JP6078737B2 - Information selection support system, information selection support server, information selection support method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information selection support system, an information selection support server, an information selection support method, and a program, and more specifically, an information selection support system and information for selecting and grouping information units arranged on a map The present invention relates to a selection support server, an information selection support method, and a program.

  In recent years, web services that provide map information have permeated, and various web services and applications that use map information have been provided. In addition, since mobile communication is also widespread, many vehicles are equipped with GPS (Global Positioning System) terminals. In addition, mobile terminals illustrated as mobile phones, iPhone (registered trademark), smartphones, iPad (registered trademark), and the like are also provided with a GPS function.

  From the background described above, various applications that utilize the acquired position information in combination with the map information described above are provided. For example, in connection with logistics planning and operation management, the location of multiple moving vehicles can be displayed on a map, or packages can be loaded on moving vehicles so that dispatchers can easily grasp the positions of all moving vehicles. A physical distribution management system that can assign and display the delivery route of the moving vehicle on a map is known (Non-Patent Document 1).

  Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2003-331394 (Patent Document 1) discloses a vehicle allocation management system that centrally operates a vehicle allocation request reception process from a customer and a business vehicle allocation process. The server in the system stores customer information input and transmitted by the customer at the customer terminal, and receives and stores business vehicle information including location information on the business vehicle from time to time. When the server receives a dispatch request from the customer terminal, the location of the customer and the sales vehicle is displayed as an icon on the map, and the operator selects the sales vehicle icon close to the customer, so that an appropriate sales vehicle is selected. Then, the customer information including the location information of the customer who requested the vehicle allocation is notified to the business vehicle terminal of the business vehicle.

  In addition, JP 2007-314335 A (Patent Document 2) reduces the processing burden when calculating the shortest distance of a transportation route for logistics transportation such as delivering articles to an unspecified number of relay points, and A physical distribution management apparatus that reflects processing results in accounting information and the like is disclosed. In the above prior art, based on the route search function of the control program, based on the road distance acquired from the map information, the via points that are close to each other are grouped together, and the reference point of each group is defined as latitude and longitude information. The route search is performed at each reference point to determine the transportation order between groups. Then, the route search is performed including the route point of the next group whose transport order is the next, and the route point of the next group that is the shortest distance is set as the start point of the next group, and the route search for each group The sum of the total distance and the distance between each group is obtained as the total travel distance, and stored in the management DB as information on the optimum route as information on the optimum route as the shortest distance.

JP 2003-331394 A JP 2007-314335 A

"Trans Supporter", [online], Seiwatari Trans Network Co., Ltd. [searched on August 1, 2012], Internet <URL: http://www.torasapo.jp/>

  As described above, many systems and methods for utilizing position information in combination with map information have been proposed. On the other hand, considering the dispatch business, the dispatcher now has the difficult and cumbersome task of planning the dispatch in consideration of simultaneously satisfying distance and time constraints, baggage loading constraints, and weight constraints. It has been demanded. Therefore, on the site, it depends largely on the land intuition and experience of the dispatching man. In the technique of the above-mentioned patent document 1, since the position of the customer and the sales vehicle is displayed as an icon on the map, the operator can deal with the distance or time restrictions based on the positional relationship with the customer of each sales vehicle. By selecting the icon, a business vehicle can be selected. However, depending on the nature of the luggage, there are limited vehicle types that can be loaded or combinations that cannot be mixed, and it may exceed the maximum loading capacity of each moving vehicle because it passes through multiple collection points. And it was not enough to visualize only the distance. Further, in the above-described dispatching service, there is a request for dispatching a plurality of packages satisfying a predetermined property, but in the technique of Patent Document 1, the operator selects the business vehicle icon close to the customer. Although it was possible to select a business vehicle, it was cumbersome when there were a large number of luggage and was not sufficient.

  Even in the above-described physical distribution management system of Non-Patent Document 1, although the current positions of a plurality of moving vehicles can be grasped on a map, only the time and distance are visualized, and the work of assigning collection to moving vehicles is I had to do it from the table and it wasn't enough. Further, in the technique of Non-Patent Document 1, it is necessary to designate a package from a list, and it is difficult to determine the restriction, which is not sufficient. The above-mentioned Patent Document 2 collects a plurality of customers whose positions are close to each other as a group and dispatches them to one salesperson, and considers only time and distance, and is sufficient. It was not a thing.

  That is, there is still a demand for a technology for assisting vehicle allocation in consideration of restrictions on the attributes of the luggage such as restrictions on the nature of the luggage and restrictions on the quantity of the luggage in addition to distance and time restrictions. Furthermore, there has been a demand for a technique capable of grouping desired packages and the like together and assigning a delivery operation to a vehicle by a simple operation on a map image.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above prior art, and the present invention provides an information selection support system and an information selection support server that support selecting and grouping information units in consideration of restrictions on attribute information. An object of the present invention is to provide an information selection support method and program.

The present invention provides an information selection support system having the following features in order to solve the above problems. This information selection support system
Information unit management database means for managing information units together with attribute information of the information units, the position of the information units, and a map display screen displayed on a terminal device, each representing an information unit and having a predetermined appearance Generating means for generating information display data for arranging and displaying the above information unit object on a map image according to the position of the information unit;
Selection receiving means for receiving selection operation information based on an input operation on the map display screen and identifying one or more selected information units;
Grouping means for grouping the selected one or more information units, and assisting in selecting and grouping the information units.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is an information selection support server capable of communicating with a terminal device via a network,
Task acquisition means for acquiring a task, attribute information of the task, and a place where the task is performed, from the task management database means;
Assignment candidate acquisition means for acquiring assignment candidates for assigning tasks, attribute information of the assignment candidates, and positions of the assignment candidates from the assignment candidate management database means;
In the map display screen displayed on the terminal device, one or more information unit objects each representing a task or an assignment candidate and having an appearance according to the attribute information are arranged on the map image according to the location or position. Generating means for generating information display data for display;
Selection receiving means for receiving selection operation information based on an input operation on the map display screen and identifying one or more selected tasks;
There is provided an information selection support server including task assignment means for assigning the selected one or more tasks to a designated candidate among assignment candidates to be managed.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an information selection support method executed by the information selection support system having the above characteristics and a program for realizing an information selection support server.

  According to the above configuration, it is possible to assist in selecting and grouping information units in consideration of restrictions on attribute information in addition to distance or time restrictions. Furthermore, desired information units can be selected and grouped together by a simple operation on a screen for displaying a map image.

1 is a schematic diagram of a physical distribution management system according to an embodiment. The functional block diagram of the physical distribution management server by this embodiment. The functional block diagram of the mobile terminal by this embodiment. The functional block diagram of the physical distribution terminal by this embodiment. The functional block diagram relevant to the operation log management in the physical distribution management part by this embodiment. The functional block diagram relevant to the new ordering / ordering process in the physical distribution management part by this embodiment. The figure which shows the data structure of the data managed by distribution management DB. The figure which illustrates the data structure of the operation route data in which the collection and delivery work was inserted. The functional block diagram relevant to the dispatch support process in the physical distribution management part by this embodiment. The figure which illustrates the dispatch screen provided in this embodiment. The figure which shows the data structure of the correspondence table which matches an external appearance in this embodiment. The figure which illustrates the external appearance of an information unit object. The figure explaining input operation concerning selection in a dispatch screen by this embodiment. The figure which illustrates a vehicle allocation screen in the state where one or more collection and delivery work was selected by designating a specific moving vehicle by input operation concerning selection. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing a vehicle allocation support process according to the present embodiment. The sequence diagram which shows the process which changes the external appearance of an information unit object in consideration of a restriction | limiting. The figure which shows the vehicle allocation screen in which the external appearance of the information unit object changed in consideration of restrictions.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. In the following description, an information unit is displayed on a map image as an information unit as an example of an information selection support system and an information selection support server for supporting grouping of information units or assignment of tasks to assignment candidates. The logistics management system for displaying the collection and delivery work of the luggage and the moving vehicle on the map image and supporting the allocation of the collection and delivery work (task) to the moving vehicle as a part of the operation plan for the logistics person, and the logistics management system The distribution management server will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a physical distribution management system 100 according to the present embodiment. The physical distribution management system 100 includes an ordering terminal 112, a physical distribution terminal 114, and a physical distribution management server 116 connected via a network 110. The consignor remotely requests collection and delivery of the consignment. It is possible to remotely instruct each mobile vehicle to collect and deliver the luggage requested by the company.

  The ordering terminal 112 is installed at the shipper site and requests the collection and delivery of the package by setting the package to be delivered and registering it in the logistics management server 116. In the present embodiment, the term “shipper” means a person, group, or company that has the right to a package. Therefore, for example, when a general user purchases a product at, for example, a mail order company, and the mail order company requests a logistics person to transport the package, the “shipper” includes the purchaser of the product or an intermediary such as a mail order company. .

  The distribution terminal 114 is installed at the distributor's site, inquires of the distribution management server 116 whether or not there is a request for collection and delivery of a new package from the order terminal 112, and collects and delivers the package requested by the order terminal 112. It requests operation management and personnel management. In the present embodiment, the term “distributor” means a carrier who actually carries a package.

  The distribution management server 116 is installed on a distributor site or the Internet, receives an order request or an operation management request from the order terminal 112 and the distribution terminal 114, respectively, and supports the creation of an operation plan based on the order request. The physical distribution management server 116 further acquires the collection / delivery status of the respective mobile vehicles 132, 142 from the mobile terminals 130, 140 by communication via the wireless network 150, and updates the collection / delivery status in substantially real time. In the present embodiment, the substantially real-time update means that the position information is received from the mobile terminals 130 and 140 regularly or irregularly, and the update is performed whenever the status change is received. The distribution management server 116 manages a distribution management database (hereinafter referred to as DB) 120, and performs order management, collection / delivery status management of each mobile vehicle, and operation plan creation support.

  The moving vehicles 132 and 142 include vehicles capable of collecting and delivering luggage such as motorcycles and bicycles with motors in addition to vehicles such as trucks, and mobile terminals 130 and 140 are mounted on the respective moving vehicles 132 and 142. ing. The mobile terminals 130 and 140 can acquire position information using GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like, or acquire position information of a wireless station in a specific wireless communication method as the position information instead of GPS. be able to.

  The ordering terminal 112 and the distribution terminal 114 in this embodiment can be configured as a personal computer, a workstation, or a server computer, and includes a central processing unit (CPU), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), Implement HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSD (Solid State Drive), etc., under the control of an appropriate operating system (OS) such as Windows (registered trademark), LINUX (registered trademark), UNIX (registered trademark), A function means for executing various processes by executing a program such as an object-oriented programming language or a legacy programming language is provided.

  Similarly, the physical distribution management server 116 according to the present embodiment can be configured by a personal computer, a workstation, or a server computer, and controls the OS such as Windows (registered trademark) 200x, LINUX (registered trademark), and UNIX (registered trademark). Implement the server program that runs below. The logistics management server 116 functions as a WEB server and an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server to execute the above-described processing, and further includes a relational database (RDB) and an object-oriented database (OODB), and is related to logistics. The data acquisition request is processed, and information is provided to the ordering terminal 112, the distribution terminal 114, and the mobile terminals 130 and 140.

  The mobile terminals 130 and 140 in this embodiment are any terminals known so far, such as a car navigation device, a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Data Assistant), a mini-notebook computer, iPhone (registered trademark), Android (registered trademark), and the like. It can be implemented using a tablet computer such as a smartphone or iPad (registered trademark). The mobile terminals 130 and 140 acquire time information, location information, and the like under an appropriate OS such as Windows (registered trademark) CE, Windows (registered trademark) RT, Android (registered trademark), and iOS (registered trademark). Then, information acquired periodically via the wireless network 150 can be sent to the physical distribution management server 116.

  The network 110 in the present embodiment is an IP (Internet Protocol) network such as the Internet, and the wireless network 150 can use communication infrastructures of various communication schemes, such as IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) 802. Next-generation high speed such as wireless communication specified by standards such as x, Bluetooth (registered trademark), FOMA (Freedom Of Mobile multimedia Access), high speed FOMA, PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), LTE (Long Term Evolution) It can be configured using a communication method such as a wireless communication method or other mobile communication methods.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the physical distribution management server 116 according to the present embodiment. As described above, the distribution management server 116 has a WEB server function and an FTP server function, and is configured to receive and process various information and requests from the network 110 via the network interface 210.

  More specifically, the distribution management server 116 includes a distribution management unit 220. In this embodiment, the distribution management unit 220 has a function of a front-end server, receives an order request from the order terminal 112, and registers a package collection / delivery request in the distribution management DB 120. The logistics management unit 220 also supports the creation of an operation plan by referring to the logistics resource collection / delivery resource information in response to an access from the logistics terminal 114 in response to the package collection / delivery request received from the ordering terminal, The created operation plan is registered in the logistics management DB 120 and managed. Further, the distribution management unit 220 receives position information and time information sent from the mobile terminals 130 and 140 mounted on the moving vehicles 132 and 142, and obtains current information on a specific moving vehicle in the distribution management DB 120. Update.

  When the physical distribution management unit 220 receives an inquiry about the current information of a specific moving vehicle, the physical distribution management unit 220 searches the current position of the moving vehicle from the distribution management DB 120 and passes the searched current position information to the inquiry source. In addition, when the logistics management unit 220 receives a request for inquiring about the current state of the package from the ordering terminal 112, the logistics management DB 120 displays the latest package delivery status of the transport vehicle carrying the package of the ordered customer who has received the inquiry. The latest package delivery status is provided to the ordering terminal 112 by searching.

  The logistics management server 116 further includes a data access unit 230. The data access unit 230 is a processing unit that performs registration and search of data with respect to the RDB and OODB, creation of search results, and the like. The data access unit 230 is implemented including a parser such as SQL, analyzes the created query statement, Processing such as data addition, search result generation, data deletion, and data update is possible. The data is stored as database data in a hard disk device (not shown) or the like via the data access unit 230 and the storage interface 232.

  Note that the functions of the physical distribution management server 116 shown in FIG. 2 can be implemented as server function means within a single server by executing a server program. Alternatively, in another embodiment, it is implemented as an appliance server dedicated to each separated function (for example, operation, movement, and ordering functions), and a plurality of appliance servers are interconnected by Ethernet (registered trademark) or the like. It can also be configured as a server network. Furthermore, the function of the physical distribution management server 116 shown in FIG. 2 can be configured on a computing platform including a plurality of computer systems such as a cloud computing platform.

  FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the mobile terminals 130 and 140 according to the present embodiment. Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to the mobile terminal 130 as a representative. As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile terminal 130 transmits and receives data to and from the distribution management unit 220 of the distribution management server 116 via the wireless network 150 and the network 110. Data transmission / reception can be performed using, for example, the FTP protocol or the HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) protocol. The mobile terminal 130 includes a wireless network interface 242 and sends the latest location information, time information, status change, etc. of the moving vehicle to the logistics management unit 220 under an appropriate communication method and protocol. .

  Furthermore, the mobile terminal 130 includes an application 244 for executing a transportation service, a GPS application 246, and a GPS module 248. The application 244 periodically activates the GPS module 248, acquires position information such as latitude and longitude, and encapsulates the acquired time as time information in a packet. The packet created by the mobile terminal 130 is extracted by the network interface 210 of the physical distribution management server 116 via the wireless network 150 and the network 110 and passed to the physical distribution management unit 220. The distribution management unit 220 acquires a value uniquely identifying a mobile terminal on the network, such as a UID (User IDentifier), and searches the distribution management DB 120 for the data access unit 230 using the acquired mobile terminal ID. Request, identify the moving vehicle to which the mobile terminal ID is assigned, and update the value of the current information of the corresponding moving vehicle.

  Furthermore, the mobile terminal 130 includes an API (Application Program Interface) 250 and an OS 252 as its functional blocks, and responds to an interrupt request from the OS 252 or an external device (not shown). The mobile terminal 130 further includes a device driver 254 that enables control over the hardware layer (HDW) 256. The mobile terminal 130 itself may have a communication function, or a wireless communication means may be connected via a bus such as a USB.

  FIG. 4 shows functional blocks of the physical distribution terminal 114 according to the present embodiment. The distribution terminal 114 includes a network interface 260, a GUI control unit 262, and a browser 264. Further, the distribution terminal 114 includes an OS 266, a device driver 268, and hardware (HDW) 270, and enables control of each unit, control of an external device, and the like. The network interface 260 encapsulates the request created by the distribution terminal 114 as a request packet and sends it to the network 110. The request packet is extracted by the network interface 210 on the logistics management server 116 side and passed to the logistics management unit 220.

  The distribution terminal 114 requests the distribution management server 116 for assistance in creating an operation plan. When the distribution management server 116 receives a request for assistance in creating an operation plan from the distribution terminal 114, the distribution management server 116 authenticates the access authority of the distributor and, after authentication, allocates resources such as mobile vehicles and drivers that can be used by the distributor. A web page is sent to the logistics terminal 114 to support the creation of an operation plan. When the operation plan is received from the distribution terminal 114, the distribution management server 116 registers the received operation plan in the distribution management DB 120. Then, the logistics management server 116 creates operation route data for a specific mobile terminal 130 at an appropriate timing, sends the created operation route data to the corresponding mobile terminal 130, and the mobile terminal by the moving vehicle and the driver The collection and delivery work using 130 is made possible.

  In the present embodiment, the operation route refers to a route connecting from the departure point in the collection and delivery business to the destination through one or more waypoints. Each location is represented by latitude and longitude. Each location is further associated with operations such as cargo handling, rest, business start, and business end. Examples of cargo handling include loading and unloading loads and loading and unloading loads. Hereinafter, a place where a load is loaded is referred to as a loading place, and a place where the load is loaded or unloaded is referred to as a loading / unloading destination. Based on the operation route data assigned to the mobile vehicle and the driver, the vehicle travels around the place to be connected and performs a predetermined work at each place. In addition, at any timing during movement along the operation route, the position information and time information of the moving vehicle are notified to the logistics management server 116, and arrival at the destination, start of work, end of work, from the destination For each event such as departure, the driver operates the mobile terminal 130 to report the status change to the logistics management server 116. Thereby, the logistics management server 116 manages the operation results of the driver and the moving vehicle. Although details will be described later, the operation route data can have a data structure as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 5 shows functional blocks related to operation log management in the physical distribution management unit 220 according to the present embodiment. The logistics management unit 220 manages the collection and delivery business by acquiring the location information of the mobile terminal 130 in association with the time information and registering it in the logistics management DB 120. The distribution management unit 220 includes a communication interface 300 and an operation log receiving unit 302. The communication interface 300 is a functional unit that comprehensively refers to software and hardware functions such as a network interface and a socket interface, and enables data transactions between the logistics management unit 220 and the mobile terminal 130 via the network 110. I am letting you.

  The operation log receiving unit 302 has a function of receiving an operation log from the mobile terminal 130. As described above, the mobile terminal 130 periodically starts the operation log sending batch program, acquires position information and current time information, and sends the acquired position information and time information to the operation log receiving unit 302. Are sent. In response to the driver's operation, the status change is sent to the operation log receiving unit 302 together with the position information and time information. The position information and the time information are configured as a data set in which {actual longitude, actual latitude, date and time} are associated, for example, and the operation log receiving unit 302 stores them in a predetermined storage area. The status information is also configured as a data set such as {actual longitude, actual latitude, date / time, number, status after change}.

  The distribution management unit 220 further includes an operation log monitoring unit 304 and an operation log table management unit 306. In the specific embodiment, the operation log monitoring unit 304 performs polling to determine whether data exists in a specific storage area, and determines reception of new data. When the operation log table management unit 304 determines that the operation log monitoring unit 304 has received new operation log data, the operation log table management unit 306 acquires new operation log data, and sends the entry item of the logistics management DB 120 to the data access unit 230. It is updated. And the content of the operation log receiving part 302 after a process is deleted when the update of physical distribution management DB120 is completed. The operation log table management unit 306 provides a function of decoding and converting the received operation log into an appropriate format accessible by the data access unit 230.

  FIG. 6 shows functional blocks related to ordering in the physical distribution management unit 220 according to the present embodiment. The ordering terminal 112 has a configuration similar to that of the physical distribution terminal 114 shown in FIG. The physical distribution management unit 220 according to the present embodiment executes data transmission / reception via the network 110 with the ordering terminal 112 using the socket communication via the communication interface 300. The distribution management unit 220 includes a new order receiving unit 308. The new order receiving unit 308 receives a new order sent from the ordering terminal 112 via the communication interface 300, and in a specific embodiment, stores the new order for a predetermined period in the storage unit. Then, the new order receiving unit 308 calls the data access unit 230 after a predetermined period of time, stores the data access unit 230 in the distribution management DB 120, and passes the processing to the operation plan creation process.

  The physical distribution management server 116 receives and analyzes the order request packet sent from the order terminal 112, and refers to a unique shipper identification value (hereinafter referred to as shipper ID) from the source IP address, user ID or password. ). When the shipper ID is identified, the order management unit 230 sets the shipper ID as a search key in the SQL statement and passes it to the data access unit 230. The data access unit 230 accesses the logistics management DB 120 and adds it to the new record of the shipper ID. Thereafter, at an appropriate timing, the operation plan corresponding to the new order is created and the dynamic management according to the operation plan is performed. The operation plan is created in two modes: (1) preparation of the operation plan for the day at the start of the operation and (2) change of the operation plan by adding an additional collection and delivery work during the operation.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, data managed by the physical distribution management DB 120 in this embodiment will be described. 7A, 7B and 7C show the data structure of data managed by the physical distribution management DB 120. FIG. FIG. 7A illustrates a moving vehicle management table that manages the moving vehicles 132 and 142. The moving vehicle management table includes the vehicle ID of each moving vehicle, the vehicle name, the maximum loading capacity specific to the vehicle type, the current loading amount, attribute information representing the characteristics specific to the vehicle type, and mobile terminals 130 and 140 mounted on the moving vehicle. And a record including a driver ID of a driver who is on the moving vehicle. The maximum load capacity is attribute information indicating the maximum quantity of packages that can be accepted by the mobile vehicle, and the current load capacity is attribute information indicating the quantity of packages that are currently accepted. It shall have. The current load amount is updated substantially in real time by managing the execution status of the operation plan of each mobile vehicle by the above-described dynamic management. Maximum loading capacity and current loading capacity to current loading ratio (= current loading capacity / maximum loading capacity), remaining loading capacity (= maximum loading capacity-current loading capacity), empty loading ratio (= remaining loading capacity / maximum loading capacity) Can be calculated.

  The attribute information indicating the characteristics specific to the vehicle type indicates the type of luggage that can be handled by the equipment provided by the vehicle, such as whether it is a normal vehicle, a freezer car, a refrigerated car, or a chilled car. , Whether it is a unic car (a vehicle with a crane), a gate car (a vehicle with an elevator), a wing car (a vehicle that can open and close the container side), This represents a cargo handling method that can be handled by equipment equipped with the vehicle, such as whether the vehicle is equipped with a special suspension.

  FIG. 7B shows a terminal management table that associates the mobile terminals 130 and 140 with the latest current position. The terminal management table includes a terminal ID, the latest current position composed of actual latitude and actual longitude, and attribute information indicating a status such as whether the job is in progress. The current position is updated in substantially real time by acquiring the time information and position information notified as the operation log by the above-described behavior management, and the status is also updated in substantially real time based on the status notification. By combining FIGS. 7A and 7B, the current position, status, and current load amount of a moving vehicle equipped with a specific mobile terminal are managed.

  FIG. 7C shows a collection / delivery work request management table for managing collection / delivery work requests for unallocated packages ordered from the ordering terminal 112. The collection / delivery work request management table includes a record including a reception number that uniquely identifies a request, a shipper ID, and collection / delivery work contents. The contents of the collection / delivery work include loading date, loading place, loading address (latitude and longitude may be used instead of address), loading / unloading date, loading / unloading time, loading / unloading destination, loading / unloading address (same as above). ), Product name, quantity of luggage and nature of the luggage. In this embodiment, the quantity of luggage is attribute information having a unit of weight, and the nature of the luggage regulates handling of luggage such as refrigeration required, refrigeration required, chilled required, dangerous goods, chemicals, gases, etc. Attribute information that defines the handling method such as crane requirements, elevator requirements, side opening / closing requirements, special suspension requirements, etc. Note that both the loading and unloading operations can be set as the collection and delivery work. However, as a method for managing the collection and delivery work, the loading and unloading work may be managed as a single collection and delivery work. The loading operation and the unloading operation may be performed separately as separate collection and delivery operations, and these sets may be associated and managed.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a data structure for managing the operation plan and operation results of each mobile vehicle. In the illustrated embodiment, the operation route data includes both a plan and an actual result. The operation route data shown in FIG. 8 is a table that is sorted in the order in which the mobile terminal having a specific terminal ID travels with the work at each point corresponding to the departure point, the relay point, and the destination as a record. The operation route data shown in FIG. 8 includes a number, work name, site name, scheduled start time, scheduled end time, start time, end time, address (or coordinates), reception number, and luggage. Information. In the example shown in FIG. 8, up to the third record, the status change has already been reported by the operation of the mobile terminal 130 by the driver, and the completion of the work is recorded.

  The above-described logistics management DB 120 is an information unit management database unit in the present embodiment, and collects information serving as a basis for supporting the dispatching business by managing the data as described above. Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 9 to FIG. 17, a description will be given of a vehicle allocation support function for displaying a package collection / delivery operation and a moving vehicle on a map image and supporting a vehicle allocation operation for assigning the collection / delivery operation to the moving vehicle according to this embodiment. To do. FIG. 9 shows functional blocks related to the vehicle allocation support function in the physical distribution management system 100 according to the present embodiment. 9 includes functional units 300 to 320 included in the distribution management unit 220 of the distribution management server 116 and functional units 350 and 352 included in the distribution terminal 114.

  The distribution management unit 220 includes a communication interface 300, a vehicle allocation screen providing unit 310, an information display data providing unit 312, a selection receiving unit 314, and a collection / delivery work allocation unit 316. In the embodiment to be described, the function units 310 to 320 included in the physical distribution management unit 220 are implemented as part of the Web server function. In the embodiment to be described, the logistics terminal 114 includes a communication interface 350 and a browser 352, and responds to an input operation such as designation of a URL from the operator to the logistics management server 116 with a vehicle allocation support request ( HTTP request related to (collection / delivery work allocation support request) is transmitted.

  The vehicle allocation screen providing unit 310 receives an HTTP request for a vehicle allocation support request from the logistics terminal 114, displays the package collection / delivery work and the moving vehicle on a map image, and supports the allocation of the collection / delivery operation to the moving vehicle. The HTML (HyperText Markup Language) data is transmitted to the physical distribution terminal 114 as an HTTP response via the communication interface 300. Based on the HTML data provided as an HTTP response from the physical distribution management server 116, the physical distribution terminal 114 displays a web page of the vehicle allocation screen on the browser screen. In addition, the logistics terminal 114 further transmits an HTTP request to the logistics management server 116 or an external map service as needed in response to an operation performed by the operator on the dispatch screen or in response to an event defined in the web page. can do. In a specific embodiment, for map information, information such as a map image can be received asynchronously from an external map service using an API such as XMLHttpRequest or GXmlHttp.

  In response to the asynchronous HTTP request from the distribution terminal 114 based on XMLHttpRequest, the information display data providing unit 312 makes an inquiry to the distribution management DB 120, generates information display data, and transmits the information display data to the distribution terminal 114. To do. The information display data is data for arranging and displaying information unit objects representing information units such as collection and delivery operations and moving vehicles on the map image on the distribution screen displayed on the distribution terminal 114. Each information unit object is arranged at a position on the map image according to the location of the collection / delivery work or the position of the moving vehicle, and has an appearance according to the attribute information associated with the collection / delivery work or the moving vehicle. Accordingly, the information display data includes coordinate information of information units, attribute information of information units, information defining the appearance of information units, and the like.

  In a specific embodiment, the distribution terminal 114 asynchronously transmits an HTTP request for information unit information regarding the display range of the current map to the distribution management server 116, and displays the information display data received as an HTTP response. Based on this, the information unit object is displayed on the map image. As a result, information on the collection and delivery work and the moving vehicle managed by the physical distribution management server 116 is visualized on the map. That is, the vehicle allocation screen includes screen data provided by the vehicle allocation screen providing unit 310, map information data from the map information service defined in the screen data, and information display provided by the information display data providing unit 312. Constructed from data.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a vehicle allocation screen according to the present embodiment. A dispatching screen 400 shown in FIG. 10 displays a dispatching confirmation button 402, a selection canceling button 404, a vehicle selection pane 410 for designating a moving vehicle instructing the selected collection and delivery work, and a list of requested collection and delivery work. A collection / delivery work display pane 420 and a map display pane 430 on which information unit objects are displayed superimposed on a map image. The vehicle selection pane 410 displays icons 412a, 412b, 412o, and 412p of moving vehicles that are managed by the logistics company and that are candidates for the collection and delivery work, and accepts the designation of the moving vehicle to which the collection and delivery work is to be assigned. The collection / delivery work display pane 420 displays a list of unassigned collection / delivery work based on the collection / delivery work request management table managed in FIG. 7C, and enables assignment of the collection / delivery work using the list.

  The map display pane 430 displays a map image of a specific range, and collects and delivers a work location within the range and a moving vehicle currently located within the specific range as an information unit object. Is overlaid on the map image. A map display pane 430 illustrated in FIG. 10 shows a plurality of baggage markers 432a to 432e each representing unallocated collection and delivery work, and vehicle markers 434a and 434b each representing a moving vehicle currently in business. Each of the luggage marker 432 and the vehicle marker 434 is an information unit object, and includes one or more display objects such as an icon image or a graphic object expressing a balloon or a mark.

  The luggage marker 432 and the vehicle marker 434 have an appearance that allows the user to identify each other, and the attribute information of the collection and delivery work is configured to change according to the attribute information of the moving vehicle. Yes. In addition, for the collection and delivery work, a plurality of places including a loading place for loading the luggage and a loading / unloading destination for loading / unloading the luggage can be set. Therefore, in FIG. 10, the loading / unloading work is indicated by a white background marker (for example, 432b to 432e) and the loading / unloading destination is indicated by a gray background marker (for example, 432a). Depending on the type (loading, unloading, relay loading, relay unloading, etc.), it may be different. Moreover, it may be configured to be able to switch between display and non-display for each type of information unit object consisting of a collection / delivery operation for loading, a collection / delivery operation for loading / unloading, and a moving vehicle.

  Further, the luggage marker 432 and the vehicle marker 434 may have an appearance that visually represents the quantity or property based on attribute information representing the quantity or property associated with the collection and delivery work and the moving vehicle that they represent. FIG. 11 illustrates a correspondence table managed by the information display data providing unit 312 in order to realize an appearance that visually represents a quantity or property in the present embodiment. FIG. 11A exemplifies a correspondence table for associating a vehicle type of a moving vehicle (corresponding to a combination of the maximum loading amount and the installed equipment) with a visually different marker image so that the user can easily recognize it. According to the correspondence table shown in FIG. 11A, for example, for each of “2t car (normal)” and “4t car (normal)”, each image can be stored so that it can be identified that the maximum loading amount is different. Corresponding positions, or associating “2t car (normal)” and “2t car (refrigerated car)” with storage positions of each image that can identify that the nature of the cargo that can be handled by both is different Can be. As a result, the vehicle marker to be overlaid on the map image can have an appearance corresponding to the attribute information representing the quantity and property unique to the vehicle.

  FIG. 11B illustrates a correspondence table that associates the current loading rate of the moving vehicle represented by the vehicle marker 434 with an icon image that visually represents the loading rate. The correspondence table shown in FIG. 11B associates different icon images for each range of loading rates. According to the correspondence table shown in FIG. 11 (B), it is possible to associate the storage position of each image that makes it possible to identify the current loading state. As a result, the vehicle marker to be superimposed on the map image changes every moment. The appearance can be made according to the attribute information indicating the quantity to be processed.

  FIG. 11C exemplifies a correspondence table that associates the quantity and nature of the luggage in the collection and delivery work represented by the luggage marker 432 with visually different marker images so that the user can easily recognize them. The correspondence table shown in FIG. 11C associates a marker image with a combination of a package type and a package weight range, and a specific type for a collection and delivery operation having a specific type and a specific weight. Associate a marker image. According to the correspondence table shown in FIG. 11C, it is possible to associate the storage position of each image that can identify both the quantity and the type of the package for the collection and delivery work, and thus the package to be superimposed on the map image. The marker can have an appearance corresponding to attribute information indicating the quantity and the nature of the marker.

  FIG. 12 illustrates the appearance of a marker superimposed on a map image at the distribution terminal 114 based on the correspondence table as shown in FIG. 12A to 12D illustrate the appearance of the vehicle marker. FIG. 12A shows the appearance of a vehicle marker 450A that represents a chilled vehicle (2t) with a loading rate of 0%. A vehicle marker 450A shown in FIG. 12A represents a loading rate of 0% with respect to an icon image composed of a truck illustration 456 representing a maximum load capacity of 2000 kg and a mark 452 representing a chilled vehicle. The icon image 454 has an appearance that is synthesized. FIG. 12B similarly shows the appearance of a vehicle marker 450B representing a 4t vehicle (normal) with a loading rate of 100%. Similarly, FIG. 12C shows the appearance of a vehicle marker 450C representing a 2t vehicle (refrigerated vehicle) with a loading rate of 20% or less, and FIG. 12D shows a 4t vehicle (freezing with a loading rate of 60% or less. An appearance of a vehicle marker 450D representing (car) is represented.

  12E to 12G exemplify the appearance of a luggage marker that represents a luggage to be loaded, and FIGS. 12H to 12J illustrate the appearance of a luggage marker that represents a luggage to be loaded and unloaded. FIG. 12E shows the appearance of a luggage marker 460E that represents an ordinary luggage of 200 kg or less. A luggage marker 460E shown in FIG. 12E has a white background color 462E indicating that it is a loading place, and is an ordinary luggage with a luggage illustration 464E representing that the luggage is 200 kg or less. It has an icon image consisting of a mark 466E expressing this. Similarly, FIG. 12 (F) shows the appearance of a luggage marker 460F that expresses a luggage that is a chilled item of 600 kg or less, and FIG. 12G shows a luggage marker 460G that expresses a luggage that is refrigerated 1000 kg or less. Represents the appearance of FIG. 12H shows the appearance of a luggage marker 460H that represents a luggage that is a dangerous article of 400 kg or less. A luggage marker 460H shown in FIG. 12 (H) has a gray background color 462H indicating that it is a loading and unloading destination, and a luggage illustration 464H expressing that the luggage is 400 kg or less, and a dangerous goods luggage. It has an icon image made up of a mark 466H that expresses something. Similarly, FIG. 12 (I) shows the appearance of a luggage marker 460I that represents a luggage that is a medicine of 100 kg or less, and FIG. 12J shows an appearance of the luggage marker 460J that represents a luggage that needs to be frozen of 50 kg or less. Represents the appearance.

  Note that the information unit objects 432 and 434 to be overlaid on the map image are not limited to the above-described appearance, but the type of information unit (separation between loading work, unloading work and moving vehicle), its position, and The appearance can be changed in various ways according to the attribute information. Appearance is the format of one or more display objects that make up the information unit object (shape (circle, square, triangle, etc.), fill color, frame color, frame line type, frame thickness, and included characters Color, character size, icon image included, display pattern (flashing, etc.), and the like. For example, the loading place can be a marker of a predetermined color such as green, and the loading / unloading place can be a marker of a predetermined color such as red.

  When an operator's operation using an input device such as a mouse is performed in the map display pane 430 as shown in FIG. 10, the distribution management server 116 selects in response to the occurrence of an event corresponding to the operation performed by the operator. An HTTP request including operation information is transmitted. Referring to FIG. 9 again, the selection receiving unit 314 receives an HTTP request based on an input operation from the distribution terminal 114 to the map display pane 430, and specifies one or more information units selected on the map display pane 430.

  When performing a process of assigning a collection / delivery operation to a moving vehicle designated in the vehicle selection pane 410 or designated on the map display pane 430, the selection receiving unit 314 identifies one or more collection / delivery operations. As the input operation, as shown in FIG. 13, it is preferable to drag or click two points on the map display pane 430 on which a plurality of luggage markers 432a to 432e are displayed. To define a rectangular area 470 defined from the start point to the end point, place the luggage markers 432b to 432d for the desired collection and delivery work in the rectangular area 470, and click the displayed registration button 472. Can do.

  In another preferred embodiment, a polygonal region is defined by clicking continuously between a plurality of points on the map, or a graphic region drawn by a mouse trajectory by continuously moving the mouse on the map image. An input operation may be adopted in which the baggage markers 432b to 432d for a desired collection / delivery operation are placed in the selection region and the registration button 472 is clicked. Further, the setting of the selection area described above is changed by moving, scaling, or deforming the graphic object by moving the side or vertex of the graphic object representing the selection area or by dragging the center. You can also In still another embodiment, an input operation for individually selecting a desired collection / delivery work may be performed by continuously clicking a desired luggage marker 432 in combination with a control key or the like.

  The selection operation information transmitted to the physical distribution management server 116 in response to the input operation is transmitted to the physical distribution management server 116 as coordinate information of a plurality of points that define the selection area on the map image described above. can do. In the above aspect, the distribution management server 116 uses the transmitted coordinate information to extract from the distribution management DB 120 the collection / delivery work whose work location is located in the selected area, and to select one or more selected collection / delivery work. Can be specified. Alternatively, in another embodiment, identification information for identifying collection / delivery work included in the selected area may be extracted on the browser 352 side of the distribution terminal 114 and transmitted to the distribution management server 116. In this case, one or more collection / delivery operations selected using the transmitted identification information are specified on the physical distribution management server 116 side. The collection and delivery work can be registered as a set of loading work and unloading work. However, the set of loading work and unloading work that includes one place in the selected area may be specified collectively, or the loading work. In addition, it may be possible to specify only the collection and delivery work whose location is included in the selected area of the unloading work.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a vehicle allocation screen in a state in which one or more collection and delivery operations are selected by designating a specific moving vehicle by the input operation related to the selection. As shown in FIG. 14, in the preferred embodiment, the load marker 432 corresponding to one or more pick-up and delivery operations selected by designating a specific mobile vehicle 414 differs depending on the designated mobile vehicle 414. Modifications such as setting color frames 438b to 438d and attaching different color labels can be performed. This makes it possible to assign one or more collection / delivery operations to each of the plurality of moving vehicles, group the collection / delivery operations, and assign the collection / delivery operations to the plurality of moving vehicles in a lump before determining the dispatch. . Corresponding to the selected state in the map display pane 430, the corresponding collection / delivery work record 422 is also highlighted in the collection / delivery work display pane 420. Alternatively, in the collection / delivery work display pane 420, only the selected collection / delivery work records 422 may be narrowed down and displayed.

  In the collection / delivery work selection process in the map display pane 430 described above, information for specifying one or more collection / delivery work to be selected is displayed in the screen data of the dispatch screen according to a predetermined input operation. This can be realized by writing an instruction to change the display according to the data received from the physical distribution management server 116.

  In the vehicle allocation screen 400 shown in FIG. 10, when the vehicle allocation confirmation button 402 is clicked in a state where a specific moving vehicle is specified and the collection and delivery operations are grouped, the logistics management server 116 inputs the input from the logistics terminal 114. An HTTP request including a dispatch decision instruction based on the operation is received. Referring to FIG. 9 again, in response to the request, the collection / delivery operation assigning unit 316 groups one or more collection / delivery operations selected by designating a moving vehicle, and designates each grouped collection / delivery operation. The assignment is made to the moving vehicle and the registration is performed in the physical distribution management DB 120. As a result, one or more new records relating to the selected collection and delivery work are added to the operation route data of the designated moving vehicle as shown in FIG. Even when the collection / delivery operation is selected, the selection state is canceled when the selection cancellation button 404 is clicked.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 15, the details of the vehicle allocation support processing according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 15 is a sequence diagram showing a dispatching support process according to this embodiment. The process shown in FIG. 15 is started when the browser 352 of the physical distribution terminal 114 transmits a dispatch screen acquisition request to the physical distribution management server 116 by specifying a URL in step S101. In response to the vehicle allocation screen acquisition request from the physical distribution terminal 114 in step S101, the vehicle allocation screen providing unit 310 responds with HTML data that defines the vehicle allocation screen.

  In step S <b> 102, the browser 352 displays a basic part of the vehicle allocation screen 400 including the vehicle selection pane 410, the collection / delivery operation display pane 420, and the map display pane 430 according to the HTML data included in the received response. In step S103, the browser 352 acquires a map image using the API of the map information service according to the HTML data, and displays the map image in the map display pane 430. In step S104, the browser 352 passes information (center latitude, center longitude, scale, etc.) indicating the currently displayed map range to the physical distribution management server 116 according to the HTML data, and within the map range. Issue a request for an information unit located at.

  In response to the information unit request from the distribution terminal 114 in step S104, in step S105, the information display data providing unit 312 receives from the distribution management DB 120 an unallocated collection / delivery of the collection / delivery work request management table shown in FIG. A collection / delivery work record in which a loading address or a loading / unloading address is set within the range of the map is acquired from all the work records, and the records shown in FIGS. 7 (A) and 7 (B) A record of the moving vehicle (mobile terminal) currently located within the range of the map is acquired from the record of the moving vehicle in business. In step S106, the information display data providing unit 312 refers to the correspondence table illustrated in FIG. 11 and sets information (URL information or the like) indicating the appearance for each information unit of the collection and delivery work and the moving vehicle. To generate information display data and respond to the distribution terminal 114. In the logistics terminal 114 that has received the information display data, in step S107, the browser 352 superimposes the information unit objects (the luggage marker and the vehicle marker) representing the collection and delivery work and the moving vehicle on the map image with the set appearance. To display. The processing in steps S104 to S107 is repeated, for example, every time the display range of the map moves, every time an update instruction is received from the operator of the distribution terminal 114, or periodically, and the latest information is displayed each time. .

  In step S108, a vehicle designation from the operator via the vehicle selection pane 410 or the map display pane 430 is accepted, and in step S109, when a selection operation such as designation of a selection area is accepted, the browser 352, in step S110, Selection operation information based on an input operation on the map display pane 430 is transmitted to the distribution management server 116. Here, description will be made assuming that coordinate information of two points defining a rectangular area is transmitted to the physical distribution management server 116 as selection operation information. In the physical distribution management server 116 that has received the selection operation information, in step S111, the selection receiving unit 314 makes an inquiry to the physical distribution management DB 120, and performs unallocated collection / delivery work in the collection / delivery work request management table shown in FIG. A record of collection / delivery work in which a loading address or a loading / unloading address is set in a rectangular area defined by coordinate information of two points is acquired from all the records. In step S112, the selection receiving unit 314 identifies one or more collection / delivery operations selected by the selection operation from the acquired collection / delivery operation record, holds the selection state, and responds to the browser 352 that the selection has been received. To do. In step S113, the browser 352 receives the receipt response from the physical distribution management server 116, applies the modification such as changing the thickness or color of the frame of the selected package marker, and reflects the selected state on the screen.

  In step S114, upon receiving an instruction for vehicle assignment confirmation from the operator by clicking the vehicle assignment confirmation button 402 or the like, the browser 352 transmits a vehicle assignment confirmation request to the logistics management server 116 in step S115. In the physical distribution management server 116 that has received the vehicle allocation confirmation request, in step S115, the collection / delivery work assignment unit 316 designates the designated movement in the physical distribution management DB 120 so as to assign one or more selected collection / delivery works to the designated moving vehicle. A record relating to the additional collection and delivery work is registered with respect to the operation route data of the vehicle, and a response to that effect is sent to the browser 352. In step S117, the browser 352 displays on the display screen a state in which the allocation of the collection / delivery work is confirmed, and ends this processing. The confirmed operation route data is then transmitted to the corresponding moving vehicle, and after the operation of the driver of the moving vehicle is performed, the operation route is actually reflected. The collection and delivery work by the route will be performed.

  Hereinafter, additional functions on the vehicle allocation support screen in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9, 16, and 17. In the additional function described below, the appearance of each vehicle marker or luggage marker displayed on the map image can be changed according to the relationship with the selected one or more pickup and delivery operations. The distribution management unit 220 shown in FIG. 9 can further include a restriction determination unit 318 and a required time calculation unit 320 in order to generate such a change in appearance.

  The restriction determination unit 318 determines whether (1) when the selected collection / delivery operation is assigned to each moving vehicle, the loading amount of each moving vehicle exceeds the maximum loading amount, or (2) the selected collection / delivery operation It is a means for determining whether or not each mobile vehicle can handle the load, and (3) determining whether a combination in which the selected load / collection work and the load / collection work are mixed is appropriate. .

  More specifically, the restriction determination unit 318 includes at least one of the selected collection / delivery operation position, the quantity of the collection / delivery operation luggage, and the nature of the collection / delivery operation luggage, the position of the moving vehicle, and the movement A predetermined criterion is determined by comparing at least one of a remaining load amount representing a remaining quantity of the baggage that can be accepted by the vehicle, a property of the baggage that can be accepted by the mobile vehicle, and a property of the baggage for other pickup and delivery work. Extract the moving vehicle or collection and delivery work to satisfy. The appearance of a vehicle marker that represents a moving vehicle that satisfies the criterion or a luggage marker that represents a collection and delivery operation can be distinguished from a vehicle marker or a luggage marker that does not satisfy the criterion.

  For example, the predetermined criterion may be a criterion as to whether or not the moving vehicle to be extracted has a remaining load capacity that can be accepted more than the total amount of the selected one or more collection and delivery operations. By using this criterion, a mobile vehicle that can accept one or more selected collection and delivery operations from the viewpoint of the load capacity is extracted, and the mobile vehicle that can be accepted is set to have a different appearance from the mobile vehicle that cannot be accepted. , It can be displayed in distinction from a mobile vehicle that cannot be accepted. In addition, in combination with or in place of the above criteria, a criterion as to whether the moving vehicle to be extracted has an undertakeable facility that matches the nature of the selected one or more collection and delivery work packages It can be. By using this criterion, one or more selected collection and delivery operations can be extracted from mobile vehicles that can be undertaken from the viewpoint of the equipment to be installed, and can be displayed in a differentiated manner from mobile vehicles that cannot be undertaken.

  Further, the predetermined criterion may be a criterion relating to a degree of evaluation of at least one of distance, time, and cost based on the location of the selected collection and delivery work for the moving vehicle to be extracted. By using this criterion, one or more selected collection and delivery operations are extracted from the at least one viewpoint of distance, time and cost, and the highest rated mobile vehicle and the top N mobile vehicles with the highest evaluation are extracted. It can be displayed differentiating from inappropriate mobile vehicles. Further, the predetermined criterion can be a criterion as to whether or not the collection / delivery operation to be extracted is related to the nature of the selected one or more collection / delivery operations and whether or not the load can be loaded together. By using this criterion, it is possible to extract other collection / delivery work related to the selected collection / delivery work and the load that can be mixed and displayed in a differentiated manner from the collection / delivery work that cannot be mixed.

  The required time calculation unit 320 can calculate the required time for each moving vehicle based on the location of the selected collection and delivery work and the position of the moving vehicle. Further, the travel distance and cost may be evaluated instead of the required time or in combination with the required time. Whether distance, time, or cost is to be evaluated may be given as setting information, for example. The required time calculated here can be temporarily added as additional attribute information of the moving vehicle that changes the appearance of the vehicle marker.

  The distance, time, and cost for a specific moving vehicle can be evaluated only for the section from the current position of the specific moving vehicle to the location of the new collection and delivery work. In another embodiment, as a result of inserting a new collection / delivery work record in the operation route assigned to the specific moving vehicle, it can be evaluated as an increase from the previous operation route. For example, when a new collection / delivery work is inserted between the route from the first relay point to the second relay point, the route from the first relay point to the second relay point via the new collection / delivery work place The distance, time, or cost can be evaluated as a difference from the previous route that goes directly from the first relay point to the second relay point.

  The distance between the two points can be quantified as a moving distance over the optimum route connecting the two points along the road. The road map information DB 122 is provided inside or outside the system and stores road map information and the like. It can be calculated with reference. The time required between the two points can be quantified based on the maximum speed of each road section, road width information, traffic regulation information including the height information of crossovers, road congestion information or congestion prediction information. This can also be calculated with reference to the road map information DB 122 that accumulates traffic regulation information, road congestion status information, or road congestion prediction information. The cost between the two points can be quantified by using a fare tariff or the like based on the load capacity of the luggage, the travel distance, the presence or absence of toll road use, etc. This is also referred to the road map information DB 122. Can be calculated. The distance, time and cost of a route connecting three or more points can be calculated as the sum of these.

  FIG. 16 is a sequence diagram illustrating a process of changing the appearance of the information unit object in consideration of restrictions on the vehicle allocation support screen according to the present embodiment. The process shown in FIG. 16 determines whether or not the load capacity of each mobile vehicle exceeds the maximum load capacity when (1) the selected collection and delivery work is assigned to each mobile vehicle. (2) It is determined whether each mobile vehicle can handle the selected collection / delivery work baggage, and the mobile vehicle determined to accept the collection / delivery work in accordance with both criteria is differentiated from other mobile vehicles. It is a process to display. FIG. 16 shows the processing steps after the processing of steps S101 to S107 shown in FIG. 15 has been completed. The operation for selecting a package in step S201 is from steps S109 to S113 shown in FIG. However, the selection operation here is not limited to the mode shown in FIG. 15, and is selected in any mode using either the collection / delivery work display pane 420 or the map display pane 430. There may be. At this stage, it is assumed that no specific moving vehicle is designated.

  In the process shown in FIG. 16, when an operation for selecting a package is accepted in step S201, the browser 352 issues a request for information unit to the physical distribution management server 116 in step S202. In response to the information unit request from the logistics terminal 114 in step S202, in step S203, the information display data providing unit 312 acquires the selected collection / delivery work record from the collection / delivery work request management table, and further, in-service Get all records of moving vehicle records. In step S204, the information display data providing unit 312 passes the information on the collection and delivery work and the moving vehicle to the restriction determination unit 318 and requests the restriction determination.

  In step S205, the restriction determination unit 318 receives the request for restriction determination, and when the selected collection and delivery work is assigned to each mobile vehicle in accordance with the above-described predetermined standard, the load amount of each mobile vehicle is the maximum load. It is determined whether or not the amount exceeds the limit, and it is further determined whether or not each mobile vehicle can handle the selected collection and delivery work package. As a result, a moving vehicle capable of accepting the selected collection and delivery work package from the viewpoint of weight and property is extracted, and the extraction result is returned to the information display data providing unit 312.

  In step S206, the information display data providing unit 312 further passes the information on the selected collection and delivery work and the extracted moving vehicle to the required time calculation unit 320 and requests the calculation of the required time. In step S <b> 207, the required time calculation unit 320 calculates the required time for each of the extracted moving vehicles, and returns the calculation result to the information display data providing unit 312.

  In step S208, the information display data providing unit 312 refers to the correspondence table, sets information (such as URL information) that defines the appearance for each information unit of the collection and delivery work and the moving vehicle, and generates information display data. And responds to the distribution terminal 114. Here, different appearances are set for the extracted moving vehicle and the moving vehicle that has not been extracted. A display object for displaying the required time is further added to the extracted moving vehicle. In the logistics terminal 114 that has received the information display data, in step S209, the browser 352 superimposes the information unit objects (the luggage marker and the vehicle marker) representing the collection and delivery work and the moving vehicle on the map image with the set appearance. To display.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a vehicle allocation screen in which the appearance of the information unit object has changed in consideration of restrictions. In the dispatch screen shown in FIG. 17, the selected collection / delivery operation 480 is highlighted, and the other collection / delivery operations 482a to 482d are grayed out. Further, among the moving vehicles located within the map range, the vehicle markers 484a and 484b corresponding to the moving vehicles satisfying the above criteria are displayed as usual, while the vehicle markers 490 corresponding to the moving vehicles not satisfying the above criteria. Is grayed out. The moving vehicle corresponding to the grayed-out vehicle marker 490 is determined not to satisfy the standard because it does not have sufficient remaining load capacity and does not have a facility for receiving the refrigerated luggage required for the selected collection and delivery work. Has been. Display objects 486a and 486b expressing the required time are further added to the vehicle markers 484a and 484b that satisfy the criteria, and a recommended mark is added to the vehicle marker 484a corresponding to the most preferable moving vehicle. 488 is further added.

  Appropriate movement for the selected pick-up and delivery work by an additional support function that changes the appearance of each vehicle marker or luggage marker displayed on the map image according to the relationship with the one or more pick-up and pick-up work selected above. The vehicle can be easily identified. As a result, the efficiency of the dispatch business is further improved.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, an information selection support system, an information selection support server, an information selection support method, and a program that support grouping by selecting information units in consideration of restrictions on attribute information Can be provided.

  With the above configuration, it is possible to display the appearance of the information unit in consideration of the constraint on the attribute information in addition to the distance or time constraints, and the operator can easily select the information unit using this appearance as a clue. Can be grouped. Furthermore, desired information units can be selected and grouped together by a simple operation on a screen for displaying a map image.

  Further, in the embodiments described above, as an example of the information selection support system and the information selection support server, the collection and delivery work of the luggage and the moving vehicle are displayed on the map image as the information unit and moved as a part of the operation plan for the logistics operator. The description has been given using the physical distribution management system for supporting the allocation of the collection / delivery work (task) to the vehicle and the physical distribution management server constituting the physical distribution management system. However, the embodiment of the information selection support system and the information selection support server is not limited to the above-described logistics management system, and other operation management systems such as facility transportation vehicles, taxis, buses, and recycling trucks, attributes The present invention can be applied to any system that is required to select and group information units in consideration of restrictions on information. For example, in taxi dispatch business, an information display object representing the pick-up service and the transport service is displayed on the map with an appearance according to the attribute information such as the number of customers, and the pick-up service can be assigned to a predetermined taxi vehicle. it can.

  The functional unit can be realized by a computer-executable program written in a legacy programming language such as C, C ++, C #, Java (registered trademark), an object-oriented programming language, or the like. ROM, EEPROM, EPROM, flash Store in a device-readable recording medium such as a memory, flexible disk, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, Blu-ray disc, SD card, MO, or distribute through an electric communication line. be able to.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and those skilled in the art may conceive other embodiments, additions, modifications, deletions, and the like. It can be changed within the range that can be done, and any embodiment is included in the scope of the present invention as long as the effects of the present invention are exhibited.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Logistics management system, 110 ... Network, 112 ... Order terminal, 114 ... Logistics terminal, 116 ... Logistics management server, 120 ... Logistics management DB, 122 ... Map information data, 130 ... Mobile terminal, 132 ... Mobile vehicle, 140 ... Mobile terminal, 142 ... Mobile vehicle, 150 ... Wireless network, 210 ... Network interface, 220 ... Logistics management unit, 230 ... Data access unit, 232 ... Storage interface, 242 ... Wireless network interface, 244 ... Application, 246 ... GPS application, 248 ... GPS module, 250 ... API, 252 ... OS, 254 ... device driver, 256 ... hardware layer, 260 ... network interface, 262 ... GUI control unit, 264 ... browser, 2 6 ... OS, 268 ... Device driver, 270 ... Hardware, 300 ... Communication interface, 302 ... Operation log receiving unit, 304 ... Operation log monitoring unit, 306 ... Operation log table management unit, 308 ... New order receiving unit, 310 ... Vehicle allocation screen providing unit, 312 ... Information display data providing unit, 314 ... Selection receiving unit, 316 ... Collection / delivery work assigning unit, 318 ... Restriction determining unit, 320 ... Required time calculating unit, 350 ... Communication interface, 352 ... Browser, 400 ... Vehicle allocation screen, 402 ... Vehicle allocation confirmation button, 404 ... Selection cancel button, 410 ... Vehicle selection pane, 412 ... Vehicle icon, 420 ... Collection and delivery work display pane, 430 ... Map display pane, 432 ... Luggage marker, 434 ... Vehicle marker, 440 ... Cursor, 450 ... Vehicle marker, 452 ... Mark, 454 ... Icon image, 4 6 ... Illustration, 460 ... Baggage marker, 470 ... Selection area, 472 ... Registration button, 474 ... Cancel button, 480 ... Selected collection / delivery work, 482 ... Selected collection / delivery work, 484 ... Mobile vehicle that can be accepted, 486 ... Display object, 488 ... recommended mark, 490 ... moving vehicle that cannot be accepted

Claims (12)

An information selection support system that supports selecting and assigning tasks ,
Task, and attribute information of the task, and the task management database means for managing with the location to which the task is performed,
Assignment candidate management database means for managing assignment candidates for assigning tasks;
In the map display screen displayed on the terminal device, each represent a task, one or more information units objects having the appearance according to the attribute information of the task, arranged on the map image depending on where the task is performed Generating means for generating information display data to be displayed,
Selection receiving means for receiving selection operation information based on an input operation on the map display screen and identifying one or more selected tasks ;
Task assigning means for assigning the selected one or more tasks to a designated candidate of the managed assignment candidates ;
The information selection support system further includes:
Whether the attribute information indicating the property of the task selected in response to the selection operation and the attribute information indicating the property of another task can be mixed with the property of one or more selected tasks. An extraction means for extracting a task that satisfies the criterion of “no”,
An information selection support system comprising: means for distinguishing the appearance of an information unit object representing a task that satisfies the criteria and extracted from an information unit object of a task that does not satisfy the criteria . The information selection support system according to claim 1, wherein the candidate management database unit manages the allocation candidates together with attribute information of the allocation candidates and positions of the allocation candidates . In addition to the attribute information of the task, in response to at least one type and task places a task, further comprising a means for varying the appearance of the information unit objects, the information selection support system according to claim 2. The information unit object to be displayed on the map display screen according to attribute information representing a quantity or a property related to a task further includes means for visually expressing the quantity or the property. Information selection support system described. The information according to any one of claims 2 to 4, further comprising means for changing an appearance of each information unit object representing an assignment candidate or another task in accordance with a relationship with one or more selected tasks. Selection support system. At least one of the location of the selected task, the attribute information indicating the quantity of the task, and the attribute information indicating the nature of the task, the position of the allocation candidate, and the attribute indicating the quantity of the task that can be assumed by the allocation candidate extracting means for information and comparing the at least one bets of the attribute information indicating the nature of the assignment candidate capable underwriting tasks to extract the allocation candidate for further satisfies a predetermined criterion,
The information unit object representing the allocation candidate satisfying the predetermined criterion further includes a means for distinguishably different from the information unit object representing the allocation candidate not satisfying the predetermined criterion. The information selection support system according to item 1. The predetermined criterion is a criterion as to whether or not an allocation candidate to be extracted has an undertakeable quantity that is greater than or equal to a total quantity of the selected one or more tasks. criteria on the extent having the properties of underwriting possible tasks that match the nature or extraction assigning candidate, is a distance based on the location of the selected task, a criterion for the extent of at least one evaluation of the time and cost, claim 6. The information selection support system according to 6 .   The apparatus further comprises means for adding, as attribute information, at least one of a travel distance, a required time, and a cost calculated based on the location of the selected task and the position of the assignment candidate to the assignment candidate. The information selection support system according to any one of? 7.   The input operation is an operation for demarcating a selection area on the map image containing an information unit to be selected, an operation for an information unit object corresponding to the information unit to be selected, or an operation for a selection area display object demarcating the selection area. The information selection support system according to any one of claims 1 to 8. An information selection support server that can communicate with a terminal device via a network,
Task acquisition means for acquiring a task, attribute information of the task, and a place where the task is performed, from the task management database means;
Assignment candidate acquisition means for acquiring assignment candidates for assigning tasks, attribute information of the assignment candidates, and positions of the assignment candidates from the assignment candidate management database means;
In the map display screen displayed on the terminal device, each represent a task, one or more information units objects having the appearance according to the attribute information of the task, arranged on the map image depending on where the task is performed Generating means for generating information display data to be displayed,
Selection receiving means for receiving selection operation information based on an input operation on the map display screen and identifying one or more selected tasks;
One or more tasks that the selected, a task assignment means for assigning to the given candidate of the allocation candidate to be managed
The information selection support server further includes:
Whether the attribute information indicating the property of the task selected in response to the selection operation and the attribute information indicating the property of another task can be mixed with the property of one or more selected tasks. An extraction means for extracting a task that satisfies the criterion of “no”,
Means for differentiating the appearance of an information unit object representing a task that satisfies the criteria and extracted from the information unit object of a task that does not satisfy the criteria;
Including an information selection support server. An information selection support method for supporting task assignment,
A server obtains a task from the task management database means, attribute information of the task, and a place where the task is performed;
A server obtains, from an assignment candidate management database means, an assignment candidate to which a task is assigned, attribute information of the assignment candidate, and a position of the assignment candidate;
Server, the map display screen displayed on the terminal device, each represent a task, one or more information units objects having the appearance according to the attribute information of the task, the map image depending on where the task is performed Generating information display data for placement and display above;
A server transmitting the information display data to a terminal device;
A server receiving selection operation information based on an input operation on the map display screen from the terminal device and identifying one or more selected tasks;
Server, one or more tasks that the selected, and assigning to the given candidate of the allocation candidate to be managed
The information selection support method further includes:
The server can compare the attribute information indicating the property of the task selected in response to the selection operation with the attribute information indicating the property of another task, and can be mixed with the property of one or more selected tasks. Extracting a task that satisfies the criteria of whether or not
The server differentiating the appearance of the information unit object representing the extracted task that satisfies the criterion from the information unit object of the task that does not satisfy the criterion;
Including information selection support method. Computer
Task acquisition means for acquiring a task, attribute information of the task, and a place where the task is performed from the task management database means;
Assignment candidate acquisition means for acquiring assignment candidates for assigning tasks, attribute information of the assignment candidates, and positions of the assignment candidates from the assignment candidate management database means;
In the map display screen displayed on the terminal device, each represent a task, one or more information units objects having the appearance according to the attribute information of the task, arranged on the map image depending on where the task is performed Generating means for generating information display data for display
Receive a selection operation information based on the input operation with respect to the map display screen, select receiving means for identifying one or more selected tasks, and one or more tasks that said selected one of the allocation candidate to be managed A program for functioning as task assignment means for assigning to a designated candidate , the program further comprising:
Whether the attribute information indicating the property of the task selected in response to the selection operation and the attribute information indicating the property of another task can be mixed with the property of one or more selected tasks. An extraction means for extracting a task that satisfies the criterion of “no”, and
Means for distinguishing the appearance of an information unit object representing a task that satisfies the criteria and extracted from an information unit object of a task that does not satisfy the criteria;
A program that functions as