JP6407345B1 - Information processing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Abstract

It is desirable to provide a technology that can effectively use information collected by a refrigerator. A product information receiving unit that receives product information from a relay device that is placed in a refrigerator in one area and receives product information related to a product transmitted by a wireless tag attached to the product in the refrigerator; A consumption information acquisition unit that acquires consumption information indicating that the product has been consumed, a prediction information generation unit that generates prediction information indicating a demand forecast of the product in one region based on the product information and the consumption information, and a prediction There is provided an information processing apparatus including an information transmission unit that transmits information to a dealer terminal of a dealer in one region. [Selection] Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a program.

There has been known a refrigerator that manages food in a refrigerator using an RFID (Radio Frequency IDentifier) reader or the like. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
[Prior art documents]
[Patent Literature]
[Patent Document 1] JP 2012-226748 A

  It is desirable to provide technology that can effectively use the information collected by the refrigerator.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, an information processing apparatus is provided. An information processing device is disposed in a refrigerator in one area, and receives a product information from a relay device that receives product information related to a product transmitted by a wireless tag attached to the product in the refrigerator. May be provided. The information processing apparatus may include a consumption information acquisition unit that acquires consumption information indicating that the product has been consumed. The information processing apparatus may include a prediction information generation unit that generates prediction information indicating a demand prediction of a product in one region based on the product information and the consumption information. The information processing apparatus may include an information transmission unit that transmits the prediction information to a dealer terminal of a dealer in one region.

  The said prediction information generation part may produce | generate the prediction information which shows the demand number of the goods in said one area. The information processing apparatus may further include a correspondence information storage unit that stores correspondence information that associates a product with a store that has sold the product, and the information transmission unit uses the correspondence information according to the consumption information. The notification information may be transmitted to the store terminal of the store that sold the product that is shown to be consumed.

  The information processing apparatus may further include a sales number information acquisition unit that acquires sales number information indicating a sales number of a product of a store in the one region, and the prediction information generation unit includes the product information and the sales information. The forecast information indicating the demand number of the product may be generated for each of a plurality of stores using the demand number of the product in the one region derived based on the consumption information and the sales number information. The information transmission unit may transmit the prediction information to each of the dealer terminals of the plurality of dealers. The information processing apparatus may further include a stock quantity information obtaining unit that obtains stock quantity information indicating a stock quantity of a product of a store in the one region, and the prediction information generation unit includes the product information and the stock information. The forecast information indicating the number of demands of the product may be generated for each of the plurality of stores using the demand number of the product in the one region derived based on the consumption information and the inventory number information. The information transmission unit may transmit the prediction information to each of the dealer terminals of the plurality of dealers. The wireless tag may transmit the product information according to a predetermined timing, and the relay device receives the product information from the wireless tag, and a period in which the product information is not received from the wireless tag. The consumption information acquisition unit may receive the consumption information from the relay device.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, a program for causing a computer to function as the information processing apparatus is provided.

  It should be noted that the above summary of the invention does not enumerate all the necessary features of the present invention. In addition, a sub-combination of these feature groups can also be an invention.

1 schematically illustrates an example of a system 100. An example of system 100 at the time of applying to management of goods 62 is shown roughly. An example of the cover area 301 of the edge server 300 is shown schematically. An example of functional composition of edge server 300 is shown roughly. An example of a functional composition of communication terminal 600 is shown roughly. An example of the hardware constitutions of the computer 1000 which functions as the edge server 300 or the communication terminal 600 is shown schematically.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims. In addition, not all the combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential for the solving means of the invention.

  FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an example of a system 100. The system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of relay devices arranged in each of a plurality of network hierarchies. The system 100 is provided by, for example, a telecommunications carrier.

  In FIG. 1, the system 100 includes an edge server 200 arranged in the network 20, a plurality of edge servers 300 arranged in the network hierarchy 30 lower than the network 20, and a network hierarchy 40 lower than the network hierarchy 30. The case where it has the some edge server 400 arrange | positioned is illustrated. The number of network layers included in the system 100 is not limited to this, and may be an arbitrary number. The edge server 200, the edge server 300, and the edge server 400 are examples of relay devices.

  In this example, the lower network layer 80 may conform to the first communication method, and the upper network layer 90 may conform to the second communication method that is more reliable than the first communication method. For example, the first communication method is a communication method that does not perform collision control, and the second communication method is a communication method that performs collision control. The first communication method may be, for example, so-called LoRa (Long-Range) and so-called 5G IoT (Internet of Thing). The second communication method may be, for example, LTE (Long Term Evolution), so-called 4G, so-called 5G, and so-called NB-IoT (Narrow Band IoT).

  In the system 100 according to the present embodiment, the edge server 400 receives object information regarding the object 60 transmitted according to a predetermined timing by the wireless tag 50 attached to the object 60. The object information is identification information for identifying the object 60, for example. The object information may be identification information for identifying the wireless tag 50 attached to the object 60. Then, the system 100 optimizes the information by the edge server 400, the edge server 300, and the edge server 200 that are arranged in a hierarchy, and, for example, connects the cloud network 10 to the communication terminal 600 of the user 601 that manages the object 60. Send through. The cloud network 10 is configured by the Internet or the like.

  The object 60 may be any object whose status is a management target. The wireless tag 50 being attached to the object 60 may be arranged on the outer surface of the object 60. Moreover, it may be arranged or built in the outer surface of the package of the object 60. Further, depending on the object 60, it may be built in the object 60.

  Conceptually transmitting information may conceptually mean transmitting only information necessary for the user 601. Further, it may be that information inappropriate for the user 601 is not transmitted. Further, only reliable information may be transmitted. Further, it may be that uncertain information is not transmitted. Further, only information appropriate for the user 601 may be transmitted. In addition, information unnecessary for the user 601 may not be transmitted.

  For example, after transmitting the information received from the wireless tag 50 to the edge server 300, the edge server 400 determines whether or not the state of the object 60 has changed based on the reception state of the information from the wireless tag 50. Only when there is a change, information is transmitted to the edge server 300. As an example, the edge server 400 may determine whether or not the status of the object 60 has changed based on the timing at which information is received from the wireless tag 50 and the period in which information is not received from the wireless tag 50.

  When information is transmitted to the edge server 400 using a communication method in which the wireless tag 50 does not perform collision control, the information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 may not reach the edge server 400. For example, transmission by the wireless tag 50 may fail a few times every 10 times.

  For example, in a situation where the edge server 400 receives the information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 every 10 minutes, if the information is not received 10 minutes after the information is received, the object 60 is moved to the edge server 400. There is a possibility that it has been moved out of the communication range and a possibility that communication has failed. Therefore, if information is not received 10 minutes after receiving the information, it is uncertain if it is immediately determined that the object 60 has moved out of the communication range with the edge server 400 and transmitted to the communication terminal 600. Will send a lot of information.

  The edge server 400 according to the present embodiment receives information for a predetermined period such as 30 minutes after receiving information in a situation where information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 is received every 10 minutes, for example. If not, it is determined that the object 60 has been moved out of the communication range with the edge server 400, and information is transmitted to the communication terminal 600. As a result, uncertain information can be prevented from being transmitted.

  The edge server 400 may transmit the object information received and stored from the wireless tag 50 to the edge server 300 according to a preset timing. Arbitrary timings such as every minute, every hour, every day, every week, etc. may be set as the timing. The edge server 400 transmits information to the edge server 300 at the second timing when, for example, a change in the state of the object is detected between the first timing and the second timing that are continuous.

  For example, the edge server 400 sets the timing in accordance with an instruction received from the communication terminal 600 via the network hierarchy higher than the network hierarchy 40 included in the system 100 and the cloud network 10. Thereby, for example, the user 601 can adjust the usage amount of the network resource by adjusting the timing. Note that the edge server 400 may set the timing according to the operation of the operator of the edge server 400 or the like.

  As described above, according to the system 100 according to the present embodiment, the amount of information transmitted to the communication terminal 600 via the hierarchical network and the cloud network 10 can be appropriately reduced, and the network load is appropriately reduced. can do. In addition, when the user 601 is charged according to the communication amount, the charge amount can be appropriately reduced.

  FIG. 2 schematically shows an example of the system 100 when applied to the management of the product 62. FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of the cover area 301 of the edge server 300. The edge server 300 may be an example of an information processing device. The cover area 301 may be an example of one area.

  In the example shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the edge server 300 manages the product 62 in the refrigerator 42 in the cover area 301. The edge server 300 is arranged in the refrigerator 42 in the cover area 301 and receives the product information about the product 62 transmitted by the wireless tag 50 attached to the product 62 in the refrigerator 42 from the edge server 420. Receive. The product information may include identification information that identifies the product 62. The product information may include time limit information including at least one of the expiration date and the expiration date of the product 62.

  The edge server 420 may be able to receive only product information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 in the refrigerator 42. That is, the edge server 420 may not be able to receive the product information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 outside the refrigerator 42.

  For example, when the product 62 is newly stored in the refrigerator 42, the edge server 420 transmits the product information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 attached to the product 62 to the edge server 300. Thereby, the edge server 300 can grasp that the product 62 indicated by the received product information is stored in any one of the refrigerators 42 in the cover area 301.

  After transmitting the product information to the edge server 300, the edge server 420 determines whether or not the status of the product 62 has changed based on the reception status of the product information from the wireless tag 50, and only when there has been a change. The product information may be transmitted to the edge server 300. For example, the edge server 420 first specifies the reception timing according to the reception status of receiving the product information from the wireless tag 50, and determines whether or not the status of the product 62 has changed from the specified reception timing. Set the reference criterion period. As a specific example, when the product information is received from the wireless tag 50 every 10 minutes, the edge server 420 sets a period of 30 minutes as the determination reference period.

  The edge server 420 may determine that the product 62 is consumed when the product information of the product 62 is not continuously received during the determination reference period. When the edge server 420 determines that the product 62 has been consumed, the edge server 420 may transmit consumption information indicating that the product 62 has been consumed to the edge server 300. Thereby, the edge server 300 can grasp that the product 62 indicated by the received consumption information is consumed.

  The edge server 300 may generate prediction information indicating a demand prediction of the product 62 in the cover area 301 based on the consumption information received from the plurality of edge servers 420. For example, the edge server 300 generates prediction information indicating a larger value as the consumption amount of the product 62 increases. For example, the edge server 300 generates prediction information indicating the number of demands for the product 62 in the cover area 301 based on the consumption amount of the product 62 in the cover area 301. The edge server 300 may transmit the generated prediction information to each store terminal of the plurality of stores 44. The store terminal may be an edge server 440 arranged in the store 44. Further, the store terminal may be any terminal used in the store 44.

  The edge server 300 may generate the consumption information by regarding the product 62 for which the deadline information included in the product information has elapsed as consumed, and may generate the prediction information based on the consumption information. The edge server 300 may generate prediction information using both the consumption information and the consumption information received from the edge server 420.

  The edge server 300 may further acquire sales number information indicating the number of sales of the product 62 by the store 44 in the cover area 301. The edge server 300 may acquire the sales number information using an arbitrary method. For example, based on the product information received from the edge server 440 in the store 44, information on the number of products 62 sold by the store 44 is acquired. Further, the edge server 300 may acquire the number-of-sales information notified by the store manager of the store 44, the store clerk, or the like. Further, the edge server 300 may acquire the sales number information of the store 44 by cooperating with the POS system or the like.

  The edge server 300 may generate prediction information for each store 44 in the cover area 301 using the consumption information and the sales number information. For example, the edge server 300 multiplies the number of demands for a certain product 62 in the cover area 301 by the ratio of the number of sales by each store 44 to the total number of sales of the product 62 by a plurality of stores 44 in the cover area 301. Prediction information for each store 44 is generated. The edge server 300 may transmit the generated prediction information for each store 44 to each store terminal of the plurality of stores 44.

  The edge server 300 may further acquire inventory quantity information indicating the inventory quantity of the product 62 at the store 44 in the cover area 301. The edge server 300 may acquire the inventory quantity information using an arbitrary method. For example, based on the product information received from the edge server 440 in the store 44, the inventory number information of the product 62 by the store 44 is acquired. Further, the edge server 300 may acquire the number-of-stocks information notified by the store manager 44, the store clerk, or the like. Further, the edge server 300 may acquire the inventory quantity information of the store 44 by cooperating with the POS system or the like.

  The edge server 300 may generate prediction information for each store 44 in the cover area 301 using the consumption information and the inventory quantity information. For example, the edge server 300 distributes the number of results obtained by subtracting the total number of stocks of the product 62 from the plurality of stores 44 in the cover area 301 from the number of demands of a product 62 in the cover area 301 to the plurality of stores 44. Thus, prediction information for each store 44 is generated. The edge server 300 may transmit the generated prediction information for each store 44 to each store terminal of the plurality of stores 44.

  The edge server 300 may acquire position information indicating the position of the edge server 420. The edge server 300 receives position information from the edge server 420, for example. The edge server 420 may include a GPS (Global Positioning System) unit (not shown), and may transmit position information acquired by the GPS unit to the edge server 300. Further, the edge server 420 may transmit the position information input by the user of the edge server 420 to the edge server 300. Further, the refrigerator 42 may include a GPS unit, and the edge server 420 may receive the position information acquired by the GPS unit and transmit it to the edge server 300.

  The edge server 300 may acquire position information indicating the position of the edge server 440. The edge server 300 receives position information from the edge server 440, for example. The edge server 440 may include a GPS unit (not shown), and may transmit position information acquired by the GPS unit to the edge server 300. Further, the edge server 440 may transmit the position information input by the user of the edge server 440 to the edge server 300. Further, the edge server 420 may receive the position information acquired by the GPS unit disposed in the store 44 and transmit it to the edge server 300.

  The edge server 300 may generate prediction information by further using the position information of the edge server 420 and the position information of the edge server 440. For example, the edge server 300 uses the product information and consumer information received from the edge server 420 within a predetermined range from the store 44 to generate prediction information for the store 44.

  The edge server 300 may generate and store correspondence information that associates the identification information for identifying the product 62 with the store 44 that sold the product 62. The edge server 300 may generate correspondence information using any method. For example, the edge server 300 generates correspondence information using product information received from the edge server 440 in the store 44. Further, the edge server 300 may generate the correspondence information using the sales record of the product 62 notified by the store manager of the sales store 44, the store clerk, or the like. Further, the edge server 300 may generate correspondence information in cooperation with a POS system or the like.

  When the edge server 300 acquires the consumption information, the edge server 300 may transmit the notification information to the store terminal of the store 44 that sold the product 62 that is indicated to be consumed by the consumption information. The notification information may indicate that the product 62 has been consumed. Thereby, the store 44 side can grasp that the product 62 sold by itself is consumed, and can purchase the product 62 in consideration of the possibility of purchasing the same product 62 again.

  The edge server 420 may be able to receive product information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 outside the refrigerator 42. For example, the edge server 420 can receive the product information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 in the building where the refrigerator 42 is installed, and cannot receive the product information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 outside the building. It may be.

  The edge server 420 may further manage the product 62 other than the product 62 in the refrigerator 42. For example, the product 62 such as toilet paper and tissue paper to which the wireless tag 50 is attached is further managed.

  An edge server 420 that is disposed in the refrigerator 42 and can receive only product information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 in the refrigerator 42, and product information that is disposed outside the refrigerator 42 and transmitted by the wireless tag 50 in the refrigerator 42. May be received, and various products 62 may be managed in cooperation with an edge server 420 that can receive product information transmitted by the wireless tag 50 outside the refrigerator 42.

  FIG. 4 schematically shows an example of the functional configuration of the edge server 300. The edge server 300 includes a correspondence information storage unit 302, a product information acquisition unit 304, a consumption information acquisition unit 306, a sales quantity information acquisition unit 308, an inventory quantity information acquisition unit 310, a prediction information generation unit 312, and an information transmission unit 314. . Note that it is not essential that the edge server 300 includes all of these.

  The correspondence information storage unit 302 stores correspondence information that associates the product 62 with the store 44 that sold the product 62.

  The product information acquisition unit 304 acquires product information. The product information acquisition unit 304 may receive product information from the edge server 420. Further, the product information acquisition unit 304 may receive product information from the edge server 440.

  The consumption information acquisition unit 306 acquires consumption information. The consumption information acquisition unit 306 may receive consumption information from the edge server 420.

  The sales number information acquisition unit 308 acquires the sales number information. The number-of-sales information acquisition unit 308 may acquire the number-of-sales information of the products 62 sold by the store 44 based on the product information received from the edge server 440 in the store 44. Further, the sales number information acquisition unit 308 may acquire the sales number information notified by the store manager of the sales store 44, the store clerk, or the like. Further, the sales number information acquisition unit 308 may acquire the sales number information of the store 44 in cooperation with a POS system or the like.

  The inventory quantity information acquisition unit 310 acquires inventory quantity information. The inventory quantity information acquisition unit 310 may acquire inventory quantity information of the merchandise 62 by the dealer 44 based on the merchandise information received from the edge server 440 in the dealer 44. In addition, the inventory quantity information acquisition unit 310 may acquire inventory quantity information notified by the manager of the sales store 44, a store clerk, or the like. The inventory quantity information acquisition unit 310 may acquire the inventory quantity information of the store 44 in cooperation with a POS system or the like.

  The prediction information generation unit 312 generates prediction information. The prediction information generation unit 312 may generate prediction information indicating a demand prediction of the product 62 in the cover area 301 based on the product information acquired by the product information acquisition unit 304 and the consumption information acquired by the consumption information acquisition unit 306. . For example, the prediction information generation unit 312 generates prediction information indicating the number of demands for the product 62 in the cover area 301.

  The prediction information generation unit 312 may generate the prediction information for each of the plurality of stores 44 by further using the sales number information acquired by the sales number information acquisition unit 308. For example, the prediction information generation unit 312 multiplies the number of demands of a certain product 62 in the cover area 301 by the ratio of the number of sales by each store 44 to the total number of sales of the product 62 by a plurality of stores 44 in the cover area 301. Thus, prediction information for each store 44 is generated. For example, when the demand number of the product 62 is 100 and the ratio of the number of sales between the first sales store 44 and the second sales store 44 is 4: 1, Prediction information indicating that the demand number of 62 is 80 is generated, and prediction information indicating that the demand number of the product 62 is 20 is generated for the second store 44.

  The prediction information generation unit 312 may generate prediction information for each of the plurality of stores 44 by further using the inventory number information acquired by the inventory number information acquisition unit 310. For example, the prediction information generation unit 312 obtains the number of results obtained by subtracting the total number of stocks of the product 62 from the plurality of stores 44 in the cover area 301 from the number of demands for a certain product 62 in the cover area 301. The prediction information for each store 44 is generated. For example, when the demand number of the product 62 is 100 and the total number of stocks of the first sales store 44 and the second sales store 44 is 60, the prediction information indicating the number of distribution of 40 which is the difference between them is Generated. As a specific example, prediction information indicating that the demand number of the product 62 is 20 is generated for the first sales store 44, and the demand number of the product 62 is 20 for the second sales store 44. Prediction information indicating that it is a piece is generated. In addition, you may distribute using the sales number information of the some store 44 further. For example, when the ratio of the number of sales between the first sales store 44 and the second sales store 44 is 3: 1, the demand number of the product 62 is 30 for the first sales store 44. Is generated, and prediction information indicating that the number of demands of the product 62 is 10 is generated for the second store 44.

  The information transmission unit 314 transmits the prediction information generated by the prediction information generation unit 312. The information transmission unit 314 may transmit the prediction information generated by the prediction information generation unit 312 to the store terminal of the store 44 in the cover area 301. When the prediction information generation unit 312 generates the prediction information for each of the plurality of sales outlets 44, the information transmission unit 314 may transmit the prediction information to each of the sales outlet terminals of the plurality of sales outlets 44.

  The information transmission unit 314 may refer to the correspondence information in the correspondence information storage unit 302 and specify the store 44 that has sold the product 62 indicated that the consumption information acquired by the consumption information acquisition unit 306 is consumed. . Then, the information transmission unit 314 may transmit notification information for notifying that the product 62 has been consumed to the store terminal of the specified store 44.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the edge server 300 is an information processing apparatus has been mainly described as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Communication terminal 600 may be an information processing device.

  FIG. 5 schematically shows an example of a functional configuration of the communication terminal 600. The communication terminal 600 includes a correspondence information storage unit 602, a product information acquisition unit 604, a consumption information acquisition unit 606, a sales quantity information acquisition unit 608, an inventory quantity information acquisition unit 610, a prediction information generation unit 612, and an information transmission unit 614. . Here, differences from FIG. 4 will be mainly described.

  The correspondence information storage unit 602 stores correspondence information that associates the product 62 with the store 44 that sold the product 62. For example, the correspondence information storage unit 602 receives the product information transmitted by the edge server 440 via the cloud network 10 and generates correspondence information using the product information. Further, the correspondence information storage unit 602 may generate and store the correspondence information using the sales record of the product 62 notified by the store manager of the sales store 44, the store clerk, or the like. Further, the correspondence information storage unit 602 may generate and store correspondence information in cooperation with a POS system or the like.

  The product information acquisition unit 604 acquires product information. The product information acquisition unit 604 may receive the product information transmitted by the edge server 420 via the cloud network 10. Further, the product information acquisition unit 604 may receive the product information transmitted by the edge server 440 via the cloud network 10.

  The consumption information acquisition unit 606 acquires consumption information. The consumption information acquisition unit 606 may receive the consumption information transmitted by the edge server 420 via the cloud network 10.

  The sales number information acquisition unit 608 acquires the sales number information. The sales number information acquisition unit 608 may acquire the sales number information of the product 62 by the sales store 44 based on the product information transmitted by the edge server 440 in the sales store 44. In addition, the sales number information acquisition unit 608 may acquire the sales number information notified by the manager of the sales store 44, the store clerk, or the like. Further, the sales number information acquisition unit 608 may acquire the sales number information of the store 44 in cooperation with the POS system or the like.

  The inventory quantity information acquisition unit 610 acquires inventory information. The inventory quantity information acquisition unit 610 may acquire inventory quantity information of the product 62 by the dealer 44 based on the commodity information transmitted by the edge server 440 in the dealer 44. The inventory quantity information acquisition unit 610 may acquire inventory quantity information notified by the store manager 44, the store clerk, or the like. The inventory quantity information acquisition unit 610 may acquire the inventory quantity information of the store 44 in cooperation with a POS system or the like.

  The prediction information generation unit 612 and the information transmission unit 614 may execute the same processing as the prediction information generation unit 312 and the information transmission unit 314.

  FIG. 6 schematically illustrates an example of a computer 1000 that functions as the edge server 300 or the communication terminal 600. The computer 1000 according to this embodiment includes a CPU peripheral unit including a CPU 1010, a RAM 1030, and a graphic controller 1085 that are connected to each other by a host controller 1092; a ROM 1020 that is connected to the host controller 1092 by an input / output controller 1094; An input / output unit having F1040, a hard disk drive 1050, and an input / output chip 1080 is provided.

  The CPU 1010 operates based on programs stored in the ROM 1020 and the RAM 1030 and controls each unit. The graphic controller 1085 acquires image data generated by the CPU 1010 or the like on a frame buffer provided in the RAM 1030 and displays the image data on the display 1090. Alternatively, the graphic controller 1085 may include a frame buffer that stores image data generated by the CPU 1010 or the like.

  The communication I / F 1040 communicates with other devices via a network by wire or wireless. The communication I / F 1040 functions as hardware that performs communication. The hard disk drive 1050 stores programs and data used by the CPU 1010.

  The ROM 1020 stores a boot program executed when the computer 1000 is started up, a program depending on the hardware of the computer 1000, and the like. The input / output chip 1080 connects various input / output devices to the input / output controller 1094 via, for example, a parallel port, a serial port, a keyboard port, a mouse port, and the like.

  A program provided to the hard disk drive 1050 via the RAM 1030 is stored in a recording medium such as an IC card and provided by the user. The program is read from the recording medium, installed in the hard disk drive 1050 via the RAM 1030, and executed by the CPU 1010.

  A program that is installed in the computer 1000 and causes the computer 1000 to function as the edge server 300 may work on the CPU 1010 or the like to cause the computer 1000 to function as each unit of the edge server 300. The information processing described in these programs is read by the computer 1000, whereby the correspondence information storage unit 302, product information acquisition unit, which is a specific means in which the software and the various hardware resources described above cooperate. 304, functions as a consumption information acquisition unit 306, a sales quantity information acquisition unit 308, an inventory quantity information acquisition unit 310, a prediction information generation unit 312, and an information transmission unit 314. And the specific edge server 300 according to the intended purpose is constructed | assembled by implement | achieving the calculation or processing of the information according to the intended purpose of the computer 1000 in this embodiment by these specific means.

  A program installed in the computer 1000 and causing the computer 1000 to function as the communication terminal 600 may work on the CPU 1010 or the like to cause the computer 1000 to function as each unit of the communication terminal 600. The information processing described in these programs is read by the computer 1000, whereby the correspondence information storage unit 602, product information acquisition unit, which is a specific means in which the software and the various hardware resources described above cooperate with each other. 604, consumption information acquisition unit 606, sales number information acquisition unit 608, inventory number information acquisition unit 610, prediction information generation unit 612, and information transmission unit 614. And the specific communication terminal 600 according to the use purpose is constructed | assembled by implement | achieving the calculation or processing of the information according to the use purpose of the computer 1000 in this embodiment by these concrete means.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment. It is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  The order of execution of each process such as operations, procedures, steps, and stages in the apparatus, system, program, and method shown in the claims, the description, and the drawings is particularly “before” or “prior to”. It should be noted that it can be realized in any order unless the output of the previous process is used in the subsequent process. Regarding the operation flow in the claims, the description, and the drawings, even if it is described using “first,” “next,” etc. for convenience, it means that it is essential to carry out in this order. It is not a thing.

10 cloud network, 20 network, 30 network layer, 40 network layer, 42 refrigerator, 44 dealer, 50 wireless tag, 60 target, 62 products, 100 system, 200 edge server, 300 edge server, 301 cover area, 302 compatible Information storage unit, 304 product information acquisition unit, 306 consumption information acquisition unit, 308 sales quantity information acquisition unit, 310 inventory quantity information acquisition unit, 312 prediction information generation unit, 314 information transmission unit, 400 edge server, 420 edge server, 440 Edge server, 600 communication terminal, 601 user, 602 correspondence information storage unit, 604 product information acquisition unit, 606 consumption information acquisition unit, 608 sales number information acquisition unit, 610 inventory number information acquisition unit, 612 prediction information generation unit, 614 information Transmitter, 1 000 computer, 1010 CPU, 1020 ROM, 1030 RAM, 1040 communication I / F, 1050 hard disk drive, 1080 input / output chip, 1092 host controller, 1094 input / output controller, 1000 computer, 1010 CPU, 1020 ROM, 1030 RAM, 1040 communication I / F, 1050 hard disk drive, 1080 input / output chip, 1085 graphic controller, 1090 display, 1092 host controller, 1094 input / output controller

Claims (5)

A product information receiving unit that receives the product information from a relay device that is placed in a refrigerator in one area and receives product information about the product transmitted by a wireless tag attached to the product in the refrigerator;
A sales number information acquisition unit for acquiring sales number information indicating the number of sales of merchandise at stores in the one region;
A consumption information acquisition unit for acquiring consumption information indicating that the product has been consumed;
Based on the product information and the consumption information, a prediction information generation unit that generates prediction information indicating a demand prediction of the product in the one region;
An information transmission unit that transmits the prediction information to a dealer terminal of a dealer in the one region ,
The forecast information generation unit uses the sales number information to calculate the number of products demanded in the one region derived based on the product information and the consumption information, and the products by a plurality of stores in the one region. The forecast information indicating the number of demands of the product is generated for each of a plurality of stores by multiplying the ratio of the number of sales by each store to the total number of sales of
The information transmission unit transmits the prediction information to each of the dealer terminals of the plurality of dealers.
Information processing device. A correspondence information storage unit that stores correspondence information that associates the product with the store that sold the product;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information transmission unit transmits notification information to a store terminal of a store that has sold a product indicated to be consumed by the consumption information, using the correspondence information. . A stock quantity information obtaining unit for obtaining stock quantity information indicating a stock quantity of a product of a store in the one region;
The prediction information generation unit uses the number of demands for products in the one region derived based on the product information and the consumption information and the number-of-stocks information for each of a plurality of sales outlets. Generating the prediction information indicating
Wherein the information transmitting unit, each of the retail outlet terminal of the plurality of dealers, and transmits the prediction information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. The wireless tag transmits the product information according to a predetermined timing,
The relay device determines whether or not the product has been consumed based on a timing of receiving the product information from the wireless tag and a period in which the product information is not received from the wireless tag,
The consumption information acquisition unit receives the consumption information from the relay device.
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . The program for functioning a computer as an information processing apparatus as described in any one of Claim 1 to 4 .

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