JP7268561B2 - Notification device and notification system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a notification device and notification system for notifying that delivery of cargo has been completed.

Conventionally, a driver of a vehicle such as a truck registers in a management server that cargo has been unloaded from a loading platform using a handy barcode reader. In recent years, it has been proposed to simplify these registration operations. For example, in Patent Document 1, a navigation device receives each cargo information from an RFID (Radio Frequency Identifier) tag of a delivery slip attached to a cargo loaded on a loading platform by an RFID reader, and the received cargo information It is described that it is determined whether the cargo has been unloaded by determining whether the cargo is included in the cargo.

JP 2014-189356 A

In the invention described in Patent Document 1, when the delivery of the cargo is completed, the delivery worker uses a mobile terminal to read the cargo information from the RFID tag provided on the receipt of the delivery slip, thereby confirming the delivery of the cargo. It was necessary to register completion.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a notification device and a notification system that can simplify the work of registering the completion of delivery of cargo.

A notification device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an acquisition unit that acquires identification information stored in a tag attached to a cargo from an information reader installed on a vehicle on which the cargo is loaded; after the vehicle has traveled and the acquisition unit acquires the identification information, when a predetermined time has passed without the acquisition unit acquiring the same identification information, the identification information corresponds to the identification information. a progress management unit that transmits information indicating that the delivery of the freight is completed to the management device.

The notification device further includes a specifying unit that specifies that the vehicle has moved, and the acquiring unit further acquires the same identification information for the predetermined time after the acquiring unit acquires the identification information. may be a period until the vehicle moves without acquiring the The progress management unit stores information indicating that the cargo has been reloaded to the vehicle when the acquisition unit acquires the same identification information after the acquisition unit acquires the identification information. You may transmit to the said management apparatus.

The notification device further includes a writing unit for recording, on the tag attached to the cargo, progress information indicating an already completed procedure among a series of procedures for delivering the cargo, via the information reader. You may prepare. The writing unit may record information indicating a position where the cargo is loaded and unloaded from the vehicle on the tag via the information reader.

A notification system according to a second aspect of the present invention is a notification system comprising a notification device mounted on a vehicle and a management device for managing delivery of cargo, wherein the notification device includes information installed on the vehicle. an acquisition unit that acquires identification information stored in a tag attached to the cargo from a reader; an identification unit that further identifies the position of the vehicle; and position information that indicates the position of the vehicle identified by the identification unit. is transmitted to the management device, and after the vehicle loaded with the cargo has traveled, the acquisition unit acquires the identification information, and the acquisition unit does not acquire the same identification information for a predetermined time. and a progress management unit configured to transmit delivery completion information indicating completion of delivery of the cargo corresponding to the identification information to the management device after the elapse of the location information and the a receiving unit for receiving delivery completion information, and when the position of the vehicle indicated by the position information received by the receiving unit is within a predetermined distance from a scheduled delivery location where the cargo is to be loaded and unloaded, to the destination of the cargo. and a notification unit for notifying that the cargo has arrived.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it is effective in the ability to simplify the operation|work which registers that delivery of goods was completed.

It is a figure which shows the notification system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of a vehicle. It is a figure which shows the structure of a management apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the processing procedure which a notification apparatus manages delivery of goods. 5 is a flow chart showing a detailed procedure of a delivery completion determination process (S104) in FIG. 4; FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining procedures for delivering cargo; FIG.

[Outline of notification system]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a notification system S of the first embodiment. The notification system S includes a vehicle 100 equipped with the notification device 1 and a management device 200 . Vehicle 100 is, for example, a truck having a bed. Vehicle 100 delivers cargo 300 to a predetermined destination.

The notification device 1 is realized by an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) of the vehicle 100, for example. The notification device 1 transmits various types of information to the management device 200 . For example, the notification device 1 transmits delivery completion information indicating that the delivery of the cargo 300 is completed to the management device 200 . Management device 200 manages delivery of cargo 300 . The management device 200 is, for example, a TMS (Transport Management System) server. The management device 200 may be a cloud server configured with a plurality of servers.

An information reader 2 is provided near the rear door of the cargo bed of the vehicle 100 . The information reader 2 is, for example, an RFID reader/writer. The information reader 2 communicates contactlessly with the tag 31 attached to the cargo 300 passing near the rear door of the vehicle 100 . The information reader 2 acquires information stored in the tag 31 and causes the tag 31 to record various types of information. For example, the information reader 2 acquires identification information for identifying the cargo 300 from the tag 31 when the cargo 300 passes near the rear door of the vehicle 100 .

Further, the information reading device 2 may be provided at a place other than the vicinity of the rear door according to the mounting of the vehicle 100 . For example, if the vehicle 100 has a side door, the information reader 2 may be provided near the side door. The tag 31 is a storage medium capable of contactless communication. The tag 31 is, for example, an RFID tag.

Although the details will be described later, the notification device 1 acquires the identification information when the vehicle 100 loaded with the cargo 300 travels and the cargo is unloaded, and then acquires the same identification information again until a predetermined period elapses. If not, it is determined that the delivery of the cargo 300 corresponding to this identification information has been completed without the cargo 300 being returned to the vehicle 100 . When the notification device 1 determines that the delivery of the cargo 300 is completed, the notification device 1 transmits delivery completion information indicating that the delivery of the cargo 300 is completed to the management device 200 . With such a configuration, the driver does not need to register the completion of the delivery of the cargo 300 in the management device 200, thereby simplifying the work of registering the completion of the delivery of the cargo.

[Vehicle configuration]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of vehicle 100. As shown in FIG. A vehicle 100 includes a notification device 1 , an information reading device 2 and a communication unit 3 . The notification device 1 includes a storage section 11 and a control section 12 . The communication unit 3 is a communication module for wirelessly communicating with the management device 200 via a network.

The storage unit 11 has storage media such as ROM (Read Only Memory) and RAM (Random Access Memory), for example. The storage unit 11 stores various programs and various data for causing the control unit 12 to function. The control unit 12 functions as an acquisition unit 121 , an identification unit 122 , a progress management unit 123 and a writing unit 124 by executing programs stored in the storage unit 11 .

The acquisition unit 121 acquires the identification information stored in the tag 31 attached to the cargo 300 from the information reader 2 installed on the vehicle 100 on which the cargo 300 is loaded. The identification information is, for example, an order number when the user orders the cargo 300 . For example, the acquisition unit 121 acquires the identification information from the tag 31 each time the cargo 300 passes near the rear door. The acquisition unit 121 acquires the delivery destination information such as the name and address of the user of the delivery destination from the tag 31 together with the identification information.

The identifying unit 122 identifies the position of the vehicle 100 . For example, the identifying unit 122 identifies the position of the vehicle 100 by receiving signals from GPS satellites via a GPS (Global Positioning System) sensor. The specifying unit 122 notifies the writing unit 124 of the specified position of the vehicle 100 .

The identifying unit 122 identifies that the vehicle 100 has moved. For example, the identification unit 122 identifies the position of the vehicle 100 at predetermined time intervals, and identifies a change of the identified position by a predetermined distance or more from the previously identified position as the movement of the vehicle 100 . The fixed distance is, for example, the minimum value that can be specified by the specifying unit 122 . The identifying unit 122 may identify that the vehicle 100 has moved based on the engine speed of the vehicle 100 . The identification unit 122 notifies the progress management unit 123 that the vehicle 100 has moved.

The progress management unit 123 communicates with the management device 200 via the communication unit 3 . For example, the progress management unit 123 transmits position information indicating the position of the vehicle 100 identified by the identification unit 122 to the management device 200 .

The progress management unit 123 transmits to the management device 200 progress information indicating the procedures that have already been completed among the series of procedures for delivering the cargo 300 . More specifically, the progress management unit 123 identifies, based on the number of times the acquisition unit 121 acquires the same identification information, a procedure that has already been completed in the delivery of the cargo corresponding to this identification information. The progress information indicating the procedure performed is transmitted to the management device 200 .

[Acquisition of first identification information]
For example, the progress management unit 123 determines whether the acquisition unit 121 has acquired the identification information of the freight 300 once. The acquisition unit 121 acquires the identification information of the cargo 300 for the first time at the timing when the cargo 300 is loaded onto the loading platform. When the acquisition unit 121 acquires the identification information of the cargo 300 once, the progress management unit 123 transmits the progress information indicating that the cargo 300 has been loaded onto the loading platform and the identification information of the cargo 300 to the management device 200. Send.

[Second acquisition of identification information]
The progress management unit 123 determines whether the acquisition unit 121 has acquired the identification information of the freight 300 for the second time. The acquisition unit 121 acquires the identification information of the cargo 300 for the second time at the timing when the vehicle 100 arrives near the destination and the cargo 300 is unloaded from the loading platform. When the acquisition unit 121 determines that the identification information of the cargo 300 is acquired for the second time, the progress management unit 123 manages the progress information indicating that the cargo 300 has arrived near the destination and the identification information of the cargo 300. Send to device 200 .

[Determination of completion of delivery]
The progress management unit 123 determines whether the acquisition unit 121 has acquired the same identification information for the third time. The fact that the acquisition unit 121 has acquired the same identification information for the third time indicates that the unloaded cargo 300 has been reloaded onto the loading platform. For example, if the driver is unable to deliver the cargo 300 because the destination is absent, the driver reloads the cargo 300 onto the carrier. When the same identification information is acquired for the third time, the progress management unit 123 transmits the progress information indicating that the cargo 300 has been reloaded to the vehicle 100 and the identification information of the cargo 300 to the management device 200 .

On the other hand, the progress management unit 123 determines that the cargo 300 has not been reloaded when a predetermined time has passed after the acquisition unit 121 has acquired the same identification information for the second time and the same identification information has not been acquired for the third time. Then, the delivery completion information indicating that the delivery of the cargo 300 has been completed and the identification information of the cargo 300 are transmitted to the management device 200 . For example, the predetermined time is the maximum time required from unloading to reloading, assuming that the cargo 300 is to be reloaded.

Also, the predetermined time may be determined based on the timing at which vehicle 100 moves. For example, when a predetermined period elapses from when the acquisition unit 121 acquires the identification information for the second time until the vehicle 100 moves without acquiring the same identification information for the third time, the progress management unit 123 It may be determined that delivery of the cargo 300 corresponding to this identification information has been completed.

[Record progress information to tags]
The writing unit 124 causes the information reader 2 to record, on the tag 31 attached to the cargo 300, the progress information indicating the completed procedure among the series of procedures for delivering the cargo 300. FIG. For example, the writing unit 124 records information indicating that the loading of the cargo 300 is completed on the tag 31 via the information reader 2 when the cargo 300 passes near the rear door in loading the cargo 300 onto the loading platform. Let At this time, the writing unit 124 may cause the tag 31 to record information indicating the position of the vehicle 100 when the cargo is loaded onto the cargo bed of the vehicle 100 .

Also, the writing unit 124 causes the tag 31 to record information indicating that the cargo 300 has arrived near the destination when the cargo 300 passes near the rear door in loading and unloading the cargo 300 from the loading platform. At this time, the writing unit 124 may cause the tag 31 to record information indicating the position of the vehicle 100 when the cargo 300 is unloaded from the vehicle 100 via the information reader 2 .

The writing unit 124 causes the tag 31 to record progress information such as completion of loading of the cargo 300, so the progress management unit 123 indicates the completion of a plurality of procedures such as loading of the cargo 300 and arrival at the destination. After the progress information is recorded in the tag 31 , the progress information can be read out from the tag 31 and collectively transmitted to the management device 200 . Therefore, the progress management unit 123 can reduce the frequency of communication with the management device 200 and can reduce the communication load of the management device 200 .

[Management device configuration]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the management device 200. As shown in FIG. The management device 200 includes a communication section 21 , a storage section 22 and a control section 23 . The communication unit 21 is a communication interface for communicating with the vehicle 100 and the destination of the freight 300 . The storage unit 22 has storage media such as ROM and RAM, for example. The storage unit 22 stores various programs and various data for causing the control unit 23 to function.

The control unit 23 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 23 functions as a communication control unit 231 and a notification unit 232 by executing programs stored in the storage unit 22 .

Communication control unit 231 receives various types of information from vehicle 100 . For example, the communication control unit 231 receives information indicating the position of the vehicle 100 from the notification device 1 . The communication control unit 231 receives delivery progress information of the cargo 300 from the notification device 1 . Specifically, the communication control unit 231 receives progress information indicating that the cargo 300 has been loaded onto the bed of the vehicle 100 and progress information that indicates that the cargo 300 has been reloaded onto the bed of the vehicle 100 from the notification device 1 . . The communication control unit 231 receives the identification information of the freight 300 together with the progress information from the notification device 1 .

The communication control unit 231 receives delivery completion information indicating that the delivery of the cargo 300 has been completed from the notification device 1 . The communication control unit 231 receives the identification information from the notification device 1 together with the delivery completion information.

[Notification of cargo arrival]
The notification unit 232 notifies the destination of the cargo 300 in advance that the cargo 300 has arrived. More specifically, the notification unit 232 reads from the storage unit 22 information indicating the scheduled delivery location where the cargo 300 is scheduled to be loaded and unloaded. The notification unit 232 determines whether the position of the vehicle 100 indicated by the position information received by the communication control unit 231 is within a predetermined distance from the scheduled delivery location. The predetermined distance is, for example, several kilometers.

The notification unit 232 notifies the destination of the cargo 300 that the cargo 300 has arrived when determining that the position of the vehicle 100 is within a predetermined distance from the scheduled delivery location. For example, the notification unit 232 sends an e-mail indicating that the cargo 300 has arrived. With such a configuration, the notification unit 232 notifies the destination of the delivery of the cargo 300 in advance, so that the cargo 300 can be delivered smoothly at the destination.

[Procedure for managing the delivery of cargo]
FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure for managing delivery of cargo 300 by notification device 1 . This processing procedure starts, for example, when an opening/closing detection sensor (not shown) attached to the rear door detects that the rear door of the vehicle 100 has been opened.

First, the writing unit 124 determines whether or not the identification information of the cargo 300 has been acquired once (S101). When the acquisition unit 121 determines that the identification information of the cargo 300 has been acquired once (YES in S101), the writing unit 124 causes the tag 31 to record progress information indicating that the loading of the cargo 300 has been completed ( S102). The communication control unit 231 transmits progress information indicating that loading of the cargo 300 is completed and identification information of the cargo 300 to the management device 200 (S103).

Next, the communication control unit 231 performs delivery completion determination processing (S104), and terminates the processing. The writing unit 124 repeats the determination of S101 when the identification information of the freight 300 has not been acquired even once in the determination of S101 (NO in S101).

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the detailed procedure of the delivery completion determination process (S104) of FIG. The progress management unit 123 determines whether the acquisition unit 121 has acquired the identification information of the same cargo 300 for the second time (S201). When the acquisition unit 121 determines that the identification information of the cargo 300 has been acquired for the second time (YES in S201), the progress management unit 123 acquires progress information indicating that the cargo 300 has arrived near the destination, and identification information to the management device 200 . The writing unit 124 causes the tag 31 to record progress information indicating that the cargo 300 has arrived near the destination (S203).

The progress management unit 123 determines whether the acquisition unit 121 has acquired the identification information of the same cargo 300 for the third time (S204). If the identification information has not been acquired for the third time (NO in S204), the progress management unit 123 determines whether or not a predetermined time has passed since the identification information was acquired for the second time (S205). The predetermined time is the maximum time required from unloading to reloading, assuming that the cargo 300 is to be reloaded. If a predetermined time has passed since the identification information was acquired for the second time (YES in S205), the progress management unit 123 stores the delivery completion information indicating that the delivery of the freight 300 has been completed and the identification information to the management device. 200 (S206), and the process ends.

The progress management part 123 repeats determination of S201, when the acquisition part 121 has not acquired the identification information of the goods 300 for the second time in determination of S201 (NO of S201). When the progress management unit 123 determines that the identification information has been acquired for the third time in the determination of S204 (YES in S204), progress information indicating that the cargo 300 has been reloaded to the vehicle 100 and the identification information of the cargo 300 to the management device 200 (S207). The writing unit 124 causes the tag 31 to record progress information indicating that the cargo 300 has been loaded back onto the vehicle 100 (S208). If the predetermined time has not elapsed since the identification information was acquired for the second time in the determination of S205 (NO in S205), the progress management unit 123 returns to the determination of S204.

[Procedure for Cargo Delivery]
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the procedure for delivering cargo 300. As shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 6, a case where the delivery destination is a warehouse such as a store will be described. FIG. 6(a) shows a conventional transportation procedure for cargo 300, and FIG. 6(b) shows a transportation procedure for cargo 300 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6(a), cargo 300 is stored in a warehouse (S301), stored (S302), and then shipped (S303). When the cargo 300 is shipped, a delivery note is output for each destination, and work such as picking and attaching a label with a bar code for identifying the cargo 300 is performed.

When loading the cargo 300 onto the loading platform of the vehicle 100, the driver uses a barcode reader to perform a loading inspection of reading the barcode of the cargo 300 (S304). When loading and unloading the cargo 300 from the loading platform of the vehicle 100, the driver uses a barcode reader to read the barcode of the cargo 300 to be loaded and unloaded (S305). When the unloaded cargo 300 is to be stored in the warehouse of the destination, the driver performs a warehousing inspection for reading the barcode of the cargo 300 to be stored (S306).

In the example of FIG. 6(b), the procedure from S301 to S303 is basically the same as the conventional procedure, except that the tag 31 is attached to the cargo 300 instead of the barcode. The acquisition unit 121 acquires identification information when the cargo 300 passes near the rear door in loading the cargo 300 onto the loading platform. Therefore, the driver does not need to read the barcode of the cargo 300 with a barcode reader. The loading inspection (S304) indicated by the dashed line indicates that this procedure can be omitted.

Acquisition unit 121 acquires identification information when cargo 300 passes near the rear door during loading and unloading of cargo 300 from the loading platform. Therefore, the driver does not need to read the barcode of the cargo 300 with a barcode reader. The loading/unloading inspection (S305) and the warehousing inspection (S306) indicated by dashed lines indicate that these procedures can be omitted. In this way, the acquisition unit 121 acquires the identification information when the cargo 300 passes near the rear door, so that the driver's inspection work can be simplified when the cargo 300 is transported between warehouses.

[Effects of the notification device of this embodiment]
According to this embodiment, the progress management unit 123 manages the delivery completion information when a predetermined time has passed without obtaining the same identification information for the third time after the acquisition unit 121 has obtained the same identification information for the second time. Send to device 200 . Therefore, the driver of the vehicle 100 does not need to register in the management device 200 that the cargo has been delivered, thereby simplifying the registration work.

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist thereof. be. For example, all or part of the device can be functionally or physically distributed and integrated in arbitrary units. In addition, new embodiments resulting from arbitrary combinations of multiple embodiments are also included in the embodiments of the present invention. The effect of the new embodiment caused by the combination has the effect of the original embodiment.

1 notification device 2 information reading device 3 communication unit 11 storage unit 12 control unit 21 communication unit 22 storage unit 23 control unit 31 tag 100 vehicle 121 acquisition unit 122 identification unit 123 progress management unit 124 writing unit 200 management device 231 communication control unit 232 notification unit 300 cargo S notification system

Claims (6)

an acquisition unit that acquires identification information stored in a tag attached to a cargo from an information reader installed on a vehicle carrying the cargo;
If a predetermined time has passed without the acquisition unit acquiring the same identification information after the acquisition unit acquires the identification information after the vehicle loaded with the cargo has traveled, the identification a progress management unit that transmits information indicating that the delivery of the cargo corresponding to the information has been completed to the management device;
When the acquisition unit acquires the identification information from the tag in loading the cargo onto the vehicle, record information indicating that the loading of the cargo is completed in the tag, and load and unload the cargo. a writing unit for recording information indicating that the cargo has arrived near the destination in the tag when acquiring the identification information from the cargo in
After the writing unit records information indicating that the cargo has arrived around the destination in the tag, the progress management unit stores information indicating that the loading of the cargo has been completed and the cargo has arrived around the destination. information indicating that the cargo has been loaded is read from the tag, and progress information including the read information indicating completion of loading of the cargo and the read information indicating that the cargo has arrived near the destination is sent to the management device. Send,
Notification device. further comprising a specifying unit that specifies that the vehicle has moved,
The predetermined time is a period from when the obtaining unit obtains the identification information to when the vehicle moves without the obtaining unit further obtaining the same identification information.
The notification device according to claim 1. The progress management unit stores information indicating that the cargo has been reloaded to the vehicle when the acquisition unit acquires the same identification information after the acquisition unit acquires the identification information. transmitting to the management device;
The notification device according to claim 1 or 2. Further comprising a writing unit for recording, via the information reading device, progress information indicating a procedure that has already been completed out of a series of procedures for delivering the cargo to the tag attached to the cargo,
A notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The writing unit causes the tag to record information indicating the position at which the cargo was unloaded from the vehicle via the information reading device.
The notification device according to claim 4. A notification system comprising a vehicle-mounted notification device and a management device for managing cargo delivery,
The notification device
an acquisition unit that acquires identification information stored in a tag attached to the cargo from an information reader installed in the vehicle;
a specifying unit that further specifies the position of the vehicle;
After transmitting the position information indicating the position of the vehicle specified by the specifying unit to the management device, and after the vehicle carrying the cargo travels, the acquiring unit acquires the identification information, Furthermore, after a predetermined time has elapsed without acquiring the same identification information, a progress management unit that transmits delivery completion information indicating completion of delivery of the cargo corresponding to the identification information to the management device;
When the acquisition unit acquires the identification information from the tag in loading the cargo onto the vehicle, record information indicating that the loading of the cargo is completed in the tag, and load and unload the cargo. a writing unit for recording information indicating that the cargo has arrived near the destination in the tag when acquiring the identification information from the cargo in
After the writing unit records information indicating that the cargo has arrived around the destination in the tag, the progress management unit stores information indicating that the loading of the cargo has been completed and the cargo has arrived around the destination. information indicating that the cargo has been loaded is read from the tag, and progress information including the read information indicating completion of loading of the cargo and the read information indicating that the cargo has arrived near the destination is sent to the management device. send and
The management device
a receiver that receives the location information, the delivery completion information , and the progress information ;
When the position of the vehicle indicated by the positional information received by the receiving unit is within a predetermined distance from the scheduled delivery location where the cargo is to be loaded and unloaded, notification that the cargo will arrive at the destination of the cargo. Department and
A notification system comprising:

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