JPS62154097A - Vehicle position detecting system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to PO8 (Po1ntof) in the transportation industry, etc.
3ales) system, and particularly relates to a system configuration suitable for detecting the position of a vehicle in operation.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, there is a "path position display method using an rMCA system" disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-39299, which detects the position of a vehicle on a fixed travel route such as a bus route. Therefore, consideration was not given to logistics systems such as courier services that do not have fixed travel routes.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The above-mentioned conventional technology does not take into consideration the detection of the position of vehicles traveling on the insufficient travel route, and the #!
There was a problem that the position of the vehicle traveling in the J-style system could not be detected.

An object of the present invention is to provide a POS system that automatically and accurately determines the location of a vehicle in an operation system that performs home delivery and collection.

[Means for solving problems]

The purpose is to install a barcode reader and an MCA communication device in a vehicle used as a means of transportation, read the information in the barcode affixed to the goods at the time of home delivery or collection, and send the information to the MCA.
This is accomplished by transmitting information to a management center using the system.

[Effect]

A customer code and a product code are recorded as delivery data on the barcode affixed to the package, which is read by a barcode reader and transmitted to the collection and delivery center by an MCA communication device. By transmitting this information to the central control center via a communication line, the collection and delivery center can grasp the location of each destination visited by the vehicle.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 1st
The figure shows the overall configuration of a POS system for the transportation industry, which is the present invention. First, customer i.

An order is placed from the customer to the order receiving center 11 via a telephone line or the like. Process this order using a computer/office computer, and create a customer list (name, phone number, address, etc.)
Stores order lists such as home delivery/collection items as a database. This is called an order entry system. Based on this order list, automatic arrangements are made using communication lines at 12 factories and 13 warehouses at KNTT. Also, based on the customer list, information such as visited destinations, driving routes, visiting times, etc. is transmitted to the 14 collection/delivery (service) centers using communication lines. The 14 service centers are comprised of an MCA base station for contacting operating vehicles, a cargo collection and distribution office for outputting operation records and creating slips, and a cargo handling station for attaching barcodes to goods. The 15 means of transportation include vehicles such as trucks. Details of the devices installed in this will be described later. The 15 vehicles deliver packages from the 14 collection and delivery centers to the 10 customers, and conversely collect and deliver packages from the 10 customers. Also, during operation, it communicates with 14 collection and delivery centers via 16 MCA relay stations.

Next, the devices mounted on the 15 vehicles will be explained using FIG. 2. First, there is an MCA communication device 20, which is a means of communicating business with the 14 collection and delivery centers, and a printer 21, which outputs the contents of the communication carried out by this MCA communication.
There is an in-vehicle device device 200 consisting of. Furthermore, there is a portable device (carrying terminal) 201 consisting of a barcode reader 22 for reading barcodes affixed to packages and a keyboard 23 for recording work/delivery data, etc., and these are connected by a cord 24. Ru.

Figure 3 shows the configuration of the order center 11, customer 10, and factory 1.
2. It shows the relationship between the warehouse 13 and the collection and delivery center 14, that is, the order entry relationship. First, an order request from a customer 10 is sent to an order center 11 by telephone or input/output terminal 30. A request by telephone is input into the host computer 32 through the data input/output terminal 31 of the center 11, and directly inputted into the computer 32 from the input/output terminal 30. Here, the host computer 32 is composed of an office computer, personal computer, etc., and creates a database for an order ledger (item name, quantity, etc.), customer table, and area (customer name, address, telephone number, etc.). In addition, the first host computer 32 is connected to terminal computers in the factory 12 and warehouse 13 via a communication line, and constantly grasps the production/inventory status (production management/inventory management).
Keep that data as well. Based on these order, production, and inventory data, the host computer 32 automatically requests the factory 12 to produce and the warehouse 13 to place an order. Delivery arrangements are then made to the terminal computer 33 of the collection and delivery center 14. The arrangement contents include a delivery list, a customer list, a collection/delivery route, a destination label (barcode/label) to be affixed to the goods, etc.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the collection and delivery center 14.

Delivery arrangements sent via a communication line from the host computer 32 of the order receiving center 11 are sent to the terminal computer 3.
3, and the details of the arrangements will be sent to the collection and delivery point 40 and 40 respectively.
An instruction is sent to the cargo sorting and loading station 41. Slips are output to the cargo collection and delivery office, and conversely, the collection and delivery details from the customer 10, delivery records from the warehouse 13, etc. are sent from the cargo collection and delivery office. At the cargo sorting and loading area, cargo codes (barcodes and barcodes) are attached to the products.
(label) output instructions. Also, the MCA wireless device 42
The stopover data (driving route instructions, visiting times, etc.) of the operating vehicle is sent to the operating vehicle 15 via the MCA relay station 16.
Send to.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the vehicle-mounted device.

First, there is a microcomputer 501 that controls the entire in-vehicle installation device 200. A non-volatile memory (ROM) 502 stores operational information of the control unit 501.
'&, a volatile memory (R, AM) s03 is connected to 501 for temporarily saving and storing data. A memory cassette 50 that stores data input from the keyboard 23 and barcode reader 22 of the portable device 201 and operation records (operation time and operation speed fetc).
5 is connected to 501 via a memory cassette control circuit 504 of 504 . Further, in the MCA communication device 20, "voice calls" and "data transmission" are performed, and instruction data from the collection and delivery center 14 is outputted from the printer 21 via the printer drive circuit 506. Similar to the in-vehicle stationary device 200, the portable device 201 includes a microcomputer 507 for overall control, a control data storage ROM 508, a temporary data evacuation/storage RAM 509, and a bar code! J' data 227>jit'll-circuit 51
Microcontroller 5 via 0 (hardware 110 circuit)
It is connected to 07. Further, the keyboard 23 is also connected to the 1 microcontroller 507 via a control circuit 511 (keyboard I10 circuit). The in-vehicle stationary device 200 and the portable device 201 have respective connection plugs 512 and 51.
3 and is connected by a cord 24.

The control procedure of the POS system that detects the 11i14 position during operation in the above configuration will be described next.

FIG. 6 is an example of a control procedure for one order entry.

When an order request 60 from a customer 10 is transmitted to the order quantity center 11 via a telephone line or the like, the center transmits the order request 60 to the host computer 32.
Create and create databases for order ledgers and customer ledgers using
The update is performed at 61, and then at 62, the stock of the customer's ordered product is checked using the inventory management database. If there is stock, an order request is sent to the warehouse 13 at step 63, and the database is updated. If there is no stock or a shortage, a production request (instruction) is sent to the factory 12 in step 65, and the database for stock management and production management is updated. On the other hand, the warehouse 13 and the factory 12 receive the requests 63 and 65, respectively, and deliver the goods to the collection and delivery center at 64, and start production at 66.

In order quantity data 11, after 63 and 65, 67
Then, a delivery request (delivery list, customer list, collection and delivery route, destination label) is sent to the collection and delivery center 14 via the communication line. In response to this, the collection and delivery center begins receiving the goods at 68.

FIG. 7 is an example of a control procedure for home delivery operations. Collection and delivery center 1
4, barcode labels are affixed to articles at the cargo sorting and loading station 41 as the receiving work begins in FIG. 668. Then, at 71, the cargo is loaded onto the transport facility (vehicle) 15,
Business communication and operation start instructions are sent to the loaded vehicle, and the vehicle begins MCA communication at 72. After that, the collection and delivery center 14 will notify the vehicle 15 of the collection and delivery route, visiting time, etc. as appropriate.
and output to the printer 21. The transportation facility 15 is
From the start of MCA communication of 72, that is, from the start of operation, information to notify the vehicle's location begins to be sent.

This will be explained in detail using FIGS. 8 and 9.

FIG. 8 is an example of notification of the location of a vehicle by the transportation agency 15 when visiting a customer. First, in step 80, the customer checks the baggage, brings the portable device 201, and scans the barcode affixed to the baggage with the barcode reader 22 in step 81. Then, when returning to the vehicle, the portable device 201 and the in-vehicle stationary device 200 are connected using the cord 24. At this time 20
After the information read from the barcode (@customer code) is transmitted between 1 and 200, this customer code is automatically transmitted from the in-vehicle MCA 20 to the collection and delivery center 14 at 82 under the control of the microcontroller 501. The collection/delivery center transmits this to the order quantity printer 11 at step 83.

Since the order quantity computer 11 can search for the address from the customer machine/expansion database, the location of the vehicle of the transportation facility 150 is determined in step 84. Then, register the new vehicle position at 85.

FIG. 9 is an example of vehicle position notification when the transportation engineer 5 is moving. First, in step 90, the transportation facility 15 periodically sends the distance traveled from the previous destination (easily determined by the vehicle speed sensor) to the collection and delivery center 14 using MCA communication. The collection/delivery center transmits this to the order center 11 in step 91. Since the order center 11 maintains the vehicle travel route and customer address in the database, in step 92 it transmits the address of the last visited place and the travel route from there.4 @ Find the vehicle position based on the distance, and register the new position of the vehicle in 93.

Next, a method for handling collection and delivery requests from customers will be explained using FIG. 10. This means that rather than having the vehicle 15 at the collection/delivery center 14 pick up and deliver the request, it is better to have the vehicle 15 that is in the vicinity of the customer pick up and deliver the request.・The handling efficiency will be higher, and the response to the customer will be improved. This method shortens the time. First, a collection/delivery request 100 from a customer 10 is sent to the order center 1.
1, the center searches the database in 101 to find the accompanying vehicle near the customer, and in 102 issues additional instructions for collection and delivery work (vehicle number, customer name, new travel/L/
- etc.) to the collection and delivery center 14. The center 14 transmits this to the corresponding vehicle 15 in step 103 using MCA communication. The vehicle converts this data to 2/ in step 104 and then outputs the data to the printer 21.

Also, when visiting customers who come in on short notice,
The barcode should be prepared in advance [but at this time, prepare a barcode with a NULL code facing east in advance,
By scanning this at the time of visit, the order center IIK will be notified as shown in Figure 8, and the center 11 will receive the vehicle number, driving route, and transfer information. ! lThe destination can be determined based on distance and visit time.

As described above, by using barcodes and MCA communication, it is possible to provide a vehicle position detection system that can dynamically determine whether or not a vehicle is in operation.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, since the vehicle position can be dynamically grasped at a central center, there is an effect that operation management can be performed accurately. Further, since it is possible to additionally instruct the vehicle in operation to visit customers in the vicinity, it is possible to improve the operating rate of the vehicle in operation and to respond to customer requests more quickly.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention and its connections, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an on-board device, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of an order center, Figure 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the collection and delivery center, Figure 5 is a system configuration diagram of the in-vehicle device, Figure 6 is a flow diagram showing the control procedure for order entry, and Figure 7 is the control procedure for home delivery operations. 8 and 9 are flowcharts showing the control procedure for vehicle position detection, and FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the control procedure for issuing additional instructions to the vehicle. 10...Customer, 11...Order center, 12...Factory, 13...Warehouse, 14...Collection and delivery center, 15...
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. We have an order center that accepts orders from customers, a factory/warehouse where ordered products are manufactured and stored, a service center and transportation facilities that deliver and collect ordered products, and each is connected online via computers etc. In POS (point of sale) systems, including order entry systems, barcodes and MCA
A vehicle position detection system for operating vehicles, which is characterized in that it grasps the exact location of vehicles by sending a delivery list at the locations visited by the vehicles to an order center using wireless communication.