Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program

Abstract

This disclosure aims to inform users of a method for protecting the inner surface of tires being transported as goods while improving the transportation efficiency of goods being transported to a predetermined location. [Solution] The information processing device includes a processor, which determines the type of protective member to protect the contact between the tire and the contents based on tire information indicating the tire size of the tire to be transported to a predetermined location and contents information indicating the weight and dimensions of the contents to be contained in the cavity of the tire and transported together with the tire to the predetermined location, and proposes the determined type of protective member to the user.

Description

Technical Field

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

Background Art

[0002] Patent Document 1 discloses a technique related to a case of preventing a vehicle tire from being cut and damaged by a sharp object or the like as a prank.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] As described above, Patent Document 1 is a technique for suppressing damage to a tire, but it is for the purpose of protecting the tire surface and does not touch on the protection of the inner surface of the tire, and there is room for improvement.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present disclosure is to make a user understand a method of protecting the inner surface of a tire transported as an article while increasing the transportation efficiency of the article transported to a predetermined location.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0006] The information processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes a processor, and the processor determines a type of a protection member that protects contact between the tire and the content based on tire information indicating a tire size of a tire to be transported to a predetermined location and content information indicating the weight and dimensions of the content accommodated in a cavity of the tire and transported to the predetermined location together with the tire, and proposes the determined type of the protection member to the user.

Effects of the Invention

[0007] As explained above, this disclosure allows users to understand a method for protecting the inner surface of tires being transported as goods while improving the transportation efficiency of goods being transported to a predetermined location. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0008] [Figure 1] This is a diagram illustrating the schematic configuration of an information processing system. [Figure 2] Hardware configuration block for servers and user terminals. [Figure 3] This is a block diagram showing the server's storage configuration. [Figure 4] This is a block diagram that schematically shows the functional configuration of the server's CPU. [Figure 5] This chart shows the flow of a specific process performed by the server. [Figure 6] This is the first example of the display shown on the user terminal's display. [Figure 7] This is a second example of the display shown on the user terminal's display. [Figure 8] This is a third example of the display shown on the user terminal's display. [Figure 9] This is an explanatory diagram showing the state of contents being contained within the cavity of a tire. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0009] The information processing system 10 according to this embodiment will be described below. Figure 1 is a diagram showing the schematic configuration of the information processing system 10.

[0010] As shown in Figure 1, the information processing system 10 includes a server 20 and a user terminal 40. The server 20 and the user terminal 40 are connected via a network N. Network N can be, for example, the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), or a WAN (Wide Area Network).

[0011] Server 20 is a server computer that performs various processes related to the information processing system 10. Server 20 is an example of the "information processing apparatus" and "computer" of the present disclosure.

[0012] The user terminal 40 is a terminal owned by a user who can use the proposed service provided by the information processing system 10.

[0013] Next, the hardware configurations of the server 20 and the user terminal 40 will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configurations of the server 20 and the user terminal 40. As an example, in the present embodiment, the server 20 is regarded as a "server computer" and the user terminal 40 is regarded as a "PC (Personal Computer)". Note that since the server 20 and the user terminal 40 basically have a general computer configuration, the server 20 will be described as a representative.

[0014] As shown in FIG. 2, the server 20 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 22, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 23, a storage 24, an input unit 25, a display unit 26, and a communication unit 27. Each component is connected to be communicable with each other via a bus 28.

[0015] The CPU 21 is a central processing unit that executes various programs and controls each unit. That is, the CPU 21 reads a program from the ROM 22 or the storage 24 and executes the program using the RAM 23 as a work area. The CPU 21 performs control of the above components and various arithmetic processes according to the program stored in the ROM 22 or the storage 24. The CPU 21 is an example of the "processor" of the present disclosure.

[0016] The ROM 22 stores various programs and various data. The RAM 23 temporarily stores a program or data as a work area.

[0017] The storage 24 is composed of a storage device such as a HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSD (Solid State Drive), or flash memory, and stores various programs and various data.

[0018] The input unit 25 includes, as an example, a pointing device such as a mouse, various buttons, a keyboard, a microphone, and a camera, etc., and is used to perform various inputs.

[0019] The display unit 26 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, and displays various information. The display unit 26 may adopt a touch panel method and function as the input unit 25.

[0020] The communication unit 27 is an interface for communicating with other devices. For this communication, for example, a standard for wired communication such as Ethernet (registered trademark) or FDDI, or a standard for wireless communication such as 4G, 5G, or Wi-Fi (registered trademark) is used.

[0021] Note that the functions of the CPU 41, ROM 42, RAM 43, storage 44, input unit 45, display unit 46, communication unit 47, and bus 48 of the user terminal 40 are the same as the functions of the CPU 21, ROM 22, RAM 23, storage 24, input unit 25, display unit 26, communication unit 27, and bus 28 of the server 20 described above.

[0022] Next, the configuration of the storage 24 of the server 20 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the storage 24 of the server 20.

[0023] As shown in FIG. 3, an information processing program 24A and a generation model 24B are stored in the storage 24.

[0024] The information processing program 24A is a program that causes the CPU 21 to perform various processes described later. When executing the information processing program 24A, the server 20 uses the hardware resources shown in Figure 2 to perform the processing based on the information processing program 24A. The information processing program 24A is an example of an "information processing program" in this disclosure.

[0025] Generative Model 24B is a form of so-called generative AI (Artificial Intelligence). One example of Generative Model 24B is ChatGPT (Internet Search).<URL: https: / / openai.com / blog / chatgpt> ) and Gemini (Internet search <url: https: gemini.google.com ?hl="ja">Examples of generative AI include the above. The generative model 24B is constructed by appropriately combining various known generative AIs as described above. The generative model 24B is obtained by performing deep learning on a neural network. The generative model 24B is input with prompts containing instructions, and inference data such as audio data representing speech, text data representing text, and image data representing images. The generative model 24B infers from the input inference data according to the instructions shown by the prompts, and outputs the inference results in data formats such as audio data, graph data, tabular data, image data, and text data. Here, inference refers to, for example, analysis, classification, prediction, and / or summarization.

[0026] Next, we will describe the functional configuration of CPU21. Figure 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of CPU21.

[0027] As shown in Figure 4, the CPU 21 includes an input unit 21A, a processing unit 21B, and an output unit 21C.

[0028] The input unit 21A acquires user input received by the user terminal 40. Specifically, the input unit 21A acquires at least one input data from text, audio, images, and videos received by the user terminal 40.

[0029] The processing unit 21B performs specific processing using the generation model 24B. Specifically, the processing unit 21B inputs a predetermined prompt to the generation model 24B and obtains an output result.

[0030] The output unit 21C transmits (outputs) the output result of the generation model 24B, that is, the result of the specific processing, to the user terminal 40. On the user terminal 40, the CPU 41 causes the display unit 46 to display the result of the specific processing.

[0031] Figure 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of a specific process executed by the server 20. The specific process is performed when the CPU 21 reads the information processing program 24A from the storage 24, loads it into the RAM 23, and executes it. The specific process is performed by the CPU 21 functioning as the input unit 21A, processing unit 21B, and output unit 21C. As an example, the specific process is performed when a user logs in to the proposed service.

[0032] In step S10 shown in Figure 5, the CPU 21 acquires various information based on user input received by the user terminal 40. Then, the CPU 21 proceeds to step S11. Here, the various information includes at least tire information indicating the tire size of the tire to be transported to a predetermined location, and contents information indicating the type, weight, and dimensions of the contents to be contained in the tire cavity and transported together with the tire to the predetermined location.

[0033] In this embodiment, the predetermined location is referred to as a "mine," and the tire is referred to as a "mining vehicle tire." The tire information is, for example, "46 / 90R57." The cavity of the tire is the part of the tire to which the wheel is attached.

[0034] The contents consist of other tires with wheel sizes equivalent to those of mining vehicle tires, and specified items used in mines. In other words, the other tires are smaller in size than the mining vehicle tires. For example, the contents information consists of information such as the type of contents being "other tires," the weight being "○○ kg," and the tire size being "▲▲." Alternatively, the contents information may consist of information such as the type of contents being "specified items," the weight being "○○ kg," and the three dimensions being "width □□ cm × depth □□ cm × height □□ cm." If there are multiple specified items, the CPU 21 retrieves the contents information corresponding to each item.

[0035] In step S11, the CPU 21 generates a prompt to suggest a protective member to protect the contact between the mining vehicle tire and the contents, based on the tire information and contents information acquired in step S10. Then, the CPU 21 proceeds to step S12.

[0036] As an example, CPU21 generates a prompt like the following. Note that in the following prompt, the tire information and contents information are indicated with "...", but in reality, this includes the information entered by the user on the input screen described later (see Figure 6).

[0037] "prompt" Based on the tire and contents information below, determine the type of protective material needed and propose the chosen type of protective material. Please also provide links where the proposed protective material can be purchased. Tire Information ... Content information ...

[0038] In step S12, the CPU 21 inputs the prompt generated in step S11 to the generation model 24B and obtains the output result from the generation model 24B. Then, the CPU 21 proceeds to step S13.

[0039] In step S13, the CPU 21 outputs the output result of the generation model 24B in step S12 to the user terminal 40. The CPU 41 displays the result of the specific processing on the display unit 46 of the user terminal 40. Then, the CPU 21 terminates the specific processing.

[0040] Next, we will describe an example of a display shown on the display unit 46 of the user terminal 40. Figure 6 shows a first example of a display shown on the display unit 46 of the user terminal 40. As an example, Figure 6 shows an input screen for entering tire information and contents information.

[0041] The input screen shown in Figure 6 includes an input field 50, an OK button 55, an input field 60, an OK button 65, and a suggestion start button 70.

[0042] Input field 50 is where tire information is entered. When the OK button 55 is pressed after tire information has been entered into input field 50, the contents of input field 50 are confirmed.

[0043] Input field 60 is where the contents information is entered. When the OK button 65 is pressed after the contents information has been entered into input field 60, the contents entered into input field 60 are confirmed.

[0044] The proposal start button 70 is a button for initiating the proposal of a protective member to protect the contact between the mining vehicle tire and its contents, based on the tire information entered in input field 50 and the contents information entered in input field 60. When the proposal start button 70 is operated, the tire information entered in input field 50 and the contents information entered in input field 60 are sent to the server 20, and the server 20, having received the tire information and contents information, starts the specific processing shown in Figure 5.

[0045] Figure 7 shows a second example of the display shown on the display unit 46 of the user terminal 40. Specifically, Figure 7 shows the first suggestion screen after the tire information and contents information have been entered in Figure 6 and the suggestion start button 70 has been operated.

[0046] The proposal screen shown in Figure 7 displays the proposal content 80, a link button 90, and an exit button 95.

[0047] Proposal 80 presents a suggestion to the user regarding protective materials. Specifically, Proposal 80, shown in Figure 7, includes the text: "Proposal: The recommended protective material is Company A's 'silicone rubber sheet'. The above silicone rubber sheet can be purchased at the following link."

[0048] As an example, Figure 7 shows the case where "46 / 90R57" is entered in input field 50 shown in Figure 6, and "Type: Other tire, Weight: ○○kg, Tire size: ▲▲" is entered in input field 60 shown in Figure 6. For the sake of explanation, the weight is shown as "○○" and the tire size as "▲▲" above, but in reality, the user enters text indicating the weight and tire size, respectively.

[0049] Furthermore, in proposal 80 shown in Figure 7, based on the input that other tires are the type of contents, a silicone rubber sheet is proposed as the type of protective material. By placing this silicone rubber sheet on the inner surface of the mining vehicle tire and then housing other tires inside the mining vehicle tire, contact between the mining vehicle tire and other tires is protected.

[0050] The link button 90 is a button that moves to a link where the silicone rubber sheet proposed in proposal content 80 shown in Figure 7 can be purchased. The End button 95 is used to terminate the proposed service.

[0051] Figure 8 shows a third display example shown on the display unit 46 of the user terminal 40. Specifically, Figure 8 shows the second suggestion screen after the tire information and contents information have been entered in Figure 6 and the suggestion start button 70 has been operated.

[0052] The proposal screen shown in Figure 8 displays the proposal content 82, a link button 92, and an exit button 95.

[0053] Proposal 82 presents a suggestion to the user regarding protective materials. Specifically, Proposal 82, shown in Figure 8, contains the following text: "Proposal: The recommended protective material is Company B's 'box material.' We also suggest covering the box material with Company A's silicone rubber sheet. The above box material and silicone rubber sheet can be purchased at the following link."

[0054] As an example, Figure 8 shows the case where "46 / 90R57" is entered in input field 50 shown in Figure 6, and "Type: Specified item A Weight: ○○ kg Dimensions of three sides: Width □□ cm × Depth □□ cm × Height □□ cm, Type: Specified item B Weight: ○○ kg Dimensions of three sides: Width □□ cm × Depth □□ cm × Height □□ cm..." is entered in input field 60 shown in Figure 6. For the sake of explanation, the weight is shown as "○○" and the dimensions of three sides as "□□", but in reality, the user enters text indicating the weight and dimensions of three sides, respectively.

[0055] In the proposed content 82 shown in Figure 8, a box member is proposed as the type of protective member, based on the input of a predetermined item as the type of contents. By placing this box member, filled with the predetermined item, inside the mining vehicle tire, contact between the mining vehicle tire and the predetermined item is protected.

[0056] Here, if the CPU 21 of server 20 determines that the type of protective member is a box member, it proposes to the user a silicone rubber sheet that can cover the part of the box member that comes into contact with the mining vehicle tire. Therefore, in the proposal 82 shown in Figure 8, a silicone rubber sheet from company A that can cover company B's box member is also proposed. By covering the perimeter of the box member with this silicone rubber sheet and then housing the box member inside the mining vehicle tire, contact between the mining vehicle tire and the box member is protected.

[0057] The link button 92 is a button that moves to a link where the box components and silicone rubber sheets proposed in proposal content 82 shown in Figure 8 can be purchased. The End button 95 is used to terminate the proposed service.

[0058] Figure 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents contained within the cavity of a mining vehicle tire. As an example, Figure 9 shows a mining vehicle tire 100 as the tire of the present disclosure, a box member 110 as the protective member of the present disclosure, and articles 131 to 137 as the contents of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 9, the box member 110 contains articles 131 to 137 used in mining. Since the articles 131 to 137 have angular or sharp parts, it is desirable to house them in the cavity of the mining vehicle tire 100 via the box member 110 rather than directly in the cavity of the mining vehicle tire 100.

[0059] Furthermore, the area around the box member 110 that comes into contact with the mining vehicle tire 100 is covered with a silicone rubber sheet 120.

[0060] Furthermore, the box member 110 has a through hole 115 that penetrates in a predetermined direction, for example, in the depth direction. As shown in Figure 9, by passing a string 140 through the through hole 115, the mining vehicle tire 100 containing the articles 131-137 can be easily lifted and moved by a crane.

[0061] As explained above, in the information processing system 10, the CPU 21 of the server 20 determines the type of protective member to protect the contact between the mining vehicle tire 100 and its contents, based on the tire information and contents information. The CPU 21 then proposes the determined type of protective member to the user.

[0062] Here, it is desirable to accommodate as many items as possible in the container used to transport the mining vehicle tires 100. However, simply placing multiple mining vehicle tires 100 into a container would leave empty space in the cavities of the tires 100, which is undesirable in terms of transport efficiency. However, if contents are haphazardly placed into these cavities to eliminate the empty space, there is a risk that the contents will damage the inner surface of the mining vehicle tires 100.

[0063] In response to the above problem, the server 20 is configured as described above, allowing the user to understand a method for protecting the inner surface of the mining vehicle tires 100, which are transported as goods, while increasing the efficiency of transporting goods to the mine. By using the protective member shown by the server 20, the user can protect the inner surface of the mining vehicle tires 100 while increasing the efficiency of transporting goods to the mine.

[0064] Furthermore, in the information processing system 10, the CPU 21 of the server 20 may determine the type of protective material to be a silicone rubber sheet if the type of contents indicated in the contents information is another tire. This allows the server 20 to inform the user that by placing a silicone rubber sheet on the inner surface of the mining vehicle tire 100, the inner surface of the mining vehicle tire 100 can be protected when another tire is placed inside the cavity of the mining vehicle tire 100. Additionally, by proposing a silicone rubber sheet, which does not easily adhere to the rubber of the mining vehicle tire 100, as a protective material, the server 20 can facilitate the user's attachment and detachment of the protective material to the mining vehicle tire 100.

[0065] Furthermore, in the information processing system 10, if the type of contents indicated in the contents information is a predetermined item used in a mine (e.g., items 131-137), the CPU 21 of the server 20 may determine the type of protective member to be a box member 110 capable of accommodating items 131-137. This allows the server 20 to inform the user that by accommodating items 131-137 in the box member 110, the inner surface of the mining vehicle tire 100 can be protected while transporting the items 131-137 to the mine together with the mining vehicle tire 100.

[0066] Furthermore, in the information processing system 10, if the CPU 21 of the server 20 determines that the type of protective member is a box member 110, it proposes to the user a silicone rubber sheet 120 that can cover the contact portion of the box member 110 with the mining vehicle tire 100. This allows the server 20 to inform the user that by covering the box member 110 with the silicone rubber sheet 120, the inner surface of the mining vehicle tire 100 can be protected when the box member 110 is housed within the cavity of the mining vehicle tire 100.

[0067] Furthermore, the box member 110 has a through hole 115 that penetrates through the depth direction of the box. This allows the mining vehicle tire 100 containing the articles 131-137 to be easily lifted and moved by a crane by passing a string 140 through the through hole 115.

[0068] (others) In the information processing system 10 described above, the CPU 21 of the server 20 may further suggest dimensions of the protective member to the user. In this case, the CPU 21 adds an instruction to the prompt such as, "Please suggest the dimensions of the protective member necessary to protect the contact between the mining vehicle tire and its contents." This allows the server 20 to inform the user of the dimensions of the protective member that should be purchased from the link indicated by the link button 90 or link button 92 on the suggestion screen.

[0069] In the above-described information processing system 10, if the CPU 21 of the server 20 determines that the type of protective member is a box member 110, it may further propose to the user an efficient arrangement of each predetermined item to be housed in the box member 110. In this case, for example, between steps S12 and S13 in Figure 5, the CPU 21 executes a process to determine the efficient arrangement of each predetermined item to be housed in the box member 110. In this process, the CPU 21 inputs a prompt to the generation model 24B such as, "Please propose an efficient arrangement for housing each predetermined item shown in the contents information acquired in step S10 in the box member 110," and obtains the output result from the generation model 24B. As a result, the server 20 can make the user aware of a way to efficiently house multiple predetermined items in the box member 110.

[0070] In each of the embodiments described above, the term "processor" refers to a processor in a broad sense, and includes general-purpose processors (e.g., CPUs) and dedicated processors (e.g., GPUs: Graphics Processing Units, ASICs: Application Specific Integrated Circuits, FPGAs: Field Programmable Gate Arrays, programmable logic devices, etc.).

[0071] Furthermore, the processor operations in each of the above embodiments may not be performed by a single processor, but may also be performed by multiple processors located in physically separate locations working together. Alternatively, some or all of the operations performed by specific multiple processors in each of the above embodiments may be integrated and performed by a single processor. In addition, the order of the processor operations is not limited to the order described in each of the above embodiments, and may be changed as appropriate.

[0072] Furthermore, although the above embodiment describes an embodiment in which the information processing program 24A is pre-stored (installed) in the storage 24, the invention is not limited thereto. The information processing program 24A may be provided in the form of a recording medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disk Read Only Memory), and USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory. Alternatively, the information processing program 24A may be provided in the form of a download from an external device via a network N. The technology of this disclosure can also be applied to programs and program products.

[0073] [Contribution to the United Nations-led Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)] The SDGs have been proposed to realize a sustainable society. One embodiment of this invention is considered to be a technology that can contribute to "No. 9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation," among others. [Explanation of Symbols]

[0074] 10. Information Processing Systems 20. Servers (information processing equipment and computers) 21 CPU (Processor) 24A Information Processing Program< / url:>

Claims

1. Equipped with a processor, The aforementioned processor, Based on tire information indicating the tire size of the tire to be transported to a predetermined location, and content information indicating the weight and dimensions of the contents to be contained within the cavity of the tire and transported together with the tire to the predetermined location, the type of protective member to protect the contact between the tire and the contents is determined. The user is then proposed the type of protective member that has been determined. Information processing device.

2. The contents information further includes information indicating the type of contents, The processor may determine the type of protective member to be a silicone rubber sheet if the type of contents indicated in the contents information is another tire. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1.

3. The processor may determine the type of protective member to be a box member capable of containing the predetermined article if the type of the contents indicated in the contents information is a predetermined article used in the predetermined location. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2.

4. If the processor determines that the type of protective member is the box member, it proposes to the user a silicone rubber sheet capable of covering the portion of the box member that comes into contact with the tire. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3.

5. The box member has a through hole formed that penetrates in a predetermined direction of the box. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 or 4.

6. Based on tire information indicating the tire size of the tire to be transported to a predetermined location, and content information indicating the weight and dimensions of the contents to be contained within the cavity of the tire and transported together with the tire to the predetermined location, the type of protective member to protect the contact between the tire and the contents is determined. The user is then proposed the type of protective member that has been determined. An information processing method in which a computer performs the processing.

7. Based on tire information indicating the tire size of the tire to be transported to a predetermined location, and content information indicating the weight and dimensions of the contents to be contained within the cavity of the tire and transported together with the tire to the predetermined location, the type of protective member to protect the contact between the tire and the contents is determined. The user is then proposed the type of protective member that has been determined. An information processing program that causes a computer to perform a task.

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