JP2012121700A - Information management server and product receiving system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information management server for allowing an orderer to receive a product at other than home.SOLUTION: The information management server 100 includes: databases 31, 32 that associate a vehicle of an orderer of the product with a delivery vehicle that delivers the product using vehicle identification information of the vehicle that is input during order entry; a vehicle information acquisition unit 36 that acquires first vehicle information including the vehicle identification information, a current location and a route from the vehicle, and second vehicle information including a delivery vehicle ID, a current location and a route from the delivery vehicle; and a delivery location determination unit 39 that determines a delivery location where the delivery vehicle delivers the product to the vehicle by estimating the first and second locations where the second location where the delivery vehicle travels and that is on the route of the second vehicle information is within a predetermined range from the first location when the vehicle travels on the first location of the route of the first vehicle information.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information management server for an orderer to receive merchandise, and more particularly to an information management server that enables an orderer to receive merchandise outside the home.

  With the spread of the Internet and communication terminals, users of mail order are increasing. The general usage form of mail order is as follows. (1) An orderer orders a product from a store using the Internet or a telephone. (2) The store requests the delivery company to deliver the product. (3) The delivery company delivers the product to the orderer. However, at the time of delivery of (3), the delivery company has to specify the orderer's home, and the orderer must be at home when delivering the product.

  Therefore, in order to improve the delivery work of the delivery company, delivery materials may be distributed to the delivery company (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Patent Document 1 discloses a delivery portable terminal that displays the location of one or more delivery destinations on a map together with map data based on delivery destination information and guide map data.

JP 2008-207904 A

  However, even if the delivery portable terminal of Patent Document 1 exists, the restriction that the orderer must be at home cannot be solved. For example, if the orderer is busy and it is difficult to stay home within the delivery time, the orderer cannot receive the item. Also, for example, an orderer orders a product for use on a trip, but after leaving the home, the product cannot be received at all.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an information management server that enables an orderer to receive a product outside the home.

  In view of the above problems, the present invention relates to a database that associates a vehicle on which an orderer of a product is boarded and a delivery vehicle that delivers the product with vehicle identification information of the vehicle that is input at the time of ordering, and the vehicle. Vehicle information acquisition means for acquiring first vehicle information including vehicle identification information, current location and travel route, second vehicle information including delivery vehicle ID, current location and travel route from the delivery vehicle; and When traveling on the first position on the travel route of the first vehicle information, the second position on the travel route of the second vehicle information on which the delivery vehicle travels is predetermined from the first position. A delivery position determining means for estimating the first position and the second position within the distance and determining a delivery position for the delivery vehicle to deliver the product to the vehicle; and the delivery position as the vehicle. A delivery position notifying means for notifying the serial delivery vehicles, to provide information management server having the.

  It is possible to provide an information management server that enables an orderer to receive a product outside the home.

It is an example of the figure explaining the whole goods receipt system. It is an example of the figure explaining the outline of a goods receipt system. It is an example of the hardware block diagram of a goods receipt system. It is an example of the functional block diagram of a goods receipt system. It is a figure which shows an example of orderer DB, delivery vehicle DB, and rendezvous point DB. It is an example of the figure explaining determination of a rendezvous point. It is an example of the flowchart figure which shows a rendezvous point determination procedure. It is an example of the figure explaining the whole flow of a goods receipt system. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen at the time of order. It is an example of a figure showing typically an orderer's home, a travel destination, and a goods dispatch position. It is an example of the figure explaining the whole flow of a goods receipt system. It is an example of the figure explaining the determination method of a rendezvous point. It is an example of the flowchart figure which shows the procedure in which a rendezvous point determination part determines a rendezvous point.

  Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an example of a diagram illustrating the entire product receiving system 200. The vehicle A is a vehicle on which the orderer of the product is boarded (may be driving or riding as a passenger), and the delivery vehicle B is a vehicle driven by a person in charge of the delivery company. The vehicle A can be connected to the Internet via the mobile carrier network A, and the delivery vehicle B can be connected to the Internet via the mobile carrier network B.

  An information management center 100 is connected to the Internet. The information management center 100 is a server operated by a delivery company or a dealer, and manages the delivery vehicle B. The product receiving system 200 according to the present embodiment enables the orderer to receive the product from the person in charge at a place other than the home by stopping the delivery vehicle B at the same place as the vehicle A (hereinafter referred to as a rendezvous point). To do.

FIG. 2 is an example of a diagram illustrating an outline of the product receiving system 200.
(1) The vehicle A transmits vehicle specifying information, own vehicle position information, route information, and vehicle speed information to the information management center 100.
(2) The delivery vehicle B transmits the vehicle ID, own vehicle position information, route information, and vehicle speed information to the information management center 100. The vehicle ID is information for uniquely specifying the delivery vehicle B, and the information management center 100 specifies that the delivery vehicle B is delivering the orderer's goods by the vehicle ID.
(3) The information management center 100 compares the route information of the vehicle A and the route information of the delivery vehicle B, and determines a place where they approach each other as a rendezvous point.
(4) The information management center 100 changes the route information of the vehicle A so that the vehicle A passes the rendezvous point, and changes the route information of the delivery vehicle B so that the delivery vehicle B passes the rendezvous point. Notify each.
(5) When the vehicle A and the delivery vehicle B reach the rendezvous point, the orderer can receive a product from the person in charge.

  As described above, the commodity receiving system 200 of this embodiment notifies the rendezvous point to the vehicle A and the delivery vehicle B, so that the orderer can receive the commodity outside the home.

〔Constitution〕
FIG. 3 is an example of a hardware configuration diagram of the commodity receiving system 200. The information management center 100 includes a CPU 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, memory card mounting unit 14, NIC (Network Interface Card) 15, HDD 16, input device 17, and display 18. The CPU 11 executes a program stored in the HDD 16 and controls the overall operation of the information management center 100. The ROM 12 stores programs such as BIOS and setting information necessary for activation. The RAM 13 is a work area for the CPU 11 to execute a program. The memory card mounting unit 14 controls reading or writing (storage) of data with respect to a memory card such as a flash memory. The NIC 15 is a communication device for establishing data communication with the vehicle A and the delivery vehicle B by establishing a layer 2 connection to the Internet. The TCP / IP protocol stack and applications are responsible for processing necessary for protocols higher than layer 2. The HDD 16 is a non-volatile memory for storing a program, OS, map data, and various tables described later, and may be an SSD (Solid State Drive). The input device 17 is a user I / F such as a keyboard or a mouse that is operated by a user of the information management center 100. The display 18 is a flat panel display such as a liquid crystal, and is used for displaying an operation menu and an operation result on a GUI basis, for example.

  The vehicle A and the delivery vehicle B have the same configuration and include a navigation device 26, a communication device 21, a GPS receiver 22, a vehicle speed sensor 23, an input device 24, a touch panel 25, and a storage device 27, respectively. Hereinafter, a symbol A is attached to a product mounted on the vehicle A, and a symbol B is attached to a product mounted on the delivery vehicle B. The navigation device 26 is a computer including a CPU, RAM, ROM, ASIC, input / output I / F, and the like, and performs overall control of the vehicle A in the commodity receiving system 200. Some ECU (Electronic Control Unit) may control the whole instead of the navigation device 26. Moreover, although the navigation apparatus 26 has a stationary type and a portable type, in this embodiment, either may be sufficient.

  The communication device 21 is a device that performs data communication with a base station of a mobile phone carrier network by a communication method such as CDMA, GSM, PDM, WiMax. Since a fixed communication device called DCM (Data Communication Module) may be mounted on a moving body such as a vehicle, this DCM may be used, or a mobile terminal (cell phone, A smart phone, PHS, etc.) may be used as the communication device 21. The portable terminal and the navigation device 26 are connected by a cable or Bluetooth (registered trademark).

  The GPS receiver 22 measures the positional information (latitude, longitude, altitude) of the vehicle A and the delivery vehicle B in real time in one aspect of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System). The vehicle speed sensor 23 is a sensor that outputs a pulse at every predetermined rotation angle of the wheel, and measures the vehicle speed from the rotation angle per unit time. The input device 24 is a soft key integrated with the touch panel 25, a hard key around the touch panel, a remote control, or a voice input device, and accepts an operation of an orderer or a person in charge. The touch panel 25 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and displays a road map, a television screen, a homepage screen displayed by a browser, an operation menu, and the like. The storage device 27 is a non-volatile memory such as an HDD or a flash memory, and mainly stores map data. The map data may be stored when the navigation device 26 is shipped, or may be downloaded from a server (not shown).

  FIG. 4 is an example of a functional block diagram of the product receiving system 200. Both the vehicle A and the delivery vehicle B have information-up means 41 and rendezvous point display means 42. Hereinafter, the function A of the vehicle A is denoted by A, and the function of the delivery vehicle B is denoted by B. The information-up means A transmits vehicle specifying information, own vehicle position information A, route information A, and vehicle speed information A (hereinafter collectively referred to as vehicle information A) to the information management center 100. The vehicle specifying information is information for specifying that the orderer is on the vehicle A, in other words, information for receiving a product by the vehicle A. For example, the telephone number of the communication device 21, the navigation device 26, and the like. Serial number, body number, etc. The vehicle specifying information is information for associating the vehicle A with the delivery vehicle B.

  The own vehicle position information A is the position information of the vehicle A measured by the GPS receiver A, the route information A is the route information of the route A from the current location of the vehicle A to the destination, and the vehicle speed information A is obtained by the vehicle speed sensor A. This is the measured vehicle speed of the vehicle A. The destination and route information of the vehicle A may be information set by the orderer using the input device A, or information set by the orderer via the Internet using a personal computer (PC) or a portable terminal at home. Good.

  As a method of transmitting the vehicle information A by the information-up means A, there are a method of spontaneous transmission and a method of transmission in response to a request from the information management center 100. The timing for spontaneous transmission includes immediately after the ignition of the vehicle A is turned on, immediately after the navigation device A is activated, at the time of setting the destination, periodically (during the traveling of the vehicle A), and the like.

  The rendezvous point display means A displays the route information received from the information management center 100 and the rendezvous point that is one point in the route information on the touch panel A. Thereafter, the navigation device A guides the orderer according to the route information and the rendezvous point.

  The information uploading means B of the delivery vehicle B transmits the vehicle ID, the own vehicle position information B, the route information B, and the vehicle speed information B (hereinafter collectively referred to as vehicle information B) to the information management center 100. Since the vehicle ID only needs to uniquely identify the delivery vehicle B, the vehicle ID may be an ID that uniquely identifies the person in charge, a telephone number of the communication device B, a serial number of the navigation device B, or the like. Other configurations are the same as those of the vehicle information A, and are omitted.

  The information management center 100 includes a vehicle search unit 35, a vehicle information acquisition unit 36, a rendezvous point determination unit 37, a route change unit 38, and a delivery vehicle change unit 39. The HDD 16 stores an orderer DB 31, a delivery vehicle DB 32, a rendezvous point DB 33, and a map DB 34.

  The branch of the delivery company is requested to deliver the product from the store of the product, and at that time, a slip in which the product and information for delivery are described is notified. The slip contains the slip number, orderer's name, address, date and time, vehicle identification information (telephone number of the communication device), product name, etc. Information management when the delivery company inputs these slip information into the terminal The slip information is transmitted to the center 100. Here, the telephone number of the communication device A is used as vehicle specifying information. When the slip information is transmitted to the information management center 100, the information management center 100 detects that the product can be delivered.

The information management center 100 extracts vehicle specifying information from the slip information and registers it in the orderer DB 31.
FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating an example of the orderer DB 31. A slip number, name, address, date and time, telephone number (vehicle identification information), and product name are registered in each record. This vehicle specifying information becomes information for specifying the delivery vehicle B.

When the delivery company receives the product from the store and loads the product on the delivery vehicle B or decides to load it, the information management center 100 provides the vehicle ID, product name, and slip number of the delivery vehicle B loaded with the product. Notify The information management center 100 registers the product name, vehicle ID, and slip number in the delivery vehicle DB 32 in association with each other.
FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating an example of the delivery vehicle DB 32. A vehicle ID, a product name, and a slip number are registered in each record. In the figure, for example, it can be seen that the X device is loaded on the delivery vehicle B. The delivery company appropriately exchanges and reloads the products loaded between the delivery vehicles, but the information management center 100 can identify the products loaded on each delivery vehicle by referring to the delivery vehicle DB 32.

  5A and 5B, the voucher number associates the vehicle identification information with the vehicle ID. However, if the orderer identification number is registered in the delivery vehicle DB 32, the record of the orderer DB 31 is recorded by the orderer identification number. And a record of the delivery vehicle DB 32 can be associated with each other. Considering that the vehicle identification information is also the description content of the slip, it is appropriate information among the description content of the slip to associate the records of the two DBs.

  FIG. 5C is a diagram illustrating an example of the rendezvous point DB 33. The rendezvous point position and type are registered in each record. The rendezvous point position is a coordinate and a link number. By including the coordinates, the information management center 100 can easily find the nearest rendezvous point from the route information of the vehicle A and the delivery vehicle B, and by including the link number, the route information A of the vehicle A and the route of the delivery vehicle B It becomes easy to change the information B to pass the rendezvous point.

  The rendezvous point preferably has an area where the vehicle A and the delivery vehicle B can be parked, and is preferably a parking lot or a facility equipped with a parking lot. Therefore, for example, a parking lot in a shopping center, a road station, a convenience store, a gas station, a PA on a highway, etc. are rendezvous points. It may be on a road with very little traffic.

  The information management center 100 extracts these types of facilities from the map DB 34 and registers them in the rendezvous point DB 33 in association with the position information. Since the rendezvous point DB 33 is a static DB (content does not change so much), only the type of the rendezvous point may be determined, and the information management center 100 may search from the map DB 34 when searching for the rendezvous point.

  The map DB 34 is a database representing the road network with nodes and links. The position (coordinates), number of connected links, connected node number, intersection name, etc. are registered in association with the node number of the node, and the start / end node number, road type, width, link length, etc. are registered in association with the link number. Has been. In addition, location information of facilities (prefectural offices, city halls, town halls, service areas, parking areas, roadside stations, ferry landings, railway stations, airports, etc.) is registered.

<Acquisition of vehicle information>
Returning to FIG. 4, the vehicle information may be spontaneously transmitted from the vehicle A or the delivery vehicle B upon request from the information management server 100, or may be spontaneously transmitted from the vehicle A or the delivery vehicle B. . When the information management server 100 acquires one of the vehicle information A and B, the information management server 100 acquires the other vehicle information A and B.
(A) The vehicle search unit 35 requested by the information management server 100 starts searching for the vehicle A at the following timing.
(i) The delivery vehicle DB 32 has been updated
(ii) Periodic The vehicle search unit 35 first reads the slip number newly registered in the delivery vehicle DB 32 and identifies a matching record from the orderer DB 31. And the vehicle search part 35 requests | requires transmission of the vehicle information A to the vehicle A currently drive | working using vehicle specific information (a telephone number in a figure). Specifically, the vehicle search unit 35 transmits a telephone number to the server of the mobile phone carrier and uses a service such as a short message service, for example, “The transmission of vehicle information A is requested from the delivery company. “Do you allow transmission? Yes / No” etc. The orderer views the message displayed on the touch panel A and selects “Yes”, so that the information-up means A can start transmitting the vehicle information A. Alternatively, if the orderer sets the navigation device 26 in advance so as to permit transmission of the vehicle information A, the mobile phone carrier designates a telephone number and transmits a command to the navigation device 26, so that the information-up means A can start transmission of vehicle information A. The vehicle search unit 35 can also request the vehicle information B from the delivery vehicle B.
(B) Vehicle A transmits vehicle information A.

As described above, since the vehicle A can also spontaneously transmit the vehicle information A, the vehicle information acquisition unit 36 can acquire the vehicle information A even if the vehicle search unit 35 does not request it. When the information uploading means A voluntarily transmits the vehicle information A, the telephone number or IP address of the communication device A of the vehicle A becomes known in the process of communication. Can communicate with A.
(C) Delivery vehicle B transmits vehicle information B.

  Similarly, the delivery vehicle B can spontaneously transmit the vehicle information B. The vehicle information acquisition unit 36 acquires vehicle information B.

  (A) When vehicle information acquisition part 36 acquires vehicle information A previously like (a) and (b), vehicle information acquisition part 36 searches orderer DB31 using the vehicle specific information contained in vehicle information A as a key. The vehicle ID of the delivery vehicle B is identified by searching the delivery vehicle DB 32 based on the specified slip number. As a result, the vehicle information acquisition unit 36 can request the vehicle information B from the delivery vehicle B. Since the delivery vehicle B is under the control of the information management center 100, the telephone number of the communication device B of the delivery vehicle B is known, and the transmission of the vehicle information B can be forcibly requested.

  As shown in (c), when the vehicle information acquisition unit 36 acquires the vehicle information B first, the vehicle information acquisition unit 36 searches and specifies the delivery vehicle DB 32 using the vehicle ID included in the vehicle information B as a key. The orderer DB 31 is searched by the slip number and the vehicle specifying information of the vehicle A is specified. As a result, the vehicle information acquisition unit 36 can request the vehicle information A from the delivery vehicle A.

<Determination of rendezvous points>
Thus, the vehicle information A and the vehicle information B are transmitted to the information management center 100. When the vehicle information A and the vehicle information B are acquired, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 can determine the rendezvous point from the vehicle information A, the vehicle information B, and the rendezvous point DB 33.

  FIG. 6 is an example of a diagram illustrating determination of a rendezvous point, and FIG. 7 is an example of a flowchart illustrating a rendezvous point determination procedure.

  S10: The rendezvous point determination unit 37 can specify the routes A and B as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B from the vehicle information A and the vehicle information B. The current location at this time is also revealed.

  S20: The rendezvous point determination unit 37 estimates the position of the vehicle A on the route A every minute and the position of the delivery vehicle B on the route B every minute. “Every 1 minute” is an example, and it may be every 30 seconds or about 5 minutes, but it is easy to find a rendezvous point by estimating at a relatively short interval. For estimation of each position, a distance obtained by multiplying the vehicle speed information A and the vehicle speed information B by 1 minute from the current position may be accumulated. If the link travel time provided by the VICS using a beacon or the like is used, the position can be estimated by reflecting the congestion of the road, and it is still preferable. The positions estimated in this way are referred to as estimated position A and estimated position B, respectively.

  S30: The rendezvous point determination unit 37 calculates the distance between the estimated positions A and B at the same time. FIGS. 6A and 6B show five estimated positions A and B of A1 to A5 and B1 to B5, respectively. Thereby, it is possible to extract the estimated positions A and B where the vehicle A and the delivery vehicle B approach in consideration of not only the route but also the time.

  S40: The rendezvous point determination unit 37 determines whether there are estimated positions A and B within the predetermined distance s1. The predetermined distance s1 is, for example, 4 to 8 km (about 5 to 10 minutes in terms of time) when the speed is 50 km / h. However, the delivery schedule of the delivery company is disturbed or the orderer is allowed to move. Is the distance. If there are no estimated positions A and B within the predetermined distance s1, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 determines that the product cannot be delivered through the current route A and route B and ends the processing.

  S50: When there are estimated positions A and B within the predetermined distance s1 (when there are a plurality of estimated positions A and B), the rendezvous point determination unit 37 processes the distance from one or both of the two estimated positions A and B. It is determined whether or not there is a rendezvous point candidate in s2. For example, when the estimated positions A3 and B3 are within the predetermined distance s1, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 determines whether or not there is a rendezvous point within the predetermined distance s2 from the estimated position A3 and within the processing distance s2. This is determined by searching the rendezvous point DB 33. Since the rendezvous point may be a place where parking is possible, there is a higher possibility of being Yes than in step S40.

  S60: When a plurality of rendezvous points are found, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 finally sets the rendezvous point with the shortest sum of the distance from the estimated position A3 and the distance from the estimated position B3. The rendezvous points may be narrowed down by transmitting a plurality of rendezvous points to the vehicle A and the delivery vehicle B and inquiring about their wishes. In FIGS. 6A and 6B, it is assumed that a rendezvous point is found at a position indicated by an asterisk. The rendezvous point can be determined as described above.

<Route change>
Returning to FIG. 4, the route changing unit 38 changes the route A so that the route A passes the rendezvous point, and changes the route B so that the route B passes the rendezvous point. Specifically, the route changing unit 38 changes the route A by performing a route search from the current location of the vehicle A to the rendezvous point and a route search from the rendezvous point to the destination. Similarly, the route changing unit 38 changes the route B by performing a route search from the current location of the vehicle B to the rendezvous point and a route search from the rendezvous point to the destination.

  FIG. 6C shows an example of the route A after the change, and FIG. 6D shows an example of the route B after the change. Both route A and route B have been changed to pass the rendezvous point. By doing so, as shown in FIG. 6 (e), the two routes intersect at least at the rendezvous point, and the orderer of the vehicle A and the person in charge of the delivery vehicle B are present at the same place at almost the same time zone. It becomes possible to do.

  The route changing unit 38 transmits the route information A of the changed route A to the vehicle A, and transmits the route information B of the changed route B to the vehicle B. The two pieces of route information A and B include position information and types of rendezvous points. As described above, the rendezvous point display means A displays the changed route information A and the rendezvous point on the touch panel A preferentially (or discarded) over the route information A so far, so that the orderer navigates. A rendezvous point can be reached according to the guidance of device A. The same applies to the person in charge of the delivery vehicle B.

<Change of delivery vehicle B>
In step S40 in FIG. 5, the process is terminated when the rendezvous point is not found. However, when the vehicle A moves within a predetermined range such as commuting, even if the delivery vehicle B with a predetermined delivery range delivers the next time. The rendezvous point determination unit 37 may not find a rendezvous point. For this reason, when there are no estimated positions A and B within the predetermined distance, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 notifies the delivery vehicle change unit 39 of the route information A included in the vehicle information A, and whether the delivery vehicle needs to be changed. Inquire whether or not.

  The delivery vehicle changing unit 39 compares the delivery range of the delivery vehicle B (for example, the city, a ward, etc.) with the route information A of the vehicle A, and the link of the route information A is included in the delivery range of the delivery vehicle B. It is determined whether or not the delivery vehicle B needs to be changed based on whether or not the delivery vehicle B is present. When the link of the route information A is not included in the delivery range of the delivery vehicle B, or when the number of links included is less than or equal to a predetermined value, the delivery vehicle changing unit 39 changes the delivery vehicle that delivers the orderer's goods.

  At the time of the change, the delivery vehicle changing unit 39 compares the delivery range of each delivery vehicle with the route information A in the same manner, and changes the delivery vehicle to handle the delivery range having the largest number of links included. In this way, when the vehicle A moves within a certain range, the rendezvous point is found and the orderer can receive the product.

[Overall operation]
FIG. 8 is an example of a diagram illustrating the overall flow of the commodity receiving system 200. First, the orderer accesses the HP of the dealer via a PC or a mobile phone (smartphone) and orders a desired product from the dealer (S1). At the time of ordering, the orderer inputs the product name, quantity, date / time, name, address, and vehicle identification information as described above. In this embodiment, “receiving on the move” is designated as the receiving method. Such order information is transmitted to the store.

  FIG. 9A is a diagram illustrating an example of an order screen displayed on the mobile phone. The figure is one of order screens composed of several screens, and is a screen for designating a receiving method. As shown in the figure, the orderer can select “moving” from the reception methods of “home”, “convenience store”, and “moving”. It should be noted that the order is not inconvenient even after getting on the vehicle A.

  The store server accepts the order and creates an order slip (S2). If there is a stock, the dealer can ship the same day, and if there is no stock, the merchant orders a product.

  When the store obtains the product, it issues a slip for the delivery company, attaches the slip to the product, and requests the delivery company for delivery (S3).

  The delivery company that received the product inputs the contents of the slip into a PC or the like (S4). The input slip information is transmitted to the information management center 100 connected via the network. The information management center 100 registers the slip information in the orderer DB 31 (S5).

  Further, the store installs the product in the delivery vehicle B (S6), and notifies the information management center 100 that the product has been installed as an accompanying process. The notification method includes, for example, a method of reading a barcode specifying the delivery vehicle B with a barcode reader and subsequently reading a barcode of the slip. As a result, the vehicle ID, slip information, product name, etc. of the delivery vehicle B are transmitted to the information management center 100. The information management center 100 registers the vehicle ID, slip number, and product name of the delivery vehicle B in the delivery vehicle DB 32 (S7).

  When the delivery vehicle DB 32 is updated, the vehicle search unit 35 of the information management center 100 uses the telephone number specified from the orderer DB 31 based on the slip number newly registered in the delivery vehicle DB 32 to provide vehicle information A to the vehicle A. Is requested (S11).

  In response to this request, the information-up means A transmits vehicle information A to the information management center 100 (S12).

  If the information-up means A transmits the vehicle information A to the information management center 100 at any regular timing, the vehicle information acquisition unit 36 assigns the slip number that matches the vehicle identification information included in the vehicle information A to the orderer. It can be specified from DB31. If the delivery vehicle B having the vehicle ID that matches the slip number is specified from the delivery vehicle DB 32, the orderer of the vehicle A and the delivery vehicle B can be linked. The same applies when the information-up means B transmits the vehicle information B. Therefore, when the information-up means A or B voluntarily transmits the vehicle information A and B, the transmission request of S11 is not necessarily required.

  The vehicle information acquisition unit 36 of the information management center 100 specifies the delivery vehicle B included in the record newly registered in the delivery vehicle DB 32 (S13). Then, the delivery vehicle B is requested to transmit the vehicle information B (S14).

  The information-up means B transmits the vehicle information B to the information management center 100 in response to this request or at any regular timing (S15).

  Then, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 determines a rendezvous point from the route A and the route B (S16), and the route change unit 38 transmits the route A changed so as to pass the rendezvous point to the vehicle A. It is transmitted to the delivery vehicle B (S17).

  By the processing as described above, the orderer can receive the product even outside the home.

  In Example 1, when the rendezvous point was not found, the delivery vehicle change part 39 changed the delivery vehicle B to another delivery vehicle, and demonstrated that the same process was performed at the next delivery. However, if the orderer goes on a trip or the like and the range of movement is wide, the person in charge may not be able to deliver the product even if the delivery vehicle is changed. For example, when the departure point (current location) of the vehicle information A is far away from the destination, a delivery vehicle having the entire route as a delivery range is not found. Therefore, in this embodiment, a description will be given of a product receiving system 200 that narrows down a delivery range by an orderer specifying a receiving location.

  FIG. 10 is an example of a diagram schematically showing the orderer's home, travel destination, and product shipping position. The orderer travels from his home near Tokyo to Aomori through Tohoku. In the figure, the delivery positions of the orderer's products are exemplified by Yamagata Prefecture D1 and Hyogo Prefecture D2 as factories. Although the orderer does not need to consider the shipping position, it is possible to predict the shipping position of the product to some extent from the store address or the like.

  In this embodiment, the orderer inputs a travel destination (reception location) at the time of ordering. When the orderer selects “moving” on the order screen of FIG. 9A, the receiving location input screen as shown in FIG. 9B is displayed. The orderer can select “Yes” and enter the receiving location when he / she wants to receive the product while traveling or traveling.

  FIG. 11 is an example of a diagram illustrating the overall flow of the product receiving system 200. In FIG. 11, the same parts as those in FIG. 8 will be described briefly. First, in step S1, order information including a receiving place is transmitted to the store. Subsequent S2 to S5 are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  Here, due to the progress of physical distribution, the period from ordering to shipping of goods is decreasing, and now it is possible to ship on the same day (ordering date). For this reason, the time when the slip information is registered in the orderer DB 31 in step S5 may be within several hours after the orderer leaves. In the present embodiment, since the vehicle A is assumed to be moving, the optimal delivery method differs depending on the elapsed time from the time of ordering.

  Therefore, the delivery vehicle changing unit 39 determines an optimum delivery vehicle according to the current location P1 or P2, the product shipping position D1 or D2, and the receiving location of the vehicle A (S5-1). The current location of the vehicle A uses the vehicle information A acquired by the vehicle information acquisition unit 36 as in the first embodiment.

The delivery vehicle changing unit 39 determines the delivery vehicle B as follows, for example.
In the case where the current location of vehicle A is P1 and the product shipping position is D1 In this case, since the vehicle A can deliver the product before reaching the travel destination, for example, delivery having a delivery range that can move on the highway The vehicle B is determined and the product is delivered from the product shipping position D1.
In the case where the current location of vehicle A is P2 and the product shipping position is D1, in this case, it is difficult to deliver the product before vehicle A reaches the travel destination. The delivery vehicle B having a delivery range at the travel destination is determined.
-When the current location of vehicle A is P1 or P2 and the product shipping position is D2. In this case, it is difficult to deliver the product before vehicle A reaches the travel destination. The delivery vehicle B is transferred to the delivery company via an air route or the like, and the delivery vehicle B having a delivery range at the travel destination is determined.

  In other words, the delivery vehicle changing unit 39 compares the distance L2 between the receiving location and the product shipping positions D1, D2 and the distance L1 between the receiving location and the current location P1, P2, and if L1> L2, the product shipping location D1. A delivery vehicle B near is designated, otherwise delivery vehicle B near the receiving location is designated.

  The delivery company that has received the designation of the delivery vehicle loads the product on the delivery vehicle B without transferring the product to the receiving place or after the transfer (S6).

  Henceforth, the process to S15 is the same as that of Example 1. In step S <b> 16, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 determines a rendezvous point. The method for determining the rendezvous point when the delivery vehicle B delivers the goods at the receiving location is the same as in the first embodiment. Since vehicle A is traveling for sightseeing or business at a receiving place as a travel destination, a rendezvous point is determined from route information A including the destination and the current location of vehicle A and route information B of delivery vehicle B. That's fine.

  On the other hand, when the person in charge delivers the product before the vehicle A arrives at the receiving place, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 determines the rendezvous point on the route information A of the vehicle A. When the vehicle A is moving on the highway, the rendezvous point is, for example, PA. When the vehicle A is not moving on the highway, the rendezvous point is a rendezvous point existing in the route information A of the vehicle A. When the vehicle A is moving on the expressway, it is preferable that the delivery vehicle B moves in the same direction (up) as the vehicle A. However, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 determines the upstream PA and the downstream PA. When the PA where the person in charge can come and go is determined as the rendezvous point, the delivery vehicle B can also move in the reverse direction (downward) on the expressway.

FIG. 12 is an example of a diagram illustrating a rendezvous point determination method. In FIG. 12, PA is described as an example, but the same applies to a rendezvous point on a general road.
(i) The rendezvous point determination unit 37 uses the vehicle speed information A of the vehicle A to predict the times ta1 to ta3 when the vehicle A reaches the receiving locations PA1 to PA3 on the receiving side.
(ii) The rendezvous point determination unit 37 predicts times tb1 to tb3 when the delivery vehicle B goes straight to PA1 to PA3 using the vehicle speed information B of the delivery vehicle B.
(iii) The rendezvous point determination unit 37 compares ta1 and tb1, ta2 and tb2, ta3 and tb3... in order, and identifies the first PA that satisfies tai> tbi (i is a natural number). This PA is the first PA where the delivery vehicle B can arrive earlier than the vehicle A.

  The route changing unit 38 transmits the route A changed to pass the rendezvous point determined in this way to the vehicle A, and transmits the route B to the delivery vehicle B (S17). The route A has almost no change, becomes route information A that newly designates a PA to stop, and the route B becomes new route information B with the destination as PA (Rendezvous Point).

  By the processing as described above, the orderer can receive the goods at a place other than home and at or before the travel destination.

  In the first embodiment, the commodity receiving system 200 for finding the rendezvous point optimum for the vehicle A and the delivery vehicle B has been described. However, in the present embodiment, the commodity receiving system 200 having another method for determining the rendezvous point will be described.

  Since the orderer is on board, the vehicle A can actively move and contact the delivery vehicle B if there is no special use. In addition, since the delivery vehicle B is intended to deliver goods, it can be considered that the delivery vehicle B can also actively move and come into contact with the vehicle A in some cases. Therefore, in this embodiment, a product receiving system 200 that guides the other to the rendezvous point on the route information A or the route information B will be described.

In this embodiment, the overall operation procedure is the same as in FIG. 8, and the rendezvous point determination method in step S16 in FIG.
FIG. 13A is an example of a flowchart illustrating a procedure in which the rendezvous point determination unit 37 determines a rendezvous point.

  S210: The rendezvous point determination unit 37 identifies the routes A and B as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B from the vehicle information A and the vehicle information B. The current location at this time is also revealed.

  S220: Next, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 extracts rendezvous points in the route B. In this case, considering that the delivery vehicle B is parked, the delivery destination of the delivery vehicle B is also a rendezvous point.

  S230: The rendezvous point determination unit 37 estimates the estimated arrival time B at which the delivery vehicle B arrives at each rendezvous point. For this estimation, the vehicle speed information B of the delivery vehicle B is used, and if there is a delivery schedule, it is also used.

  S240: The rendezvous point determination unit 37 estimates the estimated arrival time A when the vehicle A arrives directly at each rendezvous point from the current location of the vehicle A. For this estimation, if there is a link travel time provided by the vehicle speed information A and VICS of the vehicle A, it is used.

  S250: The rendezvous point determination unit 37 determines whether there is a rendezvous point of predicted arrival time B> predicted arrival time A. The rendezvous point where the predicted arrival time B> the predicted arrival time A is a rendezvous point where the vehicle A can arrive before the delivery vehicle B.

  S260: When there are a plurality of such rendezvous points, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 identifies the rendezvous point closest to the current location of the vehicle A. By doing so, the rendezvous point with the smallest amount of movement of the vehicle A can be identified.

  When there is no rendezvous point of predicted arrival time B> estimated arrival time A, the rendezvous point may be determined in the same manner as in the first embodiment, or the rendezvous point is determined from the route A as described below. Also good.

  FIG. 13B is an example of a flowchart illustrating a procedure in which the rendezvous point determination unit 37 determines a rendezvous point. In FIG. 13B, the relationship between the procedure of FIG. 13A and the vehicle A and the delivery vehicle B is reversed.

  In other words, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 extracts rendezvous points on the route A (S320), and estimates the estimated arrival time A when the vehicle A arrives at each rendezvous point (S330). Next, the estimated arrival time B when the delivery vehicle B arrives directly at each rendezvous point from the current location of the delivery vehicle B is estimated (S340).

  Then, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 determines whether there is a rendezvous point of predicted arrival time A> predicted arrival time B (S350). The rendezvous point of the predicted arrival time A> the predicted arrival time B is a rendezvous point at which the delivery vehicle B can arrive before the vehicle A.

  When there are a plurality of such rendezvous points, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 specifies the rendezvous point closest to the current location of the delivery vehicle B (S360).

  When there is no rendezvous point with the predicted arrival time A> the predicted arrival time B, the rendezvous point may be determined in the same manner as in the first embodiment, or the procedure shown in FIG. Points may be determined. Of course, the procedures of FIGS. 13A and 13B are executed only once.

  A rendezvous point can be found in the route A or the route B by the processing as described above.

  If a rendezvous point satisfying the condition of predicted arrival time B> arrival prediction time A or arrival prediction time A> arrival prediction time B is not found in FIGS. 13A and 13B, the rendezvous point determination unit 37 Can be relaxed. That is, by setting the predicted arrival time B + β> the predicted arrival time A or the predicted arrival time A + α> the predicted arrival time B, the rendezvous point can be easily found. Since α and β are times for the delivery vehicle B or vehicle A to wait for the other at the rendezvous point, α and β are about 5 to 10 minutes that are allowable as the waiting time. This makes it easier to find rendezvous points.

  When the rendezvous point is found, the route changing unit 38 notifies the rendezvous point, routes A and α to the vehicle A, and the rendezvous point, routes B and β to the delivery vehicle B. In the meantime, you can know that you need to wait at the rendezvous point.

  Through the processing as described above, the orderer can expand the target of rendezvous points for receiving the product outside the home and make it easier to receive the product.

31 Orderer DB
32 Delivery Vehicle DB
33 Rendezvous Point DB
34 Map DB
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 35 Vehicle search part 36 Vehicle information acquisition part 37 Rendezvous point determination part 38 Route change part 39 Delivery vehicle change part 41 Information improvement means 42 Rendezvous point display part 100 Information management center 200 Goods reception system

Claims (10)

A database that associates the vehicle on which the orderer of the product is boarded and the delivery vehicle that delivers the product with vehicle identification information of the vehicle;
Vehicle information acquisition means for acquiring first vehicle information including the vehicle identification information, current location and travel route from the vehicle, and second vehicle information including delivery vehicle ID, current location and travel route from the delivery vehicle;
When the vehicle travels a first position on the travel route of the first vehicle information, a second position on the travel route of the second vehicle information traveled by the delivery vehicle is the first position. Delivery position determining means for estimating the first position and the second position that are within a predetermined distance from the position, and determining a delivery position at which the delivery vehicle delivers the product to the vehicle;
Delivery position notifying means for notifying the delivery position to the vehicle and the delivery vehicle;
An information management server having The database stores movement destination information instructed by the orderer,
The delivery for delivering the product by comparing a first distance between the current location of the first vehicle information and the destination information and a second distance between a shipping position of the product and the destination information. The information management server according to claim 1, further comprising delivery vehicle determination means for determining a vehicle.   When the first distance is not longer than the second distance, the delivery vehicle determination means changes a delivery vehicle having a delivery range around the location of the destination information to the delivery vehicle that delivers the product. The information management server according to claim 2, wherein the information management server is determined. If the first distance is longer than the second distance,
The delivery position determining means determines the delivery position as the first position at which the delivery vehicle arrives earlier than the vehicle arrives;
The information management server according to claim 2.   The information management server according to claim 4, wherein the delivery position is a parking area of an expressway. The delivery position determining means is the first position where the delivery vehicle arrives earlier than the vehicle arrives, or the vehicle arrives earlier than the delivery vehicle arrives. Determining a second position as the delivery position;
The information management server according to claim 1. Vehicle calling means for calling and communicating the vehicle using the vehicle identification information;
The vehicle information acquisition means acquires the first vehicle information from the vehicle called by the vehicle call means,
Obtaining the second vehicle information from the delivery vehicle identified from the database by the vehicle identification information used for the call;
The information management server according to claim 1, wherein: The vehicle information acquisition means acquires the first vehicle information from the vehicle,
The delivery vehicle ID of the delivery vehicle that delivers the orderer's goods is identified by referring to the database based on the vehicle identification information of the acquired first vehicle information, and the delivery vehicle ID is used to identify the delivery vehicle ID. Obtaining the second vehicle information;
The information management server according to claim 1, wherein: The vehicle information acquisition means acquires the second vehicle information from the delivery vehicle,
The vehicle specifying information of the vehicle of the orderer is specified by referring to the database by the delivery vehicle ID of the acquired second vehicle information, and the first vehicle information is obtained from the vehicle using the vehicle specifying information. To get the
The information management server according to claim 1, wherein: A product receiving system in which a vehicle and a delivery vehicle communicate with a vehicle information management server via a network,
A database that associates the vehicle on which the orderer of the product is boarded and the delivery vehicle that delivers the product with vehicle identification information of the vehicle;
Vehicle information acquisition means for acquiring first vehicle information including the vehicle identification information, current location and travel route from the vehicle, and second vehicle information including delivery vehicle ID, current location and travel route from the delivery vehicle;
When the vehicle travels a first position on the travel route of the first vehicle information, a second position on the travel route of the second vehicle information traveled by the delivery vehicle is the first position. Delivery position determining means for estimating the first position and the second position that are within a predetermined distance from the position, and determining a delivery position at which the delivery vehicle delivers the product to the vehicle;
Delivery position notifying means for notifying the delivery position to the vehicle and the delivery vehicle;
A commodity receiving system.

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