JP7578984B2 - Information processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device.

Patent Document 1 discloses determining greenhouse gas emissions when calculating travel expenses.

Patent No. 4538089

However, in the method disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to determine the route in order to calculate the emission amount, which is time-consuming.

The present invention has been made in view of the above background, and has an object to provide a technique that enables easy calculation of the amount of emission of environmental load factors.

The main invention of the present invention for solving the above problem is an information processing system comprising: an estimated information storage unit that stores estimated information for estimating a travel distance from a fare for each transportation means; a coefficient storage unit that stores an emission coefficient for calculating an emission amount of an environmental load substance according to the travel distance for each transportation means; an input unit that accepts an input of transportation expense information including the transportation means and the fare related to employee transportation expenses; a travel distance calculation unit that calculates the travel distance related to the transportation expense information based on the transportation means and the fare included in the transportation expense information and the estimated information; and an emission calculation unit that calculates the emission amount by multiplying the travel distance by the emission coefficient corresponding to the transportation means.

Other problems and solutions disclosed in this application will be made clear in the description of the preferred embodiments of the invention and the drawings.

According to the present invention, the amount of emissions of environmental load factors can be easily calculated.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a hardware configuration of a management server 20. FIG. 2 illustrates an example of the software configuration of a management server 20. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a travel expenses application form 30. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the information processing system according to the present embodiment.

<Summary of the Invention>
The present embodiment will be described below with reference to the following exemplary embodiments.
[Item 1]
an estimated information storage unit that stores estimated information for estimating a travel distance from a fare for each transportation means;
a coefficient storage unit that stores an emission coefficient for calculating an emission amount of an environmental load substance according to the travel distance for each of the transportation modes;
An input unit that accepts input of transportation cost information including the transportation means and the fares related to the transportation costs of employees;
a travel distance calculation unit that calculates the travel distance related to the transportation cost information based on the transportation facility and the fare included in the transportation cost information and the estimated information;
an emission calculation unit that calculates the emission amount by multiplying the travel distance by the emission coefficient corresponding to the transportation mode;
An information processing system comprising:
[Item 2]
Item 1 is an information processing system according to the present invention,
The transportation expense information is data related to commuting allowances included in personnel data;
An information processing system comprising:

<System Overview>
An information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The information processing system of this embodiment is for accepting applications for travel expense settlement from employees of a company or the like, and for calculating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions related to the travel expenses.
The information processing system calculates the amount of carbon dioxide emissions generated in relation to the movement of employees, etc. Note that the system is not limited to carbon dioxide, but can be widely applied to greenhouse gases such as methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N20), and fluorocarbons, as well as other environmental load substances such as nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfides (SOx).

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system according to this embodiment. The information processing system according to this embodiment is configured to include a management server 20. The management server 20 is communicably connected to a user terminal 10 via a communication network. The communication network is, for example, the Internet, and may be a public telephone line network, a mobile phone line network, a wireless communication path, an Ethernet (
It is constructed using technologies such as Yahoo! JAPAN (registered trademark).

The user terminal 10 is a computer operated by an employee. The user terminal 10 is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, etc. When an employee applies for travel expenses, the employee can input information about travel expenses (hereinafter, referred to as travel expense information) from the user terminal 10 and upload it to the management server 20.

The management server 20 is a computer that accepts applications for travel expense reimbursement.
0 may be a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing.

In this embodiment, for the sake of simplicity, it is assumed that the management server 20 accepts the travel expense reimbursement application from the employee unconditionally. However, for example, it is also possible to have the application approved by an approver after it is accepted. In the information processing system of this embodiment, the management server 2
0 is the amount of environmentally hazardous substances related to the transportation costs accepted.

<Hardware Configuration>
2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the management server 20. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and the management server 20 may have other configurations. The management server 20 includes a CPU 201,
The system includes a memory 202, a storage device 203, a communication interface 204, an input device 205, and an output device 206. The storage device 203 is, for example, a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, or a flash memory that stores various data and programs. The communication interface 204 is an interface for connecting to the communication network 3, and may be, for example, an adapter for connecting to Ethernet (registered trademark), a modem for connecting to a public telephone line network, a wireless communication device for wireless communication, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) for serial communication, or the like.
The input device 205 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a button, a microphone, etc., which input data. The output device 206 is, for example, a display, a printer, a speaker, etc., which output data. Each functional unit of the management server device 20, which will be described later, is controlled by the CPU 201.
03 into memory 202 and executes the programs stored therein. Each storage unit of management server 20 is realized as part of the storage area provided by memory 202 and storage device 203.

<Software configuration>
3 is a diagram showing an example of the software configuration of the management server 20. The management server 20 includes, for example, a travel cost information input unit 211, a travel distance calculation unit 212, an emission amount calculation unit 213, an environmental value purchase unit 214, a travel distance estimation information storage unit 231, an emission coefficient storage unit 233, and a travel cost information storage unit 234.

==Memory Unit==
The travel distance estimation information storage unit 231 stores information for estimating the travel distance of an employee with respect to transportation expenses (hereinafter referred to as travel distance estimation information). The travel distance estimation information can be, for example, a charge per unit distance (e.g., 1 km) (hereinafter referred to as a unit distance charge). For example, in the case where the unit distance charge varies in stages, the travel distance estimation information can also include the unit distance charge in association with the range of the travel distance.

The emission coefficient storage unit 233 stores emission coefficients for calculating the amount of emission of environmental load substances. The emission coefficient storage unit 233 can store emission coefficients in association with transportation means. By multiplying the distance traveled by a certain transportation means by the emission coefficient, it is possible to calculate the amount of emission of environmental load substances emitted by the transportation means. The emission coefficients include greenhouse gases (
Those specified in Scope 3, Category 6 and Category 7 of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol can be used.

The transportation expense information storage unit 234 stores the transportation expense information. The transportation expense information storage unit 234 can store the transportation expense information in association with a user ID that identifies an employee.

==Functional Part==
The transportation cost information input unit 211 accepts the input of transportation cost information. The transportation cost information includes transportation means and fares related to the transportation costs of employees. The transportation means is, for example, a type of transportation such as a train, a bus, a subway, a taxi, etc. The transportation means may be a specific transportation means (for example, a train of XX Electric Railway, or a limited express XX train of XX Electric Railway with △△ cars, etc.).

4 is a diagram showing an example of a travel expense application form 30. The application form 30 includes input fields for a transportation mode 301, a route 302, a departure 303, an arrival 304, an amount 305, and an employee number 306. In the transportation mode 301, the type of transportation mode related to the travel expense is input.
Information identifying the departure point and arrival point of transportation, such as a station or bus stop, is entered in 303 and arrival 304. Employee number 306 is an example of information (user ID) identifying an employee. The travel expense application form 30 may be for applications for paid travel expenses (travel expenses such as commuter passes for commuting from home to the workplace and travel expenses when an employee goes out for sales activities, etc.) or for applications for business trip travel expenses.

The transportation expense information input unit 211 can transmit screen information for displaying the application form 30 to the user terminal 10, and receive transportation expense information input in the user terminal 10 from the user terminal 10. The transportation expense information input unit 211 registers the input transportation expense information in the transportation expense information storage unit 234.

In addition, the transportation expense information input unit 211 is not limited to receiving transportation expense information from the user terminal 10, but may also be configured to obtain personnel data including transportation means and fees related to commuting allowances, business trip allowances, etc. as transportation expense information from a system that manages personnel and labor data.

The travel distance calculation unit 212 calculates the travel distance related to the transportation cost information.
The travel distance calculation unit 212 can calculate the travel distance based on the transportation means and fare included in the transportation cost information and the travel distance estimation information. For example, the travel distance calculation unit 212 can calculate the travel distance by dividing the fare included in the transportation cost information by the unit distance fare corresponding to the transportation means.

The emission amount calculation unit 213 calculates the emission amount related to the transportation expense information.
The emission amount can be calculated by multiplying the travel distance calculated by the travel distance calculation unit 212 by the emission coefficient corresponding to the transportation means included in the transportation cost information.

The environmental value purchasing unit 214 purchases an environmental value for offsetting the emission amount of the environmental load substance. The environmental value purchasing unit 214 can access an external server (not shown) and purchase an environmental value such as J-Credit.
Environmental value can be purchased to offset the emissions related to the transportation costs calculated in 3.

<Operation>
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the information processing system according to the present embodiment.

The management server 20 accepts the input of travel expense application data (travel expense information) (S401).
The management server 20 estimates the travel distance by dividing the fare included in the transportation cost information by the unit distance fare corresponding to the transportation mode included in the transportation cost information (S402). The management server 20 multiplies the estimated travel distance by the emission coefficient corresponding to the transportation mode included in the transportation cost information to calculate the emission amount (S403).
The management server 20 outputs the calculated emission amount (S404). For example, the management server 20 can transmit a message including the emission amount, screen information, or the like to the user terminal 10.

The management server 20 can offset the amount of carbon dioxide emitted during the movement of employees by purchasing an environmental value corresponding to the amount of emissions (S405).

Although the present embodiment has been described above, the above embodiment is intended to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention may be modified or improved without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and equivalents thereof are also included in the present invention.

For example, in this embodiment, the management server 20 accepts input of transportation expense information from the user terminal 10, but the management server 20 itself may be configured to accept input of transportation expense information from employees using input devices such as a keyboard, mouse, or touch panel.

The management server 20 can also receive image data of a photograph of an application form for travel expenses information, and read the travel expenses information from the image data.

In addition, in this embodiment, the calculation of emissions and the purchase of environmental value according to the emissions are triggered by the acceptance of an application for travel expense reimbursement, but this is not limited to the above, and for example, the calculation may be triggered by the approval of a travel expense reimbursement application made by an employee on the employer side such as a company. Also, the information processing system may calculate emissions and purchase environmental value based on travel expense information that is accepted in another system and approved as necessary and stored in the travel expense information storage unit 234, without accepting an application for travel expense reimbursement.

211 Travel cost information input unit 212 Travel distance calculation unit 213 Emission amount calculation unit 214 Environmental value purchase unit 231 Travel distance estimation information storage unit 233 Emission coefficient storage unit 234 Travel cost information storage unit

Claims (1)

an estimated information storage unit that stores estimated information for estimating a travel distance from a fare for each transportation means;
a travel distance calculation unit that calculates the travel distance related to the transportation facility based on the received transportation facility, the fare, and the estimated information;
A coefficient storage unit that stores an emission coefficient for calculating an emission amount of an environmental load substance;
an emission calculation unit that calculates the emission amount by multiplying the travel distance by the emission coefficient corresponding to the transportation mode;
an offset unit capable of offsetting the calculated emission amount;
An information processing system comprising:

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