TW202420180A - Electronic apparatus for processing information for delivery tasks and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a method for processing delivery information in an electronic apparatus, the method including obtaining information on one or more delivery tasks, including item information and destination information, obtaining local delivery person information assigned to each of one or more bases, determining whether a corresponding base is present for each of the one or more delivery tasks based on the destination information, based on a result of determining whether the corresponding base is present and the local delivery person information, determining a delivery task to be processed according to a process via a base among the one or more delivery tasks, and providing the result of the determination to one or more main delivery persons.

Description

Electronic device and method for processing delivery task information

The present invention relates to an electronic device and method for processing delivery mission information. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method comprising the following steps and an electronic device using the method: obtaining local delivery personnel information; determining whether there is a corresponding base for each of one or more delivery missions; and determining a delivery mission to be processed according to a procedure via a base among the one or more delivery missions based on a result of determining whether the corresponding base exists and the local delivery personnel information.

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

With the rapid growth of the e-commerce market, enabling customers to receive their ordered items within a specific time period has become an important competitive factor in the e-commerce market, and therefore, it is very important to process all customer delivery requests on time.

At the same time, with the development of the e-commerce market, business-to-customer (B2C) and customer-to-customer (C2C) delivery has become very common, and the delivery of packages or units smaller than packages has also become very common, and the items used for delivery are also very diverse. In addition, the number of situations in which items move from a delivery departure point to n number of destinations is increasing, and the demand for real-time tracking of item release and delivery status is also increasing, and therefore, the possibility of various abnormal situations is increasing. Therefore, compared with the past large-scale B2B logistics delivery, the complexity and difficulty of delivery tasks are increasing.

Therefore, while ensuring sufficient delivery personnel to adequately reflect customer requests, it is also necessary to focus on improving the efficiency of delivery tasks. In other words, there should not be a situation where delivery personnel are insufficient or a delivery task is missed, but it is also necessary to avoid ensuring too many delivery personnel or handling delivery tasks inefficiently. However, it is not easy to determine how many delivery personnel to ensure because the number of delivery tasks corresponding to delivery requests from customers is not constant and fluctuates, and especially because the number of delivery tasks can increase or decrease significantly depending on various circumstances (such as before and after holidays).

In addition, in order to increase the efficiency of delivery tasks, it is necessary to optimize the method of assigning delivery tasks to delivery personnel or moving the delivery personnel's routes.

In this regard, reference may be made to prior art KR20160145815A and KR102278723B1.

[Technical objectives]

One aspect provides an electronic device and a method related to the electronic device, wherein the electronic device operates to: obtain information about one or more delivery tasks, including item information and destination information; obtain local delivery personnel information assigned to each of one or more bases; determine whether there is a corresponding base for each of the one or more delivery tasks based on the destination information; determine a delivery task to be processed according to a procedure through a base among the one or more delivery tasks based on a result of determining whether the corresponding base exists and the local delivery personnel information; and provide the result of the determination to one or more main delivery personnel. In this regard, the procedure through the base includes a procedure in which a local delivery personnel receives an item transported to the base primarily by a main delivery personnel and then delivers the item to a destination.

The technical problems to be solved by the exemplary embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the technical problems described above, and other technical challenges can be inferred from the following exemplary embodiments. [Technical Solution]

According to one aspect, a method for processing delivery information in an electronic device is provided, the method comprising: obtaining information about one or more delivery missions, including item information and destination information; obtaining local delivery personnel information assigned to each of one or more bases; determining whether there is a corresponding base for each of the one or more delivery missions based on the destination information; determining a delivery mission among the one or more delivery missions to be processed according to a procedure via a base based on a result of determining whether the corresponding base exists and the local delivery personnel information; and providing the result of the determination to one or more primary delivery personnel, wherein the procedure via the base includes a procedure in which a local delivery personnel receives an item transported primarily by a primary delivery personnel to the base and secondarily delivers the item to a destination.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the determining of a delivery task to be processed according to a procedure via a base may include, for a delivery task having a corresponding base among the one or more delivery tasks, determining to process the delivery task via the corresponding base.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the determination of a delivery mission to be processed according to a procedure via a base may include, for a delivery mission among the one or more delivery missions for which there is no corresponding base, determining whether the delivery mission is to be processed via a base around a destination, and for the delivery mission determined to be suitable for processing via the base around the destination, determining to process the delivery mission via the base around the destination.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the bases around the destination may include a base whose distance from the destination is less than a predetermined value.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the determination of whether the delivery mission is to be processed via a base around a destination may include: determining a number of delivery missions suitable for processing by local delivery personnel assigned to the base around the destination; determining a number of delivery missions corresponding to the base around the destination; and comparing the number of delivery missions suitable for processing by local delivery personnel assigned to the base around the destination with the number of delivery missions corresponding to the base around the destination.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the determination of whether the delivery mission is to be processed via a base around a destination may include: determining a local delivery personnel who performs delivery by using a vehicle among local delivery personnel assigned to the base around the destination; and determining a number of delivery missions that can be handled by the local delivery personnel who performs delivery by using the vehicle.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the determining whether a corresponding base exists for each of the one or more delivery tasks may include determining whether at least one base among the one or more bases exists within a predetermined radius based on the destination of each of the one or more delivery tasks.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the determining whether there is a corresponding base for each of the one or more delivery missions may include determining whether the destination of each of the one or more delivery missions belongs to at least one of the areas to be disposed with respect to the one or more bases.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the areas to be disposed with respect to the one or more bases may be periodically re-determined based on a predetermined criterion.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the determining of a delivery task to be processed according to a procedure via a base may include, for a delivery task among the one or more delivery tasks for which there is no corresponding base, determining whether it is necessary to process the delivery task via the base.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the determination of whether it is necessary to process the delivery mission via the base may be performed based on at least one of a quantity of delivery missions assigned to a primary delivery personnel and a delivery route of a primary delivery personnel.

According to an exemplary embodiment, obtaining information about one or more delivery tasks may include: obtaining a plurality of delivery requests from one or more users; determining one or more delivery requests among the plurality of delivery requests to be completed before a predetermined time point; and obtaining information about one or more delivery tasks corresponding to the one or more delivery requests.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the obtaining local delivery personnel information may include obtaining a request for delivery task assignments including information regarding a desired quantity to be processed from one or more local delivery personnel during a predetermined time frame.

According to one aspect, an electronic device for processing delivery information is provided, comprising a transceiver, a memory configured to store instructions, and a processor, wherein the processor connected to the transceiver and the memory operates to: obtain information about one or more delivery tasks, including item information and destination information; obtain local delivery personnel information assigned to each of one or more bases; determine whether there is a destination for each of the one or more delivery tasks based on the destination information; At a corresponding base; based on a result of determining whether the corresponding base exists and the local delivery personnel information, determine a delivery task among the one or more delivery tasks to be processed according to a procedure through a base; and provide the result of the determination to one or more main delivery personnel, wherein the procedure through the base includes a procedure in which a local delivery personnel receives an item mainly transported to the base by a main delivery personnel and secondly delivers the item to a destination.

Details of other exemplary embodiments are included in the detailed description and drawings. [Effect]

According to an exemplary embodiment, by an electronic device and method for processing delivery mission information, sufficient delivery personnel can be ensured to fully respond to customer requests, while preventing cost losses due to too many delivery personnel. In addition, compared to a situation where a main delivery personnel transports an item from a delivery departure point to a destination, a more efficient route can be ensured, delivery efficiency is increased, and since a local delivery personnel only needs to receive items transported to a base by the main delivery personnel, and does not need to directly take over the items transported to the base, there is an advantage of reducing time constraints in delivery missions.

In addition, the electronic device and method can optimize the delivery cost by flexibly considering the delivery performance of a real-time situation of a base, by comparing the number of delivery tasks that can be handled by local delivery personnel at a base and the number of delivery tasks to be handled at the base, so that some deliveries outside an area to be handled by the base are also processed through a process at the base.

In addition, if at least some bases are located in city centers where it is difficult to build large logistics centers due to high land prices and high population density, or in island or mountainous areas where it is difficult to access large logistics centers due to geographical characteristics, delivery can be carried out to a place where there is a demand for delivery but there are restrictions on establishing a delivery camp or distribution center nearby, which may greatly increase delivery efficiency.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects described above, and those skilled in the art will clearly understand other effects not described from the description of the technical solution.

When considering the functions in the present invention, the terms used in the exemplary embodiments are selected from the general terms currently widely used as much as possible. However, the terms may vary depending on the intention of those familiar with the technology or precedents, the emergence of new technologies and the like. In addition, in certain cases, there are also terms that are arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in such cases, the meaning will be described in detail in the corresponding description. Therefore, the terms used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the terms and the content of the present invention rather than the simple names of the terms.

Throughout this specification, when a part is described as "including or comprising" a component, it does not exclude another component and may further include another component unless otherwise stated. In addition, terms such as "...unit", "...group" and "...module" described in this specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, and the unit can be implemented as hardware, software, or a combination thereof.

The expression "at least one of a, b, and c" described throughout this specification may include "a alone", "b alone", "c alone", "a and b", "a and c", "b and c", or "all of a, b, and c".

In the present invention, a "terminal" may be implemented as, for example, a computer or a portable terminal capable of accessing a server or another terminal through a network. Here, the computer may include, for example, a notebook computer, a desktop computer and/or a laptop computer equipped with a web browser. The portable terminal may be a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility, and includes (but is not limited to) any type of handheld wireless communication device, such as a tablet PC, a smart phone, a communication-based terminal (such as International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE) or the like).

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that a person skilled in the art can easily implement the exemplary embodiments. However, the present invention can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the exemplary embodiments described herein.

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

When describing the exemplary embodiments, the description of the technical contents that are well known in the technical field to which the present invention belongs and are not directly related to the present invention will be omitted. This is to convey the main idea of the present invention more clearly by omitting unnecessary descriptions without obscuring the main idea of the present invention.

For the same reason, some components are enlarged, omitted or schematically shown 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 components are assigned the same component symbols.

The advantages and features of the present invention and a method of achieving the same will be understood by reference to the exemplary embodiments described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments disclosed below and may be implemented in a variety of different forms. The exemplary embodiments are provided only to make the present invention complete and to fully inform the ordinary technicians of the field to which the present invention belongs. The present invention is defined only by the scope of the attached invention application. Throughout the text, the same element symbols refer to the same elements.

In this case, it will be understood that each block of a flowchart and flowchart combination can be executed by computer program instructions. Computer program instructions can be embodied in a processor of a general purpose computer or a special purpose computer, or can be embodied in a processor of other programmable data processing equipment. Therefore, instructions executed by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing equipment can produce a portion for performing the functions described in the flowchart blocks. In order to implement a function in a specific manner, computer program instructions that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing equipment can also be stored in a computer-usable or computer-readable memory. Therefore, instructions stored in a computer-usable or computer-readable memory can be produced as an article containing an instruction portion for performing the functions described in the flowchart blocks. Computer program instructions may be embodied in a computer or other programmable data processing device. Therefore, a series of operations may be performed in a computer or other programmable data processing device to produce a computer program, and the computer or other programmable data processing device may provide steps for executing the functions described in the flowchart blocks.

In addition, each block may represent a module, a segment or a portion of a program code, which includes one or more executable instructions for performing one (or more) specified logical functions. It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions mentioned in the blocks may not occur in order. For example, according to a corresponding function, two blocks shown in succession may be executed substantially at the same time, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in reverse order.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system for processing delivery information according to an exemplary embodiment.

According to various exemplary embodiments, a system 100 for processing delivery information includes an electronic device 110 and a primary delivery personnel device 120. According to an exemplary embodiment, the system 100 for processing delivery information may further include at least one of a local delivery personnel device 130 and a client device 140. According to an exemplary embodiment, the system 100 for processing delivery information may further include a network supporting transmission and reception of information among at least some of the electronic device 110, the primary delivery personnel device 120, the local delivery personnel device 130, and the client device 140.

Each of the electronic device 110, the main delivery personnel device 120, the local delivery personnel device 130, and the client device 140 may include a transceiver, a memory, and a processor. In addition, each of the electronic device 110, the main delivery personnel device 120, the local delivery personnel device 130, and the client device 140 refers to a unit that processes at least one function or operation, and may be implemented in hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software. Furthermore, throughout the exemplary embodiments, each of the electronic device 110, the main delivery personnel device 120, the local delivery personnel device 130, and the client device 140 may be referred to as a separate device or a separate server, but each may be a logically divided structure, and at least some of the electronic device 110, the main delivery personnel device 120, the local delivery personnel device 130, and the client device 140 may be implemented by separate functions in a single device or a single server.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 110, the main delivery personnel device 120, the local delivery personnel device 130, and the client device 140 may include a plurality of computer systems or computer software implemented as network servers. For example, at least some of the electronic device 110, the main delivery personnel device 120, the local delivery personnel device 130, and the client device 140 may refer to computer systems and computer software that are connected to sub-devices that can communicate with other network servers through a computer network (such as an intranet or the Internet), receive a request to perform a task, perform the task, and provide the result of the task. In addition, at least some of the electronic device 110, the main delivery personnel device 120, the local delivery personnel device 130, and the client device 140 can be understood as a broad concept, including a series of applications that can be operated on a network server and various databases built in the internal or other connected nodes. For example, at least some of the electronic device 110, the main delivery personnel device 120, the local delivery personnel device 130, and the client device 140 can be implemented using a network server program provided in different ways according to an operating system (such as DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX, or MacOS).

The electronic device 110 is a device that composes and provides various types of information. The electronic device 110 can allow a series of delivery tasks by processing information related to the delivery tasks. Specifically, the electronic device 110 can transmit and receive information related to a delivery task, and the electronic device 110 can provide information related to the delivery task through a web page or an application screen, or provide information that enables a receiving terminal to display the information on a web page or an application screen.

The electronic device 110 obtains information about one or more delivery tasks, including item information and destination information; obtains local delivery personnel information assigned to each of the one or more bases; determines whether there is a corresponding base for each of the one or more delivery tasks based on the destination information; determines a delivery task to be processed according to a procedure through a base among the one or more delivery tasks based on a result of determining whether the corresponding base exists and the local delivery personnel information; and provides the result of the determination to one or more main delivery personnel. In this regard, the procedure through the base includes a procedure in which a local delivery personnel receives an item transported to the base mainly by a main delivery personnel and then delivers the item to a destination.

The electronic device 110 can provide the result of the determination to the main delivery personnel device 120, but is not limited thereto. In addition, the electronic device 110 can receive information about one or more delivery tasks from one or more client devices 140, but is not limited thereto.

According to an exemplary embodiment, if a delivery mission is determined to be processed according to a procedure via a base, the electronic device 110 may assign the delivery mission to a specific local delivery personnel and may provide the local delivery personnel device 130 with information related to processing the delivery mission.

More details regarding the operation of the electronic device 110 will be described later with reference to FIG. 2 .

The main delivery personnel may include various entities that perform a delivery mission. For a delivery mission processed according to a procedure through a base, the main delivery personnel may deliver an item to the base. In addition, for a delivery mission processed according to a general delivery procedure (if not according to a procedure through a base), the main delivery personnel may deliver an item to a delivery address of a customer. The main delivery personnel may include a delivery personnel employed in connection with the delivery service provided by the electronic device 110, but the main delivery personnel are not limited thereto, and the main delivery personnel may include various types of entities (such as freelancers).

Local delivery personnel may include various entities that perform a delivery task, and local delivery personnel may deliver an item from a base to a destination. According to an exemplary embodiment, by requesting a freelance local delivery personnel to handle a delivery task (e.g., requesting to handle a delivery task every day), the electronic device 110 can ensure that there are enough delivery personnel to fully reflect customer requests and prevent cost losses due to too many delivery personnel. In addition, by having the main delivery personnel perform delivery to the base and the local delivery personnel perform delivery from the base to a delivery destination, more efficient movement can be ensured compared to a situation in which the main delivery personnel transports an item from a delivery departure point to the destination, and thus delivery efficiency is increased and work fatigue of the main delivery personnel who must continue driving for a long time can be reduced.

The main delivery personnel device 120 and the local delivery personnel device 130 may receive information from the electronic device 110 or an input from a delivery personnel, and may perform corresponding operations. For example, the main delivery personnel device 120 may receive a result from the electronic device 110 of determining whether to process a delivery task according to a procedure via a base, and provide the result to the main delivery personnel. In addition, the local delivery personnel device 130 may obtain a request for a delivery task from the local delivery personnel and provide the request to the electronic device 110, or the local delivery personnel device 130 may receive information related to the processing of a delivery task from the electronic device 110 and provide the information to the local delivery personnel.

A customer may correspond to an entity that has requested the delivery of an item. A customer includes an entity that orders an item, but a customer is not limited thereto. Customer device 140 may receive a user input from a customer or receive information from electronic device 110, and may perform an operation based on the user input or information. For example, customer device 140 may transmit item order information to electronic device 110 in response to a customer's user input, or customer device 140 may receive real-time delivery information about an item order from electronic device 110 and provide it to the customer. Based on a request from a customer to deliver an item, electronic device 110 may obtain information about a delivery task.

At least one of the main delivery personnel device 120 and the local delivery personnel device 130 of the exemplary embodiment can be implemented in the form of an application installed on a smart phone, or can be implemented in the form of an application installed on a POS machine. In addition, at least one of the main delivery personnel device 120 and the local delivery personnel device 130 can include a function for identifying a barcode, and by scanning the barcode of the item, the main delivery personnel and the local delivery personnel can read the item information, request the electronic device 110 to be responsible for delivery, and notify the electronic device 110 of a change in the delivery status.

The electronic device 110, the main delivery personnel device 120, the local delivery personnel device 130, and the client device 140 may include a computer device, a mobile communication terminal, a server, and the like. The main delivery personnel device 120, the local delivery personnel device 130, and the client 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 an input device. In addition, the main delivery personnel device 120, the local delivery personnel device 130, and the client device 140 may include an output device (such as a screen, a speaker, and an interface device) for providing information to a user, or may be connected to an output device. In addition, the input devices and output devices of the main delivery personnel equipment 120, the local delivery personnel equipment 130 and the client equipment 140 can be configured integrally or can be associated with each other. For example, an interface for receiving a user input can be displayed on at least one of the main delivery personnel equipment 120, the local delivery personnel equipment 130 and the client equipment 140.

The operations related to the series of methods for processing information according to various exemplary embodiments may be implemented by a single physical device, and may be implemented in a manner in which a plurality of physical devices are coupled in an organized manner. For example, some components included in the system 100 for processing delivery information may be implemented by any one physical device, and some other components may be implemented in other physical devices. For example, one physical device may be implemented as part of the electronic device 110, and other physical devices may be implemented as part of the local delivery personnel device 130 or part of other external devices. In some cases, each component included in the system 100 for processing delivery information may be implemented to perform the functions and operations of the system 100 for processing delivery information by being distributed and configured in different physical devices and by the distributed and configured components being organized and combined. For example, the electronic device 110 of the present invention may include at least one sub-device, some operations described as being performed by the electronic device 110 may be performed by a first sub-device, and some other operations may also be performed by a second sub-device.

FIG. 2 is an operational flow chart of a method for processing delivery information by an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

2 , in operation 210, the electronic device 110 according to the exemplary embodiment obtains information about one or more delivery tasks. The information about the one or more delivery tasks includes item information and destination information. In this regard, the item information may include information about one or more items corresponding to the one or more delivery tasks, and the destination information may include information about one or more destinations corresponding to the one or more delivery tasks. In this regard, the one or more items may be items that are subject to delivery, and the one or more destinations may be final delivery destinations. The electronic device 110 may receive information about a delivery task from the client device 140, but is not limited thereto.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 110 may obtain a plurality of delivery requests from one or more users (e.g., customers), and may determine that one or more delivery requests among the plurality of delivery requests must be completed before a predetermined time point. Thereafter, the electronic device 110 obtains information corresponding to the one or more delivery requests determined to be delivered before a predetermined time point, and the information obtained in this manner may be information about one or more delivery tasks obtained in operation 210. In this case, the predetermined time point may be set to, for example, midnight today or midnight the next day, but is not limited thereto.

The electronic device 110 obtains information about a local delivery person assigned to each of one or more bases in operation 220. The one or more bases may include one or more locations where delivery tasks are to be performed according to a process through a base. In this regard, the process through a base includes a process in which a local delivery person receives an item that is primarily transported to a base by a primary delivery person and secondarily delivers the item to a destination.

An exemplary embodiment related to a process through a base will be described later with respect to FIG. 3 .

The information about the local delivery personnel assigned to each of the one or more bases may include information about the local delivery personnel working for each of the one or more bases. Specifically, the information may include information about the local delivery personnel who receive an item from a corresponding base and perform secondary delivery.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 110 can obtain information about local delivery personnel by obtaining a delivery task assignment request containing information about the desired quantity to be processed from one or more local delivery personnel during a predetermined time frame. For example, the electronic device 110 can determine a delivery task assignment request obtained from noon of the previous day to noon of today as information about a local delivery personnel for today's delivery.

The electronic device 110 determines whether there is a base corresponding to each of the one or more delivery tasks based on the destination information in operation 230. The electronic device 110 can determine whether the delivery task is a task type that can be processed according to a procedure through a base by determining whether there is a base corresponding to the destination information. If there is a base corresponding to the destination information, the destination information and the base can have a one-to-one correspondence. However, the destination information and the base are not limited to a one-to-one correspondence, and in some cases, the destination information can be associated with a plurality of bases.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 110 can determine the zip code or road name corresponding to the destination information and determine whether there is a base for processing delivery using the zip code or road name as a destination, and based on this, the electronic device 110 can determine whether the delivery task is a task type that can be processed according to a procedure via a base.

An exemplary embodiment related to determining whether there is a base corresponding to the destination information will be described later with respect to FIG. 4.

Based on the result of determining whether there is a corresponding base for each of the one or more delivery tasks and the obtained local delivery personnel information, the electronic device 110 determines a delivery task among the one or more delivery tasks to be processed according to a procedure via a base in operation 240.

More specifically, for one of the one or more delivery missions for which there is a corresponding base, the electronic device 110 may determine to process the delivery mission via the corresponding base. In this regard, if the number of delivery missions that can be processed by local delivery personnel at the base is less than the number of delivery missions to be processed at the base, the electronic device 110 may recruit additional local delivery personnel to work at the base. However, according to an exemplary embodiment, if the number of delivery missions that can be processed by local delivery personnel at the base is less than the number of delivery missions to be processed at the base, at least some of the delivery missions to be processed at the base may be processed according to a general delivery procedure rather than via a procedure of a base.

Meanwhile, for a delivery mission among one or more delivery missions for which there is no corresponding base, the electronic device 110 may determine whether the delivery mission can be processed via a base around the destination. For a delivery mission determined to be suitable for processing via a base around the destination, the electronic device 110 may determine to process the delivery mission via the base around the destination. In this regard, the base around the destination may indicate a base that does not correspond to a base at the destination, but may indicate a base that is physically located at a distance from the destination where delivery via the base is feasible. For example, the base around the destination may include a base whose distance from the destination is less than a predetermined value, and according to an exemplary embodiment, a base around the destination may indicate a base located within 2 km of the destination. In addition, a base around the destination may include a base whose time required to move to the destination is less than a predetermined value. To calculate the time required for movement, a base around the destination can be determined based on various criteria, such as considering the means of transportation for local delivery personnel (e.g., walking, car, bicycle, etc.).

According to an exemplary embodiment, if a base established to perform a delivery mission according to a procedure via a base inside an apartment building is located at the entrance of the apartment building, then the base does not correspond to a residence located near the entrance of the apartment building, but corresponds to a base near the residence, and relative to a delivery mission with the residence as a destination, the electronic device 110 can determine whether the delivery mission can be handled via a base located at the entrance of the apartment building.

With regard to determining whether a delivery mission for which there is no corresponding base can be processed via a base around a destination, more specifically, the electronic device 110 can determine a number of delivery missions suitable for processing by local delivery personnel assigned to a base around the destination, determine a number of delivery missions corresponding to the base around the destination, and compare the number of delivery missions suitable for processing by local delivery personnel assigned to the base around the destination with the number of delivery missions corresponding to the base around the destination, and based on the comparison result, the electronic device 110 can determine whether the delivery mission can be processed via the base around the destination.

For example, if the number of delivery tasks that can be handled by local delivery personnel assigned to a base around the destination is greater than the number of delivery tasks corresponding to the base around the destination, this indicates that there are excess delivery personnel at the base location. Therefore, within the number of delivery tasks corresponding to the number of delivery tasks that can be handled by local delivery personnel and the number of delivery tasks corresponding to the base, the electronic device 110 can handle delivery tasks through the base, which are delivery tasks for which there is no corresponding base.

However, this is only one example related to determining whether the electronic device 110 can handle a delivery mission via a base around a destination for a delivery mission that does not have a corresponding base. Various operations can be performed to determine whether a delivery mission can be handled via a base around a destination based on a comparison result of the number of delivery missions that can be handled by local delivery personnel assigned to a base around a destination and the number of delivery missions corresponding to the base around the destination. For an exemplary embodiment, only when the number of delivery missions that can be handled by local delivery personnel assigned to the base around the destination is greater than the number of delivery missions corresponding to the base around the destination by a predetermined reference value, for a delivery mission that does not have a corresponding base, the electronic device 110 may handle a delivery mission via the base.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 110 may control the movement means of a local delivery personnel so as to determine whether a delivery mission that does not have a corresponding base can be processed via a base around a destination. For example, the electronic device 110 may determine a local delivery personnel who performs delivery by using a vehicle among the local delivery personnel assigned to the base around the destination, and determine the number of delivery missions that can be handled by the local delivery personnel who performs delivery by using a vehicle for processing, and thus the electronic device 110 may determine whether the delivery mission that does not have a corresponding base can be processed via the base around the destination. More specifically, only when it is determined that there are redundant local delivery personnel using vehicles among the local delivery personnel assigned to the base, the electronic device 110 may process a delivery mission for which there is no corresponding base via a base around a destination. This is because, even if the destination and the base are located within a certain proximity, if a vehicle is not used to perform the delivery, time waste and traffic waste may increase. For example, a local delivery personnel moving by vehicle may determine that a destination 1.5 km away from the base is a destination that can be reached within 2 minutes to 3 minutes, but a local delivery personnel moving on foot may determine that a destination 1.5 km away from the base is a destination that takes more than 30 minutes.

According to an exemplary embodiment, for a delivery mission among one or more delivery missions that does not have a corresponding base, the electronic device 110 may determine whether it is necessary to process the delivery mission through a base. In other words, for a delivery mission among one or more delivery missions that does not have a corresponding base, regardless of whether a delivery mission can be processed through a base around a destination, if it is not necessary to pass through a base around the destination, it may be determined not to perform delivery according to a procedure passing through a base. According to an exemplary embodiment, based on at least one of a number of delivery missions assigned to a main delivery person and a delivery route of a main delivery person, the electronic device 110 may determine whether it is necessary to process the delivery mission through a base. For example, if it is determined that a primary delivery person can handle a delivery mission assigned to him/her without any problem without the assistance of a local delivery person, it may be determined that the delivery mission for which a corresponding base does not exist is not to be performed via a base.

In operation 250, the electronic device 110 provides one or more main delivery personnel with a result of determining a delivery task to be processed according to a procedure through a base among one or more delivery tasks. A main delivery personnel may perform delivery based on the determination result. In this regard, the electronic device 110 may determine a delivery route of the main delivery personnel based on the result of determining the delivery task to be processed according to a procedure through a base, and may provide the determined delivery route to the main delivery personnel terminal 120. In this regard, the delivery route may include a moving route to a general base, but is not limited thereto. The delivery route provided to the primary delivery person is to be understood as a recommended route to be followed, and the primary delivery person's behavior is not necessarily limited to moving only on the provided delivery route.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 110 may determine a delivery route for transporting an item to a base by selecting a delivery route for transporting an item to a base from one or more candidate delivery routes set for a procedure through a base. In this regard, among the one or more candidate delivery routes, the electronic device 110 may select a delivery route by considering whether the candidate delivery route passes through a base to which the item is to be transported. In addition, if the main delivery personnel need to transport items to multiple bases, or if the delivery is to be performed by a general delivery procedure rather than a procedure through a base, in addition to passing through the base, the electronic device 110 may also select a delivery route by considering whether the electronic device 110 passes through all corresponding destinations. According to an exemplary embodiment, if it is determined that none of the one or more candidate delivery routes established for a process through a base is suitable for transporting the item to the base, the electronic device 110 can set a new delivery route. In this case, the new delivery route can be set to pass through one or more destinations that the main delivery personnel must pass through.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 110 may further provide another entity related to the processing of the delivery task with a result of determining a delivery task to be processed according to a procedure through a base among one or more delivery tasks. For example, the electronic device 110 may provide a result of determining whether to process a delivery task according to a procedure through a base to a staff member who sorts items for delivery dispatch or to a delivery departure point of an item. In this case, a staff member who sorts an item at a delivery departure point or an item may sort an item or prepare for delivery dispatch of the item based on the result of determining whether to process a delivery task according to a procedure through a base. In this regard, among items processed according to procedures at one base, a staff member may classify items to be transported to the same base so that they are loaded on the same vehicle, but is not limited thereto.

The descriptions may be applied mutatis mutandis to a case where the electronic device 110 obtains a return task including item information and pickup location information and determines a pickup task to be processed according to a return procedure via a base. In this regard, the return procedure via a base may include a procedure in which a primary delivery person receives an item primarily transported to the base by a local delivery person and secondarily transports the item to a place related to return processing, and a pickup task according to the return procedure via a base may include a task of transporting an item to be returned from a pickup location to a base corresponding to the pickup location information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for illustratively describing a process via a base according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG3 shows a general delivery procedure without passing through a base according to an exemplary embodiment, as indicated by element symbol 310. In this case, since a delivery person starting from a delivery departure point 301 (such as a delivery camp) must visit a plurality of destinations that are not too far from each other, and even in this method, after parking a vehicle for delivery at a specific place, it is necessary to transport items by going back and forth between the vehicle and the destination many times, the delivery takes a long time. Therefore, not only does timely delivery become difficult, but there is also a problem that fatigue of the delivery person accumulates quickly.

Meanwhile, an example of a process through a base is shown, as indicated by element 320. The process through a base includes a process in which a local delivery person receives an item that is primarily transported to base 302 by a main delivery person and then delivers the item to a destination.

One or more bases (such as the bases described with reference to FIG. 2 ) may be places set up on a delivery route for delivering items between a main delivery person and a secondary delivery person. According to an exemplary embodiment, unlike a distribution center or a delivery camp (a place that handles at least one of item sorting and delivery dispatch), one or more bases may not perform item sorting in principle. In this case, one or more bases may have lower operating costs than a distribution center or a delivery camp because one or more bases require fewer staff to operate and require less operating space than a distribution center or a delivery camp.

If the procedure of passing through a base is followed, since a delivery person has to deliver multiple items to the base, not only can the delivery be made in time, but there is also a greater advantage in terms of fatigue of the delivery person. In addition, for a local delivery person, since a base is set up to perform delivery work more conveniently, the local delivery person only needs to deliver one item from the base to a destination, without having to travel back and forth between a vehicle and the destination many times, and thus there is an advantage of reducing the labor involved in the delivery mission. In addition, the local delivery person only needs to receive the items transported to the base by the main delivery person, and does not need to directly take over the items transported to the base from the main delivery person, and thus there is also an advantage of reducing time constraints.

In addition, according to an exemplary embodiment, at least some of the one or more bases may be configured to be located in a city center where it is difficult to build a large logistics center due to high land prices and high population density, or located in an island or mountainous area where it is difficult to access a large logistics center due to geographical characteristics. Through this, delivery can be performed to a place where there is a delivery demand but there are restrictions on establishing a delivery camp or distribution center nearby, or delivery efficiency can be greatly increased.

According to an exemplary embodiment, at least some of the plurality of items processed according to a process through a base can be loaded into a vehicle by loading the items onto a roller. In this case, the main delivery personnel arriving at the base can quickly unload the plurality of items processed according to the process through the base by unloading the roller from the vehicle.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for illustratively explaining determining whether a delivery service is operable according to a service type processed by a process of a base based on delivery address information according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the electronic device 110 according to the exemplary embodiment can determine whether there is a corresponding base for each delivery task based on the destination information. If there is a base corresponding to the destination information, the destination information and the base can have a one-to-one correspondence, but it is not limited thereto. In addition, when there is a corresponding base for each delivery task, the delivery is usually performed according to a procedure via a base. However, as described above, even if there is no corresponding base, the delivery can be performed according to a procedure via a base, and further, even if there is a corresponding base, general delivery can still be performed. Therefore, whether there is a base and whether the delivery is performed according to a procedure via a base do not necessarily match.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 110 can determine whether there is a base corresponding to a delivery task by determining whether there are one or more bases within a predetermined radius based on a destination. According to the exemplary embodiment as indicated in (a), among a first base 402, a second base 403, and a third base 404, the first base 402 exists within a predetermined radius based on a destination 401, and thus the electronic device 110 can determine that there is a base corresponding to the delivery task.

According to an exemplary embodiment, by determining whether the destination belongs to at least one of the areas to be handled in relation to one or more bases, the electronic device 110 can determine whether there is a base corresponding to a delivery task. According to the exemplary embodiment as indicated in (b), the areas to be handled in relation to the first base 402, the second base 403, and the third base 404 are indicated by shaded areas, respectively, and since the destination 401 does not belong to any of the areas to be handled in relation to the first base 402, the second base 403, and the third base 404, the electronic device 110 can determine that there is no base corresponding to the delivery task.

An area to be handled with respect to each of one or more bases may be periodically re-determined based on predetermined criteria. For example, if the number of delivery tasks that can be handled by local delivery personnel at a particular base is always higher than the number of delivery tasks processed in the area to be handled with respect to the base, the electronic device 110 may determine to expand the area to be handled with respect to the base. On the other hand, if the number of delivery tasks that can be handled by local delivery personnel at a particular base is generally less than the number of delivery tasks processed in the area to be handled with respect to the base, the electronic device 110 may determine to reduce the area to be handled with respect to the base.

According to an exemplary embodiment, instead of periodically re-determining the area to be disposed with respect to one or more bases, it can be determined when a specific condition is met. For example, the electronic device 110 can re-determine the area to be disposed with respect to the base when there is a request from a manager of the base.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for illustratively explaining the result of determining the number of delivery tasks that can be handled by a local delivery personnel assigned to a base according to an exemplary embodiment.

5 , according to an exemplary embodiment, the amount of delivery tasks that can be handled by local delivery personnel can be determined based on various criteria including transportation (walking or vehicle) and a base (a first base, a second base, or a third base).

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 100 may ultimately calculate the number of delivery tasks that can be handled by local delivery personnel based on the amount of actual investment in processing one or more delivery tasks among the “number of delivery tasks that can be handled by local delivery personnel” determined according to various criteria. For example, by using the number of delivery tasks that can be handled by local delivery personnel who perform vehicle deliveries associated with the first base, or by using the result of adding the number of delivery tasks that can be handled by local delivery personnel who perform vehicle deliveries associated with the first base and the number of delivery jobs that can be handled by local delivery personnel who perform foot deliveries, the electronic device 110 can determine whether a delivery task that does not correspond to the first base but has a destination around the first base is processed through the first base.

FIG. 6 is an exemplary diagram of a configuration of an electronic device for processing information for a delivery task according to an exemplary embodiment.

6 , the electronic device 110 includes a transceiver 610, a processor 620, and a memory 630. The electronic device 110 is connected to the local delivery personnel device 130 and other external devices through the transceiver 610 and exchanges data.

The processor 620 may include at least one of the devices described above with reference to Figures 1 to 5, and may execute at least one method described above with reference to Figures 1 to 5. The memory 630 may store information for executing at least one method described above with reference to Figures 1 to 5. The memory 630 may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory.

The processor 620 may execute a program and control the electronic device 110 to provide information. The program code executed by the processor 620 may be stored in the memory 630.

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

Meanwhile, in the present invention and the drawings, exemplary embodiments are disclosed and specific terms are used. However, these terms are only used in a general sense to easily describe the technical content of the present invention and help understand the present invention, rather than limiting the scope of the present invention. A person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs will understand that in addition to the exemplary embodiments disclosed herein, other modifications based on the technical spirit of the present invention may also be implemented.

The electronic device according to the exemplary embodiments described above may include a processor, a memory for storing and executing program data, a permanent storage (such as a disk drive) and/or a user interface device (such as a communication port, a touch panel, a key and/or a button) for communicating with an external device. The method implemented as a software module or algorithm may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium as a computer-readable program code or program instruction that can be executed on a processor. Here, the computer-readable recording medium includes a magnetic storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, floppy disk and hard disk) and an optically readable medium (such as CD-ROM and DVD). The computer readable recording medium can be distributed among network-connected computer systems so that the computer readable program code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. The medium can be read by a computer, stored in a memory, and executed on a processor.

An exemplary embodiment may be represented by functional block components and various processing steps. Functional blocks may be implemented by any number of hardware and/or software configurations that perform a particular function. For example, an exemplary embodiment may employ an integrated circuit configuration such as memory, processing, logic and/or a lookup table, which may perform various functions under the control of one or more microprocessors or other control devices. Similarly, components may be implemented as software programming or software components, and exemplary embodiments may be implemented in a programming or scripting language such as C, C++, Java, assembly language, Python, etc., including various algorithms implemented as a combination of data structures, programs, routines, or other programming constructs. Functional aspects may be implemented in an algorithm running on one or more processors. In addition, the exemplary embodiments may use existing technologies for electronic environment settings, signal processing and/or data processing. Terms such as "mechanism", "component", "component" and "configuration" may be used broadly and are not limited to mechanical and physical components. These terms may include the meaning of a series of software routines associated with a processor or the like.

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

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FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system for processing delivery information according to an exemplary embodiment. FIG. 2 is an operation flow chart of a method for processing delivery information by an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram for illustratively describing a procedure through a base according to an exemplary embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram for illustratively explaining an operation of determining whether a delivery service is an operation of a service type that can be processed according to a procedure through a base based on delivery address information according to an exemplary embodiment. FIG. 5 is a view for illustratively explaining the result of determining the number of delivery tasks that can be handled by a local delivery personnel assigned to a base according to an exemplary embodiment. FIG. 6 is an illustrative view of a configuration of an electronic device for processing information for a delivery task according to an exemplary embodiment.

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Claims (14)

A method for processing delivery information in an electronic device, comprising: Obtaining information about a delivery mission, including item information and destination information; Obtaining local delivery personnel information assigned to each of one or more bases; Determining whether a corresponding base for the delivery mission exists based on the destination information; Determining whether to process the delivery mission according to a procedure through the base based on a result of determining whether the corresponding base exists and the local delivery personnel information; and Providing the result of the determination to a primary delivery personnel, wherein the procedure through the base includes a procedure in which a local delivery personnel receives an item transported primarily by the primary delivery personnel from a delivery departure point to the base and secondarily delivers the item to a destination; and Wherein, the determination of whether to process the delivery task according to the procedure through the base includes: If the corresponding base does not exist, determining whether to process the delivery task according to the procedure through the base by passing through the base around the destination, and Wherein the delivery departure point is far away from the base around the destination. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determination as to whether the delivery task is processed according to the procedure via the base includes, if the corresponding base exists, determining that the delivery task is processed via the corresponding base. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bases surrounding the destination include a base whose distance from the destination is less than a predetermined value. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination of whether to process the delivery mission according to the procedure through the base around the destination comprises: Determining a number of delivery missions suitable for processing by local delivery personnel assigned to the base around the destination; Determining a number of delivery missions corresponding to the base around the destination; and Comparing the number of delivery missions suitable for processing by local delivery personnel assigned to the base around the destination with the number of delivery missions corresponding to the base around the destination. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination of whether to process the delivery mission according to the procedure through the base around the destination comprises: Determining a local delivery personnel who performs delivery by using a vehicle among local delivery personnel assigned to the base around the destination; and Determining a number of delivery missions that can be handled by the local delivery personnel who performs delivery by using the vehicle. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the corresponding base exists for the delivery mission includes determining whether at least one of the one or more bases exists within a predetermined radius based on the destination. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the corresponding base exists for the delivery mission includes determining whether the destination belongs to at least one of the areas to be disposed of with respect to the one or more bases. The method of claim 7, wherein the areas to be disposed of relative to the one or more bases are periodically re-determined based on a predetermined criterion. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination of whether the delivery task is processed according to the procedure via the base further includes, if the corresponding base does not exist, determining whether it is necessary to process the delivery task via the base. The method of claim 9, wherein the determination of whether it is necessary to process the delivery mission via the base is performed based on at least one of a number of delivery missions assigned to the primary delivery personnel and a delivery route of the primary delivery personnel. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of information about the delivery task comprises: obtaining a plurality of delivery requests from one or more users; determining one or more delivery requests among the plurality of delivery requests to be completed before a predetermined time point; and obtaining information about one or more delivery tasks corresponding to the one or more delivery requests. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining local delivery personnel information includes obtaining a request for delivery task assignment from one or more local delivery personnel during a predetermined time frame including information about a desired quantity to be processed. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium includes a program for executing the method of claim 1 on a computer. An electronic device for processing delivery information, comprising: a transceiver; a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor, wherein the processor connected to the transceiver and the memory operates to: obtain information about a delivery mission, including item information and destination information; obtain local delivery personnel information assigned to each of one or more bases; determine whether a corresponding base for the delivery mission exists based on the destination information; determine whether the delivery mission is processed according to a procedure of the base based on a result of determining whether the corresponding base exists and the local delivery personnel information; provide the result of the determination to a primary delivery personnel, The procedure through the base includes a procedure in which a local delivery person receives an item transported mainly by the main delivery person from a delivery departure point to the base and then delivers the item to a destination; The processor determines whether to process the delivery task according to the procedure through the base; If the corresponding base does not exist, determine whether to process the delivery task according to the procedure through the base by passing through the base around the destination, wherein the delivery departure point is far away from the base around the destination.