JPH11134389A - Traveling route generating device and portable terminal and traveling supporting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a traveling route generating device of easily and quickly preparating and changing a traveling route without necessitating any special knowledge or experience. SOLUTION: This traveling route generating device 1 is provided with a map reading means 10 for reading the map of a traveling area, person to be helped position inputting means 11 for inputting the position of a person waiting for traveling and a traveling person dispatch spot on a map, area dividing means 13 for dividing the map into blocks of prescribed width, traveling route setting means 15 for setting a traveling area so that a traveling distance to move when the traveling person dispatch spot is made a start point and an end point can be the minimum, care time calculating means 14 for calculating a total contact time between the traveling person and the person waiting for traveling, traveling area evaluating means 19 for judging whether or not the total of the care time and the moving time is within an actual activating time applied to the traveling person, and changing the traveling area by adding or deleting the block when it is beyond the time, and schedule preparing and changing means 16 for preparing and changing the schedule.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a traveling route generation support system for assisting a traveling route such as a helper for home care or a delivery company delivering goods to make a traveling route efficiently. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is estimated that the number of people who need nursing care (hereinafter referred to as "need for caregiver") will increase to 2.8 million in 2000 as the number of elderly people increases. Therefore, home care and nursing becomes important in a state where facilities for accommodating care recipients are completely lacking.

[0003] Under such circumstances, a 24-hour patrol home help service has emerged as a service form of home care and nursing, and has become popular with people requiring care. This is because, unlike the traditional stay-type service, almost one day, one helper is required according to the care plan.
This is because visiting the patrol several times a day enables the care recipients to receive the necessary services without loneliness, and reduces the need for family caregivers to wake up at night. .

[0004] Considering this, it is expected that such a traveling home help service will be a service that is accepted by society in the future.

[0005]

In this tour service, it is important to make a tour group for efficient tours and to determine a tour route therein.

[0006] Conventionally, a person who is familiar with the area in each area has made a round trip scheduling using his abundant experience. In other words, the creation of the tour depends on the knowledge and experience of a specific person.

When it is necessary to appropriately change the care plan in accordance with the living conditions of the care recipient, the change (addition / deletion / time change) of the already-established traveling route mostly depends on manual work. Have spent quite a bit of time. This makes it impossible to provide a timely service that responds to the ever-changing needs of care recipients.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a traveling route generator, a portable terminal, and a traveling support system that can easily create a traveling route without requiring special knowledge and experience.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a traveling route generator, a portable terminal, and a traveling support system that can quickly change a created traveling route.

[0010]

In order to solve this problem, a traveling route generating apparatus according to the present invention comprises a map reading means for reading a map of a region to be visited and a plurality of traveling target persons on the read map. Position input means for inputting the position of the patroller dispatch point, area dividing means for dividing the map on which the patroller is arranged into blocks of a predetermined size, and a plurality of Traveling route setting means for setting a traveling area under a traveling route in which the traveling distance to the traveling person is the shortest; time calculating means for calculating a total contact time between the traveling person and the traveling person; It is determined whether the sum of the time calculated by the calculating means and the time for moving the tour set in the tour setting means is within the actual activity time given to the patroller, and is not within the time. Block in case A patrol area evaluation means for changing the patrol area by adding or deleting, and a schedule creation / change means for creating a schedule along the determined patrol area and changing the schedule in cooperation with the patrol area evaluation means. It has.

This makes it possible to easily create an optimal traveling route without requiring special knowledge and experience.
In addition, the created traveling route can be changed quickly.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a map reading means for reading a map of an area to be patroled, and the positions of a plurality of patrol subjects and patroller dispatch points on the read map. Position input means for inputting a patrol object, an area dividing means for dividing a map in which the patrol target is arranged into blocks of a predetermined size, and a traveling distance for a plurality of patrol targets having a patrol dispatch point as a start point and an end point. Traveling route setting means for setting a traveling area based on the traveling route having the shortest traveling time, a time calculating means for calculating a total contact time between the traveling person and the traveling target person, and a time calculated by the time calculating means. It is determined whether the total of the time for moving the tour and the tour set in the tour setting means is within the actual activity time given to the tourer, and if not, the block is added or Delete and visit A tour area evaluation means for changing the schedule and a schedule creation / change means for creating a schedule along the determined tour area and changing the schedule in cooperation with the tour area evaluation means. There is an effect that an optimum traveling route can be easily created without requiring special knowledge and experience. Further, there is an effect that the created traveling route can be changed quickly.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the traveling route setting means travels one of a block closest to the patroller dispatch point and a block closest to the second. A traveling route generation device that sets a traveling route that returns to an end block by traversing a block along a row or a column from a start block and a starting block in an area as an end block, and selecting a traveling route that minimizes a moving distance. Can be easily performed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, when there is a block in which there is no contact time between the patroller and the patroller, the traveling route setting means is the same as the block. If there is a block similar to the block in the extension of the arrangement, the traveling route is not changed, and if there is no other block in the extension of the same arrangement as the block or the extension of the arrangement of the block is the same as that of the block. In the case of only a block, the traveling route generating device changes the traveling route to another block that is closest to the block and has a contact time between the circulator and the traveling target person, without moving unnecessarily. This has the effect that it is possible to efficiently patrol in the patrol area.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second or third aspect of the present invention, the change of the traveling area by the traveling area evaluation means automatically deletes blocks in column units or row units. Alternatively, it is a traveling route generating device that is added to the traveling route, and has an effect that a traveling area can be changed in a short time.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second or third aspect of the invention, the change of the tour area in the tour area evaluation means is performed by manually deleting or adding blocks individually. This is a traveling route generating device that performs a changing operation with higher accuracy along a desired time.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, when the schedule is changed by the schedule creation / change means, the name of the alternative patrol person is displayed. This is a traveling route generation device, and has an effect of being able to quickly respond to sudden changes in schedule.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal managing means for receiving data from the traveling route generating device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, and the traveling route generating device. A portable terminal having display means for displaying predetermined information to a patroller who patrols the generated patrol area, and schedule change notifying means for notifying the patroller of a schedule changed by the tour route generating device. This has the effect that the optimal traveling route at that time can be moved while the patrol person is at the traveling site.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a traveling route generator according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, and a seventh aspect of the present invention.
It is a patrol support system composed of the portable terminal described above, and the patrol person can visually recognize the optimum traveling route, and the traveling route generation side only needs to transmit data, which reduces work. It has the effect of

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration of a patrol support system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a map of a patrol area by patrols, and FIG.
Is an explanatory diagram showing the care time for the care-requiring person present in each block divided into blocks of a predetermined size, and FIG. 4 shows a traveling route in which the traveling distance between the traveling area and the care support center is the shortest. 5 (a) and 5 (b) are explanatory diagrams showing an example of a standard traveling route having the shortest moving distance in the traveling area and passing through all blocks, and FIGS. FIGS. 7A and 7B are explanatory diagrams showing a procedure for changing a traveling route when there is a block having a care time of 0.0 hours among blocks in the traveling area, and FIGS.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a created schedule.

The patrol support system according to the present embodiment generates and informs a circuit of a caregiver (patroler) such as a helper or a nurse who provides home care to a care recipient (patient). As shown in FIG. 1,
It comprises a traveling route generating device 1 for generating a traveling route, and a portable terminal 2 for notifying a caregiver of the generated traveling route.

The traveling route generator 1 reads a map of an area to be visited from a CD-ROM, for example, from a CD-ROM.
Map reading means 10 comprising an M drive; care-requiring person position input means (position input means) 11 for inputting the position of a care-requiring person and a care support center (patient dispatch point) on the read map; maps and schedules Display means 12 for displaying the information and the like, area dividing means 1 for dividing a map on which a care recipient is arranged into blocks of a predetermined size (for example, 1 km ² ).
3. Care time calculating means (time calculating means) 14 for calculating the care time derived from the care plan of the care recipient required by the care support center, so that the traveling distance to the plurality of care recipients to be patrol is the shortest. Circuit setting means 15 for setting a proper course, schedule creating / changing means 16 for creating a schedule for each tour course, and changing (adding or deleting) the created schedule, schedule storing means for storing schedule contents 17, from the patrol area evaluation means 19 for determining whether the set patrol area is valid and changing the patrol area so as to be valid if the set patrol area is not valid, and from the schedule management means 18 for controlling these means. It is configured. The traveling route setting means 15 includes an automatic course setting means 15a for automatically setting a course and a manual course setting means 15b for manually setting a course.

The portable terminal 2 has a display means 20 for displaying a schedule or the like to a caregiver, a schedule change notifying means 21 for notifying whether or not the schedule has been changed, and these two means are managed and installed at the care support center. The mobile terminal management unit 22 performs necessary data communication with the schedule management unit 18 of the traveling route generating apparatus 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the map reading means 10
On the map of the patrol area read from the CD-ROM and displayed on the display means 12, the positions of the care support center and the care recipient who needs care are input and arranged by the input means 11 such as the care recipient position. ing. As shown in the figure, care recipients are managed by numbers for convenience of management. When the care-requiring person does not need care, the number is automatically increased, and various data on the care-requiring person are also increased at the same time. As for the map, all the read data are not displayed, but only the main roads, hospitals, day service centers, and the like are limitedly displayed. The display items on the map can be arbitrarily selected by the operator.

FIG. 3 shows a map in which the care recipients shown in FIG. 2 are arranged, divided by the area dividing means 13 into blocks having a size of, for example, 1 km ² . The required care time in a predetermined work mode (one of day shift, quasi-night shift, and night shift) is determined by a care plan and displayed. However, the time shown in FIG. 3 does not include the travel time. Also,
If no care recipient is required in the divided block or no care is required in a certain work mode, 0.0 hours is displayed. Furthermore, when two or more care recipients need care in the same divided block, their total time is displayed. The size of the divided block can be freely set, and is not limited to 1 km ² described above.

FIG. 4 shows a start block and an end block of a traveling route in which the traveling distance from the care support center is shortest in a certain traveling area. The procedure for determining such a block by the automatic course setting means 15a is as follows. Among a plurality of blocks constituting a certain patrol area, the block closest to the care support center is the start block, and the block closest to the second is the end block. It is assumed that. However, the block closest to the care support center may be the end block, and the block closest to the second may be the start block. When there are a plurality of nearest blocks and a second closest block, the manual course setting means 15b allows the operator to manually select an arbitrary block from the corresponding blocks.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a standard traveling route having the shortest moving distance in a certain traveling area and passing through all blocks.

As shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), there are two typical patterns in such a standard traveling circuit, which is composed of an even number of vertical blocks constituting the traveling area. The case (FIG. 5A) and the case of an odd number (FIG.
(B)). The following describes that the moving distance in the patrol area is the shortest.

In order for the moving distance to be the shortest, every block except for the start block and the end block must enter and exit once (“enter” once and “out” once).
Times), the start block must be "out" only, and the end block must be "in" only. When the number of blocks in the traveling area is m × n, this can be expressed by the following equation.
X (mn-2) / 2 + 2/2 = mn-1.

Here, the first item is the number of blocks other than the start block and the end block, and the second item is the number of blocks of the start block and the end block. The reason for dividing by 2 is that “out” in a certain block becomes “in” of an adjacent block.

In the above, when the number of blocks shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B is respectively counted, they match the calculated values. Thus, as shown, it can be seen that the standard tour along a row or column has the shortest travel distance. When the number of vertical blocks is odd, one oblique component is inevitably included.

Here, in the standard traveling route shown in FIG. 5, there may be a case where a block having a care time of 0.0 hours is included in blocks in the traveling area. FIG. 6 shows a procedure for changing the traveling route in such a case.

First, if there is a block other than 0.0 hours in the extension of the arrangement of 0.0 time blocks, the standard tour is not changed. As shown in FIG.
Next to the time block is a 0.0 time block, but there is a 0.6 time block in an extension of the same arrangement as the block. Therefore, in this case, the circuit travels in the order of 0.3 time block, 0.0 time block, 0.0 time block, and 0.6 time block along the standard traveling route.

On the other hand, when there is no other block in the same extension as a certain block,
If the extension of the arrangement of the time blocks is only the 0.0 time block, the standard tour is changed. In the case shown in FIG. 6A, according to the standard traveling route, the 0.6 time block is followed by the 0.0 time block, but there is no block in the extension of the arrangement of the 0.6 time block. Therefore, in this case, the traveling route is changed, and the
Proceed to time block. As shown in FIG. 6B, only 0.0 time blocks exist in the extension of the arrangement of 0.0 time blocks next to 0.3 time blocks. Therefore, in this case, the tour is changed and the process proceeds from the 0.3 hour block to the 0.5 hour block.

In this way, when the traveling route setting means 15 determines the traveling route with the shortest total travel distance between the care support center and the traveling area and within the traveling area, the traveling area evaluation means 19 determines the traveling distance of the traveling area. Whether the setting is valid is determined as follows.

First, the care time calculating means 14 calculates the total care time in a certain patrol area. Next, a total travel distance is calculated by summing the travel distance between the care support center and the patrol area and the travel distance in the patrol area, and the average travel specified by the work mode (day shift, quasi-night shift, night shift) and regional characteristics. Find the time spent moving from the speed. Then, the total of the traveling time and the previous care time is obtained, and it is determined whether or not the setting of the traveling area is effective based on whether or not the total time T is within the range of the actual activity time of the patrol person such as a helper or a nurse. For example, when the actual activity time of the patrol person is 5 to 6.5 hours, it is determined whether the total time T is within the range, that is, whether 5 ≦ T ≦ 6.5 is satisfied.

On the other hand, if T <5, a new block is added. When T> 6.5, at least one block is deleted from the traveling area. At this time, when a block is automatically added or deleted, it is performed on a column basis or on a row basis so as to facilitate processing in a short time. Alternatively, necessary blocks are manually added or deleted using a mouse pointer or the like so that T takes a value as close to 6.5 or as close to 5 as possible, that is, to increase the accuracy of the result. Then, after the block is added or deleted in this way, a process of determining whether the setting of the traveling area is valid is performed again.

When an effective patrol area is determined in this way, a schedule for each course as shown in FIG. 7 is created, displayed on the display means 12, and stored in the schedule storage means 17. Further, the information is displayed to the patrol person by the display means 20 via the portable terminal management means 22.

Here, when a change (addition or deletion) of care from the care-requiring person occurs, the following processing is performed by the schedule creating / changing means 16 so that it can be quickly and accurately dealt with. It has become.

First, when adding care, the care-requiring person adds the care time to the corresponding block. Also,
In the case of deletion, the care-requiring person subtracts the care time from the corresponding block. Next, the traveling route in which the traveling distance in the traveling area is the shortest is determined again.

In the case of addition, a process for determining whether or not the setting of the traveling area is valid is performed. When the setting is not valid, the following process is performed. In other words, about three part-time patrols (alternate patrols) that are close in distance to the additional care recipient
Display the name and contact information of the person, so that the operator can contact the person and go to a convenient person. Even if it is a valid patrol area, if a change (addition) is urgent, or if a patroller at the site has already patrolled ahead of the changed trolley, a part-time patroller is similarly arranged. It will not be made available to patrolers on site.

When the change of the patrol area is effective, the schedule change notifying means 21 notifies the portable terminal carried by the patrol person at the site of the change to notify the user of the change. Sound, image, vibration, and the like are used for the notification. The patroller who has noticed that the change has been made receives the data of the change content from the care support center by radio or by priority using the portable terminal, and displays this data on the display means 20.
Use to display the changes on the screen.

Although the setting of the tour route when a helper or nurse for home care visits the care recipient has been described above, the present invention is also applicable to a case where a delivery company for delivering goods is used for the tour. It can be widely applied to setting of traveling routes for circulators, such as setting of traveling routes.

[0044]

As described above, according to the traveling route generating apparatus of the present invention, an effective effect that an optimal traveling route can be easily created without requiring special knowledge and experience is obtained. .

According to the traveling route generator of the present invention,
There is an effective effect that the created traveling route can be changed quickly.

As a result, there is an effective effect that the traveling efficiency can be improved by integrating the traveling route generation side with the traveling person.

By setting a tour that returns from a predetermined start block to an end block, it is possible to obtain an effective effect that it is possible to easily select a tour that minimizes the moving distance.

When there is a block in which there is no contact time between the patroller and the patroller, the traversing area is not changed or a predetermined change is made, so that the patrol area can be efficiently moved without unnecessary movement. An effective effect of being able to patrol is obtained.

By performing the change of the tour area by automatically deleting or adding blocks in units of columns or rows, it is possible to obtain an effective effect that the tour area can be changed in a short time. Can be

By manually deleting or adding blocks to the change of the tour area individually, it is possible to obtain an effective effect that a more accurate change operation can be performed along a desired time.

By displaying the name of the alternative patroller when the schedule is changed, an effective effect of being able to quickly respond to a sudden schedule change is obtained.

According to the portable terminal of the present invention, it is possible to obtain an effective effect that the patroller can move the optimal cruising route at that time while staying at the patrol site.

According to the traveling support system of the present invention, the traveling person can visually recognize the optimal traveling route, and the traveling route generating side only needs to transmit data, which reduces the work. Effective effects can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration of a patrol support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a map of a patrol area by patrolers;

FIG. 3 divides the map of FIG. 2 into blocks of a predetermined size,
Explanatory diagram showing the care time for the care recipient in each block

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a start block and an end block of a traveling route in which the traveling distance between the traveling area and the care support center is the shortest.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are explanatory diagrams showing an example of a standard traveling route having the shortest moving distance in a traveling area and passing through all blocks;

FIGS. 6A and 6B are explanatory diagrams showing a procedure for changing a traveling route when there is a block having a care time of 0.0 hours among blocks in the traveling area.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a created schedule;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Touring circuit generation apparatus 2 Portable terminal 10 Map reading means 11 Care-requiring person position input means (position inputting means) 12 Display means 13 Area dividing means 14 Care time calculating means (time calculating means) 15 Touring route setting means 15a Automatic course Setting means 15b Manual course setting means 16 Schedule creation / change means 17 Schedule storage means 18 Schedule management means 19 Tour area evaluation means 20 Display means 21 Schedule change notification means 22 Mobile terminal management means

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A map reading means for reading a map of a region to be patroled, position input means for inputting a plurality of patrol targets and positions of patrol dispatch points on the read map, Area dividing means for dividing the placed map into blocks of a predetermined size; and a circuit for minimizing a traveling distance to the plurality of patrol targets having the patroller dispatch point as a starting point and an ending point. Circuit setting means for setting a tour area; time calculating means for calculating a total contact time between the patroller and the tour subject; and time calculated by the time calculating means and the circuit setting means. It is determined whether or not the sum of the time for moving the set traveling route and the actual traveling time given to the patroller is within a predetermined range. A traveling area evaluation means for changing the traveling area; and a schedule creating / changing means for creating a schedule along the determined traveling area and changing the schedule in cooperation with the traveling area evaluation means. A traveling route generating apparatus characterized by the following. 2. The traveling route setting means, wherein one of the block closest to the patroller dispatch point and the block closest to the second is a start block in the traveling area, and the other is an end block, 2. The traveling route generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a traveling route that circulates the block from a block along a row or a column and returns to the end block is set. 3. The traveling route setting means, when there is the block having no contact time between the traveling person and the traveling subject, when the same block as the extended block exists in the same arrangement as the extended block. Without changing the traveling route, if there is no other block in the extension of the same arrangement as the block or if the extension of the arrangement of the block is only the same block as the block, the closest to the block and the 3. The traveling route generating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the traveling route is changed to another block having a contact time between the traveling person and the traveling target person. 4. The traveling circuit according to claim 1, wherein the traveling area is changed by the traveling area evaluation means by automatically deleting or adding blocks in units of columns or rows. Generator. 5. The traveling route generator according to claim 1, wherein the traveling area is changed by the traveling area evaluation means by manually deleting or adding blocks individually. 6. The traveling route generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the schedule is changed by the schedule creating / changing means, the name of the alternative patroller is displayed. 7. A portable terminal managing means for receiving data from the traveling route generator according to any one of claims 1 to 6, and a circulator traveling through the traveling area generated by the traveling route generator. A portable terminal, comprising: display means for displaying predetermined information on the other hand; and schedule change notifying means for notifying a patroler of a schedule changed by the traveling route generating device. 8. A traveling support system comprising the traveling route generating device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 and the portable terminal according to claim 7.