JPWO2018138927A1 - INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Google Patents

Abstract

The borrowing request receiving unit (202) receives a borrowing request for asking for borrowing of agricultural equipment, in which a lending destination area that is an area where the agricultural equipment is to be borrowed is indicated. The matching generation unit (206) is a loan candidate that can be lent from each lending source area to the lending destination area for each combination of the plurality of lending source areas where the plurality of lending candidate agricultural tools are located and the lending destination area. The farm equipment is counted, and based on the count result, a loan origin area from which the loan candidate farm equipment is lent to the loan destination area is selected from the plurality of lend origin areas.

Description

  The present invention relates to lending of agricultural equipment.

Patent Document 1 discloses a technology that enables lending and borrowing of agricultural tools. More specifically, in Patent Document 1, when the farmer registers the rental condition of the farm equipment in the server device and the farmer in another region agrees on the rental condition, the farmer in the other region receives the server device. It is disclosed that the agricultural machinery can be borrowed.
In addition, in this specification, an agricultural tool is a machine used for agriculture, a tool, for example, is a tractor, a rice transplanter, a bush cutter, a pump, a fertilizer mixer etc.

JP 2003-168057 A

  According to the technology of Patent Document 1, since matching of lending of farm equipment is individually performed, farm equipment to be lent is individually transported from the lending source area to the lending destination area. For this reason, in the technique of patent document 1, the subject that the transportation cost of agricultural machinery becomes high occurs.

  The main object of the present invention is to solve such problems. More specifically, the present invention has as its main object to reduce the cost of transporting agricultural machinery from a loan source area to a loan destination area.

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is
A borrowing request receiving unit for receiving a borrowing request for requesting borrowing of agricultural machinery, wherein a lending destination area where the agricultural machinery is borrowed is indicated;
For each combination of a plurality of loan origin areas, which are areas where a plurality of loan candidate farm equipments are located, and the loan destination area, the loan candidate farm equipment that can be lent to the loan destination area from each loan origin area is counted and counted. And a selection unit configured to select a lending source area for lending lending candidate agricultural tools to the lending destination area among the plurality of lending source areas based on the result.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to select a lending source area where a large number of agricultural machinery can be lent together in the lending destination area. Therefore, according to the present invention, transportation costs can be reduced by transporting a large number of agricultural tools at once.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The figure which shows the structural example of the agricultural-machines rental system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a server apparatus according to the first embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the data flow in the agricultural-machines rental system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows the example of the data flow in the agricultural-machines rental system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows the structural example of the agricultural-machines rental system which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a server apparatus according to a second embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the data flow in the agricultural-machines rental system which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. The figure which shows the example of the data flow in the agricultural-machines rental system which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a server apparatus according to Embodiments 1 and 2.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description of the embodiments and drawings, the same reference numerals denote the same or corresponding parts.

Embodiment 1
*** Description of the configuration ***
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a farm equipment rental system according to a first embodiment.
The agricultural equipment rental system according to the present embodiment includes a network 101, a server device 102, a carrier terminal device 103, a maintenance agent terminal device 104, a borrowing applicant terminal device 105, and a lending applicant terminal device 106. The server device 102, the carrier terminal device 103, the maintenance agent terminal device 104, the borrowing applicant terminal device 105, and the lending applicant terminal device 106 are connected via the network 101. The network 101 is, for example, the Internet.

The loan requester terminal device 106 is a terminal device used by a person who desires to lend agricultural machinery (hereinafter referred to as a loan requester). The loan requester terminal device 106 is, for example, a PC (Personal Computer). Further, it is assumed that there are a plurality of loan requester terminal devices 106. The applicant for loan is, for example, an agricultural worker.
The borrowing applicant terminal device 105 is a terminal device used by a person who wants to borrow agricultural machinery (hereinafter referred to as a borrowing applicant). The borrowing applicant terminal device 105 is also, for example, a PC. Further, it is assumed that there are a plurality of borrowing requester terminal devices 105 as well. The borrower is, for example, an agricultural worker.

  The server device 102 mediates the lending of agricultural tools between the lending requester and the borrowing requester. The server apparatus 102 corresponds to an information processing apparatus. Further, the operation performed by the server device 102 corresponds to an information processing method and an information processing program.

The carrier terminal device 103 is a terminal device used by a carrier of a farm tool. The carrier terminal device 103 is, for example, a PC. Further, it is assumed that a plurality of carrier terminal devices 103 exist.
The maintenance contractor terminal device 104 is a terminal device used by a maintenance contractor of a farm tool. The maintenance worker terminal device 104 is also, for example, a PC. In addition, a plurality of maintenance worker terminal devices 104 are also present.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the functional configuration of the server apparatus 102, and FIG. 9 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the server apparatus 102.
First, a hardware configuration example of the server apparatus 102 will be described with reference to FIG.

The server device 102 is a computer.
The server device 102 includes a processor 701, a storage device 702, and a communication device 703 as hardware.
The storage unit 702 includes a network communication control unit 201, a borrowing request receiving unit 202, a lending request receiving unit 204, a matching generation unit 206, a maintenance contract auction management unit 208, a transport contract auction management unit 210, and a matching execution unit shown in FIG. A program for realizing the function of the market information disclosing unit 213 is stored.
The processor 701 executes these programs to execute a network communication control unit 201, a borrowing request receiving unit 202, a lending request receiving unit 204, a matching generation unit 206, a maintenance contract auction managing unit 208, and a transport contract auction managing unit 210, which will be described later. The operations of the matching execution unit 212 and the market price information disclosure unit 213 are performed.
In FIG. 3, the processor 701 is the network communication control unit 201, the borrowing request receiving unit 202, the lending request receiving unit 204, the matching generating unit 206, the maintenance contract auction managing unit 208, the transport contract auction managing unit 210, the matching executing unit 212, and the market price. A state in which a program for realizing the function of the information disclosure unit 213 is being executed is schematically shown.
In addition, the storage unit 702 includes a borrowing request storage unit 203, a lending request storage unit 205, a matching information storage unit 207, a maintenance contract result storage unit 209, a transport contract result storage unit 211, and a market price information database (Database) 214 shown in FIG. Configure
The communication device 703 communicates with the carrier terminal device 103, the maintenance worker terminal device 104, the borrowing applicant terminal device 105, and the lending applicant terminal device 106 via the network 101.

  Next, the functional configuration of the server apparatus 102 will be described with reference to FIG.

  A network communication control unit 201 controls communication with the network 101.

The borrowing request receiving unit 202 receives, through the network communication control unit 201, the borrowing request transmitted from the borrowing requester terminal device 105. The borrowing request is a message for requesting borrowing of agricultural equipment. The borrowing request shows the terms and conditions of borrowing and the loan destination area. In the borrowing conditions, the type, specification and quantity of agricultural equipment to be borrowed, the borrowing period, the desired borrowing fee and the like are described. The loan destination area is an area where agricultural equipment is borrowed.
The borrowing request reception unit 202 stores the received borrowing request in the borrowing request storage unit 203.
The operation performed by the borrowing request reception unit 202 corresponds to borrowing request reception processing.

  The borrowing request storage unit 203 stores the borrowing request.

The lending request reception unit 204 receives the lending request transmitted from the prospective lending customer terminal device 106 via the network communication control unit 201. The lending request is a message for requesting lending of agricultural equipment. The loan request indicates the lending conditions and the loan origin area. In the lending conditions, the type, specification and quantity of agricultural tools to be borrowed, the lending period, the desired lending fee, etc. are described. The loan origin area is the area where agricultural equipment is located. In addition, below, the agricultural machinery for which the lending request has been issued, that is, the agricultural machinery that is a candidate for lending is referred to as a candidate lending agricultural tool.
The loan request reception unit 204 stores the received loan request in the loan request storage unit 205.

  The lending request storage unit 205 stores the lending request.

The matching generation unit 206 performs matching between the borrowing applicant and the lending applicant.
In other words, the matching generation unit 206 selects a lending source area that lends the lending candidate agricultural tool to the lending destination area.
More specifically, the matching generation unit 206 reads the borrowing request from the borrowing request storage unit 203, and reads the lending request from the lending request storage unit 205. Then, the matching generation unit 206 counts, for each combination of the plurality of lending source areas and the lending destination area, lending candidate agricultural tools that can be borrowed from each lending source area to the lending destination area. That is, the matching generation unit 206 counts, by the unit of the lending source area, the lending candidate agricultural equipment of the prospective borrower who presents the lending condition that matches the borrowing condition. Then, based on the counting result, the matching generation unit 206 selects a lending source area in which the lending candidate agricultural equipment is lent to the lending destination area. In addition, when two or more lending source areas for lending lending candidate agricultural tools to the lending destination area are selected based on the counting result, matching generation section 206 selects each combination of two or more lending source areas and the lending destination area. Calculate the distance from each loan source area to the loan destination area. Then, based on the calculated distance, the matching generation unit 206 selects a lending source area from which the lending candidate agricultural tool is lent to the lending destination area out of the two or more lending source areas. Then, the matching generation unit 206 generates matching information that associates the borrowing candidate, the lending candidate located in the selected lending source area, and the lending candidate agricultural tool of the lending candidate, and generates the matching information as matching information. It is stored in the storage unit 207.
As described above, the matching generation unit 206 selects the lending candidate agricultural tools to be lent to the borrower under the first condition that the plurality of lending candidate agricultural tools in the same area can be collectively lent to the lending destination area. . In addition, when two or more loan origin areas are selected under the first condition, matching generation unit 206 lends the borrowing candidate the second condition that the movement distance to the loan destination area is minimized. Select a loan candidate agricultural equipment.
In addition, as long as the first condition and the second condition are applied, any method may be used to match the borrowing applicant and the lending applicant by the matching generation unit 206.
As the matching generation unit 206 operates as described above, it becomes possible to lend agricultural tools together from the fallow season area (lending source area) to the agricultural season season area (lending destination area), thereby reducing the transportation cost of the agricultural tools. can do.
The matching generation unit 206 corresponds to a selection unit. Further, the operation performed by the matching generation unit 206 corresponds to the selection process.

  The matching information storage unit 207 stores the matching information.

The transport contract auction management unit 210 manages an auction for the contract of transportation of the loan candidate agricultural tool from the loan source area selected by the matching generation unit 206 to the loan destination area.
That is, the transport contract auction management unit 210 transmits transport auction information to the carrier terminal device 103 based on the matching information, and urges the transport contractor to transport the agricultural machinery from the loan source area to the loan destination area. The transport auction information indicates, for example, a list of agricultural tools to be transported from the loan source area to the loan destination area, and the transport time. Then, the transport contract auction management unit 210 selects a transport company that transports the agricultural machinery based on the bid result from the transporter terminal device 103 for the auction.
Then, the transport contract auction management unit 210 generates transport contract result information indicating the selection result of the transport company, and stores the generated transport contract result information in the transport contract result storage unit 211.

  The transport contract result storage unit 211 stores transport contract result information.

The maintenance contract auction management unit 208 manages an auction for a maintenance contract for a loan candidate agricultural tool to be lent to the loan destination area from the loan source area selected by the matching generation unit 206.
That is, the maintenance contract auction management unit 208 transmits the maintenance auction information to the maintenance contractor terminal device 104 based on the matching information, and urges the maintenance contractor to contract maintenance of the agricultural machinery to be lent from the loan source area to the loan destination area. The transport auction information indicates, for example, a list of agricultural tools to be transported from the loan source area to the loan destination area, and the transport time. Then, the maintenance contract auction management unit 208 selects a maintenance contractor who performs maintenance of the agricultural machinery based on a bid result from the maintenance contractor terminal device 104 for the auction.
Then, the maintenance contract auction management unit 208 generates maintenance contract result information indicating the selection result of the maintenance contractor, and stores the generated maintenance contract result information in the maintenance contract result storage unit 209.

  The maintenance contract result storage unit 209 stores maintenance contract result information.

  The matching execution unit 212 notifies, for example, the type of the agricultural machine to be borrowed to the borrowing applicant, the borrowing period, and the borrowing fee to the borrowing applicant. The matching execution unit 212 also notifies the borrower of the estimated result of the transportation cost and the estimated result of the maintenance cost. Further, the matching execution unit 212 makes a transportation request to the carrier and a maintenance request to the maintenance agent. In addition, the matching execution unit 212 performs acceptance processing for payment of the borrowing fee, the transportation cost, and the maintenance cost from the borrowing applicant. In addition, the matching execution unit 212 performs processing of payment of a loan fee to the prospective loan, processing of payment of transportation cost to the carrier, and processing of payment of maintenance cost to the maintenance provider.

  The market price information disclosing unit 213 transmits the market price information to the borrowing applicant terminal device 105 and the lending applicant terminal device 106. The market price information indicates at least one of the past market price of the farm equipment loan rate, the current status of the farm equipment loan, the desired loan cost of the farm equipment, and the desired borrowing charge of the farm equipment.

  The market price information DB 214 stores market price information.

*** Description of operation ***
Next, an operation example in the agricultural equipment lending system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.
FIG.3 and FIG.4 shows the data flow in the agricultural-machines rental system which concerns on this Embodiment.

  The loan requester of the agricultural machine transmits a request for loan to the server device 102 using the loan requester terminal device 106 (step S306). The lending request includes, for example, the name, address, contact address (telephone number, E-mail address, etc.) of the prospective applicant, the type, specification and quantity of agricultural equipment to which it is requested, the lending period, and the desired lending fee. The applicant may change the desired loan fee depending on the time. In addition, the applicant may set a minimum lending price. In addition, the lending requester can view the rate information provided by the rate information disclosing unit 213 and set a desired lending rate.

  Further, the applicant for borrowing the agricultural machine transmits a borrowing request using the borrowing candidate terminal device 105 (step S307). The borrowing request includes the name, address, contact information (telephone number, E-mail address, etc.) of the borrowing applicant, the type, specification and quantity of the agricultural equipment to be borrowed, the borrowing period, and the desired borrowing price. The borrowing applicant can browse the market price information provided by the market price information disclosing unit 213 and set a desired borrowing charge.

In the server apparatus 102, the borrowing request receiving unit 202 receives the borrowing request via the network communication control unit 201, and stores the borrowing request in the borrowing request storage unit 203. Further, the lending request receiving unit 204 receives the lending request via the network communication control unit 201, and stores the lending request in the lending request storage unit 205.
Furthermore, based on the loan request and the borrowing request, the matching generation unit 206 selects the agricultural equipment to be lent to the borrower. As described above, the matching generation unit 206 selects an agricultural tool to be lent to the borrower under the first condition that a plurality of agricultural tools in the same area can be collectively lent to the loan destination area. In addition, when two or more loan origin areas are selected under the first condition, matching generation unit 206 lends the borrowing candidate the second condition that the movement distance to the loan destination area is minimized. Select agricultural equipment.
When the agricultural equipment to be lent to the borrowing applicant is selected, the transportation contract auction management unit 210 transmits transportation auction information to the carrier terminal device 103 (step S308). Further, the maintenance contract auction management unit 208 transmits maintenance auction information to the maintenance contractor terminal device 104 (step S309).

The transporter browses transport auction information using the transporter terminal device 103, and bids for collective transport to the server device 102 using the transporter terminal device 103 (step S310). The carrier can use the carrier terminal device 103 to place a bid while confirming the current bid status provided by the server device 102. Transport contract auctions are conducted on the outbound and return routes.
In addition, the maintenance contractor browses maintenance auction information using the maintenance contractor terminal device 104, and bids for collective maintenance with the server device 102 using the maintenance contractor terminal device 104 (step S311). The maintenance contractor can use the maintenance contractor terminal device 104 to make a bid while confirming the current bid status provided from the server device 102.

  After the bidding period ends, the matching execution unit 212 of the server device 102 transmits the estimate notification to the borrowing applicant terminal device 105 (step S312). The estimate notification includes, for example, the type, specification and quantity of agricultural equipment to be rented, the borrowing period, the borrowed charge, the estimated result of the transportation cost, and the estimated result of the maintenance cost.

The borrowing applicant transmits an estimate approval to the server apparatus 102 using the borrowing applicant terminal apparatus 105, and pays the server apparatus 102 (step S313).
In the server device 102, the matching execution unit 212 transmits the forward transportation successful bid result notification and the transportation request to the carrier terminal device 103 of the carrier who made a successful bid for the transportation contract on the outbound route through the network communication control unit 201 (step S314). ). Further, the matching execution unit 212 transmits the return transportation successful bid result notification and the transportation request to the carrier terminal device 103 of the carrier who made a successful bid for the transportation contract for the return transportation via the network communication control unit 201 (step S315). Further, the matching execution unit 212 transmits the successful bid result notification and the maintenance request to the maintenance worker terminal device 104 of the maintenance engineer who has made a successful bid for the maintenance contract via the network communication control unit 201 (step S316).

When the agricultural equipment is transported from the loan requester to the borrowing applicant by the forward carrier, the forward transport completion report is transmitted from the carrier terminal device 103 of the forward carrier to the server device 102 (step S317).
In the server device 102, the matching execution unit 212 receives the outbound transport completion report via the network communication control unit 201, and carries out a payment process to the outbound carrier (step S318).
In addition, when the maintenance work of the agricultural machinery is performed by the maintenance contractor, a maintenance completion report is transmitted from the maintenance contractor terminal device 104 of the maintenance contractor to the server device 102 (step S319).
In the server device 102, the matching execution unit 212 receives the maintenance completion report via the network communication control unit 201, and carries out payment processing to the maintenance company (step S320).
Further, the matching execution unit 212 notifies the lending requester terminal device 106 of the lending requester of whom the agricultural implement has been lent of the lending result and the maintenance status, and executes payment processing to the lending requester (step S321). The matching execution unit 212 notifies the lending requester terminal device 106 of the lending period and the lending fee agreed with the borrowing candidate as the lending result. In addition, the matching execution unit 212 may notify the loan requester terminal device 106 of the planned return date of the agricultural implement.
When the agricultural equipment is transported from the borrowing applicant to the lending applicant by the return trader, a return transport completion report is transmitted from the carrier terminal device 103 of the return trade carrier to the server device 102 (step S322).
In the server device 102, the matching execution unit 212 receives the return travel completion report via the network communication control unit 201, and carries out a payment process to the carrier on the return travel (step S323).

  In the present embodiment, an example has been described in which the agricultural implement is returned to the loan applicant upon completion of the loan period. When a farm tool is lent out continuously between a plurality of borrowing applicants in succession, steps S314 to S321 are repeatedly performed for each borrowing applicant of the lending destination. Then, after all the lending is completed, the agricultural implement is returned (steps S322 and S323).

*** Description of the effects of the embodiment ***
As mentioned above, the server apparatus 102 which concerns on this Embodiment can select the lending origin area which can lend out a lot of agricultural machinery to a lending destination area collectively. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the transportation cost can be reduced by transporting a large number of agricultural tools at once.
In addition, in the present embodiment, since the transporter and the maintenance company are selected in the auction format, the transportation cost and the maintenance cost of the agricultural equipment can be reduced.

Second Embodiment
In the first embodiment, the applicant for loan is assumed to be an agricultural worker, but the applicant for loan of the present embodiment includes an agricultural equipment rental company besides the agricultural worker.
That is, in the present embodiment, a farm equipment rental contractor is incorporated in the system configuration of the first embodiment. For this reason, according to the present embodiment, even when the demand and supply of the farm equipment are unbalanced, the farm equipment necessary to satisfy the demand can be secured.
In the following, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described. Matters not described below are the same as in the first embodiment.

*** Description of the configuration ***
FIG. 5 shows a configuration example of a farm equipment rental system according to the present embodiment.
In FIG. 5, the rental agent terminal device 107 is added to the configuration shown in FIG. The components other than the rental agent terminal device 107 are the same as those shown in FIG. Therefore, the description of the components other than the rental agent terminal device 107 will be omitted.
The rental agent terminal device 107 is a terminal device used by a farm equipment rental agent. The rental agent terminal device 107 is, for example, a PC. A farm equipment rental company is, for example, a person who operates a rental business of farm equipment or a private farm equipment.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the functional configuration of the server apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment.
In FIG. 6, a rental contract result storage unit 513 and a rental contract auction management unit 514 are added to the functional configuration of FIG. Components other than the rental contract result storage unit 513 and the rental contract auction management unit 514 are the same as those shown in FIG. Therefore, description of the components other than the rental contract result storage unit 513 and the rental contract auction management unit 514 will be omitted.

The rental contract auction management unit 514 manages an auction for lending of agricultural equipment that can not be lent out from the lending source area selected by the matching generation unit 206 to the lending destination area.
That is, the rental contract auction management unit 514 transmits the rental desired agricultural equipment information to the rental trader terminal device 107 based on the matching information, and urges the agricultural equipment rental trader to loan the lacking agricultural equipment. The rental desired agricultural equipment information indicates, for example, the type, specification and quantity of the agricultural equipment that is lacking, the borrowing period, and the lending destination area. Then, the rental contract auction management unit 514 selects a farm equipment rental contractor based on the bid result from the rental contractor terminal device 107 for the auction.
Then, the rental contract auction management unit 514 generates rental contract result information indicating the selection result of the farm equipment rental contractor, and stores the generated rental contract result information in the rental contract result storage unit 513.

  The rental contract result storage unit 513 stores rental contract result information.

  Note that the hardware configuration example of the server apparatus 102 is the same as that shown in FIG. In addition, the rental contract auction management unit 514 includes a network communication control unit 201, a borrowing request reception unit 202, a loan request reception unit 204, a matching generation unit 206, a maintenance contract auction management unit 208, a transportation contract auction management unit 210, and a matching execution unit. Similar to 212 and the market price information disclosing unit 213, the program is realized. A program for realizing the rental contract auction management unit 514 is executed by the processor 701. In addition, the rental contract result storage unit 513 stores the same as the borrowing request storage unit 203, the loan request storage unit 205, the matching information storage unit 207, the maintenance contract result storage unit 209, the transportation contract result storage unit 211, and the market price information DB 214. It is realized by the device 702.

*** Description of operation ***
Next, an operation example in the agricultural equipment lending system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.
7 and 8 show data flows in the agricultural equipment lending system according to the present embodiment.

Steps S606 and S607 are the same as steps S306 and S307 in FIG.
In the server apparatus 102, the borrowing request reception unit 202 receives the borrowing request via the network communication control unit 201 and stores the borrowing request in the borrowing request storage unit 203, as in the first embodiment. Further, the lending request receiving unit 204 receives the lending request via the network communication control unit 201, and stores the lending request in the lending request storage unit 205.
Furthermore, based on the loan request and the borrowing request, the matching generation unit 206 selects the agricultural equipment to be lent to the borrower. That is, as in the first embodiment, the matching generation unit 206 applies the first condition and the second condition to select an agricultural implement to be lent to the borrower.
Here, it is assumed that a loan requester can not lend a specific agricultural machine (hereinafter referred to as a farm machine X) to the borrower.
In this case, the rental contract auction management unit 514 transmits the rental request agricultural machine information to the rental agent terminal device 107 (step S608). The rental desired agricultural equipment information indicates, for example, the type, specification and quantity of the agricultural equipment X, the borrowing period, and the lending destination area.

The farm equipment rental trader browses the rental desired farm equipment information using the rental trader terminal device 107, and bids for lending the farm equipment X to the server device 102 using the rental trader terminal device 107 (step S310). The farm equipment rental trader can make a bid while confirming the current bid state provided by the server device 102 using the rental trader terminal device 107.
If the area where the agricultural equipment rental company is located is in the agricultural season, the agricultural equipment rental company is likely to hold a large amount of idle agricultural equipment. In this case, there is a possibility that the bid price of the agricultural machine X will be low.
When procurement of agricultural tools X becomes possible from a farm equipment rental contractor, as in the first embodiment, the transport contract auction management unit 210 transports transport auction information on transport auction information for the agricultural tools to be rented including the agricultural tools X. (Step S610). Further, the maintenance contract auction management unit 208 transmits maintenance auction information on the maintenance target agricultural equipment including the agricultural equipment X to the maintenance contractor terminal device 104 (step S611).
Steps S612 to S618 are the same as S310 to S316, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

In the present embodiment, matching execution unit 212 transmits a successful bid result notification and a rental request to rental agent terminal device 107 of an agricultural equipment rental agent that lends agricultural equipment X, and also pays a rental fee (step S619). .
Since steps S620 to S626 are the same as steps S317 to S323, the description will be omitted.

  In the present embodiment, an example has been described in which the agricultural implement is returned to the loan applicant upon completion of the loan period. When a farm tool is lent out continuously between a plurality of borrowing applicants in succession, steps S616 to S624 are repeatedly performed for each borrowing applicant of the lending destination. Then, after all the lending is completed, the agricultural implement is returned (steps S625 and S626).

*** Description of the effects of the embodiment ***
As described above, the server apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment can inexpensively procure, with an auction format, agricultural machinery that can not be lent out from the applicant for loan, for example, from agricultural machinery rental contractors in the fallow season. For this reason, according to the present embodiment, even when the demand and supply of the farm equipment are unbalanced, the farm equipment necessary to satisfy the demand can be secured.

*** Description of hardware configuration ***
Finally, a supplementary explanation of the hardware configuration of the server apparatus 102 will be made.
The processor 701 illustrated in FIG. 9 is an integrated circuit (IC) that performs processing.
The processor 701 is a central processing unit (CPU), a digital signal processor (DSP), or the like.
A storage device 702 illustrated in FIG. 9 is a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), a flash memory, a hard disk drive (HDD), or the like.
The communication device 703 shown in FIG. 9 includes a receiver for receiving data and a transmitter for transmitting data.
The communication device 703 is, for example, a communication chip or a NIC (Network Interface Card).

The storage device 702 also stores an OS (Operating System).
Then, at least a part of the OS is executed by the processor 701.
The processor 701 executes at least a part of the OS, while the network communication control unit 201, the borrowing request receiving unit 202, the lending request receiving unit 204, the matching generation unit 206, the maintenance contract auction management unit 208, the transportation contract auction management unit 210, A program that implements the functions of the matching execution unit 212 and the market price information disclosure unit 213 is executed.
As the processor 701 executes the OS, task management, memory management, file management, communication control and the like are performed.
The server apparatus 102 may also include a plurality of processors that replace the processor 701. The plurality of processors include a network communication control unit 201, a borrowing request receiving unit 202, a lending request receiving unit 204, a matching generation unit 206, a maintenance contract auction management unit 208, a transportation contract auction management unit 210, a matching execution unit 212, and market price information. The execution of a program that realizes the function of the disclosure unit 213 is shared. Each processor is an IC that performs processing in the same manner as the processor 701.
Network communication control unit 201, borrowing request reception unit 202, loan request reception unit 204, matching generation unit 206, maintenance contract auction management unit 208, transport contract auction management unit 210, matching execution unit 212, and market information disclosure unit 213. Information indicating the result of processing, data, signal values, and / or variable values are stored in the storage device 702, registers in the processor 701, and / or cache memory.
Network communication control unit 201, borrowing request reception unit 202, loan request reception unit 204, matching generation unit 206, maintenance contract auction management unit 208, transport contract auction management unit 210, matching execution unit 212, and market information disclosure unit 213. The program for realizing the functions may be stored in a portable storage medium such as a magnetic disk, a flexible disk, an optical disk, a compact disk, a Blu-ray (registered trademark) disk, and a DVD.

Network communication control unit 201, borrowing request reception unit 202, loan request reception unit 204, matching generation unit 206, maintenance contract auction management unit 208, transport contract auction management unit 210, matching execution unit 212, and market information disclosure unit 213. "Part" may be read as "circuit" or "step" or "procedure" or "treatment".
The server device 102 may be realized by an electronic circuit such as a logic integrated circuit (IC), a gate array (GA), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or a field-programmable gate array (FPGA).
In this case, the network communication control unit 201, the borrowing request receiving unit 202, the lending request receiving unit 204, the matching generation unit 206, the maintenance contract auction management unit 208, the transport contract auction management unit 210, the matching execution unit 212, and the market price information disclosure unit 213 are each realized as part of an electronic circuit.
The processor and the electronic circuit described above are also collectively referred to as processing circuitry.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 network, 102 server apparatus, 103 carrier terminal apparatus, 104 maintainer terminal apparatus, 105 borrowed applicant terminal apparatus, 106 loan applicant terminal apparatus, 107 rental agent terminal apparatus, 201 network communication control unit, 202 borrowing request reception unit , 203 borrowing request storage unit, 204 loan request receiving unit, 205 lending request storage unit, 206 matching generation unit, 207 matching information storage unit, 208 maintenance contract auction management unit, 209 maintenance contract result storage unit, 210 transportation contract auction management unit , 211 transport contract result storage unit, 212 matching execution unit, 213 market price information disclosure unit, 214 market price information DB, 513 rental contract result storage unit, 514 rental contract auction management unit.

The maintenance contract auction management unit 208 manages an auction for a maintenance contract for a loan candidate agricultural tool to be lent to the loan destination area from the loan source area selected by the matching generation unit 206.
That is, the maintenance contract auction management unit 208 transmits the maintenance auction information to the maintenance contractor terminal device 104 based on the matching information, and urges the maintenance contractor to contract maintenance of the agricultural machinery to be lent from the loan source area to the loan destination area. The maintenance auction information is, for example, a list of farm equipment that is out loan from the lending source area to borrowers area, maintenance timing is shown. Then, the maintenance contract auction management unit 208 selects a maintenance contractor who performs maintenance of the agricultural machinery based on a bid result from the maintenance contractor terminal device 104 for the auction.
Then, the maintenance contract auction management unit 208 generates maintenance contract result information indicating the selection result of the maintenance contractor, and stores the generated maintenance contract result information in the maintenance contract result storage unit 209.

Claims (8)

A borrowing request receiving unit for receiving a borrowing request for requesting borrowing of agricultural machinery, wherein a lending destination area where the agricultural machinery is borrowed is indicated;
For each combination of a plurality of loan origin areas, which are areas where a plurality of loan candidate farm equipments are located, and the loan destination area, the loan candidate farm equipment that can be lent to the loan destination area from each loan origin area is counted and counted. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a selection unit that selects a lending source area for lending lending candidate agricultural tools to the lending destination area among the plurality of lending source areas based on a result. The selection unit is
When two or more lending source areas for lending lending candidate agricultural tools to the lending destination area are selected from the plurality of lending source areas based on the counting result,
For each combination of each of the two or more lending source areas and the lending destination area, the distance from each lending source area to the lending destination area is calculated, and based on the calculated distance, the two or more lending source areas The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a lending source area for lending lending candidate agricultural machinery to the lending destination area is selected from the above. The information processing apparatus may further include
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transport contract auction management unit configured to manage an auction for a contract for transportation of a loan candidate agricultural tool from the loan source area selected by the selection unit to the loan destination area. The information processing apparatus may further include
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a maintenance contract auction management unit that manages an auction for a maintenance contract of a rental candidate agricultural tool to be lent to the loan destination area from the loan source area selected by the selection unit. The information processing apparatus may further include
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a rental contract auction management unit that manages an auction for lending of a farm tool that can not be lent to the lending destination area from the lending source area selected by the selecting unit. The information processing apparatus may further include
A terminal device of a person who desires to borrow agricultural machinery for market price information indicating at least one of the past market price of the agricultural machinery's rental fee, the current status of the agricultural machinery's loan, the desired loan rate for the agricultural machinery and the desired borrowing fee for the agricultural machinery The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a market price information disclosure unit that transmits to at least one of terminal devices of a person desiring to borrow agricultural machinery. The computer receives a borrowing request requesting borrowing of agricultural tools, indicating a loan destination area where the agricultural tools are to be borrowed,
For each combination of a plurality of loan origin areas that are areas where a plurality of loan candidate farm equipment are located and the loan destination area, the computer is a loan candidate farm equipment that can be loaned from each loan origin area to the loan destination area. The information processing method which counts and selects the lending origin area which lends a lending candidate agricultural tool to the said lending destination area based on a counting result. A borrowing request reception process for receiving a borrowing request for asking for borrowing of agricultural machinery, wherein a lending destination area which is an area where agricultural machinery is to be borrowed is indicated;
For each combination of a plurality of loan origin areas, which are areas where a plurality of loan candidate farm equipments are located, and the loan destination area, the loan candidate farm equipment that can be lent to the loan destination area from each loan origin area is counted and counted. An information processing program that causes a computer to execute a selection process of selecting a lending source area that lends out a loan candidate agricultural tool to the lending destination area based on the result.

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