WO2018096690A1 - 情報処理装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an information processing apparatus.
- 3D CAD systems capable of handling 3D models have been used when designing various products.
- design information such as 3D CAD data
- a processing facility such as a 3D printer
- a product as designed is manufactured.
- a producer having a processing facility manufactures and delivers a product upon receiving design information from a client.
- the client can input design information of various designs, and the producer can also own processing equipment with various specifications. Therefore, there is a demand for technology for realizing appropriate communication between the client and the producer.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for placing a temporary order on a factory that meets the conditions of specification data (for example, data indicating the shape of a product) and determining the order contents based on the obtained estimation result. .
- an input unit for inputting delivery conditions including information on design factors and geographical factors of a delivery destination, and the design information input by the input unit
- An extraction unit that extracts one or more processing facilities that can be processed based on, a geographical factor of the delivery destination included in the delivery condition, and a geographical factor included in each attribute information of the extracted processing facility
- a generation unit that generates a processing condition in which the delivery conditions are corrected based on at least one of the processing equipment and the processing condition generated by the generation unit that is estimated for each of the processing equipment extracted by the extraction unit
- An information processing device including an estimation result indicating that processing is possible and a determination unit that automatically determines a request destination and a request content based on a preset selection criterion There is provided.
- the determination unit may assign a successful bid probability larger than 0 according to the estimation result to each of the processing equipment capable of processing that satisfies the processing condition, and determine the request content according to the successful bid probability.
- the determination unit may assign a higher bid probability to the processing equipment that satisfies the processing conditions at a high level.
- the information processing apparatus may further include a notification unit that notifies the successful bid probability.
- the determination unit may determine the request content based further on at least one of past processing results and customer satisfaction in the processing facility.
- the processing condition may be information in which the delivery condition is corrected based on a geographical factor related to at least one of a delivery destination and the processing equipment.
- the delivery condition includes information indicating a delivery date and a delivery destination, the attribute information includes information indicating a location of the processing facility, and the processing condition includes a standard transportation period from the processing facility to the delivery destination. A processing period calculated backward from the delivery date may be included.
- elements having substantially the same functional configuration may be distinguished by adding different alphabets after the same reference numerals.
- a plurality of elements having substantially the same functional configuration are distinguished as necessary in factories 30A, 30B, and 30C.
- factories 30 when there is no need to particularly distinguish each of a plurality of elements having substantially the same functional configuration, only the same reference numerals are given. For example, if it is not necessary to distinguish between the factories 30A, 30B, and 30C, they are simply referred to as factories 30.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an outline of a manufacturing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the manufacturing system 1 includes a server 10, a user device 20, and one or more factories 30 (that is, factories 30A and 30B).
- the factory 30A includes a management device 40 and one or more processing facilities 50 (that is, processing facilities 50A, 50B, and 50C).
- processing facilities 50A, 50B, and 50C processing facilities
- the server 10 is an information processing apparatus having a function of mediating communication between the requester and the producer.
- a person who operates the server 10 is also referred to as an intermediary.
- the server 10 performs a matching between a request for product processing from the client and a processing facility that performs the requested product processing.
- the server 10 receives design information and delivery conditions from the user device 20, and selects a processing facility 50 that requests processing based on the design information. Then, the server 10 transmits a processing instruction to the factory 30 having the selected processing facility 50, and controls the processing of the product and the processing of sending the product to the delivery destination.
- the requester and the delivery destination may be different. In the present specification, description will be made assuming that the client and the delivery destination are the same.
- the server 10 also mediates payment of fees from the client to the producer.
- the user device 20 is a device operated by a user (requester). For example, the user device 20 receives input of design information and delivery conditions, which will be described later, and transmits the input information to the server 10.
- the factory 30 is a facility of a processor (producer) having one or more processing facilities 50.
- the management device 40 is a device that manages the processing equipment 50 in the factory 30.
- the management device 40 has a communication function and performs data transmission / reception with the server 10.
- the management device 40 controls the processing facility 50 to transmit various information of the processing facility 50 in the factory 30 to the server 10 or to perform the instructed processing based on the processing instruction received from the server 10.
- the management device 40 is described as managing the processing facility 50.
- the server 10 may have the function of the management device 40 and may directly manage the processing facility 50.
- the processing facility 50 is an apparatus that manufactures a product by performing various processes.
- the processing equipment 50 is realized by a layer forming apparatus such as a 3D printer, a cutting equipment such as a 3D plotter, and an NC processing equipment that performs NC processing (Numerical Control machining).
- the processing facility 50 performs processing based on the design information output from the management device 40.
- the processing based on the design information means that, for example, a modeled object having a structure according to CAD data is manufactured using a specified material.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a logical configuration of the server 10 according to the present embodiment.
- the server 10 includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 120, and a control unit 130.
- the communication unit 110 is a communication module for transmitting and receiving data to and from other devices by wire / wireless.
- the communication unit 110 communicates with the user device 20 and the management device 40 directly or indirectly via a communication node.
- the storage unit 120 is a part that records and reproduces data on a predetermined recording medium.
- the storage unit 120 stores attribute information of each processing facility 50.
- the attribute information includes, for example, information indicating the location of the processing equipment 50 such as the address of the factory 30.
- the attribute information may include, for example, molding capability information for each material of the processing facility 50.
- the molding capability information is information indicating the molding capability of the processing facility 50, including the thickness (minimum thickness / maximum thickness) that the processing facility 50 can mold, the accuracy, the molding size, and the like.
- the thickness may be taken as the distance until the perpendicular from the surface intersects the other surface, may be taken as the distance between any two points on the opposing surface, or any other arbitrary May be captured by criteria.
- the precision is the smallest unit that can be processed.
- the accuracy may be regarded as a minimum length that can control whether or not materials are stacked in a 3D printer, or may be regarded as the sharpest angle (Sharpness) that can be manufactured.
- the size may be taken as the maximum size that the processing facility 50 can manufacture.
- the attribute information may include price information including a material cost for each material, a unit cost of operation time that is a cost per unit time for operating the processing facility 50, a labor cost, and the like.
- the material cost is a unit price per unit quantity
- the labor cost is a price for one production.
- Control unit 130 functions as an arithmetic processing unit and a control unit, and controls the overall operation in the server 10 according to various programs. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the control unit 130 functions as an input unit 140, an extraction unit 150, a generation unit 160, a determination unit 170, and a notification unit 180.
- the input unit 140 has a function of receiving input of design information and delivery conditions.
- the design information is information including information indicating the shape of the product and information indicating the material to be processed, for example.
- the delivery condition is information including information indicating a delivery destination such as a delivery date and an address, and information indicating a price.
- Data indicating the shape of the product is, for example, CAD data, CG (computer graphics) data, or the like. The shape indicated by this data may be a two-dimensional shape, a three-dimensional shape, or a color, a pattern, or the like.
- the extraction unit 150 has a function of extracting one or more processing facilities 50 that can be processed based on the design information input by the input unit 140.
- the extraction unit 150 refers to the molding capability information stored in the storage unit 120 and extracts one or more processing facilities 50 having a molding capability capable of processing based on the design information.
- the generation unit 160 has a function of generating processing conditions for satisfying the delivery condition input by the input unit 140 according to each attribute information of the processing equipment 50.
- the processing conditions are information in which the delivery conditions are corrected based on geographical factors related to at least one of the delivery destination and the producer (processing equipment 50).
- the generation unit 160 generates processing conditions by applying corrections to the delivery conditions to absorb at least one of the geographical factors of the producer and the delivery destination. Then, the producer makes an estimate for performing processing that satisfies this processing condition.
- the processing conditions that absorb the geographical factors the producer can make an estimate without being bound by the geographical factors, and the work load for the estimation is reduced. Therefore, even when a request for quotation is received from all over the world, it is possible to easily perform the estimation.
- estimation errors due to geographical factors can be prevented, so that inappropriate producers can be prevented from being selected.
- the generation unit 160 refers to the information indicating the location of the processing facility 50 stored in the storage unit 120 and the information indicating the delivery destination included in the delivery conditions, and performs standard transport from the processing facility 50 to the delivery destination.
- a machining condition including a machining period in which the period is calculated backward from the delivery date may be generated.
- the producer does not consider geographical factors such as the distance between the location of the processing equipment 50 and the delivery destination and the available transportation facilities, and only the circumstances related to the processing equipment 50 such as the operating status of the processing equipment 50 and the molding capacity. It is possible to estimate in consideration of Other geographical factors include, for example, national laws, customs procedures, transport, religion, and holidays.
- processing conditions may include information indicating a price in addition to the above processing period.
- the processing period refers to a period from when the order is received until the shipping process is completed.
- the standard transportation period means a transportation period in the case of transportation using a general transportation means assumed to be used.
- the determination unit 170 determines the request contents based on the estimation result, which is estimated for each of the processing facilities 50 extracted by the extraction unit 150 and indicates that the processing that satisfies the processing conditions generated by the generation unit 160 is possible. It has a function to determine. Specifically, the determination unit 170 requests a request destination (that is, processing) from the processing equipment 50 that has been estimated to satisfy the processing conditions among the processing equipment 50 having the molding ability capable of processing based on the design information. Processing equipment 50), delivery date, price, etc. are determined.
- the estimation result includes, for example, delivery date and price estimate.
- a plurality of estimation results with different delivery times and prices may be obtained for one processing facility 50.
- the estimation result may include an estimate of delivery date and price when using special transportation means such as air mail and motorcycle mail.
- the request content is information regarding one estimation result selected from a plurality of estimation results, and includes, for example, information indicating the processing equipment 50 that requests processing, the requested delivery date, and the requested price.
- the determination unit 170 determines the request content in the reverse auction format. Specifically, the determination unit 170 assigns a winning bid probability greater than 0 according to the estimation result to each processing facility 50 capable of processing that satisfies the processing conditions, and determines the request content according to the winning bid probability. Thus, for example, it is avoided that the processing equipment 50 whose price is estimated at the lowest price always makes a successful bid (i.e., receives a request), so that the motivation of other producers to participate in the auction can be maintained.
- the determination unit 170 assigns a higher bid probability to the processing equipment 50 that satisfies the processing conditions at a high level. For example, the determination unit 170 assigns a higher bid probability to the processing facility 50 whose price is estimated at a lower price. This can encourage the producer to lower the price. The same applies to conditions other than the price such as the processing period.
- the successful bid probability may be notified to the producer before the successful bid is determined. In that case, since the producer is expected to lower the price in order to further improve the successful bid probability, price competition among a plurality of producers can be promoted.
- the determination unit 170 may assign a successful bid probability based on a balance between delivery date and price.
- a combination of the highest price and the shortest delivery date and a combination of the lowest price and the normal delivery date are obtained as estimation results for one processing facility 50.
- an example of assigning a successful bid probability based on a balance between delivery date and price will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a successful bid probability assignment process according to the present embodiment.
- the double-ended arrows in FIG. 3 indicate the estimation results of each of the processing facilities 50 (M 1 to M 4 ).
- Each processing facility 50 (M 1 to M 4 ) can perform processing from the maximum price P MAX with the shortest delivery date to the minimum price P MIN with the normal delivery date.
- the determination unit 170 selects a processing device 50 including a price (hereinafter also referred to as an order price) P ORDER indicated by a delivery condition between the maximum price P MAX and the minimum price P MIN .
- a price hereinafter also referred to as an order price
- P ORDER indicated by a delivery condition between the maximum price P MAX and the minimum price P MIN .
- the determination unit 170 sets M 1 , M 3, and M 4 as the processing equipment 50 capable of processing that satisfies the processing conditions. Select. And according to the following numerical formula, the successful bid probability R of each selected processing equipment 50 is calculated.
- L (M i ) L (M i ) ⁇ B (M i ) / L SUM (Formula 1)
- L (M i ) ⁇ P ORDER ⁇ P MIN (M i ) ⁇ / ⁇ P MAX (M i ) ⁇ P MIN (M i ) ⁇ ...
- L SUM L (M 1) ⁇ B (M 1) + L (M 3) ⁇ B (M 3) + L (M 4) ⁇ B (M 4) ... (Formula 3)
- i is an index of the processing equipment 50.
- L (M i ) is a term relating to the difference between the highest price P MAX and the lowest price P MIN .
- the value obtained by subtracting the minimum price P MIN from the order price P ORDER is normalized by the difference between the maximum price P MAX and the minimum price P MIN .
- B (M i ) is a bias term set for each processing facility 50.
- the bias term is set based on at least one of the past processing results in the processing facility 50 or the customer satisfaction. For example, a higher value is set as the customer satisfaction is higher, and the successful bid probability is further improved.
- the order price means the fee paid by the client. If the estimated price is lower than the order price, the difference can be a profit for the producer.
- the order price may be set by a client, or may be adjusted or set by an intermediary.
- the determination unit 170 selects M 4 as the processing equipment 50 capable of processing that satisfies the processing conditions. In this case, the determination unit 170 sets the successful bid probability R (M 4 ) to 100%.
- one estimation result is obtained from one processing facility 50.
- the determination unit 170 treats the normal price as the lowest price and the order price as the highest price. Then, the determination unit 170 calculates the successful bid probability using the following formula 4 instead of the formula 1, the formula 3, and the formula 2.
- L (M i ) P ORDER ⁇ P MIN (M i ) (Formula 4)
- the fee for the estimated normal price may be paid to the producer.
- the difference between the order price paid by the client and the normal price paid to the producer can be the profit of the broker.
- the determination unit 170 may assign a successful bid probability by appropriately combining these specific examples.
- the determination unit 170 may use the allocation example 1 for the processing facility 50 for which a plurality of estimation results are obtained, and may use the allocation example 2 for the processing facility 50 for which one estimation result is obtained.
- the allocation example 2 is used for all the processing equipments 50. This is to prevent the influence of the difference between Formula 2 and Formula 4, for example, the imbalance between normalization and non-normalization, among the plurality of processing facilities 50.
- the notification unit 180 has a function of notifying the producer of the successful bid probability. For example, the notification unit 180 notifies the processing facility 50 or the corresponding management device 40 of the successful bid probability assigned by the determination unit 170. Thereby, as mentioned above, price competition among a plurality of producers can be promoted.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of request content determination processing executed in the server 10 according to the present embodiment.
- the input unit 140 inputs design information and delivery conditions based on the information received from the user device 20 (step S102).
- the extraction unit 150 extracts a processing facility 50 having a molding ability capable of processing based on the design information (step S104).
- generation part 160 produces
- the determination unit 170 acquires an estimation result from the processing facility 50 or the management device 40 notified of the processing conditions (step S110). Next, the determination unit 170 assigns a higher bid probability to each processing facility 50 capable of processing that satisfies the processing conditions, the higher the processing facility 50 that satisfies the processing conditions at a higher level than 0 (step S112). Next, the notification unit 180 notifies the producer of the assigned successful bid probability (step S114).
- the determination unit 170 determines whether or not to make a successful bid (step S116). For example, the determination unit 170 may determine whether or not to make a successful bid by providing conditions relating to the elapsed time after notification of the processing conditions, the estimated number of times, the bid frequency, and the like.
- step S116 / NO If it is determined not to make a successful bid (step S116 / NO), the process returns to step S110 again. Thereby, the server 10 waits for the acquisition of the estimation result again from the processing facility 50, and when the estimation result is obtained again, the successful bid probability is reassigned.
- the determination unit 170 determines the request content according to the successful bid probability (step S118). This completes the request content determination process. Thereafter, the server 10 transmits a processing instruction including the request content to the processing facility 50 of the request destination, and controls the processing processing of the product and the processing of shipping the product to the delivery destination.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.
- the information processing apparatus 900 illustrated in FIG. 5 can implement the server 10 illustrated in FIG. 2, for example.
- Information processing by the server 10 according to the present embodiment is realized by cooperation between software and hardware described below.
- the information processing apparatus 900 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 901, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 902, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 903, and a host bus 904a.
- the information processing apparatus 900 includes a bridge 904, an external bus 904b, an interface 905, an input device 906, an output device 907, a storage device 908, a drive 909, a connection port 911, and a communication device 913.
- the information processing apparatus 900 may include a processing circuit such as a DSP or an ASIC in place of or in addition to the CPU 901.
- the CPU 901 functions as an arithmetic processing unit and a control unit, and controls the overall operation in the information processing apparatus 900 according to various programs. Further, the CPU 901 may be a microprocessor.
- the ROM 902 stores programs used by the CPU 901, calculation parameters, and the like.
- the RAM 903 temporarily stores programs used in the execution of the CPU 901, parameters that change as appropriate during the execution, and the like.
- the CPU 901 can form the control unit 130 shown in FIG.
- the CPU 901, ROM 902, and RAM 903 are connected to each other by a host bus 904a including a CPU bus.
- the host bus 904 a is connected to an external bus 904 b such as a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect / Interface) bus via a bridge 904.
- an external bus 904 b such as a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect / Interface) bus
- PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect / Interface
- the host bus 904a, the bridge 904, and the external bus 904b do not necessarily have to be configured separately, and these functions may be mounted on one bus.
- the input device 906 is realized by a device in which information is input by the user, such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, a button, a microphone, a switch, and a lever.
- the input device 906 may be, for example, a remote control device using infrared rays or other radio waves, or may be an external connection device such as a mobile phone or a PDA that supports the operation of the information processing device 900.
- the input device 906 may include, for example, an input control circuit that generates an input signal based on information input by the user using the above-described input means and outputs the input signal to the CPU 901.
- a user of the information processing apparatus 900 can input various data and instruct a processing operation to the information processing apparatus 900 by operating the input device 906.
- the output device 907 is formed of a device that can notify the user of the acquired information visually or audibly. Examples of such devices include CRT display devices, liquid crystal display devices, plasma display devices, EL display devices, display devices such as laser projectors, LED projectors and lamps, audio output devices such as speakers and headphones, printer devices, and the like. .
- the output device 907 outputs results obtained by various processes performed by the information processing device 900. Specifically, the display device visually displays results obtained by various processes performed by the information processing device 900 in various formats such as text, images, tables, and graphs.
- the audio output device converts an audio signal composed of reproduced audio data, acoustic data, and the like into an analog signal and outputs it aurally.
- the storage device 908 is a data storage device formed as an example of a storage unit of the information processing device 900.
- the storage apparatus 908 is realized by, for example, a magnetic storage device such as an HDD, a semiconductor storage device, an optical storage device, a magneto-optical storage device, or the like.
- the storage device 908 may include a storage medium, a recording device that records data on the storage medium, a reading device that reads data from the storage medium, a deletion device that deletes data recorded on the storage medium, and the like.
- the storage device 908 stores programs executed by the CPU 901, various data, various data acquired from the outside, and the like.
- the storage device 908 can form, for example, the storage unit 120 shown in FIG.
- the drive 909 is a storage medium reader / writer, and is built in or externally attached to the information processing apparatus 900.
- the drive 909 reads information recorded on a removable storage medium such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory, and outputs the information to the RAM 903.
- the drive 909 can also write information to a removable storage medium.
- connection port 911 is an interface connected to an external device, and is a connection port with an external device capable of transmitting data by USB (Universal Serial Bus), for example.
- USB Universal Serial Bus
- the communication device 913 is a communication interface formed by a communication device or the like for connecting to the network 920, for example.
- the communication device 913 is, for example, a communication card for wired or wireless LAN (Local Area Network), LTE (Long Term Evolution), Bluetooth (registered trademark), or WUSB (Wireless USB).
- the communication device 913 may be a router for optical communication, a router for ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), a modem for various communication, or the like.
- the communication device 913 can transmit and receive signals and the like according to a predetermined protocol such as TCP / IP, for example, with the Internet and other communication devices.
- the communication device 913 can form, for example, the communication unit 110 illustrated in FIG.
- the network 920 is a wired or wireless transmission path for information transmitted from a device connected to the network 920.
- the network 920 may include a public line network such as the Internet, a telephone line network, a satellite communication network, various LANs including Ethernet (registered trademark), a WAN (Wide Area Network), and the like.
- the network 920 may include a dedicated line network such as an IP-VPN (Internet Protocol-Virtual Private Network).
- IP-VPN Internet Protocol-Virtual Private Network
- each of the above components may be realized using a general-purpose member, or may be realized by hardware specialized for the function of each component. Therefore, it is possible to change the hardware configuration to be used as appropriate according to the technical level at the time of carrying out this embodiment.
- a computer program for realizing each function of the information processing apparatus 900 according to the present embodiment as described above can be produced and mounted on a PC or the like.
- a computer-readable recording medium storing such a computer program can be provided.
- the recording medium is, for example, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a flash memory, or the like.
- the above computer program may be distributed via a network, for example, without using a recording medium.
- the server 10 to which design information and delivery conditions are input extracts one or more processing facilities 50 capable of processing based on the design information, and sets the processing conditions for satisfying the delivery conditions to the processing facilities 50.
- the content of the request is determined based on the estimation result that is generated according to the attribute information of each and estimated for each of the extracted processing facilities and indicates that processing satisfying the processing conditions is possible.
- the producer can estimate without considering the geographical factor of the producer or the delivery destination. Can be done. This reduces the workload for estimation and prevents erroneous estimation due to geographical factors. In this way, proper communication between the client and the producer is realized.
- each device described in this specification may be realized using any of software, hardware, and a combination of software and hardware.
- the program constituting the software is stored in advance in a storage medium (non-transitory medium) provided inside or outside each device.
- Each program is read into a RAM when executed by a computer and executed by a processor such as a CPU.
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まず、図1を参照して、本発明の一実施形態に係る製造システム1の概要を説明する。
サーバ10は、依頼者と生産者との意思疎通を仲介する機能を有する情報処理装置である。サーバ10を運用する者を、仲介者とも称する。
ユーザ装置20は、ユーザ(依頼者)により操作される装置である。例えば、ユーザ装置20は、後述する設計情報及び納品条件の入力を受け付け、入力された情報をサーバ10へ送信する。
工場30は、ひとつ以上の加工設備50を有する、加工業者(生産者)の施設である。
管理装置40は、工場30内の加工設備50を管理する装置である。管理装置40は、通信機能を有し、サーバ10との間でデータ送受信を行う。例えば、管理装置40は、工場30内の加工設備50の各種情報をサーバ10へ送信したり、サーバ10から受信された加工指示に基づいて、指示された加工を行うよう加工設備50を制御したりする。なお、本明細書では、管理装置40が加工設備50を管理するものとして説明するが、サーバ10が管理装置40の機能を有し、直接的に加工設備50を管理してもよい。
加工設備50は、様々な加工を行って製品を製造する装置である。例えば、加工設備50は、3Dプリンタ等の積層造型装置、3Dプロッター等の切削加工設備、NC加工(Numerical Control machining)を行うNC加工設備などにより実現される。加工設備50は、管理装置40から出力された設計情報に基づく加工を行う。設計情報に基づく加工とは、例えばCADデータの通りの構造を有する造形物を、指定された素材で製造することを意味する。
図2は、本実施形態に係るサーバ10の論理的な構成の一例を示すブロック図である。図2に示すように、サーバ10は、通信部110、記憶部120、及び制御部130を有する。
通信部110は、有線/無線により他の装置との間でデータの送受信を行うための通信モジュールである。通信部110は、ユーザ装置20及び管理装置40との間で直接的に、又は通信ノードを経由して間接的に通信を行う。
記憶部120は、所定の記録媒体に対してデータの記録再生を行う部位である。例えば、記憶部120は、各々の加工設備50の属性情報を記憶する。属性情報は、例えば、工場30の住所等の加工設備50の所在地を示す情報を含む。他にも、属性情報は、例えば加工設備50の素材ごとの造型能力情報を含んでいてもよい。造型能力情報とは、加工設備50が造型可能な厚み(最小厚み/最大厚み)、精度、及び造型サイズなどを含む、加工設備50の造型能力を示す情報である。厚みは、例えば、表面からの垂線が他の表面に交差するまでの距離として捉えられてもよいし、対向する表面の任意の2点間の距離として捉えられてもよいし、他の任意の基準により捉えられてもよい。精度とは、加工可能な最小単位である。精度は、例えば、3Dプリンタにおける素材を積層する/積層しないを制御可能な最小の長さとして捉えられてもよいし、製造可能な最も鋭い角度(Sharpness)として捉えられてもよい。サイズは、例えば、加工設備50が製造可能な最大のサイズとして捉えてもよい。また、属性情報は、素材ごとの材料費、加工設備50を稼働させるための単位時間当たりの費用である稼働時間単価及び人件費等を含む価格情報を含んでいてもよい。材料費は、単位量あたりにかかる単価であり、人件費は1件の製造にかかる価格である。
制御部130は、演算処理装置および制御装置として機能し、各種プログラムに従ってサーバ10内の動作全般を制御する。図2に示すように、制御部130は、入力部140、抽出部150、生成部160、決定部170及び通知部180として機能する。
入力部140は、設計情報及び納品条件の入力を受け付ける機能を有する。設計情報は、例えば製品の形状を示す情報、及び加工を行う素材を示す情報などを含む情報である。納品条件は、例えば納期、住所等の納品先を示す情報、価格を示す情報を含む情報である。製品の形状を示すデータは、例えばCADデータ、CG(computer graphics)データ等である。なお、このデータが示す形状は、2次元形状であってもよいし、3次元形状であってもよいし、色彩及び模様等が付されていてもよい。
抽出部150は、入力部140により入力された設計情報に基づく加工が可能なひとつ以上の加工設備50を抽出する機能を有する。例えば、抽出部150は、記憶部120に記憶された造型能力情報を参照して、設計情報に基づく加工が可能な造型能力を有する加工設備50を、ひとつ以上抽出する。
生成部160は、入力部140により入力された納品条件を満たすための加工条件を、加工設備50の各々の属性情報に応じて生成する機能を有する。ここで、加工条件とは、納品先又は生産者(加工設備50)の少なくともいずれかに関する地理的要因に基づいて納品条件が修正された情報である。具体的には、生成部160は、生産者又は納品先の少なくともいずれかの地理的要因を吸収するための修正を納品条件に施すことで加工条件を生成する。そして、生産者は、この加工条件を満たす加工を行うための見積もりを行う。地理的要因を吸収した加工条件が生成されることで、生産者は、地理的要因に囚われずに見積もりを行うことが可能となり、見積もりのための作業負荷が軽減される。よって、世界各地から見積もり依頼が来た場合であっても、容易に見積もりを行うことが可能となる。また、地理的要因に起因する見積もり誤りを防止することが可能となるので、不適切な生産者が選定されることを防止することが可能となる。
決定部170は、抽出部150により抽出された加工設備50の各々について見積もられた、生成部160により生成された加工条件を満たす加工が可能であることを示す見積もり結果に基づいて、依頼内容を決定する機能を有する。具体的には、決定部170は、設計情報に基づく加工が可能な造型能力を有する加工設備50のうち、加工条件を満たす見積もりがなされた加工設備50から、依頼先(即ち、加工を依頼する加工設備50)及び納期、価格等を決定する。
例えば、決定部170は、納期と価格とのバランスに基づいて落札確率を割り当ててもよい。本例では、ひとつの加工設備50についての見積もり結果として、最高価格と最短納期との組み合わせ、及び最低価格と通常納期との組み合わせが、得られるものとする。以下、図3を参照して、納期と価格とのバランスに基づいて落札確率を割り当てる例を詳しく説明する。
L(Mi)={PORDER-PMIN(Mi)}/{PMAX(Mi)-PMIN(Mi)}
・・・(数式2)
LSUM=L(M1)×B(M1)+L(M3)×B(M3)+L(M4)×B(M4)
・・・(数式3)
本例は、ひとつの加工設備50からひとつの見積もり結果が得られた場合の例である。例えば、ひとつの加工設備50についての見積もり結果として、通常価格と通常納期との組み合わせが得られるものとする。この場合、決定部170は、通常価格を最低価格とし、オーダー価格を最高価格として取り扱う。そして、決定部170は、数式1、数式3、及び上記数式2に代えて下記の数式4を用いて落札確率を算出する。
L(Mi)=PORDER-PMIN(Mi) ・・・(数式4)
通知部180は、生産者へ落札確率を通知する機能を有する。例えば、通知部180は、加工設備50又は対応する管理装置40へ、決定部170により割り当てられた落札確率を通知する。これにより、上述したように、複数の生産者間での価格競争を促すことができる。
図4は、本実施形態に係るサーバ10において実行される依頼内容の決定処理の流れの一例を示すフローチャートである。
最後に、図5を参照して、本実施形態に係る情報処理装置のハードウェア構成について説明する。図5は、本実施形態に係る情報処理装置のハードウェア構成の一例を示すブロック図である。なお、図5に示す情報処理装置900は、例えば、図2に示したサーバ10を実現し得る。本実施形態に係るサーバ10による情報処理は、ソフトウェアと、以下に説明するハードウェアとの協働により実現される。
以上、図1~図5を参照して、本発明の一実施形態について詳細に説明してきた。上記実施形態によれば、設計情報及び納品条件が入力されたサーバ10は、設計情報に基づく加工が可能なひとつ以上の加工設備50を抽出し、納品条件を満たすための加工条件を加工設備50の各々の属性情報に応じて生成し、抽出された加工設備の各々について見積もられた、加工条件を満たす加工が可能であることを示す見積もり結果に基づいて依頼内容を決定する。納品条件を満たすための加工条件が加工設備50の各々の属性情報に応じて生成されることにより、生産者は、生産者又は納品先の少なくともいずれかの地理的要因を考慮せずに見積もりを行うことが可能となる。これにより、見積もりのための作業負荷が軽減される上に、地理的要因に起因する誤った見積もりが防止される。このようにして、依頼者と生産者との適切な意思疎通が実現される。
10 サーバ
110 通信部
120 記憶部
130 制御部
140 入力部
150 抽出部
160 生成部
170 決定部
180 通知部
20 ユーザ装置
30 工場
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- 設計情報及び納品先の地理的要因に関する情報を含む納品条件を入力する入力部と、
前記入力部により入力された前記設計情報に基づく加工が可能なひとつ以上の加工設備を抽出する抽出部と、
前記納品条件に含まれる前記納品先の地理的要因と、抽出された前記加工設備の各々の属性情報に含まれる地理的要因の少なくとも一方に基づいて前記納品条件を修正した加工条件を生成する生成部と、
前記抽出部により抽出された前記加工設備の各々について見積もられた、前記生成部により生成された前記加工条件を満たす加工が可能であることを示す見積もり結果を取得し、予め設定された選択基準に基づいて、依頼先、及び依頼内容を自動的に決定する決定部と、
を備える情報処理装置。 - 前記決定部は、前記加工条件を満たす加工が可能な前記加工設備の各々に、前記見積もり結果に応じた0より大きい落札確率を割り当て、落札確率に従って前記依頼先、及び依頼内容を決定する、請求項1に記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記決定部は、前記加工条件を高い水準で満たす前記加工設備ほど高い落札確率を割り当てる、請求項2に記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記情報処理装置は、落札確率を前記加工設備を有する生産者に対して通知する通知部をさらに備える、請求項2又は3に記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記決定部は、前記加工設備における過去の加工実績又は顧客満足度の少なくともいずれかにさらに基づいて前記依頼先、及び依頼内容を決定する、請求項1~4のいずれか一項に記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記加工条件は、納品先又は前記加工設備の少なくともいずれかに関する地理的要因に基づいて前記納品条件が修正された情報である、請求項1~5のいずれか一項に記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記納品条件は、納期及び納品先を示す情報を含み、
前記属性情報は、前記加工設備の所在地を示す情報を含み、
前記加工条件は、前記加工設備から前記納品先への標準の輸送期間を前記納期から逆算した加工期間を含む、請求項6に記載の情報処理装置。
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