JP7281376B2 - delivery system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to delivery systems.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it is known to once collect deliveries (parcels) from a plurality of suppliers to a relay facility and then deliver them from the relay facility to a plurality of ordering parties (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-211753

However, the delivery of the deliverables described in Patent Document 1 requires a deliverer who delivers the deliverables from a plurality of suppliers to the relay facility, and a deliverer who delivers the deliveries from the relay facility to the multiple order recipients. is. The delivery of items described in Patent Document 1 cannot cope with the increase in items to be delivered in recent years, and there is a problem that the items to be delivered cannot be delivered smoothly due to a shortage of deliverers.

To provide a delivery system capable of stably securing a delivery person who delivers a delivery item from a physical distribution base to a destination and improving the delivery efficiency.

The present invention [1] relates to a plurality of deliveries to be delivered to a distribution center, and includes delivery-item information including at least the destination of the delivery items, and a delivery item destined for oneself at the distribution center and addressed to another person. and a storage unit for storing applicant information on an applicant who desires delivery of the delivery item, and a delivery item addressed to the applicant is carried to the distribution base based on the delivery item information and the applicant information. and a control unit for determining whether or not the item to be delivered is delivered to the distribution base, wherein the control unit extracts, from the applicant information, specific information about a specific applicant whose delivery item is brought into the distribution base, and extracts from the applicant information, the specific information and a delivery system for determining, based on the delivery item information, a delivery item addressed to another person to be delivered by the specific applicant from among a plurality of items to be delivered carried into the distribution center.

According to such a configuration, the control unit extracts, from the applicant information, the specific information about the specific applicant whose delivery item is brought into the distribution base. Therefore, it is possible to identify the applicant whose delivery item addressed to him/herself has been brought to the distribution base, and notify the specified applicant that the delivery item addressed to him/herself has been brought to the distribution base. As a result, the specific applicant can receive the delivery addressed to him/herself at the physical distribution base.

Further, the control unit determines a delivery item to be delivered by a specific applicant and addressed to another person, among the plurality of delivery items carried into the distribution base, based on the specific information and the delivery item information. Therefore, a specific applicant can receive a delivery addressed to himself/herself and a delivery addressed to another person to be delivered at the distribution base, and can deliver the delivery from the distribution base to the destination.

In other words, a person who wishes to receive a delivery addressed to himself/herself at a distribution base can deliver a delivery addressed to another person, so that it is possible to stably secure a delivery person who will deliver the delivery from the distribution base to the destination, thereby improving the efficiency of delivery. can be planned.

The present invention [2] is the delivery according to [1] above, wherein the control unit calculates a delivery route starting from the distribution base and going around the destination based on the specific information and the delivery destination information. contains the system.

According to such a configuration, the control unit calculates a delivery route starting from the physical distribution base and going around the destination, so that a specific requester can more efficiently deliver a delivery item addressed to another person.

According to the delivery system of the present invention, it is possible to stably secure deliverers who deliver deliveries from distribution bases to destinations, and to improve delivery efficiency.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the delivery system of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a delivery route that goes around a plurality of destinations from the physical distribution base shown in FIG.

A delivery system 1 as one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a delivery system 1 allows an applicant to receive a delivery item addressed to him/herself at a distribution center 10 where a plurality of delivery items are brought in, and deliver a delivery item addressed to another person from the distribution center 10. It is a system that supports Note that the distribution base 10 is a facility where a plurality of items to be delivered are sorted after being brought in once and each item to be delivered is shipped to the destination. ) and the like.

The delivery system 1 includes a control unit 2 , a database 3 as an example of a storage unit, a communication unit 4 , a mobile terminal 8 and a reader 5 .

The control unit 2 can extract information from the database 3 . Based on the information stored in the database 3, the control unit 2 determines whether or not the delivery item 11 destined for the applicant has been carried into the distribution base 10. A delivery item 11 is determined. The control unit 2 includes a central processing unit (CPU), ROM, RAM, and the like.

The database 3 is communicably connected to the control unit 2 by wire and/or wirelessly. The database 3 includes a delivery item information storage area 7 and an applicant information storage area 6 .

The delivery item information storage area 7 stores delivery item information related to a plurality of delivery items 11 carried into the physical distribution base 10 . The delivery item information includes at least the destination of the delivery item 11, and more specifically includes the address of the delivery item 11 (recipient's name) and the address of the recipient (address of the recipient). The address of the delivery item 11 and the address of the addressee are stored in the delivery item information storage area 7 in association with each other. In addition, the delivery item information may further include the desired delivery time of the delivery item and the content of the delivery item. The delivery item information is stored in the delivery item information storage area 7 by the control unit 2 when the delivery item 11 is carried into the distribution center 10, as will be described later in detail.

The applicant information storage area 6 stores applicant information on applicants who wish to receive the delivery item 11 addressed to themselves at the physical distribution base 10 and who desire delivery of the delivery item 11 addressed to others. Applicants are registrants registered in the delivery system 1 in advance, and applicant information is stored in the applicant information storage area 6 in advance. Applicant information includes, for example, the applicant's name, applicant's address, and applicant's contact information (eg, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.). The applicant's name, address and contact information are associated with each other and stored in the applicant information storage area 6 . In addition, the applicant information may further include the time period during which the delivery item 11 can be received at the distribution base 10, and the like.

The communication unit 4 is connected to the control unit 2 by wire and/or wirelessly. Also, the communication unit 4 can communicate with the mobile terminal 8 via a communication network (not shown). The communication unit 4 can transmit a signal to the mobile terminal 8 under the control of the control unit 2 .

The mobile terminal 8 is owned by each applicant. Therefore, when there are multiple applicants, the delivery system 1 includes multiple mobile terminals 8 . Examples of the mobile terminal 8 include a mobile phone, a smart phone, a tablet computer, and the like.

A reader 5 is placed at a distribution base 10 . A reader 5 is connected to the control unit 2 by wire and/or wirelessly. The reader 5 reads delivery item information of the delivery item 11 at the distribution base 10 and transmits the delivery item information to the control unit 2 . In this embodiment, the delivery item 11 is provided with a code indicating delivery item information related to the delivery item 11, and the reader 5 reads the delivery item information from the code and transmits the delivery item information to the control unit 2. .

<Receipt of deliveries at distribution bases and delivery of deliveries from distribution bases>
Next, reception of the delivery item 11 in the delivery system 1 and delivery of the delivery item 11 from the distribution base 10 will be described.

In the delivery system 1 , the reader 5 reads the delivery item information of the delivery item 11 and transmits the delivery item information to the control unit 2 every time the delivery item 11 is brought into the distribution base 10 . Then, the control unit 2 stores the received delivery item information in the delivery item information storage area 7 . As a result, delivery item information relating to a plurality of items to be delivered 11 carried into the physical distribution base 10 is accumulated in the delivery item information storage area 7 .

The control unit 2 extracts delivery item information from the delivery item information storage area 7 and applicant information from the applicant information storage area 6 every predetermined time, and based on the delivery item information and the applicant information, It is determined whether or not the delivery item 11 addressed to the applicant has been carried into the physical distribution base 10.例文帳に追加

More specifically, the control unit 2 determines whether or not the destination of the item to be delivered (a set of the name and address) that matches the set of the applicant's name and address is included in the information on the item to be delivered. Then, when the destination of the delivery item that matches the name and address of the applicant is included in the delivery item information, the control unit 2 determines that the delivery item 11 addressed to the applicant has been carried into the distribution base 10 .

In addition, when the delivery item 11 addressed to the applicant has not been carried into the distribution center 10 (when the delivery item information does not include the destination of the delivery item that matches the set of the applicant's name and address), the control unit 2 , terminate the process.

Next, when the delivery item 11 addressed to the applicant has been carried into the distribution base 10, the control unit 2 controls the specific applicant (hereinafter simply referred to as the specific from the applicant information. More specifically, the control unit 2 extracts the name, address and contact information of a specific applicant from the applicant information.

Next, based on the contact information of the specific applicant, the control unit 2 notifies the portable terminal 8 owned by the specific applicant from the communication unit 4 that the delivery item 11 has been carried into the distribution base 10. . As a result, the specific applicant visits the physical distribution base 10 after recognizing that the delivery item 11 addressed to him/herself has been brought to the physical distribution base 10 .

In addition, based on the specific information and the delivery item information, the control unit 2 selects the delivery items 11 destined for another person to be delivered from the distribution base 10 by a specific applicant among the plurality of deliveries 11 carried into the distribution base 10 . to decide. For example, based on the address of the specific applicant and the address of the recipient included in the delivery item information, the control unit 2 determines that the address of the recipient is within a predetermined range (for example, within a radius of 20 km) from the address of the specific applicant. ) is determined as the delivery item to be delivered by the applicant. The number of deliveries 11 to be delivered by a specific applicant may be one or two or more, but preferably two or more from the viewpoint of delivery efficiency.

Next, based on the specific information and the delivery item information, the control unit 2 selects a delivery route starting from the distribution center 10, going around the destination (address of the delivery item 11), and reaching the address of the specific applicant. calculate. For example, the control unit 2 determines the delivery order of the destinations of the delivery item 11 so that the length of the delivery route is relatively short.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a detailed description will be given of a mode in which a plurality of delivery items 11 carried into a distribution base 10 include delivery items 11 addressed to three applicants A to C. . Based on the delivery item information and the applicant information, the control unit 2 determines that the delivery items 11 addressed to the applicants A to C have been brought into the distribution base 10, and then confirms the names of the applicants A to C, Extract address and contact information from applicant information. Then, the control unit 2 notifies the mobile terminal 8 owned by each applicant that the delivery item 11 addressed to the applicant has been brought into the distribution base 10 (see FIG. 1).

Next, the control unit 2 determines items to be delivered by each of the applicants A to C. In FIG. 2, for convenience, addresses a1 to a3 are located within a predetermined range from the address of applicant A, addresses b1 to b4 are located within a predetermined range from the address of applicant B, and Addresses c1 and c2 are located within a predetermined range from applicant C's address.

Therefore, the control unit 2 determines the three delivery items 11 whose destination addresses are a1 to a3 as delivery items to be delivered by the applicant A, and the four delivery items 11 whose destination addresses are b1 to b4. The items to be delivered by person B are determined, and two items to be delivered 11 whose destination addresses are c1 and c2 are determined to be items to be delivered by applicant C.

Next, the control unit 2 sets a delivery route R1 starting from the physical distribution center 10, going around the addresses a1 to a3 of the destination in order, and reaching the address of the applicant A, ∼ b4 in order to reach the address of the applicant B, and a delivery route R3 starting from the distribution center 10, going around the destination addresses c1 and c2 in order and reaching the address of the applicant C. calculate.

Then, when specific applicants (each of applicants A to C) receive the delivery item 11 addressed to them at the distribution base 10, they also receive the delivery item 11 addressed to others to be delivered, and follow the delivery routes (R1 to R3). ), the delivery item 11 is delivered from the physical distribution base 10 to each destination address.

<Effect>
As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 2 extracts, from the applicant information, specific information about a specific applicant whose delivery item 11 is brought into the distribution base 10 . Therefore, it is possible to specify the applicant whose delivery item 11 addressed to him/herself is carried to the distribution base 10, and to inform the specified applicant that the delivery item 11 addressed to him/herself is carried to the distribution base 10. - 特許庁As a result, the specific applicant can receive the delivery item 11 addressed to him/herself at the distribution center 10 .

However, in the delivery of the delivery item 11, there is a case where the recipient is not at the address of the destination, the delivery item cannot be received, and the delivery item needs to be redelivered. In particular, if all deliverables 11 brought into the distribution base 10 are delivered from the distribution base 10 to their destinations, there is a risk that redistribution of the deliverables will increase significantly.

On the other hand, in the delivery system 1, since a specific applicant receives the delivery item 11 addressed to him/herself at the distribution base 10, when all the delivery items 11 brought into the distribution base 10 are delivered from the distribution base 10 to the destination. Compared to , it is possible to reduce redelivery of items to be delivered, and to improve the efficiency of delivery.

Based on the specific information and the delivery item information, the control unit 2 determines a delivery item 11 to be delivered by a specific applicant and addressed to another person among the plurality of items to be delivered 11 carried into the distribution center 10 . Therefore, a specific applicant can receive the delivery item 11 addressed to him/herself at the physical distribution base 10, receive the delivery item 11 addressed to another person to be delivered, and deliver the delivery item 11 from the physical distribution base 10 to the destination.

In other words, since a person who wishes to receive the delivery item 11 addressed to himself/herself at the distribution base 10 can deliver the delivery item 11 addressed to another person, it is possible to stably secure a deliverer who delivers the delivery item 11 from the distribution base 10 to the destination. Delivery can be made more efficient.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 2 calculates a delivery route starting from the distribution base 10 and going around the destination. Therefore, a specific applicant can more efficiently deliver the delivery item 11 addressed to another person.

<Modification>
In the embodiment described above, the control unit 2 calculates the delivery route, but the present invention is not limited to this. The control unit 2 does not need to calculate a delivery route if the delivery item 11 addressed to another person to be delivered by a specific applicant can be determined. On the other hand, from the viewpoint of efficient delivery, the above-described embodiment is preferable.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the delivery system 1 includes the communication unit 4 and the mobile terminal 8, but the configuration of the delivery system 1 is not limited to this, and the communication unit 4 and the mobile terminal 8 may be omitted. . In this case, for example, an operator stationed at the management facility of the control unit 2 notifies the specific applicant extracted by the control unit 2 that the delivery item 11 has been brought into the distribution base 10 .

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the delivery system 1 includes the reader 5, and the reader 5 reads delivery item information from the code given to each delivery item 11, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the delivery system 1 may have an input device instead of the reader 5 . In this case, the user inputs delivery item information of the delivery item 11 to the input device at the distribution base 10 . The input device transmits the input delivery item information to the control unit 2 .

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the control unit 2 determines the delivery item to be delivered by the specific applicant to another person based on the address of the specific applicant and the address of the recipient included in the information on the delivery item. However, the invention is not so limited.

For example, the control unit 2 determines whether a specific applicant can It may be determined that the item to be delivered is addressed to another person. Further, the control unit 2 may determine a delivery item to be delivered by a specific applicant and addressed to another person, based on the address of the specific applicant and the contents of the delivery item.

The delivery system 1 may include the control unit 2, the database 3, and the communication unit 4 separately, or may be configured as a computer including the control unit 2, the database 3, and the communication unit 4 integrally.

These modifications can also provide the same effects as the above-described embodiment.

1 delivery system 2 control unit 3 database

Claims (2)

With regard to a plurality of deliveries to be carried into a distribution base, delivery-item information including at least the destination of the deliveries, and wishing to receive the delivery addressed to oneself at the said distribution base and wishing to deliver the delivery addressed to another person a storage unit that stores applicant information about applicants who wish to
a control unit that determines, based on the delivery item information and the applicant information, whether or not the delivery item addressed to the applicant has been carried into the distribution base;
The control unit
Extracting specific information about a specific applicant whose delivery item is being delivered to the distribution base from the applicant information,
A delivery, characterized in that, based on the specific information and the delivery item information, a delivery item to be delivered by the specific applicant and addressed to another person is determined from among a plurality of items to be delivered carried into the distribution base. system. The control unit
2. The delivery system according to claim 1, wherein a delivery route starting from said physical distribution base and going around said destination is calculated based on said specific information and said delivery item information.

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