JP2003281677A - Dynamic delivery route instruction method and apparatus, vehicle terminal device, delivery route instruction program, vehicle terminal program, and recording medium recording these programs - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To prevent a delivery route from being specified in advance by a deliverer and a third party when an article is delivered by a vehicle. SOLUTION: Transit point information and delivery destination information are set on a map AP11 of a delivery route instruction device 10. In the case of a delivery business, a plurality of delivery destination information is set. The delivery route search function 11b searches for a delivery route from the departure position to the destination. The transmission AP 12 is executed to divide the searched delivery route into predetermined distance intervals and to send the first stopover information to the vehicle terminal device 20. Send A
The data is transmitted to the vehicle terminal device 20 by wireless communication at P12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a delivery route instructing method and device for instructing a delivery vehicle to deliver a delivery route to a delivery destination in delivery operations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, by notifying a delivery vehicle of the latitude and longitude of a delivery destination, a car navigation system or the like mounted on the delivery vehicle searches for a travel route to the delivery destination, and the delivery person is searched for. There was a method of delivering to the delivery destination by moving the travel route.

Further, in the delivery of important items such as cash,
Even though several delivery routes are prepared and changed daily, delivery is performed by a method that passes through a delivery route that has been well known in advance at a substantially determined time.

[0004] In delivery by a delivery company or the like, the same day delivery person decides the delivery route based on the request slip received in advance and delivers it. Since the delivery route moves while referring to the residential map, the difference in experience between veterans and newcomers will increase. In addition, sudden requests are collectively received at the call center, and the received information is transmitted to the delivery person in the area in charge by radio or the like.

[0005]

The above-mentioned conventional delivery method has the following problems. 1) In the method of delivering important items such as cash, even if the delivery route is changed daily, the delivery person is notified in advance, so that a third party can obtain the delivery route information in some form. 2) In the delivery method of a delivery company or the like, the delivery person determines the delivery route by referring to the house map and moves, so that it is not possible to deliver efficiently to a person who is particularly inexperienced.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a delivery route indicating method and apparatus in which the delivery route is not specified by a third party or a delivery person.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a delivery route instruction method and device capable of efficient delivery regardless of differences in experience.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a delivery route is determined, the delivery route is divided to obtain route point information of the delivery route, and the route point information is used as the delivery vehicle position information. The delivery vehicle will be notified on a regular basis.

The delivery route determined by the delivery route instructing device is not notified as it is, but the route information of the delivery route is obtained by dividing and the route information is periodically notified to the delivery vehicle. Delivery to the delivery destination. As a result, in the business of delivering important items such as cash, the delivery route can be performed to the destination without the delivery route being specified in advance by the third party and the deliverer himself. For example, the division distance is 1k
If m is set and the total delivery route from the starting position to the destination is searched for as 5 km, it is divided into 5
Send to the delivery vehicle in batches. The division distance can be set freely.

In the second aspect of the present invention, when delivering to a plurality of delivery destinations, a plurality of delivery destination information is set,
A series of delivery routes is determined by using the delivery destination information as waypoint information, and the waypoint information is sequentially notified in response to a request from the delivery vehicle.

This is because a plurality of delivery destinations are assumed,
It is supposed to be a delivery business such as a delivery company. In this case, there is no problem even if the delivery route is specified, so it is not necessary to divide the set delivery destination information.

In this case, the delivery destination information is notified one by one from the delivery route instruction device to the delivery vehicle, and the next delivery destination information (second or later) is notified from the delivery vehicle side. It is possible to envisage the usage of notifying according to the request of. For example, if a business application is installed on the delivery vehicle side and a business application that manages the behavior of the deliverer is installed, the next delivery destination information is automatically acquired when processing such as completion is performed. When used in this way, the delivery route instructing device side can centrally manage the status of each delivery operation. Further, since the deliverer only has to move the guided delivery route, it is possible to prevent the loss of traveling time and the like due to the difference in experience.

As a method for searching the delivery route, first, the delivery destination information (customer's address, name, TEL, reservation time information, etc.)
Is stored in the database and the latitude and
It is equipped with a function that can convert to longitude, and can be realized by a mechanism that plots from latitude and longitude information on a map. In other words, if you enter customer information in the database, the latitude and
Converted to longitude and displayed on the map. In this mechanism, a format for selecting plots on the map in the order of delivery,
Alternatively, the delivery order can be set freely by registering the delivery order in the database as data in advance. Further, when the delivery destination information is added or changed due to a sudden request from a customer or the like, the delivery route can be flexibly changed on the delivery route instructing device side by re-searching the delivery route.

In the third aspect of the present invention, the delivery route instruction device compares the latest position information acquired from the delivery vehicle with the waypoint information transmitted to the delivery vehicle, and the difference between the two is preset. A means for notifying the next waypoint information only when the distance is less than or equal to the distance, a means for notifying the next waypoint or delivery destination information based on a request from the delivery vehicle, and a delivery route transmitting means for switching between the two means .

This is for determining the timing of transmitting the route point information from the delivery route instructing device to the delivery vehicle. There are automatic and manual, and the automatic is used for delivering important items such as cash. In the case of automatic, the difference between the linear distance between the location information sent from the delivery vehicle and the waypoint information already sent to the delivery vehicle is compared, and the next waypoint information will be displayed only if the distance is less than the preset distance. To the delivery vehicle. Further, in the case of manual operation, the next waypoint information is transmitted based on a request from the delivery vehicle side, and it is assumed to be applied to delivery work and the like. As described above, for example, when processing such as completion is performed by the business application installed in the delivery vehicle, the timing is set in such a mechanism that the delivery vehicle acquires the next delivery destination information from the delivery route instruction device. Send the next stopover information to the delivery vehicle with.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the vehicle terminal device mounted on the delivery vehicle periodically acquires the position of the delivery vehicle at a preset time interval and the delivery route instruction device to the following means. It has a position acquisition means composed of means for acquiring the position of the delivery vehicle at any time when going to get the waypoint information.

This is for determining the timing for acquiring the position information in the delivery vehicle, and the timing for acquiring the position information at a preset time interval and the next transit point information from the delivery vehicle to the delivery instruction device. There are two timings for acquiring position information when acquiring. Position information can be acquired by the position acquisition unit mounted on the delivery vehicle, but this assumes a GPS receiver that can determine the current position by simultaneously receiving radio waves from three or more GPS satellites. .

In the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the vehicle terminal device acquires position information at a delivery vehicle at time intervals, the position information acquired last time and the position information acquired this time are compared and there is a change. If the location information is acquired when the next transit point information is acquired from the delivery vehicle, the location is composed of means for transmitting the position information to the delivery route instruction device. It has information transmission means.

This is for determining the timing of transmitting the position information acquired in the fourth mode to the delivery route instructing device. When the position information is acquired at time intervals,
If the location information acquired last time is compared with the location information acquired this time and there is a change, the location information is sent, and if you go to the delivery route instruction device to obtain the next stopover or delivery destination information, There are always two timings for transmitting the current position information regardless of the change of information. This transmission timing can be realized by an application installed in the delivery vehicle, and the former can be realized by a mechanism in which the resident application automatically acquires the position information by the position acquisition unit when the set time is reached. The latter can be realized by a mechanism in which the position acquisition unit acquires position information when the delivery vehicle manually acquires the next stopover or delivery destination information from the delivery vehicle. Manual is assumed to be the act of going from the delivery vehicle side to the delivery route instructing device to obtain the next waypoint information. For example, there may be some inconvenience in the sent waypoint information, and in the delivery business Also includes automatically going to the delivery center for the next delivery destination information when the completion processing is performed in connection with the business application.

In the sixth aspect of the present invention, when the vehicle terminal device has a problem in the waypoint information transmitted from the delivery route instruction device, and the next waypoint or delivery destination information is required. In this case, the delivery route instructing device has a delivery route acquisition means capable of requesting and acquiring the next transit point or delivery destination information from the delivery route instruction device.

This is a mechanism in which the delivery vehicle side can go to the delivery route instructing device for the next waypoint or delivery destination information, and the inconvenience occurs in the waypoint information sent from the delivery route instructing device. In this case, or when acquiring the next stopover or delivery destination information, the delivery vehicle side manually requests the delivery route instruction device.

It is assumed that the transit point sent from the delivery route instruction device may receive information that has already passed or information that is likely to pass soon.
This is because the positional information of the transit point and the position of the delivery vehicle are compared by a straight line distance. In the case of the comparison of the straight line distance, it is possible that there is a situation before or after passing the stop point. When the next transit point is received in a situation where the transit point has already been crossed, it may be possible to receive and pass through the transit point immediately.
In other words, it would be a problem if the vehicle passed the transit point sent from the delivery route instruction device before the next transit point arrived. In such a case, it becomes necessary to go from the vehicle terminal device to the delivery route instruction device to pick up the next waypoint. That is, “inconvenience” means that the delivery vehicle crosses over the transit point sent from the delivery route instruction device.

For example, in the business of delivering important items such as cash, the delivery route determined by the delivery route instructing device is divided and transmitted. In the fourth aspect, the transmission timing is the same as the position information of the delivery vehicle. It is sent only when the difference between the transmitted waypoint information is less than or equal to the preset distance. Therefore, depending on the road conditions, the traffic volume is small and before the position information of the next vehicle is sent to the delivery route instruction device, the delivery route instruction device It can be assumed that the transit point information sent from the company will be passed. In such a case, it is used when the delivery vehicle goes to the delivery route instruction device to obtain the next waypoint information. Also, regarding the delivery business of delivery companies,
The next delivery destination information is required every time one delivery operation is completed, and in such a case, it can be used when the next delivery destination information is taken to the delivery route instruction device.
This can be realized by the application installed in the delivery vehicle, and when the delivery person manually makes a request action, once the location information of the vehicle is acquired, the delivery route instruction device is requested and the next stopover or delivery destination is made. Information can be obtained.

[0024]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a delivery route instruction system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The delivery route instruction system includes a delivery route instruction device 10, a vehicle terminal device 20, and a communication network 30.

The delivery route instruction device 10 is installed in a delivery center (not shown) and has a map AP (application) 11
And transmission AP (application) 12 and position information DB
It has a (database) 13, a communication unit 14, and a control unit 15.

The map AP11 has a map display function 11a, a delivery route search function 11b, a delivery route division function 11c and a check function 11d.

The map display function 11a sequentially reflects the current position information sent from the vehicle terminal device 20 on a map, and displays the latest position of the vehicle on the display. Also, the delivery route to the destination can be displayed and confirmed, including the waypoint information. The delivery route search function 11b acquires or sets the current position of the vehicle, sets the waypoint information and the delivery destination information, and then searches the delivery route to the destination. In the important material delivery business, a search is made in such a way as to pass through the designated transit point, and in the delivery business, a plurality of delivery destination information is set, and a series is specified by the delivery route instruction device 10 side so that efficient delivery can be performed. You can search for delivery routes. Further, the delivery route can be dynamically changed on the delivery route instructing device 10 side so as to flexibly respond to a sudden request or the like. That is, it is possible to search again by adding and / or deleting the waypoint or delivery destination information. The delivery route dividing function 11c does not transmit the determined delivery route to the vehicle terminal device 20 at once, but periodically transmits it based on the vehicle position information.
The determined delivery route is divided into preset distance intervals. The check function 11d compares the position information of the vehicle that is periodically sent with the straight line distance of the waypoint information already sent to the vehicle, and if the distance is less than the preset distance, the next waypoint is sent. The distance is checked to determine whether or not the next stopover information is transmitted to the delivery vehicle. When transmitting, it determines which waypoint information should be transmitted and transmits it.

The transmission AP 12 is an application required when transmitting information to the vehicle terminal device 20.

The position information DB 13 holds position information.

The communication unit 14 sends information to the delivery vehicle by wireless communication.

Here, the control unit 15 is assumed to be a high-performance personal computer, executes the map AP11, and sends the delivery route information to the vehicle terminal device 20 on a regular basis.
When data is transmitted to 12 and position information is acquired from the vehicle terminal device 20, the position information is stored in the position information DB.
The data is stored in 13.

The vehicle terminal device 20 is a delivery route setting AP 21.
And position acquisition AP22, delivery route update AP23 and transmission AP
24, delivery route guide unit 25, position acquisition unit 26, and communication unit 2
7 and a control unit 28.

The delivery route setting AP 21 determines the delivery route sent from the delivery route designating device 10 by the delivery route guiding unit 25.
The delivery route is automatically set to the delivery route guide unit 25 every time it is received because the delivery route is sent from the delivery route instruction device 10 periodically. .

The position acquisition AP 22 has a position acquisition function 22a for accessing the position acquisition unit 26 to acquire the position information of the vehicle, a timer function 22b for deciding the timing for acquiring the position information, and the previous position information. Position check function 22c for comparing with the position information acquired this time
Is equipped with. The timer function 22b sets a time as a timing for acquiring the position information, and executes the position acquisition function 22a every time the set time elapses to access the position acquisition unit 26 to obtain the position information.

The delivery route update AP 23 is executed when a failure occurs in the delivery route sent from the delivery route designating device 10 and when it is desired to obtain the next stopover or delivery destination information. Request next stopover or delivery destination information to 10. Operationally, when executed, the position acquisition AP2 is first used to acquire the current position information.
The position acquisition function 22a of No. 2 is executed to acquire the position information of the current position, and the transmission AP 24 transmits the position information to the delivery route instruction device 10 to request the waypoint or the delivery destination information. When receiving the request from the vehicle terminal device 20, the delivery route instruction device 10 confirms the current position of the vehicle by the check function 11d of the map AP11, determines the waypoint or delivery destination information to be transmitted, and executes the transmission AP12. Then, it is transmitted to the vehicle terminal device 20.

The transmission AP 24 is an application required for transmitting information from the communication unit 27 to the delivery route instruction device 10.

The route guide unit 25 includes the delivery route notification device 10.
Display the information about the transit point or delivery destination sent from.

The position acquisition unit 26 acquires the current position of the vehicle.

The communication section 27 is for transmitting information to the delivery route instruction device 10 by wireless communication.

Here, the control unit 28 is assumed to be a general-purpose personal computer or a small computer such as a Windows (registered trademark) CE machine, and when the delivery route instructing device 10 sends information about a waypoint or a delivery destination. Executes the delivery route setting AP21 to set the delivery route in the delivery route guide unit 25. Further, when the position information is acquired by the position acquisition AP 22 and the position information is transmitted to the delivery route instruction device 10, the data is passed to the transmission AP 24.

In the present embodiment, the delivery route instruction device 10 needs to provide one place as a base such as a management center. Further, the number of vehicle terminal devices 20 is not limited to one, but it is necessary to install the same number of vehicle delivery devices. As a practical use method, a plurality of vehicle terminal devices 20 may be operated at the same time.
Even when a plurality of delivery route instructing devices 10 are operated at the same time, basically only one delivery route instructing device 10 is required, and the display screen of the map AP displaying the vehicle and delivery route information can be switched and monitored.
Of course, a plurality of delivery route instruction devices 10 may be installed separately for each area.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation when transmitting the delivery route information from the delivery route instructing device 10 to the vehicle terminal device 20.

First, in step 40, the vehicle terminal device 20
Obtain position information of the current position of the vehicle from or set the vehicle position manually. In step 41, the route AP information and the delivery destination information are set in the map AP11 of the delivery route instruction device 10. In the case of delivery work, multiple delivery destination information is set. In step 42, the delivery route search function 11b
Search for a delivery route from the departure position to the destination via the set waypoint. As a method of searching the delivery route, first, the current position information of the delivery vehicle is acquired and the delivery destination information is set, so that the two positional relationships can be confirmed on the map. Since it is important that the delivery route is not specified in advance by a third party in the important substance delivery business, the delivery route instructing device 10 side has some waypoint information so that the delivery route does not pass through the same route as the delivery route delivered last time. By the method of specifying, it is possible to prevent the same route from being searched. For example, in a situation where the positional relationship between the delivery vehicle and the delivery destination can be confirmed, by designating a place different from the last time as the waypoint information to pass through, the delivery route can be searched while avoiding the same route. In step 43, the searched delivery route is divided into preset distance intervals,
The sending AP 12 is executed to send the first waypoint information to the vehicle terminal device 20. In step 44, since the transmission AP 12 transmits to the vehicle terminal device 20 by wireless communication, the waypoint information is transmitted to the communication network 30 via the communication unit 14. In step 45, the information is transmitted to the vehicle terminal device 20 via the communication network 30. In step 46, the waypoint information is received via the communication unit 27 of the vehicle terminal device 20, and the delivery route setting AP21 is executed. In step 47, the delivery route setting AP21 is executed, and the delivery route is automatically set in the delivery route guide unit 25 of the vehicle terminal device 20. Note that the distance intervals do not have to be constant.

In this way, the route information and the destination information are transmitted from the delivery route instructing device 10, and the received vehicle terminal device 20 automatically sets them in the delivery route guiding section 25. The delivery person performs delivery by moving the delivery route set in the delivery route guide unit 25.

In FIG. 3, the position information is communicated from the vehicle terminal device 20 to the delivery route instruction device 10 periodically, and the next route point and delivery destination information is transmitted from the delivery route instruction device 10 to the vehicle terminal device 20. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of FIG.

First, in step 50, the vehicle terminal device 20
The position acquisition function 22a is executed at time intervals set in the timer function 22b of the position acquisition AP 22. Step 51
Then, the position acquisition function 22a accesses the position acquisition unit 26 to acquire the position information. In step 52, the position information acquired last time by the position check function 22c is compared with the position information acquired this time, and it is checked whether there is a change.
In step 53, if the position information has changed in step 52, the transmission AP 24 of the vehicle terminal device 20 is executed, and the position information is transmitted to the communication network 30 via the communication unit 27. In step 54, the information is transmitted to the communication unit 14 of the delivery route instruction device 10 via the communication network 30. Step 55
Then, the position information is received via the communication unit 14 of the delivery route instruction device 10. In step 56, the received positional information of the delivery vehicle is stored in the positional information DB 13. Step 57
When the position information is received from the vehicle terminal device 20, the map display function 11a of the map AP11 is automatically updated and the latest vehicle information is displayed. In step 58, map AP
The check function 11d of 11 compares the position information acquired from the vehicle terminal device 20 with the waypoint information already transmitted to the vehicle terminal device 20 to check whether the difference is less than or equal to a preset distance. In step 59, it is executed only when the result of step 58 is less than or equal to the set distance, and the next waypoint information is transmitted to the vehicle terminal device 20.
Hereinafter, the operation is performed as in steps 44 to 47 of FIG. 2 described above.

If the distance is not less than the set distance in step 58, the process is ended.

As described above, the transmission timing of the position information acquired by the vehicle terminal device 20 and whether or not the next route point information is transmitted by the delivery route instruction device 10 which has received the position information of the delivery vehicle. Judgment is being made.

However, step 58 is not processed in the case of manual operation, that is, in the case of delivery work. This is because in the case of delivery work, the next delivery destination information is acquired from the delivery route instruction device 10 only when the vehicle terminal device 20 requests it.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation when the delivery route update AP 23 mounted on the vehicle terminal device 20 is manually executed.

This operation method is a combination of the operations of FIG. 2 and FIG.

In step 60, the delivery route updating AP 23 of the vehicle terminal device 20 is manually executed. This is executed when an inconvenience occurs in the delivered delivery route and when it is desired to obtain the next delivery destination information.

Since steps 51 to 57 are the same as those in FIG. 3, the description of the operation will be omitted. The difference from FIG. 3 is that the logic for comparing the change in the position information in step 52 is unnecessary, and the position information is always transmitted to the delivery route instruction device 10.

Step 61 is an operation for comparing the latest position information acquired from the vehicle terminal device 20 with the waypoint information on the map AP11 to determine the waypoint information to be transmitted, which is compared by the check function 11d. Determine the waypoint information to be transmitted.

Thereafter, the same operation as step 59 in FIG. 3 is executed, and the same operation as steps 44 to 47 in FIG. 2 is executed so that the route point information is the delivery route guide unit 25 of the vehicle terminal device 20.
Is set to.

The operation when the present invention is applied to the business of delivering important items such as cash and the business of delivering a delivery company will be briefly described.

First, in the business of delivering important items such as cash, it is important that the delivery route including the third party and the delivery person is not specified in advance. In step 40, position information is acquired from the vehicle terminal device 20 or the departure point is set on the map AP11 of the delivery route instruction device 10. At step 41, transit point information and delivery destination information are set. At that time, some waypoint information is specified so that it is not the same as the previous delivery route. In step 42, the delivery route search function 11b searches the delivery route to the delivery destination including the waypoint information. In step 43, the determined delivery route is divided at preset distance intervals, and in step 44, the first stopover information is transmitted to the vehicle terminal device 20. When the vehicle terminal device 20 receives the waypoint information in step 46, the delivery route setting AP 21 automatically sets the delivery route in the delivery route guidance unit 25.

The delivery person delivers according to the delivery route which has been set.

Since the position information of the vehicle changes when the delivery operation is started, the position acquisition function 22a is executed in step 51 at the time interval set by the timer function 22b of the vehicle terminal device 20 in step 50, and the position acquisition unit is executed. 26 to access the location information. In step 52, the position check function 22c confirms the change in the position information.
If the position information has changed, the transmission AP 24 is executed to transmit the position information via the communication unit 27 in step 53. When the delivery route instruction device 10 receives the position information in step 55, the position information DB 1 is received in step 56.
3 is stored. At the same time, in step 57, the latest position information of the delivery vehicle is displayed by the map display function 11a of the map AP11. In step 58, the distance between the position information received by the check function 11d and the first transmitted waypoint information is compared, and it is determined whether the difference is less than or equal to a preset distance.

If the distance is not less than the set distance, the operation is terminated as it is, and the process is continued until the position information is received from the vehicle terminal device 20 again or the delivery route update AP 23 is manually executed to request the waypoint information. Is not done. In step 59, the next waypoint information is transmitted to the vehicle terminal device 20 in order to transmit the waypoint information when the distance becomes equal to or less than the set distance in step 58. The next stopover information is automatically transmitted in the order of the division processing. For example, if the distance from the starting point to the destination is 5 km and the division distance is 1 km, the distance is divided into five. If they are numbered K1 to K5 in order from the one closest to the departure point, K
1, K2, K3, K4, K5 are transmitted in this order.

In the transmission method and the subsequent operation, steps 44 to 47 described above are executed, and the delivery route is set in the delivery route guide unit 25 of the vehicle terminal device 20.

What should be added here is that in the case of delivering important items such as cash, the division processing function of step 43 is set to be valid, and the delivery route instructing device 10 of step 58 transmits to the vehicle terminal device 20. The timing to do it is automatic. The above method operates as shown in the flows of FIGS.

When the next route point information is manually acquired from the vehicle terminal device 20 to the delivery route instruction device 10, the delivery route update AP is set on the vehicle terminal device 20 side in step 60.
23 is executed. Position acquisition function 2 in step 51
2a is executed and position information is acquired by the position acquisition unit 26, then step 52 is ignored and the transmission AP 24 is executed in step 53 to request the route point information to the delivery route instruction device 10 via the communication unit 27. I do. In step 55, the communication section 14 of the delivery route instruction device 10 receives the request, and in step 56
The position information is stored in the position information DB 13 at, and the vehicle position is updated by the map display function 11a at step 57. In step 61, the check function 11d of the map AP11 is executed, the position information of the delivery vehicle is compared with the waypoint information to be transmitted, and the waypoint information to be transmitted is determined. In this case, the route information transmitted is K1.
The transmission is not limited to the order of K5 to K5, and the first stopover K1 is always transmitted, but if the travel distance is short, K3 may be transmitted as the next stopover. This performs processing from comparison by the function of the check function 11d to determination of waypoint information to be transmitted next. Step 5
The route point information to be transmitted on the map AP11 is taken out at 9, and the transmitting AP12 is executed at step 44 to execute step 4
6, the communication route is received via the communication unit 27, and the delivery route setting A
The delivery route guide unit 25 is executed in step 47 after executing P21.
Is newly set to.

When the next waypoint is automatically transmitted as described above, the waypoint information is sequentially transmitted, but the delivery route update A
In the case of manually going to obtain in P23, a process of determining transit point information to be transmitted is added.

Next, the operation when applied to the delivery work in a delivery company etc. will be described.

Regarding the description of the operation of the delivery business, the points different from the business of delivering the important items such as cash described above will be focused on.

First, the difference is that in the case of delivery work, a plurality of delivery destination information is set, the automatic division processing is set invalid, and the processing of the delivery route division function 11c in step 43 is not performed. Further, the timing of transmission from the delivery route instructing device 10 to the vehicle terminal device 20 is set to manual so that the processing of the check function 11d in step 58 is not performed.

The operation will be described below. In step 40, position information is acquired or a departure point is set, and in step 41, a plurality of delivery destination information are set. The setting method is that, in the map AP11, customer information (customer name, address, etc.) to be delivered for each deliverer is registered as a database, and when this is reflected on the map AP11, the address data is converted into latitude / longitude, Plotted on the map.

When the delivery route search function 11b is executed in step 42 in the above state, an efficient delivery route can be searched.

Step 43 is ignored, and the following steps 44 to 47, which are the operations for transmitting the first delivery destination information to the vehicle terminal device 20, are the same as those described above, and the description thereof will be omitted.

When the delivery business is started, the position information of the delivery vehicle changes, and the delivery terminal device 20 moves from the vehicle terminal device 20.
The position information transmission processing to step S50 to S57 operates as described above.

Since the transmission setting from the delivery route instructing device 10 to the vehicle terminal device 20 is set to manual in step 58, the process is not performed and ends.

That is, in order to acquire the next delivery destination information, the delivery person must manually execute the delivery route update AP 23 after the delivery work to the customer's house is completed. Although this method has been described above, when the completion processing is performed in cooperation with the business application and the data is transmitted to the delivery route instruction apparatus 10, the delivery route update AP 23 is automatically executed to perform the next delivery. It would be convenient if it could be used to acquire destination information.

Next, the operation of the delivery route updating AP 23 will be described. When the delivery route updating AP 23 is executed in step 60, steps 51 and 53 to 57 are as described above.

Step 61 is ignored, the next delivery destination information is extracted in step 59, and steps 44 to 4 are executed.
7, and the delivery route guidance unit 25 of the vehicle terminal device 20.
The delivery route is automatically set to.

In the case of delivery work, a sudden request from a customer may be considered, but when a sudden request is received, delivery route destination information is added on the delivery route instruction device 10 side and the delivery route search function 11b is added. When the re-searching process is performed at, the delivery route is re-searched with the unexpected request information added. That is, the delivery route can be changed flexibly.

When the delivery vehicle is moving to the next delivery destination and a delivery destination desired to be performed first is entered, similarly, an emergency message is sent to the vehicle terminal device 20 after the re-search process. It is also possible to make dynamic changes by sending the delivery destination information and notifying the delivery route.

Further, another example will be briefly described.

For example, as described above, it is possible to dynamically change the delivery route, but the following usage is also possible.

For example, in the business of selling bento outdoors, the following usages can be made.

It is assumed that lunch boxes are sold in various places and that they can be easily moved from one base to another. For example, A,
If you are selling at 3 locations of B and C and you can collect the sales situation at the center one by one, when the stock of A location is about to run out, you can check the inventory of B and C locations. If there are many
You can also use it to carry a lunch box by specifying a delivery route at the base.

According to this embodiment, a delivery route can be designated and transmitted to the vehicle terminal device, and the delivery route can be dynamically changed during delivery. It is also characterized in that it can be applied to a wide variety of operations, including efficient delivery operations and systems in which delivery routes are not specified.

The delivery route instruction device 1 described above is used.
0, the vehicle terminal device 20 is not only realized by hardware such as a general-purpose personal computer, but a program for realizing the function is recorded in a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded in the recording medium is recorded. May be read by a computer system and executed. What is a computer-readable recording medium?
Floppy (registered trademark) disk, magneto-optical disk, C
A recording medium such as a D-ROM, or a storage device such as a hard disk device built in a computer system. Further, the computer-readable recording medium dynamically holds the program for a short time (transmission medium or transmission wave) such as when transmitting the program via the Internet, and serves as a server in that case. It also includes a volatile memory that holds a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory inside a computer system.

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As described above, according to the present invention, the delivery route is regularly transmitted from the delivery center to the delivery vehicle so that the delivery route is not specified in advance by the deliverer or a third party. Work can be realized, and by instructing the delivery route on the center side, efficient delivery work can be performed regardless of experience differences. Furthermore, even a sudden request can be dealt with by dynamically changing the delivery route on the center side.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a delivery system.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of a delivery route instruction device 10 to a vehicle terminal device 20.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the delivery route instruction device 10 from the vehicle terminal device 20.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of a delivery route update AP 23.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Delivery route instruction device 11 Map application 11a Map display function 11b Delivery route search function 11c Delivery route division function 11d check function 12 Send application 13 Location information database 14 Communications department 15 Control unit 20 Vehicle terminal device 21 Delivery route setting application 22 Position acquisition application 22a Position acquisition function 22b timer function 22c Position check function 23 Delivery route update application 24 Sending application 25 Delivery Route Guidance Department 26 Position acquisition unit 27 Communications Department 28 Control unit 30 communication network 40-47, 50-59, 60, 61 steps

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Takashi Nakajima             2-3-1, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo             Inside Telegraph and Telephone Corporation F-term (reference) 2C032 HB25 HC08 HD03 HD13 HD16                       HD24                 5H180 AA15 BB04 BB13 BB15 EE02                       FF03 FF13 FF22 FF32

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A delivery route instructing method for instructing a delivery route to a delivery vehicle, determining a delivery route, dividing the delivery route to obtain waypoint information of the delivery route, and obtaining the waypoint information from the delivery vehicle. A method for instructing a dynamic delivery route, which periodically notifies the delivery vehicle based on the position information of the delivery vehicle. 2. A delivery route instructing method for instructing a delivery route to a delivery vehicle, wherein when delivering to a plurality of delivery destinations, a plurality of delivery destination information is set, and the delivery destination information is used as transit point information. As a method, a dynamic delivery route instructing method is characterized in that a series of delivery routes are determined and via-point information is sequentially notified in response to a request from a delivery vehicle. 3. When addition and / or change of transit point information occurs in the determined series of delivery routes,
The dynamic delivery route designating method according to claim 2, wherein a series of delivery routes are re-searched by performing route search again. 4. A delivery route instructing device for instructing a delivery route to a delivery vehicle, the delivery route being based on the current position information of the delivery vehicle, transit point information, and delivery destination information detected by the delivery vehicle. Calculating the route, dividing the obtained delivery route, calculating the waypoint information of the delivery route, and the obtained waypoint information to the delivery vehicle according to the current position information of the delivery vehicle. And a delivery route transmitting means for making a notification in advance. 5. A delivery route instructing device for instructing a delivery route to a delivery vehicle, wherein when delivering to a plurality of delivery destinations, a plurality of delivery destination destination information is set, and the delivery destination information is used as a waypoint. A dynamic delivery route instructing device comprising: a delivery route searching means for determining a series of delivery routes as information; and a delivery route returning means for sequentially reporting via-point information in response to a request from a delivery vehicle. 6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising re-search means for re-searching a series of delivery routes by performing a route search again when the transit point information is changed in the determined series of delivery routes. The delivery route instruction device described in. 7. A delivery route instructing device for instructing a delivery route to a delivery vehicle, compares the latest position information acquired from the delivery vehicle with the waypoint information transmitted to the delivery vehicle, and determines a difference between the two in advance. Means for notifying the delivery vehicle of the next waypoint information only when the distance is less than or equal to the set distance, and means for notifying the delivery vehicle of the next waypoint or delivery destination information based on the request from the delivery vehicle And a delivery route instructing device for switching between both means. 8. A delivery route instruction device for instructing a delivery route to a delivery vehicle, a position information DB holding position information sent from the delivery vehicle, and a communication means for communicating with the delivery vehicle. An application for displaying the current position information of the vehicle sent from the delivery vehicle and a route to the delivery destination on a map, an application for searching the delivery route, and dividing the determined delivery route. Application and the latest location information acquired from the delivery vehicle and the waypoint information already sent to the delivery vehicle are compared, and the next waypoint information is output only when the difference between the two is less than or equal to a preset distance. A map application including an application for notifying a delivery vehicle, executing the map application, and route information via the communication unit. Send both to, received by the communication unit, the delivery the information of the current position location information of the vehicle DB
A delivery route instruction device having control means for storing in the storage device. 9. A vehicle terminal device mounted on a delivery vehicle, means for periodically obtaining the position of the delivery vehicle at preset time intervals, and a delivery route instruction device for obtaining the next stopover information. A vehicle terminal device comprising position acquisition means configured to acquire the position of a delivery vehicle at any time when going. 10. In a vehicle terminal device mounted on a delivery vehicle, when the delivery vehicle acquires position information at time intervals, the position information acquired last time is compared with the position information acquired this time, and there is a change. And a means for transmitting the position information to the delivery route instruction device only and a means for transmitting the position information to the delivery route instruction device when the position information is acquired when the next waypoint information is obtained from the delivery vehicle. A vehicle terminal device, comprising: a position information transmitting unit configured by. 11. In a vehicle terminal device mounted on a delivery vehicle, when inconvenience occurs in the waypoint information transmitted from the delivery route instruction device, and when the next waypoint or delivery destination information is required. In this case, the vehicle terminal device is provided with a delivery route acquisition means capable of requesting and acquiring the next waypoint or delivery destination information from the delivery route instruction device. 12. A vehicle terminal device mounted on a delivery vehicle, comprising: position acquisition means for acquiring information on the current position of the delivery vehicle, and transmitting the acquired position information to a delivery route instruction device. A transmission unit that receives position information from the delivery route instruction device, a delivery route guide unit that guides the delivery route by setting the position information transmitted from the delivery route instruction device, and a vehicle from the position acquisition unit. Position acquisition application for acquiring the position information, a timer application for determining the timing for acquiring the position information, and a timing for checking the change in the acquired position information and transmitting the position information to the delivery route instruction device. A location check application for determining the route information and the next stopover information or delivery destination information to the delivery route instruction device. A delivery route updating application, a delivery route setting application for setting the delivery route sent from the delivery route instructing device in the delivery route guiding means, and for transmitting information from the communication unit to the delivery route instructing device. When the transit application or the delivery destination information is transmitted from the transmission application and the delivery route instruction device, the delivery route setting application is executed, the position acquisition application is executed, and the position check application is executed. However, the vehicle terminal device having a control means for passing data to the transmission application when the position information is changed and the position information is transmitted to the delivery route instruction device. 13. A delivery route instruction program for causing a computer to execute the delivery route instruction method according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 14. A vehicle terminal program for causing a computer to execute the processing of the vehicle terminal device according to claim 9. 15. A recording medium on which the delivery route instruction program according to claim 13 is recorded. 16. A recording medium on which the vehicle terminal program according to claim 14 is recorded.