KR102429437B1 - Electronic apparatus for providing information for delivery tasks and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present disclosure, disclosed is a method for providing information for delivery tasks by an electronic apparatus. The method includes: a step of acquiring information on a delivery task including item information and delivery destination information; a step of determining a first camp for processing a classification task of items; a step of acquiring information including a delivery route for processing the delivery task based on a result of determination of the first camp; and a step of providing information on the delivery task to a delivery person in charge of the delivery route.

Description

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR DELIVERY TASKS AND METHOD THEREOF

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device and method for providing information for a delivery service. More specifically, the present disclosure determines the first camp for processing the classification task of an item, obtains information including a delivery route for handling delivery tasks, and provides information on delivery tasks to a delivery person in charge of the delivery route It relates to a method for providing and an electronic device using the same.

With the development of electronic technology, e-commerce has become a field of shopping. Customers can purchase items online without going directly to a shopping mall or market, and items purchased online are delivered to a delivery address requested by the customer.

With the significant growth of the e-commerce market, enabling customers to receive their ordered items within a certain time in the e-commerce market is an important competitive factor, and as efforts to lower shipping costs continue, the Its importance continues to grow.

By having a designated delivery person repeatedly process deliveries to the same delivery location, making the delivery person familiar with the area that includes the delivery location may be one way to perform efficient delivery. However, the amount of delivery work is not always the same by region, the time for which delivery work occurs varies, and it is difficult to always consider which region the delivery person is familiar with even at the task assignment stage. It is not easy to have the delivery to be processed repeatedly.

In this regard, reference may be made to prior documents such as KR101972376B1 or KR20160040704A.

The problem to be solved by this embodiment is to obtain information on a delivery task including item information and delivery address information, determine a first camp for processing an item classification task, and determine the first camp based on the result Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic device and a method for obtaining information including a delivery route for processing a delivery business and providing information on delivery business to a delivery person in charge of the delivery route.

The technical problems to be achieved by the present embodiment are not limited to the technical problems described above, and other technical problems may be inferred from the following embodiments.

According to an embodiment, a method of providing information for a delivery service in an electronic device includes: acquiring information about a delivery service including item information and delivery address information; determining a first camp for processing the classification task of the item; Based on a result of determining the first camp, obtaining information including a delivery route for processing the delivery business; and providing information on the delivery business to a delivery person in charge of the delivery route.

According to an embodiment, the method for providing information for the delivery task further includes determining a second camp for allocating the delivery task of the item, and obtaining the information including the delivery route includes the steps of: The method may include obtaining information including the delivery route based on a result of determining the first camp and the result of determining the second camp.

According to an embodiment, the acquiring information including the delivery route may include receiving information including the delivery route from the first camp.

According to an embodiment, the acquiring information including the delivery route may include selecting a route for processing the delivery task from among one or more preset candidate routes.

According to an embodiment, the acquiring information including the delivery route may include: determining whether a route suitable for processing the delivery task exists among one or more preset candidate routes; and when there is no suitable route for processing the delivery task, setting a new route for processing the delivery task.

According to an embodiment, the providing of the information on the delivery service may include associating the electronic information including the delivery route with the object including the item.

According to an embodiment, the information including the delivery route may include identification information related to one or more regions corresponding to the delivery route.

According to an embodiment, the identification information may be determined based on at least one of zip code information and road name information.

According to an embodiment, the information including the delivery route includes at least one of information related to the first camp, information related to a type of delivery service processed on the delivery route, and information related to a time when the delivery route is created. can do.

According to an embodiment, the information related to the time when the delivery route is created may include at least one of information on when the delivery route is first created and information on when the delivery route is updated.

According to an embodiment, the information on the delivery route may include information suggesting an order in which the delivery person processes a plurality of delivery tasks on the delivery route.

According to an embodiment, the information including the delivery route may include route guidance information for helping the delivery person perform delivery tasks on the delivery route.

According to an embodiment, the method for providing information for the delivery service may further include setting one or more candidate routes in consideration of the number of delivery tasks occurring in one or more regions and route efficiency related to the processing of the delivery tasks. can

According to an embodiment, the route efficiency may be determined based on at least one of information on the time it takes for the delivery person from the camp to move to the destination and distance information for the delivery person from the camp to move to the destination. have.

According to one embodiment, the setting of the one or more candidate routes may include: predicting future delivery tasks; and setting the one or more candidate routes when it is determined that it is difficult to process the future delivery service based on one or more preset candidate routes as a result of the prediction.

An electronic device for providing information for a delivery task according to an embodiment includes a transceiver, a memory for storing instructions, and a processor, wherein the processor is connected to the transceiver and the memory to include item information and delivery address information Information including a delivery route for obtaining information on a delivery service to be performed, determining a first camp for processing the classification task of the item, and determining the first camp, based on a result of determining the first camp and provides information on the delivery service to a delivery person in charge of the delivery route.

Specific details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and drawings.

According to the present disclosure, an electronic device and method for processing delivery information can improve delivery efficiency by allowing a designated delivery person to repeatedly process delivery to the same delivery location.

Effects of the invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an information providing system for a delivery service according to an embodiment.
2 is an operation flowchart of a method for providing information for a delivery task of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.
3 is a diagram for illustratively explaining a delivery route according to an embodiment.
4 is a diagram for exemplarily explaining an operation of newly setting one or more candidate routes for processing a delivery task according to an embodiment.
5 is a diagram for illustratively explaining a delivery person in charge of a delivery route according to an embodiment.
6 is a diagram for exemplarily explaining electronic information related to an item to be delivered according to an embodiment.
7 is an exemplary diagram of a configuration of an electronic device for providing information related to processing of a delivery service according to an exemplary embodiment.

Terms used in the embodiments are selected as currently widely used general terms as possible while considering functions in the present disclosure, but may vary depending on intentions or precedents of those of ordinary skill in the art, emergence of new technologies, and the like. In addition, in certain cases, there are also terms arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meaning will be described in detail in the corresponding description. Therefore, the terms used in the present disclosure should be defined based on the meaning of the term and the contents of the present disclosure, rather than the simple name of the term.

In the entire specification, when a part “includes” a certain component, it means that other components may be further included, rather than excluding other components, unless otherwise stated. In addition, terms such as “…unit” and “…module” described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which is implemented as hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software. can be

The expression “at least one of a, b, and c” described throughout the specification is, 'a alone', 'b alone', 'c alone', 'a and b', 'a and c', 'b and c ', or 'all of a, b, and c'.

The "terminal" referred to below may be implemented as a computer or a portable terminal capable of accessing a server or other terminal through a network. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop, a desktop, and a laptop equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), and the portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility. , IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution) and other communication-based terminals, smartphones, tablet PCs, etc. It may include a handheld-based wireless communication device.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail so that those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure pertains can easily implement them. However, the present disclosure may be implemented in several different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In describing the embodiments, descriptions of technical contents that are well known in the technical field to which the present invention pertains and are not directly related to the present invention will be omitted. This is to more clearly convey the gist of the present invention by omitting unnecessary description.

For the same reason, some components are exaggerated, omitted, or schematically illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In addition, the size of each component does not fully reflect the actual size. In each figure, the same or corresponding elements are assigned the same reference numerals.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and a method of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various different forms, and only these embodiments allow the disclosure of the present invention to be complete, and common knowledge in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to fully inform the possessor of the scope of the invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

At this time, it will be understood that each block of the flowchart diagrams and combinations of the flowchart diagrams may be performed by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be embodied in a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing equipment, such that the instructions performed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment are not described in the flowchart block(s). It creates a means to perform functions. These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-usable or computer-readable memory that may direct a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to implement a function in a particular manner, and thus the computer-usable or computer-readable memory. It is also possible for the instructions stored in the flowchart block(s) to produce an article of manufacture containing instruction means for performing the function described in the flowchart block(s). The computer program instructions may also be mounted on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, such that a series of operational steps are performed on the computer or other programmable data processing equipment to create a computer-executed process to create a computer or other programmable data processing equipment. It is also possible that instructions for performing the processing equipment provide steps for performing the functions described in the flowchart block(s).

Additionally, each block may represent a module, segment, or portion of code that includes one or more executable instructions for executing specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations it is also possible for the functions recited in the blocks to occur out of order. For example, it is possible that two blocks shown in succession are actually performed substantially simultaneously, or that the blocks are sometimes performed in the reverse order according to the corresponding function.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an information providing system for a delivery service according to an embodiment.

According to various embodiments, the system 100 for processing delivery information includes an electronic device 110 and a delivery agent device 120 . According to an embodiment, the system 100 for processing delivery information may further include at least one of the device 130 of the first camp and the customer device 140 . According to an embodiment, the system 100 for processing delivery information supports transmission and reception of information between at least some of the electronic device 110 , the delivery person device 120 , the device 130 of the first camp, and the customer device 140 . It may further include a network network that

Each of the electronic device 110 , the delivery person device 120 , the device 130 of the first camp and the customer device 140 may include a transceiver, a memory, and a processor. In addition, each of the electronic device 110, the delivery person device 120, the device 130 of the first camp, and the customer device 140 means a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which is hardware or software; Alternatively, it may be implemented as a combination of hardware and software. Meanwhile, throughout the embodiments, the electronic device 110, the delivery person device 120, the device 130 of the first camp, and the customer device 140 are each referred to as separate devices or servers, but this may be a logically divided structure. and at least some of them may be implemented by a function separated from one device or server.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 , the delivery person device 120 , the device 130 of the first camp, and the customer device 140 may include a plurality of computer systems or computer software implemented as a network server. have. For example, at least some of the electronic device 110 , the delivery person device 120 , the device 130 of the first camp and the customer device 140 may communicate with other network servers via a computer network such as an intranet or the Internet. It may refer to a computer system and computer software that is connected to a sub-device capable of receiving an operation request, performs an operation on it, and provides an execution result. In addition, at least some of the electronic device 110, the delivery person device 120, the device 130 of the first camp, and the customer device 140 are a series of applications that can operate on the network server, and other internal or connected It can be understood as a broad concept including various databases built in nodes. For example, at least some of the electronic device 110, the delivery person device 120, the device 130 of the first camp, and the customer device 140 are DOS, Windows, Linux, Unix ( UNIX) or MacOS (MacOS) may be implemented using variously provided network server programs depending on the operating system.

The electronic device 110 is a device that configures and provides various types of information. The electronic device 110 may facilitate a series of delivery tasks by providing information for delivery tasks. Specifically, the electronic device 110 transmits/receives information related to delivery, provides information related to delivery as a web page or an application screen, or displays the information on a receiving terminal as a web page or an application screen. can provide

The electronic device 110 acquires information on a delivery service including item information and delivery address information. The information on the delivery service may be obtained from a distribution center device, the device 130 of the first camp, or the customer device 140 , but is not limited thereto.

Based on the information on the delivery task, the electronic device 110 determines a first camp for processing the classification task of an item corresponding to the delivery task. In this regard, the task of classifying the items may include an operation of dividing the plurality of items into a plurality of groups to enable efficient delivery. According to an embodiment, in the first camp, direct delivery to the delivery location may not be performed, and direct delivery to the delivery location may be performed.

If direct delivery to the delivery destination is not performed, the item may be transported to the second camp after sorting the item in the first camp. In relation to this, according to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 may further determine a second camp for allocating the item delivery task. In this case, the electronic device 110 may notify the device 130 of the first camp of the result of determining the second camp. In addition, depending on the embodiment, even when delivery is not performed directly in the first camp in principle, delivery service to a delivery address located within a preset distance from the first camp or to a delivery location that does not set up an appropriate second camp In exceptional circumstances, such as delivery to Korea, the first camp may directly perform delivery to the delivery destination.

If the first camp does not directly deliver, the first camp saves space for delivery (for example, space for storage of a delivery vehicle and secures a movement route) and can be used for sorting work, so sorting and delivery The first camp can be installed on a site of a smaller area compared to the case of performing all of them, and when installed on a site of the same area, there is a technical effect that the number of sorting operations that can be processed can be further increased. In addition, since there is no need to perform a separate sorting operation in the second camp, the second camp can be installed on a site with a smaller area compared to the case where both sorting and delivery are performed. There is a technical effect that the number of delivery jobs that can be processed can be further increased. On the other hand, if the first camp does not directly deliver, the delivery can be completed without going through a separate camp, so a smaller number of camps in an area with a low delivery volume (eg, a low population density compared to area) There may be an advantage of being able to process the shipment only by itself.

Based on the result of determining the first camp, the electronic device 110 acquires information including a delivery route for processing a delivery task. Specifically, the electronic device 110 may receive information including a delivery route from the first camp. Alternatively, the electronic device 110 may select a route for processing a delivery task from among one or more preset candidate routes. In addition, the electronic device 110 may acquire information including a delivery route based on various methods without being limited to a specific method.

When information including a delivery route is received from the first camp, the transmission target of the information may be the device 130 of the first camp.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 may directly acquire information including a delivery route without determining the first camp. In this case, the information including the delivery route may include the first camp information. However, for convenience of explanation, an embodiment in which the electronic device 110 determines the first camp and then acquires information including the delivery route based thereon will be described below.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 may acquire information including a delivery route for processing a delivery task further based on a result of determining the second camp. For example, the electronic device 110 may receive information including a delivery route from the second camp or select a delivery route in consideration of the determined second camp information.

The electronic device 110 provides information on a delivery service to a delivery person in charge of a delivery route. The delivery person may be the first camp worker, but is not limited thereto. For example, if direct delivery from the first camp to the delivery destination is not performed, the first camp may classify the items and then transport the items to the second camp. In this case, the delivery person in charge of the delivery route is the second It could be a camp worker.

The electronic device 110 may provide information on the delivery service to the delivery agent device 120 corresponding to the delivery agent in charge of the delivery route.

As described above, when the first camp does not directly deliver to the delivery destination, in particular, the second camp may be further determined or the delivery route may be determined by further considering the second camp, and the delivery person may also be sent to the workers of the second camp. may be applicable. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, an embodiment in which the first camp performs direct delivery to the delivery destination (ie, does not further consider the second camp) will be described. However, the contents described below may be applied mutatis mutandis to the case of further determining the second camp or determining the delivery route in consideration of the second camp.

More details related to the operation of the electronic device 110 will be described later in FIG. 2 and the like.

The device 130 of the first camp is a concept that encompasses devices related to the first camp, and the device 130 of the first camp may include a device installed inside the first camp, but is not limited thereto. For example, according to an embodiment, the device 120 of the first camp may include a device of a worker who processes a sorting task while working in the first camp, or a device of a manager of the first camp.

The delivery person may include various entities performing delivery tasks. The delivery person may include, but is not limited to, a subject who is regularly hired in relation to the delivery service provided by the electronic device 110, and may include various types of agents such as freelancers, and includes not only natural persons but also corporations. You may.

The delivery person device 120 and the device 130 of the first camp may receive information from the electronic device 110 or an input from a delivery person, a worker, a manager, and the like, and perform an operation corresponding thereto. For example, the delivery person device 120 may receive information about the delivery service from the electronic device 110 and provide it to the delivery person. Also, the device 130 of the first camp may generate information including a delivery route and provide it to the electronic device 110 .

The customer may correspond to a subject that has requested delivery of the item. A customer includes, but is not limited to, an entity ordering an item. The customer device 140 may receive a user input from the customer or receive information from the electronic device 110 or the like, and may perform an operation corresponding thereto. For example, the customer device 140 transmits at least one of item information and delivery address information to the electronic device 110 in response to a user input of the customer, or electronically transmits information about a delivery service including item information and delivery address information. may be transmitted to the device 110 .

At least one of the delivery source device 120 of the embodiment and the device 130 of the first camp may be implemented in the form of installing an application on a smartphone, or may be implemented in the form of installing an application on a POS machine. Furthermore, at least one of the delivery person device 120 and the device 130 of the first camp includes a function for identifying a barcode, and the delivery person, worker, and manager can relate to the item by identifying electronic information corresponding to the item. Information or information on a delivery service may be acquired, or it may be requested from the electronic device 110 .

The electronic device 110 , the delivery person device 120 , the device 130 of the first camp, and the customer device 140 may include a computer device, a mobile communication terminal, a server, and the like. The delivery person device 120, the device 130 of the first camp, and the customer device 140 may include an input device such as a touch pad, a mouse, and a keyboard for receiving a user input, or may be connected to the input device. In addition, the delivery person device 120, the device 130 of the first camp, and the customer device 140 include an output device such as a screen, a speaker, an interface device, etc. for providing information to the user, or may be connected to the output device. have. Furthermore, the input device and output device of the delivery person device 120 , the device 130 of the first camp and the customer device 140 may be integrally configured or interrelated, for example, the delivery agent device 120 , the first An interface for receiving user input may be displayed on at least one of the camp's device 130 and customer device 140 .

Operations related to a series of information processing methods according to various embodiments may be implemented by a single physical device, or may be implemented in a manner in which a plurality of physical devices are organically coupled. For example, some of the components included in the system 100 for processing shipping information may be implemented by any one physical device, and the remaining part may be implemented by another physical device. For example, any one physical device may be implemented as a part of the electronic device 110 , and another physical device may be implemented as a part of the delivery service device 120 or other external devices. In some cases, each component included in the system 100 for processing shipping information is distributed and arranged in different physical devices, and the distributed components are organically combined, so that the system for processing shipping information ( 100) may be implemented to perform the functions and operations. For example, the electronic device 110 of the present specification includes at least one sub device, some operations described as being performed by the electronic device 110 are performed by the first sub device, and some operations are performed by the second sub device. It may also be performed by the device.

2 is an operation flowchart of a method of processing delivery information of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the electronic device 110 according to an embodiment obtains information on a delivery service including item information and delivery address information ( S210 ). The item information includes information related to the item to be delivered, and the delivery destination information includes final destination information of delivery. The electronic device 110 may receive information about the delivery service from the distribution center device, the device 130 of the first camp, or the customer device 140 , but is not limited thereto.

The electronic device 110 determines the first camp for processing the classification task of the item corresponding to the delivery task ( 220 ). According to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 may obtain an assignment request for a delivery service from a specific camp and determine the corresponding camp as the first camp. According to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 may determine the first camp based on camp information included in the information on the delivery service.

According to an embodiment, it may be checked whether the first camp is passed by obtaining identification information of the item using a scanning device. For example, the manager of the electronic device 110 uses a scanning device to read electronic information included in or attached to an object corresponding to the item (eg, a box containing the item, a rolltainer, a parcel, etc.) It is possible to obtain the first camp information. In relation to this, the subject who obtains the identification information of the item by using the scanning device may be a manager using the electronic device 110 or a manager of a distribution center, but is not limited thereto. Also, the scanning device may be included in the electronic device 110 , but is not limited thereto.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 may directly determine the first camp. Specifically, the electronic device 110 may determine one or more candidate camps set to process the classification task, and determine a first camp for processing the classification task for the delivery task among the one or more candidate camps. According to an example, the electronic device 110 determines at least one of a list of items managed by one or more candidate camps and delivery efficiency when a delivery task is processed for each one or more candidate camps, and determines the first camp based thereon. can In this regard, the meaning of the managed item is not only the item currently stored in the candidate camp, but also an item that can be prepared within a preset time in the candidate camp (eg, an item being transported to the candidate camp, a nearby distribution center, etc.) procurable items, etc.). Also, the delivery efficiency may be determined based on delivery address information corresponding to the delivery task and location information of one or more candidate camps. Delivery efficiency may be determined based on at least one of information on a delivery route for a delivery person starting from . According to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 may determine the delivery efficiency by further considering various factors that may affect delivery, such as real-time weather information or traffic condition information.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 may determine the first camp based on item characteristic information included in the item information. In this regard, the property information of the item may include at least a portion of the item's volume, the weight of the item, and the possibility of breakage of the item. For example, the electronic device 110 may determine the corresponding camp as the first camp only when the item satisfies a volume standard and a weight standard within a range that can be handled in a specific camp according to the characteristic information of the item.

Based on the result of determining the first camp, the electronic device 110 obtains information including a delivery route for processing a delivery service ( 230 ). According to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 may receive information including a delivery route from the first camp. In this case, the electronic device 110 may request the delivery route information from the determined first camp, and receive information including the delivery route in response to the request.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 may obtain information including a delivery route by selecting a route for processing delivery tasks from one or more preset candidate routes. In relation, when there are a plurality of candidate routes passing through or near the delivery address corresponding to the delivery task according to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 determines the number of delivery tasks processed (or scheduled to be processed) for each route, and the candidate routes. A delivery route for processing delivery tasks among candidate routes may be selected based on a cost required to process delivery tasks for each route. According to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 provides real-time traffic information, real-time weather information, and special circumstances related to each candidate route (eg, an explosion of delivery work to be taken care of as a new apartment complex enters an area through which a specific candidate route passes) The delivery route may be selected by further considering various factors such as prediction), and the method of selecting the delivery route is not limited to the described methods.

Information including a shipping route is exemplarily described in FIG. 3 ( 300 ). Referring further to FIG. 3 , the information including the delivery route may include identification information related to one or more regions. Identification information related to one or more regions may be determined based on at least one of zip code information and street name information. For example, the identification information may be a zip code such as “12345” or “12346”, or may be identification information generated by the electronic device 110 based on a zip code such as “12345-1” and “12345-2”. .

According to an embodiment, the identification information related to one or more regions may further include division name information corresponding to detailed region information generated separately from the zip code and street name information or in connection with at least one of the zip code and street name information. There is (320).

In addition, the information including the delivery route includes alias information for clarifying where each region specifically points, and the alias information may include, for example, information such as XX apartment, YY middle school, and ZZ apartment (330) ). Furthermore, the alias information may further include detailed information such as a specific building of XX apartment or an attached kindergarten. According to an embodiment, the alias information may further include notice information related to delivery to the corresponding area, for example, information indicating that delivery is possible during the daytime, such as "YY Middle School / No Night" in item 10 can do.

In addition, the information including the delivery route may further include information on a wider area including each detailed area, and as an example, may include information on the name of the consent governing each detailed area ( 360 ).

According to an embodiment, the information including the delivery route may further include identification information of the delivery route itself, and the identification information of the delivery route according to an example includes route information ( 340 ), or route information and subroutes. It may be determined by a combination of information (350).

In addition, the information including the delivery route may include at least one of information related to the first camp, information related to the type of delivery service processed on the delivery route, and information related to a time when the delivery route is created. In relation to this, the information related to the time when the delivery route is created may include at least one of information on when the delivery route is initially created and information on when the delivery route is updated.

Information related to the first camp is related to camp information 410 of FIG. 4 to be described later, and information related to the type of delivery business processed on the delivery route is related to delivery type information 420 of FIG. 4 , and the delivery route is Information related to the writing time may be related to the writing time information 430 of FIG. 4 .

The example shown in FIG. 3 corresponds to an example in which items 1 to 14 form one delivery route as a whole, but the information including the delivery route is limited to include only information corresponding to one delivery route. not.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 may determine whether a route suitable for processing a delivery task exists among one or more preset candidate routes. When there is no path suitable for processing the delivery task, the electronic device 110 may set a new route for processing the delivery task. In relation to this, the electronic device 110 may determine whether a suitable route exists based on a method similar to a method of selecting a route for processing a delivery service among one or more candidate routes. For example, the electronic device 110 does not have a candidate route passing near the delivery destination corresponding to the delivery task, or a ?g route exists, but further processes the delivery task on the candidate route when factors such as real-time traffic information and weather information are considered. If it is difficult to do so, it may be determined that a suitable route does not exist to handle the delivery business.

An operation of newly setting one or more candidate routes for processing a delivery task is exemplarily described in FIG. 4 ( 400 ). Referring further to FIG. 4 , the electronic device 110 may input camp information 410 and delivery type information 420 and may set a new candidate route based thereon. This may be performed automatically by the electronic device 110 itself, or may be performed based on an external input such as an input of an administrator who manages the electronic device 110 .

In this regard, the camp information 410 may include information on the camp that handles the delivery business in relation to the route, and the delivery type information 420 may include information related to the type of delivery business processed on the route. have.

The input of the camp information 410 and the delivery type information 420 may be performed by selecting one of a plurality of options, but is not limited thereto, and may be performed by directly inputting each item.

The camp information 410 according to an example may be determined as a combination of a specific regional range and other information (eg, numbers) such as “Daegu 2”, “Daejeon 1”, “Seocho 1”, and the like. In addition, the delivery type information according to an example includes the delivery performance and It may contain information related to the particular manner involved.

According to an embodiment, when a candidate path is newly set, the creation time information 430 may be set together. The writing time information 430 may reflect actual time information at the time of setting, but is not necessarily limited thereto. In addition, when a candidate path is newly set by modifying an existing candidate path, the creation time information 430 may include at least one of information on when the candidate path is initially created and information on when the candidate path is updated. When the creation time information 430 includes information on when a candidate path is updated, each viewpoint information may reflect a candidate path that was created at that time. In other words, the candidate path created for each time point may be backed up and stored.

When the electronic device 110 determines the newly set candidate route as the delivery route for processing the delivery task, the information including the delivery route includes the previously determined camp information 410, delivery type information 420, and creation time information ( 430) may include at least one of.

The electronic device 110 provides information on a delivery service to a delivery person in charge of a delivery route ( S240 ). In this regard, an example of a delivery person responsible for a delivery route is described in FIG. 5 ( 500 ). Referring further to FIG. 5 , each delivery source may correspond to one or more delivery routes, and a delivery task processed in a specific delivery route may be processed by a delivery agent corresponding to the corresponding delivery route. For example, a delivery person in charge may be assigned to each of the first delivery route 510 , the second delivery route 520 , the third delivery route 530 , and the fourth delivery route 540 departing from the first camp.

However, each delivery route and the delivery source do not have to have a one-to-one correspondence, and each delivery source may correspond to a plurality of delivery routes or a plurality of delivery sources may correspond to a single delivery route.

The information provided to the delivery person does not necessarily have to be the same information as "information including a delivery route" obtained in an operation corresponding to reference numeral 230 . For example, the information including the delivery route may include update history information of the delivery route, but only the most recently updated final delivery route information may be provided to the delivery person.

According to an embodiment, the information on the delivery route may include information suggesting an order in which a delivery person processes a plurality of delivery tasks on the delivery route. However, the delivery agent does not have to be bound by the proposed order to perform delivery, and the delivery agent may adopt a more appropriate order according to the person's judgment.

According to an embodiment, the information on the delivery route may include route guidance information for helping to perform a delivery task on the delivery route. The route guidance information may include information for guiding specific vehicle operation and movement beyond the extent of suggesting an order for processing delivery tasks.

According to an embodiment, in order to provide the delivery person with information on the delivery task, the electronic device 110 may associate the electronic information including the delivery route with the object including the item. In this case, the delivery person may acquire information about the delivery service by reading the electronic information using a scanning device or the like.

In this regard, electronic information related to an item to be delivered is exemplarily described in FIG. 6 ( 600 ). 6 , reference numeral 610 corresponds to an example of an object including an item, and reference numeral 620 corresponds to an example of electronic information. The electronic information may include barcode information, and the scanning device used by the delivery person may include the delivery agent device 120 . In addition, the meaning of associating electronic information with an object including an item is a case of attaching electronic information to the outside of an object containing the item (eg, a box, roll container, or parcel), or linking electronic information to the inside of an object. The case may be included throughout, and the meaning of linking may include various forms such as printing, attachment, and enclosing.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 transmits information on a delivery service to the delivery agent device 120 of the delivery agent responsible for the delivery route, etc., in addition to associating electronic information with various methods You can provide information about the delivery service to

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 110 may set one or more candidate routes in consideration of the quantity of delivery tasks occurring in one or more regions and route efficiency related to processing of delivery tasks. This is intended to increase delivery efficiency and to block in advance the possibility of problems related to future delivery, and there is no suitable route for handling a specific delivery task, so a candidate route is newly set. may differ.

With respect to the operation of setting one or more candidate routes in consideration of route efficiency, route efficiency includes information on the time it takes for a shipper from camp to travel to the destination, and the distance for a shipper from camp to travel to the destination. The determination may be made based on at least one of the information, and various factors such as real-time traffic information or weather information may be further considered.

According to one example, the electronic device 110 predicts future delivery tasks, and, as a result of the prediction, when it is determined that it is difficult to process future delivery tasks based on one or more preset candidate routes, one or more candidate routes are newly created. can be set. In this regard, the prediction of the delivery task may include predicting the type, quantity, and delivery address of the item to be delivered.

According to an embodiment, the operation of the electronic device 110 to set one or more candidate routes in consideration of the quantity of delivery tasks generated for each one or more regions and route efficiency related to the processing of delivery tasks may be performed automatically ( That is, it can be continuously performed even if there is no separate feedback).

7 is an exemplary diagram of a configuration of an electronic device for providing information related to processing of a delivery service according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the electronic device 110 includes a transceiver 710 , a processor 720 , and a memory 730 . The electronic device 110 may be connected to the device 130 of the first camp and other external devices through the transceiver 710 and exchange data.

The processor 720 may include at least one of the devices described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 , or perform at least one method described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 . The memory 730 may store information for performing at least one method described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 . The memory 730 may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory.

The processor 720 may control the electronic device 110 for executing a program and providing information. The code of the program executed by the processor 720 may be stored in the memory 730 .

In addition, the electronic device 110 according to an embodiment may further include an interface capable of providing information to a user.

On the other hand, in the present specification and drawings, preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed, and although specific terms are used, these are only used in a general sense to easily explain the technical contents of the present invention and help the understanding of the present invention, It is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains that other modifications based on the technical spirit of the present invention can be implemented in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

The electronic device or terminal according to the above-described embodiments includes a processor, a memory for storing and executing program data, a permanent storage such as a disk drive, a communication port for communicating with an external device, a touch panel, and a key (key). ), user interface devices such as buttons, and the like. Methods implemented as software modules or algorithms may be stored on a computer-readable recording medium as computer-readable codes or program instructions executable on the processor. Herein, the computer-readable recording medium includes a magnetic storage medium (eg, read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM), floppy disk, hard disk, etc.) and an optically readable medium (eg, CD-ROM). ) and DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)). The computer-readable recording medium may be distributed among network-connected computer systems, so that the computer-readable code may be stored and executed in a distributed manner. The medium may be readable by a computer, stored in a memory, and executed on a processor.

This embodiment may be represented by functional block configurations and various processing steps. These functional blocks may be implemented in any number of hardware and/or software configurations that perform specific functions. For example, an embodiment may be an integrated circuit configuration, such as memory, processing, logic, look-up table, etc., capable of executing various functions by the control of one or more microprocessors or other control devices. can be hired Similar to how components may be implemented as software programming or software components, this embodiment includes various algorithms implemented in a combination of data structures, processes, routines or other programming constructs, including C, C++, Java ( Java), assembler, Python, etc. may be implemented in a programming or scripting language. Functional aspects may be implemented in an algorithm running on one or more processors. In addition, the present embodiment may employ the prior art for electronic environment setting, signal processing, and/or data processing. Terms such as “mechanism”, “element”, “means” and “configuration” may be used broadly and are not limited to mechanical and physical configurations. The term may include the meaning of a series of routines of software in connection with a processor or the like.

The above-described embodiments are merely examples, and other embodiments may be implemented within the scope of the claims to be described later.

Claims (17)

A method of providing information for a delivery business in an electronic device, the method comprising:
obtaining information on a delivery business including item information and delivery address information;
determining a first camp for processing the classification task of the item;
Based on a result of determining the first camp, obtaining information including a delivery route for processing the delivery business; and
Comprising the step of providing information about the delivery service to a delivery person in charge of the delivery route,
The step of obtaining information including the delivery route is
determining whether there is a suitable route for processing the delivery service among one or more candidate routes set in association with the first camp; and
If the suitable route does not exist, comprising the step of setting a new route for processing the delivery business,
The reason for judging that the above suitable route does not exist is,
If there is no route passing in the vicinity of the delivery address among the one or more candidate routes, and
When it is determined that it is inappropriate to process the delivery service on a route passing near the delivery address among the one or more candidate routes in consideration of traffic information and weather information
A method of providing information for delivery operations, including.
According to claim 1,
determining a second camp for allocating a delivery task of the item;
The step of obtaining information including the delivery route is
and obtaining information including the delivery route based on a result of determining the first camp and a result of determining the second camp.
According to claim 1,
The step of obtaining information including the delivery route is
Receiving information including the delivery route from the first camp, characterized in that it comprises the step of providing information for a delivery service.
According to claim 1,
The step of obtaining information including the delivery route is
and selecting a route for processing the delivery task from among the one or more candidate routes if the suitable route exists.

delete According to claim 1,
The step of providing information about the delivery business is
and associating electronic information including the delivery route to an object including the item.
According to claim 1,
Information including the delivery route is
The method for providing information for a delivery service, characterized in that it includes identification information related to one or more regions corresponding to the delivery route.
8. The method of claim 7,
The identification information is
A method for providing information for a delivery service, characterized in that it is determined based on at least one of postal code information and street name information.
The method of claim 1,
Information including the delivery route is
The method for providing information for a delivery service, characterized in that it includes at least one of information related to the first camp, information related to a type of delivery service processed on the delivery route, and information related to a time when the delivery route is created.
10. The method of claim 9,
Information related to the time when the above delivery route was created,
The method for providing information for a delivery service, characterized in that it includes at least one of information on when the delivery route is first created and information on when the delivery route is updated.
According to claim 1,
The information on the delivery route may include information suggesting an order in which the delivery person processes a plurality of delivery tasks on the delivery route.
The method of claim 1,
The information including the delivery route, characterized in that it includes route guidance information for helping the delivery person perform delivery service on the delivery route.
According to claim 1,
The method for providing information for a delivery service, characterized in that it further comprises the step of setting one or more candidate routes in consideration of the quantity of delivery tasks occurring in one or more regions and route efficiencies related to the processing of the delivery tasks.
14. The method of claim 13,
The path efficiency is
Information for delivery service, characterized in that it is determined based on at least one of information on the time it takes for the delivery person from the camp to move to the destination and the distance information for the delivery person from the camp to move to the destination Way.
14. The method of claim 13,
The step of setting the one or more candidate paths includes:
predicting future shipping operations; and
As a result of the prediction, when it is determined that it is difficult to process the future delivery service based on the one or more candidate routes, the method comprising the step of setting the one or more candidate routes. How to provide.
A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium recording a program for executing the method of claim 1 on a computer.
An electronic device for providing information for a delivery service, the electronic device comprising:
a transceiver, memory for storing instructions, and a processor;
The processor is connected to the transceiver and the memory,
Acquire information about the delivery business, including item information and delivery address information,
determining a first camp for processing the classification task of the item;
Based on the result of determining the first camp, to obtain information including a delivery route for processing the delivery business,
providing information about the delivery business to a delivery person in charge of the delivery route;
In order to obtain information including the delivery route, the processor,
It is determined whether there is a suitable route for processing the delivery service among one or more candidate routes set in relation to the first camp,
If the suitable route does not exist, a new route for processing the delivery business is established,
The reason for judging that the above suitable route does not exist is,
If there is no route passing in the vicinity of the delivery address among the one or more candidate routes, and
When it is determined that it is inappropriate to process the delivery service on a route passing in the vicinity of the delivery address among the one or more candidate routes in consideration of traffic information and weather information
comprising, an electronic device.

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