port facility 1 corresponding to the container identification information from the management server 11, and outputs it to the output unit 42 To do. In addition, a control signal for allowing the gate terminal 14 to pass or block is output.

The output unit 42 outputs a work instruction or the like to the administrator terminal 2 or the like based on the collation result acquired by the collation unit 41. If the container number matches as a result of the collation by the collating unit 41, the vehicle movement information and the port worker information corresponding to the container number are acquired from the management server 11 and the collating unit 41 To output means 42.

  Further, the output means 42 provides the administrator terminal 2, the shipper portable terminal 3, the vehicle occupant portable terminal 4, and the port worker portable terminal 5 with reservation information as shown in FIG. An e-mail containing information and the like is transmitted, and the process ends. Thereby, the manager can grasp the work performed by his / her subordinates, and the vehicle occupant, the port worker, and the like can also quickly acquire information. Further, if the vehicle has an in-vehicle terminal, the reservation information and the collation result information are output to the in-vehicle terminal.

  In addition, for example, the URL of the work details page is described in the e-mail sent to the port worker, manager, etc., and by referring to the URL, the worker and the administrator can confirm the details of the work. It is.

  As a result, it is possible to quickly confirm the container loaded on the gate-in vehicle, and it is possible to promptly and efficiently perform the movement of the vehicle and the instruction to the port worker.

<Reservation confirmation system processing procedure>
Next, the processing procedure of the reservation confirmation system in the present invention will be described using a sequence chart. FIG. 5 is an example sequence chart showing a processing procedure of the reservation confirmation system according to the present invention. In addition, in FIG. 5, the process procedure in the gate terminal 14, the OCR server 13, the management server 11, and the reservation confirmation server 12 in the harbor facility 1 is demonstrated.

  First, the gate terminal 14 captures the surface of the container loaded on the vehicle coming to the gate 15 using a camera installed on the gate, and acquires a container image (S01). Details of the container image acquisition method will be described later.

  Next, the gate terminal 14 outputs the acquired image information to the OCR server 13 (S02). The OCR server 13 has image recognition software installed and reads a character pattern included in the container image information from the gate terminal 14 (S03). The OCR server 13 extracts a container number from the read character pattern and outputs the container number to the reservation confirmation server 12 (S04).

  Further, the gate terminal 14 reads the barcode information on the screen of the terminal 4 provided to the vehicle occupant using the barcode reader 17 provided in the gate 15 that has taken the image (S05). The details of the barcode reading method will be described later. The gate terminal 14 outputs the acquired barcode information to the management server 11 (S06).

  The management server 11 refers to the reservation management DB recorded in the management server from the barcode information from the gate terminal, and acquires barcode information corresponding to the inputted barcode information.

  Here, the DB recorded in the management server 11 will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a database in the management server 11. The database shown in FIG. 6 is based on the reservation basic information DB (FIG. 6 (a)) for extracting the container number from the barcode information and the collation result from the reservation confirmation server 12, the manager terminal 2, the shipper portable terminal 3, A contact DB (FIG. 6B) for reporting information to the vehicle occupant portable terminal 4, the port worker portable terminal 5, etc., and which gate among the plurality of gates in the port facility 1 It has at least a gate information DB (FIG. 6C) for storing whether (IN, OUT) has been performed.

  The data items of the basic reservation information DB shown in FIG. 6A include “reservation number”, “barcode information”, “container number”, “occupant identification information” for identifying reservation information registered in advance by the shipper. , “Verification result” and the like. The data items in the contact DB of FIG. 6B include “reservation number”, “vehicle instruction information”, “port operator ID”, “manager contact”, “shipper contact”, “vehicle Crew contact information "etc. In the present invention, since the result is sent by e-mail to a portable terminal or the like, a mail address is stored in the contact address.

  Further, as the data items of the gate information DB shown in FIG. 6C, the “gate number” corresponding to the reservation number and the time from the “gate IN” gate that records the time of entering the gate are recorded. “Gate OUT” and the like are included.

  The other DB stored in the management server 11 is a table for managing information on work occurring in the port facility, and includes “work ID”, “scheduled start date / time”, “scheduled end date / time”, “ Work management DB consisting of data items such as “work type”, “related information”, “completion flag”, etc., and a table for managing information of each worker working at the port facility, “worker ID”, “name” , A worker management DB composed of data items such as “mail address”, “affiliation department”, and “administrator mail address”.

  The management server 11 refers to the database shown in FIG. 6 based on the barcode information input from the gate terminal 14 (S07), and outputs the corresponding container number to the reservation confirmation server 12 (S08). If the bar code information does not exist in the database, a database of consignor information corresponding to the bar code information stored in the management server is searched and processing such as contacting the consignor is performed. Control information for instructing the vehicle to guide the vehicle to the evacuation area is also output to the gate terminal 14.

  Next, the reservation confirmation server 12 collates the container number sent from the gate terminal 14 with the container number sent from the management server 11 (S09). The contents of the verification process are output to a database provided in the reservation confirmation server 12. Here, the verification DB stored in the reservation confirmation server 12 will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a database in the reservation confirmation server 12. The database in FIG. 7 has a collation information DB that accumulates information related to the collation results performed by the reservation confirmation server 12. Data items of the collation information DB in FIG. 7 include “reservation number”, “collation date / time”, “collation result”, “vehicle number”, “gate number”, “container number of image information”, “container of management server” Number "etc.

  Here, the reservation confirmation server 12 stores in the collation information DB together with the collation time when the container number from the OCR server 13 and the container number from the management server 11 are collated. Furthermore, a collation result (for example, OK, NG, etc.) is stored.

  Thereafter, the reservation confirmation server 12 outputs the collation result to the management server 11 (S10). The management server 11 outputs the collation result from the reservation confirmation server 12 to the “collation result” of the basic reservation information DB shown in FIG. 6A, and updates the DB (S11). Further, the management server 11 refers to the contact DB shown in FIG. 6B based on the reservation result, and the manager terminal 2, the shipper portable terminal 3, the vehicle occupant portable terminal 4, and the port worker portable terminal. An instruction signal is output to 5 (S12).

  In addition, the reservation confirmation server 12 outputs the collation result to the gate terminal 14 (S13). The gate terminal 14 displays the verification result and instructs the gate manager to instruct the vehicle that has entered (S14). Here, as an example of the instruction, if the collation results match, the gate administrator is allowed to pass, and if the collation results do not match, the gate administrator provides a evacuation area provided in the port facility 1 To move the vehicle.

  If they match, the management server 11 sends an instruction to the vehicle occupant portable terminal 4 to instruct to move the vehicle to a desired position. Further, based on the collation result, the contact information DB is referred to from the reservation number, and the instruction information or the collation result information is output to the manager, the shipper contact, the vehicle occupant contact, and the like.

  Thereby, even when carrying-in check of the container loaded on the vehicle is performed, it is possible to check the container number quickly and easily. In addition, reservation management can be performed quickly and efficiently.

  Next, vehicle check contents at the gate 15 will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a vehicle gate check according to the present invention. In FIG. 8, for ease of explanation, a gate 15-1 for reading a container image and a gate 15-2 for reading a barcode will be described separately, but the gate structure is an integrated gate. It may be. In addition, it is assumed that the vehicle 81 is installed between the gate 15-1 and the gate 15-2 at such an interval that the vehicle 81 cannot be removed. Furthermore, the gate terminal 14 is a terminal that manages the gates 15-1 and 15-2 and is configured to obtain information from the barcode reader 17.

  In FIG. 8, a vehicle 81 is loaded with a container 82. The vehicle 81 enters in order to perform a gate check from the direction of the arrow in FIG. Here, the camera 16 is installed so that the side surface and the back surface of the container can be photographed at the gate 15-1.

  When the vehicle 81 passes through the gate 15-1, the cameras 16-1 and 16-2 move, and the camera 16-1 captures the side of the container and the camera 16-2 captures the back of the container. As for the captured image data, the cameras 16-1 and 16-2 output the captured image to the OCR server 13.

  Here, the camera 16-1 and the camera 16-2 may shoot the entire surface of the container 82. However, since the position of the container number described in the container is determined in advance, the predetermined position You can just shoot the vicinity.

  Here, a specific example of the position of the container surface taken by the camera 16 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an area captured by the camera in the container. FIG. 9A is a diagram showing the side of the container, and FIG. 9B is a diagram showing the back of the container. In general, the container number is written on the upper right side of the container surface along with the name of the shipper and the load amount of the container. For this reason, when the vehicle passes through the gate 15-1, the camera 16-1 photographs the imaging area 83-1, and the camera 16-2 photographs the imaging area 83-2 on the back of the container.

  An image taken by the camera 16 is subjected to character pattern authentication by the OCR server 13. The character pattern recognized by the OCR server 13 is output to the reservation confirmation server 12 together with information on which gate is checking from a plurality of gates.

  Next, the vehicle 81 proceeds to the gate 15-2, and the vehicle occupant is displayed on the screen of the vehicle occupant terminal 4 or the in-vehicle terminal possessed by the occupant with the barcode reader 17 installed at the gate 5-2. The reservation barcode 22 shown in FIG. 2 is read.

  Information read by the bar code reader 17 is output to the gate terminal 14, and the gate terminal 14 outputs the information to the management server 11 together with a gate number for identifying the gate among the plurality of gates.

  The management server 11 acquires a content number using the barcode information sent from the gate terminal 14 as a key based on the reservation basic information DB shown in FIG. 6A and outputs the content number to the reservation confirmation server 12.

The reservation confirmation server 12 outputs a signal permitting passage to the gate terminal 14 when the two content numbers described above are matched and matched. In addition, if they do not match, the instruction information is output to the gate terminal 14 to move the vehicle 81 to the evacuation area. At this time, the reservation confirmation server 12 can simultaneously output control information that causes an alarm from the gate terminal 14. For this reason, it is possible to promptly notify the verification error to the gate manager in the gate terminal 14.
The reservation confirmation server 12 also outputs the collation result to the management server 11. When the collation result is OK, the management server 11 updates the “collation result” in the reservation information basic DB shown in FIG. 6A and corresponds to the reservation number from the contact DB shown in FIG. Vehicle instruction information to be output to the vehicle occupant terminal 4. In addition, instruction information is output to the port worker terminal 5 for the worker in charge recorded in the port worker ID.

  If the collation result does not match, the “verification result” in the reservation information basic DB shown in FIG. 6A is updated, and the shipper contact of the shipper contact is not matched with the shipper contact information. To contact. In addition, the vehicle occupant's portable terminal 4 is also notified of the mismatch. The times of the gates IN and OUT are recorded on the basis of the reservation number together with the gate number in the gate information DB shown in FIG.

  Thereby, by performing the procedure on the gate automatically, a complicated procedure such as the submission of documents becomes unnecessary, and the entrance procedure can be simplified and made more efficient.

  Further, since the worker does not check the container number written on the container surface, the labor cost can be reduced. Complicated procedures such as submission of documents are not required, and entrance procedures can be simplified and streamlined.

  In order to carry out the procedure with higher accuracy, a camera for photographing the vehicle number is provided at the gate 15-1, the character pattern is recognized by the OCR server, and is output to the reservation confirmation server 12. The vehicle can also be checked by comparing with the vehicle number stored in the DB.

  Furthermore, it is possible to check the damage of the container whether there is a scratch, dent, hole or the like in the gate 15-1 or the gate 15-2. In this case, for example, a container damage check is performed based on image information captured by the imaging apparatus. Here, the container damage check based on the image information is to pattern the image information of the appearance of the container captured from the imaging device, and confirm the presence or absence of damage by comparing with the image information of the container in a normal state. is there.

  Next, a procedure flow from when the vehicle gates in to gate OUT according to FIG. 8 will be described with reference to a flowchart. FIG. 10 is a flowchart of an example showing the work procedure of container check at the gate.

  In FIG. 10, first, when the vehicle is gated in (S101), the image information captured by the camera is read by the OCR, and the character pattern is recognized (S102). Next, in order to obtain a reservation number registered in advance in a terminal possessed by the vehicle occupant, a reservation barcode corresponding to the reservation number is read using a barcode reader (S103). Next, the container number is acquired from the barcode acquired in S103 (S104).

  The reservation confirmation server 12 collates the container number obtained in S102 with the container number obtained in S104, and determines whether the collation results match (S105).

  If the collation results match (YES in S105), an instruction for the container loading location from the management server 11 is sent to the vehicle occupant terminal (S106).

  If the collation results do not match (NO in S105), an alarm is output from the gate terminal 14 (S107), and an instruction to a preset standby area is output to the vehicle occupant terminal (S108). The vehicle (occupant) receiving the instruction moves to the instructed place through the gate OUT (S109).

  Thereby, the container check on the gate is automatically performed, so that the procedure time at the gate can be shortened, and the traffic jam of the loading vehicle at the gate can be avoided. Further, since the worker does not confirm the container number written at the predetermined position of the container, the labor cost can be reduced.

  Although the container check in the present invention can be performed by a dedicated device configuration in the reservation confirmation system described above, an execution program (reservation confirmation program) that can cause a computer to execute the reservation confirmation procedure described above is generated. The reservation confirmation in the present invention can be easily realized by installing the reservation confirmation program in a general-purpose personal computer, workstation or the like.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to quickly and efficiently perform reservation confirmation of container loading or unloading. Specifically, the procedure time for checking on the gate can be shortened, and the traffic jam of the imported vehicle at the gate can be avoided. Further, since the worker does not check the container number written on the container surface, the labor cost can be reduced. Thereby, the operation | work in the check work of carrying in or carrying out a container can be implemented rapidly and efficiently.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, but the present invention is not limited to such specific embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims.・ Change is possible.

It is a schematic block diagram of an example of the reservation confirmation system in this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen layout of the barcode displayed on a terminal. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of a reservation confirmation server. It is a figure which shows the function structural example of a reservation confirmation server. It is a sequence chart of an example which shows the process sequence of the reservation confirmation system in this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the database in a management server. It is a figure which shows an example of the database in a reservation confirmation server. It is a figure of an example which shows the mode of the gate check of the vehicle in this invention. It is a figure of an example which shows the area | region which the camera in a container images. It is a flowchart of an example which shows the work procedure of the container check in a gate.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Port facility 2 Manager terminal 3 Mobile terminal for shippers 4 Mobile terminal for vehicle occupants 5 Port operator mobile terminal 6 Communication network 11 Management server 12 Reservation confirmation server 13 OCR server 14 Gate terminal 15 Gate 16 Imaging device 17 Bar code reader 18 Firewall 21 Terminal screen 22 Reserved bar code 31 Drive device 32 Storage medium 33 Auxiliary storage device 34 Memory device 35 Arithmetic processor 36 Interface device 41 Verification means 42 Output means 81 Vehicle 82 Container 83 Imaging region

Claims (15)

In a reservation confirmation system for confirming reservation of a container to be carried in or out by a reservation management device that stores and manages reservation information for carrying in or out of a container,
Image acquisition means for photographing a predetermined position of the container at a gate installed at an entrance of a vehicle that carries the container into or out of the predetermined area;
Container identification information acquisition means for acquiring container identification information described in the position of the container from image information obtained by the image acquisition means;
An identification code reading means for reading an identification code displayed on a terminal moving with the vehicle;
Collation means for collating the reservation information obtained from the reservation management device based on the container identification information obtained by the container identification information acquisition means and the identification code obtained by the identification code reading means. A featured reservation confirmation system.   The reservation confirmation system according to claim 1, further comprising collation result output means for outputting a collation result obtained by the collation means to the reservation management apparatus and the terminal. The container identification information acquisition means includes
The reservation confirmation system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a container pattern is acquired by recognizing a character pattern from the image information by an optical character reader. The collation result output means includes
In the collation between the container identification information obtained by the container identification information acquisition means and the container identification information obtained by the reservation management device,
3. The information indicating the movement position of the vehicle is output when the container identification information matches, and the information indicating the movement to the waiting area is output together with the alarm signal when the container identification information does not match. The reservation confirmation system described.   The reservation confirmation system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined area is a port facility.   The reservation confirmation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the identification code is a barcode, and the identification code reading means is a barcode reader. In a reservation confirmation method for confirming reservation of a container to be carried in or out by a reservation management apparatus that stores and manages reservation information for carrying in or out of a container,
An image acquisition step of photographing a predetermined position of the container at a gate installed at an entrance of a vehicle that carries the container into or out of the predetermined area;
A container identification information acquisition step of acquiring the container identification information described in the position of the container from the image information obtained in the image acquisition step;
An identification code reading stage for reading an identification code displayed on a terminal moving with the vehicle;
A collation step of collating the reservation information obtained from the reservation management device based on the container identification information obtained in the container identification information acquisition step and the identification code obtained in the identification code reading step. A reservation confirmation method.   The reservation confirmation method according to claim 7, further comprising a collation result output step of outputting a collation result obtained in the collation step to the reservation management apparatus and the terminal. The container identification information acquisition step includes
The reservation confirmation method according to claim 7 or 8, wherein a container pattern is acquired by recognizing a character pattern from the image information by an optical character reader. The collation result output step includes
In the verification of the container identification information obtained by the container identification information acquisition step and the container identification information obtained by the reservation management device,
9. The information indicating the movement position of the vehicle is output when the container identification information matches, and the information indicating the movement to the standby area is output together with an alarm signal when the container identification information does not match. The reservation confirmation method described. In the reservation confirmation device for confirming the reservation of a container to be carried in or out by a reservation management device that stores and manages the reservation information for carrying in or carrying out the container,
Image acquisition means for photographing a predetermined position of the container at a gate installed at an entrance of a vehicle that carries the container into or out of the predetermined area;
Container identification information acquisition means for acquiring container identification information described in a predetermined position of the container from image information obtained by the image acquisition means;
An identification code reading means for reading an identification code displayed on a terminal moving with the vehicle;
Collation means for collating the reservation information obtained from the reservation management device based on the container identification information obtained by the container identification information acquisition means and the identification code obtained by the identification code reading means. A reservation confirmation device.   12. The reservation confirmation apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a collation result output means for outputting a collation result obtained by the collation means to the reservation management apparatus and the terminal. The container identification information acquisition means includes
The reservation confirmation apparatus according to claim 11 or 12, wherein a container pattern is acquired by recognizing a character pattern from the image information by an optical character reader. The collation result output means includes
In the collation between the container identification information obtained by the container identification information acquisition means and the container identification information obtained by the reservation management device,
The information indicating the movement position of the vehicle is output when the container identification information matches, and the information indicating the movement to the standby area is output together with the alarm signal when the container identification information does not match. The reservation confirmation device described.   The reservation confirmation program for making a computer perform the reservation confirmation method of any one of Claims 7 thru | or 10.

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