Information processing system, information processing method, and program

Abstract

To provide an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that enable storage and loading of tires to be increased in efficiency by utilizing tire information particularly indicating tire-related information.SOLUTION: The present information processing system includes: an information management unit that stores tire storage position information indicating a storage position at which a tire is stored, storable region information indicating a region in which a tire can be stored, and tire demand information indicating a demand for a tire in association with one another; a determination unit that determines the storage position at least based on the tire demand information and the storable region information; an information management unit that stores the tire demand information indicating the demand for the tire; and a determination unit that determines a target tire to be loaded on transfer means at least based on the tire demand information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, a business of storing tires in a warehouse has been carried out.

[0003] And, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses an invention related to an off-season tire storage service support system.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0005] However, although there are various things related to tires, sufficient consideration has not been given to informatizing these and recording / evaluating tires from various viewpoints.

[0006] Therefore, in the present disclosure, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that can utilize tire information indicating information related to tires to improve the efficiency of tire storage and loading will be described.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0007] An information processing system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an information management unit that stores, in association with each other, tire storage position information indicating a storage position for storing tires, storable area information indicating an area where tires can be stored, tire body information including at least one of tire size information or tire weight information, and tire demand information indicating the demand for tires. A determining unit that determines the storage position based on at least the tire demand information and the storable area information.

[0008] An information processing system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an information management unit that stores in association with each other tire storage position information indicating a storage position for storing tires, tire body information including at least one of tire size information or tire weight information, and tire demand information indicating the demand for tires. A determining unit that determines target tires to be loaded on a transfer means based on at least the tire demand information.

Advantages of the Invention

[0009] According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that can improve the efficiency of tire storage and loading by using tire information indicating information particularly related to tires.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0011] The content of the embodiment of the present invention will be listed and described. An information processing system or the like according to an embodiment of the present invention has the following configuration.

[0012] [Item 1] An information management unit that stores tire storage position information indicating a storage position for storing tires, storage available area information indicating an area where tires can be stored, and tire demand information indicating the demand for tires, in association with each other; A determination unit that determines the storage position based on at least the tire demand information and the storage available area information. An information processing system. [Item 2] An information management unit that stores tire demand information indicating the demand for tires; A determination unit that determines target tires to be loaded on a transfer means based on at least the tire demand information. An information processing system. [Item 3] Further comprising a tire demand information generation unit that generates the tire demand information based on reservation information regarding tires. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2. [Item 4] The reservation information includes tire delivery reservation information or tire replacement reservation information. The tire demand information generation unit generates the tire demand information based on at least one of the delivery reservation information or the replacement reservation information. The information processing system according to claim 3. [Item 5] The reservation information includes tire sales reservation information. The tire demand information generation unit generates the tire demand information based on at least the sales reservation information. The information processing system according to claim 3. [Item 6] The reservation information includes the reservation information of the tire owner for coming to the store, The tire demand information generation unit generates the tire demand information based on at least the reservation information for coming to the store. The information processing system according to claim 3. [Item 7] The reservation information includes the reservation information of the tire owner for coming to the store and vehicle information. The tire demand information generation unit generates the tire demand information based on at least the reservation information for coming to the store and the vehicle information. The information processing system according to claim 3. [Item 8] The information processing system further includes a tire demand information generation unit that generates the tire demand information based on at least one of the delivery cost payment status information of the tire or the replacement cost payment status information of the tire. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2. [Item 9] The information processing system further includes a tire demand information generation unit that generates the tire demand information based on predetermined weather forecast information. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2. [Item 10] The weather forecast information includes information regarding temperature. The information processing system according to claim 9. [Item 11] The weather forecast information includes information regarding weather. The information processing system according to claim 9. [Item 12] The weather forecast information includes information regarding warnings or advisories. The information processing system according to claim 9. [Item 13] The information processing system further includes a tire demand information generation unit that generates the tire demand information based on season information indicating the current or future season after a predetermined period. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2. [Item 14] The information processing system further includes a tire demand information generation unit that generates the tire demand information based on the purchase history information of each tire. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2. [Item 15] The storable area is stored with the acceptable tire demand information indicating acceptable tire demand information associated therewith. The information processing system according to claim 1. [Item 16] The determination unit further acquires tire storage position information of the tire, and determines the target tire based on at least the tire demand information and the tire storage position information. The information processing system according to item 2. [Item 17] The determination unit further acquires loading volume information indicating the loading volume of the transfer means, and determines the target tire based on at least the tire demand information and the loading volume information. The information processing system according to claim 2. [Item 18] The determination unit further determines the loading order of the tires. The information processing system according to claim 2. [Item 19] The determination unit further determines the loading route of the tires. The information processing system according to claim 2. [Item 20] The determination unit further determines the stacking order of the tires. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2. [Item 21] By an information processing device An information management step of associating and storing tire storage position information indicating a storage position for storing a tire, storable area information indicating an area where the tire can be stored, and tire demand information indicating the demand for the tire with each other; A determination step of determining the storage position based on at least the tire demand information and the storable area information is executed. An information processing method. [Item 22] By an information processing device An information management step of storing tire demand information indicating the demand for tires, a determination step of determining target tires to be loaded on a transfer means based on at least the tire demand information, and execute them, An information processing method. [Item 23] In an information processing apparatus, an information management step of associating and storing tire storage position information indicating a storage position for storing tires, storage available area information indicating an area where tires can be stored, and tire demand information indicating the demand for tires with each other, a determination step of determining the storage position based on at least the tire demand information and the storage available area information, and cause them to be executed, A program. [Item 24] In an information processing apparatus, an information management step of storing tire demand information indicating the demand for tires, a determination step of determining target tires to be loaded on a transfer means based on at least the tire demand information, and cause them to be executed, A program.

[0013] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the embodiments described below do not unduly limit the content of the present disclosure described in the claims. Also, not all of the components shown in the embodiments are essential components of the present disclosure. Further, the features shown in each embodiment are applicable to other embodiments as long as they do not conflict with each other.

[0014] <Embodiment 1> <Configuration> FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing an information processing system 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present disclosure. This information processing system 1 is an information processing system that determines the storage location of tires based on at least tire demand information stored in a management server 100 via a network NW, for example. Although three user terminal devices are shown as an example, the present invention is not limited to this, and an information system between two user terminal devices or an information system between four or more user terminal devices may also be used. Further, although the icons of the three user terminal devices are made different as an example, the present invention is not limited to this, and at least any one of the plurality of user terminal devices 200 may be the same type of device.

[0015] The information processing system 1 includes a management server 100, a plurality of user terminal devices 200A-C (hereinafter sometimes referred to as user terminal devices 200), and a network NW. The management server 100 and the user terminal device 200 are connected via the network NW. The network NW is configured by the Internet, an intranet, a blockchain network, a wireless LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), or the like.

[0016] The management server 100 is an information processing device (server device) that provides network services to the user terminal device 200 via a network, for example.

[0017] The user terminal device 200 is an information processing device such as a personal computer, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a PHS, or a PDA that each user possesses.

[0018] <Management Server 100> FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the hardware configuration of the management server 100. FIG. 3 is a block diagram exemplifying the functions of the storage unit 120 and the control unit 130. The management server 100 may be a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and other configurations may be used.

[0019] The management server 100 includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 120, a control unit 130, and an input / output unit 140. These functional units are realized by executing a predetermined program for the management server 100.

[0020] The communication unit 110 is a communication interface for communicating with the user terminal device 200, and communication is performed according to a communication protocol such as TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol).

[0021] The storage unit 120 stores programs for executing various control processes and each function in the control unit 130, input data, etc., and is composed of a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), etc. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the storage unit 120 includes a user information storage unit 121 that stores user information registered in advance in association with user identification information when using a network service, and a tire information storage unit 122 that stores tire information input according to a terminal operation of a user or the like in association with at least user identification information. Furthermore, the storage unit 120 temporarily stores data communicated with the user terminal device 200. For the sake of explanation, as an example, the user information storage unit 121 and the tire information storage unit 122 are described separately, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various storage area configurations may be adopted, such as at least part of the information in the storage area being integrated or having another storage unit.

[0022] User information may include, for example, username information, email address, password, user image, area of residence information, last login information, affiliated organization identification information (such as affiliated company identification information, affiliated department identification information, etc.), owned vehicle information (such as vehicle type, vehicle model, year model, fuel type (for example, electric (i.e., EV vehicle), gasoline (which may further include gasoline types such as diesel, regular, high-octane, etc.), hydrogen, hybrid, etc.), driving operation method (manual driving, automatic driving, hybrid driving, etc.), registration number (such as the number on the license plate, etc.), mountable tire size, number of mountable tires, etc.), driver's license information (such as driver's license number, acquisition year, renewal year, color information of the driver's license, etc.), insurance coverage information, etc., but is not limited thereto. The user may include an organization (such as a company, etc.) or an individual user. Also, the user may include the tire owner himself / herself, or a tire management company (also referred to as a "tire administrator") that stores tires on behalf of the tire owner. The tire management company may be a single organization, or may include multiple organizations, for example, a company that stores tires (such as a maintenance company, etc.) and a storage company (such as a warehouse company) that transports the stored tires to a storage location such as a warehouse. Furthermore, the user may include a system management user who manages this system. In that case, the user information may include management user information indicating whether the user is a system management user, or the user identification information of the management user may be managed and made collatable. Also, the user may include a tire development organization (such as a tire manufacturer, research institution, school, etc.) that develops tires (in this case, for example, the tire development organization may be the tire owner, or may be a third party who wants to use information without being the tire owner or the tire management company).In addition, when the user includes a tire management company, as user information, storage location-related information regarding the storage location (for example, storage location identification information, location information of each storage facility (such as a warehouse) (that is, address information, latitude and longitude information, etc.), storage facility name information, storage available area information inside and outside the storage facility (including by storage facility unit), volume information of the storage available area (storage available position) (in particular, remaining volume information based on the storage status), etc.), and corresponding demand information (described later) corresponding to the storage available area (storage available position) may be further included, but the storage location-related information may be stored in a storage unit (storage area) different from the user information.

[0023] Also, the user information may include reservation information regarding the tires. The reservation information regarding the tires may be, for example, reservation information related to tire replacement or tire purchase, and may be tire delivery reservation information (for example, reservation information for requesting delivery from the storage location to the store where tire replacement is to be performed), tire replacement reservation information, sales reservation information (for example, reservation information generated when the tire owner performs a purchase process through an EC site, etc.), store visit reservation information (for example, store visit reservation information where the tire owner wishes to visit the store for tire replacement or tire sales), etc. As a more specific example, it may include reservation date and time information, requested work type information, delivery target tire information, purchase target tire information, replacement target tire information, etc. Furthermore, the user information may include tire delivery cost payment status information, tire replacement cost payment status information, purchase history information, and replacement history information. The reservation information, cost payment status information, purchase history information, and replacement history information do not necessarily have to be stored as information regarding the user himself / herself. For example, in the user information in the tire management company, they may be linked and stored for each client identification information as client information linked to the user. Also, the reservation information, cost payment status information, purchase history information, and replacement history information are exemplified as user information but are not limited thereto. For example, they may be managed linked to each tire as tire information.

[0024] Tire information may include, for example, model number information, remaining groove information, internal pressure information, mounting position information, mounting angle information, damage information, manufacturer information, tire body information (such as tire size information, tire weight information, etc.), tire type information (e.g., summer tires, winter tires, studless tires, etc.), hardness information of the material, number of tires information, purchase timing information (purchase year, purchase month and year, purchase week of the year, etc.), model year information, manufacturing timing information (manufacturing year, manufacturing month and year, manufacturing week of the year, etc.), tire storage position information, storage period information, tire demand information, etc., but is not limited thereto. Also, the tire identification information linked to the tire information may be assigned to each individual tire, or may be assigned to a group of stored tires (e.g., left and right front wheels and left and right rear wheels, etc.) (also referred to as tire group identification information), or both may be assigned respectively. Further, the tire information may also store tire memory timing information indicating the timing (e.g., date and time, etc.) when each tire information was stored, and tire information at multiple time points may be stored for each tire information. Thereby, for example, it becomes possible to confirm history information of tire information (e.g., history of tire conditions of the same tire, history of tires used so far, history of tire storage positions, etc.) from the tire information at the time of tire purchase through the tire information at one or more regular inspection time points to the tire information at the final input time point (such as the most recent regular inspection time point, disposal time point, selling time point as a used tire, etc.). Additionally, the tire information may be managed by being stored separately for the rubber part and the wheel part. Also, the tire information may be managed by linking and storing the vehicle information at the timing when each tire information was stored (i.e., information regarding the vehicle on which the tire is mounted).

[0025] The control unit 130 controls the overall operation of the management server 100 and is composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like. Also, as shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 130 includes functional units such as an information transmission / reception unit 131, an information management unit 132, a tire demand information generation unit 133, and a determination unit 134.

[0026] The information transmission / reception unit 131 receives various information (data) and requests from each user terminal device 200, and transmits various information and requests to each user terminal device 200.

[0027] The information management unit 132 receives various information and requests via the information transmission / reception unit 131 based on the operations on the user terminal device 200 of a predetermined user, stores various information in each storage unit of the storage unit 120, reads out various information from each storage unit of the storage unit 120, etc. As a more specific example, the information management unit 132 receives various tire information (such as tire storage location information, tire body information, tire demand information, etc.) as input information and stores it in the tire information storage unit 122. In particular, storage information including tire storage location information indicating the storage location where the tire is stored, tire body information including at least one of tire size information or tire weight information, and tire demand information indicating the demand for the tire are associated with each other and stored in the tire information storage unit 122. Further, the information management unit 132 reads out various tire information and user information from the corresponding storage unit and transmits it to other functional units such as the information transmission / reception unit 131, the tire demand information generation unit 133, and the determination unit 134.

[0028] The tire demand information generation unit 133 generates tire demand information indicating the demand for the tire based on various information related to the tire (such as tire information or user information). The tire demand information is, for example, information indicating the degree of demand for the tire, and may be information indicating either the presence or absence of demand (for example, no demand is 0, and demand is 1, etc.), information indicating the height of demand in multiple levels (for example, 4 levels from the lowest demand state to the highest demand state of 0 to 3, etc.), or even more detailed information indicating the height of demand as a score (for example, a score in the range of 0 to 100). Further, the tire demand information may include tire demand timing information indicating the time when the demand for the tire occurs (increases).

[0029] Further, the tire demand information may indicate the demand for each individual tire of the user. Alternatively, or in addition, it may indicate the demand in group units related to the tire. More specifically, it can be the demand for each model number indicated by the model number information, the demand for each manufacturer indicated by the manufacturer information, the demand for each tire size indicated by the tire size information, the demand for each tire weight indicated by the tire weight information, the demand for each tire type (e.g., summer tires, winter tires, all-season tires, studless tires, etc.) indicated by the tire type information, the demand for each tire hardness indicated by the hardness information of the material, and so on. Furthermore, the demands in these group units may be combined in a composite manner to determine the degree of demand height. For example, the degree of demand height based on the combination of tire type and manufacturer or the combination of tire type and tire size may be determined (i.e., tire demand information indicating that the winter tires of manufacturer B have high demand is set, etc.). In this case, the tire demand information indicating the degree of demand height for each is linked and stored for the tire information corresponding to the corresponding group.

[0030] As an example, the method for generating tire demand information by the tire demand information generation unit 133 may generate (estimate) tire demand information corresponding to at least any one of the input tire information or user information using a learned model (tire demand learning model) trained with one or more sets of one or more types of tire information or user information prepared in advance and the corresponding tire demand information as teacher data. Alternatively, as an example of another generation method, tire demand information corresponding to the pre-stored condition information may be set as each tire information or user information is stored (for example, it may be a condition to match any item of each tire information or user information, and tire demand information corresponding to the matching item may be set. In particular, it may be configured to finally link the comprehensive tire demand information obtained by aggregating a plurality of types of tire demand information (for example, performing aggregation processing such as summing or averaging when the higher the demand for tires, the higher the numerical value) to each tire information).). For example, when the change in demand based on the period can be recognized in advance, tire demand information corresponding to the demand period (time, season, etc.) may be linked and stored (in particular, tire demand information corresponding to the demand period of summer tires or winter tires based on the tire type, etc.). Note that the setting of the tire demand information based on the demand period may be set based on the purchase tendency obtained by deep learning based on the tire information and the purchase history information (purchase history information) or existing statistical processing.

[0031] A more detailed example is illustrated below.

[0032] The tire demand information generation unit 133 generates tire demand information based on, for example, reservation information regarding tires (particularly including reservation timing information (for example, including reservation date information, such as reserving tire replacement on October 10th, making a store visit reservation to purchase a reserved tire at 10:00 on December 2nd, etc.)). Thus, if a reservation such as a purchase or replacement of a tire occurs, it is obvious that the demand for the target tire (for example, in the case of tire replacement, the tire to be replaced deposited by the tire owner) will increase, and this is utilized to generate tire demand information. When the reservation information includes the reservation timing information as described above, the tire demand information may also include demand timing information based on the reservation timing information (for example, a time period that is the same as or approximately the same as the time indicated by the reservation timing information). Further, when reservation information is set, information indicating that the demand for the tire is high may be set. Additionally, according to the difference period between the reservation timing information included in the reservation information and the current time information (for example, the current date and time, etc.), tire demand information indicating that the demand gradually increases as the predetermined amount of the difference period becomes shorter may be set (for example, when the difference period is 1 month (i.e., 1 month ago), the tire demand information is 1, when the difference period is 2 weeks (i.e., 2 weeks ago), the tire demand information is 2, etc.).

[0033] Reservation information regarding tires may include, for example, at least either tire delivery reservation information or tire replacement reservation information. That is, based on reservation timing information set by reservation processing based on user operations (for example, reservation processing for tire replacement) on an application or the like, the demand for when tires are needed (needed by the tire replacement date) becomes clear, and tire demand information is generated using this. Note that the tire replacement reservation information may be directly reserved by the tire owner for tire replacement on an application or the like, or the tire management company may perform the reservation processing on an application or the like based on a reservation request from the tire owner (which may be a request on an application or a request by paper, phone, etc.). Also, even if it is a tire replacement reservation, it may be simply treated as a tire delivery reservation in the system (in this case, the tire delivery reservation information and the replacement reservation information may be the same or similar).

[0034] Reservation information regarding tires may include, for example, tire sales reservation information. That is, based on reservation timing information set by purchase reservation processing based on user operations (for example, purchase processing for buying tires on a web shopping site provided by a tire management company (tire sales company)) on an application or the like, the demand for when tires are needed (needed by the delivery date) becomes clear, and tire demand information is generated using this. Note that the tire sales reservation information may be directly reserved by the tire purchaser for tire purchase on an application or the like, or the tire reservation processing may be performed by the tire management company (tire sales company) on an application or the like based on a purchase request from the tire purchaser (which may be a request on an application or a request by paper, phone, etc.).

[0035] Reservation information regarding tires may include, for example, reservation information for the tire owner to visit the store. That is, based on reservation time information set through a reservation process for visiting the store based on user operations, for example, on an application, the demand for when the tires are needed becomes clear, and tire demand information is generated using this. At this time, if information regarding the tires that need to be prepared when visiting the store can be identified (such as being included in the store visit reservation information), tire demand information indicating the demand for the corresponding tires is set. On the other hand, if information regarding the tires that need to be prepared when visiting the store is not identified, at least the vehicle information and purchase history information of the tire owner are further obtained in addition to the store visit reservation information, and tire demand information indicating a high demand for tires corresponding to the vehicle and purchase tendency of the tire owner is set. Note that the store visit reservation information may be directly processed by the person scheduled to visit the store on an application or the like, or the tire management company (tire sales company) may perform the store visit reservation process on an application or the like based on a reservation request from the person scheduled to visit the store (for example, a request on an application, or a request by paper, phone, etc.).

[0036] The tire demand information generation unit 133 generates tire demand information based on, for example, at least one of the tire delivery cost payment status information or the tire replacement cost payment status information (in particular, when status information indicating that the cost payment status is paid is set, information indicating a high demand for the tires is set). Thereby, in a system where, for example, a reservation associated with the purchase or replacement of tires occurs and first becomes a provisional reservation state and then becomes a confirmed reservation state upon payment of the cost, the demand does not fluctuate with just the reservation, and it is clear that the demand for the target tires (for example, in the case of tire replacement, the tires to be replaced deposited by the tire owner) increases according to the cost payment status. Tire demand information is generated using this.

[0037] The tire demand information generation unit 133 generates tire demand information based on, for example, predetermined weather forecast information. The predetermined weather forecast information may include, for example, at least any one of information regarding temperature, information regarding weather, and information regarding warnings or advisories. Further, when the weather forecast information includes weather time information (for example, date information, time information, etc.), the tire demand information may also include demand time information based on the weather time information (for example, a time that is the same as or substantially the same as the time indicated by the weather time information). Thus, from temperature, weather, warnings or advisories (for example, various advisories or warnings such as heavy snow advisory, snowstorm advisory, dryness advisory, landslide advisory, icing advisory, icing advisory, snowfall advisory, snowmelt advisory, frost advisory, low temperature advisory, etc.), it is particularly assumed that the demand for tires related to the corresponding tire type (that is, the demand for summer tires, winter tires, etc.) and the demand for the corresponding tire hardness increase, and thus this is used to generate tire demand information.

[0038] The tire demand information generation unit 133 generates tire demand information based on, for example, season information indicating the current or future season within a predetermined period. The season information is, for example, information indicating seasons set for each predetermined period, and may be set such that, for example, spring is from March to May, summer is from June to August, autumn is from September to November, and winter is from December to February. Thus, from the information indicating the current or future season within a predetermined period (for example, one month later, three months later, etc.), it is particularly assumed that the demand for tires related to the corresponding tire type (that is, the demand for summer tires, winter tires, etc.) and the demand for the corresponding tire hardness increase, and thus this is used to generate tire demand information.

[0039] The tire demand information generation unit 133 generates tire demand information based on, for example, the purchase history information of each tire. The purchase history information may be, for example, information stored in the storage unit 120 as a purchase history in units of tires or tire groups, which is purchase information (purchased tire information, purchase date information, purchase amount information, purchase store information, purchase region information, etc.) purchased by clients related to a tire management company (tire sales company). However, it may also be information that comprehensively combines the purchase information of clients related to a tire management company that uses this system (especially a tire management company that has performed a sharing permission process on the application). Then, for example, based on the purchase tendency information obtained by deep learning or statistical processing as described above, the demand for each tire becomes clear, and this is used to generate tire demand information. Note that the purchase tendency information may be divided into domestic purchase tendency information obtained from purchase history information of domestic clients and overseas purchase tendency information obtained from purchase history information of overseas clients. In that case, tire demand information may be generated based on at least one of the purchase tendency information.

[0040] Note that the tire demand information generation unit 133 generates various tire demand information based on various information. These may be used individually, or multiple types of tire demand information may be generated and the comprehensive tire demand information obtained by comprehensively combining multiple types of tire demand information (for example, when the higher the demand for a tire, the higher the numerical value, performing aggregation processing such as summing or averaging) may be associated with each tire information. However, for those in which the user's tire demand is specified, such as reservation information and payment information, when obtaining the comprehensive tire demand information, it may be weighted relatively higher (for example, to the highest degree) compared to other requirements (weather forecast information, season information, purchase history information, etc.). Also, the user (especially the management company user or the management user) may be able to arbitrarily set (select) the requirements for comprehensiveness and the weighting for each requirement.

[0041] The determination unit 134 determines the storage position based on at least the tire demand information and the storable area information. Then, the determination unit 134 instructs the information management unit 132 to store it in the storage unit 120 (particularly the tire information storage unit 122) as the storage position information indicating the determined storage position. Further, as necessary, the determination unit 134 instructs the information management unit 132 to update the storage position related information (for example, the remaining volume information based on the storage status, etc.) regarding the storage position.

[0042] Here, the storable areas that are candidates for storage positions may be managed in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional (voxel) grid pattern in the size of tire units within the storage facility and be identifiable (illustrated in FIG. 4), or may be managed in identifiable units of a certain area within the storage facility (for example, storage tool units (especially nest unit and each level unit of the nest), partition units, room units, floor units, etc.), or may be managed in storage facility units. Regardless of the unit of the storable area, it is managed by associating storage position identification information for each unit, and corresponding demand information is associated and managed for each storage position identification information. The corresponding demand information is information indicating which storage positions are for storing tires with high demand and which storage positions are for storing tires with low demand. Explaining based on the storable area illustrated in FIG. 4, for example, assuming that the entrance and exit of the storage facility exist on the left side of the paper, from the perspective of transfer, placing tires on the left side of the paper (for example, the left voxel) is more efficient in transfer than placing tires on the right side of the paper (for example, the right voxel). Therefore, corresponding demand information indicating that tires with higher demand are placed closer to the left side of the paper (that is, the entrance and exit side of the storage facility) is associated. Also, in the storable area illustrated in FIG. 4, a two-level shelf is shown. From the perspective of transfer, placing tires on the lower level of the shelf is more efficient in transfer than placing tires on the upper level of the shelf. Therefore, corresponding demand information indicating that tires with higher demand are placed closer to the lower level of the shelf is associated. Furthermore, although the storable area illustrated in FIG. 4 is managed by voxels, even in voxels, from the perspective of transfer, placing tires on the front side of the voxel is more efficient in transfer than placing tires on the back side of the voxel. Therefore, corresponding demand information indicating that tires with higher demand are placed closer to the front side of the voxel is associated. And in the voxel, from the perspective of transfer, the tires stacked on the upper side of the voxel are more efficient in transfer than the tires stacked on the lower side of the voxel (because when stacked, it is necessary to move the upper tires to take the lower tires). Therefore, corresponding demand information indicating that tires with higher demand are placed closer to the upper side of the voxel is associated (that is, the determination unit 134 determines the stacking order).The corresponding demand information can be information used for relative comparison (i.e., in order to determine in which storage location (e.g., which adjacent storage location) to newly place a tire with respect to the already placed tire according to the comparison result between the tire demand information regarding the already placed tire and the tire demand information regarding the tire to be placed next, it can also be said to be information indicating which side has a higher demand in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional space (e.g., voxels, etc.)). When simplifying, acceptable tire demand information may be set for each predetermined unit (as described above) of the storage area (for example, the upper shelf has an acceptable tire demand information of 1 or less, and the lower shelf has an acceptable tire demand information of 2 or more, or the warehouse within the range of less than 〇 km from the store has an acceptable tire demand information of 2 or more, and the warehouse within the range of 〇 km or more from the store has an acceptable tire demand information of less than 2, etc., and the acceptable tire information may be set in two or more levels).

[0043] Also, when the storage area includes movable storage units, when the position of the movable storage unit is changed, the movable storage unit position information indicating the position of the movable storage unit within (outside) the storage facility may also be stored and managed together. Also, when the position of the movable storage unit is changed, the corresponding demand information may be updated. At that time, when the changed corresponding demand information does not correspond to the tires already placed in the movable storage unit, it may be controlled to allow that state, or the storage position may be re-determined by the determination unit 134 (for example, when the difference value is larger than the reference value by comparing the corresponding demand information before the change and the corresponding demand information after the change, the determination unit 134 performs a storage position determination process for rearrangement, etc.).

[0044] As an example, the method for determining the storage position by the determination unit 134 may be to generate (estimate) the tire storage position information corresponding to the input tire information (including tire demand information) using a learned model (storage position determination learning model) trained with one or more sets of one or more types of tire information (including tire demand information) and tire storage position information (especially storage position-related information including corresponding demand information) prepared in advance as teacher data. At this time, the determination unit 134 may determine the storage position in the available storage position, or may determine the optimal storage position including the already stored storage position. In the latter case, the storage positions of the tires affected by the determination of the optimal storage position are also determined accordingly. At this time, a learning model trained with teacher data of the storage position prioritizing tire demand information may be used, but learning may also be performed using teacher data of the storage position determined so as to reduce the number of tire replacements. As another example of the generation method, the determination unit 134 refers to the corresponding demand information, the receivable demand information, etc. set for the storage position possible area, and stores the tires in order according to the demand in the empty area (if necessary, place them in the storage position that interrupts the already stored tires and rearrange the other tires in the order of demand by jostling). The storage position may be determined.

[0045] The input / output unit 140 is an information input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and an output device such as a display. However, this is not the case when it is constructed by a cloud server.

[0046] <User terminal device 200> FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the hardware configuration of the user terminal device 200. FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating the functions of the control unit 230. The main hardware configuration of the user terminal device 200 includes, for example, a communication unit 210, a storage unit 220, a control unit 230, and an input / output unit 240. Explanation of parts similar to those of the management server 100 is omitted. These functional units are realized by executing a predetermined program or application for the user terminal device 200. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and it may have other configurations.

[0047] The user terminal device 200 may be an information processing device such as a personal computer, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a PHS, or a PDA. When the user terminal device 200 is configured as a personal computer, for example, the input / output unit 240 is composed of an information output device (such as a display) and an information input device (such as a keyboard and a mouse). When it is configured as a smartphone or a tablet terminal, it is composed of an information input / output device such as a touch panel. Further, the input / output unit 240 includes a photographing unit and a voice acquisition unit (such as a microphone), and acquires image information, video information (including voice information), and voice information by the photographing unit and the voice acquisition unit.

[0048] The control unit 230 controls the overall operation of the user terminal device 200 and is composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or the like. As shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 230 includes functional units such as an information transmission / reception unit 231, a request generation unit 232, and a display generation unit 233.

[0049] The information transmission / reception unit 231 receives various information and requests from the management server 100 and transmits various information and requests to the management server.

[0050] The request generation unit 232 generates various requests (demands) from the user terminal device 200 and transmits them to, for example, the management server 100. The requests are, for example, a determination request / output request for a storage location, a reservation request, a purchase request, etc., and each request is transmitted to the management server 100 according to a user operation on the user terminal device 200.

[0051] The display generation unit 233 generates a display in the display area to be displayed on the display device of the input / output unit 240 of the user terminal device 200 based on predetermined screen display rule information (such as layout information, etc.) stored in the storage unit 220 of the user terminal device 200 for various information and data received via the information transmission / reception unit 231. Note that the display generation unit 233 may be configured as a functional unit of the management server 100 instead of a functional unit of the user terminal device 200, and each piece of information may not be received by the user terminal device 200, but the user terminal device 200 may receive a display image generated within the management server 100.

[0052] <Flow of processing> With reference to the example shown in FIG. 7, the flow of processing of the information processing method executed by the information processing system 1 will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing of the information processing system 1 in FIG. 1.

[0053] First, as pre - preparation for step S101, in order to use the service provided by the present information processing system 1, the user accesses the management server 100 using an application (including a web browser or a native application, etc.) of the user terminal device 200. When using the service for the first time, at least a part of the aforementioned user information is input, and when the user has already obtained a user account, for example, a predetermined authentication such as inputting an ID and a password is received and the user logs in, so that the service becomes available.

[0054] Next, as the process of step S101, after authentication regarding this login, the user executes a registration process by inputting tire information regarding the tire via an application or the like on the user terminal device 200. The user who performs the registration process here may be a tire management company (also referred to as a "tire administrator") that stores tires on behalf of the tire owner as described above, or a company that stores tires (such as a maintenance company), or a warehouse company that stores tires. Alternatively, the user who performs the registration process may be a tire sales company, and may register tire information regarding tires owned by the tire sales company (for example, tires for sale). Or, when the tire owner himself / herself can obtain tire information by, for example, photographing the tire with the user terminal device 200 and uploading a tire image (especially a tire side image or a tire tread image, etc.) to the management server 100 through operations on the application and performing image analysis by existing analysis methods or using existing measuring devices, the user who performs the registration process may be the tire owner himself / herself.

[0055] Next, as the process of step S102, in the management server 100, the information management unit 132 acquires the input tire information (or at least any of the user information) and the tire demand information from the tire demand information generation unit 133, and associates the storage available area information indicating the area where the tire can be stored and the tire demand information indicating the demand for the tire with each other and stores them in the storage unit 120.

[0056] Next, as the process of step S103, in the management server 100, the determination unit 134 determines the storage location based on at least the tire demand information and the storage available area information. Then, the information management unit 132 associates the determined storage location with the corresponding tire as storage location information and stores it in the storage unit 120.

[0057] Next, as the process of step S104, in the management server 100, the information management unit 132 transmits the storage location information (and, if necessary, tire information, etc.) to the user terminal device 200 via the information transmission / reception unit 131.

[0058] <Effect> As described above, the information processing system and the like according to the first embodiment can efficiently store tires by using tire information indicating information particularly related to tires.

[0059] <Second Embodiment> <Configuration> The configuration of the information processing system 1 according to the first embodiment is the same as the configuration of the information processing system 1 according to the first embodiment (illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 6).

[0060] However, the determination unit 134 according to the second embodiment has a function of determining target tires to be loaded on a transfer means (for example, a vehicle that transfers tires from a storage facility to a store or a cart operating in the storage facility) based on at least tire demand information, instead of or in addition to the function of the determination unit 134 according to the first embodiment. Note that the tire demand information generation unit 133 and the tire demand information are the same as those in the first embodiment. In the first embodiment, the storage position was determined according to demand, whereas in the second embodiment, it can be said that the target tires to be loaded on the transfer means are determined according to demand.

[0061] Here, the target tires related to the determination unit 134 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. As described in the above-described Embodiment 1, the tire demand information generation unit 133 generates tire demand information based on reservation information and the like. For example, in FIG. 8, a group A of tires (a set of replacement winter tires associated with tire owners) for which tire demand information indicating high demand (for example, tire demand information is 3) is generated based on replacement reservation information, and a group B of tires (winter tires with increased demand as winter approaches) for which tire demand information indicating high demand (for example, tire demand information is 1) is generated based on seasonal information, and a group C of tires (tires with increased demand when coming to the store) for which tire demand information indicating high demand (for example, tire demand information is 2) is generated based on store visit reservation information. When these exist, the tires belonging to the tire groups A to C are determined as the target tires to be loaded on the transfer means with priority over other tires. For the determined tires, for example, the target tire selection information may be linked to the target tire information and stored and managed in the storage unit 120.

[0062] By setting the target tires in this way, it becomes possible to improve the efficiency of tire loading and transfer in accordance with the demand for tires.

[0063] Also, regarding the determination of the target tires related to the determination unit 134, the target tires may be determined based on the tire demand information and the tire storage location information. That is, for example, when the same type of tires (for example, model number information, manufacturer information, tire type information, etc.) are stored in a plurality of locations, the tire storage location information may be further referred to, and the tires stored on the shortest route at the current time may be determined as the target tires. More specifically, for example, when the group C of tires and the group D of tires in FIG. 8 are the same type of tires, if the required number is sufficient in the group C of tires on the entrance / exit side, the target tires may be determined from the group C of tires instead of the group D of tires.

[0064] By setting the target tires in this way, it becomes possible to improve the efficiency of tire loading and transfer in accordance with the demand and storage location of the tires.

[0065] Also, regarding the determination of the target tire for the determination unit 134, the target tire may be determined based on the tire demand information and the loading volume information indicating the loading volume of the transfer means. That is, for example, when the number of loadable tires is set according to the volume of the transfer means, it is not always possible to load all the tires in tire groups A to C. In this case, for example, first, load the tires in tire groups A and C with relatively high demand due to their relation to reservations as the target tires, and then set and load the tires in tire group B as the target tires until the remaining volume is reached.

[0066] By setting the target tire in this way, it becomes possible to streamline the loading and transfer of tires in accordance with the demand for tires and the loading volume of the transfer means.

[0067] Furthermore, in addition to determining the target tire as described above, the determination unit 134 of Embodiment 2 may also determine at least one of the loading order of the tires, the loading route of the tires, or the stacking order of the tires. At this time, from the perspective of efficiency, it is desirable to determine at least one of the loading route, loading order, and stacking order such that the loading route of the tires is shortened. Instead of or in addition to this, it is also possible to determine at least one of the loading route, loading order, and stacking order while emphasizing the loading balance based on the size and weight of the tires (for example, in the order of larger size or heavier weight). Here, determining the loading order and the stacking order can be rephrased as determining how to arrange them on the loading platform of the transfer means (determining the arrangement within the loading platform of the transfer means). At this time, it is also possible to arrange the stores farther away closer to the back of the loading platform in accordance with the order of the stores to be delivered. Note that the loading-related information such as the determined loading route may be separately stored and managed in the storage unit 120. In particular, the loading route information may be viewable by the user of the delivery company (transportation company). Also, the loading-related information may include loading time information (information such as the date of loading, which can also be said to be delivery time information).

[0068] In the example of FIG. 8 described above, the configuration for determining at least any one of the loading route, loading order, and stacking order in the storage facility has been described. Instead of, or in addition to, this, as illustrated in FIG. 9, a configuration for determining at least any one of the loading route, loading order, and stacking order in the storage facility may be included.

[0069] <Effect> As described above, the information processing system and the like according to the second embodiment can improve the efficiency of tire loading by using tire information indicating information related to tires in particular.

[0070] <Modification Example 1> In the above-described first and second embodiments, the main perspective has been the improvement of delivery efficiency when demand is high. Conversely, there may also be a perspective of efficiency improvement when demand is low, so this is supplemented. That is, as a result of the storage position being determined by the determination unit 134 in the first embodiment, a storage possible area where tires with low demand gather becomes clear. For example, the total tire demand information is calculated for each storage possible area, and when the total tire demand information falls below the reference value, tire information indicating that it is a tire to be discarded may be linked to the tire information of the tires in the corresponding storage possible area. Alternatively, a storage possible area associated with the minimum demand as the acceptable tire demand information may be set in advance, and when it is determined that it is to be stored in the storage possible area, similarly, tire information indicating that it is a tire to be discarded may be linked to the tire information of the tires in the corresponding storage possible area. At this time, it is more preferable to set as a condition for linking the tire information indicating that it is a tire to be discarded that the number of tires stored in the storage possible area is equal to or more than the reference value. Similarly, by determining a tire with low demand as the target tire by the determination unit 134 in the second embodiment, it becomes possible to load the tire to be discarded and facilitate the disposal. Although an example of the tire to be discarded has been shown, it is not limited to this, and tire information indicating that it is a tire to be reused that reuses at least either the rubber part or the wheel part of the tire may be linked.

[0071] <Modification Example 2> In FIG. 9, a warehouse owned by a warehouse company or the like was described as an example of a storage facility. Instead of or in addition to this, storage facilities (for example, small-scale warehouses) in the stores of a company that stores tires (for example, a maintenance company or the like) may also be included. That is, the above-described Embodiments 1 and 2 can be applied not only to the transfer from the warehouse to the store, but also to the transfer from store to store and the transfer from the store to the warehouse.

[0072] As described above, the embodiments according to the disclosure have been described, but these can be implemented in various other forms, and can be implemented by making various omissions, substitutions, changes, and combinations of the embodiments. These embodiments, variations, and omissions, substitutions, changes, and combinations of the embodiments are included in the technical scope of the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

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[0073] 1 Information processing system 100 Management server 200 User terminal device NW Network

Claims

1. An information management unit that stores in association with each other tire storage position information indicating a storage position for storing tires, storage available area information indicating an area where tires can be stored, and tire demand information indicating the demand for tires; A determination unit that determines the storage position based on at least the tire demand information and the storage available area information; An information processing system.

2. An information management unit that stores tire demand information indicating the demand for tires; A determination unit that determines target tires to be loaded on a transfer means based on at least the tire demand information; An information processing system.

3. Further comprising a tire demand information generation unit that generates the tire demand information based on reservation information regarding tires; The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

4. The reservation information includes tire delivery reservation information or tire replacement reservation information; The tire demand information generation unit generates the tire demand information based on at least one of the delivery reservation information or the replacement reservation information; The information processing system according to claim 3.

5. The reservation information includes tire sales reservation information; The tire demand information generation unit generates the tire demand information based on at least the sales reservation information; The information processing system according to claim 3.

6. The reservation information includes store visit reservation information of a tire owner; The tire demand information generation unit generates the tire demand information based on at least the store visit reservation information; The information processing system according to claim 3.

7. The reservation information includes store visit reservation information of a tire owner and vehicle information; The tire demand information generation unit generates the tire demand information based on at least the store visit reservation information and the vehicle information; The information processing system according to claim 3.

8. Further comprising a tire demand information generation unit that generates the tire demand information based on at least one of tire delivery cost payment status information or tire replacement cost payment status information; The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

9. Further comprising a tire demand information generation unit that generates the tire demand information based on predetermined weather forecast information; The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

10. The weather forecast information includes information regarding temperature; The information processing system according to claim 9.

11. The weather forecast information includes information regarding weather; The information processing system according to claim 9.

12. The weather forecast information includes information regarding warnings or advisories. The information processing system according to claim 9.

13. Further comprising a tire demand information generation unit that generates the tire demand information based on season information indicating the current season or a season after a predetermined period. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

14. Further comprising a tire demand information generation unit that generates the tire demand information based on the purchase history information of each tire. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

15. The storable area is stored with associated receivable tire demand information indicating receivable tire demand information. The information processing system according to claim 1.

16. The determination unit further acquires tire storage position information of the target tire, and determines the target tire based on at least the tire demand information and the tire storage position information. The information processing system according to claim 2.

17. The determination unit further acquires loading volume information indicating the loading volume of the transfer means, and determines the target tire based on at least the tire demand information and the loading volume information. The information processing system according to claim 2.

18. The determination unit further determines the loading order of the tires. The information processing system according to claim 2.

19. The determination unit further determines the loading route of the tires. The information processing system according to claim 2.

20. The determination unit further determines the stacking order of the tires. The information processing system according to claim 1 or 2.

21. By an information processing device An information management step of associating and storing tire storage position information indicating a storage position for storing tires, storable area information indicating an area where tires can be stored, and tire demand information indicating the demand for tires with each other; A determination step of determining the storage position based on at least the tire demand information and the storable area information is executed. Information processing method.

22. By an information processing device An information management step of storing tire demand information indicating the demand for tires; A determination step of determining a target tire to be loaded on a transfer means based on at least the tire demand information is executed. Information processing method.

23. In an information processing device An information management step of associating and storing tire storage position information indicating a storage position for storing tires, storage available area information indicating an area where tires can be stored, and tire demand information indicating the demand for tires with each other; A determination step of determining the storage position based on at least the tire demand information and the storage available area information, and causing the determination step to be executed. Program.

24. In an information processing apparatus, An information management step of storing tire demand information indicating the demand for tires; A determination step of determining target tires to be loaded on a transfer means based on at least the tire demand information, and causing the determination step to be executed. Program.

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