Cargo collection and delivery system

• US 20030101069A1
• Filed: 02/21/2002
• Published: 05/29/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Royce Dot Com Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Royce Dot Com Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Sando, Masayuki
• Application Number:
  US10/078,545
• Publication Number:
  US 20030101069A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping

Abstract

The slip processing and assorting operations of the collected and delivered cargoes are not widely, effectively and rationally improved due to time and spatial limits, institutional limits and limits on the part of the user.

Upon receipt of a request cargo collection request from clients 2 and 2A, a control center 1 issues cargo slip information, which can be specified by a cargo unit.

A cargo agency 3 receives the cargo slip information, prints it in print letter and so on, on a slip and writes it in a non-contact tag constituted by an IC chip and it is attached to the cargo carried in by the client so that the slip processing is performed. A cargo collection and delivery truck 4 uses a portable terminal and attaches the slip, wherein the slip information is received and printed in print letter, to the cargo collected, and further writes a slip number on the non-contact tag to de the slip processing. A cargo collection/delivery center 5 instructs the cargo collection and delivery truck to collect the cargoes on the basis of the slip information, processes the slip of the cargoes collected on the basis of the non-contact tag and performs warehousing-in/warehousing-out control and assorting operations.

Claims

1. A cargo collection and delivery system in a physical distribution operation from collection of a cargo from a place of shipment to a destination of shipment, wherein

a control center is provided with means for issuing cargo slip information which can specify the cargo by a cargo unit which is requested for delivery upon receipt of a request for cargo collection from a client,

a cargo agency is provided with a slip issuing machine having a function of printing/printing in print letter for slip processing and of writing in a non-contact tag, whereby said cargo slip information is received from said control center and the information is printed or printed in print letter in the slip, and further, slip identification information which can straightly specify the slip information in the non-contact tag for the purpose of automation/labor-saving of the physical distribution operations is written and said slip and said non-contact tag are attached to the cargo carried in by the client,

a cargo collection truck for the cargo is provided with a portable terminal for slip processing, whereby said cargo slip information is received and the information is printed or printed in print letter in the slip, and further, slip identification information which can straightly specify the slip information in the non-contact tag for the purpose of automation/labor-saving of the physical distribution operations is written and said slip and said non-contact tag are attached to the cargo collected at client place,

a cargo collection/delivery center is provided with means,

whereby a cargo collection request is received from said control center, the slip processing of the cargo collected on the basis of a transfer/delivery destination code, and

warehousing-in/warehousing-out control and sorting operations are performed by transmission of the cargo collection instruction to said cargo collection truck, the slip identification information written in said non-contact tag at the cargo collection time and the slip information written in said non-contact tag at the cargo collection/delivery center and controlled by the control center, and

a cargo collection/delivery truck is mounted with a transmit-receive terminal for use of a GPS system and a remote navigation system which receives a traveling route prepared by said cargo collection/delivery center to display the route to a driver, and is controlled in traveling.

2. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 1, wherein said control center does a speech reception by a telephone and a reception via a Web Site of the Internet and mobile communication of a portable telephone for the reception of a cargo collection request from a client as a place of shipment of the cargo, and prepares slip information by the cargo unit of the delivery request, and when the cargo is carried to said cargo agency at the time of the reception issues the request number for the client, and

when the cargo is collected at the client place, a cargo collection instruction is transmitted to said cargo collection center which has jurisdiction over the client residential area after the reception is completed, and

when there is the slip information transmitting receiving request on the basis of the request number issued by the cargo agency at the reception time, it is transmitted to the cargo agency.

3. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said cargo agency is provided with means, whereby said slip information is received from said control center and the printing in print letter/printing said cargo slip and the writing of said slip identification information in the non-contact tag are performed at own office and completion of the cargo collection is informed to said control center.

4. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a cargo collection and delivery truck receives said slip information and the cargo collection instruction from said cargo collection/delivery center, and is provided with a remote navigation system prepared and updated by said cargo collection/delivery center from the position of said each cargo collection and delivery truck, the cargo collection/delivery place and the traffic information of the highway on the basis of the GPS system.

5. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 3, wherein a cargo collection and delivery truck receives said slip information and the cargo collection instruction from said cargo collection/delivery center, and is provided with a remote navigation system prepared and updated by said cargo collection/delivery center from the position of said each cargo collection and delivery truck, the cargo collection/delivery place and the traffic information of the highway on the basis of the GPS system.

6. The cargo collection and delivery system according to any one of claims 1, 2 and 5, wherein said control center makes an enquiry about the delivery time to the delivery destination when the cargo is delivered and automatically gives a reply by a short time unit by using said traveling route information of said cargo collection and delivery truck which is controlled in said cargo collection/delivery center and the positional information transmitted by the cargo collection and delivery truck.

7. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 3, wherein said control center makes an enquiry about the delivery time to the delivery destination when the cargo is delivered and automatically gives a reply by a short time unit by using said traveling route information of said cargo collection and delivery truck which is controlled in said cargo collection/delivery center and the positional information transmitted by the cargo collection and delivery truck.

8. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 4, wherein said control center makes an enquiry about the delivery time to the delivery destination when the cargo is delivered and automatically gives a reply by a short time unit by using said traveling route information of said cargo collection and delivery truck which is controlled in said cargo collection/delivery center and the positional information transmitted by the cargo collection and delivery truck.

9. The cargo collection and delivery system according to any one of claims 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8, wherein said non-contact tag is an integral type pasted on an end portion of a slip and is formed in such a manner that said non-contact tag information is received from an antenna which is printed with a conductive resin in the entire peripheral area of the slip.

10. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 3, wherein said non-contact tag is an integral type pasted on an end portion of a slip and is formed in such a manner that said non-contact tag information is received from an antenna which is printed with a conductive resin in the entire peripheral area of the slip.

11. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 4, wherein said non-contact tag is an integral type pasted on an end portion of a slip and is formed in such a manner that said non-contact tag information is received from an antenna which is printed with a conductive resin in the entire peripheral area of the slip.

12. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 6, wherein said non-contact tag is an integral type pasted on an end portion of a slip and is formed in such a manner that said non-contact tag information is received from an antenna which is printed with a conductive resin in the entire peripheral area of the slip.

13. The cargo collection and delivery system according to any one of claims 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 10 to 12, wherein, in order to make it possible to print on the current slip which is given a portability and bound in six sheets, a slip printing device mounted in the said cargo collection and delivery truck allows the impact of printing and the print to interlock with each other so as to push a print base upward, which is coated with an elastic material having a resistance to slip, thereby reinforcing it.

14. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 3, wherein, in order to make it possible to print on the current slip which is given a portability and bound in six sheets, a slip printing device mounted in the said cargo collection and delivery truck allows the impact of printing and the print to interlock with each other so as to push a print base upward, which is coated with an elastic material having a resistance to slip, thereby reinforcing it.

15. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 4, wherein, in order to make it possible to print on the current slip which is given a portability and bound in six sheets, a slip printing device mounted in the said cargo collection and delivery truck allows the impact of printing and the print to interlock with each other so as to push a print base upward, which is coated with an elastic material having a resistance to slip, thereby reinforcing it.

16. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 6, wherein, in order to make it possible to print on the current slip which is given a portability and bound in six sheets, a slip printing device mounted in the said cargo collection and delivery truck allows the impact of printing and the print to interlock with each other so as to push a print base upward, which is coated with an elastic material having a resistance to slip, thereby reinforcing it.

17. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 9, wherein, in order to make it possible to print on the current slip which is given a portability and bound in six sheets, a slip printing device mounted in the said cargo collection and delivery truck allows the impact of printing and the print to interlock with each other so as to push a print base upward, which is coated with an elastic material having a resistance to slip, thereby reinforcing it.

18. The cargo collection and delivery system according to any one of claims 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 10 to 12, wherein, in order to achieve the object such as a portability and a slip printing, the slip printing device mounted in said cargo collection and delivery truck uses a roll paper and performs the printing by a thermal transfer or a heat sensitive paper which secures a storage life, and in order to make it easy to cut off a deposit receipt or the like of the slip one by one, which is bound in several sheets, a perforated line is attached by a circular saw shaped cutter after each slip portion is printed.

19. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 3, wherein, in order to achieve the object such as a portability and a slip printing, the slip printing device mounted in said cargo collection and delivery truck uses a roll paper and performs the printing by a thermal transfer or a heat sensitive paper which secures a storage, life and in order to make it easy to cut off a deposit receipt or the like of the slip one by one, which is bound in several sheets, a perforated line is attached by a circular saw shaped cutter after each slip portion is printed.

20. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 4, wherein, in order to achieve the object such as a portability and a slip printing, the slip printing device mounted in said cargo collection and delivery truck uses a roll paper and performs the printing by a thermal transfer or a heat sensitive paper which secures a storage life, and in order to make it easy to cut off a deposit receipt or the like of the slip one by one, which is bound in several sheets, a perforated line is attached by a circular saw shaped cutter after each slip portion is printed.

21. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 6, wherein, in order to achieve the object such as a portability and a slip printing, the slip printing device mounted in said cargo collection and delivery truck uses a roll paper and performs the printing by a thermal transfer or a heat sensitive paper which secures a storage life, and in order to make it easy to cut off a deposit receipt or the like of the slip one by one, which is bound in several sheets, a perforated line is attached by a circular saw shaped cutter after each slip portion is printed.

22. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 9, wherein, in order to achieve the object such as a portability and a slip printing, the slip printing device mounted in said cargo collection and delivery truck uses a roll paper and performs the printing by a thermal transfer or a heat sensitive paper which secures a storage life, and in order to make it easy to cut off a deposit receipt or the like of the slip one by one, which is bound in several sheets, a perforated line is attached by a circular saw shaped cutter after each slip portion is printed.

23. The cargo collection and delivery system according to any one of claims 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 10 to 12, wherein said remote navigation system calculates the traveling route of each cargo collection and delivery truck as a limited traveling salesman problem due to the cargo collection/delivery time designation as an optimum approximate solution by using map information, traveling positional information of a collection destination and a delivery destination, positional information along a time sequence which is transmitted from each cargo collection and delivery truck mounted with the GPS system, a traveling situation such as the running speed of each cargo collection and delivery truck obtained from the same information and traffic information of the area on the basis of an external traffic information distribution system such as ITS and the like, and when the traveling location based on the departure time, the cargo collection request, the delivery time designation and the like is added and the traveling sequence is changed, said calculation is made so that the traveling route is transmitted to said cargo collection and delivery truck during cargo collection and delivery.

24. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 3, wherein said remote navigation system calculates the traveling route of each cargo collection and delivery truck as a limited traveling salesman problem due to the cargo collection/delivery time designation as an optimum approximate solution by using map information, traveling positional information of a collection destination and a delivery destination, positional information along a time sequence which is transmitted from each cargo collection and delivery truck mounted with the GPS system, a traveling situation such as the running speed of each cargo collection and delivery truck obtained from the same information and traffic information of the area on the basis of an external traffic information distribution system such as ITS and the like, and when the traveling location based on the departure time, the cargo collection request, the delivery time designation and the like is added and the traveling sequence is changed, said calculation is made so that the traveling route is transmitted to said cargo collection and delivery truck during cargo collection and delivery.

25. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 4, wherein said remote navigation system calculates the traveling route of each cargo collection and delivery truck as a limited traveling salesman problem due to the cargo collection/delivery time designation as an optimum approximate solution by using map information, traveling positional information of a collection destination and a delivery destination, positional information along a time sequence which is transmitted from each cargo collection and delivery truck mounted with the GPS system, a traveling situation such as the running speed of each cargo collection and delivery truck obtained from the same information and traffic information of the area on the basis of an external traffic information distribution system such as ITS and the like, and when the traveling location based on the departure time, the cargo collection request, the delivery time designation and the like is added and the traveling sequence is changed, said calculation is made so that the traveling route is transmitted to said cargo collection and delivery truck during cargo collection and delivery.

26. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 6, wherein said remote navigation system calculates the traveling route of each cargo collection and delivery truck as a limited traveling salesman problem due to the cargo collection/delivery time designation as an optimum approximate solution by using map information, traveling positional information of a collection destination and a delivery destination, positional information along a time sequence which is transmitted from each cargo collection and delivery truck mounted with the GPS system, a traveling situation such as the running speed of each cargo collection and delivery truck obtained from the same information and traffic information of the area on the basis of an external traffic information distribution system such as ITS and the like, and when the traveling location based on the departure time, the cargo collection request, the delivery time designation and the like is added and the traveling sequence is changed, said calculation is made so that the traveling route is transmitted to said cargo collection and delivery truck during cargo collection and delivery.

27. The cargo collection and delivery system according to claim 9, wherein said remote navigation system calculates the traveling route of each cargo collection and delivery truck as a limited traveling salesman problem due to the cargo collection/delivery time designation as an optimum approximate solution by using map information, traveling positional information of a collection destination and a delivery destination, positional information along a time sequence which is transmitted from each cargo collection and delivery truck mounted with the GPS system, a traveling situation such as the running speed of each cargo collection and delivery truck obtained from the same information and traffic information of the area on the basis of an external traffic information distribution system such as ITS and the like, and when the traveling location based on the departure time, the cargo collection request, the delivery time designation and the like is added and the traveling sequence is changed, said calculation is made so that the traveling route is transmitted to said cargo collection and delivery truck during cargo collection and delivery.