JP2023057587A - Information processing device, information processing method and information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

To notify a predetermined person that a delivery object addressed to the person has been delivered to a location where a plurality of persons may serve as a receiver.SOLUTION: An information processing method comprises: imaging a delivery object which has been delivered to a location where a plurality of persons may serve as a receiver; identifying the receiver of the delivery object, from the imaged image; and notifying the identified receiver that the delivery object exists.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program. In particular, the present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program for deliveries.

In recent years, business forms such as telework have been adopted in which work is done without going to the company. Here, there is a desire to know that a delivery addressed to oneself has been delivered to the company without going to the company.

On the other hand, as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2002-100000, there is already a technique for notifying a home mailbox or stocker that a delivery has been delivered.

JP 2007-029404 A

The following analysis is made in light of the present invention. In addition, each disclosure of the above prior art documents is incorporated into this document by reference.

When the technology for home use disclosed in Cited Document 1 is applied to a place where multiple people can be recipients (e.g., a company), all potential recipients (employees) are notified that the delivery has been delivered. There is a problem that

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique for notifying a person that a delivery addressed to a predetermined person has been delivered to a location where a plurality of persons can be recipients.

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
an imaging unit that captures an image of a delivery that has been delivered to a location where multiple people can be recipients;
a recipient identifying unit that identifies a recipient of the delivery from the image captured by the imaging unit;
a notification unit for notifying the specified recipient of the presence of a delivery;
An information processing device is provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention,
an imaging step of imaging a delivery delivered to a location where multiple persons can be recipients;
a recipient identification step of identifying the recipient of the delivery from the imaged image;
a notification step of notifying the identified recipient of the presence of the delivery;
An information processing method is provided comprising:

According to the third aspect of the present invention,
an imaging process of imaging a delivery delivered to a location where multiple people can be recipients;
Recipient identification processing for identifying the recipient of the delivery from the captured image;
a notification process for notifying the identified recipient of the existence of the delivery;
There is provided an information processing program that causes a computer to execute

According to each aspect of the present invention, an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program are provided that contribute to notifying that a delivery has been delivered to a location where multiple people can be recipients.

1 is a diagram for explaining an overview of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information processing device 10; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in a storage unit 50; FIG. 3 is a flow chart diagram showing the flow of processing by the information processing apparatus 10. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in a storage unit 50; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in a storage unit 50; FIG.

Possible preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the drawing reference numerals added to the following description are added to each element for convenience as an example to aid understanding, and are not intended to limit the present invention to the illustrated embodiments. Also, connecting lines between blocks in each figure include both bi-directional and uni-directional. The unidirectional arrows schematically show the flow of main signals (data) and do not exclude bidirectionality. Furthermore, in the circuit diagrams, block diagrams, internal configuration diagrams, connection diagrams, etc. disclosed in the present application, an input port and an output port exist at the input end and the output end of each connection line, respectively, although not explicitly shown. Input/output interfaces are similar.

First, an outline of the present invention will be explained.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the information processing device 10 includes an imaging section 20 , a recipient identification section 30 and a notification section 40 . The imaging unit 20 captures an image of a delivery that has been delivered to a place (for example, a company) where multiple people can be recipients. The recipient identification unit 30 identifies the recipient of the item to be delivered from the image captured by the imaging unit 20 . The notification unit 40 notifies the specified recipient that there is a delivery item.

As described above, the information processing apparatus 10 of the present invention identifies and notifies the recipient of the delivery, so that it is possible to notify that the delivery addressed to a predetermined person has been delivered to a location where a plurality of persons can be recipients. to the person concerned. In other words, the present invention solves the problem of the prior art that all recipient candidates (employees) are notified that the delivery has been delivered. In other words, technology is provided that satisfies a desire to know that a delivery addressed to oneself has been delivered to the company without going to the company.

[Embodiment 1]
The information processing apparatus 10 described in the above overview will be described more specifically as the first embodiment. In the first embodiment, a case in which a delivery is delivered to a company's mail room will be described as an example.

The information processing apparatus 10 of Embodiment 1 includes an imaging unit 20, a recipient identification unit 30, and a notification unit 40, as in the above outline. The information processing apparatus 10 of Embodiment 1 further includes a storage unit 50 as shown in FIG.

The storage unit 50 includes ROM (read only memory), RAM (random access memory), cache memory, etc. For example, as shown in FIG. contacts such as e-mail addresses are associated with each other and stored.

The imaging unit 20 is, for example, a camera installed in a company's mail room. Here, "company" and "mail room" correspond to "a place where a plurality of people can be recipients". Note that the imaging unit 20 may be configured separately from the information processing apparatus 10 . For example, a camera as the imaging unit 20 may be installed in the company's mail room, and the information processing device 10 may be installed in the server room.

The image capturing unit 20 captures an image of the item delivered to the mail room, and it is preferable to capture an image of the part where the sender, destination, etc. are described. Further, the imaging unit 20 may capture a plurality of images such as the entire delivery item, a close-up of the destination, and a different imaging angle. Accordingly, the imaging unit 20 may include multiple cameras. The timing and trigger for imaging the delivery by the imaging unit 20 are not limited. may be captured.

The recipient identification unit 30 identifies the recipient of the item to be delivered from the image captured by the imaging unit 20 . Here, in the first embodiment, it is assumed that the name of the employee is written in the destination of the delivered item. In other words, the recipient identification unit 30 identifies the person's name described in the destination of the delivery item from the image captured by the imaging unit 20, and identifies the recipient based on the identified person's name.

The notification unit 40 refers to the storage unit 50 and acquires the e-mail address of the specified recipient. Then, the notification unit 40 sends an e-mail to the acquired e-mail address indicating that there is a delivery item. Also, the notification unit 40 may attach the image captured by the imaging unit 20 to the email. In addition, the notification unit 40 may write a message regarding the detention location of the delivered item in the mail.

Here, the flow of processing by the information processing apparatus 10 of the first embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, information processing apparatus 10 first captures an image of a delivery item (step S01), and then identifies the recipient of the delivery item (step S02). Then, the information processing device 10 notifies the specified recipient of the existence of the delivery by e-mail (step S03).

As described above, according to the information processing apparatus 10 of the first embodiment, when a delivery is delivered to a company, an e-mail to the effect that the delivery is present is sent to the mobile terminal of the recipient. Therefore, the employee can know that the delivery addressed to him/her has been delivered to the company without going to the company. Further, according to the information processing apparatus 10 of the first embodiment, the employee can know the item, importance, etc. of the delivery from the image of the delivery attached to the e-mail.

It should be noted that the present invention is useful not only when a business form such as telework is employed in which employees do their work without coming to work at the company, but also when employees do not come to the company due to business trips, vacations, and the like. Also, the place where a plurality of people can be recipients is not limited to a company or a mail room, and may be, for example, a department of a company, a corporation, an organization, or the like. In addition, even when the person in charge redistributes the items delivered to the company, there are advantages such as easy identification of the recipient and automatic contact with the recipient.

[Embodiment 2]
In the first embodiment, it is assumed that the employee's name is written in the address of the delivered item. There is also Therefore, in the second embodiment, a case will be described in which the recipient is specified based on the sender. In the second embodiment, differences from the first embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 5, the storage unit 50 associates and stores information on employee IDs, employee names, e-mail addresses, companies in charge, and representatives. The company in charge is, for example, a company that each employee is in charge of as a business destination.

The recipient identification unit 30 identifies the sender of the item to be delivered from the image captured by the imaging unit 20, and identifies the recipient based on the identified sender. To give a specific example, the recipient specifying unit 30 sets the destination as “person in charge”, and refers to the storage unit 50 for a delivery delivered by company Z as the sender. =Mr. C, that is, the recipient is Mr. C. In addition, regarding a delivery delivered by a company that is not stored in the storage unit 50, Mr. A, who is the representative, is specified as the recipient.

As described above, the information processing apparatus 10 of the second embodiment identifies the recipient based on the sender, and therefore can be applied to deliveries in which the name of the recipient is not specified.

The "company in charge" can also be regarded as "responsible for deliveries from registered companies" or "candidate senders." For example, assume that Mr. B places an online order for a certain product with company 〇 as the recipient. Here, if Mr. B registers "Company 〇" in his own column of "Company in charge", Mr. B will be in charge of the deliveries sent by "Company 〇". In other words, the recipient identification unit 30 identifies the recipient: Mr. B based on the sender: ◯ company.

[Embodiment 3]
While the second embodiment describes the case of identifying the recipient based on the sender, the third embodiment describes the case of identifying the recipient based on the type or item of the delivery.

As shown in FIG. 6, the storage unit 50 associates and stores information on employee IDs, employee names, e-mail addresses, types/items, and representatives.

The recipient identification unit 30 identifies the type or item of the item to be delivered from the image captured by the imaging unit 20, and identifies the recipient based on the identified type or item. As a specific example, the recipient identification unit 30 analyzes the image captured by the imaging unit 20 and identifies the type of delivery item.

As a result of the analysis, when it is determined that the type of the delivery item is a postcard or a letter from the shape of the delivery item, the recipient identification unit 30 refers to the storage unit 50 and identifies Mr. C as the recipient. Identify.

On the other hand, if it is determined from the shape of the delivery that the delivery is packed in cardboard or the like, the recipient identification unit 30 further analyzes the image captured by the imaging unit 20 to determine the items of the delivery. Identify. This item can be specified, for example, from the item column of the invoice specified by the delivery company. Alternatively, the item may be specified from the information printed on the packing cardboard or the packing paper. For example, if the delivery item is identified as a network device, the storage unit 50 is referenced to identify Mr. B as the recipient.

As described above, the information processing apparatus 10 of Embodiment 3 identifies the recipient based on the type or item of the delivery, and is therefore applicable to delivery where the name of the recipient is not specified.

Various aspects are conceivable for the type or item of the delivery. For example, it may be the size, shape, etc. of the item to be delivered. It is also possible to combine the second embodiment and the third embodiment. To give a specific example, assume that Mr. B places an order for a mouse and Mr. C orders a large display from the same consumer electronics retailer XX company. Here, Mr. B registers "X Company" in his own "company in charge" column, and registers "mouse/small size" in the "item/type" column. In addition, Mr. C registers "X company" in his own "company in charge" column, and registers "display/large size" in the "item/type" column. By registering such information in the storage unit 50, the recipient identification unit 30 can identify Mr. B as the recipient of the mouse and Mr. C as the recipient of the display.

Some or all of the above embodiments may also be described in the following additional remarks, but are not limited to the following.

(Appendix 1)
an imaging unit that captures an image of a delivery that has been delivered to a location where multiple people can be recipients;
a recipient identifying unit that identifies a recipient of the delivery from the image captured by the imaging unit;
a notification unit for notifying the specified recipient of the presence of a delivery;
Information processing device.

(Appendix 2)
The information processing apparatus according to appendix 1, wherein the notification unit sends the image captured by the imaging unit to the recipient together with the notification.

(Appendix 3)
3. The addressee according to appendix 1 or 2, wherein the recipient identification unit identifies a person's name described in the destination of the delivery item from the image captured by the imaging unit, and identifies the recipient based on the identified person's name. information processing equipment.

(Appendix 4)
4. Information according to any one of Appendices 1 to 3, wherein the recipient identification unit identifies a sender of the delivery from the image captured by the imaging unit, and identifies the recipient based on the identified sender. processing equipment.

(Appendix 5)
Any one of Appendices 1 to 4, wherein the recipient identifying unit identifies a type or item of delivery from the image captured by the imaging unit, and identifies a recipient based on the identified type or item. The information processing device according to .

(Appendix 6)
an imaging step of imaging a delivery delivered to a location where multiple persons can be recipients;
a recipient identification step of identifying the recipient of the delivery from the imaged image;
a notification step of notifying the identified recipient of the presence of the delivery;
Information processing method including.

(Appendix 7)
an imaging process of imaging a delivery delivered to a location where multiple people can be recipients;
Recipient identification processing for identifying the recipient of the delivery from the captured image;
a notification process for notifying the identified recipient of the existence of the delivery;
An information processing program that causes a computer to execute

It should be noted that each disclosure of the cited patent documents and the like is incorporated herein by reference, and can be used as the basis or part of the present invention as necessary. Within the framework of the full disclosure of the present invention (including the scope of claims), modifications and adjustments of the embodiments and examples are possible based on the basic technical concept thereof. Also, various combinations or selections of various disclosure elements (including each element of each claim, each element of each embodiment or example, each element of each drawing, etc.) within the framework of the full disclosure of the present invention (including partial deletion) is possible. That is, the present invention naturally includes various variations and modifications that can be made by those skilled in the art according to the entire disclosure including claims and technical ideas. In particular, any numerical range recited herein should be construed as specifically recited for any numerical value or subrange within that range, even if not otherwise stated. Furthermore, each disclosure item of the above-cited document can be used in combination with the items described in this document as part of the disclosure of the present invention in accordance with the spirit of the present invention, if necessary. are considered to be included in the disclosure of the present application.

10: Information processing device 20: Imaging unit 30: Recipient specifying unit 40: Notification unit 50: Storage unit

Claims (7)

an imaging unit that captures an image of a delivery that has been delivered to a location where multiple people can be recipients;
a recipient identifying unit that identifies a recipient of the delivery from the image captured by the imaging unit;
a notification unit for notifying the specified recipient of the presence of a delivery;
Information processing device. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said notification unit sends an image captured by said imaging unit to a recipient together with said notification. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said recipient identification unit identifies a person's name described in the destination of the delivery from the image captured by said imaging unit, and identifies the recipient based on the identified person's name. The information processing device described. 4. The recipient identification unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the recipient identification unit identifies the sender of the delivery item from the image captured by the imaging unit, and identifies the recipient based on the identified sender. Information processing equipment. 5. Any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said recipient identification unit identifies a type or item of delivery from the image captured by said imaging unit, and identifies a recipient based on the identified type or item. The information processing device according to the item. an imaging step of imaging a delivery delivered to a location where multiple persons can be recipients;
a recipient identification step of identifying the recipient of the delivery from the imaged image;
a notification step of notifying the identified recipient of the presence of the delivery;
Information processing method including. an imaging process of imaging a delivery delivered to a location where multiple people can be recipients;
Recipient identification processing for identifying the recipient of the delivery from the captured image;
a notification process for notifying the identified recipient of the existence of the delivery;
An information processing program that causes a computer to execute

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