KR102374721B1 - Method and system for processing address information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for processing address information, and more particularly, to address information that requires conversion from a first language to a second language to be converted with high accuracy; and It's about the system.

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Address information processing method and system for the same

The present invention relates to a method and a system for processing address information, and more particularly, to address information that requires conversion from a first language to a second language to be converted with high accuracy; and It's about the system.

As the online infrastructure for ordering products and the logistics infrastructure for delivering ordered products are advanced, the global logistics volume is increasing exponentially. Among them, so-called international shipping, which is delivered from the first country to the second country, is included to a considerable extent.

On the other hand, in the case of international delivery, address information is entered online or written on the packaging by hand. there is. In particular, if you do not know the language of the country where you will receive the shipment, it is customary to enter and fill out most of your address information in English. For example, when a parcel is delivered from the United States to Korea, it is sent by inputting or filling out an address in Korean in English. . As another example, in the case of delivering a parcel from Korea to Vietnam, the Vietnamese address will be entered or entered in English, and the courier company that delivers it in Vietnam will refer to the address in English above to find the final destination. will be

Recalling this international delivery process, the address information that the sender inputs or fills in will be the only information that the courier company can refer to. If this is omitted, the courier company will not be able to deliver the goods to the final destination, resulting in a very difficult situation. Notwithstanding this circumstance, at the actual international delivery site, an individual enters address information incorrectly for reasons such as not knowing the language of another country, not knowing the address system of another country, or being unfamiliar with the use of English. Or, the case of misrepresentation occurs very frequently.

The present invention has been proposed in view of this problematic situation, and it searches for address information that matches the address system of the destination as much as possible using referenceable parts of the address information input by the first sender, and other address information input by the sender It is about the process of finally finding out the correct address information by further referencing them. In addition, the present invention was invented to provide additional technical elements that cannot be easily invented by a person skilled in the art in addition to solving the above technical problems.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0118142 (published on October 29, 2013)

The present invention relates to a method and system for processing address information, and in particular, an object of the present invention is to process address information input or written by a sender so that a courier company can easily and accurately recognize it.

In particular, in the present invention, when address information is input or written in a first language, at least a portion of the address information is primarily obtained by maximally extractable numbers in the process of converting it into a second language, and the remainder of the address information is obtained. Another purpose is to greatly increase the efficiency of the address information processing process by secondarily acquiring the missing address part by using the extractable parts.

In addition, in the present invention, when an error in address information is found in the process of converting address information from the first language to the second language, a message for confirming the address is transmitted to the recipient's contact information and receiving the confirmed address information from the recipient. It is intended to be used for actual delivery.

In addition, the present invention allows the address information obtained as a final result to be displayed only in a standardized format, so that the address can be easily recognized from the perspective of the courier company that delivers the goods by referring to the final address information, and through this, the efficiency and It aims to increase speed.

On the other hand, the technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, and a method for processing address information by an arithmetic unit having a central processing unit and a memory includes the steps of: (a) loading a target address to be processed; (b) searching for an address corresponding to a zip code among numbers extracted from the target address; (c) comparing at least some of the numbers extracted from the target address with at least some of the numbers included in the searched address; and (d) generating a primary converted standard address corresponding to the target address based on the searched address or characters and/or numbers extracted from the searched address or the target address when the similarity is greater than or equal to the first set value as a result of the comparison; may include

In addition, in the address information processing method, after step (d), 2 corresponding to the target address based on the number or characters excluded from comparison during the comparison in step (c), or a combination thereof (e) generating a difference conversion standard address; may further include.

In addition, in the address information processing method, after step (a) and before step (b), the steps of selecting numbers in a predetermined zip code format from the target address; and determining whether the selected numbers are valid zip codes.

Also, in the address information processing method, the step (e) comprises: comparing the number or characters excluded from comparison, or a combination thereof, with a plurality of address information stored in an address database; and when a plurality of pieces of address information having similarity greater than or equal to the second set value are found as a result of comparison with the plurality of pieces of address information, setting the searched address information as address information requiring confirmation; may further include.

Meanwhile, an arithmetic device for processing address information according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a central processing unit and a memory, wherein the central processing unit includes instructions for executing the address information processing method stored in the memory. The method for providing the event service comprises the steps of: (a) loading a target address to be processed; (b) searching for an address corresponding to a zip code among numbers extracted from the target address; (c) comparing at least some of the numbers extracted from the target address with at least some of the numbers included in the searched address; and (d) generating a primary address corresponding to the target address based on the searched address or characters and/or numbers extracted from the searched address or the target address when the similarity is greater than or equal to the first set value as a result of the comparison; can do.

According to the present invention, the delivery service at the destination can be performed more smoothly by converting the address information input or written by the sender according to the address system of the destination.

In particular, according to the present invention, address information in a first language can be converted into a second language used by the destination, thereby greatly increasing the efficiency of courier service at the destination.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the conversion processing of address information can be performed at a very high speed, there is an effect that the processing speed is much improved compared to the conversion based on machine translation.

In addition, according to the present invention, the accuracy is much higher than that of machine translation, thereby reducing the burden on misdelivery, thereby increasing the efficiency and speed of delivery service.

In addition, according to the present invention, when there is an error in the address information, there is an effect that more accurate address information can be obtained by providing a procedure for directly confirming whether the address is correct to the recipient.

On the other hand, the effects of the present invention are not limited to those mentioned above, and other technical effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

1 conceptually illustrates a representative embodiment that can be implemented by the method and system according to the present invention.
2 shows a schematic view of a system in which the method according to the invention is implemented;
3 is a sequence diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method for processing address information according to the present invention.
4 illustrates a process of searching for a basic address based on a zip code extracted from a target address.
5 illustrates a process of searching for a primary address with reference to other numbers extracted from a target address.
6 illustrates a process of searching for a secondary address with reference to other parts (numbers or characters) extracted from the target address.
7 is a sequence diagram illustrating an additional embodiment of the address information processing method according to the present invention.
8 illustrates an example of an interface for assisting a user's confirmation process after address information is processed.
9 is for explaining a process of processing address information based on an address in the United States.
10 is for explaining a process of processing address information based on an address in Vietnam.
11 illustrates a process of estimating a zip code based on a target address and subsequently estimating address information when an address search corresponding to a zip code fails.
12 illustrates an embodiment of confirming address information with a recipient's contact information when it is determined that the address searched for by the postal code and the target address are different from each other.
13 illustrates an embodiment in which address information is checked with the addressee's contact information when it is determined that the addresses do not meet the reference value in the process of obtaining the final payee address from the target address.

The purpose and technical configuration of the present invention, and details regarding the operational effects thereof will be more clearly understood by the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings in the specification of the present invention. An embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiments disclosed herein should not be construed or used as limiting the scope of the present invention. It is natural for those skilled in the art that the description including the embodiments of the present specification will have various applications. Accordingly, any embodiments described in the detailed description of the present invention are illustrative for better describing the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention to the embodiments.

The functional blocks shown in the drawings and described below are merely examples of possible implementations. Other functional blocks may be used in other implementations without departing from the spirit and scope of the detailed description. Also, although one or more functional blocks of the present invention are represented as separate blocks, one or more of the functional blocks of the present invention may be combinations of various hardware and software configurations that perform the same function.

In addition, the expression that includes certain components is an expression of “open type” and merely refers to the existence of the corresponding components, and should not be construed as excluding additional components.

Furthermore, when it is said that a component is “connected” or “connected” to another component, it may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but it should be understood that other components may exist in between. do.

First, Fig. 1 is for explaining a typical application example of the address information processing method and system according to the present invention. The present invention is characterized in that the address information entered online or written by the sender is basically converted according to the address system of the recipient (the location where the recipient can receive the parcel, such as the recipient's address or residence). . Referring to FIG. 1 , examples of address information input by the sender online and examples of address information printed on the outer surface of a packaging box or packaging bag of a delivery product are shown on the left side, and the address on the left side on the right side of FIG. 1 The figure shows how information is processed in batches and converted into standard format address information, especially, converted into Korean address information according to a standardized order and format.

Since the address systems in each country are not the same, it is not easy for the sender to write the address of the recipient, especially when delivery between different countries is required. In many cases, it is difficult because it is not possible to know whether to write the address and what type of spelling to write in order to write the addressee's address in English. In this case, the sender may enter the address information perfectly standardized by searching the web surfing for a method to write the address in the receiving country or by asking a nearby acquaintance, but in many cases, the sender Ignoring all rules, I tend to enter address information at will.

Taking the Korean address system as an example, addressing in Korea based on the street name address is [city/province, city/gun/gu, eup/myeon, road name, building number, and detailed address (dong/floor/ho)) , reference items (legal dong, apartment house name)], each address part must be entered in the order of]. It is inevitably difficult because it has to be written according to pronunciation. For this reason, the sender (foreigner) lists the necessary information in any order according to his/her judgment. occurs In particular, most courier drivers are not familiar with addresses written in English, and since they are written in a completely unsuitable way for the address system, they will have to reassemble them in the correct order to infer the final destination. can't help but In some cases, translation is attempted by inputting an address written in a foreign language (Korean address) into a translator. The use of a translator is rather a cause of further confusion for the courier company drivers.

The present invention is to solve such a conventional problem situation. Hereinafter, an address information processing method and system according to the present invention will be described in detail.

2 is a diagram for explaining an address information processing system according to the present invention. The address information processing system may preferably be implemented by the service server 200 shown in the drawing. The service server 200 may be connected to a plurality of scan terminals 100 through a network, and in this case, the scan terminals 100 each scan an address image or an address text (or other acquisition method) and then acquire It may serve to transfer the data to the service server 200 side.

As an easy example, the scanning terminal 100 may be for scanning an invoice of a courier product or photographing an address part written on the outer surface of a parcel packaging box (packaging bag), and the data obtained by scanning or photographing in this way is a service It may be transmitted to the server 200 side.

At this time, the scanning terminal 100 can acquire parcel information, that is, a plurality of pieces of information including address information of the parcel delivery product, by scanning an identifier such as a barcode or QR code attached to the surface of the parcel delivery product. Address information (and other information) may be transmitted to the service server 200 .

Alternatively, the scan terminal 100 may generate image data by photographing a portion in which an address is written, and then share it with the service server 200 side.

Alternatively, the scan terminal 100 may acquire text data by recognizing characters in the corresponding photographing area after photographing the part in which the address is written, and sharing the obtained text data with the service server 200 side You may.

As such, the service server 200 may receive data related to the address of the parcel delivery service from the plurality of scan terminals 100, data without limitation in the form or format, and also at this time, the service server 200 may receive the address-related data Even if a separate arithmetic unit further exists in the path for receiving data from the scan terminals 100 , the service server 200 should still be viewed as receiving address-related data from the scan terminals 100 .

On the other hand, the service server 200 receives address-related data and then processes it, so that address information processing according to the present invention can be started preemptively, that is, address-related data can be processed first. There may be processes such as conversion or generation of new data in a new form by referring to data related to the above address. In this detailed description, it is assumed that the 'target address' is generated by this process, and the subsequent address information processing process will be discussed. That is, the target address may be defined as meaning data to be processed in the address information processing method according to the present invention, and in this case, the target address may preferably have the form of text data. As an easy example, the target address may be data including address information in the address text data received from the scan terminals 100, or character recognition ( It may be data including text obtained by performing OCR, etc.).

On the other hand, on the premise that the target address exists, the service server 200 can execute a full-scale address information processing method.

The service server 200 ultimately generates a converted standard address corresponding to the target address by executing the address information processing method. It may be shared with the server 400 of In this case, in some cases, the delivery driver terminal 300 may be the same as the scan terminal 100 .

With reference to FIG. 2 above, a system for implementing the address information processing method according to the present invention, more precisely, the location and role of the service server 200 in the network, has been examined.

For reference, from a hardware point of view, the scan terminal 100 or the delivery driver terminal 300 may preferably refer to a portable device, which includes a portable device such as a smart phone, PDA, or tablet PC. Possible terminals may be included. When these terminals are viewed in terms of devices, it is assumed that each terminal is provided with a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory. The central processing unit may also be called a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, a microcomputer, or the like. In addition, the central processing unit may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. When implemented using hardware, an ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) or DSP (digital signal processor) , DSPD (digital signal processing device), PLD (programmable logic device), FPGA (field programmable gate array), etc. When implemented using firmware or software, a module, procedure or function that performs the above functions or operations, etc. Firmware or software may be configured to include In addition, memory includes ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), flash memory, SRAM (Static RAM), It may be implemented as a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), or the like.

For reference, the above terminals mentioned in this detailed description will be described assuming that they are smartphones or tablet PCs that the delivery driver can carry. In this case, the terminals may include a display and a touch-sensitive surface, and additionally, one or more other means for physical user input such as a physical keyboard, keypad, tracker, etc. may be additionally connected thereto. That is, various applications running on the terminal may use at least one universal means for physical user input, such as a touch-sensitive surface, wherein one or more functions of the touch-sensitive surface as well as corresponding information displayed on the terminal may be used. may be optionally adjusted and/or changed from one application to the next and/or within individual applications. In this way, the universal physical architecture (such as a touch-sensitive surface) of the terminal can optionally support a variety of applications using user interfaces that are intuitive and clear to the user. In addition, the terminal may further include means for detecting and recording sound or voice.

On the other hand, the service server 200 is a program for actually implementing the address information processing method according to the present invention, that is, a configuration that provides a set of instructions, and further receives data from a plurality of terminals, stores, processes, or receives data from a plurality of terminals. It is a configuration for transmitting the processing result to terminals or servers.

The form of the service server 200 may be at least one server computer managed by a certain operator, or may be in the form of a cloud server provided by another company, that is, in the form of a cloud server that the operator can use by registering as a member. there is. In particular, when the service server 200 is implemented as a server PC, the corresponding service server 200 may include a central processing unit and a memory. .

3 is a sequence diagram illustrating an address information processing method according to the present invention. Although mentioned briefly above, this address information processing method is generally executed by the service server 200, but is not necessarily limited thereto. That is, the address information processing method according to the present invention can be executed on the corresponding arithmetic device regardless of the type of the arithmetic device equipped with the central processing unit and the memory, even if it is not the service server 200 . For example, the address information processing method according to the present invention may be executed on a smart phone, tablet PC, or other portable terminal device manufactured for delivery carried by a delivery driver.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the start of the address information processing method may start from the step S101 of loading the target address. Since the target address has been previously discussed in the description of FIG. 2 , a detailed description thereof will be omitted here. However, the definition of the target address may be understood as basic data that is a target of address information processing. In this detailed description, the description will be continued based on one actual target address for better understanding, but the address described at the top of FIG. 4 will be used as the target address.

Referring to FIG. 4, the target address is [93, HANBORA 2-RO GIHEUNG-GU 306-202 YONGIN 17082], and this target address was written on the invoice attached to the outside of any delivery box, or online. It may have been entered as an image, or it may have been handwritten by the sender on the outer surface of the delivery box, and may be currently converted (generated) into text data. Meanwhile, the step S101 may include not only loading the target address in a state that the computing device can process, but also converting the target address into a Hangul address. For example, when the target address in FIG. 4 is the same as above, the target address is [Hanbora, Ro, Giheung-gu, Yongin], etc., in which the part consisting of English characters is converted into Korean, so that it is necessary to process address information in a later step. can be utilized. For reference, the conversion will be discussed in more detail in the description of FIG. 11 which will be described later, and only the fact that the target address in the first language can be converted into the second language is recognized here.

Referring back to FIG. 3 , after step S101, the step of extracting the postal code (S102) may be executed. In this step, basically, the step of extracting only numbers from the target address can be preemptively executed, and after that, the step of finally extracting the postal code by determining whether any of the numbers have the form of a postal code It can be executed subsequently. Extracting only numbers from a text in which a series of letters and numbers are combined is a technology that has already been commercialized, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted. On the other hand, whether there is something having the form of a zip code, the service server 200 or the computing device, the number of digits of the extracted numbers, the location in the target address of the extracted numbers, or several of the extracted numbers, such as the first number It can be judged by looking at how well the conditions fit into a predetermined format of a specific postal code. For example, a postal code in Korea consists of five digits, and is assigned sequentially from Seoul to Jeju in a meandering (northwest to southeast direction) sequence. The one assigned as a serial number (area number) is used as a fixed format. Therefore, in step S102, it is first determined whether there are numbers with 5 digits among the numbers extracted from the target address. Furthermore, by referring to the pre-stored database, the zip code is extracted by checking whether the zip code existing in Korea is correct. If, as a result of examining the numbers, it is determined that there is no correspondence to the zip code, the above target address may be classified as an unidentifiable address, or the target address is no longer treated as an address information processing method based on numbers. Instead, it can be treated as another address information processing method centered on another character-based address information processing method, for example, the seq2seq algorithm, a fuzzy string search algorithm, and the like.

Based on the target address of FIG. 4, numbers such as 93, 2, 306, 202, and 17082 exist in the target address. Among them, 17082 follows the 5-digit postal code format established in Korea, and Since 17082 is located at the last part of the target address, it is more likely to be a zip code, and furthermore, since 17082 corresponds to any one of about 30,000 zip codes determined in Korea, as a result, 17082 from the target address is A number may be extracted as a zip code. At this time, when it is determined that the identified five-digit number is not a postal code, the service server 200 does not completely exclude the five-digit number from the target address determination process, and each number constituting the five digits After generating and temporarily storing postal codes that can be combined with each digit number, that is, the generated postal codes can be used to determine a target address in the future. However, even at this time, among the plurality of combinations, only those that fit the postal code system in Korea can be used, and the remaining combinations that do not fit can be eliminated.

After step S102, an address corresponding to the postal code may be searched for (S103). That is, the service server 200 or the computing device may inquire an address corresponding to the postal code based on the extracted postal code. The address search may be performed from a database in which zip codes and corresponding addresses are stored.

For reference, the zip code 17082 extracted from the target address may correspond to a plurality of addresses as shown in FIG. 4 , and these searched addresses are commonly "Hanbora 1-ro Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do" or "Hanbora, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do" It can be confirmed that the address part up to "2" is included.

After step S103, a step (S104) of comparing the numbers extracted from the target address and numbers in the searched addresses may be executed, and a primary address may be obtained (S105) based on the comparison result. It has been mentioned that a plurality of numbers can be extracted from the target address. In this step, it is possible to determine which address the target address is most similar to by comparing these numbers with numbers in the addresses searched for in step S103. . For reference, in this step, zip code numbers that have already been used for address search may not be referenced any more.

5 shows an embodiment in which numbers 93, 2, 306, and 202 included in a target address are compared with numbers in searched addresses. Referring to this, it can be determined that numbers 93 and 2 included in the target address correspond to numbers in any one of the searched addresses (93, Hanbora 2-ro, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do). An address may be obtained as a primary address. For reference, the primary address may be acquired from a target address or a searched address. For example, if, as a result of a number comparison with the searched address, duplicate numbers exist at a preset ratio or more, the target address is at least valid. Since the address is confirmed, a portion corresponding to the searched address among addresses included in the target address may be borrowed as at least the primary address. Alternatively, if the overlapping number exists in a predetermined ratio or more, the searched address will soon become an address matching the target address, and thus the searched address may be used as the primary address as it is.

For reference, when all numbers in the target address and all numbers in the searched address are matched as a result of the comparison in step S104, the primary address obtained in step S105 may itself be the final standard conversion address.

Also for reference, if, as a result of the comparison in step S104, the number of overlapping numbers is the same or multiple addresses with overlapping numbers by more than a preset ratio are found, the service server 200 or the computing device determines the user By notifying that this is not possible or by collecting and providing only such addresses to the user, the user, that is, a person, can be directly identified.

Also, for reference, due to the existence of step S104, even if the person who wrote the first address does not know the address system or language in the delivery country well and writes the order of each address part in a jumbled way, if only the correct postal code is written Address search based on this and address acquisition based on the search result can be made, which means that the jumbled addresses can be reloaded in the correct order from the point of view of the computing device, so address information according to the present invention It is expected to have a very large economic effect if a processing service and an arithmetic unit for this are used.

Next, after step S105, a step (S106) of obtaining a secondary address based on letters or numbers used for comparison in the previous steps but dropped out because there is no comparison target, or characters excluded from comparison from the beginning (S106) may be executed. .

That is, this step can be said to be a step of acquiring the final target secondary address by further utilizing the remaining parts except for the parts in the target address that contributed to acquiring the primary address. For example, if the primary address includes a city, gun-gu, dong, and building name, but does not include a dong number and/or a lake, the secondary address may include a dong number and/or a lake.

Also, this step may be used as a step of reconfirming the accuracy of the previously obtained primary address. For example, in this step, characters that have not been used for address search begin to be used, and it is determined how accurate the primary address was found through the string comparison between the result of conversion of these characters to Hangul and the searched address. You can check again.

For reference, FIG. 6 shows how English characters and numbers (HANBORA, RO, GIHEUNG-GU, 306-202, YONGIN) included in the target address are used to obtain the secondary address. Translation of English characters into Korean may be performed according to predetermined rules, and in this case, those set by local governments or countries may be included among these rules. In addition, in the case of the numbers that have been eliminated from comparison, there is a high possibility that these numbers are numbers that specify the room of the destination, such as the number of apartments, the number of buildings, etc. It can be used to obtain the secondary address by referring to possible patterns. For example, the notation of the number of apartment units is generally made in a pattern such as 000-0000, 000, 0000, 000dong, 0000ho. Often times. The service server 200 or arithmetic device can determine whether the corresponding number refers to the same number by referring to the pattern above when performing step S106, and utilize this to obtain the secondary address, that is, the standard conversion address for the final destination. can

On the other hand, the service server 200 or the computing device may further utilize a separate external database when executing the step S106. For example, the service subject providing real estate information may have at least the address of the apartment house, in particular, the apartment house address in a state in which both the dong and the lake are included in a database and own it, the service server 200 or the computing device may obtain the secondary address by referring to an external database in which such address information is stored. 5 and 6, it is shown that the Hwaseong Park Dream Apartment in Hanbora Village can be primarily specified from the target address. At this time, the service server 200 or the computing device uses 306-202 in the target address By searching the external database in which apartment address information is stored, it is checked whether room 306, 202 actually exists in Hwaseong Park Dream Apartment in Wei Hanbora Village.

For reference, in step S106, at least one of a deep learning algorithm such as seq2seq, a fuzzy string search algorithm, or a rule for converting English characters into Korean may be utilized.

On the other hand, if a plurality of things estimated as secondary addresses are found while acquiring secondary addresses based on the combination of the comparison omission or comparison exclusion part in step S106, the service server 200 or the computing device generates a separate list and can be provided to users. That is, when it is determined that a plurality of addresses are highly likely in obtaining the secondary standard conversion address, it is possible to prevent erroneous delivery by entrusting the selection and confirmation to a person directly.

The address information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6 above.

7 shows a further embodiment of the present invention, in which subsequent steps are listed on the assumption that the steps previously described in FIG. 3 have been performed.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the service server 200 or the computing device may configure a screen for confirming address information ( S201 ) and show it to the user. An example of the screen configuration is shown in FIG. 8 .

Referring to FIG. 8 , it can be seen that the initial target address, the primary or secondary address generated therefrom, and the zip code used for address search can be displayed on the screen for confirming address information. In addition, the address information confirmation screen may include an input interface (I) that can be used to receive an input from a user.

As a special note, it can be seen that the target address is displayed on the confirmation screen of FIG. 8, but the numbers P for which confirmation is completed and the numbers Q for which confirmation is required in the future are displayed separately. Referring to FIG. 8 , it can be seen that the numbers 93 and 2 in the target address are displayed in red because it is determined that they correspond exactly to the address searched from the postal code database, and 306-202 is the address that exactly matches the address. You can see that it is marked in blue because it cannot be found. In this case, as a user, the speed and efficiency of work can be greatly increased by checking only the part marked in blue.

As another noteworthy thing, there is an input interface (I) provided for the user to input on the confirmation screen, which allows repeatedly used words such as floor, dong, and arc to be entered with just one click. It may include an input button, an input button for delivering a message that detailed address confirmation is required, and an input button for notifying that the inspection of this address has been completed.

For reference, it is understood that the screen for confirmation of FIG. 8 is arbitrarily implemented and is only one embodiment, and the configuration of the screen may be constructed differently.

On the other hand, the address information processing method according to the present invention is not usable only in Korea, and if only some rules (postal code rules, conversion of English characters into individual languages) are set according to the type of language, it can be applied in foreign countries as well. it will be possible

9 is assuming that it is used in the United States, and when the destination address contains texts of 500 E 43 ^rd Ave Eugene OR 97405 USA, first refer to Zip Code 97405, which serves as a postal code in the United States. Thus, it can be determined that the address is about the city of Eugene, Oregon. Next, by searching for addresses (500 East 43 ^rd Avenue, Eugene, OR) containing the numbers 500 and 43 among addresses existing in Eugene, the secondary address, that is, the final standard conversion address can be obtained.

10 is assuming that the present invention is used in Vietnam. It is noteworthy in FIG. 10 that there is no number corresponding to the zip code in the target address of FIG. 10. In this case, a character string (Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh) indicating the widest administrative unit can be extracted first, After that, the final standard conversion address can be obtained by making the comparison judgment of the numbers (34, 6, 3), and finally, the address search using the strings that have been eliminated or excluded from comparison.

In the above description, embodiments have been mainly described on the premise that the target address is generally correctly described. However, in the actual logistics industry, cases in which the target address is incorrectly written occur frequently. Hereinafter, how the address information is processed when the target address is incorrectly written in this way will be looked into further.

In one embodiment, although the postal code in the target address is described, as a result, the corresponding postal code may be a typo that does not match the address written as text in the actual target address. In this case, the address information processing method may proceed as shown in FIG. 11 .

11 , the start may start from the step of loading the target address (S301), after which the step of extracting only the postal code (S302) and the step of searching for an address corresponding to the postal code (S303) may proceed. there is. These steps may be substantially the same as steps S101 to S103 described above with reference to FIG. 3 .

After this, the step (S304) of determining whether the addresses corresponding to the extracted postal codes are identical to each other by comparing the addresses in the target address may be performed. This step can also be understood as a step of checking whether the (text) address written in the target address and the address searched for (inquired) by the zip code correspond to each other.

For example, in the address shown in FIG. 4, 17082 is written as the postal code, but if the number 10484 is written instead of the number 17082 (that is, "93, HANBORA 2-RO GIHEUNG-GU 306-202 YONGIN 10484"), the arithmetic unit will extract the number 10484 as a zip code, and search for an address corresponding to the extracted zip code. At this time, the address corresponding to 10484 is "Haengsin-ro, Deokyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do" or "Hwasin-ro, Deokyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do" By comparing with , it is determined whether these addresses are identical or not. In the example above, the address corresponding to the zip code 10484 is "Haengsin-ro, Deogyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do" or "Hwasin-ro, Deogyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do" and the address included in the original destination address, "93, HANBORA 2-RO GIHEUNG-GU 306-202 YONGIN" ", and from this, it will be determined whether the address corresponding to the zip code and the destination address are identical to each other or are completely different addresses.

For reference, this step S304 may further include a process of converting an English address written in the target address into a Korean address. For example, English characters such as [HANBORA, RO, GIHEUNG-GU, YONGIN] may be converted as [Hanbora, Ro, Giheung-gu, Yongin], respectively, according to a predetermined rule and a rule regarding the conversion of letters. At this time, the predetermined rule refers to the conversion from the language (first language) of the characters included in the destination address to the language used in any country, that is, to the language (second language) used in the country where the actual delivery is made. In this case, the term "conversion" should be understood to include conversion of characters in the first language according to the pronunciation of the second language in addition to the meaning of translation. Below is an exemplary list of some of the rules that can be referred to when converting when the first language is English and the second language is Korean. In Table 1 below, the 2nd column on the left shows the rules for the initial consonant, the 2nd column in the middle shows the rules for the neuter, and the last 2 columns show the rules for the final consonant.

KR Jamo KR Jamo KR Jamo G G all A G G flower K.K. eh AE flower K.K. N N Hey YA thanks KS do D this guy YAE N N again TT Yes EO n NJ L R/L to E haha NH hair M woman YEO do D paper B Yes YE L L fart pp fuck you O d LG cow S ㅘ WA dw LM ㅆ SS ㅙ WAE d LB blanket none ㅚ OE s LS trillion J blanket YO d LT lame JJ sob U d LP congrat CH ㅝ WO lol LH LOL K ㅞ WE hair M frame T ㅟ WI paper B blood P ㅠ YU s BS home H ㅡ EU cow S ㅢ UI ㅆ SS tooth I blanket NG trillion J congrat CH LOL K frame T blood P home H

Meanwhile, as a result of the comparison in step S304, if it is determined that the searched address and the target address based on the zip code are identical to each other or show similarity greater than or equal to a preset condition (numerical value), the computing device proceeds to steps S305 to S307. . Steps S305 to S307 are substantially the same as steps S104 to S106 described with reference to FIG. 3 , and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As a result of the comparison in step S304, if it is determined that the searched address and the target address based on the postal code are different from each other, the computing device no longer uses the postal code as a reference for the correct address, and Using the correctly written address, an operation to estimate the correct zip code can be performed. In the case of the above case, the address matching the extracted zip code, that is, "Haengsin-ro, Deokyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do" or "Hwasin-ro, Deogyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do" and "Yongin, Giheung-gu, Hanbora, Ro" included in the target address Since they are judged to be different from each other, the processing unit no longer searches for an address based on the zip code 10484, and instead refers to "Yongin, Giheung-gu, Hanbora, Ro", and additionally some numbers to create a new, An operation for estimating the correct postal code is performed (S308). The calculation unit calculates which postal code has the highest identity in the address database among the parts of "Yongin, Giheung-gu, Hanbora, and Ro", and as a result, at least one postal code can be calculated as a result. there is. In this case, the computing unit can find at least 17082 zip code and define it as the correct new zip code.

For reference, as a result of the comparison in step S304, whether the searched address and the target address based on the zip code are the same, similar, or different may be determined according to a preset condition. For example, a plurality of address parts constituting an address searched based on a postal code (eg, Gyeonggi-do, Goyang-si, Deokyang-gu, Haengsin-ro, Yongin-si, Giheung-gu, Hanbora, etc. are all examples of address parts) and target When comparing a plurality of address parts constituting an address, when three or more address parts are different from each other, a condition may be defined to determine that they are different. Alternatively, a condition may be defined to compare the upper two address parts (eg, Gyeonggi-do, Goyang-si) among the plurality of address parts and determine that the two addresses are different from each other when they are different. Alternatively, a condition may be defined to determine different addresses from each other when the number of different characters between the searched address and the target address is 50% or more by comparing the individual characters constituting the address. As such, whether the address searched based on the postal code and the target address are identical to, similar to, or different from each other may be determined by various conditions.

On the other hand, after step S308, the computing device may obtain a secondary address, that is, a more detailed address based on the combination of parts other than the zip code (S309). Since this step may proceed substantially similarly to step S106 of FIG. 3 , a detailed description thereof will be omitted herein.

On the other hand, after step S309, the computing device may provide the user with a message indicating that it is highly likely that the above postal code is incorrectly written, and a message informing that the calculating device has estimated a correct, new postal code. As long as the comparison result shows that the searched address and the target address are different in step S304, the target address means that the first person wrote it wrong no matter what the circumstances. It will be said that the start of delivery based on the address basically has a risk of misdelivery. Accordingly, even if the computing device estimates the correct new postal code and calculates the correct full address (secondary address) accordingly, the computing device notifies the user that the target address was written incorrectly in the first place, so that the user It can induce you to directly look into the target address and confirm it.

However, the above step S309 may not be an essential step, and the computing device may determine whether to perform the step S310 according to a predetermined condition.

As described above, the address information processing method according to the present invention basically takes a method of inferring the correct address identified based on the numbers included in the target address, and therefore [numbers included in the target address] and these The matching rate between [numbers included in addresses searched by numbers] may be an indicator of how accurately the address information processing method according to the present invention finds the final address. Therefore, in the address information processing method according to the present invention, it is possible to know what kind of matching rate the final address has by adding a numerical value of the matching rate to each step of finding the correct address based on numbers. In addition, when the matching rate for each step is less than the set value, the progress to the next step may be stopped and a notification may be immediately displayed to the operator (administrator).

For example, if the numbers extracted from the target address in the process of inquiring the postal code match any one of the Korean postal codes, a numerical value of 100% is set to the number in the target address and the address searched by the postal code. When some of my numbers match, the operator (administrator) determines how high the matching rate is the address information finally inferred from the target address by the service server 200 or the computing device by calculating a numerical value according to the calculation. Or you can make it recognizable by the delivery drivers. In addition, the matching rate value does not necessarily have to be displayed only in numbers, and by displaying different colors according to the matching rate, it is possible for the viewer to know how accurately the inferred address information is intuitively. For example, the matching rate displayed in the above color can be displayed on the operator's (administrator's) computer display so that the operator (administrator) can easily recognize the addresses that need to be checked again, and the above color is the delivery driver's By making it displayed on the terminal, it can be used as a reference in determining whether or not a separate prior arrangement should be made.

12 is a view showing a method of processing address information according to another embodiment of the present invention. When an attempt is made to search for the address of the recipient from the target address, but the exact address is not known because the searched address and the target address are different, contact information of the recipient An embodiment in which correct address information is directly received from a recipient by sending a message for address verification directly to

Referring to Fig. 12, in this embodiment, the step of loading the target address (S501), the step of extracting the postal code (S502), the step of searching for the address corresponding to the postal code (S503), and the searched address and the target A step of comparing addresses (S504) may be included, and since all of these steps are substantially the same as steps S301 to S304 in FIG. 11, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, if the address is searched for by the zip code extracted from the target address, but it is determined that the searched addresses do not match with each other as a result of comparison with the target address, the address information processing method according to the present invention loads the recipient's contact information ( S505) may be executed. In general, when using a delivery service, the sender writes the recipient's name and address as well as contact information. It is understood that this step S505 is premised on knowing the recipient's contact information. Meanwhile, the recipient's contact information may include a phone number that enables wired/wireless phone calls, or an identifier (ID) that enables online chatting or voice calls. The contact information may be written on the outer surface of the delivery box (delivery package) when the sender delivers the product, or may be inputted by the sender passing the information to a company that provides an overseas delivery service. The recipient's contact information written in the delivery box or the recipient's contact information entered electronically may be utilized to execute the step S505 by the shipping company in the country corresponding to the recipient's address. For reference, step S505 may also be performed in a manner of inquiring the recipient's contact information previously stored in the service server 200 . For example, when the name of the payee for a specific product is inquired, the service server 200 may search for and then load the contact information corresponding to the name of the payee. This may be possible because history information is stored on the service server 200 when the recipient has received a product using a past delivery service. For reference, the criteria for determining that the searched addresses are different from each other as a result of comparison with the target address will be referred to in the description of FIG. 11 .

Meanwhile, after step S505, an address confirmation message may be transmitted to the terminal of the recipient by using the loaded recipient contact information (S506). The address confirmation message refers to a message in which the recipient directly confirms his/her own address or allows the recipient to directly input his/her own address. The address confirmation message is in the form of a text message (SMS, MMS), a push message that can be sent by the application when a separate chatting application or a separate delivery service-only application exists, or other messages on the recipient's terminal side can be transmitted to In addition, the address confirmation message may include a link to a web page where a separate address confirmation or address change is possible, and the recipient can check or correct his or her address by clicking the above link to access the web page. For reference, the address confirmation message may include a previously stored address of the payee, or it may be implemented to display the address of the payee in a webpage connected through a link in the address confirmation message. In this case, the recipient can determine the address to receive by simply selecting the provided or displayed past address if the past address has not changed until now. You can update the address by doing this.

Finally, the service server 200 may receive a confirmation message that the address information is correct or a reply message including newly input address information from the recipient terminal.

On the other hand, FIG. 13 shows that when it is determined that the accuracy of the addresses obtained in the process of acquiring the primary address and the secondary address from the target address does not reach the reference value, an address confirmation message for confirming address information is transmitted to the recipient's contact information. It is for explaining an embodiment.

In the previous embodiment of FIG. 12, an embodiment of transmitting an address confirmation message to the recipient's contact information when it is determined that the address is different by comparing the address searched based on the zip code and the target address has been described. It is characterized in that an address confirmation message is transmitted to the recipient's contact information at any time if the value is less than the standard value by looking at the accuracy in each subsequent step even after it is determined that the searched address and the target address are identical and similar. The address information processing method according to the example includes steps S701 to S704 that are substantially the same as steps S301 to S304 of FIG. 11 described above, and the address and target address searched based on the zip code as a result of comparison in step S704 Steps after it is determined that are identical to each other also include substantially the same steps as steps S305 to S307 of FIG. 11 . However, if the comparison result in the step of comparing the number between the target address and the searched address in step S705 is lower than the predetermined reference value, that is, if the numbers in the target address and the searched address are different from each other, the number of which is different from each other accounts for a greater proportion It may proceed directly to step S708 so that it may be possible to transmit an address confirmation message to the recipient's contact information. In addition, when the accuracy value calculated in the corresponding step does not reach the reference value in the process of acquiring the primary address in step S706 or acquiring the secondary address in step S707, the process may proceed directly to step S708.

As such, the address information processing method according to the present invention provides an address confirmation message that enables direct address confirmation to the recipient by inquiring or identifying the recipient's contact information when it is difficult to search for or estimate the correct address from the target address. can be transmitted

The address information processing method and system according to the present invention have been described above. On the other hand, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments and application examples described above, and various modifications are carried out by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the invention pertains without departing from the gist of the invention as claimed in the claims. Of course, these modifications are not to be understood separately from the technical spirit or perspective of the present invention.

In particular, the components implementing the technical features of the present invention included in the block diagrams and flowcharts shown in the accompanying drawings herein mean logical boundaries between the components. However, according to an embodiment of software or hardware, the illustrated components and their functions are executed in the form of stand-alone software modules, monolithic software structures, codes, services, and combinations thereof, and can execute stored program codes, instructions, etc. Since the functions may be implemented by being stored in an executable medium in a computer having a processor, all such embodiments should also be regarded as falling within the scope of the present invention.

Accordingly, although the accompanying drawings and descriptions thereof describe the technical features of the present invention, they should not be simply inferred unless a specific arrangement of software for implementing these technical features is clearly mentioned. That is, various embodiments described above may exist, and since such embodiments may be partially modified while retaining the same technical characteristics as those of the present invention, this should also be regarded as falling within the scope of the present invention.

In addition, in the case of a flowchart, the operations are depicted in the drawings in a specific order, but it is understood that these operations must be performed in the specific order illustrated or all illustrated operations must be performed, as this is illustrated in order to obtain the most desirable result. it shouldn't be In certain cases, multitasking and parallel processing can be advantageous. In addition, the separation of various system components of the embodiments described above should not be construed as requiring such separation in all embodiments, and the described program components and systems are generally integrated together into a single software product or incorporated into multiple software products. It should be understood that it may be packaged.

As such, this specification is not intended to limit the invention by the specific terminology presented. Therefore, although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above-described embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can modify, change and deformation can be applied. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims described later rather than the above detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts are interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention. should be

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Claims (5)

An address information processing method in which an arithmetic unit having a central processing unit and a memory converts a target address in a first language of a sender into a conversion standard address in a second language of a destination, the address information processing method comprising:
(a) loading a target address to be processed;
(b) searching for an address corresponding to a zip code among numbers extracted from the target address;
(c) comparing at least some of the numbers extracted from the target address with at least some of the numbers included in the searched address; and
(d) generating a primary converted standard address corresponding to the target address based on the searched address or characters and/or numbers extracted from the searched address or the target address when the similarity is greater than or equal to the first set value as a result of the comparison;
(e) generating a secondary conversion standard address corresponding to the target address based on the numbers and characters excluded from comparison during the comparison in step (c);
including,
For the characters excluded from comparison, a predetermined rule - the rule is a rule referenced for converting a character in the first language of the sender to the second language of the destination - is applied,
The generating of the secondary converted standard address in step (e) comprises the step of further searching an external database in which address information is stored and confirming whether an address corresponding to the target address exists. doing,
Address information processing method.
delete According to claim 1,
After step (a) and before step (b),
selecting numbers in a predetermined zip code format from the target address; and
determining whether the selected numbers are valid zip codes;
further comprising,
Address information processing method.
According to claim 1,
Step (e) is,
comparing the number or characters excluded from comparison, or a combination thereof, with a plurality of address information stored in an address database; and
setting the retrieved address information as confirmation required address information when a plurality of pieces of address information having similarity greater than or equal to a second set value are found as a result of comparison with the plurality of address information;
characterized in that it further comprises,
Address information processing method.
An arithmetic unit for processing address information, the arithmetic unit comprising a central processing unit and a memory;
The central processing unit, characterized in that it executes instructions for executing the address information processing method stored in the memory,
The address information processing method is characterized in that the target address in the first language of the sender is converted into a conversion standard address in the second language of the destination,
The address information processing method is,
(a) loading a target address to be processed;
(b) searching for an address corresponding to a zip code among numbers extracted from the target address;
(c) comparing at least some of the numbers extracted from the target address with at least some of the numbers included in the searched address;
(d) generating a primary address corresponding to the target address based on the searched address or characters and/or numbers extracted from the searched address or the target address when the similarity is greater than or equal to a first set value as a result of the comparison;
(e) generating a secondary conversion standard address corresponding to the target address based on the numbers and characters excluded from comparison during the comparison in step (c);
including,
For the characters excluded from comparison, a predetermined rule - the rule is a rule referenced for converting a character in the first language of the sender to the second language of the destination - is applied,
The generating of the secondary converted standard address in step (e) comprises the step of further searching an external database in which address information is stored and confirming whether an address corresponding to the target address exists. doing,
computing device.

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