JPH1082655A - Portable position detection device, daily report creation device, and transportation expense report creation device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To reduce the number of business operations and to create a daily report in which outside activities are accurately recorded in a short time. SOLUTION: When activated, a position detecting device 3 carried by an outside sales person stores the position information obtained by the GPS receiver 11 and the time information from the clock 13 in the IC card 5 at fixed time intervals. Create time series data. After returning to the office, the daily report creator 7 reads the time-series data from the IC card 5 and classifies the time-series data into a time zone in which the position detecting device 3 is stationary and a time zone in which the position detecting device 3 is moving. Then, the map information or transportation name corresponding to each time zone is searched from the CD / ROM 35 and displayed on the CRT 39 together with each time zone. The salesperson supplements the necessary information through the keyboard 43 to complete the daily report. According to the position detecting device 3 and the daily report creating device 7, the memo of the negotiation place or the transportation is not required, and the daily report can be created accurately and in a short time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for assisting a salesperson in preparing a daily report, which is an activity report, and a travel expense report.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An outside sales worker who visits a customer and conducts business negotiations (hereinafter referred to as a salesperson according to a common name)
It is customary to create a daily business report in order to report the activities and results to the sales office. In other words, today we will submit a report to the boss, etc., describing at what time, where, with whom, with whom and what the results were.

[0003]

That is, the salesperson is busy with the complicated business of preparing a daily report in addition to the essential business business. In addition to this, it is necessary to settle the fare of the transportation system used for the movement, and it is particularly troublesome if the customer goes around the customer at several locations using the transportation system.

[0004] For this reason, it is indispensable for the salesperson to make a note of the negotiation place and the means of transportation on the road, and for the purpose of recording the negotiation place and transportation other than the essential business such as the result of the negotiation,
You have to devote valuable time and space for notes. In addition, the daily report on the day when a salesperson performs sales activities alone can easily report the details of the activities. For example, when a negotiation closes early, you can spend 20 minutes more than you actually did and use it for private purposes, or report that you went around a customer who didn't actually do it. This means that not only can the efficiency of the business operations be reduced, but also the fraudulent receipt can be easily made in the settlement of the transportation expenses.

[0005] Such a situation lowers business efficiency, raises operating costs, and adversely affects sound business activities as a company. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention makes it possible to create a daily report in which business activities are accurately recorded, and to prepare a travel expense report, but not to carry out outside operations, create a business daily report, and create a travel expense report. The goal is to reduce sales and increase the efficiency of sales activities.

[0006]

A portable position detecting device according to a first aspect of the present invention, which has been made to achieve the above object, comprises a plurality of artificial satellites as illustrated in FIG. GPS receiver that receives the transmitted radio wave of the above, and calculates the position information of the receiving point based on the received radio wave, time measuring means that measures the time, the position information calculated by the GPS receiver, and the time when the calculation is performed. Recording means for storing time information, which is the time measured by the clock means, in a predetermined recording medium at regular time intervals.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a daily report creator which reads the position information and the time information from the predetermined recording medium, as shown in part B of FIG. Stillness determination means for extracting, from the time information, a time zone in which the portable position detecting device is stationary based on the position information, and a map including a building existing at a point corresponding to the position information or a place name of the point A map information storage unit in which information is stored in advance, a map information reference unit that refers to the map information corresponding to the position information from the map information storage unit; The provisional daily report display means for outputting the map information referred to by the map information reference means from the corresponding position information to a predetermined image display device in a corresponding manner, and the contents displayed by the provisional daily report display means. Input means for adding necessary items as a daily report, and referring to the map information from the necessary information added by the input means, the stationary time zone, and position information corresponding to the time zone. A daily report output unit that arranges the map information referred to by the unit into a predetermined format and outputs it as document data to a predetermined output device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for preparing a travel expense report, comprising: a capturing unit that captures the position information and time information from the predetermined recording medium; and a portable type based on the position information captured by the capturing unit. Movement determining means for extracting the time zone in which the position detection device was moving from the time information, the name of a predetermined transportation facility, the name of a place where the passenger can get on and off the operating route of the transportation facility, and the place where the passenger can get on and off The location information corresponding to is used for the movement in the time zone by referring to the transportation means storage means based on the transportation means storage means stored in advance and the position information corresponding to the time zone in which the travel was performed. Means for estimating the means of transportation that has been moved, the time zone in which the vehicle has been traveling, and the means of transportation estimated by the means for estimating transportation means from position information corresponding to the time zone. A provisional balance display means for outputting to a fixed image display device; a supplementary means for adding necessary items as a transportation expense balance to the contents displayed by the provisional balance display means; Means for outputting the necessary information added by the means and the means of transportation estimated by the means for estimating the means of transportation into a predetermined format and outputting the same as document data to a predetermined output device. Features.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In a portable position detecting device according to the first aspect, a GPS receiver starts calculating a receiving point, that is, position information of the GPS receiver. In addition, the timekeeping means is always operating irrespective of the start / stop of the device and keeps time. Then, the recording means stores, at a predetermined time interval, the position information of the receiving point calculated by the GPS receiver and the time information which is the time measured by the time measuring means at the time when the calculation is performed, on a predetermined recording medium. To be stored.

[0010] When the salesperson carries this portable position detecting device, goes out on a business trip and starts up the device, the position and time of the salesman at a certain time are constant in a predetermined recording medium. Time-series data recorded every hour is created. In other words, according to the portable position detecting device of the first aspect, the salesperson does not need to write down or memorize his or her visited place while traveling outside.

[0011] In the daily report creator according to the second aspect, the reading means fetches the position information and the time information stored therein from a predetermined recording medium. From the position information and the time information, which are time-series data, the stillness determination unit extracts a time zone in which the reception point is stationary. This is extracted by making a determination based on how the position information in the data changes. Then, the map information reference means refers to the map information corresponding to the position information in the time zone from the map information storage means. The map information includes a place name corresponding to the position information, a name of a building existing in the place, and the like, and is information having contents that are more easily recognized by humans than the position information.

Subsequently, the provisional daily report display means displays on the predetermined image display device the time zone in which the stillness determination means has determined that the stillness is determined and the map information referred to by the map information reference means so as to correspond to each other. The displayed information and the information input by using the input means are arranged in a predetermined format by the daily report output means, and output to a predetermined output device as document data.

When a salesperson carrying the portable position detecting device according to the first aspect uses this daily report creating device, the following will occur. In other words, after returning to the office after completing the round trip, when the reading means reads the contents of the predetermined recording medium, the time period during which the salesperson was stationary and its map information are displayed on the image display device. The salesperson sees this and inputs necessary information as a daily report, for example, a negotiation partner, requirements, negotiation results, etc., based on a memo or storage of the contents of the negotiation. When this input is completed for all stationary time zones, document data as a business daily report is completed. Moreover, the contents are accurate both in time and place because they are based on the actual behavior of the salesperson.

[0014] In other words, according to the daily report creation device of the present invention, a business daily report in which an accurate action record is recorded can be completed only by adding essential information such as the contents of business negotiations as a business operation, and efficient. And rational. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the capturing means captures, from a predetermined recording medium, position information and time information stored therein. From the position information and the time information, the movement determining means extracts a time zone during which the receiving point has moved. This is extracted by making a determination based on how the position information in the data changes. Then, the transportation means estimating means estimates the transportation used for the movement in the time zone. This estimation is performed by referring to the transportation means storage means based on the position information corresponding to the beginning and the end of the traveling time zone. The transportation means storage means stores the name of the transportation means, the names of places where the passenger can get on and off in the operation route of the transportation means, that is, station names or bus stop names, and position information corresponding to the station names or bus stop names. Based on the position information, a station name or a bus stop name can be referred to.

Subsequently, the provisional settlement report display means displays on the predetermined image display device the time zone in which the vehicle has moved and the transportation means estimated by the transportation means estimation means so as to be compatible. The displayed information and the information input using the replenishment means are arranged in a predetermined format by the transportation expense output means, and are output as document data to a predetermined output device.

[0016] The following will be described when a salesperson who carries the portable position detecting device according to the first aspect uses this transportation expense report creation device. In other words, after returning to the office after completing the outside round, when the contents of the predetermined recording medium are taken in by the taking means, the time zone during which the salesperson was moving and the transportation are displayed on the image display device. The salesman looks at this and sees the necessary information as a travel expense report, for example,
Enter the fare, waypoint, etc. When this input is completed for all the traveling time zones, the document data as the travel expense report is completed. Moreover, the content is accurate because it is based on the actual behavior of the salesperson.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, there is no need for a salesperson using the apparatus to make a note of transportation while traveling outside. Also, since the transportation expense report is completed simply by adding the fare, waypoints, etc., it is efficient, and the contents of this statement are
Since it is based on an accurate behavior record recorded on a predetermined recording medium, it is possible to prevent unauthorized receipt of transportation expenses.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, as an embodiment of the present invention, a report producing apparatus 1 to which a portable position detecting device, a daily report producing device and a transportation expense report producing device of the present invention are applied will be described with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the report creation device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the report creation device 1 of the present embodiment is roughly divided into three parts. The three parts are the portable position detection device 3 that moves with the salesperson, the IC card 5, and the daily report creation support device 7. It should be noted that the daily report for supporting creation by the daily report creation support device 7 does not only describe contents relating to negotiations, but also describes a method of moving between negotiation places, that is, transportation means and a fare thereof. Shall also be used. That is, the daily report creation support device 7 also serves as the daily report creation device and the transportation expense report creation device of the present invention.

The portable position detecting device 3 (hereinafter simply referred to as position detecting device 3) is a GPS (Global Positioning Sys
and a GPS antenna 11a for receiving a transmission radio wave from an artificial satellite (NAVSTAR) for the satellite system, frequency-converting and demodulating the received signal, and positional information indicating the position of the receiving point (that is, the location of the salesperson). A known GPS receiver 11 as point detection means for calculating latitude and longitude, a clock 13 as timekeeping means having an interface terminal with a microcomputer, an IC card reader / writer 15, and driving these And a control device 17 for controlling. The control device 17 includes a CPU 19, a ROM 21,
In addition to the configuration as a known microcomputer including a RAM 23 and a bus line 25 connecting these components,
It is provided with an IC card reader / writer controller 27, a GPS receiver interface 29, and a clock interface 31.

IC card 5 as recording medium of the present invention
Has a CPU, a RAM, etc. therein, and stores data in the RAM with an IC card reader / writer, etc.
The stored data can be read by an IC card reader / writer or an IC card reader. The IC card 5 is configured to be detachable from the IC card reader / writer 15.

The daily report creation support device 7 includes an IC card reader 33 which is configured to be detachable and capable of reading data stored in the IC card 5, and a CD / ROM 3.
5, CD driver 37, CRT 39, and printer 4
1, a keyboard 43 and a control device 45. The control device 45 includes a CPU 47, a ROM 49, a RAM 51,
Serial interface 52, CRT controller 5
3, in addition to a known microcomputer having a printer interface 55, a keyboard interface 57, and a bus line 59 connecting these components,
It is provided with a CD controller 61 and an IC card reader controller 63.

In the CD / ROM 35, map information consisting of building names or place names, names of predetermined transportation means,
And the station name and the bus stop name of the transportation are stored in advance together with the positional information relating to them. That is, CD
The ROM 35 corresponds to both the map information storage means and the transportation means storage means of the present invention.

The ROM 49 is composed of a plurality of integrated circuits such as an integrated circuit in which various procedures and methods to be described later are stored, and an integrated circuit in which a fare table for transportation is stored. The outline of all the processes performed by the report creation device 1 having the above configuration is as shown in the flowchart of FIG.
That is, first, as a time / point recording process in step 100, the time and the location point of the position detection device 3 at that time are stored in the IC card 5 attached to the position detection device 3 at predetermined time intervals, so that the time and the time are stored. Create time series data of location points. This is continuously performed while the salesperson who moves together with the portable position detecting device 3 makes an outside turn. When the sales person returns to the office, the time series data of the time and the location point created in the IC card 5 are subjected to the time zone division processing in step 110, and the time zone in which the position detection device 3 is moving is stopped. Time zone. Then, in step 120, the process proceeds to the creation support process, where necessary items are supplemented, and a daily report is printed out.

Hereinafter, the time / point recording processing corresponding to the processing performed by the recording means of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The position detecting device 3 is provided in an attache case, and a GPS antenna 11a is provided on an outer surface of the attache case.

When the salesperson goes outside, the IC card 5 is mounted on the IC card reader / writer 15 in the attache case, and the position detecting device 3 is started. In addition,
As a matter of course, of the configuration of the position detecting device 3,
Only the clock 13 is always operating irrespective of this activation, and keeps measuring time. As an example, it is assumed that the time at which this activation is performed is 9:50.

First, at step 200, the time is read from the clock 13 via the clock interface 31, and at step 210, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed.
When this step 210 is performed for the first time, the reference time is the start time (9:50 in the above example).
Minute) In the case of the second time or later, it is determined that the previous time has passed in step 210, and the time when step 220 and subsequent steps are executed is set. Here, assuming that the fixed time is 1 minute, the process proceeds to 220 at 9:51, otherwise returns to step 200 again and returns to steps 200 to 21.
Repeat the zero loop.

In step 220, the GPS receiver 11 is made to detect the location point of the position detecting device 3 and fetched via the GPS receiver interface 29. The location point is represented by latitude and longitude, and the GPS antenna 1
When 1a fails to receive the transmission radio wave from the artificial satellite, it stores a predetermined error code instead of the latitude and longitude. Then, at step 230, the previously fetched time is stored in the IC card 5, and at the following step 240, the location point fetched at step 220 is stored in the IC card 5. In this manner, the position detection device 3 at a certain time, that is, the location point of the salesperson is stored in the IC card 5 together with the time. Then step 2
Proceeding to 50, the process returns to step 200 unless the position detecting device 3 is stopped, and the above processing is performed. It is assumed that the stoppage of the position detecting device 3 is performed by the salesperson when the salesperson returns.

When the time / point recording process is completed,
The IC card 5 contains 1
Time series data is recorded that records the time and the location point of the salesperson every minute. Upon returning to the office, the salesperson removes the IC card 5 from the IC card reader / writer 15 and inserts it into the IC card reader 33 of the daily report creation support device 7. When the salesperson activates the daily report creation support device 7, the IC
The time-series data recorded on the IC card 5 is taken into the RAM 51 by the card reader 33, and the time zone dividing process is executed. This process divides the time-series data into a time zone in which it was moving and a time zone in which it was stationary, and combines the processing performed by the stationary determination unit and the processing performed by the movement determination unit of the present invention. is there. This time zone division processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, as preprocessing, it is determined whether the position detecting device 3 has moved or stopped at each time point stored in the recording medium in step 300. This determination is made as follows. That is, the two location points of the time point to be determined and the next time point are compared, and if both points are the same, it is determined to be stationary, and if they are different, it is determined to be moving. However, since the location detection of the GPS receiver 11 usually has an error, a threshold value is set in advance, and it is determined that the vehicle has moved when the two location points are different from each other by the threshold value or more. . Here, this threshold is set to about 50 m, and the latitude and longitude are both 2 seconds.

When an error code is stored in one (or both) of the two location points, or when there is no data at the next time point, that is, the time point to be determined is the last of the series of data. If it is the data, it is determined that there is an error. FIG. 6 schematically shows the time-series data for which the determination of all the time-series data is completed and the determination result as preprocessing. That is, the leftmost column 71 is the clock 1
3 is the time measured, and the columns 73a and 73b on the right are GP
The position of the position detection device 3 detected by the S receiver 11 and the rightmost column 75 are the determination results in step 300. That is, the columns 71, 73a, and 73b correspond to the time-series data stored in the IC card 5. In the symbols in the column 75, D indicates “move” and E indicates “error”. For example, the first time-series data indicates that the portable position detecting device 3 was at north latitude dn ° m1′21 ″ and east longitude de ° m2′07 ″ at 9:51, and the determination is D (moving). Means that.

At 10:19 and at 10:20 following
The horizontal lines shown in the minute columns 73a and 73b indicate that an error code is included. Although there is no symbol indicating "stationary" in the column 75, since the position detecting device 3 is provided in the attache case as described above, when a salesperson enters a building or the like for business negotiations, the radio wave of the artificial satellite Cannot be received, and the point at which it should be determined to be "still"
All are determined to be "errors".

Next, the routine proceeds to step 310, where the time is set to tBn indicating the start of the time zone. Since this is the first time point, n = 1, that is, tB1 is 9
Hour and 51 minutes are set. Subsequently, in step 320, the determination result at this time is referred to, and in step 330, the determination result at the next time is referenced. If both are the same, step 330 is performed again, and the determination result at the next time is further referenced. . When a different judgment is made, the process proceeds to step 340, the time is set to tEn, and the extraction of one time zone is completed. In this example, the judgment at 9:51 is “D”,
Then, the next judgment “E” other than “D” is 10
Since it is 17:00, 10:17 is set as tE1, and the time zone 81 [9:51, 10:17] is extracted. It should be noted that even when there is no next data to be referred to in step 330, that is, when the reference has progressed to the end of the time-series data, the process proceeds to step 340.

Then, the process proceeds to steps 350 to 380, and it is determined whether the position detecting device 3 is moving or stationary in the time zone [tBn, tEn]. In step 350, if the judgment referred to in steps 320 to 330 is not E, that is, if the judgment is not "error", the process proceeds to step 360, and the judgment is adopted. In the above example, since the determination from 9:51 to 10:17 is D, that is, “move” and not “error”, the time zone 81 is registered as having moved.

On the other hand, if the determination is "error" in step 350, the flow advances to the next step 370 to determine whether to move or stop by referring to position information before and after the time zone. That is, if the two pieces of position information match, the process proceeds to step 380 to determine that the vehicle has stopped, and if the two pieces of information are different, the process proceeds to step 390 to determine that the device has moved.
For example, in FIG. 6, a time zone 83 [tB2, tE2] following the time zone 81 [tB1, tE1] (where tB2 = 10: 18)
(Minute, tE2 = 10: 43) is determined to be “error”, so the determination is made by referring to the position information before and after. Then, the position information respectively corresponding to tE1 = 10: 17 and tB3 = 10: 44 are north latitude dn ° m3'51 ″ and east longitude de ° m.
4'35 ", so this time zone 83 [tB2,
At tE2], it is determined that the position detection device 3 is stationary.

In this determination, similarly to the determination as the pre-processing in step 300, a threshold value is provided, and it is determined that the user has moved when the two location points are different from each other by the threshold value or more. Also, tBn + 1 of step 370
Has not yet been set at this time, but here, a symbol representing the start time of the next time zone is used as the time following tEn for convenience.

When the determination for one time zone is completed, the process proceeds to step 400, where it is determined whether the determination has been completed up to the end of the time series data. If not, the process returns to step 310, and the above-described processing for dividing / determining the remaining time-series data into time zones is repeated. If the processing has been completed, the processing ends.

When the time zone division processing is completed, I
The time-series data stored in the C card 5 is divided into several time zones, and for each time zone, it is determined whether the position detection device 3 is stationary or moving. Note that, as described above, since the position detection device 3 is activated at the same time as the salesperson goes outside, the time-series data usually starts from the time zone in which the user moves.

The creation support processing executed after the time zone division processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step 500, the time zone during which the position detecting device 3 has moved is displayed on the screen of the CRT 39. In the above example, “9:51 to 10:17” is displayed on the screen as the time zone 81. Subsequently, in the moving means estimation processing in step 510, based on the position information, processing is performed as transportation means estimating means for estimating the transportation means used for the movement, and the temporary settlement statement displaying means for displaying it on the screen of the CRT 39 is provided. Is performed. For example, "1. XX Railway 2. Municipal Bus 3. Walk 4. Other" is displayed.

In the next step 520, CR
It waits for the designation input of the actually used one of the transportation displayed on the screen of T. For example, if the user has moved on foot, the user inputs “3” from the keyboard 43. The keyboard 43 here corresponds to the replenishing means of the present invention. In the following step 530, based on the input in step 520, the fare table for this movement is referred to and set from the fare table stored in the ROM 49. In the above example, the fare is zero because we traveled on foot.

In the next step 540, the judgment result by the above-mentioned time zone division processing in the next time zone is referred to, and if the result is "moving" again, the process returns to step 500 and "still".
If so, the process proceeds to step 550. If the next time zone does not exist, that is, if the time zone is the last time zone of the time series data, the process jumps to the daily report printing process of step 580. Hereinafter, assuming that the time zone is “still”, the processing of step 550 and subsequent steps will be described.

At step 550, the time zone during which the position detecting device 3 is stationary is displayed on the screen of the CRT 39. For example, for the time zone 83, "10:18 to 1
00:43 "is displayed. Subsequently, in the moving means estimating process in step 560, based on the position information, the corresponding map information is referred to from the CD / ROM 35 as a map information referencing means, and is displayed on the screen of the CRT 39. For example, as the location information, the map information “△△ Sangyo Co., Ltd. XX branch office” as a building name corresponding to latitude dn ° m3′51 ″ north and longitude de ° m4′35 ″ east is stored in the CD-ROM 35.
If it is stored in the box, "@Sangyo Corporation XX branch office" is displayed. Since this display is performed following the display of the time zone in step 550, it is understood that these screen displays have a corresponding relationship. In other words, the process of displaying the time zone and the map information on the CRT 39 in steps 550 to 560 corresponds to the process as a provisional daily report display unit.

In the next step 570, step 550
-Wait for the input of necessary items related to the information displayed on the CRT 39 in step 560. In the above example, CRT39
"10: 18-10: 43" and "@"
“Sangyo Co., Ltd. xx branch office”, “Business negotiation partner: Chief of Engineering Dept. Yamada Chief requirement: …… Equipment quotation and distribution of new product catalog Result: Acceptance of amount, request to change delivery date to 3/10 Remarks :... ”Through the keyboard 43. The keyboard 43 here corresponds to the input unit of the present invention.

When the input for the time zone that has been stationary is thus completed, the process returns to step 540, and branches again to step 500, step 550, or step 580 based on the determination of the next time zone. When the above processing is repeated and the input relating to the moving means or the negotiation is completed for all the time zones, the process proceeds to step 580, and the CRT
Based on the data displayed on the display 39 and the contents input from the keyboard 43, document data in a predetermined format is created, a ruled line and the like are added thereto, and the document data is output to a printer 41 as a predetermined output device. The creation support processing ends.
In addition, in the time zone in which the use of the transportation is input in step 520, the name of the transportation is printed, and the name of the station or the bus stop where the vehicle has been got off or on is referred to from the CD / ROM 35, and is displayed together with the fare. Printed. That is, step 580
Are equivalent to the processing performed by the daily report output means and the processing performed by the settlement report output means of the present invention.

Here, step 51 of the above-mentioned creation support processing
A description will be given, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As described above, in this process, the transportation used for the movement is estimated based on the position information, and the estimated transportation is displayed on the screen of the CRT 39 as a candidate. For that purpose, first, in step 600, the name of the station (or the name of the bus stop) near the position information corresponding to the start point tBn of the time zone and the name of the corresponding transportation means are CD / R.
Search from OM35. In the following step 610, the station name (or bus stop name) near the position information corresponding to the end point tEn of the time zone and the corresponding transportation name are recorded on the CD.
-Search from the ROM 35. Then, the process proceeds to step 620, in which a common name between the transportation name searched in step 600 and the transportation name searched in step 610 is adopted.
At 0, it is displayed on the CRT 39. "Other" is added when it cannot be estimated in steps 600 to 610 due to reasons such as changing to another transportation means during the movement or using a car.

According to the report creator 1 described above, the position detector 3 records the location point and the time of the salesperson on the IC card 5 at regular intervals, so that the accurate information indicating the outside activities can be obtained. Time series data can be created. In addition, since the daily report creation support device 7 refers to the map information corresponding to the position information and estimates the transportation used for the travel, it is not necessary to note the location, time, and travel method of the negotiation. As you can concentrate on essential tasks. In addition to this, the daily report creation support device 7 also sets a fare, so that when billing for transportation expenses, it is possible to receive a legitimate amount according to this record. When the transportation fare is revised, the integrated circuit storing the fare table in the ROM 49 may be replaced with an integrated circuit storing a new fare table.

Further, since the time, place, transportation, and fare are set in a predetermined format and printed out from the printer 41, the appearance is good, and the outside activity is accurately recorded while maintaining the format of the conventional daily report. Reports can be generated in a short time. In addition, since accurate behavior management is performed as described above, the salesperson cannot take useless behavior, and efficient sales activities can be expected. On the other hand, the activity is not monitored by others in real time, so there is little mental pressure on the salesperson.

The position detecting device 3 mainly includes only the GPS receiver 11, the clock 13, the IC card reader / writer 15, and the control device 17, and has a very simple configuration even if the IC card 5 is added. For this reason, it is lightweight, excellent in portability, and can be inexpensive, and can manage many salesperson's activities at low cost.

As described above, as an embodiment of the present invention, the report producing apparatus 1 to which the portable position detecting device, the business daily report producing device, and the transportation expense report producing device of the present invention are applied has been described. The embodiments are not limited in any way, and can be implemented in various modes.

For example, the position detecting device 3 may be provided not in the attache case but in a commercial vehicle. In this case, if the car is parked outdoors during a negotiation, the position of the car is always detected, and time-series data without error codes is generated. In the case where all the position detecting devices 3 are used by being mounted on an automobile in this way, the settlement of transportation expenses is not very meaningful. Therefore, a simpler configuration is adopted except for the transportation means estimation processing and the processing for setting the fare. Becomes On the other hand, since there is a possibility that the parking position of the car and the negotiation place are apart, the CD / ROM 3
When referring from 5, the position information (for example) radius 2
It is preferable to search the map information within 00 m and let the salesperson select a place where the negotiation was actually performed from the map information within the range.

Although the daily report preparation support device 7 prepares a daily report also serving as a transportation expense report, a payment report for requesting transportation expenses may be printed separately from the daily report. For example, the daily report printing process of step 680 is divided,
First, a daily report describing only the negotiation results may be printed, and then a transportation expense statement may be printed as a separate sheet. In addition, it is possible to extract only the stationary time zone from the time-series data and create a daily report that describes only the negotiation results. Conversely, only the moving time zone is extracted and the transportation expenses are settled. It may be a device for creating a document.

The recording medium is not limited to the IC card 5, but may be an IC chip, FD, magnetic card, or the like.
Small and lightweight like C card 5, excellent in durability,
It is desirable that it be easily removable. Also, this IC card 5
In this case, an identification number or a name corresponding to each salesperson may be stored, and a card dedicated to each salesperson may be stored. By doing so, it is possible to save the trouble of inputting one's name in step 670.

The map information storage means may be a writable magnetic medium, for example, a hard disk, instead of the CD / ROM 35 as in the present invention. Then, in this magnetic medium, only the name of the customer or a place frequently used as a negotiation place is stored together with the corresponding position information as map information, and if necessary, the necessary storage capacity can be saved by referring to it. When a new customer can be cultivated, it may be stored in a magnetic medium together with the position information so that it can be referred to.

The document data as a daily report is sent to the printer 41.
Instead of outputting to the host computer, for example, a host computer may be provided in the human resources department or the accounting department of the company in which the sales person works, and the host computer may be transmitted to the host computer through the serial interface 52. It is preferable from the standpoint of protecting paper resources that the recording of the results or the settlement of transportation expenses be performed by this host computer.
In addition, based on this method, daily activities are not strictly controlled, but sales data, payment of travel expenses, etc. are aggregated, for example, on a monthly basis from document data transmitted to the host computer. By performing the relative evaluation of the above, the problem of mental pressure and the problem of human rights can be solved, and the evaluation of the salesperson can be performed accurately, quickly, and objectively. Further, by accumulating and analyzing the document data thus obtained, it is expected that a more efficient moving method and an efficient combination of the customer in charge will be found.

The clock 13 is designed to be able to measure not only the time but also the date. In accordance with this, the IC card 5 can also store the date and time. Data may also be recorded. And
In the time zone classification process, first, a step of receiving a designation input of a date to be processed is provided, and the IC card reader 3
From the time series data fetched in 3, only the time series data corresponding to the date is extracted, and the following processing is performed. In this way, data for a plurality of days can be recorded on the IC card, and a daily report can be made later. In addition, a weekly report, a monthly report, and the like can be created by allowing a plurality of dates to be designated and adding necessary components as appropriate.

The GPS receiver 11 also detects the moving speed of the receiving point, and in the time / point recording process, uses the time information and the position information as IC speed information.
It may be stored in the card 5. In the time zone division processing, when all the time-series data is divided into a time zone in which it was stationary and a time zone in which it was moving, moving / stilling may be determined by referring to this speed information. good.

The moving means estimating process in step 510 may not be based on the above method. For example, by-laws of the moving method are created in advance (for example, moving from "..." to "
Use electric railway. The transfer from… to… is limited to “via a municipal bus bound for…” and so on. These internal rules are stored together with the corresponding position data in a CD / ROM or a magnetic medium, and in step 510, the moving means is specified by referring to the data in the magnetic medium based on the position information of the time-series data. I do. According to this method, the storage capacity required as a part corresponding to the transportation means of the present invention can be drastically reduced. In some cases, the input of the moving means in step 520 is not required by this method. Other methods are also applicable as long as they have the function as the means of estimating the means of transportation of the present invention.

As is apparent from the above description, this report preparation device 1 may be used not only by a salesperson but also by a person engaged in any outside work, and a report is easily prepared in the same manner as described above. be able to. Also, even if a business traveler carries the position detecting device 3 instead of a person who works outside,
It is very convenient because it is easy to settle travel expenses.

[0059]

According to the portable position detecting device according to the first aspect of the present invention, the recording means records the location point and time of the moving object on the recording medium. This eliminates the need to write down places and times, and allows you to concentrate on negotiations.

In addition, since accurate behavior management is performed, those who go around together with the mobile body cannot take useless behavior, and can expect efficient business activities. On the other hand, sales people are not monitored by others in real time,
Mental pressure is small. Furthermore, the configuration of the portable position detecting device mainly includes a GPS receiver, a timing unit, and a recording unit, and is a very simple configuration even if a predetermined recording medium is added. For this reason, it is lightweight, excellent in portability, and can be inexpensive, and can manage many salesperson's activities at low cost.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a business daily report creator, wherein the reading means fetches time information and position information from a predetermined recording medium, and the map information referring means is located at a point corresponding to the position information. Alternatively, the provisional daily report display means refers to the map information including the place name of the point from the map information storage means and displays the provisional daily report on a predetermined image display device with time.
Business locations and times can be accurately reproduced.

Further, the daily report output means creates document data in a predetermined format based on the time information and the position information stored in the recording medium and outputs the document data to a predetermined output device. A daily report can be created in a short time. According to the transportation expense report preparation device of the third aspect, the transportation means estimating means automatically determines the transportation equipment used for traveling in a certain time zone from the time information and the position information stored in the predetermined recording medium. Therefore, it is not necessary to make a memo about transportation when going outside, so that it is possible to concentrate more on negotiations. In addition, since a travel expense report can be completed simply by adding a waypoint, a fare, and the like to the document data created by the report output means, it is efficient, and an accurate action record recorded on a predetermined recording medium. Because of this, fraudulent receipt of transportation expenses can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an overall configuration of a report creation device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline of all processes performed by a report creation device 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a time / point recording process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a time zone dividing process.

FIG. 6 shows position information created in the IC card 5 by time / point recording processing and time information corresponding to the position information.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a state in which a determination of movement / still is added.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a creation support process.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing moving means estimation processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Report creation device 3 ... Portable position detection device 5 ... IC card 7 ... Daily report creation device 11 ... GPS receiver 13 ... Clock 15 ... IC card reader / writer 17 ... Control device 33 ... IC card reader 37 ... CD driver 39 … CRT 4
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Printer 43 ... Keyboard 45 ... Control device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A GPS that receives transmission radio waves from a plurality of artificial satellites and calculates position information of a receiving point based on the received radio waves.
A time-measuring means for measuring a time, the position information calculated by the GPS receiver, and time information, which is the time measured by the time-measuring means at the time when the calculation is performed, at regular intervals. Recording means for storing in a predetermined recording medium; and a portable position detecting device comprising: 2. A reading means for taking in the position information and time information from the predetermined recording medium, and a time zone in which the portable position detecting device is stationary based on the position information taken in by the reading means. A stationary information judging means for extracting from the time information, a map information storage means for storing a building existing at a point corresponding to the position information or a map information comprising a place name of the point, and a map corresponding to the position information Map information reference means for referring to information from the map information storage means; and the map information referred to by the map information reference means from the stationary time zone and the position information corresponding to the time zone.
Provisional daily report display means for responsively outputting to a predetermined image display device; input means for adding necessary information as a daily report to the contents displayed by the provisional daily report display means; The map information referred to by the map information reference means from the necessary information, the stationary time zone, and the position information corresponding to the time zone is arranged in a predetermined format, and sent to a predetermined output device as document data. And a daily report output means for outputting the daily report. 3. A capturing means for capturing the position information and the time information from the predetermined recording medium, based on the positional information captured by the capturing means,
Movement determination means for extracting a time zone in which the portable position detection device was moving from the time information; a name of a predetermined transportation facility; a name of a place where the passenger can get on and off on an operation route of the transportation means; The location information corresponding to the possible location is stored in advance in the transportation means storage means, and based on the location information corresponding to the time zone in which the user has traveled,
A transportation means estimating means for estimating a transportation mechanism used for traveling in the time zone by referring to the transportation means storage means; The transportation means estimated by the institution estimation means is
Provisional balance display means for responsively outputting to a predetermined image display device, and supplementary means for adding necessary information as a transportation expense balance to the contents displayed by the provisional balance display, at least, The necessary items added by the supplementary means and the transportation means estimated by the transportation means estimation means are:
A travel expense report preparing device, comprising: a report output means for preparing the document into a prescribed format and outputting the data as document data to a prescribed output device.