JP2019211971A - Powerless physical distribution system utilizing existing mobile flow - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a powerless physical distribution system utilizing an existing mobile flow depending on an automatic driving vehicle capable of delivering a load from a delivery source to a delivery destination fundamentally without requiring manual re-stacking of loads.SOLUTION: A processing server 12 calculates an optimal course from a designated departure place to a destination and extracts an automatic driving vehicle capable of traveling along the optimal course from operational conditions of drivers of automatic driving vehicles 30A-30C which are autonomously traveled. The processing server 12 then instructs the automatic driving vehicle 30A to travel along the optimal course while connecting a small-sized freight car 22A including a recognition tag 18A thereto.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a non-powered logistics system using an existing moving flow, and more particularly to a non-powered logistics system using an existing moving flow by an autonomous vehicle.

  In recent years, a mail order system for ordering and delivering products via a communication environment such as the Internet has been very prosperous. Users can place orders immediately and reliably via an existing network, and payment can be made easily by exchanging credit card information via the network, so users can shop more than when they go to the actual store. There is a merit that the burden of is much less.

  However, the above-mentioned mail order system has a bottleneck in how to deliver purchased products. In particular, recently, there is a mail order trader who delivers the same day after the user places an order for the product. In such a case, the burden on the trader who delivers the product becomes significant.

  Patent Document 1 discloses an invention of a product sales system that interposes a public mobile body that piggybacks a product delivered to a public mobile body such as a railroad, a bus, an aircraft, or a ship and delivers it to a user.

JP 2001-290980 A

  However, public vehicles such as railroads or buses are not originally loaded with products for mail order, and therefore, loading and unloading of packages to and from such public vehicles must rely on human hands. In addition, the original destination of the public mobile unit rarely matches the address or residence of the user to whom the package is shipped, and mail-order products cannot be delivered to the user only by the public mobile unit. There was a problem that it was impossible.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and basically does not require manual transshipment of packages, and the existing mobile flow by an autonomous vehicle that can deliver packages from a shipping source to a shipping destination. The purpose is to provide a non-powered logistics system using

  In order to achieve the above object, a non-powered logistics system using the existing moving flow according to the first invention includes an autonomous driving vehicle that autonomously travels, a small freight car that has a recognition tag and is pulled by the autonomous driving vehicle. And calculating the optimum route from the designated starting point to the destination for the small freight car, and extracting from each of the autonomous driving vehicles based on the operation status acquired from each operator of the autonomous driving vehicle And a processing server for instructing an autonomous driving vehicle capable of traveling on at least a part of the optimum route to travel on the optimum route in connection with the small freight car having the recognition tag.

  According to the first invention, by pulling a small freight car storing goods such as merchandise to an autonomous driving vehicle, it is possible to deliver the goods from the shipping source to the shipping destination without basically needing to reload the packages manually. It becomes possible.

  In the non-power distribution system using the existing mobile flow according to the second aspect of the invention, the small wagon can wirelessly communicate, and the autonomous driving vehicle detects the presence of the small wagon in the vicinity by the wireless communication. An inquiry about the small wagon is sent to the processing server, and when the processing server receives the inquiry, it sends a response including information on the recognition tag and information on the optimum route to the autonomous driving vehicle. The automatic driving vehicle is instructed to travel on the optimum route in connection with a small freight car having the recognition tag.

  According to the second invention, when the autonomous driving vehicle detects the presence of a small freight car in the vicinity, by receiving information including the recognition tag of the small freight car to be towed and information on the optimum route from the processing server, A small wagon to be towed can be reliably identified.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a non-powered physical distribution system using an existing mobile flow. When a plurality of autonomous driving vehicles capable of traveling on at least a part of the optimum route are extracted, the processing server extracts the extracted autonomous driving vehicle. The information of the recognition tag and the optimum route is transmitted to each of the vehicles, and the automatic driving vehicle that has returned the earliest response to the transmission is instructed to travel on the optimum route in connection with the small freight car having the recognition tag. .

  According to the third invention, when a plurality of autonomous driving vehicles capable of traveling on the optimum route are extracted, the information of the recognition tag and the optimum route is transmitted to each autonomous driving vehicle, and the automatic reply that is the earliest response to the transmission By letting the driver carry a small freight car, it becomes possible to quickly deliver the package from the shipping source to the shipping destination.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a non-powered physical distribution system using an existing mobile flow, wherein the processing server sets the optimum route and extracts the autonomous driving vehicle in a mode of goods carried by a small freight car or a delivery time limit. Take this into consideration.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the optimal route is determined and the automatic driving vehicle to be used is extracted in consideration of the mode of goods such as refrigeration and the time limit for delivery, so that the shipping source can be reliably transferred from the shipping source to the shipping destination. It is possible to deliver the package to.

  In the non-power distribution system using the existing moving flow according to the fifth aspect of the invention, the processing server is configured such that when the autonomous driving vehicle runs off the optimum route from the middle of the optimum route, The self-driving vehicle is extracted such that another self-driving vehicle capable of traveling the part is extracted, and the small freight car is separated from the self-driving vehicle at the relay point on the optimum route and connected to the other self-driving vehicle. And instructing the other autonomous driving vehicle.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the autonomous driving vehicle constituting the existing moving flow deviates from the optimum route and goes to the destination planned by the operator of the autonomous driving vehicle, the vehicle travels on the optimum route at the relay point. By delivering a small freight car to another possible autonomous vehicle, it is possible to reliably deliver the package from the shipping source to the shipping destination without basically needing to reload the package.

  In the non-power distribution system using the existing mobile flow according to the sixth invention, the relay point is any one of a service area such as a taxi stand, a toll road, a bus stop, and a road station, and the processing server If the duration of the red signal is sufficiently long with reference to the control information of the signal, the automatic wagon and the other autonomous driving vehicle are automatically The automatic driving vehicle and the other automatic driving vehicle are controlled so as to be separated from the driving vehicle and connected to the other automatic driving vehicle.

  According to the sixth invention, since the existing infrastructure is used as a relay point for delivering a small freight car, it is possible to construct a non-powered logistics system using an existing mobile flow without requiring a new configuration.

  In the non-power distribution system using an existing mobile flow according to a seventh aspect of the invention, the relay point is a signalized intersection where a red signal is lit, and the processing server refers to the traffic signal control information. If the duration of the red signal at the signalized intersection that is a relay point is sufficiently long, another automatic driving that can travel the remaining part of the optimum route from another autonomous driving vehicle that stops at the same red signal The car is extracted, and at the signalized intersection serving as the relay point, the small freight car is separated from the self-driving car and connected to the other self-driving car to the self-driving car and the other self-driving car. Instruct.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, a small freight car is handed over to another self-driving car that can travel on the optimum route while the vehicle stops at a red light, so that it is not necessary to reload the package and is shipped from the shipping source. It is possible to reliably deliver the package to the destination.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a non-power distribution system using an existing moving flow, wherein the processing server is configured such that an autonomous driving vehicle capable of traveling on at least a part of the extracted optimum route travels on at least a part of the optimum route. In addition, when it becomes a different route that becomes a predetermined route, the incentive is given to the operator of the autonomous driving vehicle, and the autonomous driving vehicle is connected to a small freight car having the recognition tag, Instructs the vehicle to travel on the optimum route.

  According to the eighth aspect of the invention, when the autonomous driving vehicle constituting the existing mobile flow deviates from the optimum route and goes to the destination planned by the operator of the autonomous driving vehicle, the operator of the autonomous driving vehicle is informed. By giving the incentive, it is possible to continue traveling on the optimum route of the self-driving vehicle, so that it is possible to reliably deliver the package from the shipping source to the shipping destination without basically needing to reload the package.

  As explained above, according to the non-powered logistics system using the existing mobile flow of the present invention, it is possible to deliver the package from the shipping source to the shipping destination without basically needing to reload the package manually. An effect is obtained.

It is the schematic which showed an example of the non-powered physical distribution system using the existing moving flow which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the block diagram which showed the outline of the exchange between the purchaser who is a customer, a control center, and a seller. It is the flowchart which showed an example of the order receipt process of the processing server which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed an example of control of the automatic driving vehicle of the processing server which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed an example of the operation | movement of the self-driving vehicle in the non-power distribution system using the existing mobile flow which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a non-powered logistics system using an existing mobile flow according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a purchaser 60 places an order for a product 24 from the control center 10 via an existing network such as the Internet, and the control center 10 identifies a seller who has an inventory of the ordered product 24 in a product information DB. (Database) Extracted from 14C and transmits the order contents and the merchandise transport recognition tag 18A to the extracted seller 20.

  The seller 20 prepares the product 24 according to the contents of the order, and stores the product 24 in a non-powered small freight car 22 (22A to 22D) that is pulled by the autonomous driving vehicles 30A, 30B, and 30C. The small tag wagon 22A storing the product 24 is affixed with a recognition tag 18A by the seller 20.

  The control center 10 formulates an optimum optimum route (hereinafter referred to as “optimum route”) from the seller 20 to the purchaser 60. Further, the mobile provider DB 14B is searched to extract the automatic driving vehicle 30A that travels on the optimum route that has been formulated, and the small wagon 22A with the recognition tag 18A attached to the automatic driving vehicle 30A is coupled by the universal coupling unit 32. Send a command to (link).

  The autonomous driving vehicle 30A (30B, 30C) is, for example, a passenger car, a taxi, a bus, and the like, each autonomously traveling on a set route on a public road from a set departure point to a destination according to a predetermined schedule. Vehicle. In the present embodiment, an environment in which the autonomous driving vehicles 30 </ b> A to 30 </ b> C travel on a predetermined schedule and set route and convey people and articles is referred to as an existing moving flow 50.

  The control center 10 includes, from the movement provider DB 14B, the autonomous driving vehicle 30A in which the predetermined set route includes the location of the seller 20 and also includes a part of the optimum route formulated based on the location of the seller 20. Extract.

  Since the optimal route established by the control center 10 and the set route of the autonomous driving vehicle 30A rarely coincide with each other, in this embodiment, the relay station 40 uses the small freight car as another autonomous driving vehicle 30B, 30C. 22A is connected, the small freight car 22A is transported to the address or residence of the purchaser 60, and the product 24 is delivered to the purchaser. The small freight car 22 connected to the autonomous driving cars 30A to 30C is not limited to one. For example, a plurality of small freight cars 22 may be connected so that a small freight car 22B to which the recognition tag 18B is affixed is connected together with the small freight car 22A, such as an automatic driving car 30B.

  Hereinafter, individual configurations of the non-powered physical distribution system using the existing moving flow according to the present embodiment will be described.

  The control center 10 is the core of the non-powered logistics system using the existing mobile flow according to the present embodiment, and receives sales based on the receipt of order information from the purchaser 60 and confirmation of the inventory status of the product 24 as described above. Selection of the seller 20, instruction for shipping to the seller 20 with the recognition tag 18A of the product 24, formulation of the optimum route from the seller 20 to the purchaser 60, and the optimum route established with reference to the mobile provider DB 14B Extraction of the autonomous driving vehicles 30A, 30B, and 30C to travel, delivery of the small freight car 22A at the relay station 40, and stopping at the address or residence of the purchaser 60 that is the destination are performed.

  The control center 10 has a processing server that receives ordering information from the purchaser 60 and performs information processing and various instructions. In addition, the control center 10 stores the customer DB 14A storing information on the buyer 60 as a customer, the mobile provider DB 14B storing the travel schedule of the autonomous driving vehicles 30A to 30C, and the inventory status of the merchandise of the seller 20. The product information DB 14C, the AV control program 14D for controlling the autonomous driving vehicles 30A to 30C, and the ST monitoring program 14E for monitoring the relay station 40 are provided.

  The processing server 12 of the control center 10 performs various types of information processing such as route setting, allocation of autonomous driving vehicles, and the like to the seller 20, the autonomous driving vehicles 30A to 30C, and the relay station 40 by the above-described database and program. I do.

  The information stored in the movement provider DB 14B is updated with the latest information brought about one by one from the business operator operating the autonomous driving vehicles 30A to 30C. The information stored in the product information DB 14C is updated with the latest product information provided from the seller 20.

  Based on the updated latest information, the processing server 12 selects the seller 20 that stocks the product that matches the purchaser's 60 order, and travels at least a part of the optimum route from the seller 20 to the purchaser 60. Possible automatic driving vehicles 30A, 30B, 30C are extracted.

  Product information (such as freshness priority), time restrictions, etc. are taken into consideration when setting the optimal route and dispatching autonomous vehicles. In consideration of time restrictions and the like, when changing the original optimum route of the autonomous driving vehicle, an incentive is given to the operator of the autonomous driving vehicle (the shipping cost of the luggage is increased). If the user can set the upper limit of the budget when the user requests delivery, the automatic driving vehicle may be controlled so that the extra shipping fee is generated within the upper limit of the budget. If time restrictions are not taken into consideration, a small freight car may be connected to a route bus, or a long distance high-speed bus may be connected to carry a long distance.

  The small wagon 22 basically has no power, and is a covered cart that is pulled by the autonomous driving vehicles 30A to 30C. As will be described later, there is a case where a product 24 that is likely to be deteriorated in freshness at room temperature may be transported. Therefore, a power source such as a lithium ion battery and a refrigerator that keeps the interior lower than room temperature may be provided. The power source is used for the operation of a device such as a GPS (Global Positioning System), and the control center 10 grasps the location of the small freight car 22 by the GPS or the like. Furthermore, in the case where a wireless communication device capable of low-power microwave communication or the like is provided so that the autonomous driving vehicles 30A to 30C can identify the small freight car 22 even from a slightly remote location, the power supply is connected to the wireless communication device. Also used for device operation.

  The small wagon 22 may include an auxiliary motor that also functions as a regenerative brake that generates power during deceleration. The electric power generated when the auxiliary motor is used as a regenerative brake is held in the above-described lithium ion battery.

  The small freight car 22 directs the side having the universal coupling unit 32 to the side where the automatic driving cars 30A to 30C are provided with the universal coupling unit 32 so that the automatic driving cars 30A to 30C can easily connect the small freight car 22 by the auxiliary motor. You may comprise so that a moderate autonomous driving | running | working is possible. In order to perform such autonomous traveling, the small freight vehicle 22 and the autonomous driving vehicles 30A to 30C are configured to be capable of bidirectional communication by the low-power microwave communication described above, and the small freight vehicle 22 and the automatic driving vehicle 30A. -30C is an optical detection using a laser or the like, detects the side having the mutual coupling unit 32, and autonomously travels so as to approach each other.

  The relay station is, for example, a taxi stand, a service area such as a toll road, a bus stop, a road station, or the like, but is not limited thereto. For example, if the signalized intersection is a relay station and the safety is ensured by referring to the traffic signal control information at the signalized intersection (if the duration of the red signal is sufficient), the vehicle stops at a red signal In addition, a small freight car may be delivered to another autonomous driving car.

  The universal coupling unit 32 is a kind of coupler, and can be connected and disconnected by remote operation, for example, a railway close coupler, and is wired with the automatic driving vehicles 30A to 30C to be pulled. An electrical contact may be provided so that information can be transmitted and received. For example, when the self-driving cars 30A to 30C decelerate, the small freight car 22 is notified to the small freight car 22 through the electrical contact of the universal coupling unit 32, and the small freight car 22 operates the regenerative brake to generate electric power. be able to.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of the exchanges between the purchaser 60 who is a customer, the control center 10 and the seller 20. When the purchaser 60 places an order via an existing network such as the Internet, the processing server 12 of the control center 10 presents options related to product shipping.

  The order of the product (ordering) is started, for example, when the purchaser 60 selects the product desired to be purchased from the dedicated site by the processing server 12 in which the product is listed. As described above, the information on the dedicated site is sequentially updated with product information including the latest stock status and price information transmitted from the seller 20.

  The presented options are, for example, product information and limited information by the purchaser (hereinafter referred to as “purchaser information”).

  The above-mentioned product information is information that is fragile or that freshness may deteriorate at room temperature. The purchaser information is the time limit or time limit for arrival of goods and the upper limit of the shipping cost.

  The purchaser 60 inputs each product information and purchaser information by selecting each option presented from the processing server 12, and confirms the order. The processing server 12 registers the confirmed order information in the customer DB 14A. Then, the seller 20 that matches the order is extracted from the product information DB 14C, and the order details including the recognition tag 18A are transmitted to the extracted seller 20.

  The recognition tag 18 </ b> A is image data indicating a two-dimensional code or a barcode attached to the small freight car 22 </ b> A that carries the product 24.

  When the small wagon 22A is present in the vicinity, the autonomous driving vehicle 30A inquires the control center 10 about the information related to the detected small wagon 22A, and relates to the information related to the recognition tag 18A from the control center 10 and the optimum route for the inquiry. A reply including information is received, and a small wagon 22A having a recognition tag 18A that matches the received information is detected. Then, based on an instruction to connect the small freight car 22A having the recognition tag 18A from the processing server 12 and travel on the optimum route, the automatic driving vehicle 30A connects the small freight car 22A and travels on the optimum route.

  The control center 10 recognizes when there is no inquiry about the information regarding the small freight car 22A from the automatic driving car 30A, or when there is an inquiry about the information about the small freight car 22A from each of the plurality of automatic driving cars 30A to 30C substantially simultaneously. The tag 18A and route information may be transmitted to each of the autonomous driving vehicles 30A to 30C capable of traveling at least a part of the optimum route, and the small freight car 22A may be transported to the autonomous driving vehicle 30A that has responded earliest to the transmission. . In that case, the control center 10 performs communication to the effect that it is not necessary to transport the small freight car 22A to other candidate vehicles. The self-driving vehicle 30A travels on the optimum route by connecting a small freight car 22A having a recognition tag 18A that matches the received information.

  The automatic driving vehicle 30A basically identifies the recognition tag 18A by optical reading, but it is necessary to be able to recognize the small freight car 22A to which the recognition tag 18A is attached even if it is separated to some extent. In the present embodiment, the control center 10 grasps the location of the small freight car 22A by GPS or the like attached to the small freight car 22A, and causes the autonomous driving car 30A to travel toward the grasped location. After the small wagon 22A approaches several tens of meters or several meters, the automatic driving vehicle 30A travels autonomously and connects the small wagon 22A according to the information transmitted by the small wagon 22A. As described above, when the small freight car 22 includes an auxiliary motor and can autonomously travel to such an extent that the posture is changed, the autonomous driving car 30A and the small freight car 22A can be caused to travel closer to each other. is there.

  As an example, the low-power microwave communication described above is used for transmitting information of the small wagon 22A. Therefore, the control center 10 transmits the code for microwave communication corresponding to the recognition tag 18A to the seller 20 together with the image information indicating the recognition tag 18A. The seller 20 affixes the printed-out recognition tag 18A to a predetermined position of the small freight car 22A, and stores a code for microwave communication in the storage medium of the small freight car 22A. As an example, the storage medium is an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) such as a flash memory.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the order receiving process of the processing server 12 according to the present embodiment. When the order information from the purchaser 60 is received in step 300, options are transmitted to the purchaser 60 in step 304. The options are product information and purchaser information as described above.

  In step 306, it is determined whether or not there is an input corresponding to the option from the purchaser 60 who is the orderer. If there is an input of the option, whether or not the input content is appropriate is determined in step 308. In step 308, if the input content is appropriate, the procedure proceeds to step 312. If the input content is not appropriate, the purchaser 60 is requested to input again in step 310, and whether the input content is appropriate again in step 308. judge.

  In step 312, the order is confirmed, and in step 314, the recognition tag 18A and the code for microwave communication are created. In step 316, the recognition tag 18A and the code for microwave communication are transmitted to the seller 20 and the process is terminated. To do.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of instruction control for the automatic driving vehicle 30A of the processing server 12 according to the present embodiment. The flowchart of the instruction control shown in FIG. 4 is executed for each target small freight car 22.
In step 400, the location of the seller 20 as a departure point is input for the target small wagon 22, and the address or residence of the purchaser 60 as a destination is input in step 402.

  In step 404, incidental items based on the product information and purchaser information are input. When the product information indicates that the product 24 is refrigerated, it is a guideline for selecting a small freight car 22 having refrigeration equipment. If the purchaser information indicates a strict requirement for the time limit, some incentives are automatically driven. It is input that it is possible to pay to the user or operator of 30A-30C. The incentive is an electronic money point as an example, but it may be a credit card point.

  Further, the incidental items include limited information on the side of the autonomous driving vehicle (hereinafter referred to as “automatic driving vehicle information”) such as the vehicle performance of the autonomous driving vehicles 30A to 30C, and the time limit that the autonomous driving vehicles 30A to 30C can use for transporting the luggage. In addition, the weather information acquired by the processing server 12 via the network from the Japan Meteorological Agency or other weather information service companies is included. The automatic driving vehicle information is extracted from the movement provider DB 14B, or acquired directly from the operator or owner of the automatic driving vehicles 30A to 30C online.

  In step 406, the optimum route from the seller 20 to the purchaser 60 is calculated based on the input items. The optimum route may travel on a toll road such as an expressway if the purchaser 60 does not mind some cost. Further, when there is a possibility that the shortest route may be hit by stormy weather due to weather information, a safe route is calculated even if the distance is somewhat long.

  In step 407, the autonomous driving vehicles 30A to 30C that match the calculated optimum route and incidental items are extracted from the movement provider DB 14B. In the extraction of the autonomous driving vehicles 30A to 30C, since a vehicle that travels the entire route of the optimum route is rare, a plurality of vehicles that can travel to the first stop (such as the relay station 40) on the optimum route are listed. Furthermore, according to the above-mentioned incidental matter, it is limited to one autonomous driving vehicle 30A.

In step 408, the extracted autonomous driving vehicle 30A is instructed to connect the small wagon 22A and travel to the relay station or destination on the optimum route. As a result, the instructed autonomous driving vehicle 30A travels autonomously, connects the small freight car 22A, and then travels to the instructed relay station 40 or the destination.
In step 410, when the autonomous driving vehicle 30 arrives at the designated point, it is determined whether or not it has arrived at the address or residence of the purchaser 60 that is the destination. Although it is possible to grasp the outline by GPS, the autonomous driving vehicle 30A transmits a predetermined signal to the processing server 12 when arriving at the destination, and the processing server 12 The destination arrival is determined by the communication from the autonomous vehicle 30A.

  If the autonomous driving vehicle 30A arrives at the destination in step 410, the process is terminated. However, since it is rare for one autonomous driving vehicle 30A to travel the entire route from the departure point to the destination, in step 410, the automatic driving vehicle 30A If the driver's vehicle 30A has arrived at the designated relay station 40 and has not arrived at the destination, the procedure proceeds to step 412. If the autonomous driving vehicle 30A does not arrive at the destination in step 410, for example, the autonomous driving vehicle 30A travels to the relay station 40, but from there, it travels on a route other than the optimum route.

  In step 412, the current position of the autonomous driving vehicle 30A is detected. The current position of the autonomous driving vehicle 30A can be obtained via the operator or owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 30A. However, if the small freight car 22A includes a GPS device as described above, the small freight car is used. You may grasp | ascertain the position of 22A with GPS. Alternatively, if the small wagon 22A has a communication function with the control center 10, the current position of the small wagon 22A may be grasped by the communication.

  In step 414, since the autonomous driving vehicle 30A may deviate from the optimum route, the optimum route is recalculated.

  In step 416, it is determined whether or not the mobile object currently being used (automatic driving vehicle 30A) is usable. When the autonomous driving vehicle 30A can be used in step 416, for example, the original travel route of the autonomous driving vehicle 30A can be changed by giving an incentive to the operator of the autonomous driving vehicle 30A. If the autonomous driving vehicle 30A can be used in step 416, the automatic driving vehicle 30A is instructed to travel to the relay station or destination on the optimum route recalculated in step 418, and the procedure proceeds to step 410.

  If the autonomous driving vehicle 30A is not usable in step 416, for example, if the autonomous driving vehicle 30A reaches the relay station 40 and travels on a route other than the optimum route thereafter, use in step 420 Possible automatic driving vehicles 30B and 30C are extracted. In step 420, a plurality of vehicles that can travel to the next waypoint (such as the relay station 40) on the optimum route are listed, and further limited to one autonomous driving vehicle 30B according to the above-mentioned incidental items.

  In step 422, the automatic driving vehicle 30B which is a new moving body is instructed to connect the small freight car 22A and travel to the relay station 40 or the destination on the optimum route, and the procedure proceeds to step 410.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the operation of the autonomous vehicles 30A to 30C in the non-powered logistics system using the existing mobile flow according to the present embodiment. As described above, the processing server 12 extracts the automatic driving vehicle 30A that can travel to the relay station 40A that is the first transit point on the optimum route from the departure point to the destination, and the small driving vehicle 22A is extracted from the automatic driving vehicle 30A. And the optimum route is traveled to the relay station 40A.

  Since the route to the destination 70A of the autonomous driving vehicle 30A deviates from the optimum route to the destination that is the address or residence of the purchaser 60, the processing server 12 moves from the relay station 40A to the relay station 40B on the optimum route. The automatic driving vehicle 30B that can travel is extracted, and the small freight car 22A is connected to the automatic driving vehicle 30B to travel the optimum route to the relay station 40B.

  If the route to the destination 70B of the autonomous driving vehicle 30B deviates from the optimum route to the destination that is the address or residence of the purchaser 60, the processing server 12 can automatically run to the destination on the optimum route. The driving car 30C is extracted, and the small freight car 22A is connected to the automatic driving car 30C to travel to the destination on the optimum route.

  As described above, according to the non-powered logistics system using the existing mobile flow according to the present embodiment, the seller 20 attaches the recognition tag 18A to the small freight car 22A in which the product 24 is stored, and the autonomous driving vehicle. If a code for microwave communication with 30A to 30C is stored, one small size is obtained from the autonomous driving vehicles 30A to 30C under the control of the processing server 12 to the address or residence of the purchaser 60 via the relay stations 40A and 40B. Since the freight car 22A carries the goods 24, it is basically unnecessary to reload the luggage manually.

  In addition, the non-powered logistics system using the existing mobile flow according to the present embodiment is characterized in that a plurality of vehicles that can travel a part of the optimum route from the starting point to the destination are relayed and operated. . When the autonomous driving vehicle 30A that first pulls the small wagon 22A travels off the optimal route, the automatic driving vehicles 30B and 30C that can travel on the optimal route are extracted from the relay stations 40A and 40B that exist on the optimal route. Then, the small wagon 22A is pulled by the automatic driving vehicles 30B and 30C. By relaying a plurality of vehicles that can travel a part of the optimum route from the departure point to the destination and pulling the small freight car 22A, it is possible to reliably deliver the package from the shipping source to the shipping destination.

  Further, even when the autonomous driving vehicle 30A travels off the optimum route, by giving an incentive to the operator of the autonomous driving vehicle 30A, the traveling of the autonomous driving vehicle 30A on the optimum route may be continued. It becomes possible to deliver the package quickly and reliably from the shipping source to the shipping destination.

10 Control Center 12 Processing Server 14A Customer DB
14B Mobile Provider DB
14C Product information DB
14D AV control program 14E ST monitoring program 18A, 18B Recognition tag 20 Seller 22, 22A, 22B Small freight car 24 Product 30A, 30B, 30C Self-driving car 32 Universal coupling unit 40, 40A, 40B Relay station 50 Existing moving flow 60 Purchase 70A, 70B Destination

Claims (8)

An autonomous vehicle that runs autonomously,
A small freight car that has a recognition tag and is pulled by the self-driving car;
The optimum route extracted from each of the autonomous driving vehicles based on the operation status obtained from each operator of the autonomous driving vehicle while calculating the optimum route from the designated starting point to the destination for the small wagon A processing server for instructing an autonomous driving vehicle capable of traveling at least a part of the vehicle to travel on the optimum route in connection with the small freight car having the recognition tag;
Non-powered logistics system using existing mobile flow including The small wagon can wirelessly communicate,
When the automatic driving vehicle detects the presence of the small freight car in the vicinity by the wireless communication, the inquiry about the small freight car is transmitted to the processing server,
When the processing server receives the inquiry, the processing server transmits a response including the information of the recognition tag and the information of the optimum route to the autonomous driving vehicle, and then the small freight car having the recognition tag to the autonomous driving vehicle. The non-power distribution system using the existing moving flow according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is instructed to travel along the optimum route in connection with the vehicle.   When a plurality of autonomous driving vehicles capable of traveling on at least a part of the optimum route are extracted, the processing server transmits information on the recognition tag and the optimum route to each of the extracted autonomous driving vehicles, and transmits the information. 3. An unpowered logistics system using an existing moving flow according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the automatic driving vehicle that has returned the earliest to the vehicle is instructed to travel along the optimum route by being connected to a small freight car having the recognition tag. .   The said processing server performs the setting of the said optimal path | route, and extraction of the said autonomous driving vehicle in consideration of the aspect of the goods which a small freight car conveys, or the time restriction | limiting of delivery. Non-powered logistics system using existing mobile flow.   When the automatic driving vehicle travels off the optimal route from the middle of the optimal route, the processing server extracts another automatic driving vehicle that can travel the remaining portion of the optimal route, and The automatic freight car and the other self-driving car are instructed to disconnect the small freight car from the self-driving car and connect to the other self-driving car at the relay point. A non-powered logistics system using the existing mobile flow described in any one of the above items.   The non-power distribution system using an existing mobile flow according to claim 5, wherein the relay point is any one of a service area such as a taxi stand, a toll road, a bus stop, and a road station. The relay point is a signal intersection where a red signal is lit,
The processing server refers to traffic signal control information, if the duration of the red signal at the signalized intersection that becomes the relay point is sufficiently long, from other autonomous driving vehicles that stop at the same red signal, The other autonomous driving vehicle capable of traveling on the remaining part of the optimum route is extracted, and the small freight car is separated from the autonomous driving vehicle at the signalized intersection serving as the relay point and connected to the other autonomous driving vehicle. The non-power distribution system using the existing moving flow according to claim 6, wherein instructions are given to the autonomous driving vehicle and the other autonomous driving vehicle.   When the automatic driving vehicle capable of traveling on at least a part of the extracted optimum route is a different route that becomes a predetermined route when traveling on at least a part of the optimum route, An incentive is given to an operator of the autonomous driving vehicle, and the autonomous driving vehicle is instructed to travel along the optimum route in connection with a small freight car having the recognition tag. A non-powered logistics system using the existing mobile flow described in the section.