JP2005317046A - Report preparing device, and report preparing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce sales work, and to prepare a daily report accurately recording activities of working outside in a short time. <P>SOLUTION: A position detector 3 carried by a sales representative working outside generates time series data by storing positional information determined by a GPS receiver 11 every certain time, and time information from a timepiece 13 in an IC card 5. After returning to the office, a daily report preparing device 7 reads the time series data from the IC card 5, and it is divided into time zones wherein the position detector 3 was not moving and time zones wherein it was moving. Map information and transportation names corresponding to each time zone are retrieved from a CDROM 35, and they are displayed in a CRT 39 along with each time zone. The sales representative fills necessary items through a keyboard 43 to complete the daily report. By using the position detector 3 and the daily report creating device 7, a memo of a place of a business negotiation, and transportation becomes unnecessary, and the daily report can be accurately prepared in a short time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to an apparatus that supports creation of a report .

It is customary for outside salespersons who visit customers and conduct business negotiations (hereinafter referred to as salesmen following the common name) to create daily business reports to report their activities and results to the sales office. . In other words, today we will submit a report to the boss, etc. in which a report is written that describes when, where, what, who met, and what the results were.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-35951

  In other words, the salesman is chased by a complicated task of creating a daily report in addition to the essential sales task. In addition to this, it is also necessary to settle the fare of the transportation system used for the movement, and in particular, it is very troublesome when the transportation system is used for many customers.

  For this reason, it is indispensable for salespeople to take note of the location of business negotiations and means of transportation on the road, and other than essential work such as business negotiation results, precious time, and You have to divide the space for notes.

In addition, daily report of the day salesman makes a sales activities in one person, easily activities can be incorrect report. For example, when a business talk ends early, it can be reported that it took 20 minutes more than the actual cost for private use or reported that the customer did not actually do it. This not only lowers the efficiency of sales operations, but also means that fraudulent receipt can be facilitated in the adjustment of the transportation expenses.

This lowers business efficiency, raises operating costs, and in turn adversely affects the sound management activities of a company.
In view of the above problems, the present invention makes it possible to create a daily report in which sales activities are accurately recorded and to prepare a travel expense report. The purpose is to reduce sales and improve the efficiency of sales activities.

In order to achieve this object, the report creating apparatus of the invention of claim 1 is characterized in that the reception point position information calculated based on the transmission radio waves from a plurality of artificial satellites and the time point at which the calculation was performed. Reading means for fetching position information in time-series order from a predetermined recording medium in which time information as time is recorded as time-series data every predetermined time, a place name corresponding to the position information, and the place information Map information comprising a building name or the like is stored in advance, map information storage means, map information storage means for storing location information of the place to be used, map information storage means for storing the map information, and reading means The map information reference means for referring to the map information corresponding to the position information captured by the map information storage means, and the map information for displaying the map information referred to by the map information reference means on a predetermined image display device. Display means, input means for adding necessary items regarding the information displayed by the map information display means, the necessary items added by the input means, and map information displayed by the map information display means And a document data output means for generating and outputting document data arranged in a predetermined format.

  Thus, in the report creating apparatus according to claim 1, first, the reading means uses the position information of the reception point calculated based on the transmission radio waves from the plurality of artificial satellites and the time when this calculation is performed. Position information in time series order is taken from a predetermined recording medium in which certain time information is recorded as time series data every predetermined time. Next, the map information reference means refers to the map information consisting of the place name corresponding to the imported position information, the name of the building existing at the place, etc. from the map information storage means, and the map information display means refers to the reference. The map information is displayed on a predetermined image display device.

  When the map information is displayed in this way, the input means adds necessary items regarding the information displayed on the image display device.
  Then, the added necessary items and the map information are converted into document data arranged in a predetermined format by the document data output means, output, and printed, for example.

  As a result, a report describing an accurate action record is completed simply by adding necessary items, and is efficient and rational.
  Also, for example, when a new customer can be cultivated, the map information storage means stores the location information of the frequently used location with the customer and the map information in the map information storage means. It can be referred to by the map information reference means.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a report creation apparatus comprising: document data input means for inputting document data output by the document data output means; and document data for storing document data input by the document data input means. The report creation device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit.

  Thus, in addition to obtaining the same operation as in claim 1, the document data output by the document data output means is input by the document data input means of the host computer, for example, and the document data storage means The input document data can be accumulated.

  Therefore, the document data stored by the document data storage means can be analyzed, for example, and used for more efficient moving methods and for finding efficient combinations of customers in charge.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the reading means captures the position information together with the time information, and the map information display means uses the map information referred to by the map information reference means together with the time information as a predetermined image. The gist of the report creation device according to claim 1, wherein the report creation device is displayed on a display device.

  Thus, in addition to obtaining the same operation as that of claim 1 or claim 2, the reading means captures the position information together with the time information, so that the map information display means displays the map information corresponding to the position information. The time information is displayed on a predetermined image display device.

  Therefore, the addition of necessary items by the input means is performed with respect to information including the displayed map information and time information.
  As a result, the document data output by the document data output means is created from the necessary information regarding the information including map information and time information, and the map information, and an accurate action record is recorded. It is possible to include map information and time information in the report.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the report generating apparatus, further comprising: a stationary state determining unit that determines whether the positional information is in a stationary state based on the time-series positional information captured by the reading unit; 4. The reference means according to claim 1, wherein the map information storage means refers to the map information corresponding to the position information determined to be stationary by the stationary state determining means. The summary is the report preparation device described in.

  Thus, in addition to obtaining the same operation as any one of claims 1 to 3, it is determined whether the stationary state determination unit is in a stationary state based on the position information in time series order taken in by the reading unit. The map information reference means determines that the map information displayed by the map information display means is stationary by referring to the map information corresponding to the position information determined to be in the stationary state from the map information storage means. It corresponds to the position information when it is determined as a state.

  As a result, the document data output by the document data output means is created from the map information in the stationary state, and a report describing the action record in the stationary state is completed.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the report creation apparatus, wherein the map information reference means refers to the map information display means by adding means for obtaining a stationary time zone determined to be stationary by the stationary state determining means. When the map information is displayed on the predetermined image display device together with the stationary time zone, the document data output means includes the necessary items added by the input means and the map displayed by the map information display means. The gist of the report creation apparatus according to claim 4, wherein document data arranged in a predetermined format is created and output from the information and the stationary time zone.

  Thus, in addition to obtaining the same operation as in claim 4, the stationary time zone determined to be stationary is obtained, and the map information display means displays the map information when the stationary time zone is stationary. Is displayed.

  As a result, the document data output by the document data output means includes the necessary information regarding the information including the map information in the stationary state and the information in the stationary time zone, the map information in the stationary state, The report is created from the information of the stationary time zone and accurately records the action records in the stationary state.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a report creation method comprising: position information of a reception point calculated based on radio waves transmitted from a plurality of artificial satellites; and time information which is a time when the position information is calculated. Reads the time-series position information recorded every predetermined time, and the map information corresponding to the position information acquired by the reading process, the place name corresponding to the position information, and the building existing at the place Map information reference processing in which map information consisting of names and the like is referenced from previously stored map information storage means, and map information storage processing for storing the location information of the place to be used and map information in the map information storage means A map information display process for displaying an image of the map information referred to by the map information reference process, and addition of necessary items regarding the information displayed by the map information display process. Document data in a predetermined format is created from the input process, the necessary items added in the input process, and the map information displayed by the map information display process. The gist of the report creation method is characterized by comprising output processing.

  Thus, according to the report creating method of claim 6, first, the reading process is performed based on the position information of the reception point calculated based on the transmission radio waves from a plurality of artificial satellites and the time when the calculation is performed. Time-series position information in which certain time information is recorded every predetermined time is taken in. Next, the map information reference process refers to the map information including the place name corresponding to the captured position information, the building name existing at the place, etc. from the map information storage means, and the map information display process is referred to The map information is displayed as an image.

  When the map information is displayed in this way, the input process adds necessary items regarding the information displayed on the image.
  The necessary items added in this way and the map information are output as document data arranged in a predetermined format by the output processing of the document data.

  As a result, a report with an accurate action record is completed simply by adding necessary items, and is efficient and rational.
  In addition, for example, when a new customer can be cultivated, the map information storage process stores the location information of the frequently used place and the map information in the map information storage means. It can be referred to by the map information reference process.

The report creating apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is an efficient and rational report that includes an accurate action record, which is simply added with necessary items. When doing this, there is no need to make a note of the location and time of the negotiation, and the effect is that it is possible to concentrate on the negotiation.

In addition, since accurate behavior management is performed , the salesperson can not take useless behavior and can expect efficient sales activities. On the other hand, salespeople are not monitored by others in real time, so their mental pressure is small .

  In addition, for example, when a new customer can be cultivated, the map information storage means stores the location information of frequently used places with the customer and the map information in the map information storage means. , It is possible to refer to the map information of the frequently used place by the map information reference means, and it can be used to improve the efficiency of the sales activities of the salesman who develops new customers. There is an effect.

In addition to having the same effect as in claim 1 , the report creation apparatus according to claim 2 analyzes the accumulated document data, for example, for more efficient movement method and efficient customer service. The effect is that it can be used to discover a combination.

  The report creation apparatus according to claim 3 has the same effect as that of claim 1 or claim 2, and the document data output by the document data output means includes map information and time information. The report is created from the necessary information about the information and the map information, and there is an effect that the report describing the accurate action record can include the map information and the time information.

  The report creation apparatus according to claim 4 has the same effect as any one of claims 1 to 3, and the document data output by the document data output means is in a stationary state. It is created from the map information, and has the effect that a report describing the action record in the case of an accurate stationary state is completed.

  The report creation apparatus according to claim 5 has the same effect as that of claim 4, and the document data output by the document data output means includes map information in a stationary state, and a stationary time. A report that accurately describes the action record in the stationary state is created from the necessary information regarding the information including the belt information, the map information in the stationary state, and the stationary time zone information. And has the effect of being completed.

  The report creation method according to the sixth aspect has an effect that a report in which an accurate action record is recorded is completed only by adding necessary items, and is efficient and rational.
  Moreover, for example, when a new customer can be cultivated, the map information storage means stores the location information of the frequently used location with the customer and the map information, and by the map information reference process, It is possible to refer to the map information of the frequently used place, and it is possible to make it possible to use it for improving the efficiency of the sales activities of the sales person who cultivates new customers.

Hereinafter, as an embodiment of the present invention, illustrating a broadcasting Tsugesho creation device 1 in conjunction with the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the basic concept of the report creation apparatus 1, and includes a portable position detection apparatus A and a daily report creation apparatus B.

Also, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a reporting system 1 of the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 2, reporting device 1 of the present embodiment is composed of three parts roughly. That is, the three parts are the portable position detection device 3 that moves together with the salesperson, the IC card 5, and the daily report creation support device 7. The daily report supporting the preparation by the daily report creation support device 7 does not describe only the contents related to the negotiation, but also describes the method of transportation between the negotiation locations, that is, the transportation means and the fare, and the transportation expense report As well. That is, the daily report creation support apparatus 7 also serves as the daily report creation apparatus and the travel expense report creation apparatus of the present invention.

  The portable position detection device 3 (hereinafter, simply referred to as the position detection device 3) includes a GPS antenna 11a that receives a transmission radio wave from a GPS (Global Positioning System) artificial satellite (NAVSTAR), and receives the received signal as a frequency. An interface between a microcomputer and a well-known GPS receiver 11 serving as point detection means for calculating latitude and longitude as position information representing the position of the reception point (ie, the location of the salesperson) after conversion and demodulation It comprises a timepiece 13 as a time measuring means having terminals, an IC card reader / writer 15, and a control device 17 for driving and controlling them. The control device 17 includes a CPU 19, a ROM 21, a RAM 23, and a well-known microcomputer provided with a bus line 25 connecting these components, an IC card reader / writer controller 27, a GPS receiver interface 29, and a clock interface 31. It is supposed to be equipped with.

  An IC card 5 as a recording medium of the present invention includes a CPU, a RAM, and the like therein, and stores data in the RAM by an IC card reader / writer or the like, and stores the stored data in an IC card reader / writer or an IC card. It can be read by a reader. The IC card 5 is configured to be detachable from the IC card reader / writer 15.

  The daily report creation support device 7 includes an IC card reader 33 that is configured so that the IC card 5 is detachable and can read data stored in the IC card 5, a CD / ROM 35, a CD driver 37, a CRT 39, and a printer 41. The keyboard 43 and the control device 45 are included. The control device 45 includes a CPU 47, a ROM 49, a RAM 51, a serial interface 52, a CRT controller 53, a printer interface 55, a keyboard interface 57, and a configuration as a well-known microcomputer provided with a bus line 59 connecting these parts. A CD controller 61 and an IC card reader controller 63 are provided.

  In addition, in the CD / ROM 35, map information consisting of a building name or a place name, a name of a predetermined transportation facility, and a station name and a bus stop name of the transportation facility are stored in advance together with position information related thereto. . That is, the CD / ROM 35 corresponds to both the map information storage means and the transportation means storage means of the present invention.

The ROM 49 is composed of a plurality of integrated circuits such as an integrated circuit storing various processing procedures and methods described below and an integrated circuit storing a transportation fare table.
The outline of all the processes performed by the report creating apparatus 1 having the above configuration is as shown in the flowchart of FIG. That is, as the time / point recording process of step 100, the time and the location point of the position detection device 3 at that time are stored in the IC card 5 attached to the position detection device 3 every predetermined time. Create time-series data of location points. This is continuously executed while the salesperson moving with the portable position detection device 3 goes around. When the salesman returns to work, the time series data of the time and location point created in the IC card 5 in the time zone classification process in step 110 is stationary with the time zone in which the position detection device 3 was moving. It is divided into the time zone. In step 120, the process proceeds to a creation support process, where necessary items are compensated and a daily report is printed out.

The time / point recording process corresponding to the process performed by the recording means of the present invention will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The position detection device 3 is provided in the attache case, and the GPS antenna 11a is charged on the outer surface of the attache case.

  When the salesperson goes outside, the IC card 5 is mounted on the IC card reader / writer 15 in the attach case, and the position detecting device 3 is activated. As a matter of course, only the timepiece 13 in the configuration of the position detection device 3 is always operating regardless of the activation, and keeps counting time. As an example, suppose that the time when this activation was made was 9:50.

  First, in step 200, the time is fetched from the clock 13 through the clock interface 31, and in the following step 210, it is determined whether or not a fixed time has elapsed. This reference time is determined to be the time at the time of activation (in the above example, 9:50 in the above example) when this step 210 is performed for the first time, and in the second and subsequent times, it is determined that the previous step 210 has elapsed. The time when the following is executed. Here, assuming that the fixed time is 1 minute, the process proceeds to 220 when 9:51 is reached, otherwise returns to step 200, and the loop of step 200 to step 210 is repeated.

In step 220, the location point of the position detecting device 3 is detect the GPS receiver 11, fetches via a GPS receiver interface 29. The location point is represented by latitude / longitude, and when the GPS antenna 11a cannot receive the radio wave transmitted from the artificial satellite, a predetermined error code is stored instead of the latitude / longitude. In step 230, the time taken earlier is stored in the IC card 5, and in the subsequent step 240, the location point fetched in step 220 is stored in the IC card 5. In this way, the IC card 5 stores the position detection device 3 at a certain time, that is, the location point of the salesman, together with the time. Next, the process proceeds to step 250, and unless the position detection device 3 is stopped, the process returns to step 200 to perform the above processing. This position detection device 3 is stopped by the salesman when the salesman returns to the office.

  As described above, when the time / point recording process is completed, time series data in which the time and the location of the salesman are recorded every minute is completed in the IC card 5 while the salesman goes around.

  The returning salesman removes the IC card 5 from the IC card reader / writer 15 and loads it into the IC card reader 33 of the daily report creation support device 7. When the salesman activates the daily report creation support device 7, the time series data recorded on the IC card 5 by the IC card reader 33 is taken into the RAM 51, and the time zone classification process is executed. This process divides the time-series data into a time zone during which it has moved and a time zone during which it has been stationary, and also serves as a process performed by the stationary determination means and a process performed by the movement determination means of the present invention. is there. This time zone division process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, as preprocessing, at each time point stored in the recording medium in step 300, it is determined whether the position detection device 3 has moved or has been stationary. This determination is performed as follows. That is, the two location points of the time point to be determined and the next time point are compared, and if both points are the same, they are stationary, and if they are different, they are moved. However, since there is usually an error in the point detection of the GPS receiver 11, a threshold value is set in advance, and it is determined that the vehicle has moved when the two location points are different from the threshold value. . Here, the threshold value is about 50 m, and the latitude and longitude are both 2 seconds.

  In addition, when an error code is stored in one (or both) of two location points, or when there is no data at the next time point, that is, the time point to be determined is the last data of the series of data. If there is, it is determined as an error.

  FIG. 6 schematically shows time-series data and determination results for which the determination of all time-series data is completed as preprocessing. That is, the leftmost column 71 is the time counted by the clock 13, the right adjacent columns 73a and 73b are the positions of the position detection device 3 detected by the GPS receiver 11, and the rightmost column 75 is the determination in step 300. It is a result. That is, the columns 71, 73a, 73b correspond to the time series data stored in the IC card 5. In addition, in the symbol of the column 75, D represents “move” and E represents “error”. For example, the first time series data indicates that the portable position detector 3 was at dn ° m1′21 ″ north latitude and de ° m2′07 ″ east longitude at 9:51, and the determination is D (moving). It means that.

  Note that the horizontal lines seen in the columns 73a and 73b at 10:19 and the following 10:20 indicate that an error code is entered. The column 75 does not have a symbol indicating “stationary”, but the position detection device 3 is provided in the attach case as described above. And the time points that should be determined as “still” are all determined to be “error”.

  Next, the process proceeds to step 310, and the time is set to tBn indicating the start time of the time zone. Since it is the first time here, n = 1, that is, 9:51 is set to tB1. Subsequently, in step 320, the determination result at this time point is referred to. In step 330, the determination result at the next time point is referred to. When both are determined to be the same, step 330 is performed again, and the determination result at the next time point is referred to. . When a different determination comes out, the process proceeds to step 340, the time is set in tEn, and the extraction of one time zone is completed. In this example, the determination at 9:51 is “D”, and then the determination “E” other than “D” comes out at 10:17, so that 10:17 is set in tE1. The time zone 81 [9:51, 10:17] is taken out. It should be noted that when there is no next data to be referred to in step 330, that is, when the reference is advanced to the end of the time series data, the process proceeds to step 340.

  Subsequently, the process proceeds to step 350 to step 380, and it is determined whether the position detecting device 3 has moved or stopped in the time zone [tBn, tEn]. In step 350, if the determination referred to in steps 320 to 330 is E, that is, if the determination is not “error”, the process proceeds to step 360 and the determination is adopted. In the above example, the determination from 9:51 to 10:17 is D, that is, “move” and not “error”, so this time zone 81 is registered as having moved.

  On the other hand, if the determination is “error” in step 350, the process proceeds to the subsequent step 370, where movement / stillness is determined with reference to position information before and after the time period. That is, if the two pieces of position information match, it proceeds to step 380 and is determined to be stationary, and if they are different, it proceeds to step 390 and is determined to have moved. For example, in FIG. 6, the time zone 83 [tB2, tE2] (where tB2 = 10: 18, tE2 = 10: 43) following the time zone 81 [tB1, tE1] Therefore, the determination is made with reference to the position information before and after. Then, since the position information corresponding to tE1 = 10: 17 and tB3 = 10: 44 respectively coincides with north latitude dn ° m3′51 ″ and east longitude de ° m4′35 ″, this time zone 83 At [tB2, tE2], it is determined that the position detection device 3 is stationary.

  In this determination, as in the determination as the preprocessing in step 300, a threshold value is provided, and it is determined that the vehicle has moved when the two location points are different from the threshold value. Further, tBn + 1 in step 370 is not set yet at this time point, but here, for convenience, a symbol representing the start time point of the next time zone is used as the time next to tEn. .

  When the determination for one time zone is completed in this way, the process proceeds to step 400 to determine whether the determination is completed up to the end of the time series data. If not completed, the process returns to step 310, and the above-described processing for dividing / determining the remaining time-series data into time zones is repeated. If completed, the process is terminated.

  When the time zone classification process is thus completed, the time-series data stored in the IC card 5 is divided into several time zones, and the position detection device 3 is stationary or moving for each time zone. It is judged whether or not As described above, since the position detection device 3 is activated at the same time when the salesperson goes out, the time series data usually starts from the time zone when the position was moved.

The creation support process executed next to this time zone classification process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, in step 500, the time zone during which the position detection device 3 has moved is displayed on the screen of the CRT 39. In the above example, “9: 51-10: 17” is displayed on the screen as the time zone 81. Subsequently, in the moving means estimation process in step 510, a provisional account display means for performing processing as a transportation means estimating means for estimating the transportation means used for the movement based on the position information and displaying it on the screen of the CRT 39. The process is performed. For example, “1. XX Electric Railway 2. Municipal Bus 3. Walk 4. Other” is displayed.

  In the next step 520, a designation input of what is actually used is waited from among the transportation modes displayed on the CRT screen as candidates. For example, if the user has moved by walking, “3” is input from the keyboard 43. The keyboard 43 here corresponds to the replenishing means of the present invention. In the subsequent step 530, based on the input in step 520, the fare for this movement is set by referring to the fare table stored in the ROM 49. In the above example, the fare is zero because the vehicle has moved on foot.

  In the next step 540, the determination result by the time zone division process in the next time zone is referred to. If the result is “movement” again, the process returns to step 500, and if it is “still”, the process advances to step 550. When the next time zone does not exist, that is, when the time zone is the last time zone of the time-series data, the process jumps to the daily report printing process at step 580. Hereinafter, assuming that the time zone is “still”, the processing after step 550 will be described.

  In step 550, the time zone during which the position detection device 3 was stationary is displayed on the screen of the CRT 39. For example, for the time zone 83, “10: 18-10: 43” is displayed on the screen.

  Subsequently, in the movement means estimation process at step 560, the corresponding map information is referred to from the CD / ROM 35 based on the position information, and the map information reference means is processed and displayed on the screen of the CRT 39. For example, the map information “△△ Industry Co., Ltd. ×× Branch” is stored in the CD / ROM 35 as the location information and the building name corresponding to the north latitude dn ° m3′51 ″ and the east longitude de ° m4′35 ″. If it is, “△△ Sangyo Co., Ltd. xx Branch Office” is displayed. Since this display is performed following the display of the time zone in step 550, it can be seen that these screen displays have a corresponding relationship. That is, the process of the part that displays the time zone and the map information on the CRT 39 in Step 550 to Step 560 corresponds to the process as the provisional daily report display means.

  In the next step 570, input of necessary items regarding the information displayed on the CRT 39 in steps 550 to 560 is awaited. In the above example, regarding “10: 18-10: 43” and “△△ Sangyo Co., Ltd. XX branch office” displayed on the CRT 39, “Business negotiation partner: Engineering department manager Yamada, chief. Distributing documents and new product catalogs Result: Amount is consented, and the delivery date is requested to be changed to 3/10. The keyboard 43 here corresponds to the input means of the present invention.

  In this way, when the input for the stationary time zone is completed, the process returns to step 540 and branches to step 500, step 550, or step 580 again based on the determination of the next time zone.

  When the above processing is repeated and the input relating to the moving means or the negotiation is completed for all the time zones, the process proceeds to step 580, and a predetermined format is set based on the data displayed on the CRT 39 and the contents input from the keyboard 43. The prepared document data is created, ruled lines and the like are added thereto and output to the printer 41 as a predetermined output device, and the creation support process is terminated. In addition, the name of the transportation facility is printed in the time zone in which the use of the transportation facility is input in step 520, and the name of the station or bus stop where the car got on and off is referred to from the CD / ROM 35, together with the fare. Printed. That is, the processing performed in step 580 corresponds to the processing performed by the daily report output means of the present invention and the processing performed by the checkout output means.

  Here, the moving means estimation process performed in step 510 of the creation support process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As described above, in this process, based on the position information, the transportation facility used for the movement is estimated and displayed as candidates on the screen of the CRT 39. For this purpose, first, in step 600, the station name (or bus stop name) near the position information corresponding to the start point tBn of the time zone and the name of the transportation facility corresponding to the station name are searched from the CD / ROM 35. In the subsequent step 610, the station name (or bus stop name) near the position information corresponding to the end point tEn of the time zone and the name of the transportation facility corresponding to the station name are searched from the CD / ROM 35. Then, the process proceeds to step 620, where the common transportation name searched in step 600 and the transportation name searched in step 610 are adopted, and “walk” and “others” are added to this, and in step 630, the CRT 39 To display. “Others” is added when the transfer cannot be estimated in Step 600 to Step 610 due to reasons such as changing to another transportation in the middle of movement or using a car.

  As described above, according to the report creating apparatus 1 described above, since the position detection apparatus 3 records the salesman's location and time on the IC card 5 at regular intervals, accurate time-series data indicating the contents of the outside activity is recorded. Can be created.

  Further, since the daily report creation support device 7 refers to the map information corresponding to the position information and estimates the transportation system used for the movement, it is not necessary to make a note of the location, time, and moving method of the negotiation, You can concentrate on the essential work as. In addition to this, the daily report creation support device 7 also sets a fare, so that it is possible to receive a legitimate amount according to this record even when charging for transportation expenses. When the transportation fare is revised, the integrated circuit storing the fare table in the ROM 49 may be replaced with an integrated circuit storing a new fare table.

  Furthermore, since the time, place, transportation, and fare are formatted in a predetermined format and printed out from the printer 41, a report with a good appearance and an accurate record of outside activities while maintaining the format of the conventional daily report. Can be created in a short time.

  In addition, since accurate behavior management is performed as described above, the salesperson cannot take useless behavior, and efficient sales activities can be expected. On the other hand, since the activity is not monitored by other people in real time, the mental pressure on the salesman is small.

  The position detection device 3 is mainly composed of the GPS receiver 11, the clock 13, the IC card reader / writer 15, and the control device 17, and has a very simple configuration even when the IC card 5 is added. For this reason, it is lightweight, excellent in portability and inexpensive, and can manage the activities of many salesmen at low cost.

  As described above, the report creation device 1 to which the portable position detection device, the business daily report creation device, and the travel expense report creation device of the present invention are applied has been described as an embodiment of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to these, and various embodiments can be implemented.

  For example, the position detection device 3 may be installed in a commercial vehicle instead of an attache case. In this case, if the automobile is parked outdoors during a business talk, the position of the automobile is always detected, and time-series data having no error code is completed. In this way, when all the position detection devices 3 are mounted on a vehicle and used, the settlement of transportation costs is not so meaningful, so a simpler configuration is possible except for the moving means estimation processing and the processing for setting the fare. It becomes. On the other hand, since there is a possibility that the parking position of the car and the negotiation place are separated, when referring from the CD / ROM 35 in step 660, map information within a radius of 200 m (for example) is searched from the position information. Then, it is preferable to let the salesman select a place where the business negotiation is actually performed from the map information within the range.

  In addition, the daily report creation support device 7 creates a daily report that also serves as a transportation expense report. However, a settlement report for charging transportation expenses may be printed separately from the daily report. For example, the daily report printing process in step 680 may be divided, and a daily report in which only the negotiation result is printed may be printed first, and then a travel expense statement may be printed as a separate sheet. Also, it can be used to create a daily report that includes only the time of stationary from time series data and only the actual business results are recorded. It may be a device for creating a document.

  The recording medium is not limited to the IC card 5 but may be an IC chip, an FD, a magnetic card, or the like. However, it is desirable that the recording medium be small, lightweight, excellent in durability, and easily removable.

  Further, this IC card 5 may store an identification number or name corresponding to each salesman, and may be a card dedicated to each salesman. In this way, it is possible to save the trouble of inputting one's name in step 670.

  The map information storage means may be a writable magnetic medium, such as a hard disk, instead of the CD / ROM 35 of the present invention. By storing only the name of the customer and the location often used as the negotiation location on the magnetic medium together with the corresponding location information, and referring to the location information, the necessary storage capacity can be saved. When a new customer is cultivated, it can be stored in a magnetic medium together with its position information so that it can be referred to.

  Document data as a daily report is not output to the printer 41, but, for example, a host computer is provided in the personnel department or accounting department of the company where the salesperson works, and the host computer is connected to the host computer through the serial interface 52. You may send it by electric transmission. Then, it is preferable from the standpoint of protecting paper resources if the record of the results or the settlement of the transportation expenses is performed by the host computer. Also, based on this method, instead of strictly managing daily actions, sales results, transportation expenses, etc. are aggregated from the document data sent to the host computer, for example, on a monthly basis. If the relative evaluation is performed, the mental pressure problem and the human rights problem can be solved, and the salesman can be evaluated accurately, quickly and objectively. Furthermore, when document data obtained in this way is accumulated and analyzed, more efficient transportation methods and efficient combinations of responsible customers are expected.

  The clock 13 can measure not only the time but also the date, and accordingly, the IC card 5 can store the date data, and the date data is recorded in step 230. You may make it do. Then, at the beginning of the time zone classification process, a step of receiving a designation input of the date to be processed is provided, and from the time series data captured by the IC card reader 33, only the time series data corresponding to the date is extracted. The processing is configured to be performed. In this way, data for a plurality of days can be recorded on the IC card, and a report for each day can be made later. Also, a weekly report, a monthly report, etc. can be created by making it possible to specify a plurality of dates and adding a necessary configuration as appropriate.

  Alternatively, the GPS receiver 11 may also detect the moving speed of the receiving point and store it in the IC card 5 as speed information together with the time information and position information in the time / point recording process. Then, in the time zone classification process, when classifying all time series data into the time zone that was stationary and the time zone that was moving, even if movement / stillness is determined by referring to this speed information good.

  The moving means estimation process in step 510 may not be based on the above method. For example, the internal rules of the movement method are made in advance (for example, use ** Electric Railway to move from "... to ..." .... ”), Make the salesman comply with this. This internal rule is stored in a CD / ROM or magnetic medium together with the corresponding position data. In step 510, the moving means is specified by referring to the data in the magnetic medium based on the position information of the time series data. To do. According to this method, it is possible to drastically reduce the storage capacity required as a part corresponding to the transportation storage means of the present invention. Also, this method may eliminate the need for input from the moving means in step 520. Other methods can also be applied as long as they have a function as the transportation means estimation means of the present invention.

  As is clear from the above description, this report creation apparatus 1 may be used not only by sales personnel but also by any person engaged in outside work, and can easily create a report as described above. . Further, even if a business trip person carries the position detection device 3 instead of a person who works outside, it is very convenient because the travel expense can be easily settled.

It is explanatory drawing of the outline of the report preparation apparatus 1 of embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the whole structure of the report creation apparatus 1 of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the outline of all the processes which the report preparation apparatus 1 performs. It is a flowchart which shows a time and point recording process. It is a flowchart which shows a time slot | zone division | segmentation process. It is explanatory drawing which represented typically a mode that determination of a movement / still was added to the positional information produced in the IC card 5 by the time and point recording process, and the time information corresponding to it. It is a flowchart which shows a creation assistance process. It is a flowchart which shows a movement means estimation process.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Report preparation apparatus 3 ... Portable position detection apparatus 5 ... IC card 7 ... Daily report preparation apparatus 11 ... GPS receiver 13 ... Clock 15 ... IC card reader / writer 17 ... Control apparatus 33 ... IC card reader 37 ... CD driver 39 ... CRT 41 ... Printer 43 ... Keyboard 45 ... Control device

Claims (3)

A GPS receiver that receives transmission radio waves from a plurality of artificial satellites and calculates position information of a receiving point based on the received radio waves;
A time measuring means for measuring time;
Recording means for storing the position information calculated by the GPS receiver and time information, which is the time measured by the time measuring means at the time of the calculation, in a predetermined recording medium at regular intervals;
A portable position detecting device comprising: Reading means for capturing the position information and time information from the predetermined recording medium;
Based on the position information taken in by the reading means, stationary determination means for extracting from the time information the time zone in which the portable position detection device was stationary;
Map information storage means in which map information consisting of a building existing at a point corresponding to the position information or a place name of the point is stored in advance;
Map information reference means for referring to the map information corresponding to the position information from the map information storage means, the stationary time zone, and the map information reference means from the position information corresponding to the time zone. Temporary daily report display means for outputting map information to a predetermined image display device in correspondence, input means for adding necessary items as daily reports to the contents displayed by the temporary daily report display means, and the input The map information referred to by the map information reference means based on the necessary items added by the means, the stationary time zone, and the position information corresponding to the time zone is arranged in a predetermined format, and predetermined as document data Daily report generating device, characterized by comprising daily report output means for outputting to an output device   A capturing unit that captures the position information and time information from the predetermined recording medium, and a movement that retrieves from the time information the time zone in which the portable position detection device has moved based on the position information captured by the capturing unit. Judgment means, a name of a predetermined transportation facility, a name of a place where boarding / alighting can be performed on the operation route of the transportation body, and transportation information storage means in which position information corresponding to the place where the boarding / alighting is possible is stored in advance, Based on the position information corresponding to the time zone that was moving, the transportation storage means is referred to, and the transportation estimation means that estimates the transportation used for the movement of the time zone; A provisional statement display means for outputting the time zone and the transportation mode estimated by the transportation mode estimation means from the position information corresponding to the time zone to a predetermined image display device in correspondence; and Replenishment means for adding necessary items as a travel expense report to the contents displayed by the settlement report display means, at least the necessary items added by the supplementary means, and the transportation estimation means A transportation expense statement preparation device comprising: a payment statement output means that arranges the transportation means in a predetermined format and outputs the data as document data to a predetermined output device.

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