Control apparatus, stocker, stocker system, management apparatus, and control method

Abstract

To improve convenience.SOLUTION: The present invention is directed to a control apparatus for use in a stocker system having a stocker having a plurality of delivery storage. The control apparatus has: a delivery storage setting unit for, based on delivery storage information obtained by associating vacancy information on each delivery storage with information on a priority order allocated to each delivery storage, setting a delivery storage with the highest priority order among vacant delivery storage with no article delivered as a target delivery storage set as a target storage to which the article is to be delivered; a selection reception unit for receiving selection of whether to lower the priority order of the target delivery storage; and an order setting unit for, when the selection reception unit receives selection of lowering the priority order of the target delivery storage, lowering the priority order of the target delivery storage in the delivery storage information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a control device, a stocker, a stocker system, a management device, and a control method. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, a control device of this type has been proposed for use in a stocker system equipped with a stocker having multiple delivery warehouses (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this control device, among delivery warehouses that are not scheduled to undergo cleaning processing at the scheduled time of receiving the goods, an empty delivery warehouse to which no goods have been delivered after cleaning processing is preferentially selected as the delivery warehouse to be used for delivery. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2023-103078 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, in the above-mentioned control device, the delivery warehouse to be used for delivery is determined based on whether or not the goods are delivered after the cleaning process. Therefore, it is not possible to deal with cases where a user wants to set the priority of the delivery warehouse to be used for delivery based on a viewpoint other than whether or not the goods are delivered after the cleaning process, and convenience is reduced.

[0005] The main objective of the control device, stocker, stocker system, management device, and control method disclosed herein is to improve convenience. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The control device, stocker, stocker system, management device, and control method of the present disclosure employ the following means to achieve the above-mentioned main object.

[0007] The control device of the present disclosure includes: A control device for use in a stocker system having a stocker with a plurality of delivery warehouses, A delivery warehouse setting unit that sets, based on delivery warehouse information that associates vacancy information of each delivery warehouse with information on the priority level assigned to each delivery warehouse, a delivery warehouse with the highest priority level among vacant delivery warehouses to which no goods are delivered as a target delivery warehouse to which the goods are delivered; A selection receiving unit that receives a selection of whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse; When the selection receiving unit receives a selection to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse, a priority setting unit that lowers the priority of the target delivery warehouse in the delivery warehouse information; The gist of the invention is to provide the following:

[0008] According to the control device disclosed herein, based on delivery warehouse information that associates vacancy information of each delivery warehouse with priority information assigned to each delivery warehouse, the delivery warehouse with the highest priority among the empty delivery warehouses to which no goods have been delivered is set as the target delivery warehouse to which the goods are to be delivered. This control device accepts a selection of whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse, and when the selection of lowering the priority of the target delivery warehouse is accepted, the priority of the target delivery warehouse is lowered in the delivery warehouse information. Since this control device makes it possible to select whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse, convenience can be improved. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of a stocker system 10. [Diagram 2] 13 is an explanatory diagram showing the allocation of delivery warehouse numbers to each delivery warehouse 41. FIG. [Diagram 3] 4 is a front view of the delivery warehouse 41 that houses the control device 50. FIG. [Figure 4] 2 is a block diagram showing electrical connections in the stocker system 10. FIG. [Diagram 5] FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of delivery warehouse information 54a. [Figure 6] 13 is a flowchart showing an example of an ordering process. [Figure 7] 13 is a flowchart showing an example of a delivery receipt process. [Figure 8] 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a selection receiving screen Sc2. FIG. [Figure 9] FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of delivery warehouse information 54a after a priority order change. [Figure 10] 13 is a flowchart showing an example of a priority order restoration process. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] An embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a stocker system 10. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the allocation of delivery warehouse numbers to each delivery warehouse 41. FIG. 3 is a front view of the delivery warehouse 41 that houses the control device 50. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical connection relationship of the stocker system 10. In this embodiment, the directions shown in FIG. 2 are the left-right direction and the up-down direction, and the direction perpendicular to the left-right direction and the up-down direction shown in FIG. 2 is the front-rear direction.

[0011] 1, the stocker system 10 includes a sales management system 20, a plurality of stockers 40 (stockers 40A to 40C), and a stocker management device 30 that manages the stockers 40. The sales management device 22, the stockers 40, and the stocker management device 30 are connected to a network 13 such as the Internet.

[0012] The sales management system 20 is a system managed by the store 21 (stores 21A to 21G in this embodiment), and includes a sales management device 22. The sales management device 22 is a computer that exchanges information with the mobile terminal 15 of the orderer 14 via the network 13, and provides the orderer 14 with product information on the product P as an article. The sales management device 22 stores, for example, a product database (DB) including information on the product P, a customer DB including information on the customer (orderer 14), and sales information including the order number of the purchased item (product P) and information on the stocker 40 that receives the product P.

[0013] The stocker 40 is used when handing over the product P delivered from the store 21 to the orderer 14. The stocker 40 is installed in various places such as offices, convenience stores, factories, stations, schools, and apartment buildings. The stocker 40 is equipped with a plurality of delivery warehouses 41 that can be unlocked and locked. The plurality of delivery warehouses 41 are configured, for example, in four rows and three columns, as shown in FIG. 2.

[0014] Each delivery warehouse 41 has an internal space as shown in Fig. 1. The delivery warehouse 41 includes a door 42 at the front, a locking mechanism 43 for locking and unlocking the door 42, an article sensor 44 for detecting the presence or absence of an article in the delivery warehouse 41, and an opening / closing sensor 45 for detecting the opening / closing of the door 42. The delivery warehouse 41 in the second row from the top and the second column from the left among the delivery warehouses 41 houses a control device 50 (see Fig. 4), and its door 42 is provided with a display operation device 46, a reading device 47, and a camera 48 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Therefore, eleven of the delivery warehouses 41 are used to store the product P. In the eleven delivery warehouses 41. The three delivery warehouses 41 in the first row from the top are assigned delivery warehouse numbers 1 to 3, the two delivery warehouses 41 in the second row from the top are assigned delivery warehouse numbers 4 and 5, the three delivery warehouses 41 in the third row from the top are assigned delivery warehouse numbers 6 to 8, and the three delivery warehouses 41 in the fourth row from the top are assigned delivery warehouse numbers 9 to 11.

[0015] The display operation device 46 displays various information to the deliverer 19 and the orderer 14 of the product P and inputs various operations from the deliverer 19 and the orderer 14. The display operation device 46 is configured, for example, as a touch panel disposed on the front side of the stocker 40. The reading device 47 is a code reader that reads a deliverer code for identifying the deliverer 19, an unlocking code used by the orderer 14 to unlock the delivery warehouse 41, and the like.

[0016] The camera 48 is configured as a color camera capable of capturing an image of an object within an imaging range in front of the stocker 40. The camera 48 outputs the captured image to the control device 50.

[0017] The control device 50 controls the entire stocker 40. As shown in FIG. 4, the control device 50 is configured as a computer including a CPU 51, a RAM 52, a ROM 53, a storage (e.g., SSD or HDD) 54, a communication unit 55, and the like. The storage 54 stores various application programs, various data files, delivery warehouse information 54a, and the like. The delivery warehouse information 54a stores a status indicating the usage state of each delivery warehouse 41 (such as an empty state indicating that the product P can be delivered to the delivery warehouse 41, a delivered state indicating that the product P has been delivered to the delivery warehouse 41, and a delivery waiting state in which the delivery person 19 is waiting for the delivery of the product P), an order number of the product P, and a priority order of delivery to each delivery warehouse 41, in association with the delivery warehouse number. The storage 54 also stores information on a deliverer ID assigned to each deliverer 19, and the like. The communication unit 55 communicates with external devices such as the stocker management device 30. The control device 50 receives detection signals from the article sensor 44 and the opening / closing sensor 45, a control signal from the display operation device 46, information read by the reading device 47, an image signal from the camera 48, and the like. The control device 50 also outputs control signals to the lock mechanism 43, the display operation device 46, the camera 48, and the like.

[0018] As shown in Fig. 5, the two delivery warehouses 41 on the second level from the top are assigned priorities of 1 and 2, the three delivery warehouses 41 on the third level from the top are assigned priorities of 3 to 5, the three delivery warehouses 41 on the fourth level (bottom level) from the top are assigned priorities of 6 to 8, and the three delivery warehouses 41 on the first level (top level) from the top are assigned priorities of 9 to 11. Priority level 1 is the highest and priority level 11 is the lowest. The display operation device 46 and the reading device 47 are located on the second level from the top of the stocker 40, making them easy to reach and operate for people (orderer 14 and deliverer 19). For this reason, in this embodiment, the highest priority (1 and 2) is assigned to the delivery warehouses 41 on the second level from the top, which are the easiest for people to reach (delivery warehouses 41 with delivery warehouse numbers 4 and 5), the next highest priority (3 to 5) is assigned to the delivery warehouses 41 on the third level from the top, which are relatively easy for people to reach, and lower priority (6 to 11) is assigned to the delivery warehouses 41 on the bottom level and the top level, which are difficult for people to reach. In this way, the delivery warehouses 41 that are located in positions that are easier for people to reach, that is, the more central the delivery warehouses 41 are among the multiple levels, are assigned higher priority.

[0019] The stocker management device 30 is responsible for managing the entire stocker system 10. As shown in Fig. 4, the stocker management device 30 is configured as a computer having a CPU 31, ROM 32, RAM 33, storage 34, communication unit 35, etc. The storage 34 stores stocker information 34a including information similar to delivery warehouse information 54a for each stocker 40. The communication unit 35 exchanges information with the mobile terminal 15 of the orderer 14, the stocker 40, etc. The stocker management device 30 communicates with each stocker 40 to update the delivery warehouse information of each stocker 40 included in the stocker information 34a.

[0020] Next, the operation of the thus configured stocker system 10 will be described. First, the operation of the stocker system 10 when the orderer 14 operates the mobile terminal 15 or the like to select the desired product P from the information on the product P provided by the sales management device 22 and thereby places an order for the product P will be described.

[0021] When the sales management device 22 receives an order for a product P from an orderer 14 via a mobile terminal 15 or the like, the sales management device 22 stores the orderer information, including the orderer ID of the orderer 14, the name of the orderer 14, the address of the orderer 14, the email address of the orderer 14, etc., and the information of the stocker 40 from which the orderer wishes to receive the product, in association with the order number of the product P, as sales information. Then, the sales management device 22 transmits the sales information to the stocker management device 30. The stocker management device 30, which has received the sales information, transmits a request to execute an order processing and the order number to the control device 50.

[0022] FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing an example of the order processing executed by the CPU 51 of the control device 50. This processing is executed when an execution request of the order processing is received from the stocker management device 30. When the order processing is started, the CPU 51 of the control device 50 first acquires the status of each delivery warehouse 41 from the delivery warehouse information 54a (S100). Next, the CPU 51 judges whether or not there is an empty delivery warehouse that is an empty delivery warehouse 41 (S110). When the CPU 51 judges that there is no empty delivery warehouse, it transmits a notice that there is no empty delivery warehouse to the stocker management device 30 (S120) and ends this processing. When the stocker management device 30 receives a notice that there is no empty delivery warehouse from the control device 50 of the stocker 40 desired to receive, it transmits a notice that there is no vacant delivery warehouse to the sales management device 22. When the CPU 51 judges that there is an empty delivery warehouse in S110, it judges whether or not there are multiple empty delivery warehouses (S130). When the CPU 51 determines that there are no empty delivery warehouses, it determines the empty delivery warehouse as the target delivery warehouse to which the product P is to be delivered (S140). When the CPU 51 determines that there are multiple empty delivery warehouses, it acquires the priority of each of the multiple empty delivery warehouses from the corresponding delivery warehouse information 54a (S150). Then, the CPU 51 sets the delivery warehouse 41 with the highest priority among the multiple empty delivery warehouses as the target delivery warehouse (S160). Next, the CPU 51 sets the status corresponding to the delivery warehouse number of the target delivery warehouse to a delivery waiting state in the delivery warehouse information 54a (S170). Then, the CPU 51 stores the received order number as the order number corresponding to the delivery warehouse number of the target delivery warehouse in the delivery warehouse information 54a (S180). Next, the CPU 51 transmits the delivery warehouse number and the order number of the target delivery warehouse to the stocker management device 30 (S190) and ends this process. When the stocker management device 30 receives the delivery warehouse number of the target delivery warehouse and the order number, it sets the status corresponding to the delivery warehouse number of the desired stocker 40 to a delivery waiting state and stores the received order number as the order number corresponding to the delivery warehouse number. The stocker management device 30 transmits the delivery warehouse number of the target delivery warehouse to the sales management device 22.The CPU 51 is more likely to determine a delivery warehouse 41 located in an easily reachable position as the target delivery warehouse, making it easier for the deliverer 19 to deliver the product P to the delivery warehouse 41 and for the orderer 14 to take out the product P from the delivery warehouse 41.

[0023] Next, an example of a delivery reception process executed for each stocker 40 will be described with reference to Fig. 7. This process is executed by the CPU 51 of the control device 50 after a human presence sensor (not shown) inputs a signal indicating that a user of the stocker 40 has been detected.

[0024] When this process starts, the CPU 51 first displays a selection screen Sc1 on the display operation device 46, which allows the user to select delivery or receipt of the product P, as shown in Fig. 3 (S200). Next, the CPU 51 determines whether delivery has been selected via the selection screen Sc1 (S202). If delivery has been selected, the CPU 51 executes the delivery process shown in the following S204 to S222.

[0025] First, the CPU 51 waits until the deliverer is authenticated (S204). Specifically, the CPU 51 acquires a deliverer ID from the authentication code read by the deliverer 19 via the reading device 47, and compares the acquired deliverer ID with the deliverer ID stored in the delivery warehouse information 54a. The authentication code may be a two-dimensional code or a barcode. If the deliverer authentication is successful, the CPU 51 waits for the order number to be input by the deliverer 19 via the display operation device 46 (S206). If the order number or the code of the order number is attached to the waybill, the order number may be input by reading them using the camera 48 or the reading device 47. When the order number is input, the CPU 51 controls the lock mechanism 43 so that the door 42 of the delivery warehouse 41 corresponding to the order number input in S206, that is, the target delivery warehouse that is the target of the delivery, is unlocked and opened (S208).

[0026] Next, the CPU 51 waits until the delivery is completed (S210). When the CPU 51 receives a signal from the item sensor 44 indicating that an item has been detected in the target delivery warehouse and a signal from the opening / closing sensor 45 indicating that the door 42 is closed, the CPU 51 determines that the delivery is completed. That is, when the door 42 is unlocked and the deliverer 19 stores the item P in the target delivery warehouse and closes the door 42, the CPU 51 determines that the delivery of the item P is completed. After the delivery is completed, the CPU 51 controls the lock mechanism 43 so that the door 42 is locked (S212). Next, the CPU 51 updates the status corresponding to the delivery warehouse number of the target delivery warehouse in the delivery warehouse information 54a from a delivery waiting state to a delivered state (S214). Next, the CPU 51 displays on the display operation device 46 a selection reception screen Sc2 for receiving a selection of whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse, as shown in FIG. 8 (S216). Then, the CPU 51 judges whether or not a selection of lowering the priority of the target delivery warehouse has been received via the selection reception screen Sc2 (S218). If a selection of lowering the priority is received, the CPU 51 lowers the priority corresponding to the delivery warehouse number of the target delivery warehouse in the delivery warehouse information 54a (S220). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the CPU 51 assigns the lowest priority of 12 to the target delivery warehouse in the delivery warehouse information 54a. The CPU 51 sets the priority of 3, which was assigned to the target delivery warehouse before lowering the priority, as an empty priority. In this way, the CPU 51 allows a selection of whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse, thereby improving convenience. Furthermore, by setting the priority of the target delivery warehouse to the lowest, it is possible to prevent the delivery warehouse from being set as the target delivery warehouse in the order processing executed next time onward. This makes it possible to prevent the product P from being delivered to the target delivery warehouse in the next delivery. In particular, it is effective to lower the priority after an item that requires a certain period of time before it is used again, such as an item with a strong scent or an item that should be cleaned, is delivered. Furthermore, since the CPU 51 sets the priority assigned to the target delivery warehouse before lowering the priority to an available priority, it is possible to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse in the delivery warehouse information 54a in a simpler manner.Next, the order number input in S206 and the delivery completion information (information indicating that the status of the delivery warehouse 41 is in a delivered state) are transmitted to the stocker management apparatus 30 (S222), and this process is terminated. If lowering the priority is not selected in S218, the order number input in S206 and the delivery completion information are transmitted to the stocker management apparatus 30 (S222), and this process is terminated. Upon receiving the order number and the delivery completion information, the CPU 31 of the stocker management apparatus 30 updates the status of the delivery warehouse 41 corresponding to the received order number in the stocker information 34a from awaiting delivery to delivered.

[0027] If reception is selected in S202, the CPU 51 executes the reception process shown in S224 to S236. That is, the CPU 51 first waits until the order number is authenticated (S224). The order number is authenticated by acquiring the order number from the unlocking code read by the orderer 14 via the reading device 47, and comparing the acquired order number with the order number stored in the delivery warehouse information 54a. If the order number authentication is successful, the CPU 51 controls the lock mechanism 43 so that the door 42 of the delivery warehouse 41 corresponding to the input order number is unlocked and opened (S226). Next, the CPU 51 waits until the reception of the product P is completed (S228). When the CPU 51 receives a signal from the product sensor 44 indicating that no product has been detected in the delivery warehouse 41 and a signal from the open / close sensor 45 indicating that the door 42 is closed, the CPU 51 determines that the reception of the product P is completed. That is, when the door 42 is unlocked, the orderer 14 takes out the product P from the delivery warehouse 41, and closes the door 42, the CPU 51 determines that the receipt of the product P is completed. After that, the CPU 51 controls the lock mechanism 43 so that the door 42 of the delivery warehouse 41 is locked (S230). Next, the CPU 51 updates the status of the delivery warehouse 41 corresponding to the input order number in the delivery warehouse information 54a from a delivered state to an empty state (S232), and deletes the order number (S234). Then, the CPU 51 transmits the order number and the empty state information (information indicating that the status of the delivery warehouse 41 is empty) acquired in S224 to the stocker management device 30 (S236), and ends this process. The CPU 31 of the stocker management device 30, which has received the order number and the availability information, updates the status of the delivery warehouse 41 corresponding to the received order number in the stocker information 34a from delivered to available.

[0028] Next, an example of the priority order restoration process executed for each stocker 40 will be described with reference to Fig. 10. This process is repeatedly executed by the CPU 51 of the control device 50 at predetermined execution time intervals (for example, 1 to 3 seconds) after it is determined in S218 that the selection to lower the priority order of the target delivery warehouse has been accepted.

[0029] When this process starts, the CPU 51 first determines whether a predetermined time (e.g., 2 days or 5 days) has passed since the selection to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse was accepted in S218 (S300). If the predetermined time has not passed, this process ends. If the predetermined time has passed, the priority of the target delivery warehouse is returned to 3, which was the priority before it was lowered, in the delivery warehouse information 54a (S310), and this process ends. Through this process, the control device 50 can return the priority of the target delivery warehouse that was once lowered to the level before it was lowered.

[0030] Here, the correspondence between the components of this embodiment and the components of the present disclosure will be clarified. The control device 50 of this embodiment is an example of a control device of the present disclosure, the delivery warehouse 41 is an example of a delivery warehouse, the stocker 40 is an example of a stocker, the stocker system 10 is an example of a stocker system, and the CPU 51 corresponds to an example of a delivery warehouse setting unit, a selection receiving unit, and a ranking setting unit.

[0031] In the stocker system 10 of the embodiment described above, based on the delivery warehouse information 54a that associates the vacancy information of each delivery warehouse 41 with the priority information assigned to each delivery warehouse 41, the delivery warehouse with the highest priority among the empty delivery warehouses to which the product P has not been delivered is set as the target delivery warehouse to which the item is to be delivered. The stocker system 10 accepts a selection of whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse, and when the selection of lowering the priority of the target delivery warehouse is accepted, the priority of the target delivery warehouse is lowered in the delivery warehouse information 54a. Since the stocker system 10 allows the selection of whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse, convenience can be improved.

[0032] In addition, the stocker system 10 accepts the selection of whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse at the time when the product P is delivered to the target delivery warehouse, so that it becomes possible to select whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse at the time when the product P is delivered to the target delivery warehouse.

[0033] Furthermore, in the stocker system 10, when a selection to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse is accepted, the priority of the target delivery warehouse is made the lowest in the delivery warehouse information 54a, thereby preventing the product P from being delivered to the target delivery warehouse in the next delivery.

[0034] In the stocker system 10, when the priority of the target delivery warehouse is lowered in the delivery warehouse information 54a, the priority of the target delivery warehouse before the priority was lowered in the delivery warehouse information 54a is set to the vacant priority, thereby making it possible to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse in the delivery warehouse information 54a in a simpler manner.

[0035] In addition, in the stocker system 10, when a predetermined time has elapsed since the selection to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse was accepted, the priority of the target delivery warehouse can be restored to the priority level before it was lowered in the delivery warehouse information 54a, thereby returning the priority of the target delivery warehouse that was once lowered to the level before it was lowered.

[0036] It goes without saying that the present disclosure is in no way limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be embodied in various forms as long as it falls within the technical scope of the present disclosure.

[0037] In the above embodiment, a selection of whether to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse is accepted at the timing when the product P is delivered to the target delivery warehouse. However, the selection of whether to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse may be accepted at a timing between when the product P is delivered to the target delivery warehouse and when the product P is taken out from the target delivery warehouse, such as the timing when the product P is delivered to the target delivery warehouse and immediately before the product P is taken out.

[0038] In the above embodiment, when a selection to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse is accepted, the priority of the target delivery warehouse is set to the lowest in the delivery warehouse information 54a. However, when a selection to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse is accepted, the priority of the target delivery warehouse may be lowered in the delivery warehouse information 54a compared to before the selection to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse is accepted. For example, the priority of the target delivery warehouse may be swapped with the priority of the delivery warehouse 41, which has a lower priority than the target delivery warehouse.

[0039] In the above embodiment, when the priority of the target delivery warehouse is lowered in the delivery warehouse information 54a, the priority before the priority of the target delivery warehouse is lowered in the delivery warehouse information 54a is set as the vacancy priority. However, when the priority of the target delivery warehouse is lowered in the delivery warehouse information 54a, the priority before the priority of the target delivery warehouse is lowered in the delivery warehouse information 54a may be assigned to another delivery warehouse 41 without being set as the vacancy priority.

[0040] In the above-described embodiment, the three processes of the order processing, the delivery receipt processing, and the priority order restoration processing are executed by the control device 50. However, at least one of these three processes may be executed by the stocker management device 30 or the sales management device 22.

[0041] In the embodiment described above, the storage 54 of the control device 50 stores the delivery warehouse information 54a. However, the delivery warehouse information 54a may be stored in the control device 50 or in the sales management device 22.

[0042] The control device of the present disclosure may be configured as follows.

[0043] The stocker of the present disclosure includes: Multiple delivery warehouses, The control device according to the present disclosure described above; The gist of the invention is to provide the following:

[0044] Since the stocker of the present disclosure is equipped with the control device of the present disclosure described above, it is possible to improve convenience.

[0045] The stocker system of the present disclosure comprises: A stocker including a plurality of delivery warehouses and the control device of the present disclosure described above; A management device for managing the stocker; The gist of the invention is to provide the following:

[0046] Since the stocker system of the present disclosure includes the control device of the present disclosure described above, it is possible to improve convenience.

[0047] The management device of the present disclosure includes: A management device for managing a stocker having a plurality of delivery warehouses, The control device of the present disclosure described above The gist of the invention is to provide the following:

[0048] The management device of the present disclosure includes the control device of the present disclosure described above, and therefore can provide improved convenience.

[0049] The control method of the present disclosure includes: A control method for a stocker system including a stocker having a plurality of delivery warehouses, the method comprising: determining, based on delivery warehouse information in which availability information of each delivery warehouse is associated with information on a priority level assigned to each delivery warehouse, among available delivery warehouses to which no goods have been delivered, a delivery warehouse having the highest priority level as a target delivery warehouse to which the goods are to be delivered, the method comprising the steps of: A selection receiving step of receiving a selection of whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse; When a selection to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse is accepted in the selection acceptance step, a priority change step of lowering the priority of the target delivery warehouse in the delivery warehouse information; The gist of the invention is to provide the following:

[0050] According to the control method disclosed herein, based on delivery warehouse information that associates vacancy information of each delivery warehouse with priority information assigned to each delivery warehouse, the delivery warehouse with the highest priority among the empty delivery warehouses to which no goods have been delivered is set as the target delivery warehouse to which the goods are to be delivered. In this control method, a selection of whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse is accepted, and when the selection of lowering the priority of the target delivery warehouse is accepted, the priority of the target delivery warehouse is lowered in the delivery warehouse information. Since this control method makes it possible to select whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse, convenience can be improved.

[0051] This specification also discloses the technical idea of ​​changing "the control device according to claim 1 or 2" in claim 4 as originally filed to "the control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3", the technical idea of ​​changing "the control device according to claim 1 or 2" in claim 5 as originally filed to "the control device according to any one of claims 1 to 4", the technical idea of ​​changing "the control device according to claim 1 or 2" in claim 6 as originally filed to "the control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5", the technical idea of ​​changing "the control device according to claim 1 or 2" in claim 7 as originally filed to "the control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5", and the technical idea of ​​changing "the control device according to claim 1 or 2" in claim 8 as originally filed to "the control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5". [Industrial Applicability]

[0052] The present disclosure can be used in the manufacturing industry for control devices, stockers, stocker systems, and management devices. [Explanation of symbols]

[0053] 10 Stocker system, 13 Network, 14 Orderer, 15 Mobile terminal, 19 Deliverer, 20 Sales management system, 21 Store, 21A to 21G Store, 22 Sales management device, 30 Stocker management device, 31, 51 CPU, 32, 52 ROM, 33, 53 RAM, 34, 54 Storage, 34a Stocker information, 35, 55 Communication unit, 40 Stocker, 40A, 40B, 40C Stocker, 41 Delivery warehouse, 42 Door, 43 Locking mechanism, 44 Item sensor, 45 Opening / closing sensor, 46 Display operation device, 47 Reading device, 48 Camera, 50 Control device, 54a Delivery warehouse information, Sc1 Selection screen, Sc2 Selection reception screen.

Claims

1. A control device for use in a stocker system including a stocker having a plurality of delivery warehouses, A delivery warehouse setting unit that sets, based on delivery warehouse information that associates vacancy information of each delivery warehouse with information on the priority level assigned to each delivery warehouse, a delivery warehouse with the highest priority level among vacant delivery warehouses to which no goods are delivered as a target delivery warehouse to which the goods are delivered; A selection receiving unit that receives a selection of whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse; When the selection receiving unit receives a selection to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse, a priority setting unit that lowers the priority of the target delivery warehouse in the delivery warehouse information; A control device comprising:

2. The control device according to claim 1 , The selection receiving unit receives a selection of whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse at a predetermined timing between when the item is delivered to the target delivery warehouse and when the item is taken out of the target delivery warehouse. Control device.

3. The control device according to claim 1 or 2, The priority setting unit sets the priority of the target delivery warehouse to the lowest in the delivery warehouse information when the selection receiving unit receives a selection to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse. Control device.

4. The control device according to claim 1 or 2, When the priority of the target delivery warehouse is lowered in the delivery warehouse information, the priority setting unit sets the priority of the target delivery warehouse in the delivery warehouse information before lowering the priority as a vacancy priority. Control device.

5. The control device according to claim 1 or 2, The priority setting unit sets the priority of the target delivery warehouse to the priority before lowering in the delivery warehouse information when a predetermined time has elapsed since the selection receiving unit received the selection to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse. Control device.

6. Multiple delivery warehouses, A control device according to claim 1 or 2; A stocker comprising:

7. A stocker including a plurality of delivery warehouses and the control device according to claim 1 or 2; A management device for managing the stocker; A stocker system comprising:

8. A management device for managing a stocker having a plurality of delivery warehouses, The control device according to claim 1 or 2. A management device comprising:

9. A control method for a stocker system including a stocker having a plurality of delivery warehouses, the method comprising: determining, based on delivery warehouse information in which availability information of each delivery warehouse is associated with information on a priority level assigned to each delivery warehouse, among available delivery warehouses to which no goods have been delivered, a delivery warehouse having the highest priority level as a target delivery warehouse to which the goods are to be delivered, the method comprising the steps of: A selection receiving step of receiving a selection of whether or not to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse; When a selection to lower the priority of the target delivery warehouse is accepted in the selection acceptance step, a priority change step of lowering the priority of the target delivery warehouse in the delivery warehouse information; A control method comprising:

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