JP2017194821A - Delivery management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a delivery management system in which a user does not need to input data regarding a delivery destination of a package when determining a delivery route and also automatically determines a delivery route. A delivery management system in which a delivery vehicle C, which is a vehicle for delivering a package D, determines a delivery route, which is a route for delivering the package, is attached to the package D, stores the delivery destination of the package D, and stores the delivery destination of the package D. It is used in the place where the wireless tag 2 that wirelessly transmits the delivery destination and the baggage D are collected, and by performing wireless communication with the wireless tag 2, the delivery destination of each of the collected baggage D is acquired and output as a delivery destination list. The delivery destination acquisition unit 35 is provided, and a route determination unit 44 that determines a delivery route using the delivery destination list output by the delivery destination acquisition unit 35 is provided. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a delivery management system for managing delivery of packages, and more particularly to a technique for determining delivery routes for a plurality of packages.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a package delivery management apparatus that performs route guidance to a package delivery destination. In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, a delivery person inputs package data of each package using a handy numeric key provided in the package distribution management device. The package delivery management device creates delivery instruction data including the latitude and longitude of each delivery destination from the input package data. When the delivery instruction data is sent to the navigation device, destinations to which the package is delivered are displayed in a batch on the navigation device, and each time a destination is selected from the displayed destinations to the selected destination. The route guidance is displayed.

JP 2000-285390 A

  In the technique of Patent Document 1, in order to determine a route for delivering a package, the user must input the package data. In addition, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, route guidance display from the collectively displayed destination to the destination selected by the user is performed, so that route guidance is performed according to the order of the delivery destination selected by the user. become. Therefore, it is necessary for the user to determine the order of delivery based on his / her own judgment.

  The present invention has been made based on this circumstance, and the purpose of the present invention is that it is not necessary for the user to input data relating to the delivery destination of the package when determining the delivery route, and automatically. It is to provide a delivery management system that also determines delivery routes.

  The above object is achieved by a combination of the features described in the independent claims, and the subclaims define further advantageous embodiments of the invention. Reference numerals in parentheses described in the claims indicate a correspondence relationship with specific means described in the embodiments described later as one aspect, and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention. .

  To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a delivery management system for determining a delivery route that is a route for delivering a package by a delivery vehicle that is a vehicle for delivering the package, the delivery management system being attached to the package and determining the delivery destination of the package. The wireless tag (2) for storing and wirelessly transmitting the delivery destination is used at the place where the package is collected. By performing wireless communication with the wireless tag, the delivery destination of each collected package is obtained, and the delivery destination list And a route determination unit (44, 137) for determining a delivery route using the delivery destination list output by the delivery destination acquisition unit.

  According to the above configuration, the delivery destination acquisition unit performs wireless communication with the wireless tag attached to the package, and acquires the delivery destination of the package stored in the wireless tag. This eliminates the need for the user to input data relating to the delivery destination of the package when determining the delivery route for delivering the package.

  In addition, the route determination unit automatically determines the delivery route using the delivery destination list acquired by the delivery destination acquisition unit, so the delivery route is automatically determined without the user himself determining the order of delivery. Is done.

It is a figure showing composition of delivery management system 1 concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the action | operation of the center calculating part 42 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the delivery management system 100 which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the action | operation of the onboard equipment control part 163 of FIG.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a delivery management system 1 as a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The delivery management system 1 according to the first embodiment automatically determines a list of packages D to be delivered by the delivery vehicle C when the packages D to be delivered are loaded on the delivery vehicle C, and the delivery vehicle C performs delivery. The delivery route, which is the route used at the time, is automatically determined. Further, route guidance for the user is performed according to the determined delivery route. In addition, since the list of the packages D to be delivered by the delivery vehicle C is, in other words, information indicating which delivery vehicle C each package D delivers, this list is hereinafter referred to as dispatch information.

  The configuration of the delivery management system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The delivery management system 1 includes a wireless tag 2, a delivery management device 3, a center device 4, and a navigation device 5. The wireless tag 2 is attached to the package D to be delivered. The delivery management device 3 is installed at the collection / delivery place of the luggage D and communicates with the wireless tag 2. The center device 4 is used in the center and communicates with the delivery management device 3 to determine a delivery route. The navigation device 5 is used in the delivery vehicle C and provides route guidance to the user according to the input route. In FIG. 1, one of the packages D to which the wireless tag 2 is attached is shown for simplification, but in the present embodiment, one wireless tag 2 is attached to each of the plurality of packages D. It is done. Further, although there is one delivery vehicle C and one navigation device 5 shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of delivery vehicles C and navigation devices 5 may be used. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that a plurality of delivery vehicles C and navigation devices 5 are used.

  The wireless tag 2 is attached to the package D to be delivered, and stores the delivery destination of the package D attached. Further, if the package D is a package D in which a time zone to be delivered to the delivery destination is designated, the wireless tag 2 also stores time designation information indicating the time zone. The wireless tag 2 also stores an ID that identifies the package D. This ID may be an ID that directly specifies the package D, but may be a tag ID that specifies the wireless tag 2.

  When receiving the request signal, the wireless tag 2 returns the delivery destination stored in the wireless tag 2 to the tag reader 31 that has transmitted the request signal. If the wireless tag 2 stores time designation information, the time designation information is also returned. For example, a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) tag may be used as the wireless tag 2. Bluetooth is a registered trademark. An RFID tag may be used as the wireless tag 2.

  The delivery management device 3 includes a tag reader 31, a control unit 34, a wide area transmission unit 32, a wide area reception unit 33, a display 37, and a near field communication unit 38.

  The tag reader 31 is a reading device that reads information from the wireless tag 2. The tag reader 31 communicates with each of the wireless tags 2 attached to the parcel D when the parcel D to be delivered is loaded on the delivery vehicle C. For example, the user may communicate with the wireless tag 2 based on the operation of an operation unit such as a switch provided in the delivery management device 3 when loading the package D. When the tag reader 31 communicates with the wireless tag 2, the tag reader 31 transmits a request signal. When the wireless tag 2 receives the request signal, the wireless tag 2 transmits the ID and delivery destination or the ID and delivery destination and time designation information to the tag reader 31. Thereby, the tag reader 31 acquires the ID, delivery destination, and time designation information stored in each wireless tag 2. Then, the acquired ID, delivery destination, and time designation information are output to the control unit 34 as a delivery destination list.

  The control unit 34 is mainly configured by a microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. The CPU uses a temporary storage function of the RAM, and uses a non-transitory recording medium (non-transitory) such as a ROM. By executing the program stored in the tangible storage medium, the delivery destination acquisition unit 35 and the route acquisition unit 36 operate.

  The delivery destination acquisition unit 35 acquires a delivery destination list from the tag reader 31. Then, the acquired delivery destination list is transmitted to the center device 4 through the wide area transmission unit 32. The operation of the route acquisition unit 36 will be described later.

  The wide area transmission unit 32 is a wireless communication device that is connected to a wide area communication line including a base station and transmits data through the wide area communication line. The delivery destination list output from the delivery destination acquisition unit 35 is transmitted to the center apparatus via the wide area communication line. 4 to send. The wide area transmission unit 32 corresponds to a management apparatus transmission unit.

  Turning to the description of the center device 4. The center device 4 is realized using one or a plurality of server devices, and includes a center reception unit 41, a center calculation unit 42, and a center transmission unit 45. The center receiving unit 41 is a wireless communication device that is connected to a wide area communication line and receives data, and receives the delivery destination list transmitted by the wide area transmission unit 32 of the delivery management apparatus 3 through the wide area communication line.

  The center calculation unit 42 is configured as a normal computer including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, an I / O, a bus line that connects these configurations, and the like. The center calculation unit 42 uses the temporary storage function of the RAM to execute a program stored in a non-transitional physical recording medium such as a ROM, so that the vehicle allocation determination unit 43 and the route determination unit 44 are executed. Operates as The operations of the dispatch determination unit 43 and the route determination unit 44 are operations for determining dispatch information and a delivery route using the delivery destination list received by the center receiving unit 41. A detailed method for determining the dispatch information and the delivery route will be described later.

  The center transmission unit 45 transmits the vehicle allocation information and the delivery route output by the center calculation unit 42 operating as the vehicle allocation determination unit 43 and the route determination unit 44 to the delivery management device 3. The center transmission unit 45 in the present embodiment uses a wireless communication device that transmits data by connecting to a wide area communication line.

  The description is returned to the delivery management device 3. The wide-area receiving unit 33 is a wireless communication device that connects to a wide-area communication line and receives data, and receives the dispatch information and the delivery route transmitted by the center transmission unit 45 through the wide-area communication line. The wide area receiving unit 33 corresponds to a delivery route receiving unit.

  The route acquisition unit 36 of the control unit 34 acquires the vehicle allocation information and the delivery route received by the wide area reception unit 33. The route acquisition unit 36 displays the vehicle allocation information on the display 37 among the acquired vehicle allocation information and the delivery route, and transmits the delivery route to the navigation device 5 through the short-range communication unit 38. The display 37 is a display device that displays the vehicle allocation information acquired by the route acquisition unit 36 to the user.

  The short-range communication unit 38 transmits the delivery route acquired by the route acquisition unit 36 to the navigation device 5. The short-range communication unit 38 may use a wireless communication device that performs short-range wireless communication by Bluetooth or wireless LAN.

  The navigation device 5 includes a short-range communication unit 51, a navigation control unit 52, and a display 53. The short-range communication unit 51 is a wireless communication device that can receive the communication standard used for transmission by the short-range communication unit 38 of the delivery management device 3, and receives the delivery route transmitted by the short-range communication unit 38.

  The navigation control unit 52 is mainly configured by a microcomputer including a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like, and the CPU is stored in a non-transitional tangible recording medium such as a ROM while using a temporary storage function of the RAM. Run the program that is running. As a result, the navigation control unit 52 obtains the delivery route received by the short-range communication unit 51 and displays the obtained delivery route on the display 53 to perform route guidance for the user. Note that some or all of the functions executed by the navigation control unit 52 may be configured in hardware by one or a plurality of ICs. The display 53 is a display device that displays the delivery route acquired by the navigation control unit 52 to the user.

  Next, a delivery route determination method according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The center calculation unit 42 executes the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. When the center reception unit 41 receives the delivery destination list transmitted from the wide area transmission unit 32 of the delivery management device 3 and acquires the delivery destination list from the center reception unit 41, the center calculation unit 42 receives step S1 (hereinafter referred to as step S1) in the flowchart. Steps are omitted), and the processing of each step is executed. As a result, the center calculation unit 42 operates as the vehicle allocation determination unit 43 and the route determination unit 44 to determine vehicle allocation information and a delivery route.

  In S1, vehicle allocation information is provisionally determined. The dispatch information is a list of packages D to be delivered by each delivery vehicle C. This list includes the ID, delivery destination, and time designation information of the package D delivered by the delivery vehicle C.

  In order to tentatively determine this list, in this embodiment, a delivery area is allocated to each delivery vehicle C, and the delivery vehicle C delivers a package D whose delivery destination is the delivery area allocated to the delivery vehicle C. The dispatch information is tentatively determined by making the package. The shape of the delivery area of each delivery vehicle C on the map is set in advance, such as a circle, an ellipse, a rectangle, or a combination thereof. The delivery area for one delivery vehicle C is preferably one continuous area, that is, there are no areas separated from each other.

  In S2, the delivery route of each delivery vehicle C is provisionally determined according to the delivery destination of each package D included in the dispatch information provisionally determined in S1. The delivery route may be determined using a route calculation algorithm such as Dijkstra method. As a delivery route determination method here, various known route calculation methods for calculating a route arriving from a departure point to a destination via a plurality of waypoints can be used. In the route calculation of the delivery route, the departure place and the destination are collection and delivery places where the delivery management device 3 is used. Further, for the package D in which the time zone for delivery to the delivery destination is designated by the time designation information, a delivery route is set so that the package D can be delivered to the delivery destination in that time zone.

  The delivery route is based on a route that sequentially passes through delivery destinations that are close to each other based on the dispatch information provisionally determined in S1. However, in order to set the delivery route so that the package D for which the time zone is designated is delivered to the designated time zone, the vicinity of the route toward the delivery destination of the package D for which the time zone is designated is the delivery destination. A delivery route for delivering a package D for which a delivery time zone is not specified is set later. A delivery route calculation method when a delivery time zone is specified for some packages D as described above is a known route search method when a delivery time zone is specified for some transit points. Since it is the same, further explanation is omitted.

  In S3, it is determined whether or not all the packages D allocated to the delivery vehicle C based on the dispatch information temporarily determined in S1 can be delivered within a certain time by the delivery route temporarily determined in S2. The certain time is the time from when the delivery vehicle C leaves the collection / delivery place to the return to the collection / delivery place. This time is set in advance, for example, half a day or 8 hours.

  The more packages D to be delivered, the more difficult it is for the delivery vehicle C to deliver all packages D determined by the dispatch information provisionally determined in S1. Also, the more packages D for which time designation information is set, the more difficult it is to set a route for delivering packages D efficiently. In these cases, if the area is limited, the number of packages D determined by the dispatch information is reduced, so that it is highly possible that all packages D determined by the dispatch information can be delivered in time.

  Therefore, if the determination in S3 is NO, the process proceeds to S4, and the delivery area is limited as compared to when the dispatch information is determined in the immediately preceding S1. The degree of limitation may be reduced by a certain area or may be reduced by a certain ratio. By decreasing the area, the area that is no longer included in the delivery area of the delivery vehicle C may be changed to the delivery area of the delivery vehicle C in charge of the adjacent area, or the delivery vehicle C may be added. Good. After executing S4, the process returns to S1.

  If judgment of S3 is YES, it will progress to S5. In S5, the vehicle allocation information provisionally determined by the process of S1 is set as the determined vehicle allocation information. In S6, the delivery route provisionally determined in S2 is set as the confirmed delivery route. In S7, the dispatch information determined in S5 and S6 and the delivery route are transmitted from the center transmission unit 45 to the delivery management device 3, and the process shown in the flowchart is ended. 2, S1, S3, S5, and S7 are processes executed by the vehicle allocation determining unit 43, and S2, S6, and S7 are processes executed by the route determining unit 44.

  When the dispatch information and the delivery route are transmitted to the delivery management device 3 by the processing of FIG. 2, the wide area receiving unit 33 receives the dispatch information and the delivery route. When the wide area reception unit 33 receives the vehicle allocation information and the delivery route, the route acquisition unit 36 acquires the vehicle allocation information and the delivery route from the wide area reception unit 33, displays the vehicle allocation information on the display 37, and the delivery route is a short-range communication. It transmits to the navigation apparatus 5 through the part 38.

  The navigation device 5 receives the delivery route from the short-range communication unit 51, and the navigation control unit 52 acquires the delivery route from the short-range communication unit 51. Thereby, route guidance according to the delivery route is performed while displaying the delivery route on the display 53.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment described above, the wireless tag 2 attached to the package D to be delivered and storing the delivery destination of the package D communicates with the wireless tag 2, and the wireless tag 2 A delivery destination acquisition unit 35 that acquires delivery destinations and outputs the delivery destination list is provided. Therefore, when determining the delivery route for delivering the package D, the user need not input data relating to the delivery destination of the package D.

  Further, when the center calculation unit 42 acquires the delivery destination list from the center reception unit 41, the center calculation unit 42 performs the process of FIG. 2 and determines the delivery route. Accordingly, the delivery route is determined without the user himself / herself determining the delivery order.

  When the center calculation unit 42 obtains the delivery destination list from the center reception unit 41, the center calculation unit 42 performs the process of FIG. 2 and determines the dispatch information that is a list of the packages D to be delivered by the delivery vehicle C. Since this dispatch information is displayed on the display 37, it is possible to save the user from having to determine the luggage D to be loaded on each delivery vehicle C.

Second Embodiment
Next, a second embodiment will be described. Similarly to the first embodiment, the delivery management system 100 according to the second embodiment automatically determines the dispatch information and the delivery route when the package D to be delivered is loaded on the delivery vehicle C, and the user is determined according to the decided delivery route. Route guidance for. Further, in the second embodiment, it is determined whether or not the package D to be delivered by the delivery vehicle C is loaded on the delivery vehicle C, and the determination result is notified.

  The configuration of the delivery management system 100 as the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The delivery management system 100 is replaced with the delivery management device 3 and the center device 4 provided in the delivery management system 1 of the first embodiment, and the delivery management device 130 used in the collection place and the package confirmation device used in the delivery vehicle C. 160 is comprised. In FIG. 3, for simplification, only one wireless tag 2 communicating with the delivery management device 130 is shown, and the package D loaded on the delivery vehicle C and the wireless tag 2 attached thereto are shown. Only one is shown. However, also in the present embodiment, there are a plurality of packages D loaded on the wireless tag 2 and the delivery vehicle C that communicate with the delivery management device 130 at the collection and delivery place.

  Further, although there is only one delivery vehicle C shown in FIG. 3, there may be a plurality of delivery vehicles C. A plurality of delivery vehicles C are each equipped with a package confirmation device 160 and a navigation device 5.

  The delivery management device 130 includes a tag reader 31, a control unit 134, a display 37, and a short-range communication unit 38. The tag reader 31, the display 37, and the short-range communication unit 38 are the same as those provided in the delivery management device 3 of the first embodiment. Therefore, the tag reader 31 communicates with the wireless tag 2 and outputs a delivery destination list to the control unit 134.

  The control unit 134 is mainly configured by a microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and the CPU is stored in a non-transitional physical recording medium such as a ROM while using a temporary storage function of the RAM. Run the program. As a result, the control unit 134 operates as a delivery destination acquisition unit 135, a vehicle allocation determination unit 136, and a route determination unit 137.

  The delivery destination acquisition unit 135 is the same as the delivery destination acquisition unit 35 of the first embodiment, and acquires the delivery destination list output by the tag reader 31. When the delivery destination acquisition unit 135 acquires the delivery destination list, the control unit 134 executes the processing of each step from S1 according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, similarly to the center calculation unit 42 in the first embodiment. As a result, the control unit 134 operates as the vehicle allocation determination unit 136 and the route determination unit 137, and determines vehicle allocation information and a delivery route. The control unit 134 transmits the dispatch information and the delivery route to the package confirmation device 160 via the short-range communication unit 38. The vehicle allocation information is also displayed on the display 37.

  The baggage confirmation device 160 includes a tag reader 161, a short-range communication unit 162, an in-vehicle device control unit 163, and a notification unit 164.

  The tag reader 161 has the same configuration as the tag reader 31 and can acquire an ID and a delivery destination by communicating with the wireless tag 2. The tag reader 161 communicates with each of the wireless tags 2 attached to the package D according to a request signal output from the vehicle-mounted device control unit 163. The communicable distance at which the tag reader 161 and the wireless tag 2 can communicate is about several tens of meters. Accordingly, even when the delivery vehicle C is located in the collection / delivery place, the radio tag 2 with which the tag reader 161 communicates can be loaded with the package D loaded in the delivery vehicle C as long as it is slightly away from the place where the package D before loading is collected. It can be considered that the wireless tag 2 is pasted on. Of course, after the delivery vehicle C departs from the collection / delivery place, the wireless tag 2 with which the tag reader 161 communicates can be considered as the wireless tag 2 attached to the package D loaded on the delivery vehicle C. That is, the tag reader 161 can be considered as a device that communicates with the wireless tag 2 attached to the package D loaded on the delivery vehicle C.

  The tag reader 161 communicates with the wireless tag 2 attached to the package D loaded in the delivery vehicle C, acquires the ID, delivery destination, and time designation information stored in each wireless tag 2, and acquires the acquired ID. The delivery destination and time designation information is output to the in-vehicle device control unit 163 as a delivery destination list.

  The short-range communication unit 162 has the same configuration as the short-range communication unit 38 included in the delivery management device 130. The short-range communication unit 162 communicates with the short-range communication unit 38 to receive and receive the dispatch information transmitted by the short-range communication unit 38. The assigned vehicle allocation information is input to the vehicle-mounted device control unit 163.

  The in-vehicle device control unit 163 is configured mainly by a microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and the CPU stores in a non-transitional tangible recording medium such as a ROM while using a temporary storage function of the RAM. Run the program that is running. Thereby, the vehicle-mounted device control unit 163 determines whether or not the package D to be delivered by the delivery vehicle C is loaded on the delivery vehicle C. The alerting | reporting part 164 alert | reports to the user the result from which the onboard equipment control part 163 judged whether the load D was loaded. The notification unit 164 is a display, for example. When the notification unit 164 is a display, the delivery management device 130 and the package confirmation device 160 have the same configuration except that the function of the vehicle-mounted device control unit 163 is different from the function of the control unit 134 of the delivery management device 130. Therefore, devices having the same configuration can be used as the delivery management device 130 and the package confirmation device 160 only by changing the program executed by the CPU. The notification unit 164 may be a lamp or a buzzer.

  The operation of the vehicle-mounted device control unit 163 will be described along the flowchart of FIG. When the on-board unit control unit 163 is turned on, the process of each step is executed from S11 of the flowchart, and the user is informed whether or not the package D to be loaded is loaded on the delivery vehicle C. Notify them.

  In S11, a signal received by the short-range communication unit 162 is acquired, and it is determined whether or not vehicle allocation information is included. If it is determined that the dispatch information is included, the process proceeds to S12. If it is determined that the dispatch information is not included, the process of S11 is performed again. Note that the vehicle allocation information is a list of packages D to be delivered by the delivery vehicle C as described above.

  In S12, each wireless tag 2 attached to the package D loaded in the delivery vehicle C is stored by causing the tag reader 31 to communicate with the wireless tag 2 attached to the package D loaded in the delivery vehicle C. ID and delivery address to be acquired.

  In S13, based on the ID acquired in S12 and the delivery destination, a list of packages D loaded in the delivery vehicle C (hereinafter referred to as a loaded package list) is updated. Since the ID and the delivery destination correspond one-to-one, the loaded luggage list item may be either the ID or the delivery destination. In addition, when executing S13 for the first time, a loaded luggage list is created.

  In S14, the allocation information acquired in S11, that is, the ID and delivery destination included in the delivery destination list are compared with the ID and delivery destination included in the loaded package list updated in S13, and they match. Judge whether to do.

  In S15, the notification part 164 notifies the comparison result in S14. The comparison result indicates whether or not they match. If the comparison result indicates that they do not match, the mismatched ID and delivery destination are also displayed. When the comparison results indicate that they match, it can be seen that all the packages D to be delivered are loaded on the delivery vehicle C. On the other hand, when the comparison result indicates that they do not match, it is understood that a part or all of the package D to be delivered is not loaded on the delivery vehicle C.

  In S16, it is determined whether or not an end operation has been performed by the user. If this determination is YES, the process of FIG. 4 is terminated. On the other hand, if judgment of S16 is NO, it will return to S12. Therefore, unless the end operation is performed, it is continuously determined whether or not the package D to be delivered is loaded on the delivery vehicle C.

  In the processing of FIG. 4, S12 and S13 correspond to the claim list acquisition unit of claims, S14 corresponds to the list comparison unit of claims, and S15 corresponds to the comparison result output unit of claims. In the process of FIG. 4, it is determined whether or not the package D to be delivered is continuously loaded on the delivery vehicle C as described above. Therefore, the process shown in FIG. 4 is also executed when leaving after loading the package D in the delivery vehicle C. The user can prevent forgetting to load the package D by looking at the comparison result at the time of departure.

  Further, it is possible to confirm a decrease in the load D loaded on the delivery vehicle C during the delivery. By using this, it is possible to detect the loss of the package D being delivered or the completion of the delivery of each package D.

  When detecting the loss of the package D being delivered, the user collects the wireless tag 2 attached to the package D and takes it back to the delivery vehicle C when delivering the package D at the delivery destination. In this case, once the RFID tag 2 is loaded, communication with the tag reader 31 should be established until the delivery of all the packages D is completed and the delivery vehicle C returns to the collection / delivery place. Therefore, communication with the wireless tag 2 attached to the package D is not established before the delivery of all packages D is completed, so that it is possible to determine that the package D has been lost. When communication with the wireless tag 2 attached to the package D is not established, the comparison result in S15 is a result indicating that they do not match. When this comparison result is notified, the user knows that the package D may have been lost.

  On the other hand, when it is detected that the delivery of each package D has been completed, it is assumed that the user delivers the package D together with the attached wireless tag 2 when delivering the package D at the delivery destination. In this case, when the wireless tag 2 is dropped from the delivery vehicle C around the delivery destination together with the package D, communication between the tag reader 161 and the wireless tag 2 is not established. When communication with the wireless tag 2 attached to the package D is not established, the comparison result in S15 is a result indicating that they do not match. By notifying the comparison result, the package confirmation device 160 can detect that the delivery of the package D has been completed. When communication with the wireless tag 2 is no longer established, the current position is acquired from the navigation device 5, and when the position where communication with the wireless tag 2 is no longer established is in the vicinity of the delivery destination, delivery is performed. It is preferable to judge that it has been completed. If the position where communication with the wireless tag 2 is no longer established is not near the delivery destination, it may be determined that the package D has been lost.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, The following modification is also contained in the technical scope of this invention, Furthermore, the summary other than the following is also included. Various modifications can be made without departing from the scope.

<Modification 1>
In the embodiment, the wireless tag 2 stores the ID and delivery destination of the attached package D or the ID, delivery destination, and time designation information, and the wireless tag 2 performs wireless communication with the ID of the package D. The delivery destination or ID, delivery destination, and time designation information are acquired. However, the wireless tag 2 may store only an ID that identifies the attached package D. In this case, the delivery management systems 1 and 100 further include a database that stores the correspondence relationship between the ID, the delivery destination of the package D, and the time designation information, and the delivery of the package D from the database according to the ID acquired from the wireless tag 2. What is necessary is just to acquire destination and time designation information. Further, the delivery destination or delivery destination and time designation information may be stored without storing the ID.

<Modification 2>
In the embodiment, the wireless tag 2 returns a delivery destination in response to a request signal transmitted by the delivery management devices 3 and 130. However, the conditions under which the wireless tag 2 transmits a delivery destination and the like are not limited to this. For example, in addition to returning the request signal, the delivery destination may be transmitted periodically (for example, every 10 minutes).

<Modification 3>
In the embodiment, the center calculation unit 42 or the control unit 134 of the delivery management apparatus 130 operates as the route determination units 44 and 137 to determine the delivery route. However, the on-board unit control unit 163 operates as a delivery destination acquisition unit and a route determination unit, so that the delivery route is obtained using the delivery destination list obtained by the tag reader 161 and indicating the delivery destination of the package D loaded in the delivery vehicle C. May be determined.

<Modification 4>
In the embodiment, the center calculation unit 42 and the control unit 134 of the delivery management apparatus 130 determine the dispatch information and the delivery route using the delivery destination list including the delivery destination and the time designation information. However, in addition to the delivery destination list, road conditions that affect the required time, such as traffic jams and construction sections, may be acquired as road information, and dispatch information and delivery routes may be determined using the acquired road information. In this case, an increase in required time due to road conditions can be suppressed as compared with the case where road information is not used.

  In addition, when the delivery route is determined using the road condition, the road condition may be acquired again after leaving the collection and delivery place, and the delivery route may be determined again. In this case, it is possible to suppress an increase in required time due to a change in road conditions, compared to a case where the delivery route is not re-determined.

<Modification 5>
In the first embodiment, the delivery route determined by the center calculation unit 42 is transmitted to the delivery management device 3, and the delivery management device 3 transmits the delivery route to the navigation device 5. However, if the navigation device 5 includes the wide area receiving unit 33, the delivery route determined by the center calculation unit 42 may be transmitted directly to the navigation device 5 without going through the delivery management device 3. In this case, the center transmission unit 45 transmits the delivery route to the wide area reception unit included in the navigation device 5 through the wide area communication line.

1: Delivery management system 2: Wireless tag 3: Delivery management device 4: Center device 5: Navigation device 31: Tag reader 32: Wide area transmission unit 33: Wide area reception unit 34: Control unit 35: Delivery destination acquisition unit 36: Route acquisition unit 37: Display 38: Short-range communication unit 41: Center reception unit 42: Center calculation unit 43: Vehicle allocation determination unit 44: Route determination unit 45: Center transmission unit 51: Short-range communication unit 52: Navigation control unit 53: Display 100: Delivery management system 130: Delivery management device 134: Control unit 135: Delivery destination acquisition unit 136: Vehicle allocation determination unit 137: Route determination unit 160: Baggage confirmation device 161: Tag reader 162: Short-range communication unit 163: On-board unit control unit 164: Notification section

Claims (6)

A delivery management system for determining a delivery route which is a route for delivering a package by a delivery vehicle which is a vehicle delivering the package,
A wireless tag (2) attached to the package, storing a delivery destination of the package, and wirelessly transmitting the delivery destination;
A delivery destination acquisition unit (35, 135) that is used in a place where the package is collected and wirelessly communicates with the wireless tag to acquire the delivery destination of each collected package and output it as a delivery destination list When,
A delivery management system comprising: a route determination unit (44, 137) that determines the delivery route using the delivery destination list output by the delivery destination acquisition unit. In claim 1,
A delivery management system in which a delivery management device (3, 130) including the delivery destination acquisition unit is installed in a collection / delivery place that collects and delivers the package. In claim 2,
A center device (4) outside the delivery management device;
The delivery management device (3)
A management device transmission unit (32) for transmitting the delivery destination list output by the delivery destination acquisition unit to the center device;
The center device is
A center receiver (41) for receiving the delivery destination list transmitted by the delivery management device;
The route determination unit;
A delivery management system comprising a center transmission unit (45) for transmitting the delivery route determined by the route determination unit to a delivery route receiving unit (33) provided in the delivery management device or the delivery vehicle. In claim 1,
A delivery management system in which a delivery management device including the delivery destination acquisition unit and the route determination unit is used in the delivery vehicle. In any one of Claims 1-4,
Using a delivery destination list output by the delivery destination acquisition unit, a dispatching determination unit (43, 136) for determining a list of packages to be delivered by the delivery vehicle;
The route determination unit is a delivery management system that determines the delivery route for delivering the package included in the list of packages to be delivered by the delivery vehicle, which is determined by the dispatch determination unit. In claim 5,
A package confirmation device (160) used in the delivery vehicle,
The package confirmation device
A luggage list acquisition unit (S12, S13) that communicates with the wireless tag to acquire a loaded luggage list that is a list of the luggage loaded in the delivery vehicle;
A list comparing unit (S14) for comparing the list of packages delivered by the delivery vehicle determined by the dispatching unit and the loaded package list acquired by the package list acquiring unit;
A delivery management system comprising a comparison result output unit (S15) for outputting a comparison result of the list comparison unit.

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