KR20060107264A - Delivery information offering system at real time - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a real-time delivery information providing system.

The real-time delivery information providing system of the present invention is a logistics system having a logistics management server that performs a location tracking for a logistics transport vehicle using a satellite transceiver and a satellite navigation system installed in the logistics transport vehicle, carried by a courier A mobile terminal for receiving information on the delivery goods, receiving a signature from the recipient based on the input information, and wirelessly transmitting the signature; And a repeater for wirelessly interworking with the portable terminal and transmitting the received information to the logistics management server through a satellite transceiver.

The real-time delivery information providing system configured as described above has the advantage of real-time location tracking and monitoring from the warehouse to the final situation delivered to the customer. In addition, since the courier can terminate the courier service by simply receiving a signature from the customer using a portable terminal, the courier service can not only increase the efficiency of the courier service. It provides a useful effect to alleviate the inconvenience.

Package, Logistics, GPS, Location Tracking, Real Time, Monitoring

Description

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1 is a block diagram for explaining a real-time delivery information providing system according to the present invention,

2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the operation of a mobile terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the operation of the repeater according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the real-time delivery information providing system according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: mobile terminal

11: touch screen

12: memory

13: control unit

14: sending part

15: barcode reader

20: repeater

The present invention relates to a system for providing real-time delivery information, and more particularly, by reading a barcode attached to a delivery item loaded on a logistics transport vehicle using a portable terminal, delivering the delivery item to a customer, receiving a confirmation signature, and delivering it. It relates to a real-time delivery information providing system that can easily grasp the situation in real time.

In general, logistics refers to the flow of products from producers to consumers, and includes both the process of transporting, unloading, storing and packing the produced goods and the distribution of goods such as distribution processing and transport infrastructure. More than one stage of distribution is required before the product is produced and delivered to the consumer, and the manufacturer owns a vehicle for this distribution process or sends it to a specialized logistics company.

Conventionally, various types of online information sharing systems have been established and utilized between logistics companies (transporters) and companies (customer companies) for efficient logistics management. In recent years, systems operated online through networks and the Internet are widely used. It is used.

In other words, in the conventional manual system in which the driver reports the status in transit to a mobile phone, a system for periodically informing the location of transportation of vehicles and cargoes by connecting a GPS module and a mobile phone network, a wireless data network, or a satellite network. This is in operation.

Most of these conventional logistics systems are tracking the location of the logistics vehicle, but it was difficult to track the delivery goods in real time.

In other words, the courier must deliver the package to the customer after delivery and sign it to the head office using a mobile communication network. Therefore, the delivery efficiency is not only degraded, but the head office must separately manage the waybill. .

In particular, it is possible to track the location of the delivery vehicle in real time, but it is difficult to grasp the status of the delivery process for the delivery goods in real time caused a problem causing customer complaints.

The present invention was created to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a real-time delivery information providing system that enables the operation of efficient logistics system by monitoring the tracking and processing status of the delivery goods in real time To provide.

The real-time delivery information providing system according to the present invention for realizing the above object, the logistics having a logistics management server for performing the location tracking for the logistics transport vehicle using a satellite transceiver and a satellite navigation system installed in the logistics transport vehicle In the system,

A portable terminal which is carried by a courier and is carried with information about a delivery item, and receives a signature from a recipient based on the input information and wirelessly transmits the signature; It characterized in that it comprises a repeater for transmitting the information received by interworking wirelessly with the portable terminal to the logistics management server via a satellite transceiver.

As a preferred feature of the invention, the portable terminal comprises a touch screen for displaying and receiving a variety of information; A memory for storing delivery information and signature information obtained from a recipient; And a sending unit which receives the control signal from the control unit and generates the signature information of the signed delivery information.

In another preferred aspect of the present invention, the portable terminal is provided with a barcode reader unit for reading a barcode attached to one side of the shipment article so as to check the entry and exit of the shipment article in real time.

The features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, the terms or words used in the present specification and claims are consistent with the technical spirit of the present invention based on the principle that the inventor can appropriately define the concept of the term in order to explain the invention in the best way. It must be interpreted as meaning and concept.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a real-time delivery information providing system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a real-time delivery information providing system according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the operation of the portable terminal according to the present invention, Figure 3 illustrates the operation of the repeater according to the present invention A conceptual diagram for And, Figure 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the real-time delivery information providing system according to the present invention.

First, the present invention can be applied to a conventional logistics system for real-time tracking of logistics using a satellite positioning system. To this end, it comprises a GPS satellite group consisting of a plurality of GPS satellites, and a GPS antenna mounted on a logistics transport vehicle or a loaded container to transmit and receive with the GPS satellite group.

Here, the GPS satellite group is generally composed of 24 satellites, including 3 spare satellites, and orbits the earth at 12 hour intervals with 6 orbits distributed at equal intervals at a slope of 55 ° with respect to the equator at an altitude of 20,000 km. do. In addition, the GPS satellite groups transmit the assigned code and message signals to the logistics vehicle.

On the other hand, the logistics vehicle is assigned a unique identification code, which is to prevent data confusion when receiving a satellite signal from a number of logistics vehicles in the logistics management server. At this time, as a method of assigning an identification code to the logistics vehicle, a unique code may be assigned to the satellite antenna of the logistics vehicle so that the corresponding code is included in the satellite signal.

As described above, the satellite signal of the logistics transport vehicle is provided to the logistics management server, wherein the logistics management server integrates correction information into the satellite receiver for receiving the satellite signal from the logistics transport vehicle and the received satellite signal, and then corrects it. A central processing unit for generating position information, and a wireless communication transmission unit for providing the position correction information generated by the central processing unit to the logistics transport vehicle.

That is, the logistics management server acquires accurate three-dimensional position information by integrating the GPS satellite signal received directly from the moving logistics vehicle and correction information, and the position information including the correction information thus obtained is provided in the logistics vehicle again. The terminal provided in the logistics transport vehicle can repeatedly obtain a three-dimensional position coordinate by repeating the process of reducing the error of the satellite signal directly received from the GPS of the vehicle itself based on the correction information.

On the other hand, it is preferable to convert the satellite signal of the logistics transport vehicle provided to the logistics management server to the TM coordinate system through the conversion module using the OTF positioning technique. This is because, in Korea, a geodetic system based on a Bessel ellipsoid is used, whereas GPS uses a WGS84 (World Geodetic System) geodetic system, and thus the results of surveying obtained using a GPS receiver are not applied. Therefore, the position information acquired from the GPS is converted into a TM coordinate system which is a current coordinate system through a conversion module.

Logistics systems for real-time tracking of such logistics are known, and the present invention uses these known logistics systems.

That is, the real-time delivery information providing system of the present invention is provided with a logistics management server 200 that performs location tracking for the logistics transport vehicle 100 by using a satellite transceiver and a satellite navigation system installed in the logistics transport vehicle 100. In a typical logistics system, the courier delivers the goods to the recipient and allows the courier to carry the goods in real time on the logistics management server 200 so that the courier carries the mobile terminal 10 and the vehicle 100. It is a configuration including a repeater 20 mounted on the).

The portable terminal 10 is carried by the courier and is portable, and information about a delivery item is input, and has a function of wirelessly receiving a signature from a recipient based on the input information.

The mobile terminal 10 displays a variety of information related to the goods and information related to the recipient through the text and images, and at the same time the touch screen 11 for receiving various information from the courier and the recipient, and the delivery-related information and the recipient Memory 12 for storing the signature information obtained from the control unit 13 and the control unit 13 for generating signature confirmation delivery information, and the transmission unit 14 for receiving a control signal from the control unit 13 and sends it to the repeater 20 It consists of.

In addition, the portable terminal 10 is configured to include a barcode reader unit 15. The barcode reader unit 15 reads a barcode attached to a shipment item and is in and out of the logistics vehicle 100. It will be identified in real time, the incoming and outgoing information from the logistics transport vehicle 100 thus identified is transmitted to the repeater 20 through the transmitter 14 is transmitted to the logistics management server 200.

Therefore, the logistics management server 200 can be tracked in real time up to the movement situation in the logistics transport vehicle 100 for the delivery goods.

The portable terminal 10 configured as described above reads a barcode using the barcode reader unit 15 provided in the portable terminal 10 while the courier releases the delivery item in the logistics transport vehicle 100. It is transmitted to the logistics management server 200 to determine that the delivery goods are shipped from the vehicle 100.

Subsequently, when the courier delivers the delivery item to the recipient who is the customer and receives the signature information through the touch screen 11, the courier service is terminated, and such information is also relayed wirelessly to the mobile terminal 10 in real time. Is transmitted to the logistics management server 200 as a result.

On the other hand, the portable terminal 10 is a portable computer equipped with a communication module that can be connected to a wireless mobile communication network, preferably a PDA equipped with an RF short-range wireless communication modem, or a CDMA or IMT2000 communication module is a wireless communication kit It is proposed that Personal Digital Assitants be used. That is, the mobile terminal 10 and the repeater 20 transmit and receive data using a wireless mobile communication network.

The repeater 20 performs a role of transmitting the received information to the logistics management server 200 through a satellite transceiver by wirelessly interworking with the above-described portable terminal 10. The repeater 20 serves to transmit the information received from the mobile terminal 10 to the logistics management server 200, PDA with a CDMA or IMT2000 communication module which is a wireless communication kit and the logistics management server 200 (Personal Digital Assitants) is preferably used. That is, the repeater 20 and the logistics management server 200 are made of data transmission and reception using a wireless mobile communication network.

The real-time delivery information providing system according to the present invention configured as described above is operated as follows with reference to FIG.

The logistics transport vehicle 100 or a container mounted thereon is equipped with a satellite antenna satellite transceiver, which transmits and receives location-related data to and from a GPS satellite group and transmits the data to the logistics transport vehicle 100 from the logistics management server 200. Conduct real time tracking for

As described above, when the logistics transport vehicle 100 performs the location tracking, the courier reads the bar code assigned to the shipment goods by the mobile terminal 10 having the delivery goods released from the logistics transport vehicle 100. .s10

The delivery article thus read is transmitted to the repeater 20 through the transmitter 14 mounted in the portable terminal 10, and the information transmitted to the repeater 20 is transmitted to the logistics management server 200. (s20 )

Subsequently, the courier delivers the delivery goods shipped from the logistics transport vehicle 100 to the recipient, and receives a signature through the touch screen 11 of the portable terminal 10 (s30).

When the courier receives the confirmation signature from the recipient, the information about the delivery goods and the recipient confirmation name are wirelessly transmitted to the repeater 20 mounted on the logistics transport vehicle 100, and the repeater 20 is sent to the logistics management server 200. Courier completion information is transmitted. (S40)

Therefore, the logistics management server 200 can not only track the logistics transport vehicle 100 loaded with the shipment goods in real time, but also manage the situation until the delivery completion time delivered to the customer in real time to efficiently manage the logistics transportation plan Can be established.

It is apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, and that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, such modifications or variations will have to belong to the claims of the present invention.

The real-time delivery information providing system configured and operated as described above has the advantage of enabling real-time location tracking and monitoring until the final situation delivered from the warehouse to the customer.

In addition, since the courier can terminate the courier service by simply receiving a signature from the customer using a portable terminal, the courier service can not only increase the efficiency of the courier service. It provides a useful effect to alleviate the inconvenience.

Claims (3)

In a logistics system having a logistics management server that performs a location tracking for a logistics vehicle using a satellite transceiver and a satellite navigation system installed in the logistics vehicle, A portable terminal which is carried by a courier and is carried with information about a delivery item, and receives a signature from a recipient based on the input information and wirelessly transmits the signature; A repeater for wirelessly interworking with the portable terminal and transmitting the received information to a logistics management server through a satellite transceiver; Real-time delivery information providing system, characterized in that configured to include. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable terminal, A touch screen for displaying and receiving various information; A memory for storing delivery information and signature information obtained from a recipient; A control unit for generating signature confirmation of delivery information, and a transmission unit receiving the control signal from the control unit and transmitting the signal to the repeater; Real-time delivery information providing system, characterized in that configured to include. The real-time delivery information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal further includes a bar code reader unit for reading a bar code attached to one side of the delivery item so as to check the entry and exit of the delivery item in real time.

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