JP2020077087A - Cargo collection planning apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a cargo collection planning apparatus capable of suppressing an article having been purchased from being disabled to be collected.SOLUTION: A cargo collection planning apparatus creates a cargo collection plan using a vehicle of an article purchaser. On the basis of information associated with a storage space for article provided in the vehicle and information associated with articles to be ordered, it is determined whether the articles to be ordered can be stored in the storage space. When it is determined that the articles can be stored, the articles to be ordered are ordered and purchased, and an operation plan of the vehicle to visit selling shops of the purchased articles one after another is created.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a collection plan creation device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a product sales system capable of purchasing products from a vehicle is known (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  The product sales system of Patent Document 1 is configured to receive the position of the store where the product is received and display it on the display device when an order determination operation for purchasing the product is received. Then, the user (purchaser) drives the vehicle to the receiving store and receives the ordered product.

JP, 2003-162649, A

  However, in the product sales system of Patent Document 1 described above, it is conceivable that the purchased product cannot be received depending on the usage state (storage state) of the storage space for storing the product provided in the vehicle.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a collection plan creation device capable of suppressing the inability of a purchased product to be collected.

  The collection plan creation device according to the present invention is for creating a collection plan using a vehicle by a purchaser of a product, and based on the information about the accommodation space of the product provided in the vehicle and the information about the product to be ordered. , A judgment means for judging whether or not the product to be ordered can be accommodated in the accommodation space, and a purchasing means for ordering and purchasing the product to be ordered if the judgment means judges that the product can be accommodated And a creating means for creating an operation plan of a vehicle that sequentially visits a store of purchased products.

  With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the purchased product from becoming uncollectable by ordering the product that can be accommodated in the vehicle and creating the operation plan.

  According to the collection planning apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the purchased product from being unable to be collected.

It is a block diagram showing the composition of the goods purchase system by this embodiment. It is the perspective view which showed an example of the vehicle to which the terminal device of FIG. 1 is applied. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining a trunk room provided in the vehicle of FIG. 2. It is a flow chart for explaining a commodity purchase procedure using a terminal device in the commodity purchase system of the present embodiment. It is the figure which showed the 1st example of the packing pattern of goods. It is the figure which showed the 2nd example of the packing pattern of goods.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  First, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, a product purchasing system 100 including a terminal device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  In the product purchase system 100, a user (purchaser) can use the terminal device 1 to order and purchase a product from the store server 2. As shown in FIG. 1, the commodity purchasing system 100 includes a terminal device 1 and a store server 2, and the terminal device 1 and the store server 2 are connected via a network 150. In FIG. 1, one terminal device 1 and one store server 2 are shown for simplification, but in reality, a large number of terminal devices 1 and store servers 2 are connected to the network 150. The terminal device 1 is an example of the “collection plan creation device” in the present invention.

  The terminal device 1 is mounted on, for example, a vehicle 50 (see FIG. 2) and is configured to be operated by a user. The terminal device 1 has a function of ordering and purchasing products, and a collection of the purchased products using the vehicle 50. It has the function of creating a plan. Specifically, the terminal device 1 orders the product from the store server 2 and purchases the product when the product can be collected using the vehicle 50, and the vehicle 50 sequentially visits the store of the purchased product. It is configured to create an operation plan (collection plan). The terminal device 1 includes a calculation unit 11, a storage unit 12, a communication unit 13, a display unit 14, an operation unit 15, and a GPS receiver 16.

  The arithmetic unit 11 is configured to control the terminal device 1 by executing arithmetic processing based on various control programs and maps stored in the storage unit 12. The storage unit 12 stores various control programs, maps referred to when executing the various control programs, and the like. The communication unit 13 is provided to communicate with the store server 2 via the network 150. The display unit 14 is configured to display a product purchase screen, an operation guide screen, and the like. The operation unit 15 is provided to receive a user operation. The GPS receiver 16 is provided to acquire the position information of the terminal device 1. The arithmetic unit 11 executes the program stored in the storage unit 12 to implement the “determining means”, “purchasing means”, and “creating means” of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle 50 is provided with a trunk room 51 at the rear of the vehicle and a back door (rear door) 52 for opening and closing the trunk room 51. The trunk room 51 is configured to accommodate the products 60. The trunk room 51 is an example of the “accommodation space” in the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the trunk room 51 has a floor surface 511, a top surface 512, side surfaces (not shown), a shelf plate 513, and partition plates 514 and 515. The shelf board 513 is configured to partition the interior of the trunk room 51 into a lower stage 51a and an upper stage 51b. The partition plate 514 is provided to partition the space of the lower stage 51a in the vehicle width direction. The partition plate 515 is provided to partition the space of the upper stage 51b in the vehicle width direction.

  Specifically, a plurality of grooves 516a and 516b are formed on the floor surface 511 and the lower surface of the shelf plate 513, respectively. The grooves 516a and 516b are formed so as to extend in the vehicle front-rear direction and are arranged at a predetermined distance in the vehicle width direction. The groove 516a is configured such that the lower end portion of the partition plate 514 can be fitted thereto, and the groove 516b is configured such that the upper end portion of the partition plate 514 can be fitted therein. Then, the partition plate 514 is inserted between the grooves 516a and 516b facing each other in the vertical direction, whereby the partition plate 514 is supported by the floor surface 511 and the shelf plate 513. The number and position of the partition plates 514 can be changed as appropriate.

  Similarly, a plurality of grooves 517a and 517b are formed on the upper surface and the top surface 512 of the shelf plate 513, respectively. The grooves 517a and 517b are formed so as to extend in the vehicle front-rear direction, and are arranged at a predetermined interval in the vehicle width direction. The groove 517a is configured such that the lower end portion of the partition plate 515 can be fitted therein, and the groove 517b is configured such that the upper end portion of the partition plate 515 can be fitted therein. The partition plate 515 is supported by the shelf plate 513 and the top surface 512 by inserting the partition plate 515 between the grooves 517a and 517b facing each other in the vertical direction. The number and position of the partition plates 515 can be changed as appropriate.

  In the lower stage 51a of the example of FIG. 3, four grooves 516a and 516b are provided, and it is possible to partition into five spaces using the partition plate 514, and the numbers 1A to 1A to correspond to the five spaces. 1E is attached. Further, in the upper stage 51b of the example of FIG. 3, four grooves 517a and 517b are provided, and it is possible to partition into five spaces by using the partition plate 515, and the numbers are assigned so as to correspond to the five spaces. 2A-2E are attached.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the store server 2 is managed by a store that sells products, and is configured to receive an order for a product from the terminal device 1. The store server 2 includes a calculation unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a communication unit 23.

  The arithmetic unit 21 is configured to control the store server 2 by executing arithmetic processing based on various control programs and maps stored in the storage unit 22. The storage unit 22 stores various control programs and maps referred to when executing the various control programs. The communication unit 23 is provided to communicate with the terminal device 1 via the network 150.

  Further, the storage unit 22 of the store server 2 stores store information about the store, product information about products sold at the store, and the like. The store information includes, for example, the location and business hours of the store. The product information includes, for example, the shape, size, weight, and necessity of packaging of the product.

-Procedure for purchasing products using a terminal device-
Next, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6, a product purchasing procedure using the terminal device 1 in the product purchasing system 100 of the present embodiment will be described. The steps in FIG. 4 are executed by the terminal device 1 (see FIG. 1).

  First, in step S1 of FIG. 4, it is determined whether or not the ordered product has been added to the shopping cart. This shopping cart is a virtual one on the terminal device 1, and at this time, for example, a product purchase screen is displayed on the display unit 14. Whether or not a product has been added to the shopping cart is determined based on, for example, whether or not an operation of adding a product to the shopping cart (temporary order operation) by the user has been input to the operation unit 15. Then, when it is determined that the ordered product is added to the shopping cart, the process proceeds to step S2. On the other hand, when it is determined that the ordered product is not added to the shopping cart, the process proceeds to step S3.

  Next, in step S2, the product information of the product scheduled to be added to the shopping cart and the store information of the product that sells the product are acquired. Specifically, the terminal device 1 requests merchandise information and merchandise information from the merchandise store server 2 (see FIG. 1) of the merchandise store that sells the added merchandise to be ordered. The store server 2 transmits the requested product information and store information to the terminal device 1. The terminal device 1 temporarily stores the received product information and store information in the storage unit 12.

  Next, in step S3, it is determined whether or not the addition of the ordered product to the shopping cart has been completed. Whether or not the addition of the product to the shopping cart is completed is determined, for example, based on whether or not the user inputs an operation for ordering the product in the shopping cart to the operation unit 15. Then, when it is determined that the addition of the ordered product to the shopping cart is completed, the process proceeds to step S4. On the other hand, when it is determined that the addition of the ordered product to the shopping cart is not completed, the process returns to step S1.

  Next, in step S4, an accommodation plan for the products to be ordered in the trunk room 51 (see FIG. 2) is created. This accommodation plan is created based on the trunk information of the trunk room 51 stored in advance in the storage unit 12 and the product information temporarily stored in the storage unit 12. The trunk information is information about the trunk room 51, and includes, for example, the volume of the trunk room 51, the storable weight, and the volume of each space when the partition plates 514 and 515 (see FIG. 3) are used. In addition, when the accommodation plan is created, the layout (layout) of the products in the trunk room 51 is determined after various examinations so that the products to be ordered can be stored in the trunk room 51, and the layout of the products is determined. A suitable placement of divider plates 514 and 515 is determined. If it is determined that the products cannot be stored in the trunk room 51 because there are too many products to be ordered, the preparation of the storage plan fails.

  For example, the creation of a containment plan is based on the shape of a product that needs to be packed after packaging, whether another product can be stacked on top of that product, and whether the product can be stacked. Will be considered in consideration of whether or not the product meets the weight requirement. In addition, when the products are packed, various packing patterns are considered. For example, when two products 61 are packed, the products 61 are stacked in a packing pattern in which the products 61 are packed side by side by a packing material 71 as shown in FIG. 5 and a packing material 72 as shown in FIG. Appropriate ones are selected from the packing patterns that are packed in.

  Next, in step S5, it is determined whether or not the ordered product can be accommodated in the trunk room 51. For example, it is determined that accommodation is possible when the accommodation plan is successfully created, and it is determined that accommodation is not possible when the accommodation plan is unsuccessful. When it is determined that the ordered product cannot be accommodated in the trunk room 51, the process proceeds to step S13. On the other hand, when it is determined that the ordered product can be stored in the trunk room 51, the process proceeds to step S6.

  In step S13, the shopping cart is reset without the ordered product being ordered by the retailer server 2. That is, the user's order operation is canceled and the order to the store is not executed. In addition, the product information and the store information temporarily stored in the storage unit 12 are deleted. At this time, for example, the order operation by the user is canceled because the goods cannot be collected in one operation of the vehicle 50 (see FIG. 2), and the re-input after changing the order content is used. The display unit 14 displays information such as prompting the user. Then, it returns to step S1.

  In step S6, the ordered products in the shopping cart are ordered and purchased from each store server 2. That is, the terminal device 1 transmits an order to each retail store server 2, and each retail store server 2 performs order receiving processing according to the received order contents. In addition, when ordering a product, the store is required to pack the product as necessary. In that case, the dealer is requested to perform the packing in the packing pattern determined when the accommodation plan is created. The store prepares the ordered products for shipment and packs the products when packing is requested.

  Next, in step S7, installation of partition plates 514 and 515 is instructed. Specifically, the arrangement of the partition plates 514 and 515 determined by the accommodation plan is displayed on the display unit 14. The user confirms the display content of the display unit 14 and installs the partition plates 514 and 515.

  Next, in step S8, an operation plan of the vehicle 50 that sequentially visits the dealers of the purchased products is created. This operation plan circulates all the stores of the purchased products by the vehicle 50, and includes, for example, the order of visits of the stores and route information when patrolling the stores. The operation plan is created by shortening the mileage of the vehicle 50, arriving within the business hours of the store, and the stacking order of the accommodated products (when the products are stacked, the product below the product above the product above is stacked). Is to be collected). Then, an operation guide screen based on the created operation plan is displayed on the display unit 14, and the operation guide screen is referred to when the user drives the vehicle 50. For example, the route to the visited store is displayed on the operation guide screen, and the user drives the vehicle 50 along the route.

  Next, in step S9, it is determined whether or not the vehicle has arrived at the store. Whether or not the vehicle arrives at the store is determined based on the position information of the terminal device 1 acquired by the GPS receiver 16, for example. If it is determined that the item has arrived at the store, the process proceeds to step S10. On the other hand, if it is determined that the product has not arrived at the store, the process proceeds to step S12.

  Next, in step S10, the start of loading of products purchased at the arriving store is instructed. Specifically, the display unit 14 displays the product loaded at the store, the storage position of the product in the trunk room 51, and the like. Then, the user stores the purchased product in the trunk room 51. At this time, the user refers to the numbers 1A to 1E and 2A to 2E attached to the trunk room 51, and stores the products in predetermined positions in the trunk room 51 so that the products are arranged according to the accommodation plan.

  Next, in step S11, it is determined whether or not the loading of the purchased products has been completed. Whether or not the loading of the products has been completed is determined, for example, based on whether or not the loading completion operation by the user has been input to the operation unit 15. Then, when it is determined that the purchase of the purchased commodities has been completed, if there is a next visited store, that store is set as the visited store, and the process proceeds to step S12. On the other hand, if it is determined that the purchased commodities have not been loaded, step S11 is repeated. That is, it waits until the loading of products is completed.

  Next, in step S12, it is determined based on the operation plan whether or not all the commodities have been received. That is, it is determined whether or not all the purchased products are visited by the vehicle 50 and all the purchased products are collected. For example, when the loading of the products is completed and there is no next visited store, it is determined that all the products have been received. Then, when it is determined that the receipt of all the products has not been completed, the driving guidance of the vehicle 50 on the driving guidance screen is continued, and the process returns to step S9. On the other hand, when it is determined that the receipt of all the products has been completed, the process proceeds to the end.

-Effect-
In the present embodiment, as described above, it is determined whether or not the item to be ordered can be accommodated in the trunk room 51, and if the item can be accommodated, the item to be ordered is ordered and the operation plan of the vehicle 50 is created. It is possible to prevent the purchased product from being unable to be collected. That is, it is possible to receive all the products purchased by one operation of the vehicle 50.

  In addition, in the present embodiment, by creating the accommodation plan, the space in the trunk room 51 can be effectively utilized, so that it is possible to improve the amount of goods that can be collected in one operation.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the number and positions of the partition plates 514 and 515 can be changed, so that the layout of the trunk room 51 can be changed according to the purchased product.

  Further, in the present embodiment, by requesting the packing when ordering the product, the product is packed by the time the vehicle 50 arrives at the shop, so that the stop time of the vehicle 50 at the shop can be shortened. You can

-Other embodiments-
The embodiment disclosed this time is an example in all respects, and is not a basis for a limited interpretation. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be construed only by the above-described embodiments, but should be defined based on the claims. Further, the technical scope of the present invention includes meanings equivalent to the claims and all modifications within the scope.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the example in which the terminal device 1 is mounted on the vehicle 50 has been shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the terminal device may be configured to be portable from the vehicle. That is, the terminal device may be detachably provided in the vehicle.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the operation guide screen based on the operation plan is displayed on the display unit 14 and the operation guide screen is referred to when the user drives the vehicle 50. However, the present invention is not limited to this. When the vehicle can be automatically driven, the vehicle may be automatically driven according to the operation plan.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the product information may include the product temperature. According to this structure, the cold product and the warm product are housed at positions separated from each other, so that the quality of the product can be prevented from being deteriorated.

  Further, in the above embodiment, light products may be accommodated between heavy products. According to this structure, it is possible to prevent light products from moving due to the vibration of the vehicle 50.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the user stores the product in the trunk room 51 has been shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and when the store is provided with a loading robot (not shown), the product can be stored. The product may be stored in the trunk room by the embedded robot. In this case, the terminal device may transmit the storage position of the product in the trunk room to the store server, and the loading robot may store the product in the storage position received by the store server.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which it is determined whether or not the vehicle has arrived at the store based on the position information of the terminal device 1 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and an operation input indicating that the vehicle has arrived at the store is displayed. It may be possible to determine whether or not the vehicle has arrived at the store based on whether or not the user has input to the operation unit.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the number and positions of the partition plates 514 and 515 are changed by the user has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the number and position of the partition plates may be mechanically and automatically changed. You can

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the partition plates 514 and 515 are provided has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the partition plates may not be provided.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which one shelf 513 is provided in the trunk room 51 has been shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of shelf boards may be provided in the trunk room, or a shelf board in the trunk room. Need not be provided.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is applicable to a collection plan creation device that creates a collection plan using a vehicle by a purchaser of goods.

1 Terminal device (collection planning device)
11 Calculation unit (determination means, purchase means, creation means)
12 Storage unit (determination means, purchase means, creation means)
50 vehicle 51 trunk room (accommodation space)
60 products 61 products

Claims (1)

A collection plan creation device for creating a collection plan using a vehicle by a purchaser of goods,
Based on the information about the accommodation space of the product provided in the vehicle, and the information about the product to be ordered, the determination means to determine whether or not the product to be ordered can be accommodated in the accommodation space,
Purchasing means for ordering and purchasing a product to be ordered when it is judged by the judging means that the product can be accommodated,
And a creation unit that creates an operation plan of vehicles that sequentially visit the stores of the products purchased by the purchase unit.

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