WO2014030374A1 - Vehicle logistics management system - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to information processing technology such as a logistics management system.
- information processing technology such as a logistics management system.
- vehicle (automobile) logistics business management vehicle location management, and the like.
- a vehicle is stored in the terminal at the time of warehousing, and a vehicle is searched for and delivered from the terminal at the time of warehousing. Information management is performed.
- GNSS global navigation satellite systems
- Patent Document 1 JP-A-2001-348110 is an example of prior art related to logistics business management.
- Patent Document 1 Distribution Management Method and System Using Mobile Terminal
- a GPS reception function and a barcode input function are added to the mobile terminal, and the center instruction or the mobile terminal is preset. It is described that GPS information or / and barcode information (particularly both) are added from the mobile terminal and transmitted to the center based on the conditions.
- Cars that are cargoes are large and have complicated shapes, and each vehicle must be handled individually. Vehicles are not protected, packed, or stored in containers, but are stored (stored) in an outdoor site (terminal). Handling the vehicle requires delicateness (for example, avoiding scratches), and high handling quality is required. Regarding the movement of the vehicle in the terminal, cargo handling equipment (for example, a crane, a tenor, etc.) cannot be used, and it is driven and moved by an operator (driver).
- cargo handling equipment for example, a crane, a tenor, etc.
- Vehicles cannot be stacked, and a large site (terminal) is required for flat (parallel) storage.
- the space utilization efficiency in the site of the predetermined area is not good.
- congestion occurs and there is a shortage of new storage locations. If there is a shortage of storage locations, it will be temporarily stored in a place that is not normally stored, and it will become more crowded.
- a vehicle being manufactured (in process) may be temporarily stored in the terminal. Although it depends on the scale of the site, it is necessary to be able to cope with a large number of vehicles and an increase or decrease in the number of vehicles.
- ⁇ In a large site (terminal), it takes time to store and search vehicles according to the size. In a large site, it is easy to mistake the place to store the vehicle. Also, it is difficult to find the target vehicle in a large site. If you make a mistake in the storage location, it will be difficult to find the vehicle. If the location of the storage is registered in the system, it can be searched and discovered later, but it takes time for registration (note writing etc.) and it is easy to forget to register.
- Vouchers and accompanying materials are small relative to the vehicle body, and the style varies depending on the vehicle manufacturer. Many vehicles are often similar in color and size. Therefore, it cannot be determined whether the vehicle is a specific vehicle unless the worker goes near the vehicle. It is necessary to confirm and make a note of the vehicle ID and storage location near the vehicle. Mistakes in vehicles due to human error are also likely to occur.
- Various storage locations and methods (storage rules) for vehicles are stored at each site. For example, there are various area divisions within the terminal, storage area size, storage direction, and the like. It is necessary to build a system that matches these characteristics.
- terminal refers to a space such as an outdoor site where vehicles can be stored, although the name differs depending on the site.
- the terminal can be considered as a general logistics warehouse, but it is an outdoor environment that does not have a roof and uses GPS radio waves.
- the terminal is as large as 1 square km or more when it is large, and can hold, for example, tens of thousands of vehicles.
- Vehicles stored in the terminal are moved and placed on ships, trailers, etc. (departure from the terminal) according to confirmation (instruction) of the departure.
- Many domestic vehicles are mounted on trailers and transported to sales companies.
- vehicles for overseas exports or domestic remote areas they are moved to the wharf according to the arrival timing of the ship, then loaded onto the ship and transported to the destination terminal.
- a transport ship for example, there is a dedicated car ship (PCC: Pure Car Carrier).
- PCC Pure Car Carrier
- vehicle storage locations and rules in the terminal for each site For example, it is stored in advance in a predetermined area in units such as for each vehicle type and for each destination (area is defined in the terminal). Further, when storing the vehicle, a space for facilitating the work is secured, or the vehicle is moved so that the amount of movement of the vehicle in the vicinity (front and rear, left and right) is minimized.
- a predetermined plurality of vehicles are stored for each area of a predetermined size (an area where a parking reference line or the like is drawn).
- a predetermined plurality of vehicles are stored in a predetermined area in a tandem row in a predetermined direction.
- a predetermined plurality of vehicles are stored in a predetermined area in a predetermined area.
- the work (business) for registering the location (position) of the vehicle at the time of warehousing is as follows, for example.
- Vehicle management information including basic information such as a vehicle ID necessary for management is registered in the system in advance, printed on a medium (slip, supplementary material, etc.), and pasted inside a vehicle windshield or the like.
- a vehicle transported from a factory is moved by an operator (driver) and stored in a vacant place in the terminal. At this time, a rough storage area may or may not be designated.
- the information on the storage location (position) of the vehicle by the worker is not registered in the system, or is written down on the spot and registered in the system later.
- the work (operation) for searching for a vehicle corresponding to the case where the vehicle is transported by ship at the time of delivery is as follows, for example.
- a list (work instruction) regarding vehicles to be placed on the ship (vehicles to be searched) is given to the worker by the manager.
- the worker searches for each target vehicle stored in the terminal based on information (for example, vehicle ID, storage location, etc.) described in the list. For example, it is performed by visually confirming information on a medium (such as a slip or incidental material) attached to the vehicle by going near the vehicle.
- a medium such as a slip or incidental material
- vehicles stored in the terminal may be moved (shifted) as needed. For example, preparations are made in advance in view of a shipping schedule (scheduled shipping date, destination, etc.) based on pre-information (preliminary information) from the shipper. That is, the storage location (position) of the vehicle is changed so as to achieve an efficient arrangement in the terminal. When shipping (shipping) is confirmed, shipping and other operations can be performed from the storage location prepared. In the conventional example, since there is pre-information and lead time is also sufficient, it was possible to cope with even manual work sufficiently.
- the shipper wants to shorten the lead time (for example, the time from delivery confirmation (instruction) to delivery completion).
- the accuracy of pre-information from the shipper is also decreasing due to an increase in the change factors.
- Patent Document 1 assume a driver (driver) who performs a delivery operation, and the GPS information assumes that the position of the driver at the time of cargo handling is managed. Therefore, there is room for improvement when applied to the vehicle logistics business as the subject of the present invention.
- the main object of the present invention is to improve the IT system related to vehicle logistics operations (vehicle logistics management), particularly vehicle location management (introduction of individual management and location management). It is possible to improve the efficiency (simplification, shortening, etc.) of registration and search (search) of the storage location (position) of the vehicle with sufficient management accuracy (GPS positioning accuracy, etc.) according to the site characteristics It is to provide a technology that can realize an inexpensive system and shorten the lead time.
- a representative embodiment of the present invention is an information processing system (vehicle distribution management system) or the like related to vehicle distribution business (vehicle distribution management), and has the following configuration.
- This system has a vehicle location management function, a vehicle individual management, and a location management function, and registration and search of the storage location (position) of the vehicle in the terminal (site) at the time of entry / exit etc. It has a function to support work such as (search).
- the vehicle physical distribution management system of this embodiment includes a computer used by the administrator, a terminal carried by the user, and a GPS receiver.
- the computer has a server program that constitutes a vehicle location management function.
- the server program searches for data information including vehicle ID and position from the first processing unit (position registration processing unit) that registers and manages data information including vehicle ID and location in the DB. 2 processing units (position search processing units).
- the GPS receiver has a positioning function for performing positioning by GPS.
- the computer and the terminal communicate wirelessly.
- the terminal and the GPS receiver perform near field communication.
- the terminal has a function of reading first data including an ID of the vehicle from a vehicle medium, a function of acquiring second data as positioning information from the GPS receiver by short-range communication with the GPS receiver, And a client program constituting the location management function.
- the client program acquires the first and second data by user operation, transmits the data to the computer, and registers information corresponding to the vehicle ID and position in the DB.
- a third processing unit (position registration processing unit) to be performed, and a fourth processing unit for searching for information including the vehicle ID and position from the DB of the computer by a user operation in order to search for the storage position of the vehicle (Location search processing unit).
- the computer manages the area of the site where the vehicle is stored in the vehicle logistics business by the divided location (section), and the position where the vehicle is stored at the time of position registration is determined by the positioning information and the location. Manage by associating with ID.
- the terminal compares the processing for evaluating the accuracy of the positioning information, which is the second data acquired from the GPS receiver, and the accuracy evaluation value with a threshold value at the time of position registration. To determine whether or not to be used for location registration. If not, discard the second data and obtain the second data as positioning information from the GPS receiver again. I do.
- the terminal uses the first and second data acquired from the GPS receiver at the time of location registration to display the position of the current positioning result on the map of the site on the screen of the terminal. Based on the processing to display the data and the data obtained from the computer, on the map of the terminal, on the map of the site, the position of the positioning result of the previous location registration around the position of the positioning result of this time is displayed A process and a process of manually moving and correcting the position of the current positioning result in the screen and confirming for position registration are performed by a user operation.
- the terminal for the vehicle logistics business vehicle logistics management
- the IT system introduction of individual management and location management
- An inexpensive system can be realized and lead time can be shortened.
- a function of registering the storage location of the vehicle in the system based on GPS positioning ( A position registration function) and a function for searching for information such as the registered position (position search function). This will reduce man-hours, labor, and mistakes in search operations and improve and support operations.
- the location of the vehicle storage in the terminal will be liberalized to some extent to improve the space utilization efficiency, and the search (search) will be facilitated and shortened.
- the time (lead time) from the delivery confirmation to the delivery completion is also shortened.
- information such as the storage position of each vehicle can be registered in the system (DB) easily and sufficiently accurately anywhere in the terminal by the center system administrator and each worker, and can be easily searched later.
- Predetermined systemization can reduce forgetting and mistakes of vehicle position registration by the operator, and prevent the vehicle from being found during the search.
- the GPS positioning accuracy (the management granularity by the GPS positioning accuracy) may be necessary and sufficient according to the characteristics of the site, and an inexpensive system can be constructed and operated using an inexpensive GPS (GPS receiver).
- a mechanism (such as a re-positioning function and a correction function) that compensates for the positioning accuracy by inexpensive GPS is provided.
- the accuracy of location registration and search can be improved (a sufficient management granularity is realized), and the work can be shortened.
- FIG. 1 shows the configuration of elements of a system (vehicle logistics management system) according to the present embodiment including vehicles and workers.
- a worker W1 a handheld terminal (HH terminal) 1, a GPS receiver 2, a vehicle 10, a GPS satellite 1003, a hat (GPS storage cap) 1004, a medium 1005 (slip, supplementary material, etc.), a bar Code (BC) 1006, parking area (parking reference line) 1007, work instruction information / work instruction sheet 1008, and the like.
- A1 indicates automatic recognition (BC scan) between the HH terminal 1 and the BC 1006 of the medium 1005.
- A2 represents short-range wireless communication (for example, BlueTooth) between the HH terminal 1 and the GPS receiver 2.
- Vehicle 10 indicates a vehicle (completed vehicle) stored in the terminal (here, one parking area 1007).
- the parking area 1007 is an area in the terminal, and here shows the case of an area (reference line drawn on the ground) partitioned for parking.
- the HH terminal 1 is a terminal device that is carried and operated by the worker W1, and has a function of supporting work including registration and search (search) of the storage position of the vehicle.
- the HH terminal 1 may be a dedicated device for logistics business, or may use a general-purpose device such as a mobile phone (smartphone) or a tablet.
- the HH terminal 1 includes a display (screen display function), operation buttons, and the like.
- the HH terminal 1 includes a function that scans and reads the BC 1006 as in A1 (automatic recognition function) and a function that performs short-range wireless communication with the GPS receiver 2 as in A2 (wireless communication function). .
- the GPS receiver 2 is stored (mounted) in a hat (GPS storage cap) 1004 of the worker W1.
- the GPS receiver 2 is a small unit having a function of receiving and positioning a radio wave from the GPS satellite 1003 (GPS positioning function) and a wireless communication function with the HH terminal 1.
- the GPS receiver 2 has a predetermined GPS positioning accuracy and can use an existing inexpensive unit. If it is desired to increase the GPS positioning accuracy, an expensive unit may be used accordingly.
- the hat 1004 houses the GPS receiver 2. Further, a headset device including a microphone / speaker or the like may be used instead of the hat 1004. The function of the GPS receiver 2 may be mounted on the headset device.
- the medium 1005 is printed with BC1006.
- the medium 1005 including the BC 1006 is attached to, for example, the inside of the window glass of the vehicle 10.
- BC 1006 is printed on incidental materials installed in the vehicle 10.
- the BC 1006 is encoded with vehicle management information including VIN (vehicle management number (vehicle ID)).
- VIN vehicle management number
- a medium 1005 and a BC 1006 are issued for vehicle distribution management.
- Information such as the VIN of BC1006 is managed by the system (DB). It is assumed that a medium 1005 including BC 1006 encoded with vehicle management information such as VIN is attached to the completed vehicle (10) in advance in a separate process.
- the work instruction information / work instruction sheet 1008 indicates work instruction information displayed / stored on the HH terminal 1 or a work instruction sheet printed on paper (such as a work sheet), and either of them may be used.
- the work instruction information / work instruction sheet 1008 describes work instructions to be performed by the worker W1 (for example, information on vehicles to be registered, vehicles to be searched, and the like). Work instruction information / work instruction sheet 1008 is issued for the vehicle logistics business.
- FIG. 1 shows the worker W1
- a person such as the center system administrator U1 (FIG. 2) can also work using the HH terminal 1 or the like.
- FIG. 2 shows a system configuration including an administrator side as a system (vehicle logistics management system) of the present embodiment.
- the entire system (vehicle logistics management system) is connected to a vehicle entry / exit management system, which is a host system 5, a center system 4 (vehicle position management system), which is a system for each site (terminal, office, etc.).
- the HH terminal 1 and the GPS receiver 2 described above are included.
- Each worker (W1, W2) carries and operates the HH terminal 1 and the GPS receiver 2.
- the host system 5 (vehicle entry / exit management system) has software and DB etc. for processing / support for vehicle logistics operations (management of entry / exit and management of work), and may be an existing system or an original system. It may be a system.
- the host system 5 may exist on a network (cloud) or may exist at each site as a system integrated with the center system 4.
- the center system 4 (vehicle position management system) has at least a vehicle position management function and includes a PC 3 (vehicle position management device).
- the center system 4 is composed of a PC 3 in an office or the like adjacent to a terminal on the site, and is operated and used by the administrator U1.
- the PC 3 has a vehicle location management function, and has an application 33 (server program) and a GUI function 34 by software program processing that runs on a CPU, ROM, RAM, OS, etc. (not shown).
- the application 33 (server program) includes a vehicle position registration function (position registration processing unit 33A) and a vehicle position search function (position search processing unit 33B).
- the application 33 cooperates (communication) with the application 13 on the HH terminal 1 side.
- the PC 3 is connected or built in a DB, and is connected or built in an output device such as a printer or a display, or an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard.
- the GUI function 34 performs processing for displaying GUI information on the display screen.
- the HH terminal 1 has a vehicle position management function, and includes an automatic recognition function 11 (BC reader), a short-range wireless communication function 12, and a software program process that runs on a CPU, ROM, RAM, OS, etc. (not shown). And an application 13 (client program) and a GUI function 14.
- the application 13 (client program) includes a vehicle position registration function (position registration processing unit 13A) and a vehicle position search function (position search processing unit 13B).
- the application 13 cooperates (communication) with the application 33 on the PC 3 side.
- the HH terminal 1 includes an output device such as a display and an input device such as a key button.
- the HH terminal 1 may use a display screen as a touch panel, or may include a dedicated button on the main body.
- the automatic recognition function 11 is a BC reader function that scans the BC 1006 of the medium 1005 and reads vehicle management information (data A) including VIN (vehicle ID).
- vehicle management information data A
- data A vehicle management information
- OCR optical character reading
- RFID wireless IC tag
- the short-range wireless communication function 12 is the BlueTooth method in this embodiment, but may be another method.
- a wired communication function is provided.
- the GUI function 34 performs processing for displaying GUI information on the display screen.
- the HH terminal 1 can connect and communicate with the GPS receiver 2 (its short-range wireless communication function 22) using the short-range wireless communication function 12, and requires positioning information (data B) from the GPS receiver 2. Sometimes you can get it.
- the GPS receiver 2 has a positioning function 21, a short-range wireless communication function 22, and an antenna 23.
- the positioning function 21 performs GPS positioning by receiving radio waves from the GPS satellite 1003 via the antenna 23, and outputs the GPS positioning information (data B).
- the outline of the operation of the main functions is as follows.
- the worker W1 uses the application 13 (position registration processing unit 13A) of the HH terminal 1, presses a predetermined button, and scans the BC 1006 of the medium 1005 of the vehicle 10, Thus, vehicle management information (data A) including the vehicle ID is acquired.
- the HH terminal 1 acquires the location / time positioning information (data B) from the GPS receiver 2 connected by communication by the short-range wireless communication function 12 simultaneously (in cooperation).
- the vehicle management information (data A) including VIN and the GPS positioning information (data B) related to the target vehicle 10 are acquired and stored in the memory in the HH terminal 1 in association with each other. Then, the HH terminal 1 transfers the data A and B to the PC 3 of the center system 4.
- the application 33 (position registration processing unit 33A) of the PC 3 registers (stores) data A and B (information including the vehicle ID and position) in the DB, and responds with the result.
- the worker W1 moves to the next target vehicle 10 and repeats the same operation (operation) as described above.
- the worker W1 uses the application 13 (position search processing unit 13B) of the HH terminal 1 to input a search condition and execute a search.
- a search condition (request) is transmitted from the HH terminal 1 to the PC 3 of the center system 4.
- the application 33 (position search processing unit 33B) of the PC 3 searches the DB with the search condition and returns the result.
- the HH terminal 1 displays the search result on the screen.
- the administrator U1 uses the application 33 (position search processing unit 33B) of the PC 3 to input search conditions and execute a search.
- the application 33 (position search processing unit 33B) of the PC 3 searches the DB with the search condition and displays the search result on the screen.
- FIG. 3 schematically shows a height relationship among the vehicle 10, the worker W1, the GPS receiver 2, and the like.
- the GPS receiver 2 is at a higher position by the height h2 of the vehicle 10 and the height h3 of the GPS receiver 2 at the position of the worker's head (cap 1004). I have to. This avoids or reduces the reflection of GPS radio waves by the vehicle 10 and increases the accuracy of GPS positioning.
- the vehicle 10 is generally a lump of metal, and when a large number of vehicles are stored densely, radio waves from the GPS satellite 1003 are reflected to form a multipath, which affects (decreases) GPS positioning accuracy.
- multipath In order to minimize the influence of reflection (multipath), it is better to install the GPS antenna at a position as high as possible. That is, it is desirable that the GPS receiver 2 be mounted at a high position so that the radio wave from the GPS satellite 1003 reaches without being blocked and the reflected wave (multipath) from the surrounding object (vehicle 10) is as difficult as possible.
- the HH terminal 1 and the GPS receiver 2 are not separated from each other and linked to each other, and the GPS receiver 2 is attached to the hat 1004 of the worker W1.
- the hat 1004 is a dedicated hat in which a bag for storing the GPS receiver 2 is provided at the zenith (the top of the head).
- the GPS receiver 2 is positioned higher than the vehicle 10 even when the worker W1 is performing a predetermined work using the HH terminal 1. As a result, positioning can be performed in a state where the influence of reflection from the vehicle 10 is reduced. That is, even an inexpensive GPS receiver 2 can easily perform positioning with sufficient accuracy.
- the GPS receiver 2 may be mounted not on the hat 1004 but on the back collar or shoulder of the clothes worn by the worker W1. As a result, a similar effect can be obtained.
- the worker W1 who operates the completed vehicle (10) wears an object that may damage the vehicle. Therefore, even if it is desired to make the position of the GPS receiver 2 as high as possible, for example, it is not possible to carry a rod-like object on the back of the worker W1 and mount the GPS receiver 2 on the back.
- the GPS positioning result errors due to various factors (for example, the received radio wave intensity from the GPS satellite at the time of positioning, the GPS satellite arrangement, the state of the ionosphere of the earth, etc.) occur.
- the error is small (for example, about several mm to several cm), but it is very expensive, and in many cases, the apparatus size is large and heavy. Also, it takes a long time to measure one point (eg, several minutes to several tens of minutes). In other words, it is not suitable for use in vehicle logistics operations.
- GPS GPS receiver
- the positioning error is several meters to several tens of meters, for example.
- the GPS receiver 2 is a system that is designed in a well-balanced manner by using a low-priced GPS receiver as described above and providing a mechanism that compensates for the relatively low GPS positioning accuracy.
- the position of the vehicle stored in the terminal at a relatively narrow interval is measured by GPS.
- One vehicle is in a range of about 2.5 m ⁇ 5 m, for example. If the positioning error is about several meters or less when positioning the stored vehicle using the GPS receiver 2, the error that may occur in the system registration may be that the adjacent vehicle and the target vehicle are misplaced.
- this system has a function of correcting the position at the time of vehicle position registration. Therefore, as described above, an inexpensive GPS receiver 2 having a positioning error of about several meters to several tens of meters can be used.
- FIG. 4 shows a configuration example of data information managed in the DB of the center system 4 in the system of FIG.
- vehicle management information (D1), terminal management information (D2), work management information (D3), etc. are managed in a DB in a table.
- vehicle ID is information for uniquely identifying the vehicle 10.
- the storage position is information for identifying a place (position) where the vehicle 10 is stored in the terminal, and is, for example, a yard ID, an area ID, a location (section) ID, GPS positioning information (latitude / longitude, coordinate points), and the like. Composed.
- the status is information such as vehicle incidental information, domestic / export (overseas), or work type.
- Terminal management information (D2) includes map information (map) and location management information.
- the map information (map) includes management information (ID (number), position information, etc.) of each unit such as a terminal, a yard, an area, and a parking area, which will be described later (FIG. 5).
- the map information may be obtained using an existing map service (data).
- the location management information includes location (section) management information. In the location management information, ID, position (representative point coordinates), size, and the like are managed for each location (section) described later (FIG. 6).
- management information items include worker (ID, name, etc.), work instruction (eg, movement source position, movement destination position), work status (eg, entry, movement (shift), delivery, etc.), It has an operator position.
- the worker position can use positioning information by the GPS receiver 2 (positioning information at the time of vehicle position registration and periodic positioning information).
- a barcode or the like representing the worker ID is pasted on the name tag (ID card or the like) of each worker (W1 or the like), and the ID is read by the worker's HH terminal 1 at the start of the work. It is possible to grasp who started the work on which HH terminal 1 from what time.
- the worker's HH terminal 1 determines the position of the worker (HH terminal 1) automatically and periodically (for example, every minute) separately from the acquisition of the vehicle position information (positioning information) by the position registration operation. It is good also as a structure which acquires by positioning by the receiver 2, and transmits and registers to a system (DB). As a result, it is possible to grasp the flow line of the worker and use it for optimizing the work.
- the positioning information (data B) by the GPS receiver 2 is transmitted in the NMEA format.
- the NMEA format includes latitude / longitude information and additional information such as the number of GPS satellites (M) and HDOP (N) used for positioning at that time.
- the system (DB) stores various set values (for example, thresholds m1 and m2 for the number of GPS satellites (M) described later and threshold n for HDOP (N)).
- the host system 5 (vehicle entry / exit management system) manages the entry / exit information of the vehicle, and issues an entry / exit work instruction list (no location management) to the center system 4.
- the center system 4 (vehicle position management system) receives an entry / exit work instruction list (no location management) from the host system 5.
- the PC 3 converts it into information in a format corresponding to the location management of the present embodiment. Note that the conversion may be performed by the host system 5.
- the center system 4 (PC 3) issues a work instruction to the individual worker W1 and the like from the manager U1 based on this entry / exit work instruction list (with location management).
- FIG. 5 shows a configuration example of a map (terminal).
- the terminal T0 automobile (completed vehicle) terminal
- the terminal T0 is an outdoor site serving as a space for storing the vehicle 10 (particularly, a completed vehicle stored between production and shipment) for vehicle logistics operations. In other logistics operations, it is also called a warehouse or a logistics center.
- the cargo (luggage) is the vehicle 10.
- warehousing unloading (shipment), etc. with respect to the terminal T0.
- a vehicle (completed vehicle) 10 transported (moved) from a storage source such as a factory or another terminal is received (received and received) in the terminal T0 and stored (parked or stored).
- the vehicle 10 stored in the terminal T0 is unloaded (picked or the like) and shipped (shipped) for transport to a destination (transport destination). For example, it is moved from the terminal T0 to a wharf or the like for loading on a ship.
- the transportation means is a ship or a trailer.
- the driver moves the vehicle.
- the first yard Y1 is an acceptance / storage yard mainly used for warehousing.
- the second yard Y2 is a beach yard used mainly for shipping. Not only completed vehicles but also in-process vehicles can be stored.
- Terminal T0 can be divided into specific areas. For example, an area for each warehousing source, an area for each vehicle type, an area for each destination, an area for each shipping date, and the like.
- information such as the vehicle storage position is registered in the system (DB).
- information such as a vehicle storage position is searched from registered information in the system (DB) to search (discover) the target vehicle and move it.
- the storage position is changed (shifted) in the terminal T0, the position is searched and registered as appropriate.
- location registration location management
- a plurality of terminals, yards, areas, and the like can be provided hierarchically.
- FIG. 6 shows a configuration example of location (grid) allocation.
- location management free location management
- this location configuration example is a grid (matrix-like section) configuration.
- One location hereinafter abbreviated as “location” as appropriate
- location ID corresponds to a square section and is assigned one ID (location ID). For example, it is indicated by A-1.
- the storage position of the vehicle 10 is managed by the unit (ID) of this location (section) together with the GPS positioning information. That is, the granularity of vehicle position management corresponds to the granularity of location management.
- a suitable location configuration is designed according to GPS positioning accuracy, terminal configuration, vehicle size, storage rules for each site, and the like.
- the vehicle is designed in consideration of the average storage space of the vehicle (the size considering the ease of work) and the size of the parking area (parking reference line) drawn on the road surface.
- a square of 5 m ⁇ 5 m is taken as a first example.
- the location and vehicle are 1: 1. That is, one vehicle 10 is stored in one location.
- the average storage space per vehicle is 5m x 5m (wider than vehicle size and has room).
- the size of one location is also 5 m ⁇ 5 m, and the location and vehicle are 1: 2 (two vehicles 10 are stored in one location).
- the average storage space per vehicle is 2.5 m x 5 m, the same as the vehicle size.
- the size of one location is 10 m ⁇ 10 m, the location and the vehicle are 1: 8, and eight vehicles 10 are stored in one location.
- the GPS positioning accuracy (positioning error) by the GPS receiver 2 is, for example, several meters to several tens of meters (here, it is particularly 10 m for easy understanding).
- the average size per vehicle is 2.5 m x 5 m.
- the granularity of location management is set to the same level as the GPS positioning accuracy (positioning error) (several meters to several tens of meters (especially 10 meters)) (the above third example).
- the granularity of location management since the GPS positioning accuracy is, for example, several meters or more (particularly 10 m), it is more suitable to use a unit of a certain number of units rather than a unit of one vehicle (the first example above). Yes. Therefore, for example, the third example is applied. In this case, the granularity of vehicle position management (location management) is 10 m corresponding to the section size.
- the system may further include a function that can variably set (adjust) the granularity (location configuration) of the location management. In this case, the balance can be adjusted according to the on-site characteristics.
- the vehicle storage location in the terminal T0 is basically free (it is optional if it is available), the work time can be shortened, the space utilization efficiency is increased, the number of storage vehicles It becomes easy to adapt to increase and decrease.
- the location management is a simple grid structure, but it may be a location (section) structure corresponding to the map (terminal) shape.
- a location is set according to a parking area that exists discontinuously on the road surface. In this case, the calculation of the association becomes complicated, but the registration position of the vehicle is easy to understand.
- FIG. 7 shows an example of the association between the parking area (1007) in the map (terminal T0) and the location (section).
- A is an example in which one parking area (one vehicle) is related and managed as one location (section) as a first example corresponding to FIG.
- two parking areas (two vehicles) are related as one location (section).
- B is an example in which a plurality of (for example, 8) parking areas (vehicles) are associated and managed as one location (section).
- a plurality of storage vehicles in one location (section) are managed (registered) with the same location ID.
- the target vehicle cannot be pinpointed, but if you go to the location of that location ID, Since there are always eight cars, the target vehicle can be easily found with about eight cars.
- FIG. 8 shows an example of parking areas and storage rules in the map (terminal T0). Although this is an example that exists in the past, this system can also be used.
- (a) there are a plurality of parking areas (parking reference lines) (802) divided by a road (801), and a parking area number (803) for identification is applied to the road surface. . Also, it may be temporarily stored on the road (801).
- the example of (b) corresponds to the case where the vehicle is placed on the ship, and the parking area (811) is stored in the same direction in a column and front-packed.
- the example of (c) corresponds to the case where the vehicle is placed on the trailer, and the parking area (812) is a case where 3 vehicles + 3 vehicles are stored in an opposing arrangement in each row.
- Others store vehicles neatly according to a certain rule for each parking area.
- the right tire of the vehicle is arranged along the line of the parking area.
- parallel parking is performed as close as possible.
- FIG. 9 shows an example of storage / operation at the terminal T0.
- the vehicle (completed vehicle) 10 is received from an adjacent factory exit or the like.
- the worker W1 performs position registration, and the location ID corresponding to the storage position is, for example, A-1.
- the worker W1 registers the position, and the location ID corresponding to the storage position is, for example, B-1.
- Areas A1 and A2 of the yard Y1 are areas for each vehicle type, for example.
- the vehicle may be stored in a free position according to the operation policy, or may be stored roughly in order for each area.
- the storage position of the vehicle can be moved (shifted) as needed if there is a margin based on the information about the scheduled delivery.
- the first yard Y1 to the second yard Y2 at the timing of the delivery confirmation in response to a small time margin based on a request from the shipper (to shorten the time from confirmation to shipping).
- the second yard Y2 has, for example, areas B1 and B2 for each destination.
- the target storage vehicle in the first yard Y1 is moved (shifted, picked, beached) to the area for each destination in the second yard Y2.
- the worker W1 finds the target vehicle and moves (drives or parks) the vehicle to each area of the second yard Y2.
- the storage position after the movement is registered in the same manner.
- location management becomes unnecessary at this time, location registration can be omitted. For example, when the warehouse is stored in an area for each destination when the delivery is confirmed, the location is clear (easier to search), so location registration is not necessary.
- the work in the terminal T0 may be performed by a plurality of workers sharing roles. For example, it has the 1st worker W1 who performs position registration etc., and the 2nd worker W2 in charge of the movement by driving
- the manager U1 of the center system 4 manages the overall work and instructs each worker W1 to work.
- FIG. 10 shows a work flow at the time of warehousing.
- the vehicle 10 transported from a warehousing source such as a factory is stored in the yard Y1 in the terminal T0.
- A is a device (HH terminal 1) for warehousing work (location registration) for each worker W1 (driver) by the administrator U1 of the center system 4 at the factory exit or the entrance of the terminal T0. And a GPS receiver 2) are shown. B shows a case where the above devices (1, 2) are not handed over (next FIG. 11). The following is the case of A.
- A1 indicates a case where the administrator U1 gives an instruction for a storage area in the yard Y1 as an warehousing work instruction (1008) to the worker W1.
- A2 indicates a case where there is no instruction for the rough storage location area or the like (when free).
- S1 In the case of A1, in S1, the worker W1 wears the device (1, 2), confirms the work instruction / information (1008), and designates a rough storage place (area) in the yard Y1. The designated vehicle is stored (driven, moved, and parked) in an empty space.
- the worker W1 operates the location registration using the devices (1, 2) at the storage vehicle. That is, an operation of scanning a BC 1006 by pressing a predetermined button of the HH terminal 1 is performed. Thereby, the vehicle management information (data A) and the GPS positioning information (data B) including the above-mentioned vehicle ID are acquired in the HH terminal 1.
- the data A and B are transferred from the HH terminal 1 to the center system 4 (PC 3) by wireless connection and registered in the DB.
- the device (1, 2) of the worker W1 is recovered later at the entrance of the terminal T0, and the data A and B in the HH terminal 1 are transferred to the PC 3 by direct connection to the PC 3 by the administrator U1. Register with.
- the worker W1 moves to the next target vehicle and repeats the same operation (operation) as described above.
- FIG. 11 is a case of work at the time of warehousing and is a flow in the case of B.
- B1 and B2 indicate the presence or absence of a rough storage location instruction as described above.
- the worker W1 gives a predetermined mark indicating that the location registration (positioning) has not yet been completed for the storage vehicle (the location registration should be performed later). wear. For example, inserting a card or other object into the wiper / standing the wiper / lowering the sun visor inside the vehicle.
- FIG. 12 shows a work flow at the time of delivery.
- the target vehicle Before unloading (shipping) the target vehicle, temporarily move from the first yard Y1 (the area of the storage location at the time of warehousing) to the second yard Y2 (the area for each destination, etc.). In this case, the vehicle is moved (shifted) and stored. If there is no time, it is possible to leave the yard Y1 directly.
- (S1) the administrator U1 of the center system 4 receives information (shipping instruction information) from the host system 5 such as the shipping confirmation (shipping date) regarding the stored vehicle in the terminal T0. Since there is a little time until the departure date (shipping / departure timing), the vehicle is moved (shifted) in advance.
- information shipment instruction information
- the host system 5 such as the shipping confirmation (shipping date) regarding the stored vehicle in the terminal T0. Since there is a little time until the departure date (shipping / departure timing), the vehicle is moved (shifted) in advance.
- the administrator U1 receives the information of S1 and the stored vehicle information (vehicle ID, storage position, etc.) stored in the system (DB) before the date of shipping (timing of loading / departure) Based on the above, a work sheet for the delivery work is output (issued).
- the work sheet includes information of the storage location (in the yard Y1) of the target vehicle and the storage location (in the yard Y2) of the destination.
- the administrator U1 can search for information such as the storage position of the target vehicle by performing processing using the position search function (33B) of the application 33 of the PC3.
- the position search function 33B
- the detailed storage position of the vehicle is determined.
- Information obtained by the search may be attached to the work sheet.
- C1 moves (shifts) / stores the vehicle in advance in the second yard Y2 to an area such as each destination of the vehicle, and continues to manage the vehicle position in the yard Y2. (When position registration is performed during storage in the yard Y2). C2 indicates a case where vehicle position management is not performed for the storage vehicle in the second yard Y2.
- S3 In the case of C1, in S3, the administrator U1 passes the devices (1, 2) and the work sheet of S2 to the worker W1.
- the work sheet may be paper or information to be transferred / displayed to the HH terminal 1 as in the case of warehousing.
- S4 the worker W1 confirms the contents of the work sheet and finds a vehicle in the designated storage location (movement source) in the yard Y1. At this time, the worker W1 searches for the detailed storage position of the target vehicle by the process using the position search function (13B) of the application 13 of the HH terminal 1 as well as the information on the work sheet, and confirms it on the screen. You can search while.
- S7 in the case where the event of the shipment is further managed with respect to the storage vehicle, the worker W1 uses the device (1, 2) on the day of the shipment, immediately before the shipment (shipping).
- the vehicle ID and the like are acquired from the BC 1006 of the vehicle, and an event of completion of leaving the vehicle is recorded in the DB of the center system 4. And since the position management of the said vehicle became unnecessary in the system at the completion of the delivery, the corresponding position management information is erased.
- the worker W1 confirms the contents of the work sheet and finds a vehicle in the designated storage location (movement source) in the yard Y1.
- the location search function may be used using the HH terminal 1 as described above.
- the worker W1 drives and moves the target vehicle according to the instruction on the work sheet, and stores it in the designated area in the yard Y2.
- the worker W1 uses the location registration function (13A) of the application 13 of the HH terminal 1 at the target vehicle 10.
- the worker W1 presses a predetermined button (for position registration) of the HH terminal 1 and scans the BC 1006 of the medium 1005.
- the vehicle registration information (data A) including the vehicle ID is read from the BC 1006 by the automatic recognition function (BC reader) 11 from the position registration processing unit 13A.
- the automatic recognition function 11 of the HH terminal 1 cooperates with the short-range wireless communication unit 12, and the short-range wireless communication cooperates with the short-range wireless communication unit 22 of the GPS receiver 2.
- the GPS receiver 2 uses the positioning function 21 and the antenna 23 to acquire GPS positioning data information (data B) (NMEA format) at that time / time.
- Data B corresponds to position information of the vehicle 10. Then, the data B is transferred from the GPS receiver 2 to the HH terminal 1 side by near field communication.
- the application 13 (location registration processing unit 13A) of the HH terminal 1 acquires the data A and B, and temporarily stores the data A and B in association with each other in the memory.
- the data A and B are transferred from the application 13 of the HH terminal 1 to the application 33 of the PC 3 of the center system 4.
- the application 13 (location registration processing unit 13A) of the HH terminal 1 transfers the data A and B to the application 33 of the PC 3 of the center system 4 by wireless communication (for example, Wi-Fi).
- This timing can be continuously (immediately) after the button operation (one trigger operation) in S101. Or you may make it transfer after interposing predetermined button operation.
- the HH terminal 1 is brought to the center system 4 (PC 3) (collected).
- the HH terminal 1 is wired to the PC 3 (cradle or the like), and the data A and B are transferred.
- the application 33 of the PC 3 registers (saves) the data A and B from the HH terminal 1 in the DB in a predetermined format by the location registration processing unit 33A, and sends a registration result response to the HH terminal 1. return.
- the position registration information in the DB may be the latitude / longitude information (coordinate points on the map) based on the GPS positioning information (data B) or the like, or the location calculated from the latitude / longitude information. It may be registered with unit information, or both may be registered in association with each other.
- the worker W1 uses the position search function (13B) of the application 13 of the HH terminal 1.
- the worker W1 executes a position search by inputting a search condition (for example, VIN) on the screen and pressing a predetermined button.
- a search condition for example, VIN
- the application 13 of the HH terminal 1 transmits a search request including the search condition of S201 to the application 33 of the PC 3 of the center system 4 by the location search processing unit 13B. If necessary, the GPS positioning information at that time (that is, information indicating the position of the worker W1) may be acquired and transmitted together.
- the application 33 of the center system 4 searches the DB with the search conditions from the HH terminal 1 in S202 by the position search processing unit 33B, extracts the storage location information of the target vehicle, and the search result Summarize the data and respond to the HH terminal 1. Note that map data and the like may be transmitted together if necessary.
- the application 13 of the HH terminal 1 displays the search result received from the center system 4 on the screen. That is, information such as the storage position of the target vehicle (corresponding yard, area, location, parking area, etc.) is displayed on the map. It is good also as a form which displays including the position of worker W1. Thereby, the worker W1 can easily know the relative position between the target vehicle and itself, and the working efficiency is improved.
- FIG. 15 shows an output example 1 at the time of position search.
- the case where the information at the time of position search is displayed on the display screen of the PC 3 by the administrator U1 together with the work instruction is shown.
- Information similar to this may be displayed on the screen of the HH terminal 1, or may be printed on paper (work sheet) by a printer. It is possible to output in the same way at the time of location registration.
- the administrator U1 creates and displays a work sheet on the PC 3 based on the aforementioned entry / exit work instruction list.
- items include VIN (vehicle ID), storage location (position), attribute, status, destination, and the like.
- the storage location (position) includes an ID such as a yard, an area, and a location indicating the storage location of the vehicle.
- the attribute is, for example, a destination.
- the situation is, for example, a work type (work situation) or the like (for example, warehousing / shift / shipping).
- the destination indicates the location (yard, area, etc.) of the destination of the vehicle in the work instruction.
- the current storage location of a vehicle of a certain VIN is yard Y1, area A2, location E-5, the destination is A, the work type is shipping work, and the destination is yard Y2,
- the area B1 is indicated (corresponding to the example of FIG. 9).
- the administrator U1 selects a target VIN or the like on the screen (for example, 1501) and presses a search button (or executes a search command).
- a search button or executes a search command.
- the position search process described above is executed, and the search result is displayed on the screen.
- a search condition such as VIN may be input in the search condition field and the search button may be pressed.
- FIG. 16 shows an output example 2 at the time of position search.
- Information similar to this may be displayed on the screen of the HH terminal 1, or may be printed on paper (work sheet) by a printer. It is possible to output in the same way at the time of location registration.
- the above-described location (grid) (FIG. 6) is superimposed and displayed on the map.
- a map is displayed together when there are data (images) such as a yard, an area, and a parking area.
- 1601 is an example of the vehicle storage position (location) of the search result.
- the location where the target vehicle is stored (registered) is displayed. For example, location frames and coordinate points are highlighted in red.
- Reference numeral 1602 denotes a case where related information (VIN, storage location, destination, etc.) is displayed in a pop-up or the like.
- the administrator U1 may transfer the search result information to the HH terminal 1 of the worker W1, or may print it on paper (1008) and pass it to the worker W1.
- the worker W1 may search for the target vehicle while looking at the search result information (work instruction information 1008) on the screen of the application 13 of the HH terminal 1, or may look for it while looking at the paper (1008). This makes it easy to find in a short time.
- this system has a function to display and guide various information on the screen (GUI). Even if such a function is not provided, at least a function for outputting an area or a location value corresponding to the position of the target vehicle is sufficient. If the worker W1 grasps the outline of the area in the terminal T0 and the location configuration on a paper map or the like, the search can be made in a sufficiently short time.
- the route from the current position of the worker (by GPS) to the position of the target storage vehicle may be displayed on the screen. Further, the route from the current storage position to the storage position of the movement destination may be displayed on the screen.
- FIG. 17 shows a screen when the worker W1 can correct by using the HH terminal 1 and displaying the GPS positioning result on the screen at the time of position registration by the position registration function (including a filtering function and a correction function described later). An example is shown. (A) shows before correction, and (b) shows after correction.
- the operator W1 performs the operation of registering the position of the storage vehicle using the HH terminal 1
- the button 100 is pressed to scan BC1006
- the positioning result (correction) information as shown in FIG. 17 is displayed on the screen of the HH terminal 1. indicate.
- a point (a1) indicating a position based on the current GPS positioning result (data B) is displayed on the map (1701) (for example, red highlighting).
- a map (1701) information such as a yard, an area, a parking area, and a grid (location) is displayed in a superimposed manner as necessary.
- the parking area (parking reference line) of area A1 is displayed like 1702, but can be added or omitted according to the setting.
- a point (a2) indicating the position of the previously positioned (position registered) storage vehicle is displayed around the current positioning point (a1) in the map (for example, blue display). Information on this point (a2) is acquired from the center system 4 (DB).
- the position of a2 is displayed in the form of a coordinate point based on the previous GPS positioning result (latitude / longitude information).
- the present invention is not limited to this, and the location (section) associated with the position (point). It may be displayed neatly in the form of a unit such as a parking area.
- the worker W1 determines whether or not the current positioning point (a1) is appropriate as a registered position by looking at this screen (a) and the actual situation (landscape) around the screen.
- the current positioning point (a1) is separated from a2 (corresponding to the arrangement of other surrounding storage vehicles) and the parking area (1702) (the displacement is large). Therefore, it can be determined that the registration position is inappropriate (the GPS positioning error is large).
- the current positioning point (a1) can be registered as it is, for example, by pressing the confirm button.
- the application 13 of the HH terminal 1 stores the registered data, and transfers and registers it to the center system 4 (PC 3) side as described above.
- the worker W1 can correct the registration position and the like when it is determined as inappropriate as described above.
- the first manual correction is as follows.
- the worker W1 moves the current positioning point (a1) in the screen to a position that is supposed to be originally based on the information in the screen and the actual situation. Move it manually.
- a3 is a position that is closest to the point (position) of a1 and is supposed to be originally from the surrounding previous positioning result (a2) and situation, and the frame of a4 is a parking area corresponding to a3 .
- the worker W1 manually moves the point a1 to the position a3 (a4) as indicated by the arrow a5.
- This movement may be, for example, an up / down / left / right operation such as a key button or a touch operation (drag) on a touch panel screen, depending on the specifications of the HH terminal 1.
- the worker W1 can register the position by pressing the confirm button at the position (a3, a4) after the movement (correction).
- an automatic correction function may be provided.
- This application 13 compares the current positioning result point (a1) with the surrounding previous positioning result point (a2), calculates the position that is supposed to be originally such as a3 (a4), Display as a candidate for registration.
- the worker W1 can register the position by using the selection or confirmation button.
- an automatic correction button may be prepared, and when the operator W1 presses the automatic correction button, the position may be automatically corrected as described above.
- positioning acquisition of data B
- the result may be displayed.
- the application 13 of the HH terminal 1 (the corresponding application 33 of the PC 3) has a filtering function (re-positioning function).
- the flow of FIG. 18 is added to the flow of FIG. This also corresponds to the re-positioning function of the screen in FIG.
- This filtering function evaluates and determines positioning results (data B) with relatively low GPS positioning accuracy, and responds to positioning errors by filtering (discarding, not adopting) and re-positioning when inappropriate. It is. This makes it easy to adopt an inexpensive GPS receiver 2.
- FIG. 18 shows a processing flow of the filtering function (re-positioning function).
- the HH terminal 1 uses the positioning information (data B) (NMEA format) transferred and acquired from the GPS receiver 2 as described above (FIG. 13, S102, etc.) during location registration. The following processing is performed before transfer to the center system 4.
- the HH terminal 1 evaluates the accuracy (reliability) of the positioning information by a predetermined method, and calculates a value of the accuracy.
- the HH terminal 1 compares the accuracy value with a predetermined threshold value.
- the HH terminal 1 adopts (stores) the positioning result when the accuracy is equal to or greater than the threshold. For example, a message indicating adoption (OK) is displayed on the screen.
- the HH terminal 1 rejects the positioning result if the accuracy is less than the threshold value. In this case, the positioning result (data B) is discarded, an error (message) indicating non-adoption is displayed on the screen, and the user (worker W1) is prompted to perform positioning again. Thereby, the worker W1 performs the position registration operation again as described above. Alternatively, the HH terminal 1 may forcibly execute re-positioning without the user's confirmation / operation. As a result, a result satisfying the determination (S303) is obtained and used for position registration. If an appropriate result is not obtained even after several attempts, an error termination is performed.
- GPS satellite number M
- HDOP High Resolution Of Precision
- N N
- the “number of GPS satellites” is the number of GPS satellites used at the time of positioning, and has a high correlation with positioning accuracy.
- HDOP is one of the positioning accuracy indexes, and is a horizontal DOP (Dilution Of Precision), and the HDOP value becomes smaller as the satellites are evenly distributed over the sky.
- the evaluation value (M, N) is compared with a threshold value.
- the threshold value of the number of GPS satellites (M) is m1, m2 (m1> m2), and the threshold value of HDOP (N) is n.
- the threshold value can be variably set in this system.
- both the above first and second determination methods may be used in combination.
- the determination may be made using only the number of GPS satellites (M), or may be made using only HDOP (N). Further, other element values in the GPS positioning information format may be used in combination.
- the accuracy evaluation value (number of GPS satellites (N), HDOP (N)) or information on another representation thereof (such as a message indicating the magnitude of accuracy) may be displayed on the screen of the HH terminal 1. For example, it may be displayed constantly.
- the operator W1 looks at the evaluation values (M, N) displayed on the screen during the position registration operation, determines whether the positioning accuracy (positioning error) is appropriate, and determines whether it is adopted or not. To do. If you are hiring, press the confirm button, and if you are not hiring, press the re-positioning button.
- the application 13 of the HH terminal 1 (the corresponding application 33 of the PC 3) has a correction function.
- the flow of FIG. 19 is added to the flow of FIG. 13 and FIG. Note that this also corresponds to the manual correction / automatic correction function of the screen of FIG.
- FIG. 19 shows a processing flow of the correction function.
- a predetermined characteristic correction step (S405) is included.
- the HH terminal 1 uses the positioning information (data B) (NMEA format) acquired and transferred from the GPS receiver 2 as described above (FIG. 13, S102, etc.) The following processing is performed before transfer to the center system 4 or when the positioning accuracy is low in the determination of FIG.
- the HH terminal 1 displays the position (point) of the current positioning result (data B) on the map in the correction screen (FIG. 17, a1). At this time, data such as a map is acquired from the DB of the center system 4 (PC 3) as necessary and used for display. At this time, as described above, accuracy index values (M, N) and the like may be displayed together.
- the HH terminal 1 acquires the position registered data from the DB of the center system 4 (PC3) together with the positioning point of S402, and displays the information of the previous positioning points in the vicinity on the map in the correction screen. It is displayed (FIG. 17, a2).
- the candidate positions (a3, a4) may be automatically calculated and displayed.
- Whether or not to change to the correction screen may be automatically changed once before sending data A and B to the center system 4 based on the setting of this system. It is good also as a form which changes by predetermined conditions or predetermined user operation. In the former case, if the operator W1 does not want to make corrections, it can proceed to the next operation without doing anything other than confirmation (such as a confirmation button). In the latter case, for example, the transition is performed only when the positioning error is large in the evaluation value such as the number of GPS satellites (M) described above as a predetermined condition.
- the position registration function may register a position (location) that is different from the actual position due to a GPS positioning error or an error in human judgment, but as described above, somewhere around the actual position. Since it is only shifted, it can be easily dealt with. For example, at the time of position search (search), there is no target vehicle at the position (location) of the search result, and it is found at a shifted position (location) around the periphery. In this case, since an error in position registration is found, it can be dealt with by re-registering the position of the vehicle.
- the present embodiment has the following effects.
- work such as registration and search (search) of the storage location (position) of the vehicle in the terminal at the time of entry / exit etc. by improving the system by introducing individual management and location management etc. regarding vehicle position management Efficiency can be improved (simplification, shorter time, etc.).
- an inexpensive system can be realized with sufficient management accuracy (GPS positioning accuracy, etc.) according to the characteristics of the site.
- GPS positioning accuracy, etc. it is possible to shorten the lead time from the delivery confirmation to the delivery completion.
- free location management can free up the storage location of vehicles in the terminal to a certain extent to improve space utilization efficiency and facilitate and shorten the search (search).
- the HH terminal 1 and the GPS receiver 2 are separated and coordinated, and the inexpensive GPS receiver 2 is positioned higher than the vehicle 10 to reduce the influence of reflection and increase the positioning accuracy. be able to.
- position registration by the worker W1 a series of processes including the acquisition and registration of the vehicle ID and positioning information can be performed with one operation (one button etc.) using the operation of scanning the BC 1006 as a trigger, and the work is easy. Yes, it is also effective in preventing forgetting to register. Also, the position search work is easy to search because the position is displayed graphically on the screen.
- the filtering function and the correction function when the positioning information obtained by the GPS receiver 2 is used for position registration, an inappropriate result due to the positioning error can be excluded / corrected using the judgment of the person (worker W1).
- appropriate positioning information can be used by re-positioning / correction. It is possible to improve the accuracy of location registration by effectively using a person's judgment regarding the actual situation of the surroundings. Further, by displaying information on positioning accuracy (evaluation value) such as the number of GPS satellites (M) in the screen, the worker W1 can roughly grasp the positioning accuracy at the time of position registration. Corresponding to this, when the positioning accuracy reaches a predetermined threshold value, it is possible to automatically execute re-positioning as not adopted. Thereby, the accuracy of location registration can be increased as much as possible.
- the HH terminal 1 of the worker W1 may have a photographing function (an apparatus such as a camera may be used). Thereby, when there is a damaged part such as a scratch on the vehicle in the work flow, the part is photographed by the photographing function, and the photographing data (damage information) is acquired and stored.
- the photographing data damage information
- the shooting data is transferred to the center system 4 etc. and stored in association with the DB.
- the above-described position registration transfer of data A and B
- an option for transferring shooting data is additionally provided to enable selection and execution. This makes it possible to use the captured data for subsequent vehicle maintenance work.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and an RFID (IC tag) or the like can be used (a corresponding RFID reader / writer function or the like is used).
- an RFID IC tag
- the above-described location registration operation may be performed near the RFID, and the vehicle ID or the like can be read more easily.
- the RFID is attached as a label in front of the vehicle or on the left and right windows.
- the RFID is hung by hanging on a mounting post of a rearview mirror in the vehicle. Accordingly, the RFID can be reused, and the RFID information in the vehicle can be read from outside the vehicle.
- the present invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiment.
- the present invention is not limited to the embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Needless to say.
- the present invention can be applied not only to vehicle position management but also to cargo position management at a similar terminal (outdoor site).
- the present invention can be used for logistics operations centering on vehicles. It can also be used when many large steel materials are temporarily stored in a vast site for assembly work.
- SYMBOLS 1 Handheld (HH) terminal, 2 ... GPS receiver, 3 ... PC (vehicle position management apparatus), 4 ... Center system (vehicle position management system), 5 ... Host system (entrance / exit management system), 10 ... Vehicle, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Automatic recognition function, 12, 22 ... Short-distance wireless communication function, 13, 33 ... Application, 13A, 33A ... Position registration process part, 13B, 33B ... Position search process part, 21 ... Positioning function, 23 ... Antenna, 14 , 34 ... GUI function, 1003 ... GPS satellite, 1004 ... hat, 1005 ... medium, 1006 ... BC (bar code), 1007 ... parking area, 1008 ... work instruction information / work instruction sheet.
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前述の車両物流業務(車両物流管理)の特性や課題や状況(変化)への対処として、本願発明及び実施の形態では、以下のようなシステム構成を提供する。本システム(図1,図2等)では、自動認識技術(バーコードやRFID等)やGPS技術などを用いて、車両の個体管理やロケーション管理などを導入し、車両位置管理に関するシステムの改善により、入出庫などの際のターミナル内の車両の蔵置の場所(位置)の登録及び探索(検索)等の作業を効率化(簡易化・短時間化など)する。特に入出庫などの際のターミナル内の個別の車両の蔵置の場所(位置)及び詳細な個体情報を管理する機能として、車両の蔵置の位置をGPS測位に基づきシステム(DB)へ登録する機能(位置登録機能)、及び当該登録された位置などの情報を検索する機能(位置検索機能)を提供する。これにより探索などの作業の工数・手間・ミス等を削減し、業務の改善・支援を図る。 [Summary]
In order to deal with the characteristics, problems, and situations (changes) of the vehicle logistics business (vehicle logistics management) described above, the present invention and the embodiment provide the following system configuration. In this system (Fig.1, Fig.2, etc.), by using automatic recognition technology (barcode, RFID, etc.) and GPS technology, etc., we introduced vehicle individual management and location management, etc. In addition, the efficiency (simplification, shortening, etc.) of operations such as registration and search (search) of the storage location (position) of the vehicle in the terminal at the time of entry / exit is performed. In particular, as a function of managing the storage location (position) of individual vehicles and detailed individual information in the terminal at the time of entering / exiting, etc., a function of registering the storage location of the vehicle in the system (DB) based on GPS positioning ( A position registration function) and a function for searching for information such as the registered position (position search function). This will reduce man-hours, labor, and mistakes in search operations and improve and support operations.
図1は、車両・作業者を含む本実施の形態のシステム(車両物流管理システム)の要素の構成を示す。図1中の要素として、作業者W1、ハンドヘルド端末(HH端末)1、GPS受信機2、車両10、GPS衛星1003、帽子(GPS収納キャップ)1004、媒体1005(伝票、付帯資料など)、バーコード(BC)1006、駐車領域(駐車基準線)1007、作業指示情報/作業指示書1008などを有する。A1は、HH端末1と媒体1005のBC1006との間の自動認識(BCスキャン)を示す。A2は、HH端末1とGPS受信機2との間の近距離無線通信(例えばBlueTooth)を示す。 [System configuration (1)]
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of elements of a system (vehicle logistics management system) according to the present embodiment including vehicles and workers. As elements in FIG. 1, a worker W1, a handheld terminal (HH terminal) 1, a
図2は、本実施の形態のシステム(車両物流管理システム)として、管理者側を含むシステム構成を示している。本システム全体(車両物流管理システム)は、上位システム5である車両入出庫管理システムと、現場(ターミナル、事務所など)ごとのシステムであるセンターシステム4(車両位置管理システム)と、それに接続される前述のHH端末1及びGPS受信機2とを有する。各作業者(W1,W2)は、HH端末1及びGPS受信機2を携帯・操作する。 [System configuration (2)]
FIG. 2 shows a system configuration including an administrator side as a system (vehicle logistics management system) of the present embodiment. The entire system (vehicle logistics management system) is connected to a vehicle entry / exit management system, which is a
図2で、主な機能(位置登録、位置検索)の動作の概略は以下である。車両の蔵置位置を登録する作業の際、作業者W1は、HH端末1のアプリ13(位置登録処理部13A)を利用し、所定のボタンを押して、車両10の媒体1005のBC1006をスキャンし、これにより車両IDを含む車両管理情報(データA)を取得する。これをトリガとして、HH端末1は、同時(連携的)に、近距離無線通信機能12による通信で接続されるGPS受信機2から、その場・時の測位情報(データB)を取得する。上記一連の動作により、HH端末1内のメモリに、対象の車両10に関する、VINを含む車両管理情報(データA)と、GPS測位情報(データB)とが関連付けて取得・保存される。そしてHH端末1は、データA,Bをセンターシステム4のPC3へ転送する。PC3のアプリ33(位置登録処理部33A)は、データA,B(車両のID及び位置を含む情報)をDBに登録(記憶)し、結果を応答する。作業者W1は、次の対象の車両10へ移動して、上記同様の作業(操作)を繰り返す。 [Operation of main functions]
In FIG. 2, the outline of the operation of the main functions (location registration, location search) is as follows. During the work of registering the storage position of the vehicle, the worker W1 uses the application 13 (position registration processing unit 13A) of the
図3は、車両10、作業者W1、GPS受信機2などにおける高さの関係を模式的に示す。本実施の形態では、車両10の高さh2と、作業者W1の頭(帽子1004)の位置にあるGPS受信機2の高さh3とで、GPS受信機2の方が高い位置となるようにしている。これにより、車両10によるGPSの電波の反射等を回避・低減し、GPS測位の精度を高める。 [Height-related, GPS positioning accuracy]
FIG. 3 schematically shows a height relationship among the
図4は、図2のシステムでセンターシステム4のDBに管理するデータ情報の構成例を示す。例として、DBに、車両管理情報(D1)、ターミナル管理情報(D2)、作業管理情報(D3)などをテーブルで管理する。 [DB (data information)]
FIG. 4 shows a configuration example of data information managed in the DB of the
図4で、上位システム5とセンターシステム4との連携例は以下である。上位システム5(車両入出庫管理システム)は、車両の入出庫情報を管理しており、入出庫の作業指示リスト(ロケーション管理無し)をセンターシステム4に対して発行する。センターシステム4(車両位置管理システム)は、上位システム5からの入出庫作業指示リスト(ロケーション管理無し)を受け取る。例えばPC3では、それを本実施の形態のロケーション管理に対応した形式の情報へ変換する。なお変換を上位システム5で行うようにしてもよい。そしてセンターシステム4(PC3)は、この入出庫作業指示リスト(ロケーション管理有り)をもとに、管理者U1から個別の作業者W1等に対する作業指示を発行する。 [Linkage with higher system]
In FIG. 4, an example of cooperation between the
図5は、マップ(ターミナル)の構成例を示す。本ターミナルT0(自動車(完成車両)ターミナル)は、車両物流業務用に車両10(特に製造後出荷までの間に保管しておく完成車両)を蔵置するためのスペースとなる屋外の敷地である。なお他の物流業務では倉庫や物流センター等ともいう。貨物(荷物)は車両10である。以下、ターミナルT0に対する入庫(入荷)・出庫(出荷)等と称する。工場や他のターミナル等の入庫元から輸送(移動)されてきた車両(完成車両)10をターミナルT0内に入庫(入荷、受け入れ)して蔵置(駐車、保管)する。また、ターミナルT0内に蔵置されている車両10を、仕向け先(輸送先)への輸送のために搬出(ピッキング等)して、出庫(出荷)する。例えば船へ積載するためにターミナルT0から埠頭などへ移動させる。輸送手段は船やトレーラ等である。またターミナルT0内では運転者により車両を移動させる。第1のヤードY1は、主に入庫時に用いる受入・蔵置ヤードである。第2のヤードY2は、主に出庫時に用いる浜出しヤードである。なお完成車両に限らず仕掛かり車両などを蔵置することもできる。 [Terminal]
FIG. 5 shows a configuration example of a map (terminal). The terminal T0 (automobile (completed vehicle) terminal) is an outdoor site serving as a space for storing the vehicle 10 (particularly, a completed vehicle stored between production and shipment) for vehicle logistics operations. In other logistics operations, it is also called a warehouse or a logistics center. The cargo (luggage) is the
図6は、ロケーション(グリッド)の割り振りの構成例などを示す。本システム(センターシステム3(PC3)及びHH端末1)ではターミナルT0(マップ)内の車両10のロケーション管理(フリーロケーション管理)を行う。そのためにマップ(ターミナルT0)構成に対して割り振るロケーションの構成例を示す。本ロケーション構成例は、グリッド(行列状の区画)の構成である。1つのロケーション(以下適宜「ロケ」と略す)は、正方形の区画に対応し、1つのID(ロケID)が付与される。例えばA-1等で示す。本システムで、車両10の蔵置位置は、GPS測位情報と共に、このロケ(区画)の単位(ID)で管理される。即ち車両位置管理の粒度はこのロケーション管理の粒度と対応する。 [Location and granularity]
FIG. 6 shows a configuration example of location (grid) allocation. In this system (center system 3 (PC3) and HH terminal 1), location management (free location management) of the
図7は、マップ(ターミナルT0)内の駐車領域(1007)とロケーション(区画)との関係付けの例を示す。(a)は、図6に対応する第1の例として1駐車領域(1車両)を1ロケ(区画)として関係付けて管理する例である。また第2の例として2駐車領域(2車両)を1ロケ(区画)として関係付ける例である。(b)は複数(例えば8)の駐車領域(車両)を1ロケ(区画)として関係付けて管理する例である。1ロケ(区画)の中の複数の蔵置車両は同じロケIDで管理(登録)されることになる。 [Parking area-location]
FIG. 7 shows an example of the association between the parking area (1007) in the map (terminal T0) and the location (section). (A) is an example in which one parking area (one vehicle) is related and managed as one location (section) as a first example corresponding to FIG. As a second example, two parking areas (two vehicles) are related as one location (section). (B) is an example in which a plurality of (for example, 8) parking areas (vehicles) are associated and managed as one location (section). A plurality of storage vehicles in one location (section) are managed (registered) with the same location ID.
図8は、マップ(ターミナルT0)における駐車領域及び蔵置ルールの例を示す。従来存在する例であるが、本システムでも対応可能である。 [Storage rules]
FIG. 8 shows an example of parking areas and storage rules in the map (terminal T0). Although this is an example that exists in the past, this system can also be used.
図9は、ターミナルT0での蔵置・作業などの例を示す。隣接する工場出口などから車両(完成車両)10を入庫する。例えばVIN=1,2の車両とする。VIN=1の車両を、第1のヤードY1における第1のエリアA1内(空いている任意位置)に蔵置する。作業者W1が位置登録を行い、蔵置位置に対応するロケIDが例えばA-1とする。同様にVIN=2の車両を、第1のヤードY1における第2のエリアA2内に蔵置する(空いている任意位置)。作業者W1が位置登録を行い、蔵置位置に対応するロケIDが例えばB-1とする。ヤードY1のエリアA1,A2は例えば車種ごとのエリアである。 [Example of storage and work]
FIG. 9 shows an example of storage / operation at the terminal T0. The vehicle (completed vehicle) 10 is received from an adjacent factory exit or the like. For example, a vehicle with VIN = 1, 2 is assumed. A vehicle with VIN = 1 is stored in the first area A1 (the vacant arbitrary position) in the first yard Y1. The worker W1 performs position registration, and the location ID corresponding to the storage position is, for example, A-1. Similarly, a vehicle with VIN = 2 is stored in the second area A2 in the first yard Y1 (a free arbitrary position). The worker W1 registers the position, and the location ID corresponding to the storage position is, for example, B-1. Areas A1 and A2 of the yard Y1 are areas for each vehicle type, for example.
図10~図12を用いて本実施の形態のシステムを用いた作業フロー例を説明する。 [Workflow]
An example of a work flow using the system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
図10は、入庫時の作業の流れを示す。入庫のケースとして、工場などの入庫元から運搬されてきた車両10をターミナルT0内のヤードY1内に蔵置するケースである。 [Work flow at the time of goods receipt (1)]
FIG. 10 shows a work flow at the time of warehousing. As a warehousing case, the
図11は、上記入庫時の作業のケースで、Bの場合の流れである。Bの場合、装置(1,2)を持たない第1の作業者W1により先に車両の蔵置を行った後、別の第2の作業者W2により装置(1,2)を用いて位置登録を行う。B1,B2は前述同様に大まかな蔵置場所の指示の有無を示す。 [Work flow at the time of goods receipt (2)]
FIG. 11 is a case of work at the time of warehousing and is a flow in the case of B. In the case of B, after first storing the vehicle by the first worker W1 who does not have the device (1, 2), the position registration is performed by using the device (1, 2) by another second worker W2. I do. B1 and B2 indicate the presence or absence of a rough storage location instruction as described above.
図12は、出庫時の作業の流れを示す。出庫のケースとして、対象の車両を出庫(船積み)する前に、一旦、第1のヤードY1内(入庫時の蔵置場所のエリア)から第2のヤードY2内(仕向け先ごと等のエリア)へ車両を移動(シフト)させ蔵置しておくケースである。なお時間が無い場合は直接ヤードY1からの出庫も可能である。 [Work flow at the time of delivery (1)]
FIG. 12 shows a work flow at the time of delivery. As a shipping case, before unloading (shipping) the target vehicle, temporarily move from the first yard Y1 (the area of the storage location at the time of warehousing) to the second yard Y2 (the area for each destination, etc.). In this case, the vehicle is moved (shifted) and stored. If there is no time, it is possible to leave the yard Y1 directly.
上記ケースで、C2の場合の流れは以下である。C2では、ヤードY2への蔵置以降は位置管理が不要なので、装置(1,2)を用いた位置登録を行わない。C2に該当する例としては、ヤードY2内で仕向け先ごとや出荷日ごと等でエリアを明確に分ける運用の場合である。なお位置登録は行わないが位置検索や作業指示の表示などのためにHH端末1を用いるようにしてもよい。 [Work flow at the time of delivery (2)]
In the above case, the flow for C2 is as follows. In C2, since location management is unnecessary after storage in the yard Y2, location registration using the devices (1, 2) is not performed. As an example corresponding to C2, there is a case where the area is clearly divided in each yard Y2 for each destination or every shipping date. Although location registration is not performed, the
図2,図13を用いて、本実施の形態のシステムにおける基本的な位置登録機能の処理の流れを説明する。作業者W1によるHH端末1(アプリ13)の操作の場合で説明するが、管理者U1によるPC3(アプリ33)の操作でも同様に可能である。 [Location registration processing]
The flow of processing of the basic location registration function in the system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The operation will be described in the case of the operation of the HH terminal 1 (application 13) by the worker W1, but the operation can be similarly performed by the operation of the PC 3 (application 33) by the administrator U1.
図2,図14を用いて、本実施の形態のシステムにおける基本的な位置検索機能の処理の流れを説明する。作業者W1によるHH端末1(アプリ13)の操作の場合で説明するが、管理者U1によるPC3(アプリ33)の操作でも同様に可能である。 [Location search processing]
The flow of processing of the basic position search function in the system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The operation will be described in the case of the operation of the HH terminal 1 (application 13) by the worker W1, but the operation can be similarly performed by the operation of the PC 3 (application 33) by the administrator U1.
図15は、位置検索時の出力例1を示す。管理者U1によりPC3のディスプレイ画面に、作業指示と共に位置検索時の情報を表示する場合を示す。これと同様の情報をHH端末1の画面に表示してもよいし、プリンタで紙(作業シート)に印刷してもよい。なお位置登録時も同様に出力可能である。 [Output example 1 (during position search)]
FIG. 15 shows an output example 1 at the time of position search. The case where the information at the time of position search is displayed on the display screen of the
図16は、位置検索時の出力例2を示す。PC3のディスプレイ画面に、位置検索時のマップ上での検索結果の蔵置位置の情報を表示する場合を示す。これと同様の情報をHH端末1の画面に表示してもよいし、プリンタで紙(作業シート)に印刷してもよい。なお位置登録時も同様に出力可能である。 [Output example 2 (during position search)]
FIG. 16 shows an output example 2 at the time of position search. The case where the information of the storage position of the search result on the map at the time of position search is displayed on the display screen of the
図17は、作業者W1がHH端末1を用いて、位置登録機能(後述のフィルタリング機能及び補正機能を含む)による位置登録時に、画面にGPS測位結果を表示して補正可能とする場合の画面例を示す。(a)は補正前、(b)は補正後を示す。前述の作業者W1によるHH端末1を用いた蔵置車両の位置登録の操作の際、ボタンを押してBC1006をスキャンすると、HH端末1の画面に、図17のような測位結果(補正)の情報を表示する。 [Output example 3 (position registration-correction)]
FIG. 17 shows a screen when the worker W1 can correct by using the
更に、HH端末1のアプリ13(対応するPC3のアプリ33)は、フィルタリング機能(再測位機能)を有する。図13のフローに図18のフローが追加される。なお図17の画面の再測位の機能とも対応する。本フィルタリング機能は、比較的低いGPS測位精度による測位結果(データB)を評価・判定し、その測位誤差に対応するため、不適切な場合はフィルタリング(破棄、不採用)し、再測位する機能である。これによりGPS受信機2として安価なものを採用しやすい。 [Filtering function (re-positioning function)]
Further, the application 13 of the HH terminal 1 (the corresponding application 33 of the PC 3) has a filtering function (re-positioning function). The flow of FIG. 18 is added to the flow of FIG. This also corresponds to the re-positioning function of the screen in FIG. This filtering function evaluates and determines positioning results (data B) with relatively low GPS positioning accuracy, and responds to positioning errors by filtering (discarding, not adopting) and re-positioning when inappropriate. It is. This makes it easy to adopt an
更に本システムで、HH端末1のアプリ13(対応するPC3のアプリ33)は、補正機能を有する。図13,図18のフローに図19のフローが追加される。なお図17の画面の手動補正/自動補正の機能とも対応する。 [Correction function]
Furthermore, in this system, the application 13 of the HH terminal 1 (the corresponding application 33 of the PC 3) has a correction function. The flow of FIG. 19 is added to the flow of FIG. 13 and FIG. Note that this also corresponds to the manual correction / automatic correction function of the screen of FIG.
以上説明したように、本実施の形態によれば以下のような効果を有する。本システムでは、車両位置管理に関する個体管理及びロケーション管理などの導入によるシステムの改善により、入出庫などの際のターミナル内の車両の蔵置の場所(位置)の登録及び探索(検索)等の作業を効率化(簡易化・短時間化など)できる。また現場の特性に応じた十分な管理精度(GPS測位精度など)で安価なシステムを実現できる。また出庫確定から出庫完了までのリードタイムの短縮化を実現できる。特にフリーロケーション管理により、ターミナル内の車両の蔵置の位置をある程度自由化してスペース利用効率を向上すると共に、探索(検索)を容易化・短時間化できる。 [Effects]
As described above, the present embodiment has the following effects. In this system, work such as registration and search (search) of the storage location (position) of the vehicle in the terminal at the time of entry / exit etc. by improving the system by introducing individual management and location management etc. regarding vehicle position management Efficiency can be improved (simplification, shorter time, etc.). In addition, an inexpensive system can be realized with sufficient management accuracy (GPS positioning accuracy, etc.) according to the characteristics of the site. Moreover, it is possible to shorten the lead time from the delivery confirmation to the delivery completion. In particular, free location management can free up the storage location of vehicles in the terminal to a certain extent to improve space utilization efficiency and facilitate and shorten the search (search).
本実施の形態の変形例として以下が挙げられる。本システムは、他の機能として、作業者W1のHH端末1に撮影機能を持たせてもよい(カメラ等の装置を利用してもよい)。これにより、作業フロー上、車両に傷などのダメージ箇所がある場合に、その箇所を撮影機能により撮影し、その撮影データ(ダメージ情報)を取得・保存する。例えば前述の位置登録の際に、車両ID(データA)及び測位情報(データB)と共に、上記撮影データ(ダメージ情報)を一緒に、センターシステム4等へ転送して、DBに関連付けて保存させる。例えば前述の位置登録(データA,Bの転送)を1トリガ操作で可能であるが、これに追加で撮影データの転送のオプションを設け、選択実行可能とする。これによりその後の車両のメンテナンス作業などでその撮影データを利用することができる。 [Modification]
The following is mentioned as a modification of this Embodiment. In this system, as another function, the
Claims (11)
- 車両の物流業務を管理する情報処理を行う車両物流管理システムであって、
管理者が使用するコンピュータと、ユーザが携帯する端末、及びGPS受信機と、を有し、
前記コンピュータは、車両位置管理機能を構成するサーバのプログラムを有し、
前記サーバのプログラムは、
前記車両のID及び位置を含むデータ情報をDBに登録して管理する第1の処理部と、
前記DBから前記車両のID及び位置を含むデータ情報を検索する第2の処理部と、を有し、
前記GPS受信機は、GPSによる測位を行う測位機能を有し、
前記コンピュータと端末とが無線通信し、
前記端末とGPS受信機とが近距離通信し、
前記端末は、
前記車両の媒体から当該車両のIDを含む第1のデータを読み取る機能と、
前記GPS受信機との近距離通信により前記GPS受信機から測位情報である第2のデータを取得する機能と、
前記車両位置管理機能を構成するクライアントのプログラムとを有し、
前記クライアントのプログラムは、
前記車両の蔵置の位置を登録するために、前記ユーザの操作により、前記第1、第2のデータを取得し、前記コンピュータに送信し、前記車両のID及び位置に対応する情報を前記DBに登録させる第3の処理部と、
前記車両の蔵置の位置を検索するために、前記ユーザの操作により、前記コンピュータのDBから前記車両のID及び位置を含む情報を検索する第4の処理部と、を有し、
前記コンピュータは、前記車両の物流業務で車両が蔵置される対象となる敷地の領域を、区分されるロケーションで管理し、前記位置登録の際、前記車両が蔵置される位置を、前記測位情報と、前記ロケーションのIDとで関係付けて管理すること、を特徴とする車両物流管理システム。 A vehicle logistics management system that performs information processing for managing logistics operations of vehicles,
A computer used by the administrator, a terminal carried by the user, and a GPS receiver;
The computer has a server program constituting a vehicle position management function,
The server program is:
A first processing unit for registering and managing data information including an ID and a position of the vehicle in a DB;
A second processing unit that retrieves data information including the ID and position of the vehicle from the DB,
The GPS receiver has a positioning function for positioning by GPS,
The computer and the terminal communicate wirelessly,
The terminal and the GPS receiver are in short-range communication,
The terminal
A function of reading first data including an ID of the vehicle from the vehicle medium;
A function of acquiring second data as positioning information from the GPS receiver by short-range communication with the GPS receiver;
A client program constituting the vehicle position management function,
The client program is:
In order to register the storage position of the vehicle, the first and second data are acquired by the operation of the user, transmitted to the computer, and information corresponding to the ID and position of the vehicle is stored in the DB. A third processing unit to be registered;
A fourth processing unit for searching for information including the ID and position of the vehicle from the DB of the computer by the user's operation in order to search the storage position of the vehicle;
The computer manages an area of a site on which a vehicle is stored in the logistics work of the vehicle by a divided location, and the position where the vehicle is stored at the time of the position registration is the positioning information. And a vehicle logistics management system characterized by being managed in association with the ID of the location. - 請求項1記載の車両物流管理システムにおいて、
前記端末は、前記位置登録の際、
前記GPS受信機から取得した第2のデータである測位情報の精度を評価する処理と、
前記精度の評価値を閾値と比較して、当該測位情報を位置登録に採用するか不採用かを判定する処理と、
前記不採用の場合は、前記第2のデータを破棄し、再度、前記GPS受信機から測位情報である第2のデータを取得する処理と、を行うこと、を特徴とする車両物流管理システム。 The vehicle logistics management system according to claim 1,
When the terminal registers the location,
A process for evaluating the accuracy of positioning information which is the second data acquired from the GPS receiver;
A process for comparing the evaluation value of the accuracy with a threshold value and determining whether the positioning information is adopted for position registration or not.
In the case of non-adoption, the vehicle logistics management system is characterized in that the second data is discarded and the second data as positioning information is obtained again from the GPS receiver. - 請求項1記載の車両物流管理システムにおいて、
前記端末は、前記位置登録の際、
前記GPS受信機から取得した第1、第2のデータをもとに、当該端末の画面に、前記敷地のマップ上に、今回の測位結果の位置を表示する処理と、
前記コンピュータから取得したデータをもとに、当該端末の画面に、前記敷地のマップ上に、前記今回の測位結果の位置に対する周辺の以前の位置登録済みの測位結果の位置を表示する処理と、
前記ユーザの操作により、前記画面内の今回の測位結果の位置を手動で移動させて補正し、位置登録のために確定する処理と、を行うこと、を特徴とする車両物流管理システム。 The vehicle logistics management system according to claim 1,
When the terminal registers the location,
Based on the first and second data acquired from the GPS receiver, a process of displaying the position of the current positioning result on the map of the site on the screen of the terminal,
Based on the data acquired from the computer, on the screen of the terminal, on the map of the site, a process of displaying the position of the positioning result registered in the previous position around the position of the positioning result of the current time,
A vehicle logistics management system, wherein the position of the current positioning result in the screen is manually moved and corrected by the user's operation, and fixed for position registration. - 請求項2記載の車両物流管理システムにおいて、
前記測位情報の精度の評価値として、測位に利用したGPS衛星数を用い、
前記GPS衛星数が閾値以下の場合は前記不採用とすること、を特徴とする車両物流管理システム。 In the vehicle logistics management system according to claim 2,
Using the number of GPS satellites used for positioning as an evaluation value of the accuracy of the positioning information,
A vehicle logistics management system characterized in that if the number of GPS satellites is less than or equal to a threshold value, the number is not adopted. - 請求項2記載の車両物流管理システムにおいて、
前記測位情報の精度の評価値として、HDOP値を用い、
前記HDOP値が閾値以上の場合は前記不採用とすること、を特徴とする車両物流管理システム。 In the vehicle logistics management system according to claim 2,
As an evaluation value of the accuracy of the positioning information, an HDOP value is used,
A vehicle distribution management system, wherein the HDOP value is not adopted when the value is equal to or greater than a threshold value. - 請求項2記載の車両物流管理システムにおいて、
前記端末は、前記位置登録の際、当該端末の画面に、前記測位情報の精度の評価値として、測位に利用したGPS衛星数、HDOP値、の少なくとも一方を表示する処理と、
前記ユーザの操作により、再度、前記GPS受信機から測位情報である第2のデータを取得する処理と、を行うこと、を特徴とする車両物流管理システム。 In the vehicle logistics management system according to claim 2,
The terminal displays, on the terminal screen, at least one of the number of GPS satellites used for positioning and the HDOP value as an accuracy evaluation value of the positioning information on the screen of the terminal,
And a process of acquiring second data as positioning information from the GPS receiver again by the user's operation. - 請求項3記載の車両物流管理システムにおいて、
前記端末は、前記位置登録の際、当該端末の画面に、前記敷地のマップ上に、前記今回の測位結果の位置と前記周辺の以前の位置登録済みの測位結果の位置との関係から推定される補正の候補の位置を自動的に表示する処理と、
前記ユーザの操作により、前記画面内の今回の測位結果の位置を、前記補正の候補の位置へと補正し、位置登録のために確定する処理と、を行うこと、を特徴とする車両物流管理システム。 In the vehicle logistics management system according to claim 3,
At the time of the location registration, the terminal is estimated from the relationship between the position of the positioning result of the current time and the position of the positioning result of the previous location registration in the vicinity on the map of the site on the screen of the terminal. Processing to automatically display the position of the correction candidate to be
A vehicle logistics management characterized in that, by the user's operation, the position of the current positioning result in the screen is corrected to the position of the candidate for correction and is determined for position registration. system. - 請求項1記載の車両物流管理システムにおいて、
前記端末は、前記クライアントのプログラムを用いて、前記車両の蔵置の位置を登録する際、前記ユーザの1トリガ操作により、
前記車両の媒体から当該車両のIDを含む第1のデータを読み取る処理と、それに同期して、前記GPS受信機との近距離通信により前記GPS受信機から測位情報である第2のデータを取得する処理と、前記第1、第2のデータを前記コンピュータに送信し、前記車両のID及び位置に対応する情報を前記DBに登録させる処理と、を行うこと、を特徴とする車両物流管理システム。 The vehicle logistics management system according to claim 1,
When the terminal registers the storage position of the vehicle using the client program, the user performs one trigger operation,
In synchronization with the process of reading the first data including the vehicle ID from the vehicle medium, the second data as the positioning information is acquired from the GPS receiver by short-range communication with the GPS receiver. And a process of transmitting the first and second data to the computer and registering information corresponding to the ID and position of the vehicle in the DB. . - 請求項1記載の車両物流管理システムにおいて、
前記GPS受信機は、前記ユーザの帽子に装着され、
前記GPS受信機の測位精度と、前記ロケーション管理の粒度とを概略同じにし、
前記ロケーション管理における1ロケーション単位領域の大きさは、所定の複数の車両の蔵置領域分にしたこと、を特徴とする車両物流管理システム。 The vehicle logistics management system according to claim 1,
The GPS receiver is mounted on the user's hat,
The positioning accuracy of the GPS receiver and the granularity of the location management are approximately the same,
The vehicle logistics management system according to claim 1, wherein the size of one location unit area in the location management is set to a storage area of a predetermined plurality of vehicles. - 請求項1記載の車両物流管理システムにおいて、
前記管理者の操作により、前記コンピュータの前記サーバのプログラムを用いて、前記車両の蔵置の位置を検索する際、
前記コンピュータのDBから前記車両のID及び位置を含む情報を検索する処理と、
前記検索結果の位置を含む情報を、前記コンピュータの画面に、前記敷地のマップ上で、前記測位情報または前記ロケーションの少なくとも一方の形式で表示する処理と、を行うこと、を特徴とする車両物流管理システム。 The vehicle logistics management system according to claim 1,
When searching for the storage location of the vehicle using the server program of the computer by the operation of the administrator,
A process of searching for information including the ID and position of the vehicle from a DB of the computer;
A process for displaying information including the position of the search result on the screen of the computer in the form of at least one of the positioning information and the location on the map of the site. Management system. - 請求項1記載の車両物流管理システムにおいて、
前記ユーザの操作により、前記端末の前記クライアントのプログラムを用いて、前記車両の蔵置の位置を検索する際、
前記コンピュータのDBから前記車両のID及び位置を含む情報を検索する処理と、
前記検索結果の位置を含む情報を、前記端末の画面に、前記敷地のマップ上で、前記測位情報または前記ロケーションの少なくとも一方の形式で表示する処理と、を行うこと、を特徴とする車両物流管理システム。 The vehicle logistics management system according to claim 1,
When searching for the storage location of the vehicle by using the client program of the terminal by the user's operation,
A process of searching for information including the ID and position of the vehicle from a DB of the computer;
A process of displaying information including the position of the search result on the screen of the terminal in the form of at least one of the positioning information and the location on the map of the site. Management system.
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