Evaluation apparatus, evaluation method, and program

Abstract

To provide an evaluation apparatus, evaluation method, and program for properly evaluating a producer for promotion.SOLUTION: In an evaluation system, an evaluation apparatus is connected to a plurality of storages over a network. The evaluation apparatus 200 of a producer who uses the storages for storing articles, as inventory goods, under high-humidity low-temperature conditions includes: a receiving unit which accepts inventory goods delivered from the producer; an order reception unit which receives an order for the inventory goods from a consumer; and an evaluation unit which evaluates the inventory goods or the producer of the inventory goods, based on at least one of receiving records and order reception records.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2A

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an evaluation device, an evaluation method, and a program. [Background technology]

[0002] Traditionally, refrigerators and freezers have been used to keep foods that require temperature control, such as meat, fish, and vegetables, fresh. In general, enzyme activity in food is positively correlated with food temperature, so the lower the temperature at which food is stored, the easier it is to maintain freshness. In addition, the growth rate of mold and bacteria can be kept extremely slow at temperatures around 0°C.

[0003] However, when storage temperatures are around 0°C, for example, meat and seafood, which are 70% to 80% water, and vegetables, which are 80% to 90% water, will freeze. When water turns to ice, its volume expands, and the extracellular fluid in the food freezes first, forming large ice crystals, which destroy the cell membrane from the outside. Furthermore, when frozen food is thawed, the intracellular and intercellular fluids released from the broken cells leak out, causing a loss of taste components and nutrients along with the water, and the food itself will also become less chewy. Furthermore, when storing food, if the relative humidity is not higher than the food's moisture content, water vapor will escape from the food into the surrounding air, causing it to dry out.

[0004] However, if the temperature inside the storage facility is raised to prevent freezing inside temperature-controlled items such as food, the activity of enzymes that break down food will increase, making it impossible to maintain freshness for a long period of time.

[0005] Therefore, Patent Document 1 discloses an evaporator for a storage facility in which a cold air temperature and humidity changing unit including a crushed ice heat exchanger is placed between a first blower and a second blower, adjacent to the first blower and the second blower. This cold air temperature and humidity changing unit contains ice supplied from the ice crushing unit, so the basic cold air comes into contact with this ice and becomes cold air containing water vapor at around 0°C.

[0006] Furthermore, as the ice melts and the resulting water vaporizes, the storage cabinet becomes filled with water vapor, creating a high-humidity environment with an internal temperature of around 0°C and a relative humidity of around 100%. Therefore, the quality of food stored in the storage cabinet can be maintained by keeping it at around 0°C and a relative humidity of around 100%. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0007] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2018-162967 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0008] As described above, storage facilities that can maintain items at around 0°C and a relative humidity of around 100% can maintain the freshness of stored food for a long period of time without deteriorating its quality, and can even improve the nutritional value and taste through aging.

[0009] Incidentally, efforts have been made for some time to create regional brands by attaching the name of a region to distinctive agricultural, forestry, and fishery products in order to differentiate them from those of other regions, with the aim of making the most of local resources and wisdom, revitalizing the local economy, and increasing the attractiveness of the region.

[0010] This type of regional branding, by emphasizing the unique characteristics of a region, gives producers and their products a competitive edge, and by realizing a price premium for their products, it brings economic benefits to the local producers, as well as the expectation that it will help them gain the trust of consumers and have a ripple effect of revitalizing the region.However, since many producers of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products are small-scale, it is difficult to maintain a certain level of quality and supply volume in order to promote regional branding.

[0011] An object of the present invention is to provide an evaluation device, an evaluation method, and a program that can appropriately evaluate producers for promotion. [Means for solving the problem]

[0012] That is, the present invention is as follows. [1] An evaluation device for a producer who uses a storage facility that stores goods as inventory under high humidity and low temperature conditions, a receiving unit that receives the inventory of the stock from the producer; an order receiving unit that receives orders for the inventory items from consumers; An evaluation unit that evaluates the inventory items or the producers of the inventory items based on at least one of the inventory record and the order record, Evaluation equipment. [2] The evaluation unit evaluates the inventory or the producer of the inventory on a regional basis. The evaluation device described in [1]. [3] the evaluation unit evaluates the inventory items or the producers of the inventory items based on at least one of the inventory amount, the inventory frequency, and the quality of the inventory items at the time of warehousing, as the warehousing performance; The evaluation device according to [1] or [2]. [4] the evaluation unit evaluates the inventory items or the producers of the inventory items based on at least one of the order performance, the shipping volume of the inventory items, the shipping price, the quality of the inventory items at the time of shipping, and the repeat rate from the same consumer; The evaluation device according to any one of [1] to [3]. [5] The evaluation unit evaluates the inventory or the producer of the inventory by further considering at least one of information about the rarity of the item and information about farming methods. The evaluation device according to any one of [1] to [4]. [6] The device further includes a display unit that displays an evaluation of the producer to the consumer, The display unit displays different evaluations of the inventory items or the producers for each consumer according to the consumer's attribute information. The evaluation device according to any one of [1] to [5]. [7] The evaluation of the inventory includes at least one of evaluation of seed quality and evaluation of variety quality; The evaluation device according to any one of [1] to [6]. [8] The evaluation device for producers who use storage facilities that store goods as inventory under high humidity and low temperature conditions is receiving inventory of the inventory from a producer; receiving an order for the inventory from a consumer; and evaluating the producer of the item according to the inventory record and the order record. Evaluation method. [9] For evaluation devices used by producers who use storage facilities that store goods as inventory under high humidity and low temperature conditions, receiving goods from a producer; receiving an order for the inventory from a consumer; and evaluating the producer of the item according to the inventory record and the order record. program. [Effects of the Invention]

[0013] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an evaluation device, an evaluation method, and a program that can appropriately evaluate producers for promotion. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0014] [Figure 1A] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an aspect of an evaluation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 1B] 1 is a schematic perspective view showing one aspect of a storage cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2A] 1 is a block diagram showing one aspect of an evaluation device according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Figure 2B] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing one example of in-fridge data. [Figure 2C] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing one aspect of individual evaluation data. [Figure 2D] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing one aspect of regional evaluation data. [Figure 2E] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing one aspect of consumer data. [Figure 3A] 1 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an evaluation process according to the present embodiment. [Figure 3B] 10 is a flowchart showing another aspect of the evaluation process of the present embodiment. [Figure 3C] FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram showing one aspect of a process for varying evaluation results depending on attribute information of a consumer. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0015] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as "the present embodiment") will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as necessary, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications are possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention. In the drawings, the same elements are given the same reference numerals, and redundant explanations will be omitted. Furthermore, positional relationships such as up, down, left, and right will be based on the positional relationships shown in the drawings unless otherwise specified. Furthermore, the dimensional ratios of the drawings are not limited to those shown in the drawings.

[0016] 1. Rating System FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram showing an evaluation system according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1A, an example of the evaluation system according to this embodiment may include storage cabinets 100a, 100b, and 100c (hereinafter simply referred to as "storage cabinet 100") for storing items under high-humidity, low-temperature conditions, an evaluation device 200 in the storage cabinet 100, a terminal 300a used by a user (producer) of the storage cabinet 100, and a terminal 300b used by a consumer of the items stored in the storage cabinet 100. The user of the storage cabinet 100 is a person who stores items in the storage cabinet 100, and may be a producer of the items or another distributor. When there is no need to distinguish between the terminals 300a and 300b, they are also simply referred to as "terminals 300."

[0017] The evaluation device 200 of this embodiment is a device that evaluates inventory items or producers of inventory items based on at least one of inventory receipt history and order history. In the example of FIG. 1A, the evaluation device 200 is shown as a server connected to the storage warehouse 100 via a network N. This allows the evaluation device 200 to simultaneously evaluate inventory items or producers of inventory items in multiple storage warehouses 100a, 100b, and 100c located in various locations. Note that, although the following description will be given using the evaluation device 200 as an example, the evaluation device 200 of this embodiment is not limited to this. Specifically, the evaluation device 200 may be installed in each storage warehouse 100 and evaluate the inventory items or producers of the inventory items stored in each storage warehouse 100.

[0018] In this embodiment, "stock items" refers to items stored in the storage facility 100, and "goods" refers to items that are generally traded in the market. For example, in the case of lettuce, lettuce traded in the general market corresponds to the goods in this embodiment, and lettuce stored in the storage facility 100 corresponds to the stock items in this embodiment.

[0019] The evaluation device 200 may receive various data such as in-storage environment information and inventory information from the storage 100, and based on the data, evaluate the stock items stored in the storage 100 or the producers of the stock items. The evaluation device 200 may also accept the receipt of stock items from the storage 100 or the terminal 300a in response to an operation by the producer, or may accept an order for stock items from the terminal 300b in response to an operation by a consumer. Alternatively, the evaluation device 200 may transmit an evaluation of the stock items or an evaluation of the producers of the stock items to the terminals 300a and 300b in response to a request from the terminals 300a and 300b.

[0020] Fig. 1B is a schematic perspective view showing one embodiment of a storage facility. As shown in Fig. 1B, storage facility 100 may have a storage room 110 for accommodating items 160 and their packaging 170 to be stored under high-humidity, low-temperature conditions, a cooling evaporator 120 for maintaining the high-humidity, low-temperature conditions inside storage room 110, and a control device 130 for controlling cooling evaporator 120 and the like. Fig. 1B shows storage room 110 having a door 140 and sized to allow human entry, but the size of storage room 110 is not limited to this and may be one that is not intended for human entry.

[0021] The cooling evaporator 120 is an example of an air conditioner, and is not particularly limited as long as it can maintain high humidity and low temperature conditions inside the storage room 110. For example, the cooling evaporator 120 may have a water tank and a blower that blows air onto the water surface of the water tank to send moist air into the storage room, or may have a blower that blows air onto the ice to send moist air into the storage room.

[0022] The relative humidity under the high-humidity, low-temperature conditions of this embodiment is preferably 80% RH or higher, 85% RH or higher, 90% RH or higher, or 95% RH or higher. The upper limit of the relative humidity is not particularly limited, but is preferably 100% RH or lower. The temperature under the high-humidity, low-temperature conditions of this embodiment is preferably -1°C or higher, -0.5°C or higher, or -0.3°C or higher. The upper limit of the temperature is preferably 1°C or lower, 0.5°C or lower, or 0.3°C or lower.

[0023] The control device 130 may instruct the cooling evaporator 120 to control the temperature and humidity in the storage room 110, record the current and past temperature and humidity trends obtained from the sensor 150, manage information regarding the entry and exit of the items 160 stored in the storage room 110, and transmit this information to the evaluation device 200. In addition to this, the control device 130 may transmit information regarding the temperature and humidity in the storage room 110 and other information obtained by various sensors provided in the storage room 110 to the evaluation device 200.

[0024] The cooling / evaporating device 120 may include an ultraviolet irradiation device that irradiates ultraviolet rays onto the water or ice used to create the high-humidity, low-temperature environment. By irradiating ultraviolet rays, the number of bacteria contained in the cooling / evaporating device 120 can be reduced, and the spread of bacteria by the cooling / evaporating device 120 can be suppressed.

[0025] 1B shows an example in which the control device 130 is provided on the door 140 so that the user can easily check the temperature and humidity as well as manage the entry and exit of goods, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the control device 130 may be located in a place separate from the storage room 110 as long as it is connected to the storage room 110 via the network N. Furthermore, when an evaluation device 200 is provided for each storage room 100, the evaluation device 200 may be integrated with the control device 130.

[0026] Furthermore, the terminal 300 is not particularly limited as long as it is a terminal used by a user who stores items in the storage facility 100 or a consumer of the items stored in the storage facility 100, but may be, for example, a smartphone, tablet, desktop, laptop, or other computer.

[0027] 2A to 2E, the hardware configuration and functional configuration of the evaluation device 200 will be described. The evaluation device 200 is not particularly limited and may be, for example, a desktop, laptop, or other computer. The evaluation device 200 is a general-purpose computer and may be configured as a single computer or multiple computers on a network N.

[0028] 2A, the following describes the hardware configuration and functional configuration of the evaluation device 200. The evaluation device 200 includes, for example, a processor 210, a communication interface 220, an input / output interface 230, a memory 240, a storage 250, and one or more communication buses 260 for interconnecting these components.

[0029] The processor 210 is not particularly limited, but may include, for example, one or more central processing units (CPUs), MPUs, GPUs, microprocessors, processor cores, multiprocessors, ASICs, FPGAs, etc., and may perform processing, functions, or methods realized by code or instructions contained in a program stored in storage 250 using a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit or the like, or a dedicated circuit.

[0030] Specifically, the processor 210 may be configured to function as a reception unit 211, an order receiving unit 212, an evaluation unit 213, and a display unit 214, as shown in FIG. 2A.

[0031] The communication interface 220 transmits and receives various data to and from other devices via the network N. The communication may be performed either wired or wirelessly, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication is possible. For example, the communication interface 220 may be implemented as hardware such as a network adapter, various communication software, or a combination of these.

[0032] Network N may be, but is not limited to, an ad-hoc network, an intranet, an extranet, a virtual private network (VPN), a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a portion of the Internet, a portion of the public switched telephone network (PSTN), a cellular network, ISDNs, wireless LANs, LTE, CDMA, Bluetooth, satellite communications, etc., or a combination thereof. A network may include one or more networks.

[0033] The input / output interface 230 may include an input device for inputting various operations to the evaluation device 200, and an output device for outputting processing results processed by the evaluation device 200. For example, the input / output interface 230 may include information input devices such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel, and an information output device such as a display. Note that the evaluation device 200 may receive a predetermined input or execute a predetermined output by connecting an external input / output interface 230. In the example shown in FIG. 1B, for example, the sensor 150 and the control device 130 of the storage 100 may function as external information input devices for the evaluation device 200.

[0034] The sensor 150 is not particularly limited, but examples thereof include a temperature and humidity sensor, an oxygen concentration sensor, a carbon dioxide concentration sensor, an ethylene gas sensor, etc. Using these sensors, the state inside the refrigerator can be recorded in the refrigerator data 251.

[0035] The goods and inventory items are not particularly limited as long as they are generally stored at low temperatures, and examples include food ingredients, fresh flowers, etc. Food ingredients include not only food ingredients before cooking such as meat, fish, and vegetables, but also food ingredients after pre-processing for cooking and cooked dishes.

[0036] The memory 240 temporarily stores programs loaded from the storage 250 and provides a working area for the processor 210. The memory 240 also temporarily stores various data generated while the processor 210 is executing the programs. The memory 240 may be, for example, a high-speed random access memory such as a DRAM, an SRAM, a DDR RAM, or another random access solid-state storage device, or a combination of these.

[0037] The storage 250 stores programs, each functional unit, models for various estimation processes, and various data. The storage 250 may be, for example, one or more magnetic disk storage devices, optical disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or nonvolatile memories such as other nonvolatile solid-state storage devices, or a combination thereof. Another example of the storage 250 may be one or more storage devices installed remotely from the processor 210.

[0038] 2B shows an example of the in-fridge data 251. The in-fridge data 251 records information measured by various sensors, information input to the terminal 300a and the control device 130, etc. Furthermore, each functional unit may obtain information required for various processes from the in-fridge data 251.

[0039] The "storage ID" is an identifier for uniquely identifying a storage facility when multiple storage facilities exist in different regions. The "storage environment information" records information about high and low humidity environments such as temperature and humidity, as well as other information about the environment inside the storage facility such as oxygen concentration. The storage environment information may be time-series data. Furthermore, the "inventory information" records information about the inventory status, such as information about the entry and exit of items into the storage facility 100.

[0040] Furthermore, the "inventory information" may include information such as an "inventory item ID," which is an identifier for uniquely identifying an inventory item, and the "species," "variety," "harvesting area," "entry date and time," "quality at time of entry," "quantity," "quality guarantee expiry date," "shipping date and time," "quality at time of shipment," "shipping price information," and "storage status," all of which may be associated with each other. In addition, if the item is an agricultural product, the harvest date may be recorded, and if the item is a cooked or pre-processed food ingredient, the cooking date may be recorded.

[0041] In biological taxonomy, a "species" is a basic unit of hierarchical classification of living organisms, and in its biological definition, refers to a group of individuals that can freely interbreed in nature to produce reproductive offspring. These individuals share common morphological and genetic characteristics and are reproductively isolated from other similar populations. On the other hand, a "variety" is used to refer to a group of individuals within a species that have specific traits, and can also refer to a group of individuals that have been artificially improved and whose traits have been fixed. Thus, strawberries are a species, and Tochiotome strawberries are a variety. "Harvesting area" refers to the area where stock is harvested.

[0042] The "quality assurance date" indicates the date by which a certain quality of the product is guaranteed when stored under high humidity and low temperature conditions, and may be an estimated freshness retention date or an estimated optimum ripening date. The quality assurance date may be determined based on the product being stored, its condition, and the time elapsed since the harvest date.

[0043] Since foodstuffs and other items gradually deteriorate after harvest and are difficult to store for long periods of time, foodstuffs brought to the market are immediately priced and traded, as shown in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market Survey mentioned above. In other words, in normal wholesale market transactions, foodstuffs are not stored for long periods of time before being traded, even though their freshness decreases. However, in this embodiment, a long storage period can be ensured by storing them under high-humidity, low-temperature conditions. Therefore, there is no need to trade immediately after harvest, and they can be traded during the storage period.

[0044] This allows the time required for transactions to be secured within the storage period, making it possible to distribute food ingredients at stable prices without being affected by temporary fluctuations in price or transaction volume, such as price hikes or declines in transaction volume due to poor harvests caused by natural disasters, or price drops or shipment suspensions due to good harvests.In particular, even for fresh foods, long-term storage of one, two, or even more months is possible, making it possible to stabilize market prices and transaction volumes.

[0045] "Quality at time of arrival" and "quality at time of departure" refer to the quality at the time of arrival or departure, and may indicate the grade or class of the food material, or may further include information on ingredients such as nutritional content. Here, "grade" refers to a rating of shape, color, taste, etc., and generally includes ratings classified as special, excellent, good, or A to C, or special excellent, or specially selected. "Class" refers to a rating of size, and generally includes size ratings classified as L, M, S, etc.

[0046] Such quality may be, for example, image data of the product, or quality evaluated from the image data using a quality evaluation model, or a value evaluated using a known component meter such as a sugar content meter. The quality evaluation model is not particularly limited as long as it can evaluate the quality of an ingredient based on an appearance image of the ingredient or other item, and any conventionally known model can be used. Furthermore, such a quality evaluation model may be created by machine learning using learning data that associates image data of the ingredient with its quality evaluation.

[0047] The "storage condition" may include the packaging condition of the product. For example, in the case of lettuce, information such as whether the lettuce is stored as is, whether it is covered with a film that may have holes, or whether it is stored in a box such as a cardboard box may be included. Depending on the food ingredient, the storage condition may allow for even longer storage.

[0048] FIG. 2C shows one embodiment of the individual evaluation data 252. The individual evaluation data 252 records individual evaluations of inventory items and their producers. The "Producer ID" is an identifier for uniquely identifying the producer. The "Species," "Variety," and "Harvest Area" may record the species, variety, and harvest area of ​​the item produced by the producer and stored as inventory. Furthermore, the "Inventory History" may record various information such as the inventory quantity, inventory frequency, and quality at the time of storage of the producer's inventory items, and the "Order History" may record various information such as the dispatch quantity, dispatch price, dispatch quality, and repeat order rate from the same consumer of the producer's inventory items.

[0049] "Scarcity" may record the rarity of the "species" or "variety" of the stock item if it is rare compared to those circulating in the market. Also, "farming method" may record certified information on the safety and quality of the stock item, such as organic farming or various other farming methods.

[0050] The "evaluation information" may include information regarding the evaluation of stock items or producers by the evaluation unit 213, which will be described later. Such evaluation information may include evaluation information related to quality, such as the quality, freshness, appearance, and size of stock items, which have traditionally been expressed as grades or classes, as well as information on various nutritional components, evaluation information related to supply stability, such as incoming and outgoing quantities and outgoing prices, evaluation information that enhances the brand value of stock items, such as farming methods (safety) and rarity, and evaluation information indicating stable demand and positive evaluations in the market, such as repeat purchase rates.

[0051] In addition, the evaluation information may include evaluation information for retail consumers and evaluation information for restaurant consumers, which are displayed differently depending on the consumer's attribute information by the display unit 214 described below.

[0052] FIG. 2D shows one aspect of the regional evaluation data 253. The regional evaluation data 253 records items that have been evaluated as regional specialty products because the evaluation of the stock items or producers for each region is above a threshold. The "brand ID" is an identifier for uniquely identifying items that have been evaluated as regional stock items or producers above a threshold. The "label" may record a label attached by the evaluation unit 213 (described later) to items that have been evaluated as regional stock items or producers above a threshold. The "species," "variety," "harvesting area," "rarity," and "farming method" may be the same as those in the individual evaluation data 252.

[0053] The "evaluation information on quality" in the regional evaluation data 253 may record information that is a synthesis of evaluation information on quality for stock items or producers that correspond to a predetermined region and species or variety, among the information recorded in the individual evaluation data 252. Similarly, the "evaluation information on supply stability" may record information that is a synthesis of evaluation information on supply stability, such as incoming and outgoing quantities, for stock items or producers that correspond to a predetermined region and species or variety, among the information recorded in the individual evaluation data 252. Furthermore, the evaluation information may include evaluation information for retail consumers and evaluation information for restaurant consumers that is displayed differently by the display unit 214 described below depending on the attribute information of the consumers.

[0054] The "target producer ID" may be a list of producer IDs that produce stock items corresponding to a specified region and species or variety, and that are the basis for the evaluation information of the brand ID.

[0055] FIG. 2E shows one example of consumer data 254. Consumer data 254 records information about consumers. A "consumer ID" is an identifier for uniquely identifying a consumer. Consumer attribute information is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, information describing the characteristics and features of a consumer category, such as a retail store, a restaurant, or a secondary processor. In addition, the "type of evaluation emphasized" may record, as supplementary information about the attribute information, evaluation items that the consumer (e.g., a restaurant) particularly emphasizes (e.g., quality, cost, etc.). Finally, the "past order history" may record the consumer's transaction history.

[0056] 1.1. Reception department The reception unit 211 receives, for example, an entry of an inventory item from the control device 130 or the terminal 300a of the storage facility 100 in response to an operation by the producer. The reception unit 211 may record information on the inventory record, such as the entry price, the entry date, and the quality at the time of entry, in the in-warehouse data 251 as the entry information of the inventory item.

[0057] As described above, the reception unit 211 may record imaging data of inventory items as information regarding the quality at the time of receipt, or may record information regarding the quality at the time of receipt evaluated from the imaging data using a quality evaluation model, or may also record values ​​evaluated using a known component meter such as a sugar content meter.

[0058] 1.2. Order Receipt Department The order receiving unit 212 receives an order for an inventory item from the terminal 300b in response to an operation of a consumer, for example. The order receiving unit 212 may record information on the order history of the inventory item, such as the shipping price, shipping date, and shipping quality, in the in-warehouse data 251 as order information for the inventory item.

[0059] As described above, the order receiving unit 212 may record image data of inventory items as information regarding the quality at the time of shipment, or may record information regarding the quality at the time of shipment evaluated from the image data using a quality evaluation model, or may also record values ​​evaluated using a known component meter such as a sugar content meter.

[0060] 1.3.Evaluation Section The evaluation unit 213 evaluates the stock items or the producers of the stock items based on at least one of the inventory record and the order record.

[0061] The inventory history used to evaluate the inventory or the producer of the inventory is not particularly limited, but may include, for example, at least one of the inventory quantity, inventory frequency, and quality of the inventory at the time of inventory entry, all of which are recorded in the warehouse data 251.

[0062] The order history used to evaluate the stock items or the producers of the stock items is not particularly limited, but may include, for example, at least one of the following items recorded in warehouse data 251 regarding the stock items or the producers of the stock items: the shipping volume of the stock items, the shipping price, the quality of the stock items at the time of shipping, and the repeat rate from the same consumer.

[0063] The evaluation unit 213 may evaluate the stock item or the producer of the stock item by further considering at least one of information regarding the scarcity of the item and information regarding farming methods.

[0064] The evaluation of the stock is not particularly limited, and may include, for example, at least one of an evaluation of the quality of the seed and an evaluation of the quality of the variety. Specifically, the evaluation may include two evaluations: an evaluation of the quality of the strawberry (seed), such as sweetness and sourness, and an evaluation of the quality of the Tochiotome (variety), such as sweetness and sourness.

[0065] At this time, the evaluation unit 213 may evaluate the stock items or producers of the stock items by region. Also, at this time, the evaluation unit 213 may evaluate the stock items or producers of the stock items by region for each of the same variety or type.

[0066] In this way, by evaluating stock items or producers of stock items by region, or even by species or variety, it is possible to evaluate agricultural, forestry, and fishery products that are specialty products of that region. Such evaluations can help establish a regional brand for agricultural, forestry, and fishery products by recognizing a certain level of quality and supply stability for a certain species or variety in a certain region. In other words, even if a producer is small-scale, the evaluation device 200 can help establish a regional brand for agricultural, forestry, and fishery products by grouping producers who produce a certain level of stock items together by region, rather than by individual producer.

[0067] For example, the evaluation unit 213 may create a label that can be understood as a local specialty, such as "regional name + species or variety name," to the extent that it does not violate trademarks or regional indications, group stock items that meet the regional name and species or variety and the producers of those stock items, and assign an evaluation to the label.

[0068] 1.4.Display section The display unit 214 displays the evaluation of the producer to the consumers. At this time, the display unit 214 may display different evaluations of the inventory items or the producers for each consumer according to the attribute information of the consumers.

[0069] Here, consumer attribute information refers to information describing the characteristics and features of a consumer category, such as a retail store, a restaurant, or a secondary processor. Retail stores, restaurants, and secondary processors require different evaluations of inventory items, and evaluation items that are important when a retail store purchases inventory items may not be important when a restaurant purchases inventory items. Therefore, the display unit 214 displays different evaluation results according to the consumer attribute information.

[0070] As shown in the lower part of Figure 3C, the display unit 214 may display the same evaluation items A to E with different weights for retail stores and restaurants, or, although not shown, some of the evaluation items displayed may be different for retail stores and restaurants.

[0071] The evaluation items and their weightings to be displayed may be managed in advance in a table, etc. Specifically, when the attribute information of the consumer is a restaurant, the display unit 214 may obtain information on display control such as evaluation items and weightings for restaurants from the table, and apply the information on display control to the evaluation information of a predetermined stock item or producer in the warehouse data 251, thereby displaying an evaluation for the restaurant as shown in the lower part of Fig. 3C.

[0072] 1.5. Operation Processing Next, the operation of the evaluation device 200 will be described.

[0073] FIG. 3A shows a flowchart illustrating one aspect of the evaluation process of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3A, in step S11, the reception unit 211 executes inventory reception to receive information about inventory items. In step S12, the order receiving unit 212 receives an order for the inventory item, and in step S13, the evaluation unit 213 evaluates the inventory item or asset owner based on the inventory record or order record. Note that the evaluation based on the inventory record may be performed before step S12. The evaluation by the evaluation unit 213 may be recorded in the individual evaluation data 252.

[0074] 3B shows a flowchart illustrating another aspect of the evaluation process of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3B, if the evaluation unit 213 determines in step S21 that the evaluation of the stock items or producers for each region is equal to or greater than the threshold, the evaluation unit 213 attaches a label to the stock items for each region (e.g., strawberries or strawberry varieties) in step S22. The label may be attached to the main stock items or varieties for a specific region.

[0075] The label attached in this manner may be displayed on the terminal 300b as supplementary information about the stock item when the search results of the search query are transmitted in steps S32 and S42 of Fig. 3C, which will be described later. This allows the consumer to recognize that the displayed stock item is a high-quality product that meets certain quality and supply stability, and could be called a local specialty.

[0076] Then, in step S23, the evaluation unit 213 assigns an evaluation to the label. The evaluation of the label may be recorded in the regional evaluation data 253. The evaluation of the label may go beyond the scope of an individual producer and may be assigned based on information that combines the inventory record and order record of the inventory item to which the label is attached (inventory item of a specific main type or variety in a specific region).

[0077] 3C is a sequence diagram showing one mode of processing for varying evaluation results depending on the consumer's attribute information. As shown in FIG. 3C, in step S31, the order receiving unit 212 receives a search query for inventory items from a first retail consumer. At this time, the terminal 300b may transmit either a consumer ID from which attribute information can be obtained by introducing the consumer data 254 on the evaluation device 200 side, or the attribute information together with the search query, and the order receiving unit 212 may receive this.

[0078] Then, in step S32, the order receiving unit 212 obtains information about stock items that match the search query as a search result, and transmits first evaluation information about the stock items that match the search result to the terminal 300b used by the consumer of the retail store. At this time, the first evaluation information may be evaluation information obtained by modifying information about the evaluation of the stock items obtained by the display unit 214 from the individual evaluation data 252 and / or the regional evaluation data 253 for the retail store, taking into account the attribute information.

[0079] Next, in step S33, terminal 300b sends an order for the stock item, and in step S34, the order receiving unit 212 performs processing related to the transaction after the order is received, and in step S35, the evaluation unit 213 may further update the evaluation of the stock item or producer based on the order history.

[0080] Similarly, in step S41, the order receiving unit 212 receives a search query and attribute information for an inventory item from a second consumer of the restaurant, and in step S42, the order receiving unit 212 obtains information about the inventory item corresponding to the search query as a search result, and transmits second evaluation information for the inventory item corresponding to the search result to the terminal 300b used by the consumer of the restaurant. At this time, the second evaluation information may be evaluation information obtained by the display unit 214 modifying information about the evaluation of the inventory item obtained from the individual evaluation data 252 and / or the local evaluation data 253 for the restaurant in consideration of the attribute information. The subsequent processes of steps S43 to S45 can be similar to steps S33 to S35.

[0081] The bottom of Figure 3C shows an example in which different first evaluation information and second evaluation information are displayed according to the attributes of the consumer, based on information regarding the evaluation of inventory items obtained from the same individual evaluation data 252 and / or regional evaluation data 253.

[0082] 2. Evaluation Method In the evaluation method of this embodiment, an evaluation device of a producer that uses a storage facility that stores goods as inventory under high humidity and low temperature conditions executes the steps of accepting inventory from the producer, accepting orders for inventory from consumers, and evaluating the producer of the goods based on inventory history and order history.

[0083] Note that the specific aspects of the method of this embodiment have been described above in the operational processing, so detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

[0084] 3. Program The program of this embodiment causes an evaluation device of a producer that uses a storage facility that stores goods as inventory under high humidity and low temperature conditions to execute the steps of accepting goods from the producer, accepting orders for inventory from consumers, and evaluating the producer of the goods based on the inventory record and order record.

[0085] The program may be recorded on a readable recording medium. Note that the specific aspects of the processing executed by the program of this embodiment have been described in the above operational processing, and therefore detailed description thereof will be omitted here. [Explanation of symbols]

[0086] 100, 100a, 100b, 100c...storage, 110...storage room, 120...cooling evaporator, 130...control device, 140...door, 150...sensor, 160...item, 170...packaging, 200...evaluation device, 210...processor, 211...reception unit, 212...order reception unit, 213...evaluation unit, 214...display unit, 220...communication interface, 230...input / output interface, 240...memory, 250...storage, 251...warehouse data, 252...individual evaluation data, 253...regional evaluation data, 254...consumer data, 260...communication bus, 300, 300a, 300b...terminal

Claims

1. An evaluation device for a producer who uses a storage facility that stores goods as inventory under high humidity and low temperature conditions, a receiving unit that receives the inventory of the stock from the producer; an order receiving unit that receives orders for the inventory items from consumers; An evaluation unit that evaluates the inventory items or the producers of the inventory items based on at least one of the inventory record and the order record, Evaluation equipment.

2. The evaluation unit evaluates the inventory or the producer of the inventory on a regional basis. The evaluation device according to claim 1 .

3. the evaluation unit evaluates the inventory items or the producers of the inventory items based on at least one of the inventory amount, the inventory frequency, and the quality of the inventory items at the time of warehousing, as the warehousing performance; The evaluation device according to claim 1 .

4. the evaluation unit evaluates the inventory items or the producers of the inventory items based on at least one of the order performance, the shipping volume of the inventory items, the shipping price, the quality of the inventory items at the time of shipping, and the repeat rate from the same consumer; The evaluation device according to claim 1 .

5. The evaluation unit evaluates the inventory or the producer of the inventory by further considering at least one of information about the rarity of the item and information about farming methods. The evaluation device according to claim 1 .

6. The method further includes a display unit that displays an evaluation of the inventory item or the producer of the inventory item to the consumer, The display unit displays different evaluations of the inventory items or the producers for each consumer according to the consumer's attribute information. The evaluation device according to claim 1 .

7. The evaluation of the inventory includes at least one of evaluation of seed quality and evaluation of variety quality; The evaluation device according to claim 1 .

8. The evaluation device for producers who use storage facilities that store goods as inventory under high humidity and low temperature conditions is receiving inventory of the inventory from a producer; receiving an order for the inventory from a consumer; and evaluating the producer of the item according to the inventory record and the order record. Evaluation method.

9. For evaluation devices used by producers who use storage facilities that store goods as inventory under high humidity and low temperature conditions, receiving goods from a producer; receiving an order for the inventory from a consumer; and evaluating the producer of the item according to the inventory record and the order record. program.

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