Voice Analysis for Automatic Delivery Completion Logging

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Solution Overview

Problem

Delivery personnel face burdensome manual registration of delivery completion, leading to inefficiencies and potential errors in recording delivery times, necessitating follow-up actions when registration is forgotten.

Innovation Solution

A delivery support device and server system that analyzes voice data from conversations between delivery personnel and customers to automatically recognize delivery completion and notify relevant parties, eliminating the need for manual registration.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual registration of delivery completion is required, then delivery personnel can confirm delivery status, but delivery efficiency decreases and potential errors increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedelivery completion recording accuracyVSAvoiddelivery efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automatic delivery completion recording through voice analysis. The delivery management device autonomously analyzes voice data from conversations between delivery personnel and customers, automatically determines delivery completion status, and updates records without requiring manual intervention from delivery personnel. This self-service mechanism eliminates the trade-off by making the system both reliable (automatic accurate recording) and efficient (no manual operations needed).

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical manual operation system with an acoustic analysis system. Instead of requiring delivery personnel to manually operate terminals or input devices to record delivery completion, the system uses voice recognition and natural language processing to automatically capture and interpret delivery status from spoken conversations, substituting mechanical interaction with acoustic field-based automation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Loss of information

If manual registration is required, then delivery status can be tracked, but follow-up actions are needed when registration is forgotten

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedelivery completion trackingVSAvoidfollow-up time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system autonomously monitors and records delivery completion status through continuous voice analysis during delivery conversations. It automatically detects when delivery is completed based on analyzed speech patterns and conversation content, eliminating the need for follow-up actions to check or correct forgotten registrations. The system serves itself by continuously tracking status without human intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements real-time feedback by analyzing voice data during delivery conversations and immediately updating delivery status records. This continuous feedback loop ensures delivery completion is captured at the moment it occurs, preventing information loss and eliminating the need for subsequent follow-up checks or corrections.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Extent of automation

If voice analysis is implemented, then automatic delivery recognition is achieved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomatic delivery recognitionVSAvoidvoice analysis system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The voice analysis functionality is integrated into the existing delivery management device, which already performs delivery tracking and status management. The device is enhanced to handle multiple functions including voice data reception, conversation analysis, delivery status determination, and record updating within a single unified system, avoiding the complexity of separate dedicated voice recognition hardware.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses the delivery management device as an intermediary between the voice conversation and the delivery record database. Rather than directly complex voice-to-action processing, the intermediary device receives voice data, analyzes it through processing units, determines delivery status, and then updates records, simplifying the overall system architecture through layered processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20260073346A1Delivery support device and delivery support server
Publication Date: 2026.03.12 DENSO CORP
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AI summary

A delivery support device supports a delivery person in a task of delivering a delivery item to a delivery destination. The delivery support device analyzes voice data of conversation between the delivery person and a customer of the delivery destination or utterance of the delivery person when the delivery item is delivered, and recognizes that delivery of the delivery item is complete. Further, when recognizing that the delivery of the delivery item is complete, a delivery completion notification is sent to a predetermined notification target, such as a server.