JP2007182289A - Article delivery method for moving person - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately and efficiently deliver articles to persons moving by using public transportation systems in accordance with their orders. <P>SOLUTION: To deliver articles to moving persons in accordance with their orders, an article delivery order-receiving system 100 for moving persons is provided. This system 100 is provided with a delivered article designating means 400 for registering delivery order information from clients; an article receiving condition designating means 500 for registering information on article receiving conditions when the moving persons receive the articles on their moving routes; and an article delivery determining means 1000 for determining whether or not delivery of the ordered articles to the moving persons in the article receiving conditions is possible. Through access to the article delivery order-receiving system 100 for moving persons via an information transmitting network 300 by the clients by using input equipment 200a, 200b, registration of the delivery order information and article receiving condition information can be performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a delivery method for delivering an article for which delivery has been requested to a recipient of the article, and particularly when the article recipient is a moving person using public transportation such as a train or a bus. The present invention relates to an article delivery method.

  Many methods have already been proposed for the delivery of goods. For example, a method for obtaining an optimum circuit pattern or an optimum delivery route for delivery of articles by vehicle (Patent Document 1, Patent Document 2), and when a delivery request is made from the same supplier at different delivery deadlines, A technique to improve delivery efficiency, especially operation efficiency of trucks used for delivery (Patent Document 3) by reducing the number of deliveries by delivering at once, focusing on the movement path of goods from delivery acceptance to the end of delivery A method of monitoring and thereby optimizing a delivery schedule (Patent Document 4, Patent Document 5).

JP-A-5-135070 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-134300 JP 10-254964 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 08-173917 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-143568

  In today's society where various public transportation means such as trains, buses, ferries and airplanes are highly developed, there are few people who have time to move using those transportation means, that is, moving objects. Absent. By enabling delivery of goods that can be picked up by people who are moving with such mobile objects, that is, mobile users, the distribution of goods can be further promoted, contributing to further development of the distribution industry. can do. From such a viewpoint, any of the conventional article delivery methods as described above is insufficient. That is, all of the conventional methods as described above are based on the premise that the delivery destination of the article (the receipt destination of the article) is fixed in place, and can cope with the delivery of the article to the mobile person. Can not.

  The present invention has been made on the basis of the above knowledge, and provides an article delivery method for a mobile that enables accurate and efficient delivery of goods to a mobile according to the contents of a request. It is an object.

  In the present invention, for the above purpose, there is provided an article delivery method for a person who delivers an article based on a request from a client to a moving person using a mobile object. The process of receiving the designation of the delivery quantity and registering it as delivery request information, and registering information on the condition of receiving goods for the mobile person to receive goods on the travel route of the mobile person based on the designation by the client And a step of determining whether delivery of the requested article to the mobile person according to the article receiving condition is possible.

  Further, in the present invention, for the article delivery method for a mobile person as described above, the goods receipt condition information is information indicating whether a delivery place where the mobile person receives the goods is inside or outside the mobile body. The article delivery request time when the delivery location is outside the mobile body, or the article delivery request time when the delivery location is in the mobile body, or the article receipt section when the delivery location is in the mobile body And the mobile object information for identifying the mobile object when the delivery location is in the mobile object.

  Further, in the present invention, in the article delivery method for a mobile as described above, the delivery permission determination is performed by comparing the delivery request time with a scheduled delivery time possible for the requested article, and the scheduled delivery time is determined from the delivery request time. It includes a determination process that allows delivery on the condition that it is before.

  Further, in the present invention, in the article delivery method for mobile as described above, the delivery permission determination includes a process of creating a delivery information table, and the delivery information table is an item field for setting a code attached to the article. "Item code", "delivery location" which is an item field for setting the delivery location, "delivery lead time" which is an item column for setting the time from delivery request to when delivery of requested item is possible, the delivery request “Delivery request time” that is an item column for setting time, “Delivery scheduled time” that is an item column for setting the scheduled delivery time, and articles for which the code is set in the “article code” are targeted for delivery. It is assumed that each item field of “delivery object”, which is an item field for setting a flag about whether or not, is set.

  Further, in the present invention, for the article delivery method for mobile as described above, the article that has been determined to be delivered in the delivery availability determination, the number of deliverables, etc. are displayed on the request confirmation screen, and the confirmation is requested from the requester. It further includes a process of confirming the request when confirmation is obtained from the requester.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the article delivery method for a mobile person as described above, a delivery article designation means for receiving designation of an article to be delivered and its delivery quantity from the requester and registering it as delivery request information, Article receiving condition designating means for registering information of article receiving conditions for receiving goods on the moving route of the moving person based on designation by the client, and the movement of requested articles by the article receiving conditions An article delivery order system for goods provided with an article delivery judging means for judging whether delivery to a person is possible or not is provided, and the requester inputs the goods delivery order system for goods to the user via an information transmission network via an input device. By accessing, it is possible to register the delivery request information and the goods receipt condition information.

  In the present invention, the process of registering as a delivery request information from the requester for the delivery of the article based on the request from the requester to the moving person using the mobile object, the mobile receiving the requested article The delivery method includes a process of registering information on the goods receiving conditions of the product and a process of determining whether or not the requested goods can be delivered to the mobile person according to the goods receiving conditions. According to such an article delivery method for mobile users of the present invention, delivery of goods to mobile users can be performed accurately and efficiently according to the contents of the request, and further development in the distribution industry field is aimed at. be able to.

  Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention will be described. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of an article delivery system for carrying out an article delivery method for a user according to an embodiment. The article delivery system for mobile users of this embodiment includes an article delivery order receiving system 100 for mobile users, an article delivery execution system 2000, and a route time information system 3000, and each function to be described later in the article delivery order receiving system 100 for mobile users. An input device 200 is included for the requester to request (order) the delivery of goods for the mobile by operating the means.

  A request for delivery of goods for a mobile person can be made by a third party in addition to a mobile person receiving the goods. Therefore, the input device 200 can include an input device 200a for a mobile person and an input device 200b for a third person. The mobile input device 200a is composed of a portable data processing device such as a portable computer or a cellular phone. On the other hand, the third-party input device 200b is configured by using a non-portable data processing device such as a desktop computer in addition to the portable data processing device. These input devices 200 access the goods delivery order receiving system 100 for mobile users via an information transmission network 300 such as the Internet and perform necessary operations.

  The article delivery order receiving system 100 for a mobile is composed of hardware elements such as computer equipment and software elements such as a computer program executed by the hardware elements. As the software elements, delivery article designation means 400, articles A receiving condition specifying unit 500, an article delivery determining unit 1000, and a reservation determining unit 1600 are included.

  The delivery article designation means 400 receives designation of an article (product) to be delivered, its delivery quantity, etc. from the requester (orderer: a mobile person or a third party who receives the article), and sends it to the goods delivery request information for the mobile person. Function to register as.

  The article receipt condition designating unit 500 functions to designate the article receipt condition of the mobile person for the requested article. In goods delivery for mobile users, it is important that the mobile users can receive the requested goods anywhere on the route. For this purpose, the client can specify the conditions for receiving the goods by the client. It is necessary to get. The article receiving condition designating unit 500 functions for this. For this purpose, the article receiving condition designating unit 500 has a place and time (specified by year / month / day / hour / minute) where the moving person receives the article on the moving route, or the receiving place in the moving body. In such a case, the client specifies the article receiving conditions such as the receiving section, the receiving time, and the moving body information such as the train number and the flight number for identifying the moving body, and registers them as the article receiving condition information.

  The article delivery determining unit 1000 determines whether or not delivery of the requested article according to the article receiving condition registered by the article receiving condition specifying unit 500, that is, whether delivery of the requested article to the moving person is possible. The article delivery determination unit 1000 determines whether or not an article can be delivered while acquiring moving body moving route information from the route time information system 3000.

  The reservation confirmation unit 1600 functions to confirm a reservation (article delivery request for a mobile person) for an article that is determined to be deliverable by the article delivery determination unit 1000. Specifically, the article that the article delivery determining unit 1000 determines to be deliverable, the number of deliverables, etc. are displayed on the reservation confirmation screen, the requester is asked for confirmation, and if the confirmation is obtained from the requester, the reservation is made. As confirmation, the result is distributed to the article delivery execution system 2000 as confirmed reservation information.

  The article delivery execution system 2000 is constructed including a delivery center that collects and delivers articles, a system that manages operations such as trucks that are used to transport articles, and the like. The goods are delivered to the moving person on the basis of the confirmed reservation information. An existing system can be used for such an article delivery execution system.

  The route time information system 3000 is based on the mobile object information and the section registered by the article receiving condition specifying means 500, and based on the timetable and the like, all transit points where the mobile object stops and the mobile object departure time at the relevant transit point, etc. It functions to obtain the mobile route time information. The moving body route time information by the route time information system 3000 is used for the article delivery determination in the article delivery determination unit 1000 as described above.

  Hereinafter, processing performed in the article delivery system for mobile as described above will be described. In the delivery of goods for mobile users, as shown in FIG. 2, the basic processing flow is shown in FIG. 2 (step 310) for starting the delivery of goods delivery order system 100 for mobile users, and the delivery goods provider specifying process (step 320). ), Delivery article designation process (step 330), article receipt condition designation process (step 340), article delivery possibility determination process (step 350), reservation confirmation process (step 360), and confirmed reservation information Each process of the delivery process (step 370) to the article delivery execution system proceeds in sequence. Hereinafter, these processes will be described with specific examples.

  The goods delivery service for the mobile is started when the client accesses the goods delivery order receiving system 100 for the mobile with the input device 200 for request and starts up the system 100 (step 310). When the system 100 starts up, its initial screen is displayed. FIG. 3 shows an example of a delivery service screen as the initial screen. On the delivery service screen, information about a delivery service for mobile users is displayed, and a selection box for designating a trader that provides an article desired by the client is displayed. In the example of the figure, XX shop, △ △ rental, etc. are exemplified in the selection field as the names of traders that provide articles targeted for the delivery service for mobile users. The client selects a desired trader in this selection box (step 320). In the example shown in the figure, the client has selected a shop. When the article provider is designated in this way, the delivery article designation means 400 displays the delivery article designation screen for the designated shop, so that the requester designates the delivery article on the delivery article designation screen ( Step 330).

  FIG. 4 shows an example of a delivery article designation screen. The delivery article designation screen in this example is for a XX shop, and product items corresponding to the product items (product name, product code, unit price, etc.) in the menu table (FIG. 26) of the XX shop are displayed. In addition, the “reserved number” element is displayed. The “number of reservations” element is an element for inputting the number of reservations of goods (articles) that the client wants to deliver, and is set to null at the first display time. In the example shown in the figure, the delivery item is specified with three products X, two products Y, and one product Z. When the delivery item is designated in this way and the “selection end” button is pressed, the delivery item designation unit 400 creates a product reservation table (FIG. 26) for a product whose reservation number is 1 or more as a reservation target. In response to this, the article receiving condition designating unit 500 starts processing.

  The article receiving condition designating unit 500 sequentially or selectively displays the first to third article receiving condition designating screens (1) to (3) shown in FIGS. The requester designates the article receiving conditions on each of these screens (step 340). The article receipt condition designation in FIG. 5 is a screen displayed at the beginning of processing by the article receipt condition designation means 500. The article receiving condition designation screen (1) designates whether the article receiving location is outside the moving body or inside the moving body. Specifically, since “1. Receipt outside the moving object” and “2. Receipt within the moving object” are displayed on the item receiving condition designation screen (1), the requester sets the desired condition from these. Select with the radio button. When “1. Receipt outside the moving body” is selected, the article receiving condition designating unit 500 displays the article receiving condition designation screen (2) shown in FIG. 6, and “2. Receipt in the moving body” is selected. Then, the article receipt condition designation screen (3) of FIG. 7 is displayed. In the example of FIG. 5, “2. Receipt in moving body” is selected, so the article receipt condition designation screen (3) of FIG. 7 is displayed.

  The article receipt condition designation screen (3) is a screen for further designating article receipt conditions when the article is received in the moving object being used by the mobile user. The body type can be specified. Specifically, items such as “Train / Shinkansen”, “Ferry”, “Bus”, etc. are displayed as mobile objects that can deliver goods to mobile users. ing. In the example shown in the figure, the client selects “Train / Shinkansen”. When the use mobile body is designated in this way and the “end designation” button is pressed, the article receiving condition designating unit 500 displays the mobile body information screen shown in FIG.

  The mobile object information screen is a screen on which the requester specifies mobile object information for identifying the mobile object used by the mobile person at the time of receiving the goods and conditions for receiving the goods in the mobile object. A paragraph of “body information” and a paragraph of “2. condition of receiving goods by moving body” are displayed. In the paragraph “1. Mobile object information”, a selection box corresponding to the mobile object type selected on the article receiving condition specification screen (3) in FIG. 7 is displayed. In the example shown in the figure, selection boxes are displayed for each item of the train / shinkansen train number, car number, and seat, and the conditions relating to the moving body, specifically the train / shinkansen, are designated by these selection boxes.

  In the paragraph “2. Condition for receiving goods by moving body”, a paragraph “a. Section designation” and a paragraph “b. Time designation” are displayed. The requester selects one of these “section designation” and “time designation” and designates the article receiving condition in the moving body. Specifically, the “section designation” designates the start and end points of the “section”, and the time designation designates the receipt date and time. In the example shown in the figure, “section designation” is selected, and the condition that the traveler receives goods in the section after “Kodama” XX arrives in Nagoya but before arrival in Osaka is designated.

  The article receipt condition designation screen (2) shown in FIG. 6 that is displayed when “1. Receipt outside the moving body” is selected on the article receipt condition designation screen (1) is displayed on the article receipt condition designation screen (1). It is a screen to specify the conditions for receiving, specify the receiving location and the receiving time of the goods, and for the receiving location (delivery location) "optional receiving location (optional delivery location)" and "predetermined receiving location (predetermined delivery) "Location" "can be selected and specified. With regard to “optional receiving location”, the location can be specified by inputting an address, and for “predetermined receiving location”, the location can be specified as a ○○ station, △△ airport, XX parking area, etc. by a selection box. Has been.

When the article receiving conditions are specified as described above, based on the result, the article receiving condition specifying means 500 sets predetermined information in the “receiving condition work” shown in FIG. The “reception condition work” is configured so that the article reception conditions designated by the client can be set in a predetermined format. Specifically, there are “category”, “reception location”, “mobile information”, “section”, and “delivery request time (reception time)” items. Information is set.
“Classification”: When receiving at an arbitrary / predetermined location outside the moving object = 0.
When receiving in a mobile object = 1
“Any” in “Receiving location”: Any address “Picking location” entered as outside the moving body “Predetermined”: Predetermined location selected in the selection box as outside the moving body “Moving body information”: Train number or flight number (ship・ Bus / aircraft etc.), seat information, etc. “section”: start point and end point of the section where goods are to be received in the moving object “delivery request time”: date and time of receiving goods (Y year / M month / D) (Day / hour / minute)
The article receiving condition designating unit 500 ends the process when the above information is set in the receiving condition work, and passes the process to the article delivery determining unit 1000. The article delivery determining means 1000 to which the processing has been passed determines whether or not delivery of the requested article to the moving person can be performed according to the article receiving conditions set by the article receiving condition specifying means 500 (step 350).

  When the determination by the article delivery determination unit 1000 is completed, a reservation determination process is performed by the reservation determination unit 1600 based on the result (step 360). In the reservation confirmation process by the reservation confirmation unit 1600, a reservation confirmation screen is displayed. FIG. 9 shows an example of a reservation confirmation screen. The reservation confirmation screen displays the reservation details (request details) specified in the delivery goods designation process and the goods receipt conditions designation process, and the result of the article delivery possibility determination made for the reservation contents is “Shipable” Displayed as "number". Specifically, the display items include “article name”, “unit price”, “number of reservations”, “number of deliverables”, “loading place”, “order amount”, mobile information, receiving conditions (section, time) The name of the client, the name of the recipient, etc. are displayed. In the example shown in the figure, the request is for three articles X, two articles Y, and one article Z, but it is determined that the delivery of the article Y is not in time in the article delivery possibility determination, and the article X And only goods Y are displayed for final reservation, and goods X and goods Y are loaded at Kyoto Station to be delivered to moving people on the moving body “KODAMA”. ing. The requester confirms the final reservation content on such a reservation confirmation screen and selects whether to confirm or cancel the reservation.

  When the reservation is confirmed in the reservation confirmation process, the confirmed reservation information is distributed to the article delivery execution system 2000 (step 370), and the article delivery execution system 2000 executes delivery of the article in response thereto. The delivery of the article by the article delivery execution system 2000 is basically the same as that in the conventional delivery system, and the description thereof is omitted.

  When the reservation is confirmed, an order form is issued to the client. FIG. 10 shows an example of the order form. The purchase order includes the title and order number. Except for the above, the content is almost the same as the reservation confirmation screen content of FIG.

  In the following, the processing performed by the functional units of the delivery article designation unit 400, the article receipt condition designation unit 500, the article delivery determination unit 1000, and the reservation determination unit 1600 will be described in more detail.

  First, the processing by the delivery article specifying means 400 will be described. FIG. 11 shows a flow of processing performed by the delivery article designation unit 400. The delivery article designation means 400 first displays a delivery service screen (FIG. 3) (step 410). When the client selects a trader who provides an article from the selection box (step 420), a delivery article designation screen (FIG. 4) having a content corresponding to the item in the menu table (FIG. 26) of the selected trader is displayed. (Step 430). The contents displayed on the delivery item designation screen and the item designation operation are as described above. When the designation of the delivery item is completed, the requester presses a “selection end” button on the delivery item designation screen (step 440).

  When the “selection end” button is pressed, the value of the “reserved number” element in the first line on the delivery article designation screen is read (step 450), and the reserved numerical value is determined (step 460). If the reservation numerical value is determined to be 1 or more, the process proceeds to step 470. In step 470, one record of the product reservation table (FIG. 26) is generated from the element values of “product name”, “product code”, and “number of reservations” in the corresponding row. On the other hand, if the reserved numerical value is determined to be blank (null) or 0 in the determination of the reserved numerical value, the process proceeds to step 480. In step 480, the element value of the next line is read. If there is an element in the next row, the processing after step 460 is performed, and if there is no element, the delivery article designation processing is terminated (step 490). In the case of the example of the delivery article designation screen of FIG. 4 by such delivery article designation processing, it is considered that only the article X, article Y, and article Z for which the “reserved number” has been entered are reserved. A product reservation table as shown in FIG. Note that the “shipable quantity” and “delivery place” are set later, and are blank at this point.

  Next, processing by the article receiving condition specifying unit 500 will be described. FIG. 12 shows a flow of processing performed by the article receiving condition designating unit 500. The article receipt condition designating unit 500 first displays the article receipt condition designation screen (1) (FIG. 5) (step 505). When the inside / outside of the moving object is designated for the article receiving location on the screen as described above, the “designation end” button is pressed (step 510). When the “end designation” button is pressed, the designated content is determined depending on which radio button is selected (step 515).

  If it is determined in step 515 that the item is received outside the moving body, the article receiving condition designation screen (2) shown in FIG. 6 is displayed (step 520). When the receiving location (delivery location), the receiving time (delivery request time), etc. are specified for the receipt of the article outside the moving body on the screen as described above, the “designation end” button is pressed (step 525). When the “Specify End” button is clicked, “0” is set in “Category” of the receiving condition work (FIG. 26) (step 530), and “delivery location” and “delivery request time” of the receiving condition work are set. The process ends (step 535).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step 515 that the item is received in the moving object, the article receipt condition designation screen (3) shown in FIG. 7 is displayed (step 540). When the type of the moving object is specified on the screen as described above, the “end specification” button is pressed (step 545). When the “designation end” button is pressed, “1” is set in the “classification” of the receiving condition work and the moving object type information is fetched (step 550). When the mobile body type information is taken in, the mobile body information screen (FIG. 8) is displayed (step 555). When the mobile object information and the condition for receiving the goods by the mobile object are specified on the screen as described above, the “designation end” button is pressed (step 560). When the “end designation” button is pressed, the mobile object information, the receiving location, and the receiving time are set in the receiving condition work, and the processing is ended (step 565).

  By such an article receipt condition designation process, a receipt condition work shown in FIG. 26 is generated. In the receiving condition work of the example of FIG. 26, information for specifying a mobile body used by a mobile person such as Shinkansen Kodama XX is set as mobile body information by the processing from step 515 to step 565. The section and the delivery request time are set as the delivery of goods.

  Next, processing by the article delivery determining unit 1000 will be described. FIG. 13 shows a flow of processing performed by the article delivery determination unit 1000. The article delivery determining means 1000 performs a processing code determination process (step 1100), a delivery information table preparation process (step 1200), and a delivery time determination process (step 1500). First, an outline of each of these processes will be described.

  In the processing code determination processing, the type of subsequent processing differs depending on the combination of the location of delivery of goods to the moving person and the time, so that the processing type is divided according to the specified contents stored in the receiving condition work of FIG. This is processing for determining a processing code, that is, processing type determination processing.

  The delivery information table preparation process is a process for generating the delivery information table shown in FIG. The delivery information table includes an “article code” which is an item field for setting a code attached to an article, an “delivery place” which is an item field for setting the delivery place, from the time of delivery request to the time when the requested article can be delivered. “Delivery lead time” which is an item field for setting the time, “Delivery request time” which is an item field for setting the delivery request time, “Scheduled delivery time” which is an item field for setting the scheduled delivery time, and Each item column of “delivery target (non-target)”, which is an item column for setting a flag as to whether or not an item having the code set in the “article code”, is set as a delivery target. . In the example of FIG. 28, “article code” is “product code”, and “delivery target” is “non-target”. “Scheduled delivery time” in this delivery information table is information obtained by adding “delivery lead time” to the time when delivery is accepted, and is also the fastest time at which goods can be delivered. Therefore, the fastest delivery is possible by using this “scheduled delivery time”.

  In the delivery time determination process, a record in the delivery information table is referenced to determine whether the delivery request time for each article is in the future from the scheduled delivery time. If it is in the future, it is determined that delivery is possible. . If it is determined that delivery is possible, a shipment confirmation record for confirming the actual number of deliverables is generated from the delivery information record in the shipment confirmation table of FIG. Here, the “record” means a set of data set in a table such as a delivery information table or a shipment confirmation table or data in a product unit.

  Details of each of the processes performed by the article delivery determination unit 1000 will be described below. First, the process code determination process 1100 will be described. The flow of the process code determination process is shown in FIG. In the process code determination process, first, the setting contents of “category”, “delivery location”, and “delivery request time” in the receiving condition work (FIG. 26) are determined (step 1110), and the “processing code” corresponding to these setting contents Set up. Specifically, when “classification” = 0, “delivery place” = “arbitrary”, and “delivery request time” are specified, “processing code” is set to 1 (step 1120), and “classification” = 0 When “delivery place” = “predetermined” and “delivery request time” are specified, “processing code” is set to 2 (step 1130), “classification” = 1, “section” exists, and “delivery request time” If “No” is specified, “Processing code” is set to 3 (step 1140), “Section” = 1, “Section” is specified arbitrarily, and “Delivery request time” is specified, “4” is set for “Processing code”. Set (step 1150). If any of these processes of steps 1120 to 1150 is performed, the process ends. If the setting content is none of the above, error processing is performed and all processing is terminated (step 1160).

  Next, the delivery information table preparation process 1200 will be described. The flow of delivery information table preparation processing is shown in FIG. In the delivery information table preparation process, first, the “processing code” of the receiving condition work is determined (step 1210). In the processing following step 1210, processing corresponding to the value of “processing code” is performed. Specifically, when “processing code” = 1, processing as an arbitrary receiving place (arbitrary receiving place processing) is performed (step 1220), and further processing of delivery time as delivery outside the moving body (delivery time outside the moving body) Process) (step 1250) and the process ends. In the case of “processing code” = 2, a process as a predetermined receiving place (predetermined receiving place process) is performed (step 1230), and the process is further terminated after performing the process of step 1250. If “processing code”> 2, processing of the transit point of the mobile body and the delivery request time (mobile transit point / delivery request time process) is performed (step 1300), and the delivery time is processed as delivery by the mobile unit. (Moving object delivery scheduled time processing) is performed (step 1450) and the processing is terminated.

  Here, the process is divided between the arbitrary receiving place and the predetermined receiving place, because the delivery lead time table cannot be held in advance in the arbitrary receiving place, whereas the delivery lead time must be obtained from the article delivery execution system 2000. This is because it is possible to have a delivery lead time table in advance at a predetermined receiving location.

  Details of each of the above processes in the delivery information table preparation process will be described below. First, the arbitrary receiving place process 1220 will be described. FIG. 16 shows a flow of processing in the arbitrary receiving place processing. In the optional receiving location process, first, the first product reservation record is read from the product reservation table (FIG. 26) (step 1221). Next, the “product code” of the product reservation record is set, one record is generated for the “product code” in the delivery information table (FIG. 28) (step 1222), and the “exclusion” of the generated delivery information record is set. 1 is set (step 1223). Then, “arbitrary” of “delivery place” of the receiving condition work (FIG. 26) is set as “delivery place” of the delivery information record (step 1224). When step 1224 is completed, the next commodity reservation record is read (step 1225), and the reading result is further determined (step 1226). If the product reservation record is read in step 1225, that is, if there is a next product reservation record, the process returns to step 1222. If not read, that is, if there is no next product reservation record, the process proceeds to step 1227. In step 1227, the delivery information table is transferred to the article delivery execution system 2000 and a setting of a value for “delivery lead time” is requested. Then, the processing in the article delivery execution system 2000 is awaited, and if completed, the arbitrary receiving place processing is terminated (step 1228).

  By performing the optional receiving location processing as described above, data is set in each item of “product code”, “delivery location” (value is an arbitrary location), and “delivery lead time”, and a record is stored in the delivery information table. Generated. In addition, 1 (not applicable when 1) is set as an initial value (temporary value) in “not applicable” of each delivery information record.

  Next, the predetermined receiving location process 1230 will be described. FIG. 17 shows a flow of processing in the predetermined receiving place processing. In the predetermined receiving location process, first the first record is read from the product reservation table (step 1231), and then the first record is read from the delivery lead time table (FIG. 27) (step 1232). Here, the delivery lead time table includes each item of “product code” and “product name” of the product to be handled for delivery of goods to the mobile, “delivery place” as a predetermined delivery place, and “delivery lead time”. Is a table in which data is set. In the next step 1233, the records read from the product reservation table and the delivery lead time table are compared for the “product code” and the “delivery place”, and it is determined whether or not they match. If the result of the processing in step 1233 is “mismatch”, the process proceeds to step 1236. On the other hand, if “match”, the process proceeds to step 1234. In step 1234, one record is generated in the delivery information table by setting the “product code”, “delivery location”, and “delivery lead time” in the delivery lead time record, and 1 is set to “not applicable”. (Step 1235). Subsequently, the next record in the delivery lead time table is read (step 1236), and then the reading result is determined. If the next record is found, the process returns to step 1233, and if not, the process proceeds to step 1238 (step 1237). In step 1238, the next record in the product reservation table is read, and then the reading result is determined. If there is a next record, the process returns to step 1232. If not, the predetermined receiving place process is terminated (step 1239).

  As described above, the items set in the delivery information table are the same in the predetermined receiving place process and the arbitrary receiving place process. In any process, three items of “delivery place”, “delivery lead time”, and “not applicable” are provided. It is an item. However, in the optional receiving location process, the delivery location information designated by the client is set in the “delivery location” of the delivery information table, and the delivery lead time value obtained from the article delivery execution system 2000 is set in “delivery lead time”. On the other hand, in the predetermined receiving location process, the delivery location information and delivery lead time value extracted from the delivery lead time table prepared in advance based on the product code of the requested product are set to “delivery location” and “delivery” in the delivery information table. Lead time "is set.

  Next, the delivery time processing 1250 outside the moving body will be described. FIG. 18 shows a flow of processing in delivery time processing outside the moving body. In the delivery time processing outside the moving body, first, the first record of the delivery information table is read (step 1255). Then, the scheduled delivery time is calculated from the delivery lead time value and the current time in the read record (step 1260). When the estimated delivery time is calculated, it is set in the “delivery scheduled time” of the delivery information record (step 1265). Subsequently, the delivery request time value in the “delivery request time” of the receiving condition work is set in the “delivery request time” of the delivery information record (step 1270). Next, the next record is read from the delivery information table (step 1275), and the read result is determined. If there is a next record, the process returns to step 1260, and if not, the off-mobile delivery time processing is terminated (step 1280). With the above-described delivery time processing outside the moving body, data is set for the requested product in the “delivery scheduled time” and “delivery request time” of the delivery information table.

  Next, a description will be given of the moving body via / delivery request time processing 1300 in the case where the moving person receives a product by the moving body. FIG. 19 to FIG. 21 show the flow of processing in the mobile station / delivery request time processing. The mobile route / delivery request time processing is the same as the above-described predetermined receiving location processing as a processing type. Therefore, in the processing in step 1305, as the delivery information table setting processing for the predetermined receiving location type, the same processing as the processing in steps 1231 to 1239 in the predetermined receiving location processing is first performed. When the processing in step 1305 is completed, the value of the processing code in the receiving condition work is determined (step 1310). In the case of a type in which a mobile person receives a product as a mobile object, the value of the processing code is larger than 2 and 3 or 4 as described above. If the processing code = 3, that is, if the section is specified and the delivery request time is not specified, the process proceeds to step 1315. If the processing code = 4, that is, the section is not specified and the delivery request time is specified, the process proceeds to step 1370.

  First, processing after step 1315 in the case of processing code = 3 will be described. In step 1315, a route table (FIG. 28) is created based on the moving body information and the section information (designated section information). Specifically, the mobile unit information and the section information are passed to the route time information system 3000 to request creation of a route table. Here, the route table is a table in which data is set for each item of “route point” and “departure time”. The route time information system 3000 that has received the route table creation request, from the database such as the train timetable based on the passed mobile body information and the section information, the route points of each mobile body and each waypoint in the corresponding section. The departure time of the mobile body is obtained, and the route table is created by setting them as “route” and “departure time”, and the route table is delivered to the article delivery determination means 100 (step 1320).

  Subsequently, the process proceeds to step 1325 in FIG. 20 to read the first delivery information record from the delivery information table (the delivery information table that generated the record at step 1305), and further to read the first route record from the route table at step 1330. Then, by comparing the “route place” of the route record and the “delivery place” of the delivery information record, the candidate for the place of product loading that matches the delivery conditions (reception conditions) specified by the requester is extracted (step) 1335). If the waypoint candidate is extracted, that is, if “route place” of the route record = “delivery place” of the delivery information record, the process proceeds to step 1350, and if the waypoint candidate is not extracted, that is, the route record If “route” is not “delivery location” in the delivery information record, the process proceeds to step 1340. In step 1340, the “departure time” of the route record is set in “delivery request time” of the delivery information record read in step 1325. Then, 0 is set to “not applicable” in the delivery information record (step 1345). Subsequently, the next route record is read from the route table (step 1350), and the result of the reading is further determined (step 1355). If there is a next route record, the process returns to step 1335; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 1360. In step 1360, the next delivery information record is read from the delivery information table. Then, the result of the reading is determined, and if there is a next record, the process returns to step 1330, and if there is not, the mobile route / delivery request time process is terminated (step 1365).

  Next, the processing after step 1370 when the processing code = 4 will be described. In step 1370, a route table is created based on the moving body information. Specifically, only the moving body information is passed to the route time information system 3000 to request creation of a route table. The route time information system 3000 that has received the route table creation request obtains all the transit points of the relevant mobile unit and the departure time of each transit point from a database such as a train time table based on the passed mobile unit information, The route table is created by setting them as “route point” and “departure time”, and the route table is delivered to the article delivery determining means 100 (step 1375).

  Then, the process proceeds to step 1380 in FIG. 21 to read the first delivery information record from the delivery information table, and in step 1385, the first route record is read from the path table. Then, by comparing the “route point” of the route record with the “delivery location” of the delivery information record, the receiving condition specified by the requester (in this case, it can be anywhere in the mobile body used by the traveler) The candidate of the transit point of the product loading that matches the receiving condition) is extracted (step 1335). If a stopover candidate is extracted, the process proceeds to step 1400. If a stopover candidate is not extracted, the process proceeds to step 1425. In step 1400, the “delivery request time” data of the receiving condition work (FIG. 26) is set in the “delivery request time” of the delivery information record. Then, 0 is set to “not applicable” in the delivery information record (step 1410). Subsequently, the next route record is read from the route table (step 1420), and the result of the reading is further determined (step 1425). If there is a next route record, the process returns to step 1390; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 1430. In step 1430, the next delivery information record is read from the delivery information table. Then, the result of the reading is determined, and if there is a next record, the process returns to step 1385, and if there is not, the mobile route / delivery request time process is terminated (step 1435).

  With the above-mentioned mobile station location / delivery request time processing, a record in which the mobile body departure time at the mobile station location is set to “delivery request time” is generated for the delivery information table for the delivery information table. In the case of time designation, a record in which the time designated by the delivery requester is set as “delivery request time” is generated. However, the “delivery scheduled time” is not set at this point.

  Next, the mobile unit delivery scheduled time process will be described. FIG. 22 shows the flow of processing in the mobile unit delivery scheduled time processing. In the mobile body delivery scheduled time processing, first, the first record is read from the delivery information table (step 1455). Then, the “not applicable” flag of the read delivery information record is determined (step 1460). If the non-target flag is 1 (= non-target), the process proceeds to step 1475, and if it is 0, the process proceeds to step 1465. In step 1465, the scheduled delivery time is obtained by adding the time data of “delivery lead time” of the delivery information record to the current time. Then, the estimated delivery time obtained is set as the “delivery scheduled time” of the delivery information record (step 1470). Subsequently, the next record is read from the delivery information table (step 1475), and the result of the reading is further determined (step 1480). If there is a next record, the process returns to step 1460, and if not, the scheduled mobile unit delivery time process is terminated (step 1480).

  By the delivery information table preparation process performed by a series of processes as described above, before entering the delivery time determination process 1500 in FIG. A delivery information table is prepared in which possible transit points and scheduled delivery times and delivery request times at the transit points are set. And by using the delivery information table, the delivery request time of each record in the delivery information table is compared with the estimated delivery time in the delivery time judgment process described below, so that the conditions specified by the client It can be determined whether or not the loading of the article is in time.

  A processing flow in the delivery time determination processing is shown in FIG. In the delivery time determination process, first, the top record of the delivery information table is read (step 1510). Then, the “not subject” flag in the read delivery information record is determined (step 1520). If the non-target flag is 1 (= non-target), the process proceeds to step 1565, and if it is 0, the process proceeds to step 1530. In step 1530, “delivery request time” and “delivery scheduled time” in the delivery information record read in step 1510 are compared. If “Delivery request time” is smaller than “Scheduled delivery time” (when “Delivery request time” is before “Scheduled delivery time”), the process proceeds to Step 1565, and if it is larger (“Delivery request time” is “Scheduled delivery time”). ”), The process proceeds to the next step 1540. In step 1540, each data is extracted from “product code”, “delivery place”, and “delivery scheduled time” of the delivery information record. Then, the product reservation table (FIG. 26) is searched using the extracted “product code”, and “reservation number” data for the product of the corresponding product code is extracted (step 1550). Thus, since the data of “product code”, “delivery place”, “scheduled delivery time”, and “number of reservations” are extracted, a record of the shipment confirmation table (FIG. 29) is generated using these data (step 1560). . Subsequently, the next record is read from the delivery information table (step 1565), and the result of the reading is further determined (step 1570). If there is a next record, the process returns to step 1520; otherwise, the delivery time determination process is terminated.

  By the processing by the article delivery determining means as described above, a shipping confirmation table that satisfies the article receiving condition specified by the requester is generated. In the shipment confirmation table at this point, the number of reservations specified by the requester is stored in the “reservation number” of each article, but it is finally confirmed whether or not the articles of that reservation number can actually be delivered. There is a need to. The final confirmation is performed on a distribution center that actually collects and delivers articles, a system that manages operations such as trucks used to transport articles, and the like. In the present embodiment, the reservation confirmation unit 1600 makes a final confirmation by inquiring the article delivery execution system 2000 about the number of deliverables.

  Hereinafter, processing by the reservation confirmation unit 1600 will be described. 24 and 25 show the flow of reservation confirmation processing performed by the reservation confirmation means 1600. FIG. In the reservation confirmation process, first, the shipment confirmation table created by generating each record as described above is passed to the article delivery execution system 2000, and a request is made to set data in the “shipable number” of the shipment confirmation table. (Step 1610), the processing by the article delivery execution system 2000 is awaited (Step 1620). When the shipment confirmation table in which the data of the actual shipment number is set in the “shippable number” is obtained from the article delivery execution system 2000, the first record of the shipment confirmation table is read (step 1630). Next, the product reservation table (FIG. 26) is searched with the product code in the read shipment confirmation record, and the product reservation record of the corresponding product code is extracted (step 1640). The search result is determined in step 1650. If there is no corresponding product reservation record, the process proceeds to step 1670. If there is, the process proceeds to the next step 1660. In step 1660, data of the same item of the shipment confirmation record read in step 1630 is set in “number of deliverables” and “delivery place” of the extracted product reservation record. With this processing, a product reservation table that captures the number of deliverables that have been answered from the product delivery execution system 2000 for the product specified by the requester is obtained, and the number of products that can be actually delivered for the requested product can be confirmed. it can.

  Subsequently, the next record is read from the shipment confirmation table (step 1670), and the result of the reading is further determined (step 1680). If there is a next record, the process returns to step 1640; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 1690 in FIG. In step 1690, the reservation confirmation screen is edited. Specifically, data is extracted from each item of “product name”, “product code”, “number of reservations”, “number of deliverables”, and “delivery place” in the product reservation table, and the menu table (FIG. 26). 9 is extracted from the “unit price” in FIG. 9 and the reservation confirmation screen in FIG. 9 is edited using these data. Next, the “order amount” for each product and the “order amount” for all products are calculated and set on the reservation confirmation screen (step 1700), and the mobile object on the reservation confirmation screen based on the receiving condition work (FIG. 26). Information, delivery location, and time are edited (step 1710). When the reservation confirmation screen has been edited in this way, it is presented to the requester, and the requester is asked to select whether to confirm or cancel the reservation after confirming the final reservation content (step 1720). Selection of “confirm” or “cancel” is performed by pressing the “reservation confirmation” button or the “cancel” button on the reservation confirmation screen. If the reservation is confirmed, the process proceeds to the next step 1730, and if it is canceled, the process proceeds to step 1760. In step 1730, the reservation confirmation screen information is read into the work. Then, information such as a shipment confirmation record, delivery requester information, and mover information is passed to the article delivery execution system 2000 as confirmed reservation information (order management information) (step 1740). Next, the order form shown in FIG. 8 is created based on the shipment confirmation table shown in FIG. 29 and presented to the client (step 1750). Then, post-processing (data / file clear, etc.) is performed and the processing is terminated (step 1760).

  The present invention enables accurate and efficient delivery of goods to a mobile person according to the contents of a request, and is widely used to enable further development in the distribution industry field. be able to.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the goods delivery system for enforcing the goods delivery method for mobiles by one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flow of the basic processing performed with the system of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a delivery service screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a delivery article designation | designated screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a 1st goods receipt condition designation | designated screen. It is a figure which shows the example of the 2nd goods receipt condition designation | designated screen. It is a figure which shows the example of the 3rd goods receipt condition designation | designated screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a mobile body information screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a reservation confirmation screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a purchase order. It is a figure which shows the flow of the process performed by a delivery article designation | designated means. It is a figure which shows the flow of the process performed by the goods receipt condition designation | designated means. It is a figure which shows the flow of the process performed by an article delivery determination means. It is a figure which shows the flow of a process in a process code determination process. It is a figure which shows the flow of a process in a delivery information table preparation process. It is a figure which shows the flow of a process in arbitrary receiving place processes. It is a figure which shows the flow of the process in a predetermined receiving place process. It is a figure which shows the flow of a process in the delivery time process outside a moving body. It is a figure which shows a part of process flow in a mobile body via / delivery request time process. It is a figure which shows another part of the flow of a process in a moving body via / delivery request | requirement time process. It is a figure which shows further another part of the flow of the process in a mobile body via / delivery request time process. It is a figure which shows the flow of a process in the delivery scheduled time process in a mobile body. It is a figure which shows the flow of the process in a delivery time determination process. It is a figure which shows a part of flow of a process performed by the reservation confirmation means. It is a figure which shows another part of the flow of the process performed by the reservation confirmation means. It is a figure which shows the example of each of a menu table, a goods reservation table, and receiving condition work. It is a figure which shows the example of a delivery lead time table. It is a figure which shows the example of each delivery information table and a routing table. It is a figure which shows the example of a shipping confirmation table.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Article delivery order system for mobiles 200 Input device 300 Information transmission network 400 Delivery article designation means 500 Article receipt condition designation means 1000 Article delivery judgment means 1600 Reservation confirmation means

Claims (6)

An article delivery method for a mobile that delivers an article based on a request from a client to a mobile that is moving using a mobile object,
A process of receiving designation of an article to be delivered and its delivery quantity from the requester and registering it as delivery request information, and information on an article receiving condition for receiving the article on the travel route of the traveler A goods delivery method for a mobile, comprising a process of registering based on designation by the client and a process of determining whether delivery of the requested goods to the mobile according to the goods receipt conditions.   The article receiving condition information includes information on whether a delivery place where the mobile person receives the article is inside or outside the mobile body, and an article delivery request time when the delivery place is outside the mobile body Or information on either the delivery request time of the article when the delivery place is in a moving object or the article receiving section when the delivery place is in a moving object, and when the delivery place is in a moving object The article delivery method for a mobile according to claim 1, comprising mobile information for identifying the mobile.   The delivery permission / inhibition determination includes a determination process in which the delivery request time is compared with a scheduled delivery time possible for the requested article, and delivery is possible on condition that the scheduled delivery time is before the delivery request time. The method for delivering goods for mobile users according to claim 1 or 2.   The delivery permission / inhibition determination includes a process of creating a delivery information table, and the delivery information table is an item column for setting a code attached to an article, and an item column for setting the delivery location. “Delivery place”, “delivery lead time” which is an item field for setting the time from delivery request to delivery time of requested goods, “delivery request time” which is an item field for setting the delivery request time, delivery “Scheduled delivery time” which is an item field for setting a scheduled time, and “Distribution target” which is a field for setting a flag as to whether or not an article having the code set in the “article code” is to be delivered. The item delivery method for a mobile according to claim 3, wherein each item column of “is included”.   A process of displaying on the request confirmation screen the articles determined to be deliverable in the delivery permission determination, the number of deliverables, etc., requesting confirmation from the requester, and confirming the request when obtaining confirmation from the requester. 5. The article delivery method for a mobile according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:   Delivery article designation means for receiving designation of an article to be delivered and its delivery quantity from the requester and registering it as delivery request information, an article for receiving the article on the movement route of the traveler Article receiving condition designating means for registering information on receiving conditions based on designation by the client, and article delivery determining means for judging whether delivery of the requested article to the mobile person by the article receiving conditions is possible The mobile goods delivery order receiving system is provided, and the requester accesses the mobile goods delivery order receiving system via an information transmission network by using an input device, thereby registering the delivery request information and the goods receiving condition information. The goods delivery method for mobile persons according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein registration is performed.

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