WO2018155062A1 - Housing management system, housing management method, and program - Google Patents

Housing management system, housing management method, and program Download PDF

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WO2018155062A1
WO2018155062A1 PCT/JP2018/002266 JP2018002266W WO2018155062A1 WO 2018155062 A1 WO2018155062 A1 WO 2018155062A1 JP 2018002266 W JP2018002266 W JP 2018002266W WO 2018155062 A1 WO2018155062 A1 WO 2018155062A1
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一輝 橋本
貴大 杉本
貴拓 相原
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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  • the present invention relates to a storage management system for storing and managing articles.
  • Patent Document 1 a technique related to an automatic warehouse for storing articles is known (see Patent Document 1). Also, a storage management device is known in which information such as an appearance image of an article and the storage location of the article are managed in association with each other, and the storage location of the article can be searched using a keyword or the like indicating the characteristics of the appearance image (Patent Document) 2).
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a storage management system that can efficiently store a plurality of articles.
  • a storage management system for storing and managing articles, an article information acquisition unit that acquires article information indicating the stored articles, A storage control unit that causes the storage mechanism to store the article in the storage unit, an article specifying information acquisition unit that acquires article specifying information for taking out the stored article, and the article specifying information is the article information.
  • the storage mechanism includes a take-out control unit that takes out the article indicated by the article information from the storage unit, and the storage control unit further stores a plurality of articles in the storage unit.
  • the storage mechanism determines each of the plurality of articles from the plurality of storage areas included in the storage unit according to a predetermined condition for optimal placement. To be accommodated to that storage area.
  • the storage management method is a storage management method for storing and managing an article, the article information acquisition step for acquiring article information indicating the article to be stored, and the storage mechanism,
  • the storage control step for storing the article in the storage unit the article specifying information acquisition step for acquiring the article specifying information for taking out the stored article, and the article specifying information match the article information
  • each of the plurality of articles is applied to the article according to a predetermined condition for optimal arrangement from among a plurality of storage areas included in the storage unit.
  • housing area To be accommodated to the eye is housing area.
  • the program according to an aspect of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute a storage management process for storing and managing an article, and the storage management process acquires article information indicating the article to be stored.
  • An article information acquisition step a storage control step for causing the storage mechanism to store the article in a storage unit, an article specification information acquisition step for acquiring article specification information for taking out the stored article, and the article
  • the storage mechanism includes a take-out control step for taking out the product indicated by the product information from the storage unit
  • the storage control step further includes the storage unit When a plurality of articles are stored in the storage unit, each of the plurality of articles is stored in the storage mechanism by the storage mechanism. It is accommodated in the housing area defined with respect to the article in accordance with a predetermined condition for optimum arrangement among.
  • the storage management system and the like can efficiently store a plurality of articles.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a storage management system according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a house as an application example of the storage management system.
  • FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a storage unit in which articles are stored by the storage management system.
  • FIG. 4 is a data table diagram showing an example of article information indicating articles used in the storage management system.
  • FIG. 5 is a data table diagram showing an example of storage management information used for storage management by the storage mechanism.
  • FIG. 6 is a data table diagram showing an example of retrieval information used in the storage management system.
  • FIG. 7 is a data table diagram showing an example of article information indicating articles stored in the past, which is used in the storage management system.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a storage management system according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a house as an application example of the storage management system.
  • FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a storage unit in which articles are stored by the storage
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of storage processing by the storage management system.
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a take-out process by the storage management system.
  • FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram showing a state of a plurality of storage areas in which a plurality of articles are stored so that a plurality of storage rates of the plurality of storage areas are uniform.
  • FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram showing a state of a plurality of storage areas in which a plurality of articles are stored so that the number of storage areas in which no articles are stored is maximized.
  • FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing processing for storing articles based on users, time zones, frequencies, and genres.
  • FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a process of predicting an article to be taken out and starting taking out.
  • the storage management system 10 stores the article in the storage unit when the article such as clothing and daily necessities is not used in a facility such as a house, and takes out the article from the storage unit when the article is used. It is a system for.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a storage management system 10 according to the present embodiment.
  • the storage management system 10 includes an article information acquisition unit 110, a storage control unit 120, a recording medium 130, a recording control unit 131, an article specifying information acquisition unit 140, a take-out control unit 160, and a storage mechanism 200.
  • the storage unit 210 is an article storage place (that is, a storage place). Further, the article transfer areas 21x and 21y shown in FIG. 1 are places (one area in a house) where articles are transferred between the storage management system 10 (specifically, the storage mechanism 200) and the user. is there.
  • the storage mechanism 200 includes a mechanism for moving the article and a control device (computer or the like) for controlling the movement (transfer) of the article.
  • a control device computer or the like
  • the mechanism for moving the article may be any mechanism. Specifically, the mechanism for moving the article may be a cargo bed, a picking mechanism, a transport mechanism (for example, a conveyor), or the like.
  • the storage mechanism 200 manages the storage position of the article in the storage unit 210 by a control device for controlling the movement of the article, and moves the article between each of the article transfer areas 21x and 21y and the storage position of the article. Control the picking mechanism and the like.
  • the storage position of the article is managed by the control device using, for example, storage management information in which an article ID (article identifier) that is information for identifying the article is associated with the storage position of the article.
  • the user who uses the storage management system 10 does not have to directly access the storage unit 210 when storing and taking out the article, or does not need to store the storage position of the article in the storage unit 210. Good.
  • the article transfer area 21x is an area for storing articles to be stored (items that the user wants to store), and can also be expressed as a storage target article transfer area or a carry-in area.
  • the article transfer area 21x may be an empty space, or a table for placing articles, a drawer or box for storing articles, a duct for loading articles, or the like in the article transfer area 21x May be provided.
  • the article delivery area 21y is an area in which an article to be taken out (an article that the user wants to take out) appears by the conveyance performed by the storage mechanism 200, and can also be expressed as a take-out article delivery area or a take-out area.
  • the article transfer area 21y may be an empty space, or a table or the like for placing articles may be provided in the article transfer area 21y.
  • the article transfer area 21x and the article transfer area 21y may be integrated.
  • a plurality of article transfer areas 21x (or a plurality of article transfer areas 21y) may exist at different locations (that is, separated from each other).
  • the storage management system 10 transfers the article to the storage unit 210 by the storage mechanism 200 every time the user puts the article into the article transfer area 21x, and stores the article. Then, when the user requests any item, the storage management system 10 provides the item specifying information for extracting the item from the user by the item specifying information acquisition unit 140 configured with a sensor, a user interface, and the like. get. Then, the storage management system 10 uses the storage mechanism 200 to transfer the article from the storage unit 210 to the article transfer area 21y.
  • the storage management system 10 transfers the article indicated by the article information to which the article specifying information is matched to the article delivery area 21y. .
  • FIG. 2 shows an example in which the storage management system 10 is applied to the house 20.
  • the storage unit 210 is provided under the floor of the house 20 (such as under the room on the first floor).
  • the article transfer areas 21a to 21d are included in the entrance, bathroom, kitchen, and living room on the first floor, respectively, and the article transfer areas 21e to 21g are included in the Western room, Japanese room, and bedroom on the second floor, respectively.
  • Each of the article transfer areas 21a to 21g corresponds to one or both of the above-described article transfer area 21x (a storage object transfer area) and an article transfer area 21y (a take-out object transfer area).
  • the storage mechanism 200 has a configuration (picking mechanism or the like) for transferring an article between each of the article transfer areas 21a to 21g and the storage unit 210.
  • FIG. 3 shows a storage unit 210 in which articles are stored by the storage management system 10.
  • the storage unit 210 includes a plurality of storage areas. One article is stored in one storage area in the storage unit 210. One or more articles may be stored in one storage area in the storage unit 210.
  • the plurality of storage areas may be a plurality of spaces in the storage unit 210, a plurality of storage racks, or a plurality of areas partitioned by shelf boards or the like in one or more storage racks. There may be.
  • FIG. 3 shows a plurality of storage areas each having the same size, each size of the plurality of storage areas may not be the same size.
  • the plurality of storage areas may be physically separated or may not be physically separated.
  • the plurality of storage areas may be a plurality of sections in one space.
  • the plurality of storage areas may be a plurality of areas in the house 20. For example, a plurality of sections obtained by dividing a plurality of spaces including a space under the floor in the house 20, a space behind the ceiling, a space between the first floor and the second floor, and a space under the stairs, etc. It may be used as a storage area.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110, the storage control unit 120, the recording medium 130, the recording control unit 131, the article identification information acquisition unit 140, and the take-out control unit 160 are configured by a computer system, for example.
  • the computer system includes a processor (microprocessor), a memory, a communication interface (such as a communication circuit), a user interface, and a sensor.
  • the computer system may include a hard disk device and the like.
  • the user interface includes, for example, a display such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and an input device such as a keyboard and a touch panel.
  • the memory is, for example, a ROM and a RAM, and may include a nonvolatile memory.
  • the processor performs processing for controlling the communication interface, the display, and the like by executing a program stored in the memory.
  • the memory stores a program for causing the processor to execute the process.
  • the sensor is, for example, an image sensor (camera) or a weight sensor.
  • This computer system can acquire voice, video, characters, and other various information by a user interface and sensors. Further, this computer system may include a portable information terminal such as a smartphone carried by the user.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 includes, for example, a user interface, a sensor, and a processor that executes a program.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires article information indicating the article when the article is stored (for example, when the user puts an article to be stored in the article transfer area 21x), and the record information is acquired via the recording control unit 131. Recording on the recording medium 130.
  • the article information indicating the article may include information on the article, and may include, for example, information indicating the attribute of the article, the user who performed the operation of storing the article, and the storage time of the article.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 senses an article to be stored by various sensors when storing the article, and article sensing information that is information based on the sensing result is included in the article information. get.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 identifies an article type, genre, color, size, and the like by analyzing an image generated by imaging the article with an image sensor, and the identified article type, genre, color, size, etc. Is included in the article sensing information.
  • This analysis processing may include edge detection processing, or may include collation processing between an image generated by imaging an article with an image sensor and image characteristics of various known articles.
  • the article type can be expressed by an article name, for example.
  • the genre indicates, for example, the category of the article and represents a range wider than the article type.
  • the item type and the genre may be integrated into one of the item type and the genre.
  • a plurality of types of sizes may be included in the article information.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 measures the article with a weight sensor and includes the measured weight of the article in the article sensing information.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire information obtained by sensing an article existing in the article transfer area 21x with a sensor as article sensing information. Further, the article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire, as article sensing information, information obtained by sensing an article with a sensor while the storage mechanism 200 is transporting (conveying) the article to the storage unit 210. .
  • the senor for sensing the article is provided, for example, in the vicinity of the article transfer area 21x or in the vicinity of the conveyance path from the article transfer area 21x to the storage unit 210.
  • the sensor for sensing the article may be provided in the vicinity of the conveyance path from the article transfer area 21x to the branch points for the plurality of storage areas of the storage unit 210. It is valid.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire input information by accepting input of information related to the article from the user when the user puts the article to be stored in the article transfer area 21x.
  • the user interface which comprises the article
  • a portable information terminal carried by the user may be used as a user interface or the like constituting the article information acquisition unit 110.
  • the input given by the user may be received by an input device such as a keyboard or a touch panel, or may be received by a voice input device such as a microphone.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 can convert voice received by a voice input device from a user into word information using voice recognition technology, and can acquire information based on the conversion result as input information.
  • a user interface, a sensor, and the like constituting the article information acquisition unit 110 may be installed for each of the plurality of article transfer areas 21x.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire storage user information (storage user identification information) indicating a user when the user puts an article to be stored in the article transfer area 21x. At that time, the article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire the stored user information by receiving an input from the user or sensing the user.
  • storage user information storage user identification information
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 can identify the user by an analysis process of an image generated by imaging the user with an image sensor (matching with an image feature of each resident of the house 20 registered in advance).
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 can identify a user from the voice received by the voice input device using a voiceprint authentication technique or the like, and can acquire stored user information indicating the identification result.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires the carry-in area information indicating the article transfer area 21x by specifying the location of the article transfer area 21x. May be.
  • the carry-in area information includes articles from the first and second floor article transfer areas 21a to 21g (entrances, bathrooms, kitchens, living rooms, Western-style rooms, Japanese-style rooms, bedrooms, etc.) shown in FIG. This is information for identifying the brought-in area.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire the storage time information indicating the time by specifying the time when the user puts the article to be stored in the article transfer area 21x with a clock or the like.
  • the storage time information may indicate a date and time, or may indicate a time zone.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires an article ID that is identification information of the article when the article is stored.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire the article ID by reading the article ID from the article when the article is stored, or based on a certain standard (a standard for making the article ID different for each article).
  • the article ID may be acquired by generating the article ID of the article.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire an article ID used by the control device of the storage mechanism 200 for managing the storage position of the article from the control device when the article is stored.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires article information indicating the article when the article is stored, and records the article information in the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131.
  • the article information acquired by the article information acquisition unit 110 includes article sensing information and an article ID. Further, the article information may include the above-described input information, storage user information, carry-in area information, storage time information, and the like.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 notifies the storage control unit 120 to perform storage control when the user puts an article to be stored in the article transfer area 21x.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 stores at least a part of the article information of the article that has been stored and retrieved in the past and has the same identity as the article to be stored when the article is stored. You may take in from the recording medium 130 as some.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 when storing an article, uses the extraction information (described later) of an article stored and extracted in the past that has the same identity as the article to be stored as one item information of the article to be stored. It may be imported from the recording medium 130 as a part.
  • the storage control unit 120 includes a communication interface and a processor that executes a program.
  • the storage control unit 120 controls the storage mechanism 200 to store (store) an article to be stored in the storage unit 210.
  • the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area in which the article is stored from a plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 based on a predetermined condition for optimal arrangement.
  • the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area in which an article is stored based on at least one of the article information indicating the article to be stored and the state of each storage area.
  • the predetermined condition for optimal arrangement is that the plurality of storage rates of the plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 are made uniform.
  • the storage control unit 120 refers to the storage management information, and stores articles from the plurality of storage areas so that the plurality of storage rates of the plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 are made uniform. Select a storage area.
  • the predetermined condition for optimal arrangement may be that the number of storage areas in which no articles are stored at all among the plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 may be maximized.
  • the storage control unit 120 refers to the storage management information, and the storage area in which the article is stored from the plurality of storage areas so that the number of storage areas in which the article is not stored is maximized. Select.
  • the predetermined condition for optimal arrangement may be to store a plurality of articles having similar article information in the same storage area or a plurality of storage areas close to each other.
  • the predetermined condition for optimal arrangement is that the first storage area of the first article is the first storage area of the first article when the first article information indicating the first article and the second article information indicating the second article satisfy the predetermined similarity condition.
  • the second storage area of the second article may be close or the same.
  • the fact that the first storage area and the second storage area are close means that the first article information and the second article information are closer in distance (positionally) than when the predetermined similarity condition is not satisfied. means.
  • the storage control unit 120 refers to the storage management information and the article information, and the article is selected from the plurality of storage areas so that the article is stored in or near the storage area of the article with similar article information. Select the storage area to be stored.
  • the predetermined similar condition is, for example, that the genre of the first item and the genre of the second item are the same. .
  • the article information may include take-out information indicating a history related to the take-out of the article. Therefore, the article information includes a user who has performed an operation for taking out an article (takeout user), a time zone in which the operation for taking out the article has been performed (takeout time zone), and a frequency at which the operation for taking out the article has been performed ( Take-off frequency).
  • the time zones are morning (5:00 to 10:00), noon (10:00 to 15:00), evening (15:00 to 19:00), and night (19:00 to 5: 00). 00) or the like.
  • the frequency can be expressed at a level such as frequent (high, eg, more than once a day), sometimes (usually, eg, 1-6 times a week), and rare (low, eg, less than 4 times a month).
  • the user who has performed the operation for taking out the article may be the user who has performed the last operation for taking out the article, or the user who has performed the most operations for taking out the article.
  • the time zone in which the operation for taking out the article is performed may be the time zone in which the operation for taking out the article is last performed, or the time zone in which the operation for taking out the article is performed most frequently.
  • the first article information is the first user who has performed the first article removal operation, the first time period during which the first article removal operation has been performed, and the first article removal operation has been performed.
  • 1 frequency and the 1st genre which is a genre of the 1st goods may be shown.
  • the second article information is the second user who has performed the operation of taking out the second article, the second time zone in which the operation of taking out the second article has been performed, and the second operation in which the operation of taking out the second article has been performed. 2nd frequency and the 2nd genre which is a genre of the 2nd goods may be shown.
  • the predetermined similarity condition may be that the first user and the second user are the same. Further, the predetermined similar condition may be that the first time zone and the second time zone are the same. Further, the predetermined similarity condition may be that the first frequency and the second frequency are the same. Further, the predetermined similarity condition may be that the first genre and the second genre are the same. Further, the predetermined similarity condition may be that the user, the time zone, the frequency, and the genre are the same between the first item information and the second item information.
  • the predetermined conditions for optimal placement are: the user who performed the operation for removing the article, the time zone during which the operation for removing the article was performed, and the frequency at which the operation for removing the article was performed. It may be stored in a storage area to which the genre of the article is assigned. This condition partially overlaps with the above-described condition that a plurality of articles having similar article information are stored in the same storage area or a plurality of storage areas close to each other.
  • the storage control unit 120 stores, as a storage area in which articles are stored, a user, a time slot, a frequency, and a genre that are equal to the user, the time slot, the frequency, and the genre indicated by the article information from the plurality of storage areas.
  • the storage area to which is assigned is selected.
  • a plurality of users may be assigned to a single storage area, a plurality of time zones may be assigned, a plurality of frequencies may be assigned, or a plurality of genres may be assigned. May be assigned.
  • the user who has performed the operation of taking out the article the time zone in which the operation of taking out the article has been performed, the frequency at which the operation of taking out the article has been performed, or the genre of the article is not specified and may be unknown. is there. Therefore, the user may be assigned to the storage area as unknown, the time zone may be assigned as unknown, the frequency may be assigned as unknown, or the genre is assigned as unknown. May be.
  • the article may be stored in a storage area assigned as the user is unknown.
  • the time zone is unknown, the article may be stored in a storage area assigned with the time zone unknown.
  • the frequency is unknown, the article may be stored in a storage area assigned with an unknown frequency.
  • the genre is unknown, the article may be stored in a storage area assigned as the genre is unknown.
  • the storage control unit 120 newly assigns them to the storage area when the user, the time zone, the frequency, and the genre indicated by the article information are not assigned to the storage area. An area may be selected.
  • the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area from a plurality of storage areas based on the predetermined conditions for optimal placement as described above, the storage control unit 120 can store articles from the plurality of storage areas. One or more storage areas having areas may be extracted based on the size of the article. Then, the storage control unit 120 may select a storage area from the extracted one or more storage areas based on a predetermined condition for optimal placement.
  • the storage control unit 120 notifies the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of storage area information indicating the selected storage area.
  • the storage control unit 120 controls the storage mechanism 200 using the carry-in area information acquired by the article information acquisition unit 110. Notify the device.
  • the control device of the storage mechanism 200 determines the storage position of the article to be stored based on a predetermined algorithm in the range of the storage area indicated by the notified storage area information. For example, the control device of the storage mechanism 200 determines, as the storage position, a storage candidate position where an article to be stored can be placed among a plurality of storage candidate positions in the empty area of the storage area. The control device of the storage mechanism 200 may determine whether or not the article can be arranged at the storage candidate position based on the size of the article.
  • control device of the storage mechanism 200 controls the picking mechanism and the like to move from the article transfer area 21x (for example, the article transfer area 21x indicated by the carry-in area information) where the articles to be stored are placed to the storage position of the storage unit 210.
  • the article is transferred and the article is stored.
  • the point in time when the storage control unit 120 performs control to store the articles to be stored stores the articles to be stored in the storage mechanism 200) and the point in time when the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires the article ID of the articles to be stored. , Either may be first.
  • the storage control unit 120 controls the storage mechanism 200 to store the article ID.
  • the control device of the storage mechanism 200 determines a storage position based on, for example, a predetermined algorithm, controls the picking mechanism and the like, and transfers the articles to be stored to the storage position in the storage unit 210.
  • the control device manages the article ID of the article and the storage position of the article in association with each other.
  • the storage control unit 120 performs control to store the article before the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires the article ID of the article to be stored, the storage control unit 120 stores the article ID without transmitting it.
  • the mechanism 200 is controlled.
  • the control device of the storage mechanism 200 determines the storage position of the article to be stored and the article ID of the article based on a predetermined algorithm, controls the picking mechanism and the like, and stores the article in the storage unit 210. To the storage position.
  • the control device manages the article ID of the article in association with the storage position of the article in the storage management information. Then, the storage mechanism 200 causes the article information acquisition unit 110 to acquire the determined article ID by transmitting the determined article ID to the article information acquisition unit 110 via the storage control unit 120. In this method, the article information acquisition unit 110 records the acquired article ID as a part of the article information of the article to be stored on the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131.
  • the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area in which an article is stored and selects the selected storage until the article reaches a branch point for the plurality of storage areas of the storage unit 210 from the article transfer area 21x. It is effective to transmit the area to the control device of the storage mechanism 200. Thereby, the control device of the storage mechanism 200 can smoothly transfer the article to the storage position in the selected storage area.
  • control device of the storage mechanism 200 manages the article ID and the storage position of the article in association with each other. Therefore, the takeout control unit 160 can cause the storage mechanism 200 to take out the article from the storage unit 210 by giving the storage mechanism 200 the article ID of the article to be taken out.
  • control device of the storage mechanism 200 determines the storage position of the article, but the storage control unit 120 determines the storage position of the article, and sets the storage position of the article in the control device of the storage mechanism 200. You may be notified.
  • the recording medium 130 is a hard disk, a nonvolatile memory, or the like for recording information.
  • information (recorded contents) may be organized so as to constitute a database.
  • the article information of each article is recorded on the recording medium 130 when each article is stored.
  • the recording of information on the recording medium 130 is controlled by the recording control unit 131.
  • other components record information on the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131 when recording information on the recording medium 130.
  • the recording control unit 131 may acquire information from other components and record the acquired information in an appropriate area (such as an empty area) in the recording medium 130.
  • the reference of information to the recording medium 130 may be controlled by the recording control unit 131.
  • another component may refer to the information via the recording control unit 131 when referring to the information recorded on the recording medium 130.
  • the recording control unit 131 may acquire information requested from other components from the recording medium 130 and provide the acquired information to the other components.
  • the recording of information on the recording medium 130 by another constituent element via the recording control unit 131 may be simply expressed as the recording of information on the recording medium 130 by another constituent element.
  • referring to information from the recording medium 130 by another component via the recording control unit 131 may simply be expressed as referring to information from the recording medium 130 by another component.
  • the recording medium 130 may be physically an integrated recording medium or a set of a plurality of recording media. That is, a plurality of information recorded on the recording medium 130 may be recorded on a plurality of recording areas of the recording medium 130 that are physically integrated, or may be recorded on a plurality of recording media constituting the recording medium 130. May be.
  • FIG. 4 shows an example of article information indicating one article recorded on the recording medium 130 by the article information acquisition unit 110.
  • the article information includes article sensing information, input information, storage user information, carry-in area information, storage time information, and an article ID.
  • the article sensing information indicates that the article to be stored is a blue T-shirt (clothing) of 70 cm ⁇ 50 cm ⁇ 0.5 cm and 200 g.
  • This article sensing information includes, for example, a result of recognizing a T-shirt (clothing), blue, and a size of 70 cm ⁇ 50 cm ⁇ 0.5 cm by imaging the article with an image sensor and analyzing the article. Is based on the result of measuring 200 g with a weight sensor.
  • the article sensing information can include, for example, an image itself generated by the image sensor taking an image.
  • information about the A tournament participation commemorative T-shirt is input to the user as input information and acquired by the article information acquisition unit 110 to be recorded on the recording medium 130. Is recorded.
  • the user can input one or more pieces of information (article attributes, various information related to the article, etc.) regarding the article to be stored using various input methods such as text and voice.
  • a user who performs an operation for storing an article (blue T-shirt) (a user who put the article in the article transfer area 21 x) out of a plurality of residents (family) living in the house 20.
  • the stored user information indicates that the user is a specific person (the father in this example).
  • the carry-in area information indicates that the place where the operation of storing the article (blue T-shirt) (the place of the article transfer area 21 x) is the living room of the house 20. Yes.
  • the storage time information indicates that the time when the operation of storing the article (blue T-shirt) is performed is 18:00 on August 8.
  • the example of FIG. 4 indicates that the article ID of the article (blue T-shirt) is 0002.
  • FIG 4 shows an example in which an article (blue T-shirt) is stored for the first time by the storage management system 10 (specifically, the storage mechanism 200). Therefore, the content of the retrieval information in the article information is valid. is not.
  • the extraction information will be described in detail later.
  • FIG. 5 shows an example of storage management information used by the storage mechanism 200 for managing the storage position of the article.
  • the control device of the storage mechanism 200 can record storage management information on the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131 based on processing related to storage or removal, and can update the recorded contents as needed.
  • this storage management information the article ID and the storage position are associated with each other.
  • This storage position is represented by identification information for distinguishing a plurality of places (spaces) in the storage unit 210 where articles can be stored.
  • it is represented by a storage area identifier indicating a storage area and a space identification number in the storage area.
  • the storage management information in FIG. 5 represents a state in which four articles with article IDs 0001 to 0004 are stored in the storage position associated with the article ID in the storage unit 210, respectively.
  • a plurality of storage positions are associated with one article ID.
  • the size of the area occupied by one or more articles stored in the storage area can be represented by the number of one or more storage positions associated with one or more article IDs.
  • the size of the empty area of the storage area can be represented by the number of one or more storage candidate positions that are not associated with the article ID as the storage position among the plurality of storage candidate positions of the storage area.
  • the size of the storage area can be represented by the number of storage candidate positions in the storage area.
  • the storage ratio of the storage area is a ratio of the size of the area occupied by one or more articles in the storage area to the size of the storage area.
  • the storage rate of the storage area can be represented by the ratio of the number of one or more storage positions associated with one or more article IDs to the number of storage candidate positions in the storage area.
  • Information indicating a plurality of storage candidate positions in the storage area may be recorded in advance on the recording medium 130.
  • information indicating the user, time zone, frequency, and genre assigned to the storage area may be recorded on the recording medium 130.
  • the storage control unit 120 may record information indicating the user, time zone, frequency, and genre assigned to the storage area on the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 includes a user interface, a sensor, a processor that executes a program, and the like.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires article specifying information for taking out the article.
  • the article specifying information is, for example, information related to an article to be taken out or a user who performs the taking-out operation, and the format of the information may be any form such as a keyword, an image, and sound.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire article specifying information input from a user by voice, a keyboard, a touch panel, or the like. Further, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire article specifying information derived by a calculation process or the like from a sensing result obtained by sensing performed by a sensor (for example, imaging performed by an image sensor). This calculation process is, for example, a process of deriving information for specifying an article from a sensing result by referring to a table in which a predetermined sensing result candidate and an article specifying information candidate are associated with each other.
  • the user interface or sensor constituting the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 is installed, for example, in the vicinity of the article delivery area 21y where the user can receive the article to be taken out. It may be installed at a place.
  • a portable information terminal carried by the user may be used as a user interface, a sensor, or the like constituting the article specifying information acquisition unit 140.
  • a user interface, a sensor, and the like constituting the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may be installed for each of the plurality of article transfer areas 21y.
  • the article specifying information acquired by the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 is notified to the take-out control unit 160, and a search for selecting an item to be taken out (a set of article information recorded in the recording medium 130). Used for collation).
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires time information (takeout time information) indicating the time when the operation for taking out the article is performed when acquiring the article specifying information for taking out the article. Also good. Specifically, the time information indicates, for example, the time when the article specifying information is acquired. Further, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire user information (extraction user identification information) indicating a user who has performed an operation for taking out an article.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire area information (take-out area information) indicating the article delivery area 21y to which the article to be taken out is transferred among the plurality of article delivery areas 21y.
  • the article transfer area 21y to which the article to be taken out is transferred corresponds to the destination to which the article to be taken out is transferred.
  • the article transfer area 21y to which the article to be taken out is transferred is determined based on the place where the user interface and the sensor constituting the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 are installed and the operation for taking out the article is performed. May be.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire area information indicating the article delivery area 21y closest to the place where the operation for taking out the article is performed among the plurality of article delivery areas 21y.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire area information indicating the article delivery area 21y to which the article to be taken out is transferred based on information input by the user.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire area information indicating the article transfer area 21y specified by the user.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire time information as part of the article specifying information, may acquire user information as part of the article specifying information, or may obtain region information. You may acquire as a part of information for goods specification. That is, the article specifying information may include time information, user information, or region information.
  • time information (removal time information), user information (removal user identification information), area information (take-out area information), and article specifying information constitute extraction information.
  • This take-out information is information that indicates a history of take-out of an article, is stored in the article after the article is taken out, and can be used for a search for taking out the article again.
  • Fig. 6 shows an example of retrieval information.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires voice or characters indicating blue and a commemorative shirt as the article specifying information, acquires information about father as user information, and August 22 as time information. It shows that the date and time of 6 o'clock was acquired. Moreover, it has shown that the place called a living room was acquired as area
  • FIG. 6 shows a case where a father who is a user inputs a voice of a blue commemorative shirt to a voice input device near the article transfer area 21d (living room) at 6 o'clock on August 22 in order to take out an article.
  • the take-out information is acquired by the article specifying information acquisition unit 140.
  • the take-out control unit 160 includes a communication interface and a processor that executes a program.
  • the take-out control unit 160 controls the storage mechanism 200 to take out an article to be taken out from the storage unit 210. For example, when the article specifying information acquired by the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 matches the article information indicating the article, the takeout control unit 160 causes the storage mechanism 200 to take out the article from the storage unit 210.
  • the removal control unit 160 performs retrieval (verification, etc.) on the collection of article information on the recording medium 130 using the article identification information notified from the article identification information acquisition unit 140.
  • Article information indicating the target article is selected.
  • the take-out control unit 160 selects item information that matches the item specifying information acquired by the item specifying information acquisition unit 140 from among a plurality of item information recorded on the recording medium 130.
  • the take-out control unit 160 performs predetermined first conversion on the article specifying information to generate first conversion information. Moreover, predetermined
  • the article information selected in this way is an example of article information that is selected as article information that matches the article specifying information.
  • any conversion may be defined as the first conversion and the second conversion.
  • the second conversion information is, for example, words (for example, keywords) obtained by converting a plurality of components in the article information based on various dictionaries or functions.
  • a plurality of components in the article information are components for each item of article sensing information (article type, color, size, weight, etc.), input information component, storage user information component, carry-in area information component, storage time information component And components for each item of retrieval information.
  • the first conversion information is, for example, words (for example, keywords) obtained by converting a plurality of components in the article specifying information based on various dictionaries or functions.
  • the plurality of components in the article specifying information include components for each element in characters and voices input to the user.
  • the voice of the commemorative T-shirt may be converted into a commemorative shirt, and the date and time of 18:00 on August 8 may be converted into summer or evening.
  • the take-out control unit 160 stores the article specifying information. It is determined that the product information is matched, and the product information is selected.
  • the extraction control unit 160 When the first conversion information and the second conversion information are substantially the same (for example, within a predetermined similar range), the extraction control unit 160 considers that the first conversion information and the second conversion information match. May be.
  • Each of the first conversion information and the second conversion information may be a vector having a plurality of components. In this case, if one component matches between the first conversion information and the second conversion information, the extraction control unit 160 considers that the first conversion information and the second conversion information match. Also good.
  • the take-out control unit 160 notifies the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of each item ID in one or more item information selected from a plurality of item information recorded on the recording medium 130. When a plurality of item information is selected, the take-out control unit 160 limits the item information to one item information by a predetermined limiting method, and notifies the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of the item ID in the one item information. May be.
  • the take-out control unit 160 may use any method as a limiting method.
  • the first conversion information and the second conversion information match (or substantially match).
  • the method may be limited to article information having the largest number of components.
  • the limiting method determines, for example, the importance for each item of the item information, determines the importance for each component of the second conversion information according to the importance determined for each item, and the first conversion information in the second conversion information
  • the method may be limited to the article information having the largest sum of the importance levels of the components that coincide with each other.
  • the limiting method may be a method of presenting information representing a plurality of selected item information to the user via a user interface such as a touch panel including a display and accepting the user's selection.
  • the extraction control unit 160 causes the first conversion having components such as blue and a commemorative shirt (or T-shirt) Information can be generated.
  • the second conversion is performed on the article information (see FIG. 4) of the article (blue T-shirt), for example, a second item having components such as a T-shirt, clothing, blue, 200 grams, Group A, and a commemorative shirt. Conversion information may be generated. In this case, components such as blue, a T-shirt, and a commemorative shirt are matched between the first conversion information and the second conversion information.
  • the take-out control unit 160 determines that the article specifying information matches the article information of the article (blue T-shirt). Then, the take-out control unit 160 selects the item information and notifies the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of the item ID in the selected item information.
  • take-out control unit 160 may record take-out information (time information, user information, product specifying information, etc.) in association with the selected product information on the recording medium 130 via the record control unit 131.
  • the take-out control unit 160 may record a plurality of take-out information on the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131 in association with one piece of article information. Good. Further, for example, the take-out control unit 160 may associate one or more take-out information with one item information by including one or more take-out information with one item information.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 is recorded on the recording medium 130 in the previous storage as part of the article information of the stored article.
  • Article information may be taken in.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 may also retrieve one or more pieces of retrieval information associated with the article information in the previous retrieval as part of the article information of the articles to be stored again.
  • FIG. 7 shows an example of article information in which article information and take-out information of articles stored in the past are captured and recorded on the recording medium 130.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires the article information as illustrated in FIG. 7 when the article is stored again, and records the acquired article information in the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131.
  • the article information recorded on the recording medium 130 is expanded by repeatedly storing and taking out the article.
  • information that matches (or substantially matches) information related to past storage and removal of the article is input to the storage management system 10 (specifically, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140), The article can be taken out.
  • the information related to past storage and removal of the article is, for example, time information indicating the time when the previous removal processing was performed.
  • the article information may include a plurality of take-out information.
  • a plurality of time information (a plurality of extraction time information) may be included in the article information.
  • the set of the plurality of pieces of time information is information indicating a time zone in which the extraction operation is performed by the user and information indicating the frequency of the extraction operation performed by the user.
  • the take-out control unit 160 performs control to cause the storage mechanism 200 to take out the article by, for example, notifying the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of the article ID included in the selected article information.
  • the control device specifies the storage position from the article ID based on the storage management information (see FIG. 5), and the article is transferred to the picking mechanism or the like from the storage position of the storage unit 210. Transfer to the region 21y.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire area information (take-out area information) indicating one article transfer area 21y as described above. Good. Then, the take-out control unit 160 may notify the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of the area information acquired by the article specifying information acquisition unit 140. Then, the control device of the storage mechanism 200 may cause the picking mechanism or the like to transfer the article to the article transfer area 21y indicated by the notified area information.
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of storage processing by the storage management system 10. Hereinafter, the storage process will be described with reference to FIG.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 of the storage management system 10 determines whether or not an article has been placed in the article delivery area 21x by an operation performed by the user on the input device or a sensing performed by the sensor on the article delivery area 21x. Is determined (S11).
  • the storage management system 10 executes the following processing (S12 to S19). In particular, when a plurality of articles to be stored are placed in the article transfer area 21x by the user, the storage management system 10 performs the subsequent processing (S12 to S19) for each article to be stored.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires article sensing information of the article sensed by a sensor (such as an image sensor and a weight sensor) (S12).
  • a sensor such as an image sensor and a weight sensor
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires input information in response to an input (for example, voice input such as a T-shirt) by a user who performs an operation for storing articles. Then, the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires storage user information indicating the user, carry-in area information indicating the article transfer area 21x in which the article is placed, storage time information indicating the storage date and time, and the like (S13).
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 determines whether the article to be stored is the same as the article stored in the past (S14).
  • This determination includes, for example, article information including article sensing information equivalent to article sensing information for the article to be stored (for example, an image having the same characteristics as the image of the article to be stored).
  • the search is performed from 130, and whether or not the search is successful is performed.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 may use image matching or any other method to determine the identity of an article. It is effective to include information used for determination of identity in the article information.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 stores information related to past storage and removal of the article (for example, in the recording medium 130). Article information and take-out information already recorded) are acquired (S15). When it is determined that the article to be stored is not the same as the article stored in the past (No in S14), the article information acquisition unit 110 skips the process (S15) of acquiring information related to past storage and retrieval. .
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires (specifies) the article ID of the article (S16). For example, the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires (identifies) an article ID by generating an article ID based on a certain standard for making the article ID different for each article stored in the storage unit 210.
  • the certain standard may be to generate serial numbers as the product IDs in ascending order every time the product ID is generated. Note that when article information of an article stored in the past is acquired, an article ID included in the article information may be used.
  • the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area in which articles are stored from a plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 based on a predetermined condition for optimal placement (S17). In addition, when a plurality of articles are put into the article transfer area 21x at a time, the storage control unit 120 obtains a plurality of article information indicating the plurality of articles, and then acquires each of the plurality of articles. A storage area may be selected.
  • the storage control unit 120 When the predetermined condition for the optimal arrangement is that the plurality of storage ratios of the plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 are made uniform, the storage control unit 120 The storage area is selected so that the storage ratio is made uniform. In this case, the storage control unit 120 may select a storage area with the lowest storage rate.
  • the storage control unit 120 counts one or more storage positions associated with one or more article IDs with respect to the number of storage candidate positions in the storage area based on storage management information or the like.
  • the storage area with the lowest ratio may be selected.
  • the storage control unit 120 When the predetermined condition for optimal placement is that the number of storage areas in which no articles are stored is maximized, the storage control unit 120 has the maximum number of storage areas in which no articles are stored. The storage area in which the article is stored is selected so that the item is stored. In other words, in this case, the storage control unit 120 refers to the storage management information or the like and preferentially selects the storage area in which the article is stored.
  • the storage control unit 120 determines whether or not each of the plurality of storage areas has an empty area in which the article can be stored based on a storage candidate position that can be stored, the size of the article, and the like. Then, the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area having the smallest empty area (the number of storage candidate positions that can be stored) among one or more storage areas having empty areas in which articles can be stored.
  • the storage control unit 120 stores the articles to be stored and the article information. Is selected, or a storage area in the vicinity thereof is selected. Further, in this case, the predetermined condition for optimal arrangement is that the first article information indicating the first article and the second article information indicating the second article satisfy the predetermined similarity condition, It is also expressed that one storage area and the second storage area of the second article are close or the same.
  • the predetermined similarity condition may be that the genre matches between the first item information and the second item information.
  • the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area in which an article having the same genre as the stored article is stored, or a storage area in the vicinity thereof, based on the article information and the storage management information.
  • the predetermined similarity condition matches the user (removal user), the time zone (removal time zone), the frequency (removal frequency), and the genre between the first item information and the second item information. It may be.
  • the storage control unit 120 based on the product information and storage management information, stores the same product and user (removal user), time zone (removal time zone), frequency (removal frequency), and genre. Is selected or a storage area near the storage area.
  • the storage control unit 120 is configured to uniformize the plurality of storage ratios from among the storage areas of the articles whose article information is similar to the articles to be stored and the storage areas near the storage areas.
  • a storage area may be selected.
  • the storage control unit 120 may select a storage area from among these so that the number of storage areas in which no articles are stored is maximized.
  • the storage control unit 120 may preferentially select a storage area of an article whose article information is similar to the article to be stored over a storage area near the storage area.
  • the storage control unit 120 displays the user and the time indicated by the article information. A storage area to which the band, frequency, and genre are assigned is selected.
  • the storage control unit 120 makes the storage ratios of the plurality of storage areas uniform.
  • a storage area may be selected.
  • the storage control unit 120 may select a storage area from the plurality of storage areas so that the number of storage areas in which no articles are stored is maximized.
  • the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area to which the user is assigned as unknown.
  • the case where the time zone, frequency, or genre is unknown is the same as when the user is unknown.
  • the storage control unit 120 stores the article information.
  • the indicated user or the like may be newly assigned to an unused storage area.
  • the storage control unit 120 may select a newly allocated storage area.
  • the storage control unit 120 may newly assign a user or the like indicated by the article information to an unused storage area near the storage area to which the user or the like indicated by the article information has already been assigned.
  • the storage control unit 120 controls the storage mechanism 200 to store the articles placed in the article transfer area 21x (S18). For example, the storage control unit 120 notifies the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of the product ID specified by the product information acquisition unit 110, the product transfer region 21x in which the product is placed, the selected storage region, and the like. The storage mechanism 200 is controlled.
  • the picking mechanism and the like are controlled by the control device of the storage mechanism 200, and the article is stored (stored) in the empty area of the selected storage area. Then, the article ID and the storage position of the article are managed in association with each other in the storage management information (see FIG. 5).
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 stores article information (article sensing information, input information, storage user information, carry-in area information, storage time information, past storage and retrieval information, and an article ID) on the recording medium 130. Is recorded via the recording control unit 131 (S19).
  • the storage management system 10 again determines whether or not the article has been placed in the article transfer area 21x (that is, waiting for another storage target article) (S11).
  • the article is appropriately stored, and the article information of the stored article is managed.
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a take-out process performed by the storage management system 10. The extraction process will be described below with reference to FIG.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 of the storage management system 10 acquires the article specifying information (S21).
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires the article specifying information through a user operation on the input device or the like, or sensing performed by a sensor.
  • the user inputs, for example, information indicating the article to be taken out.
  • information indicating the article to be taken out For example, the user may input the article name by voice, or may cause the image sensor to sense a photograph of the article. Further, the user may input information (for example, time or place) when the article to be taken out is stored.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires information for specifying the article including information input by the user or information obtained by sensing.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires user information (removal user information) indicating a user who performs an operation of taking out an article by a user operation on an input device or the like, or sensing performed by a sensor. Also good.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire time information (removal time information) indicating a removal time.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire area information (take-out area information) indicating a take-out object delivery area for taking out an object to be taken out.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire article specifying information including user information (removal user information), time information (removal time information), and area information (take-out area information).
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 uses a sensor that configures the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 to use a user interface that configures the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 or an article transfer area 21y (an extraction target article transfer area). A user in the vicinity of may be detected. Then, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire user information indicating the detected user as part of the article specifying information.
  • the take-out control unit 160 selects article information that matches the article specifying information from among a plurality of article information recorded on the recording medium 130 (S22).
  • the take-out control unit 160 derives first conversion information (for example, a keyword or the like) obtained by performing the first conversion on the article specifying information. Then, the take-out control unit 160 selects, from a plurality of item information in the recording medium 130, item information whose second conversion information (for example, a keyword) obtained by performing second conversion on the item information matches the first conversion information. To do. Note that the take-out control unit 160 may select only one item information by, for example, the limiting method described above.
  • first conversion information for example, a keyword or the like
  • item information indicating items that have already been removed is excluded from the selection. For example, when the last take-out time indicated by the time information (take-out time information) of the take-out information included in the product information is later than the last store time indicated by the storage time information included in the product information, the product Information is excluded from the election.
  • the take-out control unit 160 controls the storage mechanism 200 so as to take out the article indicated by the selected article information (S23). That is, the take-out control unit 160 causes the storage mechanism 200 to take out the article by transmitting the article ID in the selected article information to the control device of the storage mechanism 200.
  • the control device of the storage mechanism 200 controls the picking mechanism and the like, and takes the article from the storage position associated with the article ID in the storage management information. ).
  • the takeout control unit 160 records the takeout information via the recording control unit 131 (S24).
  • the take-out control unit 160 records take-out information (article specifying information, user information, time information, etc.) on the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131 in association with the product information.
  • the stored article is appropriately taken out by such a take-out process of the storage management system 10.
  • the take-out control unit 160 causes the storage mechanism 200 to start an operation for taking out an article that is predicted to be taken out based on the user information or the like. May be. That is, the take-out control unit 160 may cause the storage mechanism 200 to start an operation for taking out an article that is predicted to be taken out based on user information or the like before all of the article specifying information is acquired. .
  • the article information indicating the article includes a user who has performed an operation of removing the article in the past (a retrieval user), a time period during which the operation of ejecting the article has been performed in the past (a retrieval time period), and the past of the article. It may indicate the frequency (extraction frequency) at which the extraction operation is performed. Therefore, when user information is acquired as part of the article specifying information, the takeout control unit 160 extracts article information indicating an article that is predicted to be taken out from a plurality of pieces of article information indicating these.
  • the takeout control unit 160 selects the takeout user that matches the user indicated by the user information acquired as part of the article specifying information from the plurality of pieces of article information recorded on the recording medium 130. Is extracted. Further, the take-out control unit 160 extracts one or more item information indicating a take-out time zone that matches the current time zone from the extracted one or more item information.
  • the take-out control unit 160 may predict that an article indicated by the article information indicating the highest take-out frequency among the extracted one or more article information is to be taken out. Then, the take-out control unit 160 may cause the storage mechanism 200 to start an operation for taking out an article predicted to be taken out.
  • prediction of an article to be taken out based on the user, time zone, and frequency is performed, but even if prediction of an article to be taken out based on a part of the user, time zone, and frequency is performed. Good.
  • FIG. 10 shows a state of a plurality of storage areas in which a plurality of articles are stored so that a plurality of storage rates of the plurality of storage areas are uniform.
  • the storage management system 10 may store a plurality of storages as shown in FIG. A plurality of articles are stored in the area.
  • the storage management system 10 can use a plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 in a well-balanced manner, and can effectively use the storage unit 210.
  • FIG. 11 shows a state of a plurality of storage areas in which a plurality of articles are stored so that the number of storage areas in which no articles are stored is maximized.
  • the storage management system 10 may include a plurality of storage areas as shown in FIG. Of goods.
  • the storage management system 10 can store larger articles later.
  • the removal is made efficient.
  • FIG. 12 shows a process for storing articles based on the user (removal user), time zone (removal time zone), frequency (removal frequency), and genre.
  • the predetermined condition for optimal placement is that the article is stored in a storage area to which the user, time zone, frequency, and genre are assigned, a plurality of articles are stored as shown in FIG. .
  • the shampoo and the T-shirt are brought into the article transfer area 21x at a time.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 uses, as the shampoo article information, the user (removal user) is “mother”, the time zone (removal time zone) is “night”, and the frequency (removal frequency). Is “frequent” and the genre is “bath utensils”.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 uses T-shirt article information in which the user (removal user) is “father”, the time zone (removal time zone) is “morning”, and the frequency (removal frequency) is “frequently”. ”And item information whose genre is“ clothing ”is acquired.
  • the storage control unit 120 determines that the “mother”, “night”, “frequent”, and “bath utensil” are users (removal users), time periods (removal time periods), frequencies (removal frequencies), and genres. Is selected as the shampoo storage area.
  • the storage control unit 120 causes the storage mechanism 200 to transfer the shampoo to the selected storage area.
  • the storage control unit 120 is configured such that “Father”, “Morning”, “Frequent”, and “Bath utensils” are users (removal users), time periods (removal time periods), frequencies (removal frequencies), and genres. Is selected as the storage area of the T-shirt.
  • the storage control unit 120 causes the storage mechanism 200 to transfer the T-shirt to the selected storage area.
  • the storage management system 10 stores each of the plurality of articles in an appropriate storage area selected based on the article information. Further, the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles suitable for storage together in one storage area in one storage area based on the genre or the like. Further, since the storage is performed based on the user (removal user), the time zone (removal time zone), the frequency (removal frequency), and the like, it is possible to increase the efficiency of removal.
  • the condition that articles are stored in a storage area to which a user, time zone, frequency, and genre are assigned is that a plurality of articles with similar article information are stored in the same storage area or a plurality of storage areas close to each other. It partially overlaps with the condition. Accordingly, even when the predetermined condition for optimal arrangement is to store a plurality of articles having similar article information in the same storage area or a plurality of storage areas close to each other, as in the example of FIG. Each article is stored in a storage area determined based on the article information.
  • FIG. 13 shows a process of predicting an article to be taken out and starting taking out.
  • the sensor constituting the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 detects the father in the morning. Thereby, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires information indicating the father as a part of the article specifying information in the morning time zone.
  • the take-out control unit 160 predicts that an article that is frequently taken out by the father in the morning time zone is taken out.
  • the takeout control unit 160 extracts one or more pieces of article information including user information (takeout user information) indicating the father from a plurality of pieces of article information recorded on the recording medium 130. Then, the take-out control unit 160 extracts one or more item information indicating that the item has been taken out in the morning time zone from the extracted one or more item information.
  • the take-out control unit 160 specifies product information indicating that the frequency with which the product is taken out is highest from the extracted one or more product information. Then, the take-out control unit 160 predicts that the article indicated by the specified article information is taken out.
  • the take-out control unit 160 causes the storage mechanism 200 to start an operation for taking out the article predicted to be taken out.
  • the take-out control unit 160 notifies the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of the storage area in which the articles predicted to be taken out are stored.
  • the control device of the storage mechanism 200 moves a loading platform or the like for taking out articles to the notified storage area.
  • a delay caused by a prediction error can be suppressed by narrowing down one storage area or a plurality of storage areas close to each other based on the user, time zone, and frequency.
  • the predetermined condition for optimal arrangement is to store a plurality of articles having similar article information (having the same user, time zone, and frequency) in the same storage area or a plurality of storage areas close to each other, Delays caused by prediction errors are suppressed.
  • a delay caused by a prediction error is suppressed.
  • the storage management system 10 is a facility other than a house (for example, an office, a store, or a hospital). May be applied.
  • the house may have any number of floors, and the house may be a detached house, an apartment house, or an apartment house.
  • the user of the storage management system 10 is not limited to a resident of a house, but may be a person other than the resident.
  • the storage management system 10 includes the storage mechanism 200 and the storage unit 210. However, the storage management system 10 does not include the storage mechanism 200 and the storage unit 210. Also good.
  • the storage management information managed by the control device of the storage mechanism 200 is a recording medium different from the recording medium 130 in the storage management system 10 (for example, a hard disk and a non-volatile device included in the control device). For example, in a memory.
  • a control device for the storage mechanism 200 may be included in the computer system constituting the storage management system 10.
  • the storage control unit 120 or the take-out control unit 160 can control the picking mechanism or the like in the storage mechanism 200 by omitting transmission / reception of information (for example, article ID) with the control device.
  • control device 200 a plurality of components (for example, the article information acquisition unit 110, the storage control unit 120, the recording control unit 131, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140, the take-out control unit 160, and the storage mechanism described in the above embodiment)
  • the division of roles in the control device 200 is not limited to the above example. The division of roles in these components can be arbitrarily changed.
  • the takeout control unit 160 selects the item information, but the item specifying information acquisition unit 140 may select the item information.
  • the storage management system 10 may include an article information selection unit that selects article information.
  • the storage control unit 120 selects the storage area, but the article information acquisition unit 110 may select the storage area.
  • the storage management system 10 may also include a storage area selection unit that selects a storage area.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires user information, time information, and area information.
  • the storage management system 10 acquires a user information acquisition unit that acquires user information (removal user information), a time information acquisition unit that acquires time information (removal time information), and region information (take-out region information).
  • An area information acquisition unit may be provided.
  • the article information shown in FIG. 4 the storage management information shown in FIG. 5, the take-out information shown in FIG. 6, and the article information shown in FIG. 7 are examples. Items included in each piece of information are not limited to these examples. Omission, addition, and change can be made as appropriate.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110, the storage control unit 120, the article identification information acquisition unit 140, and the take-out control unit 160 are respectively a first acquisition unit, a first control unit, a second acquisition unit, and a second acquisition unit. It can also be expressed as a control unit.
  • the recording control unit 131 can also be expressed as a third control unit.
  • the computer system constituting the storage management system 10 can be composed of one or more devices (computers).
  • the storage management system performs a part of the roles of a plurality of components such as the article information acquisition unit 110, the storage control unit 120, the recording control unit 131, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140, and the take-out control unit 160 realized by this computer system.
  • Server devices other than 10 may be responsible.
  • the recording medium 130 may be a recording medium external to the computer system that can be accessed from the computer system constituting the storage management system 10.
  • the recording medium 130 may be included in a server device that can communicate via, for example, the Internet.
  • the execution order of the processing procedures (the procedures shown in FIGS. 8 and 9) in the above-described storage management system 10 is not necessarily limited to the above-described execution order.
  • the execution order may be changed.
  • a part of the processing procedure may be omitted.
  • all or part of the processing procedure (the procedure shown in FIGS. 8 and 9) in the above-described storage management system 10 may be executed by hardware or software.
  • the storage management system 10 may be configured by hardware (such as a dedicated electric circuit) that does not include software (program) instead of the computer system, and the processing procedure in the storage management system 10 may be executed by hardware. .
  • the program executed by the storage management system 10 on the processor of the computer system may be recorded on a recording medium.
  • the program may be distributed or distributed.
  • the distributed program is installed in the computer and executed by the processor, whereby the computer can execute all or part of the processing procedures shown in FIGS.
  • the comprehensive or specific various aspects of the present invention include one of a device, a system, a method, an integrated circuit, a computer program, and a non-transitory recording medium such as a computer-readable CD-ROM or the like. Multiple combinations are included.
  • the storage management system 10 includes an article information acquisition unit 110, a storage control unit 120, an article specifying information acquisition unit 140, and a take-out control unit 160, and stores articles. to manage.
  • the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires article information indicating an article to be stored.
  • the storage control unit 120 causes the storage mechanism 200 to store the article in the storage unit 210.
  • the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires article specifying information for taking out a stored article. When the article specifying information matches the article information, the take-out control section 160 causes the storage mechanism 200 to take out the article indicated by the article information from the storage section 210.
  • the storage control unit 120 causes the storage mechanism 200 to optimally place each of the plurality of articles from a plurality of storage areas included in the storage unit 210.
  • the product is stored in a storage area determined for the article according to the predetermined conditions.
  • the storage management system 10 can store the articles in the storage areas determined for the articles in accordance with the predetermined conditions for optimal arrangement from among the plurality of storage areas for each of the plurality of articles. Therefore, the storage management system 10 can efficiently store a plurality of articles.
  • the storage unit 210 and the storage mechanism 200 may be provided in the house 20.
  • the storage control unit 120 may cause the storage mechanism 200 to store the article in the storage unit 210 by causing the storage mechanism 200 to transfer the article from the storage target article transfer area in the house 20 to the storage unit 210.
  • the take-out control unit 160 may cause the storage mechanism 200 to take out the article from the storage unit 210 by causing the storage mechanism 200 to transfer the article from the storage unit 210 to the take-out object transfer area in the house 20.
  • the storage management system 10 can store articles in the house 20 and take out the stored articles.
  • the storage control unit 120 may cause the storage mechanism 200 to store each of a plurality of articles from a storage target article transfer area where a plurality of articles are placed at a time into a storage area determined for the article. Good.
  • the storage management system 10 stores, for each of a plurality of articles that are put into the storage target article transfer area at a time, in accordance with a predetermined condition for optimal placement from among the plurality of storage areas. Articles can be stored in the area. Therefore, the storage management system 10 can efficiently store a plurality of articles.
  • the predetermined condition for the optimal arrangement may be that the plurality of storage rates of the plurality of storage areas are made uniform.
  • the storage management system 10 can use a plurality of storage areas in a balanced manner, and can effectively use the storage unit 210.
  • the predetermined condition for optimal placement may be that the number of storage areas in which no articles are stored is maximized among the plurality of storage areas. As a result, the free area per one increases. Therefore, the storage management system 10 can store larger articles later. In addition, since many articles are stored in one storage area, the removal is made efficient.
  • the predetermined condition for the optimal arrangement is that the first article information indicating the first article and the second article information indicating the second article satisfy the predetermined similarity condition.
  • the first storage area and the second storage area of the second article may be close or the same.
  • that the first storage area of the first article and the second storage area of the second article are close to each other means that the first storage area of the first article and the second storage area of the second article are the first article information.
  • the second article information are closer than when the predetermined similarity condition is not satisfied.
  • the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles having similar article information nearby. Therefore, a plurality of articles are appropriately classified and stored.
  • the first item information may include information indicating a first genre that is a genre of the first item.
  • the second article information may include information indicating a second genre that is a genre of the second article.
  • the predetermined similarity condition may include that the first genre and the second genre are the same genre.
  • the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles having the same genre nearby. Therefore, a plurality of articles are appropriately classified and stored.
  • the first item information may include information indicating the first user who has performed the operation of taking out the first item in the past.
  • the second article information may include information indicating a second user who has performed an operation for taking out the second article in the past.
  • the predetermined similarity condition may include that the first user and the second user are the same user.
  • the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles matched by the user who performed the take-out operation nearby. Therefore, a plurality of articles are appropriately classified and stored. In addition, the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles predicted to be taken out for each user nearby so that the taking-out operation can be performed smoothly.
  • the first item information may include information indicating a first time zone in which the operation of taking out the first item was performed in the past.
  • the second article information may include information indicating a second time zone in which the operation of taking out the second article was performed in the past.
  • the predetermined similar condition may include that the first time zone and the second time zone are the same time zone.
  • the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles having the same time zone in which the operation of taking out is performed nearby. Therefore, a plurality of articles are appropriately classified and stored. In addition, the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles that are predicted to be taken out for each time zone in the vicinity so that the taking-out operation can be performed smoothly.
  • the first article information may include information indicating a first frequency at which the first article removal operation has been performed in the past.
  • the second article information may include information indicating a second frequency at which a second article removal operation has been performed in the past.
  • the predetermined similarity condition may include that the first frequency and the second frequency are the same frequency.
  • the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles with the same frequency of the take-out operation nearby. Therefore, a plurality of articles are appropriately classified and stored. In addition, the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles that are predicted to be taken out for each frequency so that the taking-out operation can be performed smoothly.
  • the article information indicating the article may include information indicating the user, information indicating the time zone, information indicating the frequency, and information indicating the genre of the article.
  • the user is a user who has performed an operation of taking out articles in the past.
  • the time zone is a time zone in which an operation for taking out an article has been performed in the past.
  • the frequency is a frequency at which an operation for taking out an article has been performed in the past.
  • the predetermined condition for optimal placement is that each of the plurality of articles is stored in a storage area to which a user, a time zone, a frequency, and a genre are assigned among the plurality of storage areas. Also good.
  • the storage management system 10 can store each of the plurality of articles in the storage area based on the user, the time zone, the frequency, and the genre. Therefore, a plurality of articles are appropriately classified and stored. For example, when the operation
  • the article information includes information indicating a user who has performed an operation for removing an article in the past, information indicating a time zone during which an operation for removing an article has been performed in the past, and an operation for removing an article in the past. And information indicating the frequency at which is performed. Then, when the information indicating the user is acquired as part of the article specifying information, and the article is predicted to be taken out based on the user, the time zone, and the frequency, the take-out control unit 160 stores the article in the storage unit 210.
  • the storage mechanism 200 may start an operation for taking out from the storage mechanism 200.
  • the storage management system 10 can cause the storage mechanism 200 to start an operation for taking out articles from the storage unit 210 at an early stage. Therefore, the storage management system 10 can reduce the time until the article is transferred to the take-out article delivery area.
  • a storage management method includes an article information acquisition step (S12 to S16), a storage control step (S17 and S18), an article specifying information acquisition step (S21), and a take-out control step. (S22 and S23), and stores and manages articles.
  • the storage mechanism 200 stores the article in the storage unit 210.
  • article specifying information acquisition step (S21) article specifying information for taking out the stored articles is acquired.
  • take-out control step (S22 and S23) when the article specifying information matches the article information, the storage mechanism 200 causes the article indicated by the article information to be taken out from the storage section 210.
  • the storage mechanism 200 stores a predetermined number for optimal placement of each of the plurality of articles from the plurality of storage areas.
  • the product is stored in a storage area determined for the article according to the above conditions.
  • the plurality of storage areas are included in the storage unit 210.
  • a system or the like that executes this storage management method stores articles in a storage area that is determined for the articles according to a predetermined condition for optimal placement from among the plurality of storage areas. be able to. Accordingly, a system or the like that executes this storage management method can efficiently store a plurality of articles.
  • a program according to an aspect of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute storage management processing for storing and managing articles.
  • the storage management process includes an article information acquisition step (S12 to S16), a storage control step (S17 and S18), an article specifying information acquisition step (S21), and a take-out control step (S22 and S23).
  • the storage mechanism 200 stores the article in the storage unit 210.
  • article specifying information acquisition step (S21) article specifying information for taking out the stored articles is acquired.
  • take-out control step (S22 and S23) when the article specifying information matches the article information, the storage mechanism 200 causes the article indicated by the article information to be taken out from the storage section 210.
  • the storage mechanism 200 stores a predetermined number for optimal placement of each of the plurality of articles from the plurality of storage areas.
  • the product is stored in a storage area determined for the article according to the above conditions.
  • the plurality of storage areas are included in the storage unit 210.
  • the computer system or the like that executes this program stores the articles in the storage areas determined for the articles in accordance with the predetermined conditions for optimal placement from among the plurality of storage areas for each of the plurality of articles. Can do. Therefore, a computer system or the like that executes this program can efficiently store a plurality of articles.

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This housing management system (10) comprises: an article information acquisition unit (110) that acquires article information indicating an article being housed; a housing control unit (120) that makes a housing mechanism (200) house the article in a housing unit (210); an article specifying information acquisition unit (140) that acquires article specifying information; and a retrieval control unit (160) that, in cases where the article specifying information matches the article information, makes the housing mechanism (200) retrieve, from the housing unit (210), the article indicated by the article information that matches the article specifying information. Further, when a plurality of articles are to be housed, the housing control unit (120) makes the housing mechanism (200) respectively house the plurality of articles into respective housing regions, from among a plurality of housing regions, determined according to predetermined conditions for optimal arrangement.

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収納管理システム、収納管理方法及びプログラムStorage management system, storage management method and program
　本発明は、物品を収納し管理する収納管理システム等に関する。 The present invention relates to a storage management system for storing and managing articles.
　従来、物品を格納する自動倉庫に係る技術が知られている（特許文献１参照）。また、物品の外観画像等の情報とその物品の収納場所とを対応付けて管理し、外観画像の特徴を示すキーワード等で物品の収納場所を検索できる収納管理装置が知られている（特許文献２参照）。 Conventionally, a technique related to an automatic warehouse for storing articles is known (see Patent Document 1). Also, a storage management device is known in which information such as an appearance image of an article and the storage location of the article are managed in association with each other, and the storage location of the article can be searched using a keyword or the like indicating the characteristics of the appearance image (Patent Document) 2).
特開２００１－００２２０８号公報JP 2001-002208 A 特開２００３－３２１１０７号公報JP 2003-321107 A
　しかしながら、物品を収納し管理する収納管理システムにおいて、複数の物品が効率的に収納されなければ、収納スペースの有効活用が阻害されたり、各物品の取り出しに時間がかかったりする。 However, in a storage management system that stores and manages articles, if a plurality of articles are not efficiently stored, effective use of the storage space is hindered, and it takes time to take out each article.
　そこで、本発明は、複数の物品を効率的に収納することができる収納管理システム等を提供することを目的とする。 Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a storage management system that can efficiently store a plurality of articles.
　上記目的を達成するために本発明の一態様に係る収納管理システムは、物品を収納し管理する収納管理システムであって、収納される前記物品を示す物品情報を取得する物品情報取得部と、収納機構に、前記物品を収納部へ収納させる収納制御部と、収納された前記物品を取り出すための物品特定用情報を取得する物品特定用情報取得部と、前記物品特定用情報が前記物品情報に適合する場合、前記収納機構に、前記物品情報によって示される前記物品を前記収納部から取り出させる取り出し制御部とを備え、前記収納制御部は、さらに、前記収納部へ複数の物品が収納される際に、前記収納機構に、前記複数の物品のそれぞれを前記収納部に含まれる複数の収納領域の中から最適配置のための所定の条件に従って当該物品に対して定められる収納領域へ収納させる。 In order to achieve the above object, a storage management system according to an aspect of the present invention is a storage management system for storing and managing articles, an article information acquisition unit that acquires article information indicating the stored articles, A storage control unit that causes the storage mechanism to store the article in the storage unit, an article specifying information acquisition unit that acquires article specifying information for taking out the stored article, and the article specifying information is the article information. The storage mechanism includes a take-out control unit that takes out the article indicated by the article information from the storage unit, and the storage control unit further stores a plurality of articles in the storage unit. The storage mechanism determines each of the plurality of articles from the plurality of storage areas included in the storage unit according to a predetermined condition for optimal placement. To be accommodated to that storage area.
　また、本発明の一態様に係る収納管理方法は、物品を収納し管理する収納管理方法であって、収納される前記物品を示す物品情報を取得する物品情報取得ステップと、収納機構に、前記物品を収納部へ収納させる収納制御ステップと、収納された前記物品を取り出すための物品特定用情報を取得する物品特定用情報取得ステップと、前記物品特定用情報が前記物品情報に適合する場合、前記収納機構に、前記物品情報によって示される前記物品を前記収納部から取り出させる取り出し制御ステップとを含み、前記収納制御ステップでは、さらに、前記収納部へ複数の物品が収納される際に、前記収納機構に、前記複数の物品のそれぞれを前記収納部に含まれる複数の収納領域の中から最適配置のための所定の条件に従って当該物品に対して定められる収納領域へ収納させる。 The storage management method according to one aspect of the present invention is a storage management method for storing and managing an article, the article information acquisition step for acquiring article information indicating the article to be stored, and the storage mechanism, When the storage control step for storing the article in the storage unit, the article specifying information acquisition step for acquiring the article specifying information for taking out the stored article, and the article specifying information match the article information, A take-out control step for causing the storage mechanism to take out the article indicated by the article information from the storage unit, and in the storage control step, when a plurality of articles are stored in the storage unit, In the storage mechanism, each of the plurality of articles is applied to the article according to a predetermined condition for optimal arrangement from among a plurality of storage areas included in the storage unit. To be accommodated to the eye is housing area.
　また、本発明の一態様に係るプログラムは、物品を収納し管理する収納管理処理をコンピュータに実行させるためのプログラムであって、前記収納管理処理は、収納される前記物品を示す物品情報を取得する物品情報取得ステップと、収納機構に、前記物品を収納部へ収納させる収納制御ステップと、収納された前記物品を取り出すための物品特定用情報を取得する物品特定用情報取得ステップと、前記物品特定用情報が前記物品情報に適合する場合、前記収納機構に、前記物品情報によって示される前記物品を前記収納部から取り出させる取り出し制御ステップとを含み、前記収納制御ステップでは、さらに、前記収納部へ複数の物品が収納される際に、前記収納機構に、前記複数の物品のそれぞれを前記収納部に含まれる複数の収納領域の中から最適配置のための所定の条件に従って当該物品に対して定められる収納領域へ収納させる。 The program according to an aspect of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute a storage management process for storing and managing an article, and the storage management process acquires article information indicating the article to be stored. An article information acquisition step, a storage control step for causing the storage mechanism to store the article in a storage unit, an article specification information acquisition step for acquiring article specification information for taking out the stored article, and the article When the specification information matches the product information, the storage mechanism includes a take-out control step for taking out the product indicated by the product information from the storage unit, and the storage control step further includes the storage unit When a plurality of articles are stored in the storage unit, each of the plurality of articles is stored in the storage mechanism by the storage mechanism. It is accommodated in the housing area defined with respect to the article in accordance with a predetermined condition for optimum arrangement among.
　本発明の一態様に係る収納管理システム等は、複数の物品を効率的に収納することができる。 The storage management system and the like according to one aspect of the present invention can efficiently store a plurality of articles.
図１は、実施の形態に係る収納管理システムの概略構成図である。FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a storage management system according to an embodiment. 図２は、収納管理システムの適用例としての住宅を示す概念図である。FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a house as an application example of the storage management system. 図３は、収納管理システムによって物品が収納される収納部を示す概念図である。FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a storage unit in which articles are stored by the storage management system. 図４は、収納管理システムで用いられる、物品を示す物品情報の一例を示すデータテーブル図である。FIG. 4 is a data table diagram showing an example of article information indicating articles used in the storage management system. 図５は、収納機構による収納管理に用いられる収納管理情報の一例を示すデータテーブル図である。FIG. 5 is a data table diagram showing an example of storage management information used for storage management by the storage mechanism. 図６は、収納管理システムで用いられる取り出し情報の一例を示すデータテーブル図である。FIG. 6 is a data table diagram showing an example of retrieval information used in the storage management system. 図７は、収納管理システムで用いられる、過去に収納した物品を示す物品情報の一例を示すデータテーブル図である。FIG. 7 is a data table diagram showing an example of article information indicating articles stored in the past, which is used in the storage management system. 図８は、収納管理システムによる収納処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of storage processing by the storage management system. 図９は、収納管理システムによる取り出し処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a take-out process by the storage management system. 図１０は、複数の収納領域の複数の収納率が均一になるように複数の物品が収納された複数の収納領域の状態を示す概念図である。FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram showing a state of a plurality of storage areas in which a plurality of articles are stored so that a plurality of storage rates of the plurality of storage areas are uniform. 図１１は、物品が全く収納されていない収納領域の数が最大化されるように複数の物品が収納された複数の収納領域の状態を示す概念図である。FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram showing a state of a plurality of storage areas in which a plurality of articles are stored so that the number of storage areas in which no articles are stored is maximized. 図１２は、ユーザ、時間帯、頻度及びジャンルに基づいて物品を収納するための処理を示す概念図である。FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing processing for storing articles based on users, time zones, frequencies, and genres. 図１３は、取り出される物品を予測して取り出しを開始する処理を示す概念図である。FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a process of predicting an article to be taken out and starting taking out.
　以下、実施の形態について、図面を参照して説明する。ここで示す実施の形態は、いずれも本発明の一具体例を示すものである。従って、以下の実施の形態で示される数値、形状、構成要素、構成要素の配置及び接続形態、並びに、ステップ（工程）及びステップの順序等は、一例であって本発明を限定するものではない。以下の実施の形態における構成要素のうち、独立請求項に記載されていない構成要素については、任意に付加可能な構成要素である。また、各図は、模式図であり、必ずしも厳密に図示されたものではない。 Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. Each of the embodiments shown here shows a specific example of the present invention. Therefore, the numerical values, shapes, components, arrangement and connection forms of components, and steps (processes) and order of steps shown in the following embodiments are merely examples, and do not limit the present invention. . Among the constituent elements in the following embodiments, constituent elements that are not described in the independent claims can be arbitrarily added. Each figure is a mimetic diagram and is not necessarily illustrated strictly.
　（実施の形態）
　以下、本実施の形態に係る収納管理方法を用いる収納管理システム１０について説明する。収納管理システム１０は、住宅等の施設において衣類及び生活用品等といった物品が使用されない場合に、その物品を収納部に収納して、その物品が使用される場合に、その物品を収納部から取り出すためのシステムである。 (Embodiment)
Hereinafter, the storage management system 10 using the storage management method according to the present embodiment will be described. The storage management system 10 stores the article in the storage unit when the article such as clothing and daily necessities is not used in a facility such as a house, and takes out the article from the storage unit when the article is used. It is a system for.
　［１．　収納管理システム１０の構成］
　図１は、本実施の形態に係る収納管理システム１０を示す概略構成図である。同図に示すように、収納管理システム１０は、物品情報取得部１１０と収納制御部１２０と記録媒体１３０と記録制御部１３１と物品特定用情報取得部１４０と取り出し制御部１６０と収納機構２００と収納部２１０とを備える。 [1. Configuration of storage management system 10]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a storage management system 10 according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the storage management system 10 includes an article information acquisition unit 110, a storage control unit 120, a recording medium 130, a recording control unit 131, an article specifying information acquisition unit 140, a take-out control unit 160, and a storage mechanism 200. A storage unit 210.
　［１－１．　物品の流れ］
　まず、収納管理システム１０における物品の流れに関する構成について説明する。なお、収納対象の物品は、衣類及び生活用品等に限られず、収納部２１０に収納できる有体物であればいかなる物であってもよい。 [1-1. Flow of goods]
First, a configuration related to the flow of articles in the storage management system 10 will be described. Note that the articles to be stored are not limited to clothing and household items, and may be any tangible object that can be stored in the storage unit 210.
　収納部２１０は、物品の収納場所（つまり保管場所）である。また、図１に示す物品授受領域２１ｘ及び２１ｙは、それぞれ、収納管理システム１０（具体的には収納機構２００）とユーザとの間で物品の授受が行われる場所（住宅内の一領域）である。 The storage unit 210 is an article storage place (that is, a storage place). Further, the article transfer areas 21x and 21y shown in FIG. 1 are places (one area in a house) where articles are transferred between the storage management system 10 (specifically, the storage mechanism 200) and the user. is there.
　収納機構２００は、物品を移動させるための機構と、物品の移動（移送）を制御するための制御装置（コンピュータ等）とを含み、物品授受領域２１ｘ及び２１ｙのそれぞれと、収納部２１０との間で物品の移送を行う。物品を移動させるための機構は、いかなる機構であってもよい。具体的には、物品を移動させるための機構は、荷台、ピッキング機構及び搬送機構（例えばコンベア）等であってもよい。 The storage mechanism 200 includes a mechanism for moving the article and a control device (computer or the like) for controlling the movement (transfer) of the article. Each of the article transfer areas 21x and 21y and the storage unit 210 The goods are transferred between them. The mechanism for moving the article may be any mechanism. Specifically, the mechanism for moving the article may be a cargo bed, a picking mechanism, a transport mechanism (for example, a conveyor), or the like.
　収納機構２００は、物品の移動を制御するための制御装置によって、収納部２１０における物品の保管位置を管理し、物品授受領域２１ｘ及び２１ｙのそれぞれと、物品の保管位置との間で物品を移動させるようにピッキング機構等を制御する。物品の保管位置は、例えば物品を識別するための情報である物品ＩＤ（物品識別子）と、その物品の保管位置とが対応付けられた収納管理情報を用いて、制御装置において管理される。 The storage mechanism 200 manages the storage position of the article in the storage unit 210 by a control device for controlling the movement of the article, and moves the article between each of the article transfer areas 21x and 21y and the storage position of the article. Control the picking mechanism and the like. The storage position of the article is managed by the control device using, for example, storage management information in which an article ID (article identifier) that is information for identifying the article is associated with the storage position of the article.
　したがって、収納管理システム１０を利用するユーザは、物品の収納及び取り出しにおいて収納部２１０内に直接的にアクセスしなくてもよいし、収納部２１０内の物品の保管位置等を記憶しなくてもよい。 Therefore, the user who uses the storage management system 10 does not have to directly access the storage unit 210 when storing and taking out the article, or does not need to store the storage position of the article in the storage unit 210. Good.
　物品授受領域２１ｘは、収納対象の物品（ユーザが収納したい物品）を入れる領域であり、収納対象物品授受領域又は持ち込み領域とも表現され得る。物品授受領域２１ｘは、空きスペースであってもよいし、物品授受領域２１ｘに、物品を載置するためのテーブル、物品を収納するための引き出し又は箱、或いは、物品を投入するためのダクト等が備えられていてもよい。 The article transfer area 21x is an area for storing articles to be stored (items that the user wants to store), and can also be expressed as a storage target article transfer area or a carry-in area. The article transfer area 21x may be an empty space, or a table for placing articles, a drawer or box for storing articles, a duct for loading articles, or the like in the article transfer area 21x May be provided.
　物品授受領域２１ｙは、収納機構２００が行う搬送によって、取り出し対象の物品（ユーザが取り出したい物品）が出現する領域であり、取り出し対象物品授受領域又は持ち出し領域とも表現され得る。物品授受領域２１ｙは、空きスペースであってもよいし、物品授受領域２１ｙに、物品を載置するためのテーブル等が備えられていてもよい。 The article delivery area 21y is an area in which an article to be taken out (an article that the user wants to take out) appears by the conveyance performed by the storage mechanism 200, and can also be expressed as a take-out article delivery area or a take-out area. The article transfer area 21y may be an empty space, or a table or the like for placing articles may be provided in the article transfer area 21y.
　物品授受領域２１ｘと物品授受領域２１ｙとは一体となっていてもよい。また、住宅において、複数の物品授受領域２１ｘ（又は複数の物品授受領域２１ｙ）が、互いに異なる場所に（つまり互いに分離して）存在してもよい。 The article transfer area 21x and the article transfer area 21y may be integrated. In a house, a plurality of article transfer areas 21x (or a plurality of article transfer areas 21y) may exist at different locations (that is, separated from each other).
　収納管理システム１０は、ユーザによって物品授受領域２１ｘに物品が入れられる度に、その物品を収納機構２００によって収納部２１０に移送し、その物品を保管する。そして、収納管理システム１０は、ユーザがいずれかの物品を要求する場合、センサ及びユーザインタフェース等で構成される物品特定用情報取得部１４０によって、その物品を取り出すための物品特定用情報をユーザから取得する。そして、収納管理システム１０は、収納機構２００によって、収納部２１０からその物品を物品授受領域２１ｙへ移送する。 The storage management system 10 transfers the article to the storage unit 210 by the storage mechanism 200 every time the user puts the article into the article transfer area 21x, and stores the article. Then, when the user requests any item, the storage management system 10 provides the item specifying information for extracting the item from the user by the item specifying information acquisition unit 140 configured with a sensor, a user interface, and the like. get. Then, the storage management system 10 uses the storage mechanism 200 to transfer the article from the storage unit 210 to the article transfer area 21y.
　例えば、物品を取り出すための物品特定用情報が、物品を示す物品情報に適合する場合、収納管理システム１０は、物品特定用情報が適合する物品情報によって示される物品を物品授受領域２１ｙへ移送する。 For example, when the article specifying information for taking out the article is compatible with the article information indicating the article, the storage management system 10 transfers the article indicated by the article information to which the article specifying information is matched to the article delivery area 21y. .
　図２は、住宅２０に収納管理システム１０が適用された例を示す。同図の例では、収納部２１０が住宅２０の床下（１階の部屋の下等）に設けられている。そして、物品授受領域２１ａ～２１ｄが、それぞれ、１階の玄関、浴室、キッチン及びリビングルームに含まれ、物品授受領域２１ｅ～２１ｇが、それぞれ、２階の洋室、和室及び寝室に含まれる。 FIG. 2 shows an example in which the storage management system 10 is applied to the house 20. In the example of the figure, the storage unit 210 is provided under the floor of the house 20 (such as under the room on the first floor). The article transfer areas 21a to 21d are included in the entrance, bathroom, kitchen, and living room on the first floor, respectively, and the article transfer areas 21e to 21g are included in the Western room, Japanese room, and bedroom on the second floor, respectively.
　物品授受領域２１ａ～２１ｇのそれぞれは、上述の物品授受領域２１ｘ（収納対象物品授受領域）及び物品授受領域２１ｙ（取り出し対象物品授受領域）の一方又は両方に相当する。図２の例において、収納機構２００は、物品授受領域２１ａ～２１ｇのそれぞれと収納部２１０との間で物品を移送するための構成（ピッキング機構等）を有する。 Each of the article transfer areas 21a to 21g corresponds to one or both of the above-described article transfer area 21x (a storage object transfer area) and an article transfer area 21y (a take-out object transfer area). In the example of FIG. 2, the storage mechanism 200 has a configuration (picking mechanism or the like) for transferring an article between each of the article transfer areas 21a to 21g and the storage unit 210.
　図３は、収納管理システム１０によって物品が収納される収納部２１０を示す。収納部２１０は、複数の収納領域を含む。１つの物品は、収納部２１０における１つの収納領域に収納される。１以上の物品が、収納部２１０における１つの収納領域に収納されてもよい。 FIG. 3 shows a storage unit 210 in which articles are stored by the storage management system 10. The storage unit 210 includes a plurality of storage areas. One article is stored in one storage area in the storage unit 210. One or more articles may be stored in one storage area in the storage unit 210.
　例えば、複数の収納領域は、収納部２１０における複数のスペースであってもよいし、複数の収納ラックであってもよいし、１以上の収納ラックにおいて棚板等で仕切られた複数の領域であってもよい。図３には、各サイズが同じサイズである複数の収納領域が示されているが、複数の収納領域の各サイズは同じサイズでなくてもよい。 For example, the plurality of storage areas may be a plurality of spaces in the storage unit 210, a plurality of storage racks, or a plurality of areas partitioned by shelf boards or the like in one or more storage racks. There may be. Although FIG. 3 shows a plurality of storage areas each having the same size, each size of the plurality of storage areas may not be the same size.
　また、複数の収納領域は、物理的に隔てられていてもよいし、物理的に隔てられていなくてもよい。例えば、複数の収納領域は、１つのスペースにおける複数の区画であってもよい。 Further, the plurality of storage areas may be physically separated or may not be physically separated. For example, the plurality of storage areas may be a plurality of sections in one space.
　複数の収納領域は、住宅２０における複数の領域であってもよい。例えば、住宅２０における床下のスペース、天井裏のスペース、１階と２階との間のスペース、及び、階段下のスペース等を含む複数のスペースを区分することで得られる複数の区画が、複数の収納領域として用いられてもよい。 The plurality of storage areas may be a plurality of areas in the house 20. For example, a plurality of sections obtained by dividing a plurality of spaces including a space under the floor in the house 20, a space behind the ceiling, a space between the first floor and the second floor, and a space under the stairs, etc. It may be used as a storage area.
　［１－２．　情報処理に係る構成］
　以下、収納管理システム１０において主として情報処理を担う構成、つまり、図１に示す物品情報取得部１１０、収納制御部１２０、記録媒体１３０、記録制御部１３１、物品特定用情報取得部１４０、及び、取り出し制御部１６０について説明する。 [1-2. Configuration related to information processing]
Hereinafter, the configuration mainly responsible for information processing in the storage management system 10, that is, the article information acquisition unit 110, the storage control unit 120, the recording medium 130, the recording control unit 131, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 shown in FIG. The take-out control unit 160 will be described.
　物品情報取得部１１０、収納制御部１２０、記録媒体１３０、記録制御部１３１、物品特定用情報取得部１４０、及び、取り出し制御部１６０は、例えばコンピュータシステムで構成される。このコンピュータシステムは、プロセッサ（マイクロプロセッサ）、メモリ、通信インタフェース（通信回路等）、ユーザインタフェース、及び、センサ等を含む。また、このコンピュータシステムは、ハードディスク装置等を含んでいてもよい。 The article information acquisition unit 110, the storage control unit 120, the recording medium 130, the recording control unit 131, the article identification information acquisition unit 140, and the take-out control unit 160 are configured by a computer system, for example. The computer system includes a processor (microprocessor), a memory, a communication interface (such as a communication circuit), a user interface, and a sensor. The computer system may include a hard disk device and the like.
　ユーザインタフェースは、例えば、ＬＣＤ（Ｌｉｑｕｉｄ　Ｃｒｙｓｔａｌ　Ｄｉｓｐｌａｙ）等のディスプレイ、並びに、キーボード及びタッチパネル等の入力装置を含む。メモリは、例えば、ＲＯＭ及びＲＡＭ等であり、不揮発性メモリを含んでいてもよい。プロセッサは、例えば、メモリに格納されたプログラムを実行することにより通信インタフェース及びディスプレイ等を制御するための処理を行う。メモリには、プロセッサにその処理を実行させるためのプログラムが格納されている。 The user interface includes, for example, a display such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and an input device such as a keyboard and a touch panel. The memory is, for example, a ROM and a RAM, and may include a nonvolatile memory. For example, the processor performs processing for controlling the communication interface, the display, and the like by executing a program stored in the memory. The memory stores a program for causing the processor to execute the process.
　センサは、例えば、イメージセンサ（カメラ）及び重量センサ等である。このコンピュータシステムは、ユーザインタフェース及びセンサ等により、音声、映像、文字及びその他の各種情報を取得し得る。また、このコンピュータシステムは、ユーザに携帯されるスマートフォン等の携帯情報端末を含んでもよい。 The sensor is, for example, an image sensor (camera) or a weight sensor. This computer system can acquire voice, video, characters, and other various information by a user interface and sensors. Further, this computer system may include a portable information terminal such as a smartphone carried by the user.
　［１－２－１．　物品情報取得部１１０］
　物品情報取得部１１０は、例えば、ユーザインタフェース、センサ、及び、プログラムを実行するプロセッサ等により構成される。物品情報取得部１１０は、物品の収納の際（ユーザが収納対象の物品を物品授受領域２１ｘに入れた際等）に、その物品を示す物品情報を取得して、記録制御部１３１を介して記録媒体１３０に記録する。物品を示す物品情報は、物品に関する情報を含んでいてもよく、例えば、物品の属性、物品の収納の操作を行ったユーザ、及び、物品の収納時間等を示す情報を含んでいてもよい。 [1-2-1. Article information acquisition unit 110]
The article information acquisition unit 110 includes, for example, a user interface, a sensor, and a processor that executes a program. The article information acquisition unit 110 acquires article information indicating the article when the article is stored (for example, when the user puts an article to be stored in the article transfer area 21x), and the record information is acquired via the recording control unit 131. Recording on the recording medium 130. The article information indicating the article may include information on the article, and may include, for example, information indicating the attribute of the article, the user who performed the operation of storing the article, and the storage time of the article.
　具体的には、物品情報取得部１１０は、物品の収納の際に、収納対象の物品を各種センサでセンシングし、そのセンシングの結果に基づく情報である物品センシング情報を物品情報に含まれる情報として取得する。 Specifically, the article information acquisition unit 110 senses an article to be stored by various sensors when storing the article, and article sensing information that is information based on the sensing result is included in the article information. get.
　例えば、物品情報取得部１１０は、物品をイメージセンサで撮像して生成される画像の解析処理により物品種別、ジャンル、色及びサイズ等を特定し、特定された物品種別、ジャンル、色及びサイズ等を物品センシング情報に含める。この解析処理は、エッジ検出処理を含んでいてもよいし、物品をイメージセンサで撮像して生成される画像と、既知の各種物品の画像特徴との照合処理を含んでいてもよい。 For example, the article information acquisition unit 110 identifies an article type, genre, color, size, and the like by analyzing an image generated by imaging the article with an image sensor, and the identified article type, genre, color, size, etc. Is included in the article sensing information. This analysis processing may include edge detection processing, or may include collation processing between an image generated by imaging an article with an image sensor and image characteristics of various known articles.
　物品種別は、例えば、物品名によって表現され得る。ジャンルは、例えば、物品のカテゴリを示し、物品種別よりも広い範囲を表す。物品種別及びジャンルは、物品種別及びジャンルのうち一方に、統合されてもよい。また、物品（衣類等）が折りたたまれること等によって変形する場合、複数種のサイズが物品情報に含まれてもよい。 The article type can be expressed by an article name, for example. The genre indicates, for example, the category of the article and represents a range wider than the article type. The item type and the genre may be integrated into one of the item type and the genre. In addition, when the article (clothing or the like) is deformed by being folded, a plurality of types of sizes may be included in the article information.
　また、例えば、物品情報取得部１１０は、物品を重量センサで測定し、測定された物品の重量を物品センシング情報に含める。 Also, for example, the article information acquisition unit 110 measures the article with a weight sensor and includes the measured weight of the article in the article sensing information.
　なお、物品情報取得部１１０は、物品授受領域２１ｘに存在する物品をセンサでセンシングして得られる情報を物品センシング情報として取得してもよい。また、物品情報取得部１１０は、収納機構２００が物品を収納部２１０へと移送（搬送）している途中において、物品をセンサでセンシングして得られる情報を物品センシング情報として取得してもよい。 The article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire information obtained by sensing an article existing in the article transfer area 21x with a sensor as article sensing information. Further, the article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire, as article sensing information, information obtained by sensing an article with a sensor while the storage mechanism 200 is transporting (conveying) the article to the storage unit 210. .
　物品をセンシングするセンサは、例えば、物品授受領域２１ｘの近辺、又は、物品授受領域２１ｘから収納部２１０までの搬送経路の近辺に設けられることが有効である。また、物品情報に基づいて収納領域が決定される場合において、物品をセンシングするセンサは、物品授受領域２１ｘから収納部２１０の複数の収納領域に対する分岐点までの搬送経路の近辺に設けられることが有効である。 It is effective that the sensor for sensing the article is provided, for example, in the vicinity of the article transfer area 21x or in the vicinity of the conveyance path from the article transfer area 21x to the storage unit 210. In addition, when the storage area is determined based on the article information, the sensor for sensing the article may be provided in the vicinity of the conveyance path from the article transfer area 21x to the branch points for the plurality of storage areas of the storage unit 210. It is valid.
　また、物品情報取得部１１０は、ユーザが収納対象の物品を物品授受領域２１ｘに入れた際に、ユーザから物品に関する情報の入力を受け付けることで入力情報を取得してもよい。なお、物品情報取得部１１０を構成するユーザインタフェースは、例えば、物品授受領域２１ｘの近辺に設置されることが有効であるが、その他の場所に設置されてもよい。また、ユーザに携帯される携帯情報端末が、物品情報取得部１１０を構成するユーザインタフェース等として用いられてもよい。 Further, the article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire input information by accepting input of information related to the article from the user when the user puts the article to be stored in the article transfer area 21x. In addition, although it is effective to install the user interface which comprises the article | item information acquisition part 110, for example in the vicinity of the article | item delivery area | region 21x, you may install in other places. Further, a portable information terminal carried by the user may be used as a user interface or the like constituting the article information acquisition unit 110.
　ユーザから与えられる入力は、キーボード又はタッチパネル等の入力装置によって受け付けられてもよいし、マイク等の音声入力装置等によって受け付けられてもよい。例えば、物品情報取得部１１０は、ユーザから音声入力装置で受け付けられた音声を、音声認識技術を用いて言葉の情報に変換し、その変換結果に基づく情報を、入力情報として取得し得る。 The input given by the user may be received by an input device such as a keyboard or a touch panel, or may be received by a voice input device such as a microphone. For example, the article information acquisition unit 110 can convert voice received by a voice input device from a user into word information using voice recognition technology, and can acquire information based on the conversion result as input information.
　また、複数の物品授受領域２１ｘのそれぞれに対して、物品情報取得部１１０を構成するユーザインタフェース及びセンサ等が設置されてもよい。 Further, a user interface, a sensor, and the like constituting the article information acquisition unit 110 may be installed for each of the plurality of article transfer areas 21x.
　また、物品情報取得部１１０は、ユーザが収納対象の物品を物品授受領域２１ｘに入れた際に、ユーザを示す収納ユーザ情報（収納ユーザ識別情報）を取得してもよい。その際、物品情報取得部１１０は、ユーザから入力を受け付けることにより、又は、ユーザをセンシングすること等により、収納ユーザ情報を取得してもよい。 Further, the article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire storage user information (storage user identification information) indicating a user when the user puts an article to be stored in the article transfer area 21x. At that time, the article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire the stored user information by receiving an input from the user or sensing the user.
　例えば、物品情報取得部１１０は、イメージセンサでユーザを撮像して生成される画像の解析処理（予め登録済みの住宅２０の各住人の画像特徴との照合等）によりユーザを識別し得る。或いは、物品情報取得部１１０は、音声入力装置で受け付けられた音声から声紋認証技術等を用いてユーザを識別し、その識別結果を示す収納ユーザ情報を取得し得る。 For example, the article information acquisition unit 110 can identify the user by an analysis process of an image generated by imaging the user with an image sensor (matching with an image feature of each resident of the house 20 registered in advance). Alternatively, the article information acquisition unit 110 can identify a user from the voice received by the voice input device using a voiceprint authentication technique or the like, and can acquire stored user information indicating the identification result.
　また、物品情報取得部１１０は、ユーザが収納対象の物品を物品授受領域２１ｘに入れた際に、その物品授受領域２１ｘの場所を特定することで、物品授受領域２１ｘを示す持ち込み領域情報を取得してもよい。持ち込み領域情報は、図２に示す住宅２０の１階及び２階の物品授受領域２１ａ～２１ｇ（玄関、浴室、キッチン、リビングルーム、洋室、和室及び寝室等の場所）の中から、物品が入れられた持ち込み領域を識別するための情報である。 In addition, when the user puts an article to be stored in the article transfer area 21x, the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires the carry-in area information indicating the article transfer area 21x by specifying the location of the article transfer area 21x. May be. The carry-in area information includes articles from the first and second floor article transfer areas 21a to 21g (entrances, bathrooms, kitchens, living rooms, Western-style rooms, Japanese-style rooms, bedrooms, etc.) shown in FIG. This is information for identifying the brought-in area.
　また、物品情報取得部１１０は、ユーザが収納対象の物品を物品授受領域２１ｘに入れた時間を時計等により特定することで、その時間を示す収納時間情報を取得してもよい。収納時間情報は、日時を示してもよいし、時間帯を示していてもよい。 Further, the article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire the storage time information indicating the time by specifying the time when the user puts the article to be stored in the article transfer area 21x with a clock or the like. The storage time information may indicate a date and time, or may indicate a time zone.
　また、物品情報取得部１１０は、物品の収納の際に、その物品の識別情報である物品ＩＤを取得する。物品情報取得部１１０は、物品の収納の際に、物品ＩＤをその物品から読み取ることで物品ＩＤを取得してもよいし、一定基準（物品毎に物品ＩＤを異ならせるための基準）に基づいてその物品の物品ＩＤを生成することで物品ＩＤを取得してもよい。また、物品情報取得部１１０は、物品の収納の際に、収納機構２００の制御装置がその物品の保管位置の管理に用いる物品ＩＤをその制御装置から取得してもよい。 Further, the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires an article ID that is identification information of the article when the article is stored. The article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire the article ID by reading the article ID from the article when the article is stored, or based on a certain standard (a standard for making the article ID different for each article). The article ID may be acquired by generating the article ID of the article. Further, the article information acquisition unit 110 may acquire an article ID used by the control device of the storage mechanism 200 for managing the storage position of the article from the control device when the article is stored.
　物品情報取得部１１０は、物品の収納の際に、その物品を示す物品情報を取得し、その物品情報を記録媒体１３０に記録制御部１３１を介して記録する。物品情報取得部１１０が取得する物品情報は、物品センシング情報及び物品ＩＤを含む。さらに、物品情報は、上述した入力情報、収納ユーザ情報、持ち込み領域情報、及び、収納時間情報等を含んでもよい。 The article information acquisition unit 110 acquires article information indicating the article when the article is stored, and records the article information in the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131. The article information acquired by the article information acquisition unit 110 includes article sensing information and an article ID. Further, the article information may include the above-described input information, storage user information, carry-in area information, storage time information, and the like.
　また、物品情報取得部１１０は、ユーザが収納対象の物品を物品授受領域２１ｘに入れた際に、収納制御部１２０に通知して収納制御を行わせる。 Further, the article information acquisition unit 110 notifies the storage control unit 120 to perform storage control when the user puts an article to be stored in the article transfer area 21x.
　なお、物品情報取得部１１０は、物品の収納の際に、収納対象の物品と同一性を有する、過去に収納され取り出された物品の物品情報の少なくとも一部を収納対象の物品の物品情報の一部として記録媒体１３０から取り込んでもよい。また、物品情報取得部１１０は、物品の収納の際に、収納対象の物品と同一性を有する、過去に収納され取り出された物品の取り出し情報（後述）を収納対象の物品の物品情報の一部として記録媒体１３０から取り込んでもよい。 Note that the article information acquisition unit 110 stores at least a part of the article information of the article that has been stored and retrieved in the past and has the same identity as the article to be stored when the article is stored. You may take in from the recording medium 130 as some. In addition, the article information acquisition unit 110, when storing an article, uses the extraction information (described later) of an article stored and extracted in the past that has the same identity as the article to be stored as one item information of the article to be stored. It may be imported from the recording medium 130 as a part.
　［１－２－２．　収納制御部１２０］
　収納制御部１２０は、通信インタフェース、及び、プログラムを実行するプロセッサ等により構成され、収納機構２００に、収納対象の物品を収納部２１０へ収納（保管）させる制御を行う。その際、収納制御部１２０は、収納部２１０における複数の収納領域の中から、物品が収納される収納領域を最適配置のための所定の条件に基づいて選択する。具体的には、収納制御部１２０は、収納される物品を示す物品情報、及び、各収納領域の状態のうち少なくとも一方に基づいて、物品が収納される収納領域を選択する。 [1-2-2. Storage control unit 120]
The storage control unit 120 includes a communication interface and a processor that executes a program. The storage control unit 120 controls the storage mechanism 200 to store (store) an article to be stored in the storage unit 210. At that time, the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area in which the article is stored from a plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 based on a predetermined condition for optimal arrangement. Specifically, the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area in which an article is stored based on at least one of the article information indicating the article to be stored and the state of each storage area.
　例えば、最適配置のための所定の条件は、収納部２１０における複数の収納領域の複数の収納率が均一化されることである。この場合、収納制御部１２０は、収納管理情報を参照し、収納部２１０における複数の収納領域の複数の収納率が均一化されるように、複数の収納領域の中から、物品が収納される収納領域を選択する。 For example, the predetermined condition for optimal arrangement is that the plurality of storage rates of the plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 are made uniform. In this case, the storage control unit 120 refers to the storage management information, and stores articles from the plurality of storage areas so that the plurality of storage rates of the plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 are made uniform. Select a storage area.
　また、最適配置のための所定の条件は、収納部２１０における複数の収納領域のうち物品が全く収納されていない収納領域の数が最大化されることであってもよい。この場合、収納制御部１２０は、収納管理情報を参照し、物品が全く収納されていない収納領域の数が最大化されるように、複数の収納領域の中から、物品が収納される収納領域を選択する。 Further, the predetermined condition for optimal arrangement may be that the number of storage areas in which no articles are stored at all among the plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 may be maximized. In this case, the storage control unit 120 refers to the storage management information, and the storage area in which the article is stored from the plurality of storage areas so that the number of storage areas in which the article is not stored is maximized. Select.
　また、最適配置のための所定の条件は、物品情報が類似する複数の物品を同じ収納領域又は互いに近い複数の収納領域に収納することであってもよい。 Further, the predetermined condition for optimal arrangement may be to store a plurality of articles having similar article information in the same storage area or a plurality of storage areas close to each other.
　つまり、最適配置のための所定の条件は、第１物品を示す第１物品情報と、第２物品を示す第２物品情報とが所定の類似条件を満たす場合、第１物品の第１収納領域と、第２物品の第２収納領域とが近い又は同じであることであってもよい。ここで、第１収納領域と第２収納領域とが近いとは、第１物品情報と第２物品情報とが所定の類似条件を満たさない場合よりも距離的に（位置的に）近いことを意味する。 That is, the predetermined condition for optimal arrangement is that the first storage area of the first article is the first storage area of the first article when the first article information indicating the first article and the second article information indicating the second article satisfy the predetermined similarity condition. And the second storage area of the second article may be close or the same. Here, the fact that the first storage area and the second storage area are close means that the first article information and the second article information are closer in distance (positionally) than when the predetermined similarity condition is not satisfied. means.
　この場合、収納制御部１２０は、収納管理情報及び物品情報を参照し、物品情報が類似する物品の収納領域又はその近くに物品が収納されるように、複数の収納領域の中から、物品が収納される収納領域を選択する。第１物品を示す第１物品情報と、第２物品を示す第２物品情報とについて、所定の類似条件は、例えば、第１物品のジャンルと第２物品のジャンルとが同一であることである。 In this case, the storage control unit 120 refers to the storage management information and the article information, and the article is selected from the plurality of storage areas so that the article is stored in or near the storage area of the article with similar article information. Select the storage area to be stored. For the first item information indicating the first item and the second item information indicating the second item, the predetermined similar condition is, for example, that the genre of the first item and the genre of the second item are the same. .
　また、物品情報は、物品の取り出しに関する履歴を示す取り出し情報を含み得る。したがって、物品情報は、物品の取り出しの操作を行ったユーザ（取り出しユーザ）、物品の取り出しの操作が行われた時間帯（取り出し時間帯）、及び、物品の取り出しの操作が行われた頻度（取り出し頻度）を示し得る。 In addition, the article information may include take-out information indicating a history related to the take-out of the article. Therefore, the article information includes a user who has performed an operation for taking out an article (takeout user), a time zone in which the operation for taking out the article has been performed (takeout time zone), and a frequency at which the operation for taking out the article has been performed ( Take-off frequency).
　ここで、時間帯は、朝（５：００～１０：００）、昼（１０：００～１５：００）、夕（１５：００～１９：００）、及び、夜（１９：００～５：００）等で表現され得る。頻度は、頻繁（高い、例えば日に１回以上）、時々（普通、例えば週に１回～６回）、及び、まれ（低い、例えば月に４回以下）等のレベルで表現され得る。 Here, the time zones are morning (5:00 to 10:00), noon (10:00 to 15:00), evening (15:00 to 19:00), and night (19:00 to 5: 00). 00) or the like. The frequency can be expressed at a level such as frequent (high, eg, more than once a day), sometimes (usually, eg, 1-6 times a week), and rare (low, eg, less than 4 times a month).
　また、物品の取り出しの操作を行ったユーザは、その物品の取り出しの操作を最後に行ったユーザでもよいし、その物品の取り出しの操作を最も多く行ったユーザでもよい。また、物品の取り出しの操作が行われた時間帯は、その物品の取り出しの操作が最後に行われた時間帯でもよいし、その物品の取り出しの操作が最も多く行われた時間帯でもよい。 Further, the user who has performed the operation for taking out the article may be the user who has performed the last operation for taking out the article, or the user who has performed the most operations for taking out the article. Further, the time zone in which the operation for taking out the article is performed may be the time zone in which the operation for taking out the article is last performed, or the time zone in which the operation for taking out the article is performed most frequently.
　例えば、第１物品情報が、第１物品の取り出しの操作を行った第１ユーザ、第１物品の取り出しの操作が行われた第１時間帯、第１物品の取り出しの操作が行われた第１頻度、及び、第１物品のジャンルである第１ジャンルを示し得る。そして、第２物品情報が、第２物品の取り出しの操作を行った第２ユーザ、第２物品の取り出しの操作が行われた第２時間帯、第２物品の取り出しの操作が行われた第２頻度、及び、第２物品のジャンルである第２ジャンルを示し得る。 For example, the first article information is the first user who has performed the first article removal operation, the first time period during which the first article removal operation has been performed, and the first article removal operation has been performed. 1 frequency and the 1st genre which is a genre of the 1st goods may be shown. The second article information is the second user who has performed the operation of taking out the second article, the second time zone in which the operation of taking out the second article has been performed, and the second operation in which the operation of taking out the second article has been performed. 2nd frequency and the 2nd genre which is a genre of the 2nd goods may be shown.
　上記の第１物品情報及び第２物品情報について、所定の類似条件は、第１ユーザと第２ユーザとが同じであることでもよい。また、所定の類似条件は、第１時間帯と第２時間帯とが同じであることでもよい。また、所定の類似条件は、第１頻度と第２頻度とが同じであることでもよい。また、所定の類似条件は、第１ジャンルと第２ジャンルとが同じであることでもよい。また、所定の類似条件は、第１物品情報と第２物品情報との間で、ユーザ、時間帯、頻度及びジャンルがそれぞれ同じであることでもよい。 For the first item information and the second item information, the predetermined similarity condition may be that the first user and the second user are the same. Further, the predetermined similar condition may be that the first time zone and the second time zone are the same. Further, the predetermined similarity condition may be that the first frequency and the second frequency are the same. Further, the predetermined similarity condition may be that the first genre and the second genre are the same. Further, the predetermined similarity condition may be that the user, the time zone, the frequency, and the genre are the same between the first item information and the second item information.
　また、最適配置のための所定の条件は、物品が、物品の取り出しの操作を行ったユーザと、物品の取り出しの操作が行われた時間帯と、物品の取り出しの操作が行われた頻度と、物品のジャンルとが割り当てられた収納領域に収納されることであってもよい。なお、この条件は、物品情報が類似する複数の物品を同じ収納領域又は互いに近い複数の収納領域に収納することという上記の条件に部分的に重複する。 In addition, the predetermined conditions for optimal placement are: the user who performed the operation for removing the article, the time zone during which the operation for removing the article was performed, and the frequency at which the operation for removing the article was performed. It may be stored in a storage area to which the genre of the article is assigned. This condition partially overlaps with the above-described condition that a plurality of articles having similar article information are stored in the same storage area or a plurality of storage areas close to each other.
　この場合では、基本的に、複数の収納領域のそれぞれに、ユーザと時間帯と頻度とジャンルとが予め割り当てられている。そして、収納制御部１２０は、物品が収納される収納領域として、複数の収納領域の中から、物品情報によって示されるユーザと時間帯と頻度とジャンルとに等しいユーザと時間帯と頻度とジャンルとが割り当てられた収納領域を選択する。 In this case, basically, a user, a time zone, a frequency, and a genre are assigned in advance to each of the plurality of storage areas. Then, the storage control unit 120 stores, as a storage area in which articles are stored, a user, a time slot, a frequency, and a genre that are equal to the user, the time slot, the frequency, and the genre indicated by the article information from the plurality of storage areas. The storage area to which is assigned is selected.
　なお、１つの収納領域に対して、複数のユーザが割り当てられていてもよいし、複数の時間帯が割り当てられていてもよいし、複数の頻度が割り当てられていてもよいし、複数のジャンルが割り当てられていてもよい。 A plurality of users may be assigned to a single storage area, a plurality of time zones may be assigned, a plurality of frequencies may be assigned, or a plurality of genres may be assigned. May be assigned.
　また、物品の取り出しの操作を行ったユーザ、物品の取り出しの操作が行われた時間帯、物品の取り出しの操作が行われた頻度、又は、物品のジャンル等が特定されず不明な可能性がある。したがって、収納領域に、ユーザが不明として割り当てられていてもよいし、時間帯が不明として割り当てられていてもよいし、頻度が不明として割り当てられていてもよいし、ジャンルが不明として割り当てられていてもよい。 In addition, there is a possibility that the user who has performed the operation of taking out the article, the time zone in which the operation of taking out the article has been performed, the frequency at which the operation of taking out the article has been performed, or the genre of the article is not specified and may be unknown. is there. Therefore, the user may be assigned to the storage area as unknown, the time zone may be assigned as unknown, the frequency may be assigned as unknown, or the genre is assigned as unknown. May be.
　そして、ユーザが不明である場合、ユーザが不明として割り当てられた収納領域に物品が収納されてもよい。同様に、時間帯が不明である場合、時間帯が不明として割り当てられた収納領域に物品が収納されてもよい。同様に、頻度が不明である場合、頻度が不明として割り当てられた収納領域に物品が収納されてもよい。同様に、ジャンルが不明である場合、ジャンルが不明として割り当てられた収納領域に物品が収納されてもよい。 If the user is unknown, the article may be stored in a storage area assigned as the user is unknown. Similarly, when the time zone is unknown, the article may be stored in a storage area assigned with the time zone unknown. Similarly, when the frequency is unknown, the article may be stored in a storage area assigned with an unknown frequency. Similarly, when the genre is unknown, the article may be stored in a storage area assigned as the genre is unknown.
　また、収納制御部１２０は、物品情報によって示されるユーザと時間帯と頻度とジャンルとが収納領域に割り当てられていない場合等において、それらを収納領域に新たに割り当てて、新たに割り当てられた収納領域を選択してもよい。 In addition, the storage control unit 120 newly assigns them to the storage area when the user, the time zone, the frequency, and the genre indicated by the article information are not assigned to the storage area. An area may be selected.
　収納制御部１２０は、上記のような最適配置のための所定の条件に基づいて複数の収納領域の中から収納領域を選択する際に、複数の収納領域から物品を収納することが可能な空き領域を有する１以上の収納領域を物品のサイズ等に基づいて抽出してもよい。そして、収納制御部１２０は、抽出された１以上の収納領域の中から最適配置のための所定の条件に基づいて収納領域を選択してもよい。 When the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area from a plurality of storage areas based on the predetermined conditions for optimal placement as described above, the storage control unit 120 can store articles from the plurality of storage areas. One or more storage areas having areas may be extracted based on the size of the article. Then, the storage control unit 120 may select a storage area from the extracted one or more storage areas based on a predetermined condition for optimal placement.
　そして、収納制御部１２０は、選択された収納領域を示す収納領域情報を収納機構２００の制御装置に通知する。また、収納制御部１２０は、例えば、住宅２０に、収納対象の物品が入れられる複数の物品授受領域２１ｘが存在する場合、物品情報取得部１１０で取得された持ち込み領域情報を収納機構２００の制御装置に通知する。 Then, the storage control unit 120 notifies the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of storage area information indicating the selected storage area. In addition, for example, when there are a plurality of article transfer areas 21x in which an article to be stored is placed in the house 20, the storage control unit 120 controls the storage mechanism 200 using the carry-in area information acquired by the article information acquisition unit 110. Notify the device.
　収納機構２００の制御装置は、通知された収納領域情報によって示される収納領域の範囲において、収納対象の物品の保管位置を所定のアルゴリズムに基づいて決定する。例えば、収納機構２００の制御装置は、収納領域の空き領域における複数の保管候補位置のうち、収納対象の物品が配置可能な保管候補位置を保管位置として決定する。収納機構２００の制御装置は、物品のサイズに基づいて、保管候補位置に物品が配置可能であるか否かを判定してもよい。 The control device of the storage mechanism 200 determines the storage position of the article to be stored based on a predetermined algorithm in the range of the storage area indicated by the notified storage area information. For example, the control device of the storage mechanism 200 determines, as the storage position, a storage candidate position where an article to be stored can be placed among a plurality of storage candidate positions in the empty area of the storage area. The control device of the storage mechanism 200 may determine whether or not the article can be arranged at the storage candidate position based on the size of the article.
　そして、収納機構２００の制御装置は、ピッキング機構等を制御して、収納対象の物品が入れられた物品授受領域２１ｘ（例えば持ち込み領域情報が示す物品授受領域２１ｘ）から収納部２１０の保管位置へその物品を移送させて、その物品を保管する。 Then, the control device of the storage mechanism 200 controls the picking mechanism and the like to move from the article transfer area 21x (for example, the article transfer area 21x indicated by the carry-in area information) where the articles to be stored are placed to the storage position of the storage unit 210. The article is transferred and the article is stored.
　収納制御部１２０が収納対象の物品を収納する（収納対象の物品を収納機構２００に収納させる）制御を行う時点と、物品情報取得部１１０が収納対象の物品の物品ＩＤを取得する時点とは、いずれが先であってもよい。 The point in time when the storage control unit 120 performs control to store the articles to be stored (stores the articles to be stored in the storage mechanism 200) and the point in time when the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires the article ID of the articles to be stored. , Either may be first.
　なお、物品情報取得部１１０が収納対象の物品の物品ＩＤを取得した後に収納制御部１２０がその物品を収納する制御を行う方式では、収納制御部１２０は、物品ＩＤを収納機構２００の制御装置に伝達する。収納機構２００の制御装置は、例えば、所定のアルゴリズムに基づいて保管位置を決定し、ピッキング機構等を制御して、収納対象の物品を収納部２１０における保管位置に移送させる。そして、制御装置は、収納管理情報において、その物品の物品ＩＤと、その物品の保管位置とを対応付けて管理する。 In the method in which the storage control unit 120 performs control to store the article after the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires the article ID of the article to be stored, the storage control unit 120 controls the storage mechanism 200 to store the article ID. To communicate. The control device of the storage mechanism 200 determines a storage position based on, for example, a predetermined algorithm, controls the picking mechanism and the like, and transfers the articles to be stored to the storage position in the storage unit 210. In the storage management information, the control device manages the article ID of the article and the storage position of the article in association with each other.
　また、物品情報取得部１１０が収納対象の物品の物品ＩＤを取得する前に収納制御部１２０がその物品を収納する制御を行う方式では、収納制御部１２０は、物品ＩＤを伝達せずに収納機構２００を制御する。この方式では、収納機構２００の制御装置は、例えば、所定のアルゴリズムに基づいて収納対象の物品の保管位置とその物品の物品ＩＤとを決定し、ピッキング機構等を制御し、物品を収納部２１０における保管位置に移送させる。 Further, in the method in which the storage control unit 120 performs control to store the article before the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires the article ID of the article to be stored, the storage control unit 120 stores the article ID without transmitting it. The mechanism 200 is controlled. In this method, for example, the control device of the storage mechanism 200 determines the storage position of the article to be stored and the article ID of the article based on a predetermined algorithm, controls the picking mechanism and the like, and stores the article in the storage unit 210. To the storage position.
　そして、制御装置は、収納管理情報において、その物品の物品ＩＤと、その物品の保管位置とを対応付けて管理する。そして、収納機構２００は、決定された物品ＩＤを物品情報取得部１１０へ収納制御部１２０を介して伝達することにより、物品情報取得部１１０に取得させる。この方式では、物品情報取得部１１０は、取得した物品ＩＤを収納対象の物品の物品情報の一部として記録媒体１３０に記録制御部１３１を介して記録する。 The control device manages the article ID of the article in association with the storage position of the article in the storage management information. Then, the storage mechanism 200 causes the article information acquisition unit 110 to acquire the determined article ID by transmitting the determined article ID to the article information acquisition unit 110 via the storage control unit 120. In this method, the article information acquisition unit 110 records the acquired article ID as a part of the article information of the article to be stored on the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131.
　いずれの方式でも、物品授受領域２１ｘから収納部２１０の複数の収納領域に対する分岐点へ物品が到達するまでに、収納制御部１２０は、物品が収納される収納領域を選択し、選択された収納領域を収納機構２００の制御装置に伝達することが有効である。これにより、収納機構２００の制御装置は、選択された収納領域における保管位置に物品を円滑に移送させることができる。 In any method, the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area in which an article is stored and selects the selected storage until the article reaches a branch point for the plurality of storage areas of the storage unit 210 from the article transfer area 21x. It is effective to transmit the area to the control device of the storage mechanism 200. Thereby, the control device of the storage mechanism 200 can smoothly transfer the article to the storage position in the selected storage area.
　また、いずれの方式でも、収納機構２００の制御装置は、物品の物品ＩＤと保管位置とを対応付けて管理する。このため、取り出し制御部１６０は、取り出し対象の物品の物品ＩＤを収納機構２００に与えることにより、収納機構２００に、収納部２１０からその物品を取り出させることができる。 In any method, the control device of the storage mechanism 200 manages the article ID and the storage position of the article in association with each other. Therefore, the takeout control unit 160 can cause the storage mechanism 200 to take out the article from the storage unit 210 by giving the storage mechanism 200 the article ID of the article to be taken out.
　また、上記の例では、収納機構２００の制御装置が物品の保管位置を決定しているが、収納制御部１２０が物品の保管位置を決定し、収納機構２００の制御装置に物品の保管位置を通知してもよい。 In the above example, the control device of the storage mechanism 200 determines the storage position of the article, but the storage control unit 120 determines the storage position of the article, and sets the storage position of the article in the control device of the storage mechanism 200. You may be notified.
　［１－２－３．　記録媒体１３０及び記録制御部１３１］
　記録媒体１３０は、情報を記録するためのハードディスク及び不揮発性メモリ等である。記録媒体１３０において、情報（記録内容）は、データベースを構成するように編成されてもよい。例えば、記録媒体１３０には、各物品の収納の際に、その物品の物品情報が記録される。 [1-2-3. Recording medium 130 and recording control unit 131]
The recording medium 130 is a hard disk, a nonvolatile memory, or the like for recording information. In the recording medium 130, information (recorded contents) may be organized so as to constitute a database. For example, the article information of each article is recorded on the recording medium 130 when each article is stored.
　また、記録媒体１３０に対する情報の記録は、記録制御部１３１によって制御される。例えば、他の構成要素は、記録媒体１３０に対する情報の記録において、記録制御部１３１を介して記録媒体１３０へ情報を記録する。この際、具体的には、記録制御部１３１は、他の構成要素から情報を取得して、取得した情報を記録媒体１３０における適切な領域（空き領域等）に記録してもよい。 The recording of information on the recording medium 130 is controlled by the recording control unit 131. For example, other components record information on the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131 when recording information on the recording medium 130. At this time, specifically, the recording control unit 131 may acquire information from other components and record the acquired information in an appropriate area (such as an empty area) in the recording medium 130.
　また、記録媒体１３０に対する情報の参照が、記録制御部１３１によって制御されてもよい。例えば、他の構成要素は、記録媒体１３０に記録された情報の参照において、記録制御部１３１を介して情報を参照してもよい。この際、具体的には、記録制御部１３１は、他の構成要素から要求された情報を記録媒体１３０から取得して、取得した情報を他の構成要素に提供してもよい。 Also, the reference of information to the recording medium 130 may be controlled by the recording control unit 131. For example, another component may refer to the information via the recording control unit 131 when referring to the information recorded on the recording medium 130. In this case, specifically, the recording control unit 131 may acquire information requested from other components from the recording medium 130 and provide the acquired information to the other components.
　ここでは、他の構成要素が記録制御部１３１を介して記録媒体１３０へ情報を記録することを、単に、他の構成要素が記録媒体１３０へ情報を記録すると表現する場合がある。また、他の構成要素が記録制御部１３１を介して記録媒体１３０から情報を参照することを、単に、他の構成要素が記録媒体１３０から情報を参照すると表現する場合がある。 Here, the recording of information on the recording medium 130 by another constituent element via the recording control unit 131 may be simply expressed as the recording of information on the recording medium 130 by another constituent element. In addition, referring to information from the recording medium 130 by another component via the recording control unit 131 may simply be expressed as referring to information from the recording medium 130 by another component.
　また、記録媒体１３０は、物理的には一体の記録媒体であってもよいし、複数の記録媒体の集合であってもよい。即ち、記録媒体１３０に記録される複数の情報は、それぞれ、物理的に一体である記録媒体１３０の複数の記録領域に記録されてもよいし、記録媒体１３０を構成する複数の記録媒体に記録されてもよい。 Further, the recording medium 130 may be physically an integrated recording medium or a set of a plurality of recording media. That is, a plurality of information recorded on the recording medium 130 may be recorded on a plurality of recording areas of the recording medium 130 that are physically integrated, or may be recorded on a plurality of recording media constituting the recording medium 130. May be.
　図４は、物品情報取得部１１０により記録媒体１３０に記録された、１つの物品を示す物品情報の一例を示す。同図の例は、物品情報が、物品センシング情報、入力情報、収納ユーザ情報、持ち込み領域情報、収納時間情報、及び、物品ＩＤ等を含んでいることを示す。 FIG. 4 shows an example of article information indicating one article recorded on the recording medium 130 by the article information acquisition unit 110. The example in the figure shows that the article information includes article sensing information, input information, storage user information, carry-in area information, storage time information, and an article ID.
　図４の例では、収納対象となった物品が、７０ｃｍ×５０ｃｍ×０．５ｃｍ及び２００ｇの青いＴシャツ（衣類）であることが物品センシング情報により示されている。この物品センシング情報は、例えば、物品をイメージセンサで撮像して画像解析を行うことでＴシャツ（衣類）、青色、及び、７０ｃｍ×５０ｃｍ×０．５ｃｍのサイズが認識された結果、及び、物品が重量センサで２００ｇと測定された結果等に基づいている。物品センシング情報は、例えば、イメージセンサが撮像を行うことにより生成された画像そのものを含み得る。 In the example of FIG. 4, the article sensing information indicates that the article to be stored is a blue T-shirt (clothing) of 70 cm × 50 cm × 0.5 cm and 200 g. This article sensing information includes, for example, a result of recognizing a T-shirt (clothing), blue, and a size of 70 cm × 50 cm × 0.5 cm by imaging the article with an image sensor and analyzing the article. Is based on the result of measuring 200 g with a weight sensor. The article sensing information can include, for example, an image itself generated by the image sensor taking an image.
　また、図４の例では、物品（青いＴシャツ）の収納の際に、Ａ大会参加記念Ｔシャツという情報が、入力情報としてユーザに入力され、物品情報取得部１１０により取得されて記録媒体１３０に記録されたことを示している。ユーザは、文字及び音声等の各種入力方法を用いて、収納対象の物品について１以上の情報（物品の属性、及び、物品と関連する様々な情報等）を入力し得る。 In the example of FIG. 4, when the article (blue T-shirt) is stored, information about the A tournament participation commemorative T-shirt is input to the user as input information and acquired by the article information acquisition unit 110 to be recorded on the recording medium 130. Is recorded. The user can input one or more pieces of information (article attributes, various information related to the article, etc.) regarding the article to be stored using various input methods such as text and voice.
　また、図４の例では、物品（青いＴシャツ）の収納の操作を行ったユーザ（物品授受領域２１ｘにその物品を入れたユーザ）が、住宅２０で暮らす複数の住人（家族）のうちの特定の一人（この例では父）であることが収納ユーザ情報により示されている。また、図４の例では、物品（青いＴシャツ）の収納の操作が行われた場所（物品授受領域２１ｘの場所）が、住宅２０のリビングルームであることが、持ち込み領域情報により示されている。 Further, in the example of FIG. 4, a user who performs an operation for storing an article (blue T-shirt) (a user who put the article in the article transfer area 21 x) out of a plurality of residents (family) living in the house 20. The stored user information indicates that the user is a specific person (the father in this example). Further, in the example of FIG. 4, the carry-in area information indicates that the place where the operation of storing the article (blue T-shirt) (the place of the article transfer area 21 x) is the living room of the house 20. Yes.
　また、図４の例では、物品（青いＴシャツ）の収納の操作が行われた時間が、８月８日１８時であることが、収納時間情報により示されている。また、図４の例は、物品（青いＴシャツ）の物品ＩＤが０００２であることを示している。 In the example of FIG. 4, the storage time information indicates that the time when the operation of storing the article (blue T-shirt) is performed is 18:00 on August 8. The example of FIG. 4 indicates that the article ID of the article (blue T-shirt) is 0002.
　なお、図４は、物品（青いＴシャツ）が初めて収納管理システム１０（具体的には収納機構２００）により収納された場合の例を示しているので、物品情報における取り出し情報の内容は、有効ではない。取り出し情報については後に詳細に説明する。 4 shows an example in which an article (blue T-shirt) is stored for the first time by the storage management system 10 (specifically, the storage mechanism 200). Therefore, the content of the retrieval information in the article information is valid. is not. The extraction information will be described in detail later.
　図５は、収納機構２００が物品の保管位置の管理に用いる収納管理情報の一例を示す。収納機構２００の制御装置は、収納又は取り出しに関連する処理に基づいて、記録制御部１３１を介して、収納管理情報を記録媒体１３０に記録し、随時記録内容を更新し得る。 FIG. 5 shows an example of storage management information used by the storage mechanism 200 for managing the storage position of the article. The control device of the storage mechanism 200 can record storage management information on the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131 based on processing related to storage or removal, and can update the recorded contents as needed.
　この収納管理情報において、物品ＩＤと保管位置とが対応付けられている。この保管位置は、収納部２１０における物品を保管可能な複数の場所（スペース）を区別するための識別情報で表される。図５の例では、収納領域を示す収納領域識別子、及び、収納領域内のスペース識別番号で表されている。図５の収納管理情報は、収納部２１０において、物品ＩＤが０００１～０００４である４つの物品が、それぞれ、物品ＩＤに対応付けられた保管位置に保管されている状態を表している。 In this storage management information, the article ID and the storage position are associated with each other. This storage position is represented by identification information for distinguishing a plurality of places (spaces) in the storage unit 210 where articles can be stored. In the example of FIG. 5, it is represented by a storage area identifier indicating a storage area and a space identification number in the storage area. The storage management information in FIG. 5 represents a state in which four articles with article IDs 0001 to 0004 are stored in the storage position associated with the article ID in the storage unit 210, respectively.
　物品が大きい場合、１つの物品ＩＤに複数の保管位置が対応付けられる。例えば、収納領域に収納された１以上の物品が占める領域のサイズは、１以上の物品ＩＤに対応付けられた１以上の保管位置の数によって表され得る。また、収納領域の空き領域のサイズは、収納領域の複数の保管候補位置のうち、保管位置として物品ＩＤに対応付けられていない１以上の保管候補位置の数によって表され得る。また、収納領域のサイズは、収納領域の複数の保管候補位置の数によって表され得る。 When an article is large, a plurality of storage positions are associated with one article ID. For example, the size of the area occupied by one or more articles stored in the storage area can be represented by the number of one or more storage positions associated with one or more article IDs. In addition, the size of the empty area of the storage area can be represented by the number of one or more storage candidate positions that are not associated with the article ID as the storage position among the plurality of storage candidate positions of the storage area. The size of the storage area can be represented by the number of storage candidate positions in the storage area.
　収納領域の収納率は、収納領域のサイズに対する、収納領域において１以上の物品が占める領域のサイズの割合である。例えば、収納領域の収納率は、収納領域の複数の保管候補位置の数に対して、１以上の物品ＩＤに対応付けられた１以上の保管位置の数の割合によって表され得る。収納領域の複数の保管候補位置を示す情報が、記録媒体１３０に予め記録されていてもよい。 The storage ratio of the storage area is a ratio of the size of the area occupied by one or more articles in the storage area to the size of the storage area. For example, the storage rate of the storage area can be represented by the ratio of the number of one or more storage positions associated with one or more article IDs to the number of storage candidate positions in the storage area. Information indicating a plurality of storage candidate positions in the storage area may be recorded in advance on the recording medium 130.
　また、収納領域に割り当てられたユーザ、時間帯、頻度及びジャンルを示す情報が記録媒体１３０に記録されていてもよい。また、収納制御部１２０が、記録制御部１３１を介して、収納領域に割り当てられたユーザ、時間帯、頻度及びジャンルを示す情報を記録媒体１３０に記録してもよい。 Further, information indicating the user, time zone, frequency, and genre assigned to the storage area may be recorded on the recording medium 130. Further, the storage control unit 120 may record information indicating the user, time zone, frequency, and genre assigned to the storage area on the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131.
　［１－２－４．　物品特定用情報取得部１４０］
　物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、ユーザインタフェース、センサ、及び、プログラムを実行するプロセッサ等により構成される。物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、物品を取り出すための物品特定用情報を取得する。物品特定用情報は、例えば、取り出し対象の物品、又は、取り出しの操作を行うユーザに関連する情報であり、情報の形式は、キーワード、画像及び音声等のいかなる形式であってもよい。 [1-2-4. Article specifying information acquisition unit 140]
The article specifying information acquisition unit 140 includes a user interface, a sensor, a processor that executes a program, and the like. The article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires article specifying information for taking out the article. The article specifying information is, for example, information related to an article to be taken out or a user who performs the taking-out operation, and the format of the information may be any form such as a keyword, an image, and sound.
　物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、ユーザから音声、キーボード又はタッチパネル等によって入力される物品特定用情報を取得してもよい。また、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、センサが行うセンシング（例えばイメージセンサが行う撮像等）によって得られたセンシング結果から演算処理等により導出される物品特定用情報を取得してもよい。この演算処理は、例えば、予め定められたセンシング結果候補と物品特定用情報候補とを対応付けたテーブルを参照してセンシング結果から物品特定用情報を導出する処理等である。 The article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire article specifying information input from a user by voice, a keyboard, a touch panel, or the like. Further, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire article specifying information derived by a calculation process or the like from a sensing result obtained by sensing performed by a sensor (for example, imaging performed by an image sensor). This calculation process is, for example, a process of deriving information for specifying an article from a sensing result by referring to a table in which a predetermined sensing result candidate and an article specifying information candidate are associated with each other.
　なお、物品特定用情報取得部１４０を構成するユーザインタフェース又はセンサは、例えば、ユーザが取り出し対象の物品を受け取れる場所である物品授受領域２１ｙの近辺に設置されることが有効であるが、その他の場所に設置されてもよい。また、ユーザに携帯される携帯情報端末が、物品特定用情報取得部１４０を構成するユーザインタフェース及びセンサ等として用いられてもよい。 It is effective that the user interface or sensor constituting the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 is installed, for example, in the vicinity of the article delivery area 21y where the user can receive the article to be taken out. It may be installed at a place. In addition, a portable information terminal carried by the user may be used as a user interface, a sensor, or the like constituting the article specifying information acquisition unit 140.
　また、複数の物品授受領域２１ｙのそれぞれに対して、物品特定用情報取得部１４０を構成するユーザインタフェース及びセンサ等が設置されてもよい。 Further, a user interface, a sensor, and the like constituting the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may be installed for each of the plurality of article transfer areas 21y.
　物品特定用情報取得部１４０により取得された物品特定用情報は、取り出し制御部１６０に通知され、取り出し対象の物品を選出するための検索（記録媒体１３０に記録されている物品情報の集合との照合等）に用いられる。 The article specifying information acquired by the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 is notified to the take-out control unit 160, and a search for selecting an item to be taken out (a set of article information recorded in the recording medium 130). Used for collation).
　また、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、物品を取り出すための物品特定用情報を取得する際に、物品を取り出すための操作が行われた時間を示す時間情報（取り出し時間情報）を取得してもよい。時間情報は、具体的には、例えば、物品特定用情報が取得された時間を示す。また、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、物品を取り出すための操作を行ったユーザを示すユーザ情報（取り出しユーザ識別情報）を取得してもよい。 Also, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires time information (takeout time information) indicating the time when the operation for taking out the article is performed when acquiring the article specifying information for taking out the article. Also good. Specifically, the time information indicates, for example, the time when the article specifying information is acquired. Further, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire user information (extraction user identification information) indicating a user who has performed an operation for taking out an article.
　また、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、複数の物品授受領域２１ｙのうち、取り出し対象の物品が移送される物品授受領域２１ｙを示す領域情報（持ち出し領域情報）を取得してもよい。取り出し対象の物品が移送される物品授受領域２１ｙは、取り出し対象の物品の移送先に相当する。 Further, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire area information (take-out area information) indicating the article delivery area 21y to which the article to be taken out is transferred among the plurality of article delivery areas 21y. The article transfer area 21y to which the article to be taken out is transferred corresponds to the destination to which the article to be taken out is transferred.
　取り出し対象の物品が移送される物品授受領域２１ｙは、物品特定用情報取得部１４０を構成するユーザインタフェース及びセンサ等が設置され、物品を取り出すための操作が行われた場所に基づいて定められていてもよい。例えば、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、複数の物品授受領域２１ｙのうち、物品を取り出すための操作が行われた場所に最も近い物品授受領域２１ｙを示す領域情報を取得してもよい。 The article transfer area 21y to which the article to be taken out is transferred is determined based on the place where the user interface and the sensor constituting the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 are installed and the operation for taking out the article is performed. May be. For example, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire area information indicating the article delivery area 21y closest to the place where the operation for taking out the article is performed among the plurality of article delivery areas 21y.
　或いは、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、ユーザによって入力された情報に基づいて、取り出し対象の物品が移送される物品授受領域２１ｙを示す領域情報を取得してもよい。例えば、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、ユーザによって指定された物品授受領域２１ｙを示す領域情報を取得してもよい。 Alternatively, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire area information indicating the article delivery area 21y to which the article to be taken out is transferred based on information input by the user. For example, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire area information indicating the article transfer area 21y specified by the user.
　また、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、時間情報を物品特定用情報の一部として取得してもよいし、ユーザ情報を物品特定用情報の一部として取得してもよいし、領域情報を物品特定用情報の一部として取得してもよい。つまり、物品特定用情報は、時間情報を含んでもよいし、ユーザ情報を含んでもよいし、領域情報を含んでもよい。 Further, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire time information as part of the article specifying information, may acquire user information as part of the article specifying information, or may obtain region information. You may acquire as a part of information for goods specification. That is, the article specifying information may include time information, user information, or region information.
　また、時間情報（取り出し時間情報）と、ユーザ情報（取り出しユーザ識別情報）と、領域情報（持ち出し領域情報）と、物品特定用情報とは、取り出し情報を構成する。この取り出し情報は、物品の取り出しに関する履歴を示し、物品が取り出された後にその物品が収納され、再びその物品を取り出すための検索に利用され得る情報である。 Also, the time information (removal time information), user information (removal user identification information), area information (take-out area information), and article specifying information constitute extraction information. This take-out information is information that indicates a history of take-out of an article, is stored in the article after the article is taken out, and can be used for a search for taking out the article again.
　図６に取り出し情報の一例を示す。図６の例では、物品特定用情報取得部１４０が、物品特定用情報として青及び記念シャツを示す音声又は文字を取得し、ユーザ情報として父という情報を取得し、時間情報として８月２２日６時という日時を取得したことを示している。また、領域情報として、リビングルームという場所を取得したことを示している。 Fig. 6 shows an example of retrieval information. In the example of FIG. 6, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires voice or characters indicating blue and a commemorative shirt as the article specifying information, acquires information about father as user information, and August 22 as time information. It shows that the date and time of 6 o'clock was acquired. Moreover, it has shown that the place called a living room was acquired as area | region information.
　例えば、ユーザである父が、物品を取り出すため、８月２２日６時に物品授受領域２１ｄ（リビングルーム）の付近の音声入力装置に青い記念シャツという音声を入力した場合、図６に示された取り出し情報が物品特定用情報取得部１４０によって取得される。 For example, FIG. 6 shows a case where a father who is a user inputs a voice of a blue commemorative shirt to a voice input device near the article transfer area 21d (living room) at 6 o'clock on August 22 in order to take out an article. The take-out information is acquired by the article specifying information acquisition unit 140.
　［１－２－５．　取り出し制御部１６０］
　取り出し制御部１６０は、通信インタフェース、及び、プログラムを実行するプロセッサ等により構成され、収納機構２００に、取り出し対象の物品を収納部２１０から取り出させる制御を行う。例えば、取り出し制御部１６０は、物品特定用情報取得部１４０により取得された物品特定用情報が物品を示す物品情報に適合する場合、収納機構２００に、その物品を収納部２１０から取り出させる。 [1-2-5. Extraction control unit 160]
The take-out control unit 160 includes a communication interface and a processor that executes a program. The take-out control unit 160 controls the storage mechanism 200 to take out an article to be taken out from the storage unit 210. For example, when the article specifying information acquired by the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 matches the article information indicating the article, the takeout control unit 160 causes the storage mechanism 200 to take out the article from the storage unit 210.
　具体的には、取り出し制御部１６０は、物品特定用情報取得部１４０から通知された物品特定用情報を用いて記録媒体１３０の物品情報の集合に対して検索（照合等）を行うことで取り出し対象の物品を示す物品情報を選出する。例えば、取り出し制御部１６０は、記録媒体１３０に記録された複数の物品情報のうち、物品特定用情報取得部１４０で取得された物品特定用情報が適合する物品情報を選出する。 Specifically, the removal control unit 160 performs retrieval (verification, etc.) on the collection of article information on the recording medium 130 using the article identification information notified from the article identification information acquisition unit 140. Article information indicating the target article is selected. For example, the take-out control unit 160 selects item information that matches the item specifying information acquired by the item specifying information acquisition unit 140 from among a plurality of item information recorded on the recording medium 130.
　具体的には、取り出し制御部１６０は、例えば、物品特定用情報に所定の第１変換を施して第１変換情報を生成する。また、記録媒体１３０における各物品情報に所定の第２変換を施して第２変換情報を生成する。そして、取り出し制御部１６０は、第１変換情報と第２変換情報とが一致する場合に、その物品情報を選出する。このように選出された物品情報は、物品特定用情報が適合する物品情報として選出される物品情報の一例である。 Specifically, for example, the take-out control unit 160 performs predetermined first conversion on the article specifying information to generate first conversion information. Moreover, predetermined | prescribed 2nd conversion is performed to each article information in the recording medium 130, and 2nd conversion information is produced | generated. Then, when the first conversion information matches the second conversion information, the take-out control unit 160 selects the article information. The article information selected in this way is an example of article information that is selected as article information that matches the article specifying information.
　上記の選出において、第１変換及び第２変換としていかなる変換を定めてもよい。第２変換情報は、例えば、物品情報における複数の成分を各種辞書又は関数等に基づいて変換することで得られる言葉（例えばキーワード）等である。物品情報における複数の成分は、物品センシング情報の項目（物品種別、色、サイズ又は重量等）毎の成分、入力情報の成分、収納ユーザ情報の成分、持ち込み領域情報の成分、収納時間情報の成分、及び、取り出し情報の項目毎の成分等を含む。 In the above selection, any conversion may be defined as the first conversion and the second conversion. The second conversion information is, for example, words (for example, keywords) obtained by converting a plurality of components in the article information based on various dictionaries or functions. A plurality of components in the article information are components for each item of article sensing information (article type, color, size, weight, etc.), input information component, storage user information component, carry-in area information component, storage time information component And components for each item of retrieval information.
　また、第１変換情報は、例えば、物品特定用情報における複数の成分を各種辞書又は関数等に基づいて変換することで得られる言葉（例えばキーワード）等である。物品特定用情報における複数の成分は、ユーザに入力された文字及び音声等における要素毎の成分を含む。例えば、第１変換又は第２変換において、記念Ｔシャツという音声を記念シャツに変換してもよいし、８月８日１８時という日時を夏又は夕方に変換してもよい。 Also, the first conversion information is, for example, words (for example, keywords) obtained by converting a plurality of components in the article specifying information based on various dictionaries or functions. The plurality of components in the article specifying information include components for each element in characters and voices input to the user. For example, in the first conversion or the second conversion, the voice of the commemorative T-shirt may be converted into a commemorative shirt, and the date and time of 18:00 on August 8 may be converted into summer or evening.
　取り出し制御部１６０は、物品を示す物品情報を変換することで得られる第２変換情報と、物品特定用情報を変換することで得られる第１変換情報とが一致する場合、物品特定用情報が物品情報に適合すると判定し、その物品情報を選出する。 When the second conversion information obtained by converting the article information indicating the article matches the first conversion information obtained by converting the article specifying information, the take-out control unit 160 stores the article specifying information. It is determined that the product information is matched, and the product information is selected.
　なお、第１変換情報と第２変換情報とが略一致（例えば予め定めた類似範囲内）である場合、取り出し制御部１６０は、第１変換情報と第２変換情報とが一致すると看做してもよい。また、第１変換情報及び第２変換情報のそれぞれが、複数の成分を有するベクトルであってもよい。そして、この場合において、第１変換情報と第２変換情報との間で１つの成分同士が一致すれば、取り出し制御部１６０は、第１変換情報及び第２変換情報が一致すると看做してもよい。 When the first conversion information and the second conversion information are substantially the same (for example, within a predetermined similar range), the extraction control unit 160 considers that the first conversion information and the second conversion information match. May be. Each of the first conversion information and the second conversion information may be a vector having a plurality of components. In this case, if one component matches between the first conversion information and the second conversion information, the extraction control unit 160 considers that the first conversion information and the second conversion information match. Also good.
　取り出し制御部１６０は、記録媒体１３０に記録された複数の物品情報から選出した１以上の物品情報における物品ＩＤのそれぞれを収納機構２００の制御装置に通知する。なお、取り出し制御部１６０は、複数の物品情報を選出した場合に、所定の限定方法により１つの物品情報に限定して、その１つの物品情報における物品ＩＤを収納機構２００の制御装置に通知してもよい。取り出し制御部１６０は、限定方法としていかなる方法を用いてもよい。 The take-out control unit 160 notifies the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of each item ID in one or more item information selected from a plurality of item information recorded on the recording medium 130. When a plurality of item information is selected, the take-out control unit 160 limits the item information to one item information by a predetermined limiting method, and notifies the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of the item ID in the one item information. May be. The take-out control unit 160 may use any method as a limiting method.
　限定方法は、例えば、第１変換情報と第２変換情報とがそれぞれ複数の成分を有するベクトルである場合、第１変換情報と第２変換情報との間で一致（又は略一致）している成分の数が最も多い物品情報に限定する方法でもよい。また、限定方法は、例えば、物品情報の項目毎に重要度を定め、項目毎に定められた重要度に従って第２変換情報の成分毎に重要度を定め、第２変換情報において第１変換情報と一致する成分の重要度の総和が最も大きい物品情報に限定する方法でもよい。 In the limiting method, for example, when the first conversion information and the second conversion information are vectors each having a plurality of components, the first conversion information and the second conversion information match (or substantially match). The method may be limited to article information having the largest number of components. In addition, the limiting method determines, for example, the importance for each item of the item information, determines the importance for each component of the second conversion information according to the importance determined for each item, and the first conversion information in the second conversion information The method may be limited to the article information having the largest sum of the importance levels of the components that coincide with each other.
　また、限定方法は、ディスプレイを含むタッチパネル等のユーザインタフェースを介して、選出された複数の物品情報を表す情報をユーザに提示して、ユーザの選択を受け付ける方法でもよい。 Also, the limiting method may be a method of presenting information representing a plurality of selected item information to the user via a user interface such as a touch panel including a display and accepting the user's selection.
　図６の例のように、青及び記念シャツという音声等のキーワードが物品特定用情報である場合、取り出し制御部１６０により、例えば青及び記念シャツ（又はＴシャツ）等の成分を有する第１変換情報が生成され得る。また、物品（青いＴシャツ）の物品情報（図４参照）に第２変換が施されると、例えば、Ｔシャツ、衣類、青、２００グラム、Ａ会及び記念シャツ等の成分を有する第２変換情報が生成され得る。この場合、第１変換情報と第２変換情報との間で、例えば、青、Ｔシャツ及び記念シャツ等の成分が一致する。 As in the example of FIG. 6, when keywords such as voices such as blue and a commemorative shirt are information for specifying an article, the extraction control unit 160 causes the first conversion having components such as blue and a commemorative shirt (or T-shirt) Information can be generated. Further, when the second conversion is performed on the article information (see FIG. 4) of the article (blue T-shirt), for example, a second item having components such as a T-shirt, clothing, blue, 200 grams, Group A, and a commemorative shirt. Conversion information may be generated. In this case, components such as blue, a T-shirt, and a commemorative shirt are matched between the first conversion information and the second conversion information.
　そのため、取り出し制御部１６０は、上記の物品（青いＴシャツ）の物品情報に物品特定用情報が適合すると判定する。そして、取り出し制御部１６０は、この物品情報を選出して、選出された物品情報における物品ＩＤを収納機構２００の制御装置に通知する。 Therefore, the take-out control unit 160 determines that the article specifying information matches the article information of the article (blue T-shirt). Then, the take-out control unit 160 selects the item information and notifies the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of the item ID in the selected item information.
　また、取り出し制御部１６０は、選出された物品情報に対応付けて取り出し情報（時間情報、ユーザ情報及び物品特定用情報等）を記録媒体１３０に記録制御部１３１を介して記録してもよい。 Further, the take-out control unit 160 may record take-out information (time information, user information, product specifying information, etc.) in association with the selected product information on the recording medium 130 via the record control unit 131.
　取り出し制御部１６０は、１つの物品に対して複数回の取り出しが行われた場合、１つの物品情報に対応付けて複数の取り出し情報を記録媒体１３０に記録制御部１３１を介して記録してもよい。また、例えば、取り出し制御部１６０は、１つの物品情報に１以上の取り出し情報を含めることにより、１つの物品情報に１以上の取り出し情報を対応付けてもよい。 In the case where a single article is taken out a plurality of times, the take-out control unit 160 may record a plurality of take-out information on the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131 in association with one piece of article information. Good. Further, for example, the take-out control unit 160 may associate one or more take-out information with one item information by including one or more take-out information with one item information.
　また、物品情報取得部１１０は、収納された物品が取り出されその物品が再び収納される際に、再び収納される物品の物品情報の一部として、前回の収納において記録媒体１３０に記録された物品情報を取り込んでもよい。その際、物品情報取得部１１０は、前回の取り出しにおいて物品情報に対応付けられた１以上の取り出し情報も、再び収納される物品の物品情報の一部として取り込んでもよい。 Further, when the stored article is taken out and stored again, the article information acquisition unit 110 is recorded on the recording medium 130 in the previous storage as part of the article information of the stored article. Article information may be taken in. At that time, the article information acquisition unit 110 may also retrieve one or more pieces of retrieval information associated with the article information in the previous retrieval as part of the article information of the articles to be stored again.
　図７は、過去に収納された物品の物品情報と取り出し情報とが取り込まれ、記録媒体１３０に記録された物品情報の一例を示す。 FIG. 7 shows an example of article information in which article information and take-out information of articles stored in the past are captured and recorded on the recording medium 130.
　具体的には、図７の例は、物品（青いＴシャツ）が過去に収納された際に記録媒体１３０に記録された物品情報（図４参照）と、物品が過去に取り出された際に記録媒体１３０に記録された取り出し情報（図６参照）とが取り込まれた物品情報の一例である。物品情報取得部１１０は、物品が再び収納される際に、図７のような物品情報を取得して、取得された物品情報を記録媒体１３０に記録制御部１３１を介して記録する。 Specifically, in the example of FIG. 7, the article information (see FIG. 4) recorded on the recording medium 130 when the article (blue T-shirt) has been stored in the past, and when the article has been taken out in the past. It is an example of article information in which take-out information (see FIG. 6) recorded on the recording medium is taken. The article information acquisition unit 110 acquires the article information as illustrated in FIG. 7 when the article is stored again, and records the acquired article information in the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131.
　記録媒体１３０に記録される物品情報は、物品の収納及び取り出しが繰り返されることで拡充される。また、その物品の過去の収納及び取り出しに関する情報と一致（又は略一致）する情報が、収納管理システム１０（具体的には物品特定用情報取得部１４０）に対して入力された場合にも、その物品の取り出しが可能になる。その物品の過去の収納及び取り出しに関する情報は、例えば前回の取り出しの処理が行われた時間を示す時間情報等である。 The article information recorded on the recording medium 130 is expanded by repeatedly storing and taking out the article. In addition, when information that matches (or substantially matches) information related to past storage and removal of the article is input to the storage management system 10 (specifically, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140), The article can be taken out. The information related to past storage and removal of the article is, for example, time information indicating the time when the previous removal processing was performed.
　例えば、物品について複数回の取り出しが行われた場合、物品情報に複数の取り出し情報が含まれ得る。この場合、物品情報に複数の時間情報（複数の取り出し時間情報）が含まれ得る。これらの複数の時間情報の集合は、ユーザによって取り出しの操作が行われた時間帯を示す情報であり、かつ、ユーザによって取り出しの操作が行われた頻度を示す情報である。 For example, when the article is taken out a plurality of times, the article information may include a plurality of take-out information. In this case, a plurality of time information (a plurality of extraction time information) may be included in the article information. The set of the plurality of pieces of time information is information indicating a time zone in which the extraction operation is performed by the user and information indicating the frequency of the extraction operation performed by the user.
　また、取り出し制御部１６０は、例えば、選出された物品情報に含まれる物品ＩＤを収納機構２００の制御装置に通知することで、収納機構２００に物品を取り出させる制御を行う。この制御により、収納機構２００では、制御装置が、収納管理情報（図５参照）に基づいて物品ＩＤから保管位置を特定し、ピッキング機構等に、収納部２１０の保管位置から、物品を物品授受領域２１ｙへ移送させる。 In addition, the take-out control unit 160 performs control to cause the storage mechanism 200 to take out the article by, for example, notifying the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of the article ID included in the selected article information. With this control, in the storage mechanism 200, the control device specifies the storage position from the article ID based on the storage management information (see FIG. 5), and the article is transferred to the picking mechanism or the like from the storage position of the storage unit 210. Transfer to the region 21y.
　なお、住宅２０に、複数の物品授受領域２１ｙが存在する場合、物品特定用情報取得部１４０が、上述した通り、１つの物品授受領域２１ｙを示す領域情報（持ち出し領域情報）を取得してもよい。そして、取り出し制御部１６０は、物品特定用情報取得部１４０で取得された領域情報を収納機構２００の制御装置に通知してもよい。そして、収納機構２００の制御装置は、通知された領域情報で示される物品授受領域２１ｙへ、ピッキング機構等に物品を移送させてもよい。 When a plurality of article transfer areas 21y exist in the house 20, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire area information (take-out area information) indicating one article transfer area 21y as described above. Good. Then, the take-out control unit 160 may notify the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of the area information acquired by the article specifying information acquisition unit 140. Then, the control device of the storage mechanism 200 may cause the picking mechanism or the like to transfer the article to the article transfer area 21y indicated by the notified area information.
　［２．　収納管理システム１０の動作］
　以下、上述した構成を備える収納管理システム１０の動作について説明する。収納管理システム１０における収納管理方法を行うための処理は、主に、収納処理及び取り出し処理である。 [2. Operation of storage management system 10]
Hereinafter, the operation of the storage management system 10 having the above-described configuration will be described. Processing for performing the storage management method in the storage management system 10 is mainly storage processing and take-out processing.
　［２－１．　収納処理］
　図８は、収納管理システム１０による収納処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。以下、同図に即して収納処理を説明する。 [2-1. Storage processing]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of storage processing by the storage management system 10. Hereinafter, the storage process will be described with reference to FIG.
　収納管理システム１０の物品情報取得部１１０は、ユーザが入力装置に対して行う操作、又は、センサが物品授受領域２１ｘに対して行うセンシング等によって、物品授受領域２１ｘに物品が入れられたか否かを判定する（Ｓ１１）。 The article information acquisition unit 110 of the storage management system 10 determines whether or not an article has been placed in the article delivery area 21x by an operation performed by the user on the input device or a sensing performed by the sensor on the article delivery area 21x. Is determined (S11).
　ユーザによって物品授受領域２１ｘに収納対象の物品が入れられた場合、収納管理システム１０は、以降の処理（Ｓ１２～Ｓ１９）を実行する。特に、ユーザによって物品授受領域２１ｘに収納対象の複数の物品が入れられた場合、収納管理システム１０は、収納対象の各物品について以降の処理（Ｓ１２～Ｓ１９）を実行する。 When the article to be stored is put in the article transfer area 21x by the user, the storage management system 10 executes the following processing (S12 to S19). In particular, when a plurality of articles to be stored are placed in the article transfer area 21x by the user, the storage management system 10 performs the subsequent processing (S12 to S19) for each article to be stored.
　ユーザによって物品授受領域２１ｘに物品が入れられた場合、物品情報取得部１１０は、センサ（イメージセンサ及び重量センサ等）によってセンシングされた物品の物品センシング情報を取得する（Ｓ１２）。 When an article is placed in the article delivery area 21x by the user, the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires article sensing information of the article sensed by a sensor (such as an image sensor and a weight sensor) (S12).
　続いて、物品情報取得部１１０は、物品の収納の操作を行うユーザの入力（例えば、Ｔシャツという音声の入力等）を受けて入力情報を取得する。そして、物品情報取得部１１０は、ユーザを示す収納ユーザ情報、物品が入れられた物品授受領域２１ｘを示す持ち込み領域情報、及び、収納の日時を示す収納時間情報等を取得する（Ｓ１３）。 Subsequently, the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires input information in response to an input (for example, voice input such as a T-shirt) by a user who performs an operation for storing articles. Then, the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires storage user information indicating the user, carry-in area information indicating the article transfer area 21x in which the article is placed, storage time information indicating the storage date and time, and the like (S13).
　次に、物品情報取得部１１０は、収納対象の物品が過去に収納された物品と同一か否かを判定する（Ｓ１４）。この判定（物品の同一性の判定）は、例えば、収納対象の物品に対する物品センシング情報と同等の物品センシング情報（例えば収納対象の物品の画像と特徴が同じ画像等）を含む物品情報を記録媒体１３０から検索し、検索に成功するか否かにより行われる。 Next, the article information acquisition unit 110 determines whether the article to be stored is the same as the article stored in the past (S14). This determination (determination of the identity of the article) includes, for example, article information including article sensing information equivalent to article sensing information for the article to be stored (for example, an image having the same characteristics as the image of the article to be stored). The search is performed from 130, and whether or not the search is successful is performed.
　この判定（物品の同一性の判定）において、例えば、物品センシング情報に加えて、又は、物品センシング情報に代えて、収納対象の物品に対して取得された入力情報等を利用してもよい。また、取り出されずに収納されている物品の物品情報は、検索から除外されてもよい。また、物品情報取得部１１０は、物品の同一性を判定するため、画像マッチングを用いてもよいし、他のいかなる方法を用いてもよい。同一性の判定に用いられる情報を物品情報に含めることは有効である。 In this determination (determination of the identity of the article), for example, input information acquired for the article to be stored may be used in addition to the article sensing information or instead of the article sensing information. Moreover, the article information of the articles stored without being taken out may be excluded from the search. In addition, the article information acquisition unit 110 may use image matching or any other method to determine the identity of an article. It is effective to include information used for determination of identity in the article information.
　収納対象の物品が過去に収納された物品と同一であると判定された場合（Ｓ１４でＹｅｓ）、物品情報取得部１１０は、その物品の過去の収納及び取り出しに係る情報（例えば記録媒体１３０に既に記録されている物品情報及び取り出し情報）を取得する（Ｓ１５）。収納対象の物品が過去に収納された物品と同一でないと判定された場合（Ｓ１４でＮｏ）、物品情報取得部１１０は、過去の収納及び取り出しに係る情報を取得する処理（Ｓ１５）をスキップする。 When it is determined that the article to be stored is the same as the article stored in the past (Yes in S14), the article information acquisition unit 110 stores information related to past storage and removal of the article (for example, in the recording medium 130). Article information and take-out information already recorded) are acquired (S15). When it is determined that the article to be stored is not the same as the article stored in the past (No in S14), the article information acquisition unit 110 skips the process (S15) of acquiring information related to past storage and retrieval. .
　次に、物品情報取得部１１０は、物品の物品ＩＤを取得（特定）する（Ｓ１６）。例えば、物品情報取得部１１０は、収納部２１０に収納される物品毎に物品ＩＤを異ならせるための一定基準に基づいて、物品ＩＤを生成すること等により、物品ＩＤを取得（特定）する。この一定基準は、物品ＩＤを生成する度に昇順に連番を物品ＩＤとして生成すること等でもよい。なお、過去に収納された物品の物品情報が取得された場合、その物品情報に含まれる物品ＩＤが用いられてもよい。 Next, the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires (specifies) the article ID of the article (S16). For example, the article information acquisition unit 110 acquires (identifies) an article ID by generating an article ID based on a certain standard for making the article ID different for each article stored in the storage unit 210. The certain standard may be to generate serial numbers as the product IDs in ascending order every time the product ID is generated. Note that when article information of an article stored in the past is acquired, an article ID included in the article information may be used.
　次に、収納制御部１２０は、最適配置のための所定の条件に基づいて、収納部２１０における複数の収納領域の中から、物品が収納される収納領域を選択する（Ｓ１７）。なお、複数の物品が一度に物品授受領域２１ｘに入れられた場合において、収納制御部１２０は、これらの複数の物品を示す複数の物品情報が取得された後に、これらの複数の物品のそれぞれの収納領域を選択してもよい。 Next, the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area in which articles are stored from a plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 based on a predetermined condition for optimal placement (S17). In addition, when a plurality of articles are put into the article transfer area 21x at a time, the storage control unit 120 obtains a plurality of article information indicating the plurality of articles, and then acquires each of the plurality of articles. A storage area may be selected.
　最適配置のための所定の条件が、収納部２１０における複数の収納領域の複数の収納率が均一化されることである場合、収納制御部１２０は、収納部２１０における複数の収納領域の複数の収納率が均一化されるように、収納領域を選択する。この場合、収納制御部１２０は、収納率が最も低い収納領域を選択してもよい。 When the predetermined condition for the optimal arrangement is that the plurality of storage ratios of the plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 are made uniform, the storage control unit 120 The storage area is selected so that the storage ratio is made uniform. In this case, the storage control unit 120 may select a storage area with the lowest storage rate.
　具体的には、収納制御部１２０は、収納管理情報等に基づいて、収納領域の複数の保管候補位置の数に対して、１以上の物品ＩＤに対応付けられた１以上の保管位置の数の割合が最も低い収納領域を選択してもよい。 Specifically, the storage control unit 120 counts one or more storage positions associated with one or more article IDs with respect to the number of storage candidate positions in the storage area based on storage management information or the like. The storage area with the lowest ratio may be selected.
　最適配置のための所定の条件が、物品が全く収納されていない収納領域の数が最大化されることである場合、収納制御部１２０は、物品が全く収納されていない収納領域の数が最大化されるように、物品が収納される収納領域を選択する。すなわち、この場合、収納制御部１２０は、収納管理情報等を参照して、物品が収納されている収納領域を優先して選択する。 When the predetermined condition for optimal placement is that the number of storage areas in which no articles are stored is maximized, the storage control unit 120 has the maximum number of storage areas in which no articles are stored. The storage area in which the article is stored is selected so that the item is stored. In other words, in this case, the storage control unit 120 refers to the storage management information or the like and preferentially selects the storage area in which the article is stored.
　例えば、収納制御部１２０は、複数の収納領域のそれぞれについて、収納可能な保管候補位置及び物品のサイズ等に基づいて、物品を収納可能な空き領域を有するか否かを判定する。そして、収納制御部１２０は、物品を収納可能な空き領域を有する１以上の収納領域のうち、空き領域（収納可能な保管候補位置の数）が最も少ない収納領域を選択する。 For example, the storage control unit 120 determines whether or not each of the plurality of storage areas has an empty area in which the article can be stored based on a storage candidate position that can be stored, the size of the article, and the like. Then, the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area having the smallest empty area (the number of storage candidate positions that can be stored) among one or more storage areas having empty areas in which articles can be stored.
　最適配置のための所定の条件が、物品情報が類似する複数の物品を同じ収納領域又は互いに近い複数の収納領域に収納することである場合、収納制御部１２０は、収納対象の物品と物品情報が類似する物品の収納領域、又は、その近くの収納領域を選択する。また、この場合、最適配置のための所定の条件は、第１物品を示す第１物品情報と、第２物品を示す第２物品情報とが所定の類似条件を満たす場合、第１物品の第１収納領域と、第２物品の第２収納領域とが近い又は同じであることとも表現される。 When the predetermined condition for optimal placement is to store a plurality of articles having similar article information in the same storage area or a plurality of storage areas close to each other, the storage control unit 120 stores the articles to be stored and the article information. Is selected, or a storage area in the vicinity thereof is selected. Further, in this case, the predetermined condition for optimal arrangement is that the first article information indicating the first article and the second article information indicating the second article satisfy the predetermined similarity condition, It is also expressed that one storage area and the second storage area of the second article are close or the same.
　所定の類似条件は、第１物品情報と第２物品情報との間で、ジャンルが一致していることでもよい。この場合、収納制御部１２０は、物品情報及び収納管理情報に基づいて、収納される物品とジャンルが同じ物品が収納された収納領域、又は、その近くの収納領域を選択する。 The predetermined similarity condition may be that the genre matches between the first item information and the second item information. In this case, the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area in which an article having the same genre as the stored article is stored, or a storage area in the vicinity thereof, based on the article information and the storage management information.
　また、所定の類似条件は、第１物品情報と第２物品情報との間で、ユーザ（取り出しユーザ）、時間帯（取り出し時間帯）、頻度（取り出し頻度）、及び、ジャンルが一致していることでもよい。この場合、収納制御部１２０は、物品情報及び収納管理情報に基づいて、収納される物品とユーザ（取り出しユーザ）、時間帯（取り出し時間帯）、頻度（取り出し頻度）、及び、ジャンルが同じ物品が収納された収納領域、又は、その近くの収納領域を選択する。 In addition, the predetermined similarity condition matches the user (removal user), the time zone (removal time zone), the frequency (removal frequency), and the genre between the first item information and the second item information. It may be. In this case, the storage control unit 120, based on the product information and storage management information, stores the same product and user (removal user), time zone (removal time zone), frequency (removal frequency), and genre. Is selected or a storage area near the storage area.
　また、収納制御部１２０は、収納対象の物品と物品情報が類似する物品の収納領域と、その近くの複数の収納領域とのうちから、これらの複数の収納率が均一化されるように、収納領域を選択してもよい。或いは、収納制御部１２０は、これらのうちから、物品が全く収納されていない収納領域の数が最大化されるように、収納領域を選択してもよい。或いは、収納制御部１２０は、収納対象の物品と物品情報が類似する物品の収納領域をその近くの収納領域よりも優先して選択してもよい。 In addition, the storage control unit 120 is configured to uniformize the plurality of storage ratios from among the storage areas of the articles whose article information is similar to the articles to be stored and the storage areas near the storage areas. A storage area may be selected. Alternatively, the storage control unit 120 may select a storage area from among these so that the number of storage areas in which no articles are stored is maximized. Alternatively, the storage control unit 120 may preferentially select a storage area of an article whose article information is similar to the article to be stored over a storage area near the storage area.
　最適配置のための所定の条件は、ユーザと時間帯と頻度とジャンルとが割り当てられた収納領域に物品が収納されることである場合、収納制御部１２０は、物品情報によって示されるユーザと時間帯と頻度とジャンルとが割り当てられた収納領域を選択する。 When the predetermined condition for the optimal arrangement is that the article is stored in the storage area to which the user, the time zone, the frequency, and the genre are assigned, the storage control unit 120 displays the user and the time indicated by the article information. A storage area to which the band, frequency, and genre are assigned is selected.
　物品情報によって示されるユーザと時間帯と頻度とジャンルとが複数の収納領域に割り当てられている場合、収納制御部１２０は、これらの複数の収納領域の複数の収納率が均一化されるように、収納領域を選択してもよい。或いは、収納制御部１２０は、これらの複数の収納領域の中から、物品が全く収納されていない収納領域の数が最大化されるように、収納領域を選択してもよい。 When the user, the time zone, the frequency, and the genre indicated by the article information are assigned to a plurality of storage areas, the storage control unit 120 makes the storage ratios of the plurality of storage areas uniform. A storage area may be selected. Alternatively, the storage control unit 120 may select a storage area from the plurality of storage areas so that the number of storage areas in which no articles are stored is maximized.
　また、物品情報によって示されるユーザが特定されず不明である場合、収納制御部１２０は、ユーザが不明として割り当てられた収納領域を選択する。時間帯、頻度又はジャンルが不明である場合も、ユーザが不明である場合と同様である。 In addition, when the user indicated by the article information is not specified and is unknown, the storage control unit 120 selects a storage area to which the user is assigned as unknown. The case where the time zone, frequency, or genre is unknown is the same as when the user is unknown.
　また、物品を収納可能な空き領域を有する１以上の収納領域に、物品情報が示すユーザと時間帯と頻度とジャンルとが割り当てられた収納領域がない場合、収納制御部１２０は、物品情報が示すユーザ等を未使用の収納領域に新たに割り当ててもよい。そして、収納制御部１２０は、新たに割り当てられた収納領域を選択してもよい。収納制御部１２０は、物品情報が示すユーザ等が既に割り当てられた収納領域の近くの未使用の収納領域に、物品情報が示すユーザ等を新たに割り当ててもよい。 Further, when there is no storage area to which the user, the time zone, the frequency, and the genre indicated by the article information are allocated in one or more storage areas having an empty area in which the article can be stored, the storage control unit 120 stores the article information. The indicated user or the like may be newly assigned to an unused storage area. Then, the storage control unit 120 may select a newly allocated storage area. The storage control unit 120 may newly assign a user or the like indicated by the article information to an unused storage area near the storage area to which the user or the like indicated by the article information has already been assigned.
　次に、収納制御部１２０は、物品授受領域２１ｘに入れられた物品を収納するよう収納機構２００を制御する（Ｓ１８）。例えば、収納制御部１２０は、物品情報取得部１１０で特定された物品ＩＤ、物品が入れられた物品授受領域２１ｘ、及び、選択された収納領域等を収納機構２００の制御装置に通知することで、収納機構２００を制御する。 Next, the storage control unit 120 controls the storage mechanism 200 to store the articles placed in the article transfer area 21x (S18). For example, the storage control unit 120 notifies the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of the product ID specified by the product information acquisition unit 110, the product transfer region 21x in which the product is placed, the selected storage region, and the like. The storage mechanism 200 is controlled.
　これにより、収納機構２００の制御装置によってピッキング機構等が制御され、選択された収納領域の空き領域に物品が収納（保管）される。そして、その物品の物品ＩＤと保管位置とが収納管理情報（図５参照）において対応付けられて管理される。 Thus, the picking mechanism and the like are controlled by the control device of the storage mechanism 200, and the article is stored (stored) in the empty area of the selected storage area. Then, the article ID and the storage position of the article are managed in association with each other in the storage management information (see FIG. 5).
　また、物品情報取得部１１０は、物品情報（物品センシング情報、入力情報、収納ユーザ情報、持ち込み領域情報、収納時間情報、過去の収納及び取り出しに係る情報、及び、物品ＩＤ等）を記録媒体１３０に記録制御部１３１を介して記録する（Ｓ１９）。 In addition, the article information acquisition unit 110 stores article information (article sensing information, input information, storage user information, carry-in area information, storage time information, past storage and retrieval information, and an article ID) on the recording medium 130. Is recorded via the recording control unit 131 (S19).
　収納管理システム１０は、一連の処理が終われば、再び、物品が物品授受領域２１ｘに入れられたか否かの判定（つまり他の収納対象の物品の待機）を行う（Ｓ１１）。 When the series of processing is completed, the storage management system 10 again determines whether or not the article has been placed in the article transfer area 21x (that is, waiting for another storage target article) (S11).
　このような収納管理システム１０の収納処理によって、物品が適切に収納され、収納された物品の物品情報が管理される。 By such a storage process of the storage management system 10, the article is appropriately stored, and the article information of the stored article is managed.
　［２－２．　取り出し処理］
　図９は、収納管理システム１０による取り出し処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。以下、同図に即して取り出し処理を説明する。 [2-2. Extraction process]
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a take-out process performed by the storage management system 10. The extraction process will be described below with reference to FIG.
　収納管理システム１０の物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、物品特定用情報を取得する（Ｓ２１）。例えば、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、入力装置等に対するユーザの操作、又は、センサによって行われるセンシング等によって、物品特定用情報を取得する。 The article specifying information acquisition unit 140 of the storage management system 10 acquires the article specifying information (S21). For example, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires the article specifying information through a user operation on the input device or the like, or sensing performed by a sensor.
　ユーザは、例えば、取り出し対象の物品を示す情報を入力する。例えば、ユーザは、物品名を音声で入力してもよいし、その物品の写真をイメージセンサにセンシングさせてもよい。また、ユーザは、取り出し対象の物品を収納した際の情報（例えば時間又は場所等）を入力してもよい。 The user inputs, for example, information indicating the article to be taken out. For example, the user may input the article name by voice, or may cause the image sensor to sense a photograph of the article. Further, the user may input information (for example, time or place) when the article to be taken out is stored.
　そして、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、ユーザによって入力された情報、又は、センシングによって得られた情報を含む物品特定用情報を取得する。 Then, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires information for specifying the article including information input by the user or information obtained by sensing.
　また、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、入力装置等に対するユーザの操作、又は、センサによって行われるセンシング等によって、物品の取り出しの操作を行うユーザを示すユーザ情報（取り出しユーザ情報）を取得してもよい。また、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、取り出しの時間を示す時間情報（取り出し時間情報）を取得してもよい。また、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、取り出し対象の物品を取り出すための取り出し対象物品授受領域を示す領域情報（持ち出し領域情報）を取得してもよい。 Further, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires user information (removal user information) indicating a user who performs an operation of taking out an article by a user operation on an input device or the like, or sensing performed by a sensor. Also good. In addition, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire time information (removal time information) indicating a removal time. In addition, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire area information (take-out area information) indicating a take-out object delivery area for taking out an object to be taken out.
　そして、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、ユーザ情報（取り出しユーザ情報）、時間情報（取り出し時間情報）、及び、領域情報（持ち出し領域情報）を含む物品特定用情報を取得してもよい。 Then, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire article specifying information including user information (removal user information), time information (removal time information), and area information (take-out area information).
　例えば、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、物品特定用情報取得部１４０を構成するセンサによって、物品特定用情報取得部１４０を構成するユーザインタフェース、又は、物品授受領域２１ｙ（取り出し対象物品授受領域）の付近にいるユーザを検出してもよい。そして、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、検出されたユーザを示すユーザ情報を物品特定用情報の一部として取得してもよい。 For example, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 uses a sensor that configures the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 to use a user interface that configures the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 or an article transfer area 21y (an extraction target article transfer area). A user in the vicinity of may be detected. Then, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 may acquire user information indicating the detected user as part of the article specifying information.
　次に、取り出し制御部１６０は、記録媒体１３０に記録された複数の物品情報の中から、物品特定用情報が適合する物品情報を選出する（Ｓ２２）。 Next, the take-out control unit 160 selects article information that matches the article specifying information from among a plurality of article information recorded on the recording medium 130 (S22).
　例えば、取り出し制御部１６０は、物品特定用情報に第１変換を施して得られる第１変換情報（例えばキーワード等）を導出する。そして、取り出し制御部１６０は、記録媒体１３０における複数の物品情報から、物品情報に第２変換を施して得られる第２変換情報（例えばキーワード等）が第１変換情報と一致する物品情報を選出する。なお、取り出し制御部１６０は、例えば上述した限定方法等により、１つだけの物品情報を選出してもよい。 For example, the take-out control unit 160 derives first conversion information (for example, a keyword or the like) obtained by performing the first conversion on the article specifying information. Then, the take-out control unit 160 selects, from a plurality of item information in the recording medium 130, item information whose second conversion information (for example, a keyword) obtained by performing second conversion on the item information matches the first conversion information. To do. Note that the take-out control unit 160 may select only one item information by, for example, the limiting method described above.
　また、既に取り出された物品を示す物品情報は、選出から除外される。例えば、物品情報に含まれる収納時間情報によって示される最後の収納時間よりも、物品情報に含まれる取り出し情報の時間情報（取り出し時間情報）によって示される最後の取り出し時間が後である場合、その物品情報は選出から除外される。 Also, item information indicating items that have already been removed is excluded from the selection. For example, when the last take-out time indicated by the time information (take-out time information) of the take-out information included in the product information is later than the last store time indicated by the storage time information included in the product information, the product Information is excluded from the election.
　そして、取り出し制御部１６０は、選出された物品情報によって示される物品を取り出すように収納機構２００を制御する（Ｓ２３）。即ち、取り出し制御部１６０は、選出された物品情報における物品ＩＤを収納機構２００の制御装置に送信することで、収納機構２００に物品を取り出させる。収納機構２００の制御装置は、物品ＩＤを受信した場合、ピッキング機構等を制御して、収納管理情報において物品ＩＤに対応付けられている保管位置から物品を物品授受領域２１ｙ（取り出し対象物品授受領域）へ移送させる。 Then, the take-out control unit 160 controls the storage mechanism 200 so as to take out the article indicated by the selected article information (S23). That is, the take-out control unit 160 causes the storage mechanism 200 to take out the article by transmitting the article ID in the selected article information to the control device of the storage mechanism 200. When receiving the article ID, the control device of the storage mechanism 200 controls the picking mechanism and the like, and takes the article from the storage position associated with the article ID in the storage management information. ).
　次に、取り出し制御部１６０は、記録制御部１３１を介して取り出し情報を記録する（Ｓ２４）。つまり、取り出し制御部１６０は、取り出された物品について、取り出し情報（物品特定用情報、ユーザ情報及び時間情報等）を物品情報に対応付けて記録媒体１３０に記録制御部１３１を介して記録する。 Next, the takeout control unit 160 records the takeout information via the recording control unit 131 (S24). In other words, the take-out control unit 160 records take-out information (article specifying information, user information, time information, etc.) on the recording medium 130 via the recording control unit 131 in association with the product information.
　このような収納管理システム１０の取り出し処理によって、収納された物品が適切に取り出される。 The stored article is appropriately taken out by such a take-out process of the storage management system 10.
　また、ユーザ情報が物品特定用情報の一部として取得された場合、取り出し制御部１６０は、ユーザ情報等に基づいて取り出されることが予測される物品を取り出すための動作を収納機構２００に開始させてもよい。すなわち、取り出し制御部１６０は、物品特定用情報の全てが取得される前に、ユーザ情報等に基づいて取り出されることが予測される物品を取り出すための動作を収納機構２００に開始させてもよい。 When the user information is acquired as a part of the article specifying information, the take-out control unit 160 causes the storage mechanism 200 to start an operation for taking out an article that is predicted to be taken out based on the user information or the like. May be. That is, the take-out control unit 160 may cause the storage mechanism 200 to start an operation for taking out an article that is predicted to be taken out based on user information or the like before all of the article specifying information is acquired. .
　例えば、物品を示す物品情報は、過去に物品の取り出しの操作を行ったユーザ（取り出しユーザ）、過去に物品の取り出しの操作が行われた時間帯（取り出し時間帯）、及び、過去に物品の取り出しの操作が行われた頻度（取り出し頻度）を示し得る。そこで、ユーザ情報が物品特定用情報の一部として取得された場合、取り出し制御部１６０は、これらを示す複数の物品情報から、取り出されることが予測される物品を示す物品情報を抽出する。 For example, the article information indicating the article includes a user who has performed an operation of removing the article in the past (a retrieval user), a time period during which the operation of ejecting the article has been performed in the past (a retrieval time period), and the past of the article. It may indicate the frequency (extraction frequency) at which the extraction operation is performed. Therefore, when user information is acquired as part of the article specifying information, the takeout control unit 160 extracts article information indicating an article that is predicted to be taken out from a plurality of pieces of article information indicating these.
　具体的には、この場合、取り出し制御部１６０は、記録媒体１３０に記録されている複数の物品情報から、物品特定用情報の一部として取得されたユーザ情報によって示されるユーザと一致する取り出しユーザを示す１以上の物品情報を抽出する。さらに、取り出し制御部１６０は、抽出された１以上の物品情報から、現在の時間帯と一致する取り出し時間帯を示す１以上の物品情報を抽出する。 Specifically, in this case, the takeout control unit 160 selects the takeout user that matches the user indicated by the user information acquired as part of the article specifying information from the plurality of pieces of article information recorded on the recording medium 130. Is extracted. Further, the take-out control unit 160 extracts one or more item information indicating a take-out time zone that matches the current time zone from the extracted one or more item information.
　そして、取り出し制御部１６０は、抽出された１以上の物品情報のうち、最も高い取り出し頻度を示す物品情報によって示される物品が取り出されると予測してもよい。そして、取り出し制御部１６０は、取り出されると予測された物品を取り出すための動作を収納機構２００に開始させてもよい。 Then, the take-out control unit 160 may predict that an article indicated by the article information indicating the highest take-out frequency among the extracted one or more article information is to be taken out. Then, the take-out control unit 160 may cause the storage mechanism 200 to start an operation for taking out an article predicted to be taken out.
　上記の例では、ユーザ、時間帯及び頻度に基づいて取り出される物品の予測が行われているが、ユーザ、時間帯及び頻度のうちの一部に基づいて取り出される物品の予測が行われてもよい。 In the above example, prediction of an article to be taken out based on the user, time zone, and frequency is performed, but even if prediction of an article to be taken out based on a part of the user, time zone, and frequency is performed. Good.
　［３．　具体例］
　以下、図１０～図１３を用いて、収納管理システム１０によって行われる収納又は取り出しに関する具体例を説明する。 [3. Concrete example]
Hereinafter, specific examples relating to storage or removal performed by the storage management system 10 will be described with reference to FIGS.
　［３－１．　複数の収納領域の複数の収納率の均一化］
　図１０は、複数の収納領域の複数の収納率が均一になるように複数の物品が収納された複数の収納領域の状態を示す。例えば、最適配置のための所定の条件が、収納部２１０における複数の収納領域の複数の収納率が均一化されることである場合、収納管理システム１０は、図１０のように、複数の収納領域に複数の物品を収納する。 [3-1. Uniformity of multiple storage rates in multiple storage areas]
FIG. 10 shows a state of a plurality of storage areas in which a plurality of articles are stored so that a plurality of storage rates of the plurality of storage areas are uniform. For example, when the predetermined condition for the optimal arrangement is that the plurality of storage rates of the plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 are made uniform, the storage management system 10 may store a plurality of storages as shown in FIG. A plurality of articles are stored in the area.
　これにより、収納管理システム１０は、収納部２１０における複数の収納領域をバランス良く利用することができ収納部２１０を有効に活用することができる。 Thereby, the storage management system 10 can use a plurality of storage areas in the storage unit 210 in a well-balanced manner, and can effectively use the storage unit 210.
　［３－２．　物品が収納されていない収納領域の数の最大化］
　図１１は、物品が全く収納されていない収納領域の数が最大化されるように複数の物品が収納された複数の収納領域の状態を示す。例えば、最適配置のための所定の条件が、物品が収納されていない収納領域の数が最大化されることである場合、収納管理システム１０は、図１１のように、複数の収納領域に複数の物品を収納する。 [3-2. Maximize the number of storage areas where items are not stored]
FIG. 11 shows a state of a plurality of storage areas in which a plurality of articles are stored so that the number of storage areas in which no articles are stored is maximized. For example, when the predetermined condition for optimal placement is that the number of storage areas in which articles are not stored is maximized, the storage management system 10 may include a plurality of storage areas as shown in FIG. Of goods.
　これにより、空き領域が集約され大きくなる。したがって、収納管理システム１０は、より大きな物品を後から収納することができる。また、１つの収納領域に多くの物品が収納されるため、取り出しが効率化される。 This will consolidate and increase the free space. Therefore, the storage management system 10 can store larger articles later. In addition, since many articles are stored in one storage area, the removal is made efficient.
　［３－３．　ユーザ等が割り当てられた収納領域］
　図１２は、ユーザ（取り出しユーザ）、時間帯（取り出し時間帯）、頻度（取り出し頻度）、及び、ジャンルに基づいて物品を収納するための処理を示す。例えば、最適配置のための所定の条件が、ユーザと時間帯と頻度とジャンルとが割り当てられた収納領域に物品が収納されることである場合、図１２のように複数の物品が収納される。具体的には、この例では、シャンプーとＴシャツとが一度に物品授受領域２１ｘに持ち込まれている。 [3-3. Storage area to which users etc. are allocated]
FIG. 12 shows a process for storing articles based on the user (removal user), time zone (removal time zone), frequency (removal frequency), and genre. For example, when the predetermined condition for optimal placement is that the article is stored in a storage area to which the user, time zone, frequency, and genre are assigned, a plurality of articles are stored as shown in FIG. . Specifically, in this example, the shampoo and the T-shirt are brought into the article transfer area 21x at a time.
　そして、この例では、物品情報取得部１１０は、シャンプーの物品情報として、ユーザ（取り出しユーザ）が「母」であり、時間帯（取り出し時間帯）が「夜」であり、頻度（取り出し頻度）が「頻繁」であり、ジャンルが「風呂道具」である物品情報を取得する。また、物品情報取得部１１０は、Ｔシャツの物品情報として、ユーザ（取り出しユーザ）が「父」であり、時間帯（取り出し時間帯）が「朝」であり、頻度（取り出し頻度）が「頻繁」であり、ジャンルが「衣類」である物品情報を取得する。 In this example, the article information acquisition unit 110 uses, as the shampoo article information, the user (removal user) is “mother”, the time zone (removal time zone) is “night”, and the frequency (removal frequency). Is “frequent” and the genre is “bath utensils”. In addition, the article information acquisition unit 110 uses T-shirt article information in which the user (removal user) is “father”, the time zone (removal time zone) is “morning”, and the frequency (removal frequency) is “frequently”. ”And item information whose genre is“ clothing ”is acquired.
　そして、収納制御部１２０は、「母」、「夜」、「頻繁」、及び、「風呂道具」がユーザ（取り出しユーザ）、時間帯（取り出し時間帯）、頻度（取り出し頻度）、及び、ジャンルとして割り当てられた収納領域をシャンプーの収納領域として選択する。収納制御部１２０は、収納機構２００に、選択された収納領域へシャンプーを移送させる。 Then, the storage control unit 120 determines that the “mother”, “night”, “frequent”, and “bath utensil” are users (removal users), time periods (removal time periods), frequencies (removal frequencies), and genres. Is selected as the shampoo storage area. The storage control unit 120 causes the storage mechanism 200 to transfer the shampoo to the selected storage area.
　また、収納制御部１２０は、「父」、「朝」、「頻繁」、及び、「風呂道具」がユーザ（取り出しユーザ）、時間帯（取り出し時間帯）、頻度（取り出し頻度）、及び、ジャンルとして割り当てられた収納領域をＴシャツの収納領域として選択する。収納制御部１２０は、収納機構２００に、選択された収納領域へＴシャツを移送させる。 In addition, the storage control unit 120 is configured such that “Father”, “Morning”, “Frequent”, and “Bath utensils” are users (removal users), time periods (removal time periods), frequencies (removal frequencies), and genres. Is selected as the storage area of the T-shirt. The storage control unit 120 causes the storage mechanism 200 to transfer the T-shirt to the selected storage area.
　これにより、収納管理システム１０は、複数の物品のそれぞれを物品情報に基づいて選択される適切な収納領域に収納する。また、収納管理システム１０は、１つの収納領域に一緒に収納することが適切な複数の物品をジャンル等に基づいて１つの収納領域に収納することができる。また、収納がユーザ（取り出しユーザ）、時間帯（取り出し時間帯）及び頻度（取り出し頻度）等に基づいて行われるため、取り出しの効率化が可能である。 Thereby, the storage management system 10 stores each of the plurality of articles in an appropriate storage area selected based on the article information. Further, the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles suitable for storage together in one storage area in one storage area based on the genre or the like. Further, since the storage is performed based on the user (removal user), the time zone (removal time zone), the frequency (removal frequency), and the like, it is possible to increase the efficiency of removal.
　なお、ユーザと時間帯と頻度とジャンルとが割り当てられた収納領域に物品が収納されるという条件は、物品情報が類似する複数の物品を同じ収納領域又は互いに近い複数の収納領域に収納することという条件に部分的に重複する。したがって、最適配置のための所定の条件が、物品情報が類似する複数の物品を同じ収納領域又は互いに近い複数の収納領域に収納することである場合も、図１２の例と同様に、複数の物品のそれぞれが、物品情報に基づいて定められる収納領域に収納される。 The condition that articles are stored in a storage area to which a user, time zone, frequency, and genre are assigned is that a plurality of articles with similar article information are stored in the same storage area or a plurality of storage areas close to each other. It partially overlaps with the condition. Accordingly, even when the predetermined condition for optimal arrangement is to store a plurality of articles having similar article information in the same storage area or a plurality of storage areas close to each other, as in the example of FIG. Each article is stored in a storage area determined based on the article information.
　［３－４．　物品の取り出しの効率化］
　図１３は、取り出される物品を予測して取り出しを開始する処理を示す。この例では、物品特定用情報取得部１４０を構成するセンサが、朝に父を検出する。これにより、物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、朝の時間帯において、物品特定用情報の一部として父を示す情報を取得する。取り出し制御部１６０は、朝の時間帯において父によって取り出される頻度が高い物品が取り出されると予測する。 [3-4. Efficient removal of goods]
FIG. 13 shows a process of predicting an article to be taken out and starting taking out. In this example, the sensor constituting the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 detects the father in the morning. Thereby, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires information indicating the father as a part of the article specifying information in the morning time zone. The take-out control unit 160 predicts that an article that is frequently taken out by the father in the morning time zone is taken out.
　具体的には、取り出し制御部１６０は、記録媒体１３０に記録された複数の物品情報から、父を示すユーザ情報（取り出しユーザ情報）を含む１以上の物品情報を抽出する。そして、取り出し制御部１６０は、抽出された１以上の物品情報から、朝の時間帯に物品が取り出されたことを示す１以上の物品情報を抽出する。 Specifically, the takeout control unit 160 extracts one or more pieces of article information including user information (takeout user information) indicating the father from a plurality of pieces of article information recorded on the recording medium 130. Then, the take-out control unit 160 extracts one or more item information indicating that the item has been taken out in the morning time zone from the extracted one or more item information.
　そして、取り出し制御部１６０は、抽出された１以上の物品情報から、物品が取り出された頻度が最も高いことを示す物品情報を特定する。そして、取り出し制御部１６０は、特定された物品情報によって示される物品が取り出されると予測する。 Then, the take-out control unit 160 specifies product information indicating that the frequency with which the product is taken out is highest from the extracted one or more product information. Then, the take-out control unit 160 predicts that the article indicated by the specified article information is taken out.
　そして、取り出し制御部１６０は、取り出されると予測された物品を取り出すための動作を収納機構２００に開始させる。例えば、取り出し制御部１６０は、取り出されると予測された物品が収納されている収納領域を収納機構２００の制御装置に通知する。収納機構２００の制御装置は、通知された収納領域へ物品を取り出すための荷台等を移動させる。 Then, the take-out control unit 160 causes the storage mechanism 200 to start an operation for taking out the article predicted to be taken out. For example, the take-out control unit 160 notifies the control device of the storage mechanism 200 of the storage area in which the articles predicted to be taken out are stored. The control device of the storage mechanism 200 moves a loading platform or the like for taking out articles to the notified storage area.
　物品特定用情報の全てが取得される前に、ユーザ情報等に基づいて取り出されることが予測される物品を取り出すための動作が開始される。したがって、物品の効率的な取り出しが行われる。 Before all the article specifying information is acquired, an operation for taking out an article that is expected to be taken out based on user information or the like is started. Therefore, efficient removal of the article is performed.
　なお、ユーザ、時間帯及び頻度に基づいて１の収納領域又は互いに近い複数の収納領域が絞られることにより、予測誤差によって発生する遅延を抑制することが可能である。 It should be noted that a delay caused by a prediction error can be suppressed by narrowing down one storage area or a plurality of storage areas close to each other based on the user, time zone, and frequency.
　したがって、最適配置のための所定の条件が、物品情報が類似する（ユーザ、時間帯及び頻度が一致する）複数の物品を同じ収納領域又は互いに近い複数の収納領域に収納することである場合、予測誤差によって発生する遅延が抑制される。また、ユーザと時間帯と頻度とジャンルとが割り当てられた収納領域に物品が収納されることである場合にも、予測誤差によって発生する遅延が抑制される。 Therefore, when the predetermined condition for optimal arrangement is to store a plurality of articles having similar article information (having the same user, time zone, and frequency) in the same storage area or a plurality of storage areas close to each other, Delays caused by prediction errors are suppressed. In addition, when an article is stored in a storage area to which a user, a time zone, a frequency, and a genre are assigned, a delay caused by a prediction error is suppressed.
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　以上、実施の形態により収納管理システム１０及び収納管理方法について説明したが、上述した実施の形態は一例に過ぎず、各種の変更、付加及び省略等が可能であることは言うまでもない。 (Other embodiments, etc.)
As described above, the storage management system 10 and the storage management method have been described according to the embodiment. However, the above-described embodiment is merely an example, and it is needless to say that various modifications, additions, omissions, and the like are possible.
　上記の実施の形態では、収納管理システム１０が２階建ての住宅２０に適用された例が示されているが、収納管理システム１０は、住宅以外の施設（例えば、オフィス、店舗又は病院等）に適用されてもよい。また、住宅に適用される場合において、住宅は何階建てでもよいし、住宅は戸建て住宅でも集合住宅でも集合住宅の住戸でもよい。また、収納管理システム１０のユーザは、住宅の住人に限られず、住人以外の者であってもよい。 In the above embodiment, an example in which the storage management system 10 is applied to a two-story house 20 is shown. However, the storage management system 10 is a facility other than a house (for example, an office, a store, or a hospital). May be applied. Moreover, when applied to a house, the house may have any number of floors, and the house may be a detached house, an apartment house, or an apartment house. Moreover, the user of the storage management system 10 is not limited to a resident of a house, but may be a person other than the resident.
　また、上記の実施の形態では、収納管理システム１０が収納機構２００及び収納部２１０を包含する例が示されているが、収納管理システム１０は、収納機構２００及び収納部２１０を包含しなくてもよい。 In the above embodiment, the storage management system 10 includes the storage mechanism 200 and the storage unit 210. However, the storage management system 10 does not include the storage mechanism 200 and the storage unit 210. Also good.
　収納管理システム１０が収納機構２００を包含しない場合、収納機構２００の制御装置が管理する収納管理情報は、収納管理システム１０における記録媒体１３０とは別の記録媒体（例えば制御装置が備えるハードディスク及び不揮発性メモリ等）に記録され得る。 When the storage management system 10 does not include the storage mechanism 200, the storage management information managed by the control device of the storage mechanism 200 is a recording medium different from the recording medium 130 in the storage management system 10 (for example, a hard disk and a non-volatile device included in the control device). For example, in a memory.
　また、収納管理システム１０が収納機構２００を包含する場合、収納管理システム１０を構成するコンピュータシステム内に収納機構２００の制御装置を含めてもよい。この場合、収納制御部１２０又は取り出し制御部１６０は、制御装置との情報（例えば物品ＩＤ）の授受を省略して、収納機構２００におけるピッキング機構等を制御することができる。 When the storage management system 10 includes the storage mechanism 200, a control device for the storage mechanism 200 may be included in the computer system constituting the storage management system 10. In this case, the storage control unit 120 or the take-out control unit 160 can control the picking mechanism or the like in the storage mechanism 200 by omitting transmission / reception of information (for example, article ID) with the control device.
　また、上記の実施の形態で示された複数の構成要素（例えば物品情報取得部１１０、収納制御部１２０、記録制御部１３１、物品特定用情報取得部１４０、取り出し制御部１６０、及び、収納機構２００の制御装置等）における役割分担は上述の例に限られない。これらの構成要素における役割分担は、任意に変更され得る。 In addition, a plurality of components (for example, the article information acquisition unit 110, the storage control unit 120, the recording control unit 131, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140, the take-out control unit 160, and the storage mechanism described in the above embodiment) The division of roles in the control device 200 is not limited to the above example. The division of roles in these components can be arbitrarily changed.
　例えば、上記の実施の形態では、取り出し制御部１６０が物品情報を選出しているが、物品特定用情報取得部１４０が物品情報を選出してもよい。また、収納管理システム１０は、物品情報を選出する物品情報選出部を備えてもよい。また、上記の実施の形態では、収納制御部１２０が収納領域を選択しているが、物品情報取得部１１０が収納領域を選択してもよい。また、収納管理システム１０は、収納領域を選択する収納領域選択部を備えてもよい。 For example, in the above embodiment, the takeout control unit 160 selects the item information, but the item specifying information acquisition unit 140 may select the item information. In addition, the storage management system 10 may include an article information selection unit that selects article information. In the above embodiment, the storage control unit 120 selects the storage area, but the article information acquisition unit 110 may select the storage area. The storage management system 10 may also include a storage area selection unit that selects a storage area.
　また、上記の実施の形態では、物品特定用情報取得部１４０がユーザ情報、時間情報及び領域情報を取得している。しかし、収納管理システム１０は、ユーザ情報（取り出しユーザ情報）を取得するユーザ情報取得部、時間情報（取り出し時間情報）を取得する時間情報取得部、及び、領域情報（持ち出し領域情報）を取得する領域情報取得部を備えてもよい。 In the above embodiment, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires user information, time information, and area information. However, the storage management system 10 acquires a user information acquisition unit that acquires user information (removal user information), a time information acquisition unit that acquires time information (removal time information), and region information (take-out region information). An area information acquisition unit may be provided.
　また、図４に示された物品情報、図５に示された収納管理情報、図６に示された取り出し情報、及び、図７に示された物品情報は、それぞれ、一例である。各情報に含まれる項目は、これらの例に限定されない。適宜、省略、追加及び変更が可能である。 Further, the article information shown in FIG. 4, the storage management information shown in FIG. 5, the take-out information shown in FIG. 6, and the article information shown in FIG. 7 are examples. Items included in each piece of information are not limited to these examples. Omission, addition, and change can be made as appropriate.
　また、物品情報取得部１１０、収納制御部１２０、物品特定用情報取得部１４０、及び、取り出し制御部１６０は、それぞれ、第１取得部、第１制御部、第２取得部、及び、第２制御部とも表現され得る。そして、記録制御部１３１は、第３制御部とも表現され得る。 In addition, the article information acquisition unit 110, the storage control unit 120, the article identification information acquisition unit 140, and the take-out control unit 160 are respectively a first acquisition unit, a first control unit, a second acquisition unit, and a second acquisition unit. It can also be expressed as a control unit. The recording control unit 131 can also be expressed as a third control unit.
　また、収納管理システム１０を構成するコンピュータシステムは、１以上の装置（コンピュータ）で構成され得る。このコンピュータシステムで実現される物品情報取得部１１０、収納制御部１２０、記録制御部１３１、物品特定用情報取得部１４０及び取り出し制御部１６０といった複数の構成要素が担う役割の一部を収納管理システム１０以外のサーバ装置等が担ってもよい。 Further, the computer system constituting the storage management system 10 can be composed of one or more devices (computers). The storage management system performs a part of the roles of a plurality of components such as the article information acquisition unit 110, the storage control unit 120, the recording control unit 131, the article specifying information acquisition unit 140, and the take-out control unit 160 realized by this computer system. Server devices other than 10 may be responsible.
　また、記録媒体１３０は、収納管理システム１０を構成するコンピュータシステムからアクセス可能な、このコンピュータシステムの外部の記録媒体でもよい。記録媒体１３０は、例えばインターネット等を介して通信可能なサーバ装置に含まれていてもよい。 Further, the recording medium 130 may be a recording medium external to the computer system that can be accessed from the computer system constituting the storage management system 10. The recording medium 130 may be included in a server device that can communicate via, for example, the Internet.
　また、上述の収納管理システム１０における処理手順（図８及び図９に示す手順等）の実行順序は、必ずしも、上述した実行順序に制限されない。実行順序は、入れ替えられてもよい。また、処理手順の一部が省略されてもよい。 Also, the execution order of the processing procedures (the procedures shown in FIGS. 8 and 9) in the above-described storage management system 10 is not necessarily limited to the above-described execution order. The execution order may be changed. In addition, a part of the processing procedure may be omitted.
　また、上述の収納管理システム１０における処理手順（図８及び図９に示す手順等）の全部又は一部は、ハードウェアによって実行されても、ソフトウェアによって実行されてもよい。例えば、収納管理システム１０は、コンピュータシステムの代わりに、ソフトウェア（プログラム）を含まないハードウェア（専用の電気回路等）で構成され、収納管理システム１０における処理手順がハードウェアによって実行されてもよい。 Further, all or part of the processing procedure (the procedure shown in FIGS. 8 and 9) in the above-described storage management system 10 may be executed by hardware or software. For example, the storage management system 10 may be configured by hardware (such as a dedicated electric circuit) that does not include software (program) instead of the computer system, and the processing procedure in the storage management system 10 may be executed by hardware. .
　また、収納管理システム１０がコンピュータシステムのプロセッサで実行するプログラムは、記録媒体に記録されてもよい。そして、そのプログラムが、頒布又は流通されてもよい。例えば、頒布されたプログラムは、コンピュータにインストールされ、プロセッサによって実行されることで、図８及び図９に示された処理手順の全部又は一部をコンピュータに行わせることができる。 Further, the program executed by the storage management system 10 on the processor of the computer system may be recorded on a recording medium. The program may be distributed or distributed. For example, the distributed program is installed in the computer and executed by the processor, whereby the computer can execute all or part of the processing procedures shown in FIGS.
　また、上記の実施の形態で示された構成及び処理は任意に組み合わされてもよい。なお、本発明の包括的又は具体的な各種態様には、装置、システム、方法、集積回路、コンピュータプログラム、及び、コンピュータで読み取り可能なＣＤ－ＲＯＭ等の非一時的な記録媒体の１つ又は複数の組み合わせが含まれる。 Further, the configuration and processing shown in the above embodiment may be arbitrarily combined. The comprehensive or specific various aspects of the present invention include one of a device, a system, a method, an integrated circuit, a computer program, and a non-transitory recording medium such as a computer-readable CD-ROM or the like. Multiple combinations are included.
　以下、本発明の一態様に係る収納管理システム１０、収納管理方法及びプログラムの構成例及び変形例等を示す。 Hereinafter, a configuration example and a modification of the storage management system 10, a storage management method, and a program according to an aspect of the present invention will be described.
　（１）本発明の一態様に係る収納管理システム１０は、物品情報取得部１１０と、収納制御部１２０と、物品特定用情報取得部１４０と、取り出し制御部１６０とを備え、物品を収納し管理する。 (1) The storage management system 10 according to one aspect of the present invention includes an article information acquisition unit 110, a storage control unit 120, an article specifying information acquisition unit 140, and a take-out control unit 160, and stores articles. to manage.
　物品情報取得部１１０は、収納される物品を示す物品情報を取得する。収納制御部１２０は、収納機構２００に、物品を収納部２１０へ収納させる。物品特定用情報取得部１４０は、収納された物品を取り出すための物品特定用情報を取得する。取り出し制御部１６０は、物品特定用情報が物品情報に適合する場合、収納機構２００に、物品情報によって示される物品を収納部２１０から取り出させる。 The article information acquisition unit 110 acquires article information indicating an article to be stored. The storage control unit 120 causes the storage mechanism 200 to store the article in the storage unit 210. The article specifying information acquisition unit 140 acquires article specifying information for taking out a stored article. When the article specifying information matches the article information, the take-out control section 160 causes the storage mechanism 200 to take out the article indicated by the article information from the storage section 210.
　収納制御部１２０は、さらに、収納部２１０へ複数の物品が収納される際に、収納機構２００に、複数の物品のそれぞれを収納部２１０に含まれる複数の収納領域の中から最適配置のための所定の条件に従って物品に対して定められる収納領域へ収納させる。 In addition, when a plurality of articles are stored in the storage unit 210, the storage control unit 120 causes the storage mechanism 200 to optimally place each of the plurality of articles from a plurality of storage areas included in the storage unit 210. The product is stored in a storage area determined for the article according to the predetermined conditions.
　これにより、収納管理システム１０は、複数の物品のそれぞれについて、複数の収納領域の中から最適配置のための所定の条件に従って物品に対して定められる収納領域へ物品を収納することができる。したがって、収納管理システム１０は、複数の物品を効率的に収納することができる。 Thereby, the storage management system 10 can store the articles in the storage areas determined for the articles in accordance with the predetermined conditions for optimal arrangement from among the plurality of storage areas for each of the plurality of articles. Therefore, the storage management system 10 can efficiently store a plurality of articles.
　（２）例えば、収納部２１０と収納機構２００とは住宅２０に備えられてもよい。そして、収納制御部１２０は、収納機構２００に、物品を住宅２０における収納対象物品授受領域から収納部２１０へ移送させることで、収納機構２００に、物品を収納部２１０へ収納させてもよい。そして、取り出し制御部１６０は、収納機構２００に、物品を収納部２１０から住宅２０における取り出し対象物品授受領域へ移送させることで、収納機構２００に、物品を収納部２１０から取り出させてもよい。 (2) For example, the storage unit 210 and the storage mechanism 200 may be provided in the house 20. Then, the storage control unit 120 may cause the storage mechanism 200 to store the article in the storage unit 210 by causing the storage mechanism 200 to transfer the article from the storage target article transfer area in the house 20 to the storage unit 210. Then, the take-out control unit 160 may cause the storage mechanism 200 to take out the article from the storage unit 210 by causing the storage mechanism 200 to transfer the article from the storage unit 210 to the take-out object transfer area in the house 20.
　これにより、収納管理システム１０は、住宅２０において、物品を収納し、収納された物品を取り出すことができる。 Thereby, the storage management system 10 can store articles in the house 20 and take out the stored articles.
　（３）例えば、収納制御部１２０は、収納機構２００に、複数の物品のそれぞれを複数の物品が一度に入れられた収納対象物品授受領域から物品に対して定められる収納領域へ収納させてもよい。 (3) For example, the storage control unit 120 may cause the storage mechanism 200 to store each of a plurality of articles from a storage target article transfer area where a plurality of articles are placed at a time into a storage area determined for the article. Good.
　これにより、収納管理システム１０は、収納対象物品授受領域へ一度に入れられた複数の物品のそれぞれについて、複数の収納領域の中から最適配置のための所定の条件に従って物品に対して定められる収納領域へ物品を収納することができる。したがって、収納管理システム１０は、複数の物品を効率的に収納することができる。 As a result, the storage management system 10 stores, for each of a plurality of articles that are put into the storage target article transfer area at a time, in accordance with a predetermined condition for optimal placement from among the plurality of storage areas. Articles can be stored in the area. Therefore, the storage management system 10 can efficiently store a plurality of articles.
　（４）例えば、最適配置のための所定の条件は、複数の収納領域の複数の収納率が均一化されることであってもよい。これにより、収納管理システム１０は、複数の収納領域をバランス良く利用することができ、収納部２１０を有効に活用することができる。 (4) For example, the predetermined condition for the optimal arrangement may be that the plurality of storage rates of the plurality of storage areas are made uniform. Thereby, the storage management system 10 can use a plurality of storage areas in a balanced manner, and can effectively use the storage unit 210.
　（５）例えば、最適配置のための所定の条件は、複数の収納領域のうち物品が全く収納されていない収納領域の数が最大化されることであってもよい。これにより、１つあたりの空き領域が大きくなる。したがって、収納管理システム１０は、より大きな物品を後から収納することができる。また、１つの収納領域に多くの物品が収納されるため、取り出しが効率化される。 (5) For example, the predetermined condition for optimal placement may be that the number of storage areas in which no articles are stored is maximized among the plurality of storage areas. As a result, the free area per one increases. Therefore, the storage management system 10 can store larger articles later. In addition, since many articles are stored in one storage area, the removal is made efficient.
　（６）例えば、最適配置のための所定の条件は、第１物品を示す第１物品情報と、第２物品を示す第２物品情報とが、所定の類似条件を満たす場合、第１物品の第１収納領域と第２物品の第２収納領域とが近い又は同じであることであってもよい。ここで、第１物品の第１収納領域と第２物品の第２収納領域とが近いとは、第１物品の第１収納領域と第２物品の第２収納領域とが、第１物品情報と第２物品情報とが所定の類似条件を満たさない場合よりも、近いことを意味する。 (6) For example, the predetermined condition for the optimal arrangement is that the first article information indicating the first article and the second article information indicating the second article satisfy the predetermined similarity condition. The first storage area and the second storage area of the second article may be close or the same. Here, that the first storage area of the first article and the second storage area of the second article are close to each other means that the first storage area of the first article and the second storage area of the second article are the first article information. And the second article information are closer than when the predetermined similarity condition is not satisfied.
　これにより、収納管理システム１０は、物品情報が類似する複数の物品を近くに収納することができる。したがって、複数の物品が適切に分類されて収納される。 Thereby, the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles having similar article information nearby. Therefore, a plurality of articles are appropriately classified and stored.
　（７）例えば、第１物品情報は、第１物品のジャンルである第１ジャンルを示す情報を含んでもよい。また、第２物品情報は、第２物品のジャンルである第２ジャンルを示す情報を含んでもよい。そして、所定の類似条件は、第１ジャンルと第２ジャンルとが同一ジャンルであることを含んでもよい。 (7) For example, the first item information may include information indicating a first genre that is a genre of the first item. The second article information may include information indicating a second genre that is a genre of the second article. The predetermined similarity condition may include that the first genre and the second genre are the same genre.
　これにより、収納管理システム１０は、ジャンルが一致する複数の物品を近くに収納することができる。したがって、複数の物品が適切に分類されて収納される。 Thereby, the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles having the same genre nearby. Therefore, a plurality of articles are appropriately classified and stored.
　（８）例えば、第１物品情報は、過去に第１物品の取り出しの操作を行った第１ユーザを示す情報を含んでもよい。また、第２物品情報は、過去に第２物品の取り出しの操作を行った第２ユーザを示す情報を含んでもよい。そして、所定の類似条件は、第１ユーザと第２ユーザとが同一ユーザであることを含んでもよい。 (8) For example, the first item information may include information indicating the first user who has performed the operation of taking out the first item in the past. Further, the second article information may include information indicating a second user who has performed an operation for taking out the second article in the past. The predetermined similarity condition may include that the first user and the second user are the same user.
　これにより、収納管理システム１０は、取り出しの操作を行ったユーザが一致する複数の物品を近くに収納することができる。したがって、複数の物品が適切に分類されて収納される。また、収納管理システム１０は、取り出しの動作が円滑に行われるように、ユーザ毎に取り出されると予測される複数の物品を近くに収納することができる。 Thereby, the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles matched by the user who performed the take-out operation nearby. Therefore, a plurality of articles are appropriately classified and stored. In addition, the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles predicted to be taken out for each user nearby so that the taking-out operation can be performed smoothly.
　（９）例えば、第１物品情報は、過去に第１物品の取り出しの操作が行われた第１時間帯を示す情報を含んでもよい。また、第２物品情報は、過去に第２物品の取り出しの操作が行われた第２時間帯を示す情報を含んでもよい。そして、所定の類似条件は、第１時間帯と第２時間帯とが同一時間帯であることを含んでもよい。 (9) For example, the first item information may include information indicating a first time zone in which the operation of taking out the first item was performed in the past. Further, the second article information may include information indicating a second time zone in which the operation of taking out the second article was performed in the past. The predetermined similar condition may include that the first time zone and the second time zone are the same time zone.
　これにより、収納管理システム１０は、取り出しの操作が行われた時間帯が一致する複数の物品を近くに収納することができる。したがって、複数の物品が適切に分類されて収納される。また、収納管理システム１０は、取り出しの動作が円滑に行われるように、時間帯毎に取り出されると予測される複数の物品を近くに収納することができる。 Thereby, the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles having the same time zone in which the operation of taking out is performed nearby. Therefore, a plurality of articles are appropriately classified and stored. In addition, the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles that are predicted to be taken out for each time zone in the vicinity so that the taking-out operation can be performed smoothly.
　（１０）例えば、第１物品情報は、過去に第１物品の取り出しの操作が行われた第１頻度を示す情報を含んでもよい。また、第２物品情報は、過去に第２物品の取り出しの操作が行われた第２頻度を示す情報を含んでもよい。そして、所定の類似条件は、第１頻度と第２頻度とが同一頻度であることを含んでもよい。 (10) For example, the first article information may include information indicating a first frequency at which the first article removal operation has been performed in the past. Further, the second article information may include information indicating a second frequency at which a second article removal operation has been performed in the past. The predetermined similarity condition may include that the first frequency and the second frequency are the same frequency.
　これにより、収納管理システム１０は、取り出しの操作を行った頻度が一致する複数の物品を近くに収納することができる。したがって、複数の物品が適切に分類されて収納される。また、収納管理システム１０は、取り出しの動作が円滑に行われるように、頻度毎に取り出されると予測される複数の物品を近くに収納することができる。 Thereby, the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles with the same frequency of the take-out operation nearby. Therefore, a plurality of articles are appropriately classified and stored. In addition, the storage management system 10 can store a plurality of articles that are predicted to be taken out for each frequency so that the taking-out operation can be performed smoothly.
　（１１）例えば、複数の物品のそれぞれについて、物品を示す物品情報は、ユーザを示す情報と、時間帯を示す情報と、頻度を示す情報と、物品のジャンルを示す情報とを含んでもよい。ここで、ユーザは、過去に物品の取り出しの操作を行ったユーザである。また、時間帯は、過去に物品の取り出しの操作が行われた時間帯である。また、頻度は、過去に物品の取り出しの操作が行われた頻度である。 (11) For example, for each of a plurality of articles, the article information indicating the article may include information indicating the user, information indicating the time zone, information indicating the frequency, and information indicating the genre of the article. Here, the user is a user who has performed an operation of taking out articles in the past. The time zone is a time zone in which an operation for taking out an article has been performed in the past. Further, the frequency is a frequency at which an operation for taking out an article has been performed in the past.
　そして、最適配置のための所定の条件は、複数の物品のそれぞれが、複数の収納領域のうち、ユーザと時間帯と頻度とジャンルとが割り当てられた収納領域に、収納されることであってもよい。 The predetermined condition for optimal placement is that each of the plurality of articles is stored in a storage area to which a user, a time zone, a frequency, and a genre are assigned among the plurality of storage areas. Also good.
　これにより、収納管理システム１０は、複数の物品のそれぞれをユーザ、時間帯、頻度及びジャンルに基づいて収納領域に収納することができる。したがって、複数の物品が適切に分類されて収納される。また、例えば、ユーザ、時間帯及び頻度に基づいて予測された物品を取り出すための動作が行われる場合、その動作が円滑化される。 Thereby, the storage management system 10 can store each of the plurality of articles in the storage area based on the user, the time zone, the frequency, and the genre. Therefore, a plurality of articles are appropriately classified and stored. For example, when the operation | movement for taking out the goods estimated based on a user, a time slot | zone, and frequency is performed, the operation | movement is smoothed.
　（１２）例えば、物品情報は、過去に物品の取り出しの操作を行ったユーザを示す情報と、過去に物品の取り出しの操作が行われた時間帯を示す情報と、過去に物品の取り出しの操作が行われた頻度を示す情報とを含んでいてもよい。そして、取り出し制御部１６０は、ユーザを示す情報が物品特定用情報の一部として取得され、かつ、ユーザ、時間帯及び頻度に基づいて物品が取り出されると予測される場合、物品を収納部２１０から取り出すための動作を収納機構２００に開始させてもよい。 (12) For example, the article information includes information indicating a user who has performed an operation for removing an article in the past, information indicating a time zone during which an operation for removing an article has been performed in the past, and an operation for removing an article in the past. And information indicating the frequency at which is performed. Then, when the information indicating the user is acquired as part of the article specifying information, and the article is predicted to be taken out based on the user, the time zone, and the frequency, the take-out control unit 160 stores the article in the storage unit 210. The storage mechanism 200 may start an operation for taking out from the storage mechanism 200.
　これにより、収納管理システム１０は、早期に物品を収納部２１０から取り出すための動作を収納機構２００に開始させることができる。したがって、収納管理システム１０は、物品が取り出し対象物品授受領域に移送されるまでの時間を短縮することができる。 Thereby, the storage management system 10 can cause the storage mechanism 200 to start an operation for taking out articles from the storage unit 210 at an early stage. Therefore, the storage management system 10 can reduce the time until the article is transferred to the take-out article delivery area.
　（１３）本発明の一態様に係る収納管理方法は、物品情報取得ステップ（Ｓ１２～Ｓ１６）と、収納制御ステップ（Ｓ１７及びＳ１８）と、物品特定用情報取得ステップ（Ｓ２１）と、取り出し制御ステップ（Ｓ２２及びＳ２３）とを含み、物品を収納し管理する。 (13) A storage management method according to an aspect of the present invention includes an article information acquisition step (S12 to S16), a storage control step (S17 and S18), an article specifying information acquisition step (S21), and a take-out control step. (S22 and S23), and stores and manages articles.
　物品情報取得ステップ（Ｓ１２～Ｓ１６）では、収納される物品を示す物品情報を取得する。収納制御ステップ（Ｓ１７及びＳ１８）では、収納機構２００に、物品を収納部２１０へ収納させる。物品特定用情報取得ステップ（Ｓ２１）では、収納された物品を取り出すための物品特定用情報を取得する。取り出し制御ステップ（Ｓ２２及びＳ２３）では、物品特定用情報が物品情報に適合する場合、収納機構２００に、物品情報によって示される物品を収納部２１０から取り出させる。 In the article information acquisition step (S12 to S16), article information indicating an article to be stored is acquired. In the storage control step (S17 and S18), the storage mechanism 200 stores the article in the storage unit 210. In the article specifying information acquisition step (S21), article specifying information for taking out the stored articles is acquired. In the take-out control step (S22 and S23), when the article specifying information matches the article information, the storage mechanism 200 causes the article indicated by the article information to be taken out from the storage section 210.
　収納制御ステップ（Ｓ１７及びＳ１８）では、さらに、収納部２１０へ複数の物品が収納される際に、収納機構２００に、複数の物品のそれぞれを複数の収納領域の中から最適配置のための所定の条件に従って物品に対して定められる収納領域へ収納させる。ここで、複数の収納領域は、収納部２１０に含まれる。 In the storage control step (S17 and S18), when a plurality of articles are stored in the storage unit 210, the storage mechanism 200 stores a predetermined number for optimal placement of each of the plurality of articles from the plurality of storage areas. The product is stored in a storage area determined for the article according to the above conditions. Here, the plurality of storage areas are included in the storage unit 210.
　これにより、この収納管理方法を実行するシステム等は、複数の物品のそれぞれについて、複数の収納領域の中から最適配置のための所定の条件に従って物品に対して定められる収納領域へ物品を収納することができる。したがって、この収納管理方法を実行するシステム等は、複数の物品を効率的に収納することができる。 As a result, a system or the like that executes this storage management method stores articles in a storage area that is determined for the articles according to a predetermined condition for optimal placement from among the plurality of storage areas. be able to. Accordingly, a system or the like that executes this storage management method can efficiently store a plurality of articles.
　（１４）本発明の一態様に係るプログラムは、物品を収納し管理する収納管理処理をコンピュータに実行させるためのプログラムである。収納管理処理は、物品情報取得ステップ（Ｓ１２～Ｓ１６）と、収納制御ステップ（Ｓ１７及びＳ１８）と、物品特定用情報取得ステップ（Ｓ２１）と、取り出し制御ステップ（Ｓ２２及びＳ２３）とを含む。 (14) A program according to an aspect of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute storage management processing for storing and managing articles. The storage management process includes an article information acquisition step (S12 to S16), a storage control step (S17 and S18), an article specifying information acquisition step (S21), and a take-out control step (S22 and S23).
　物品情報取得ステップ（Ｓ１２～Ｓ１６）では、収納される物品を示す物品情報を取得する。収納制御ステップ（Ｓ１７及びＳ１８）では、収納機構２００に、物品を収納部２１０へ収納させる。物品特定用情報取得ステップ（Ｓ２１）では、収納された物品を取り出すための物品特定用情報を取得する。取り出し制御ステップ（Ｓ２２及びＳ２３）では、物品特定用情報が物品情報に適合する場合、収納機構２００に、物品情報によって示される物品を収納部２１０から取り出させる。 In the article information acquisition step (S12 to S16), article information indicating an article to be stored is acquired. In the storage control step (S17 and S18), the storage mechanism 200 stores the article in the storage unit 210. In the article specifying information acquisition step (S21), article specifying information for taking out the stored articles is acquired. In the take-out control step (S22 and S23), when the article specifying information matches the article information, the storage mechanism 200 causes the article indicated by the article information to be taken out from the storage section 210.
　収納制御ステップ（Ｓ１７及びＳ１８）では、さらに、収納部２１０へ複数の物品が収納される際に、収納機構２００に、複数の物品のそれぞれを複数の収納領域の中から最適配置のための所定の条件に従って物品に対して定められる収納領域へ収納させる。ここで、複数の収納領域は、収納部２１０に含まれる。 In the storage control step (S17 and S18), when a plurality of articles are stored in the storage unit 210, the storage mechanism 200 stores a predetermined number for optimal placement of each of the plurality of articles from the plurality of storage areas. The product is stored in a storage area determined for the article according to the above conditions. Here, the plurality of storage areas are included in the storage unit 210.
　これにより、このプログラムを実行するコンピュータシステム等は、複数の物品のそれぞれについて、複数の収納領域の中から最適配置のための所定の条件に従って物品に対して定められる収納領域へ物品を収納することができる。したがって、このプログラムを実行するコンピュータシステム等は、複数の物品を効率的に収納することができる。 As a result, the computer system or the like that executes this program stores the articles in the storage areas determined for the articles in accordance with the predetermined conditions for optimal placement from among the plurality of storage areas for each of the plurality of articles. Can do. Therefore, a computer system or the like that executes this program can efficiently store a plurality of articles.
　１０　収納管理システム
　２０　住宅
　１１０　物品情報取得部
　１２０　収納制御部
　１４０　物品特定用情報取得部
　１６０　取り出し制御部
　２００　収納機構
　２１０　収納部 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Storage management system 20 Housing 110 Article information acquisition part 120 Storage control part 140 Information acquisition part for goods specification 160 Removal control part 200 Storage mechanism 210 Storage part

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  1. 　物品を収納し管理する収納管理システムであって、
    　収納される前記物品を示す物品情報を取得する物品情報取得部と、
    　収納機構に、前記物品を収納部へ収納させる収納制御部と、
    　収納された前記物品を取り出すための物品特定用情報を取得する物品特定用情報取得部と、
    　前記物品特定用情報が前記物品情報に適合する場合、前記収納機構に、前記物品情報によって示される前記物品を前記収納部から取り出させる取り出し制御部とを備え、
    　前記収納制御部は、さらに、前記収納部へ複数の物品が収納される際に、前記収納機構に、前記複数の物品のそれぞれを前記収納部に含まれる複数の収納領域の中から最適配置のための所定の条件に従って当該物品に対して定められる収納領域へ収納させる
    　収納管理システム。     A storage management system for storing and managing articles,
    An article information acquisition unit for acquiring article information indicating the article to be stored;
    A storage control unit that causes the storage mechanism to store the article in the storage unit;
    An article specifying information acquisition unit for acquiring article specifying information for taking out the stored article;
    When the article specifying information matches the article information, the storage mechanism includes a take-out control unit that takes out the article indicated by the article information from the storage unit,
    The storage control unit is further configured to optimally arrange each of the plurality of articles from a plurality of storage areas included in the storage unit when the plurality of articles are stored in the storage unit. A storage management system for storing in a storage area defined for the article in accordance with a predetermined condition.
  2. 　前記収納部と前記収納機構とは住宅に備えられ、
    　前記収納制御部は、前記収納機構に、前記物品を前記住宅における収納対象物品授受領域から前記収納部へ移送させることで、前記収納機構に、前記物品を前記収納部へ収納させ、
    　前記取り出し制御部は、前記収納機構に、前記物品を前記収納部から前記住宅における取り出し対象物品授受領域へ移送させることで、前記収納機構に、前記物品を前記収納部から取り出させる
    　請求項１に記載の収納管理システム。     The storage portion and the storage mechanism are provided in a house,
    The storage control unit causes the storage mechanism to store the article in the storage unit by causing the storage mechanism to transfer the article from a storage target article transfer area in the house to the storage unit.
    The said removal control part makes the said storage mechanism take out the said articles | goods from the said storage part by making the said storage mechanism transfer the said articles | goods from the said storage part to the taking-out object transfer area in the said house. The storage management system described.
  3. 　前記収納制御部は、前記収納機構に、前記複数の物品のそれぞれを前記複数の物品が一度に入れられた収納対象物品授受領域から当該物品に対して定められる前記収納領域へ収納させる
    　請求項１又は２に記載の収納管理システム。     The storage control unit causes the storage mechanism to store each of the plurality of articles from a storage target article transfer area in which the plurality of articles are placed at a time into the storage area defined for the article. Or the storage management system of 2.
  4. 　前記最適配置のための所定の条件は、前記複数の収納領域の複数の収納率が均一化されることである
    　請求項１～３のいずれか１項に記載の収納管理システム。     The storage management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the predetermined condition for the optimal arrangement is that a plurality of storage ratios of the plurality of storage areas are made uniform.
  5. 　前記最適配置のための所定の条件は、前記複数の収納領域のうち物品が全く収納されていない収納領域の数が最大化されることである
    　請求項１～３のいずれか１項に記載の収納管理システム。     The predetermined condition for the optimal arrangement is to maximize the number of storage areas in which the articles are not stored at all among the plurality of storage areas. Storage management system.
  6. 　前記最適配置のための所定の条件は、第１物品を示す第１物品情報と、第２物品を示す第２物品情報とが、所定の類似条件を満たす場合、前記第１物品の第１収納領域と、前記第２物品の第２収納領域とが、前記第１物品情報と前記第２物品情報とが前記所定の類似条件を満たさない場合よりも近い、又は、同じであることである
    　請求項１～３のいずれか１項に記載の収納管理システム。     The predetermined condition for the optimal arrangement is the first storage of the first article when the first article information indicating the first article and the second article information indicating the second article satisfy a predetermined similarity condition. The area and the second storage area of the second article are closer to or the same as the case where the first article information and the second article information do not satisfy the predetermined similarity condition. Item 4. The storage management system according to any one of Items 1 to 3.
  7. 　前記第１物品情報は、前記第１物品のジャンルである第１ジャンルを示す情報を含み、
    　前記第２物品情報は、前記第２物品のジャンルである第２ジャンルを示す情報を含み、
    　前記所定の類似条件は、前記第１ジャンルと前記第２ジャンルとが同一ジャンルであることを含む
    　請求項６に記載の収納管理システム。     The first article information includes information indicating a first genre that is a genre of the first article,
    The second article information includes information indicating a second genre that is a genre of the second article,
    The storage management system according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined similarity condition includes that the first genre and the second genre are the same genre.
  8. 　前記第１物品情報は、過去に前記第１物品の取り出しの操作を行った第１ユーザを示す情報を含み、
    　前記第２物品情報は、過去に前記第２物品の取り出しの操作を行った第２ユーザを示す情報を含み、
    　前記所定の類似条件は、前記第１ユーザと前記第２ユーザとが同一ユーザであることを含む
    　請求項６又は７に記載の収納管理システム。     The first article information includes information indicating a first user who has performed an operation of taking out the first article in the past,
    The second article information includes information indicating a second user who has performed an operation of taking out the second article in the past,
    The storage management system according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the predetermined similarity condition includes that the first user and the second user are the same user.
  9. 　前記第１物品情報は、過去に前記第１物品の取り出しの操作が行われた第１時間帯を示す情報を含み、
    　前記第２物品情報は、過去に前記第２物品の取り出しの操作が行われた第２時間帯を示す情報を含み、
    　前記所定の類似条件は、前記第１時間帯と前記第２時間帯とが同一時間帯であることを含む
    　請求項６～８のいずれか１項に記載の収納管理システム。     The first item information includes information indicating a first time period in which an operation of taking out the first item was performed in the past,
    The second item information includes information indicating a second time zone in which the operation of taking out the second item was performed in the past,
    The storage management system according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the predetermined similarity condition includes that the first time zone and the second time zone are the same time zone.
  10. 　前記第１物品情報は、過去に前記第１物品の取り出しの操作が行われた第１頻度を示す情報を含み、
    　前記第２物品情報は、過去に前記第２物品の取り出しの操作が行われた第２頻度を示す情報を含み、
    　前記所定の類似条件は、前記第１頻度と前記第２頻度とが同一頻度であることを含む
    　請求項６～９のいずれか１項に記載の収納管理システム。     The first item information includes information indicating a first frequency at which an operation of taking out the first item was performed in the past,
    The second article information includes information indicating a second frequency at which an operation of taking out the second article was performed in the past,
    The storage management system according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the predetermined similarity condition includes that the first frequency and the second frequency are the same frequency.
  11. 　前記複数の物品のそれぞれについて、当該物品を示す物品情報は、過去に当該物品の取り出しの操作を行ったユーザを示す情報と、過去に当該物品の取り出しの操作が行われた時間帯を示す情報と、過去に当該物品の取り出しの操作が行われた頻度を示す情報と、当該物品のジャンルを示す情報とを含み、
    　前記最適配置のための所定の条件は、前記複数の物品のそれぞれが、前記複数の収納領域のうち、前記ユーザと前記時間帯と前記頻度と前記ジャンルとが割り当てられた収納領域に、収納されることである
    　請求項１～３のいずれか１項に記載の収納管理システム。     For each of the plurality of articles, the article information indicating the article includes information indicating a user who has performed an operation for removing the article in the past, and information indicating a time zone during which the operation for removing the article has been performed in the past. And information indicating the frequency with which the operation of taking out the article was performed in the past, and information indicating the genre of the article,
    The predetermined condition for the optimal arrangement is that each of the plurality of articles is stored in a storage area to which the user, the time zone, the frequency, and the genre are allocated, among the plurality of storage areas. The storage management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
  12. 　前記物品情報は、過去に前記物品の取り出しの操作を行ったユーザを示す情報と、過去に前記物品の取り出しの操作が行われた時間帯を示す情報と、過去に前記物品の取り出しの操作が行われた頻度を示す情報とを含み、
    　前記取り出し制御部は、前記ユーザを示す情報が前記物品特定用情報の一部として取得され、かつ、前記ユーザ、前記時間帯及び前記頻度に基づいて前記物品が取り出されると予測される場合、前記物品を前記収納部から取り出すための動作を前記収納機構に開始させる
    　請求項１～１１のいずれか１項に記載の収納管理システム。     The article information includes information indicating a user who has performed an operation for removing the article in the past, information indicating a time period during which the operation for removing the article has been performed in the past, and operations for removing the article in the past. Information indicating how often it was performed,
    When the information indicating the user is acquired as a part of the article specifying information and the article is predicted to be taken out based on the user, the time zone, and the frequency, The storage management system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the storage mechanism starts an operation for taking out an article from the storage unit.
  13. 　物品を収納し管理する収納管理方法であって、
    　収納される前記物品を示す物品情報を取得する物品情報取得ステップと、
    　収納機構に、前記物品を収納部へ収納させる収納制御ステップと、
    　収納された前記物品を取り出すための物品特定用情報を取得する物品特定用情報取得ステップと、
    　前記物品特定用情報が前記物品情報に適合する場合、前記収納機構に、前記物品情報によって示される前記物品を前記収納部から取り出させる取り出し制御ステップとを含み、
    　前記収納制御ステップでは、さらに、前記収納部へ複数の物品が収納される際に、前記収納機構に、前記複数の物品のそれぞれを前記収納部に含まれる複数の収納領域の中から最適配置のための所定の条件に従って当該物品に対して定められる収納領域へ収納させる
    　収納管理方法。     A storage management method for storing and managing articles,
    An article information acquisition step of acquiring article information indicating the article to be stored;
    A storage control step of causing the storage mechanism to store the article in the storage unit; and
    An article specifying information acquisition step for acquiring article specifying information for taking out the stored article;
    When the article specifying information matches the article information, the storage mechanism includes a take-out control step for taking out the article indicated by the article information from the storage section,
    In the storage control step, when a plurality of articles are stored in the storage unit, each of the plurality of articles is optimally arranged from a plurality of storage areas included in the storage unit. A storage management method for storing in a storage area determined for the article according to a predetermined condition for the storage.
  14. 　物品を収納し管理する収納管理処理をコンピュータに実行させるためのプログラムであって、
    　前記収納管理処理は、
    　収納される前記物品を示す物品情報を取得する物品情報取得ステップと、
    　収納機構に、前記物品を収納部へ収納させる収納制御ステップと、
    　収納された前記物品を取り出すための物品特定用情報を取得する物品特定用情報取得ステップと、
    　前記物品特定用情報が前記物品情報に適合する場合、前記収納機構に、前記物品情報によって示される前記物品を前記収納部から取り出させる取り出し制御ステップとを含み、
    　前記収納制御ステップでは、さらに、前記収納部へ複数の物品が収納される際に、前記収納機構に、前記複数の物品のそれぞれを前記収納部に含まれる複数の収納領域の中から最適配置のための所定の条件に従って当該物品に対して定められる収納領域へ収納させる
    　プログラム。     A program for causing a computer to execute storage management processing for storing and managing articles,
    The storage management process includes:
    An article information acquisition step of acquiring article information indicating the article to be stored;
    A storage control step of causing the storage mechanism to store the article in the storage unit; and
    An article specifying information acquisition step for acquiring article specifying information for taking out the stored article;
    When the article specifying information matches the article information, the storage mechanism includes a take-out control step for taking out the article indicated by the article information from the storage section,
    In the storage control step, when a plurality of articles are stored in the storage unit, each of the plurality of articles is optimally arranged from a plurality of storage areas included in the storage unit. A program to be stored in a storage area determined for the article according to a predetermined condition.
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