Management device

Abstract

To provide a management device capable of flexibly receiving a baggage per receivable range specified in an organization.SOLUTION: A management device (5) according to an embodiment comprises: a first acquisition unit (51) which acquires specified receivable range information of a baggage (B) specified by a cargo owner (P1) of the baggage (B) among a plurality of receivable ranges of the baggage (B) based on organization information registered in a database (6); a second acquisition unit (52) which acquires information of receivable places which can receive the baggage (B) assigned per receivable range; and an identification unit (53) which identifies a delivery place (7) to which the baggage (B) is delivered on the basis of the specified receivable range information and the receivable place information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a management device. [Background technology]

[0002] For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a delivery system in which a recipient can receive a package at a receiving box installed at a predetermined location by designating the receiving box as the receiving location for the package. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2002-251436 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] The present applicant has found the following problem: The delivery system of Patent Document 1 allows recipients to receive packages in a receiving box designated by the recipient, but does not allow recipients to receive packages flexibly according to a designated receiving area within an organization.

[0005] The present disclosure has been made to solve such problems, and realizes a management device that allows flexible receipt of packages for each designated receiving range within an organization. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] A management device according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a management device for delivering packages, A first acquisition unit that acquires designated receiving area information of the package designated by a shipper of the package from among a plurality of receiving areas of the package based on organization information registered in a database; A second acquisition unit that acquires information on a receiving location where the package can be received, the receiving location information being allocated to each receiving range; A specifying unit that specifies a delivery location to which the package is to be delivered based on the designated receiving area information and the receiving location information; Equipped with.

[0007] The above-mentioned management device preferably includes a transmission unit that transmits delivery instruction information to an information device carried by a deliverer who delivers the package, so as to deliver the package to the delivery location.

[0008] In the above-mentioned management device, it is preferable that the transmission unit transmits delivery completion information indicating that the package has been delivered to the delivery location to an information device carried by a recipient who is within a designated receiving range specified by the shipper.

[0009] In the above-mentioned management device, the receiving range is ranked lower as the number of people included in the receiving range decreases, The lower receiving area is preferably included in a higher receiving area having a larger number of people than the lower receiving area.

[0010] In the above-mentioned management device, it is preferable that each delivery location is a postbox installed in a room or floor where entry and exit of people is restricted for each receiving area, and that only people within the receiving area can receive the package. Effect of the Invention

[0011] The present disclosure allows flexible receipt of packages within designated receiving areas within an organization. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0012] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is an image diagram showing an overall configuration of a delivery system according to an embodiment. [Diagram 2] 2 is a block diagram showing functional blocks of a management device of the delivery system according to the embodiment; FIG. [Diagram 3] FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of organization information. [Figure 4]FIG. 2 is a timing chart for explaining the flow of delivering a package using the delivery system of the embodiment. [Diagram 5] FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining how to specify a designated receipt range. [Figure 6] FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining how a recipient receives a package from a delivery location. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0013] Hereinafter, specific embodiments to which the present disclosure is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the present disclosure is not limited to the following embodiments. In addition, the following description and drawings are appropriately simplified.

[0014] Fig. 1 is an image diagram showing the overall configuration of a delivery system according to the present embodiment. As shown in Fig. 1, the delivery system 1 includes a first information device 2, a second information device 3, a third information device 4, a management device 5, a database (DB) 6, and a delivery location 7.

[0015] The first information device 2, the second information device 3, the third information device 4, the management device 5, the DB 6, and the delivery location 7 are connected via a wired or wireless communication line, for example, the Internet.

[0016] The details of the delivery system 1 will be described later, but for example, as shown in Figure 1, an in-house delivery person P2 within the facility delivers a package B requested by a shipper P1 to a delivery location 7 assigned to a designated receiving area specified by the shipper P1, and the package B is made available for receipt only by a recipient P3 who is included in the designated receiving area.

[0017] The first information device 2 is a smartphone or a PC (Personal Computer) owned by the consignor P1. For example, the consignor P1 inputs the address of a facility to which the ordered package B is to be delivered via the first information device 2, and specifies the area in which the package B can be received.

[0018] The consignor P1 receives information about the package delivered to the facility, for example, via the first information device 2. The package information may include item information and consignor information about the package B. Here, the receiving range designated by the consignor P1 is referred to as the designated receiving range.

[0019] The second information device 3 is a smartphone or PC owned by the in-house deliverer P2. The in-house deliverer P2, for example, registers package information delivered to the facility via the second information device 3 and transmits delivery completion information indicating that delivery of package B to the delivery location 7 has been completed. The delivery completion information may include, in addition to the package information, location information of the delivery location 7 within the facility to which package B has been delivered.

[0020] Furthermore, the in-house deliverer P2 receives delivery instruction information instructing the delivery of the package B to the delivery location 7 via, for example, the second information device 3. The delivery instruction information may include location information of the delivery location 7 within the facility to which the package B is to be delivered, in addition to the package information.

[0021] The third information device 4 is a smartphone or PC owned by the potential recipient P3. The potential recipient P3 includes the consignor P1 according to the designated receiving range designated by the consignor P1. The potential recipient P3 receives delivery completion information via the third information device 4, for example. In addition, the potential recipient P3 transmits receipt completion information for the package B via the third information device 4, for example.

[0022] The management device 5 manages the delivery of the package B. Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing functional blocks of the management device of the delivery system of this embodiment. As shown in Fig. 2, the management device 5 includes a first acquisition unit 51, a second acquisition unit 52, an identification unit 53, and a transmission / reception unit 54.

[0023] The first acquisition unit 51 acquires designated receivable range information for the package B designated by the shipper P1 of the package B from among a plurality of receivable ranges for the package B based on the organization information registered in DB6.

[0024] Organizational information is, for example, information relating to departments (divisions, sections, groups, etc.) within a company, information on pick-up locations assigned to each department, and personal information such as the names of people belonging to each department. Here, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of organizational information. In the example of FIG. 3, information on three departments is provided as organizational information. However, in the example of FIG. 3, personal information is omitted.

[0025] The receiving range is set, for example, by department within a company, a combination of multiple departments, or by one or multiple individuals. Therefore, for example, if the receiving range is a "department," it also includes "sections" and "groups" that belong to the "department," and all people that belong to the "department" are included.

[0026] In other words, the lower the receiving range, the fewer the number of people included in the receiving range, and a lower receiving range is included in a higher receiving range that has a greater number of people than the lower receiving range.

[0027] 3, for example, Management G1, Management G2, and IP G are set individually and in combination as the receiving range. Also, the receiving range is set, for example, as a combination of one or more people who belong to at least one of Management G1, Management G2, and IP G. Then, the first acquisition unit 51 acquires the designated receiving range information designated (selected) by the shipper P1 of the package B from among these receiving ranges.

[0028] The second acquisition unit 52 acquires information about a receiving location where the package B allocated to each receiving range can be received. The receiving location indicated by the receiving location information may be, for example, a postbox installed on a floor or in a room where only people included in each receiving range are allowed to enter or leave.

[0029] At this time, the postbox may be configured to, for example, determine whether the person who has come to receive package B is within the designated receiving area (i.e., recipient P3) when an IC card constituting an employee ID card is held over the postbox, and unlock the postbox door if the determination result is that the person is a recipient P3. With this configuration, it is possible to accommodate cases where the designated receiving area is an individual.

[0030] The identification unit 53 identifies the delivery location 7 to which the package B is to be delivered based on the designated receiving range information and the receiving location information. In other words, the identification unit 53 identifies the delivery location 7 where a person included in the designated receiving range designated by the shipper P1 can receive the package B.

[0031] The transmitter / receiver unit 54 receives designated receiving area information for parcel B from the first information device 2, receives information about parcels delivered to the facility from the second information device 3, receives delivery completion information indicating that delivery of parcel B to the delivery location 7 has been completed from the second information device 3, and receives receipt completion information for parcel B from the third information device 4.

[0032] The transmission / reception unit 54 transmits information about the parcel delivered to the facility to the first information device 2, transmits delivery instruction information instructing the delivery of parcel B to the delivery location 7 to the second information device 3, and transmits delivery completion information to the third information device 4.

[0033] DB6 stores organization information, receivable range information, receivable place information, etc. As described above, the delivery place 7 is a place to deliver the package B identified by the identification unit 53, and may be, for example, a postbox installed on a floor or room where only the receivable person P3 is allowed to enter and exit.

[0034] Next, a flow of delivering a package B using the delivery system 1 of the present embodiment will be described. Fig. 4 is a timing chart for explaining the flow of delivering a package using the delivery system of the present embodiment.

[0035] First, when the in-house deliverer P2 receives the package B delivered to the facility designated by the consignor P1, the in-house deliverer P2 registers the package information in the management device 5 via the second information device 3 (S1). When the management device 5 receives the package information, it transmits the package information to the first information device 2 to notify the consignor P1 that the package B has been delivered to the facility (S2).

[0036] Next, when the consignor P1 specifies a receiving range via the first information device 2, the first information device 2 transmits the specified receiving range information to the management device 5 (S3). As a result, the first acquisition unit 51 of the management device 5 acquires the specified receiving range information of the package B specified by the consignor P1.

[0037] Here, Fig. 5 is a diagram for explaining how to specify a designated receiving range. When the consignor P1 specifies a designated receiving range, for example, a specification screen as shown in the upper diagram of Fig. 5 is displayed on the first information device 2.

[0038] In the example of FIG. 5, the first information device 2 displays that package B is a book, and also displays check boxes for designating the recipient as a department, an individual, or no designation.

[0039] For example, when the consignor P1 checks a department, organizational information such as that shown in the lower diagram of Fig. 5 is displayed as the receiving range on the first information device 2, and the consignor P1 designates the department where the consignor P1 will receive the package B as the designated receiving range. In the example of Fig. 5, Management G1 is designated as the designated receiving range.

[0040] For example, when the consignor P1 checks "Individual," organizational information is displayed on the first information device 2 as the receiving range, and the consignor P1 designates one or more people who will receive the package B as the designated receiving range. Also, for example, when the consignor P1 checks "No designation," everyone in the company is designated as the designated receiving range.

[0041] Next, the second acquisition unit 52 of the management device 5 acquires the receiving location information where the package B can be received, which is allocated for each receiving range, from the DB 6. Then, the identification unit 53 of the management device 5 identifies the delivery location 7 to which the package B is to be delivered, based on the designated receiving range information and the receiving location information.

[0042] In the example of Fig. 5, office0123 is specified as the delivery location 7. At this time, the specification unit 53 of the management device 5 may control the door of the delivery location 7 so that only a recipient P3 who is included in the designated delivery location range can unlock the door of the delivery location 7.

[0043] Next, the transmitting / receiving unit 54 of the management device 5 transmits delivery instruction information for delivering the package B to the delivery location 7 to the second information device 3 (S4). Then, the in-house deliverer P2 delivers the package B to the delivery location 7 based on the delivery instruction information (S5).

[0044] Next, the in-house deliverer P2 transmits delivery completion information indicating that delivery of package B to the delivery location 7 has been completed to the management device 5 via the second information device 3 (S6). Then, the transceiver 54 of the management device 5 transmits the delivery completion information to the third information device 4 to request the potential recipient P3, who is a person within the designated receipt range, to receive package B from the delivery location 7 (S7).

[0045] Next, the potential recipient P3 receives package B from the delivery location 7 (S8). At this time, if the designated receiving area is designated by department and the delivery location 7 is a mailbox installed on a floor or room where only the potential recipient P3 is permitted to enter and exit, only the potential recipient P3 can receive package B, and the privacy of the potential recipient P3 can be ensured.

[0046] Here, Fig. 6 is a diagram for explaining how a recipient receives a package from a delivery location. For example, as shown in the upper diagram of Fig. 6, when an IC card 8 constituting an employee ID is held over an IC reader 7a installed at a delivery location 7, the identification unit 53 of the management device 5 judges whether the person who has come to receive the package B is a recipient P3 or not, and if the judgment result is that the person is a recipient P3, the door of the delivery location 7 is unlocked. This makes it possible to ensure privacy even when the designated recipient range is an individual.

[0047] At this time, as shown in the lower diagram of Fig. 6, the third information device 4 may be notified that the door to the delivery location 7 has been unlocked, in addition to the delivery completion information transmitted to receive package B from the delivery location 7. Thereafter, when potential recipient P3 transmits receipt completion information for package B to management device 5 via third information device 4, management device 5 ends delivery management of package B (S9).

[0048] In this way, the management device 5 of this embodiment specifies the delivery location 7 to which the package B is delivered based on the designated receiving area information designated by the shipper P1 from among the receiving area based on the organization information and the receiving location information allocated to each receiving area where the package B can be received. This allows the management device 5 of this embodiment to flexibly allow the package B to be received for each designated receiving area designated by the shipper P1.

[0049] In the above embodiment, after the in-house deliverer P2 receives parcel B, the in-house deliverer P2 registers the parcel information in the management device 5 via the second information device 3, and the management device 5 transmits the parcel information to the first information device 2 to notify the shipper P1 that parcel B has been delivered to the facility. However, for example, based on the location information of parcel B during delivery, the in-house deliverer P2 may register the parcel information in the management device 5 via the second information device 3, and the management device 5 may transmit the parcel information to the first information device 2 to notify the shipper P1 that parcel B will be delivered to the facility.

[0050] In addition, in the above embodiment, the in-house deliverer P2 delivers the package B to the delivery location 7, but a robot may deliver the package B to the delivery location 7. In this case, the robot will process the operations of the in-house deliverer P2 described above.

[0051] A part or all of the above processes may be executed by a computer program. That is, the control of the above processing device is executed by a control computer that configures the processing device executing the program. The above-mentioned program includes a set of instructions (or software code) for making the computer perform one or more functions described in the embodiment when the program is loaded into the computer. The program may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium or a tangible storage medium. By way of example and not limitation, the computer-readable medium or tangible storage medium includes random-access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), flash memory, solid-state drive (SSD) or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disc (DVD), Blu-ray (registered trademark) disk or other optical disk storage, magnetic cassette, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage device. The program may be transmitted on a transitory computer-readable medium or communication medium. By way of example and not limitation, the transitory computer-readable medium or communication medium includes electrical, optical, acoustic, or other forms of propagated signals.

[0052] The present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified as appropriate without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. [Explanation of symbols]

[0053] 1. Delivery System 2. First information device 3. Second information device 4. The third information device 5 Management device, 51 First acquisition unit, 52 Second acquisition unit, 53 Identification unit, 54 Transmitting / receiving unit 6 Database 7 Delivery location, 7a Leader 8. IC Cards B. Luggage P1 Shipper P2 In-house delivery person P3 Eligible recipients

Claims

1. A management device for delivering packages, comprising: a first acquisition unit that acquires designated receiving area information of the package designated by a shipper of the package from among a plurality of receiving areas of the package based on organization information registered in a database; A second acquisition unit that acquires information on a receiving location where the package can be received, the receiving location information being assigned to each receiving range; A specifying unit that specifies a delivery location to which the package is to be delivered based on the designated receiving area information and the receiving location information; A management device comprising:

2. 2. The management device according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission unit that transmits delivery instruction information to an information device carried by a deliverer who delivers the package, so as to deliver the package to the delivery location.

3. The management device according to claim 2 , wherein the transmission unit transmits delivery completion information indicating that the package has been delivered to the delivery location to an information device carried by a recipient within a designated receiving range designated by the shipper.

4. The lower the number of people included in the receiving range, the lower the receiving range becomes, The management device according to claim 1 , wherein the lower receiving range is included in a higher receiving range having a larger number of people than the lower receiving range.

5. A management device as described in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each delivery location is a post installed in a room or floor where entry and exit of people is restricted for each receiving range, and only people within the receiving range can receive the package.

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