EP2862485B1 - Device for delivering and/or collecting goods - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a device for delivering and / or picking up goods, in particular large-volume sales items, such as parcels, packages or the like, and a method
for operation of the device.

Such devices are known from the prior art. As the Internet and e-commerce grow, more and more goods are ordered and delivered to recipients. In order to deliver these goods as possible at any time of day or night, experiments with recording devices are known in which the deliverer has the opportunity to open the lockable receiving device to insert the goods and then close the receiving device again. For this purpose, the receiving device has a door or flap which is accessible from outside a building and serves to fill the receiving device. The removal of the goods is made possible for the recipient via a door or flap which can be opened from within the building. Also, this door or flap is lockable, so that a passage on the receiving device is prevented.

However, this known device has the disadvantage that different goods are delivered by different deliverers, so that the receiving device can be opened by different people for filling. In the course of the competition or the limited space available therefore conflict situations can occur with simultaneous or almost simultaneous delivery of goods, so that, for example, previously delivered goods can be removed from a subsequent deliverer from the receiving device. Moreover, these devices have no possibility to assign the goods to different recipients via only one receiving device. As a rule, such a device can therefore only be used in the area of single-family homes or it requires a large number of such devices in order to be able to assign the goods to different recipients. However, since these devices are each associated with only one receiver, insofar as they are in connection with a dwelling or a house, their integration is very complex, for example, in a multi-family house and for the deliverers, this means that possibly packages or packages with high weights within the Apartment building must be transported, resulting in a considerable amount of time, so that the deliverer has only a limited delivery capacity.

Furthermore, from the DE 101 48 300 A1 a method for the delivery of particular large-volume goods, preferably sales items, such as parcels, packages or the like. Known in which the goods, in particular the sales item is inserted by a deliverer in a lockable receiving device and the deliverer the recipient an individualized access authorization for the locked receiving device transmitted, with the recipient can unlock the receptacle once and open to remove the goods, in particular the sales item. Although this method has proven itself in practice and proved to be advantageous, nevertheless, this method has limits especially in the area of larger apartment buildings with increasing deliveries of goods.

In particular, it should also be taken into account here that the method described above is dependent on the receiving device having an energy source which, for example, individualizes and outputs a data carrier. Furthermore, the power source is also required to ensure smooth operation of a device ensure that uses the method described above. For example, such a device has a data carrier output device and a reading device so that the output data medium can be read correctly when the receiving device is opened once.

Although the method described above already solves a number of disadvantages of the prior art, a further improvement of this prior art is required. This applies in particular with regard to the constructive and thus inexpensive simple design of a corresponding device and their operation with only a limited energy requirement. In addition, it would be desirable to be able to pick up goods from the devices for the purpose of shipment. The DE 20 2011 106 184 U1 discloses a device for delivering and / or picking up goods according to the preamble of claim 1, wherein a detecting device for inlaid goods controls a locking device for the flap or door.

It is therefore an object of the invention to develop a generic device such that it can be operated in a structurally simpler, but safer and moreover cost-effective manner, so that, for example, such a device also in connection with the collection of goods and / or is easily applicable in connection with larger apartment buildings.

The solution to this problem provides a device for delivery and / or collection of goods according to claim 1.

In a first variant, the locking device with a mobile terminal, in particular by means of Bluetooth and / or with a near-radio transponder, in particular RFID transponder, formed operable. Preferably, it is thus provided that the locking device can be actuated either with a mobile terminal, with a near-field transponder or with both devices. Acting means that the locking device is opened and / or closed. This will be the door or flap of the device either locked or opened.

The mobile terminal may be a smartphone, a tablet computer, a notebook PC and / or the like. It is crucial that it is a mobile (tele) communication device, which has, for example, its own power supply, a communication interface and / or the like. The mobile terminal may in particular have a Bluetooth, an NFC interface and / or the like. It is a wireless communication interface. In the case of Bluetooth, it is preferably provided that the mobile terminal supports the Bluetooth 4.0 low energy protocol. As a result, the energy requirements compared to other communication techniques can be reduced.

The near-end transponder may be a passive or active transponder. A transponder is a radio communication device that receives incoming signals and in particular automatically processes and / or forwards. A passive transponder is characterized by the fact that it does not have its own power supply. The energy required to operate the transponder is induced, for example, by electromagnetic fields in the transponder. An RFID transponder has proven to be particularly advantageous. In the RFID transponder, a data record in the form of a secret may be stored for the locking device. An excitation of the RFID transponder by a corresponding reader causes the data set stored in the RFID transponder to be transmitted.

Depending on the type of equipment used, the device, in particular the locking device, may have corresponding communication interfaces. So it is possibly. A Bluetooth interface provided. This should advantageously support the Bluetooth 4.0 low energy protocol. Additionally or alternatively, a reader for Nahfunk transponder may be provided. This is characterized by the fact that an electromagnetic alternating field is generated, which excites a near-field transponder for transmitting a data set stored on it and, if necessary, also for the energy supply thereof.

The communication interface or the communication points of the device, in particular locking device may be inaccessible from outside integrated into the device. They can be protected behind a wall of the device be arranged. Preferably, the wall is formed in this area of a material which is permeable to electromagnetic waves.

A use of the device provides that the locking device with the mobile terminal, in particular by means of Bluetooth, and / or with the near-range transponder, in particular the RFID transponder, is actuated. This basic method relates in particular to the removal of a product inserted in the receiving space of the device. The intended user or recipient, for example, a tenant or homeowner with a device in the area of his front door, his front yard and / or the like, would like to receive the delivered goods. The door or flap is closed by means of the locking device, this process will be described in detail. The user now uses the device provided for actuating the locking device, that is to say either his mobile terminal or the near-field transponder. He brings the respective device in a communication field of the device. The communication field may include, for example, a range of one to two meters around the device, depending on the technology used and configuration. If a mobile device, for example a smartphone, is used, a corresponding app can be installed there. This app can be provided by the manufacturer of the device or the locking device. The mobile terminal, in particular the app, has a data record which contains a locking secret for actuating the device or the locking device. This ensures that only an authorized user can open the device or locking device. In the case of a near-end transponder, it is provided that a corresponding data record is stored on the transponder.

After the user has removed the goods from the receiving space, the door or flap preferably remains unlocked. It can be provided that the door (which also includes a flap in the following) can not be closed at all, as long as no goods are in the receiving space. This can be detected by corresponding sensors, for example electrical, optical, mechanical sensors or the like.

A postal service provider can deliver goods in this state by placing them in the receiving space. Postal service provider here means any technical embodiment of a performance of postal services such as the transport of parcels. Postal service provider can thus be a natural person using technical equipment such as a motor vehicle, a driverless transport system, a robot, a transport drone and / or the like. Thus, a postal service provider is a facility for transporting postal sales items such as parcels using technical aids.

In the empty and unlocked device, a product can be inserted. Then the door can be closed. The closing can be done manually. For example, it can be provided that the door is pressed shut manually. There may be provided a sensor which detects the closing of the door. This sensor can emit a signal for locking to the locking device upon detection of a closed door and / or such a closing operation. But it can also be provided a mechanical system, which automatically activates the locking device when closing the door, that is, closes. It can also be provided that the door is automatically moved from an open to a closed position and then locked, for example, if after a detection of an inserted product a predetermined period of time has expired and / or the like. According to the above-mentioned embodiments, it can be ensured that the door is locked after loading a goods, even if the postal service operator forgets to close the door and / or the like.

The device may comprise sensors which detect the nature of an object introduced into the receiving space. For example, a distinction can be made between a parcel and a child who has climbed into the reception room, if necessary. Locking the door can thus be effectively prevented in unwanted situations, so that, for example, people or animals are inadvertently trapped in the device. If necessary. may be provided on the inside of the door and an emergency release.

It may be provided that the mobile terminal (s) and / or the near-field transponder (s) are each exclusively for either opening or closing the locking device are provided and formed. Thus, there are on the one hand terminals or transponders for the deliverer within the system, which can only close the door after the goods have been deposited. On the other hand, there are terminals or transponders for the user, who can only open the door for goods removal. The system can be made so easy.

According to the method of the invention according to claim 10, a postal service provider for the delivery and / or collection of goods actuates the locking device with a postal service provider-specific key, in particular mobile terminal and / or radio transponder, wherein the post-service provider individual key from the intended user of the device, is selectively enabled or disabled in particular using its mobile terminal. The invention can be used to realize a multiple delivery and / or collection of goods, while at the same time several different postal service providers access to the device can be granted. This means that the device, when empty, can in principle be used for the delivery of goods by any postal service provider. It can be provided that the door is always open when empty. However, if several programs are to be introduced into one and the same device in chronological succession and / or if a product inserted by the user or owner of the device is to be picked up by the postal service provider for dispatch, the access to the device can be restricted. For example, the user can do this using his smartphone. The device or the locking device can be configured such that only one or a selection among several postal service providers gets access to the device. This can be done by only certain types of postal service provider-individual keys for actuating the locking device are unlocked. For example, it can be provided that after inserting a first goods and then closing the door only one postal service provider can reopen the door or locking device, which has previously loaded the first goods. It can thereby be achieved that not one postal service provider can remove the goods loaded by another postal service provider again. In that regard, it can be ensured that in the event of inadmissible removal of a product, the Responsibility for this is limited to one or the selection of postal service providers specified by the user. Advantageously, this development opens up the possibility of being able to receive several different goods in one and the same device, in particular in one and the same receiving space.

Furthermore, the possibility has been opened to be able to insert the user side into the device for sending by means of a postal service provider. Subsequently, the door or locking device is closed. The user can then decide by configuration of the device which postal service provider or which group of postal service providers is to transport the goods. Access by other postal service providers, which may normally make deliveries to the device, is excluded in this operating condition.

According to an advantageous development of the invention, a plurality of devices for delivering and / or picking up goods with one and the same postal service provider-specific key, in particular mobile terminal and / or near-field transponder, can be actuated. In other words, there can be only one single key or data record per postal service provider, with which a multiplicity of devices can be actuated. As a result, the data management and communication costs compared to individual keys per device can be significantly reduced. Also, the postal service provider can access the individual devices faster because he does not have to search for the appropriate key or must wait for previous data transfers and updates. Thus, while the keys of postal service providers are permanently suitable for operating the device, an access control and control takes place via the previously mentioned user-side configuration of the device, that is, in particular unlocking or blocking certain postal service provider key.

The postal service individual keys do not have to be permanently valid. It can be provided that for securing against loss of a postal service provider key and the like, only a respective temporary activation of the individual keys takes place. For example, it can be provided that a postal service provider receives a postal service provider key at the beginning of a route and this is activated until the expected end of the route. That is, the key loses after entering certain conditions automatically its validity, so that then an operation of the devices, in particular locking devices is no longer possible. The condition may be the lapse of a predetermined period of time, the attainment of a particular location (GPS tracking), the X-fold use of the key and / or the like.

In the apparatus and method described above, RFID transponders are preferably used for actuating the device, in particular locking device. These may be RFID transponders according to the standards ISO 15963 and / or ISO 14443 A.

In addition or as an alternative, it can be provided that the postal service providers can operate individual devices, in particular locking devices, by means of a mobile service device that is specific to the postal service provider. An advantage of this embodiment is, for example, that the devices do not have to be open in expectation of a delivered goods, which brings with it the possibility of misuse and, for example, the risk of animals or children enclosing the device.

In a device for delivery and / or collection of goods in the context of the invention is a device which is operated in the immediate vicinity of the home of a natural person, a company premises and / or the like of the person, company and / or the like. It may be an isolated device, that is, it is not about a large network of multiple devices in a kind of parcel station or the like.

In this device, it is therefore provided that the deliverer transferred after inserting a sales item to be delivered, the door or flap in the closed position, whereupon the door or flap is locked on the first lock so that a subsequent opening without an access authorization is not possible. This access authorization, for example, in the form of a mechanical and / or electronic, a certain privacy secret key is done by the authorized user, who can transfer the second lock from a locked to an unlocked state with his key, whereby the first lock is unlocked so that the user can open the door or flap after unlocking the second lock and remove the designated for him sales item from the recording room. Following the removal of the sales item, both the first and the second latch remain unlocked, so that the device is prepared for a further delivery process.

When using a mechanical key, the device according to the invention can be actuated completely without external power supply. The locking and unlocking of the first lock and the second lock are made exclusively mechanically. In the embodiment of the invention, it is provided that after inserting the sales item and closing the door or flap on the push button, the first latch is moved into a latch position such that the door or flap is no longer movable relative to the housing of the receiving device. For this purpose, the push-button is pressed into the handle such that the push-button can no longer be manipulated in its position pressed into the handle. For example, this can take place in that the push button terminates at least flush with the surface of the handle. But there is also the possibility that the push button is retracted by a spring element after triggering the first lock further into the handle, so that the push button below a plane formed by the lateral surface of the handle level and thus is no longer accessible. In addition, an element can also be provided here be, which pivots in the plane of the lateral surface of the handle after pressing the button pressure and thus covers the push button. The push button is in this case connected to a latch mechanism which, for example, a latch relative to the door or flap on the first lock such that it engages in a housing formed in the recess.

About the second lock, which is also connected to the bolt, now both the bolt from the locked position can be transferred to the unlocked position and the push button are released so that it returns to its original position to another locking operation of the first To stand by.

It has proved to be advantageous here to form the second lock with a mechanical lock, in which a conventional mechanical key with a specific, tailored to a lock cylinder locking secret can be inserted. Alternatively, of course, it may be provided that instead of a mechanical lock cylinder and the associated key, an electronic lock is provided which can be activated via, for example, a magnetizable coin, a chip card, a code to be entered via a keyboard.

In this case, a power source, such as a battery, may be provided within the second latch.

According to a preferred feature of the invention, it is provided that the first lock is mechanically connected to the second lock, so as to ensure that even when unlocking the second lock, the first lock is automatically unlocked and returned to its original position.

It is further preferably provided that the first latch and the second latch have a common latch with which the door or flap in the housing can be locked. As a result, the required components of the two latches are significantly reduced. Of course, it can of course be provided here that at least one Baskueliegel can be actuated via the first bar, which engages in a second recess.

The direction of displacement of bar and Baskueliegel are in this case aligned in particular at right angles to each other extending. This embodiment has advantages when the device according to the invention is intended for large-volume sales items, so that correspondingly large doors or flaps are required. Due to the design with bar and Basküleriegel the burglar resistance of such a device is significantly improved because even with suitable burglary tools the receiving space is not accessible by a simple deformation of the door or flap.

In the device according to the invention can be provided that only one receiving device is available, the corresponding key for the operation of the second lock but have different people, so that these persons after inserting a sales item is to announce that a sales item for a specific person in the recording room is located. This can be done, for example, by the fact that the deliverer creates and delivers a corresponding message to the appropriate recipient, for example by dropping it into a letterbox assigned to the recipient.

It is provided according to a further preferred feature of the invention, that the door or flap on a space assigning the receiving space has a storage device for messages to be delivered, for example, to the recipient. In this storage device, therefore, a plurality of messages of a general nature may be provided, from which the deliverer takes one and delivers this message to the appropriate and authorized recipient after closing the receiving device. It can further be provided that the storage device serves to store the key for a single opening of the locking device, wherein the key is necessarily fed to the storage device after actuation of the locking device. In this embodiment, for example, an electronic key in the form of a magnetizable or codable coin is generated, which is arranged in the storage device.

If the deliverer now fills the receiving space with a sales item, he can prepare the coin for the next opening process from the storage device and send it to the authorized recipient, for example, by throwing into a standard mailbox. Previously, the deliverer has closed the door or flap and locked over the first latch. With the coin then delivered to the authorized recipient, the coin can trigger the opening process of the locking device by inserting the coin into the second lock. This can be automated, for example, by unlocking the second lock after inserting the corresponding coin and thus automatically the first lock is unlocked. However, it can also be provided that merely a mechanical actuating element of the second lock is released by the insertion of the coin, so that the second lock and thus also the first lock can be unlocked via this mechanical actuating element. After this, there is the possibility for the authorized recipient to open the door or flap and to remove the intended for him sales item from the recording room. The coin previously inserted by the receiver is then transferred back to the storage device, the coin being subjected to a new programming after being dropped, for example, so that it is prepared for the next opening operation.

In order to avoid manipulation here, according to a further preferred feature of the invention it can be provided that the storage device can be closed against unauthorized removal of the messages or keys arranged therein. The relevant key is assigned to a deliverer who can open the storage device with this key and remove the coin, so that it is delivered to the authorized recipient for single use. In the event that several deliverers should have access to such a device, different keys can be used, so that by using the key also appropriate protocols on the deliverer and, for example, the time of use are created. For this purpose, of course, then provide a source of energy, which serves the power supply of corresponding electronic components.

Several receiving devices described above may be combined into a system and connected to each other according to another preferred feature of the invention. Such a system is particularly suitable for larger apartment buildings or for a central delivery facility. The recording devices Moreover, such a system may have different sizes so that they may be used depending on the sales items. It is then also possible to arrange more than one sales item for a recipient in a receiving space.

Finally, it has proved to be advantageous for each receiving device of the system to have an individualized key, so that certain recipients can only use certain receiving devices. This may, for example, have advantages in terms of a possible settlement of rented recording devices. Thus, recipients who often want to use a device according to the invention, conclude corresponding contracts that allow a regular use of such a device. This is particularly advantageous for recipients who are not regularly encountered in the delivery of goods on the ground and on the other hand but also do not want or can spend time to pick up appropriate sales items in central locations on presentation of delivery notes and / or personal identification documents. In this case, the media already described above, such as magnetizable coins, code cards or the like, are also suitable as individualized keys. It is also conceivable that the recipients receive a numerical code which is to be entered into a keyboard in order to open the receiving device once.

Fig. 1

eine Vorrichtung mit einer geöffneten Klappe in perspektivischer Ansicht;

Fig. 2

die Klappe der Vorrichtung gemäß Fig. 1 in einer Rückansicht,

Fig. 3

ein System aus mehreren Vorrichtungen gemäß Fig. 1 und

Fig. 4

schematisch eine Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens unter Verwendung einer erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung.

Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of the accompanying drawings. In the drawing show:

Fig. 1

a device with an open flap in a perspective view;

Fig. 2

the flap of the device according to Fig. 1 in a rear view,

Fig. 3

a system of several devices according to Fig. 1 and

Fig. 4

schematically an embodiment of a method according to the invention using a device according to the invention.

A device for delivering goods, in particular large-volume sales items, such as parcels, packages or the like is in FIG. 1 shown. The device consists of a receiving device 1, which has a housing 3 having a receiving space 2 with at least one input and removal opening. The input and removal opening can be closed with a flap 4, wherein the flap 4 has a locking device 5. The housing 3 of the device is cubic and has two side walls 6, a bottom 7, a lid 7 extending parallel to the bottom 7 and a rear wall 9. The housing 3 may for example be formed from two metal sheets, of which a metal sheet the bottom 7 and the rear wall 9, while the second metal sheet comprises the two side walls 6 and the lid 8. The two metal sheets are connected to each other by plug and / or welded joints.

On a side wall 6, the flap 4 is pivotally ajar, so that they are between a in the FIG. 1 illustrated opening position and one in the FIG. 3 in the closed position shown in connection with several devices is pivotable.

The locking device 5 has a first latch 10 and a second latch 11, wherein both latches 10, 11 are connected to a slidable in a lock housing 12 bolt 13.

The first lock 10 consists of a handle 14, which is ergonomically, substantially cylindrical. The handle 14 is fixedly connected to the flap 4 and has a longitudinal axis extending in the central bore, in which a push button 15 is guided in the longitudinal axis direction of the handle 14 slidably. About the push button 15, the bolt 13 from his in FIG. 1 illustrated opening position in an in FIG. 2 shown closed position moves. In the in FIG. 2 illustrated closed position of the bolt 13 engages the bolt 13 in an opening 16 in the side wall 6 a.

Furthermore, it should be noted that the push button 15 in the open position of the bolt 13 in accordance with FIG. 1 projects beyond an end face 17 of the handle 14, so that the push button 15 can be actuated in a simple manner for a deliverer. To the bolt 13 from the in FIG. 1 illustrated opening position in the in FIG. 2 To transfer illustrated closed position, it is necessary to move the push button 15 in the direction of the end face 17. In the position, not shown, of the push button 15 in accordance with FIG. 2 illustrated closed position of the bolt 13 closes the push button 15 flush with the surface from the end face 17, so that the push button 15 is no longer manipulatable, in particular from its retracted closed position can be pulled out.

As already stated above, the locking device 5 has a second lock 11, which can be actuated with a mechanical and / or electronic key, not shown. For this purpose, the lock 11 on a receptacle 18, which serves for example to receive a mechanical key. The receptacle 18 can thus serve the arrangement of a conventional lock cylinder. In addition, the receptacle 18 but also serve the insertion of a coded coin, the code is in each case updatable for an opening operation, as will be described below.

FIG. 2 shows the flap 4 in a rear view. In addition to the two latches 10, 11 it can be seen that both latches 10, 11 are connected via a mechanical system 19 with the lock housing 12 for actuating the bolt 13.

The lock 11 has an ejection opening 20, whose function will be described below. Below the lock 11, a storage device 21 is arranged, for example, the recording of messages that can take a deliverer after filling the receiving space 2 with a sales item and the legitimate recipient can deliver, for example by throwing in a mailbox, so that the authorized recipient on the presence a sales piece is informed and then with a key, the lock 11 can operate, which the bolt 13 from the in FIG. 2 shown closed position in the in FIG. 1 transferred illustrated open position. Via the handle 14, the authorized recipient can then pivot the flap 4 and remove the distribution piece assigned to it.

• In der verschließbaren Aufbewahrungsvorrichtung 21 ist ein Codeträger angeordnet, der vom Zusteller nach Einlegen eines Vertriebsstückes in den Aufnahmeraum 2 entnommen werden kann. Hier kann beispielsweise vorgesehen sein, dass das Einlegen eines Vertriebsstückes in den Aufnahmeraum 2, nämlich das Aufstellen auf den Boden 7 ein mechanisches oder elektronisches Signal generiert, welches die verriegelte Aufbewahrungsvorrichtung 21 entriegelt und den Codeträger freigibt. Nach Entnahme des Codeträgers verschwenkt der Zusteller die Klappe 4 in die Schließstellung und drückt den Druckknopf 15 in Richtung der Handhabe 14, sodass der Druckknopf 15 zumindest oberflächenbündig mit der Handhabe 14 abschließt. Das Eindrücken des Druckknopfes 15 verschiebt den Riegel 13 in die in Figur 2 dargestellte Schließstellung, sodass der Riegel 13 in die Öffnung 16 in der Seitenwand 6 eingreift.

The device described above can also be operated in the following manner:

• In the lockable storage device 21, a code carrier is arranged, which can be removed by the deliverer after inserting a sales item in the receiving space 2. Here, for example, be provided that the insertion of a sales item in the receiving space 2, namely the placement on the floor 7 generates a mechanical or electronic signal, which unlocks the locked storage device 21 and releases the code carrier. After removal of the code carrier of the feeder pivots the flap 4 in the closed position and presses the push button 15 in the direction of the handle 14, so that the push button 15 at least flush with the handle 14 completes. The impressions of the push button 15 moves the latch 13 in the in FIG. 2 shown closed position, so that the latch 13 engages in the opening 16 in the side wall 6.

The code carrier is then transmitted to the authorized recipient of the sales item, for example, by throwing into a mailbox of the authorized recipient of the sales item. This receiver can now operate with the code carrier, the second latch 11, in which the code carrier is inserted into the receptacle 18 of the second latch 2. The code stored on the code carrier is checked here. If the code is correct, the code carrier is ejected via the ejection opening 20 and falls into the storage device 21. Simultaneously with the passage of the code carrier through the second lock 11, the code carrier is coded for a new opening procedure. The generated code is also stored in a memory of the second latch 11. If the code carrier is then withdrawn through the system 19 of the bolt 13 from the opening 16 and at the same time the push button 15 in the starting position according to FIG. 1 transferred. The authorized recipient can then use the handle 14 to pivot the flap 4 into the open position so that it can then remove the sales item from the receiving space 2.

In a purely mechanical embodiment of the device described above, each possible receiver, that is, for example, the residents of a multi-family house has a key with which the second latch 11 can be actuated. To For this purpose, the second lock 11 on a lock cylinder, not shown, conventional design.

In the storage device 21 not shown messages are arranged, which remove the deliverer after setting a sales item in the receiving space 2 and then insert into the relevant mailbox of the authorized recipient and thereby receives only the authorized recipient aware that a sales item for him in the recording room 2 is included. Now the authorized recipient can operate the second lock 11 with his key, so that in the same way as described above, the first lock 10 is actuated and the flap 4 can be actuated. Subsequently, the flap 4 remains unlocked, so that the receiving device 1 is prepared for a further delivery process.

In order to prevent misuse, may be provided beyond 10 in the first lock that the push button 15 is only movable when previously a key mechanical or electronic design is used, which releases the mobility of the push button 15. This key is found only in one or more deliverers, so that the receiving device 1 can not be mistakenly closed after removal of a sales item by the authorized recipient and locked on the latch 10.

For larger housing units, it has proved to be advantageous, several receiving devices 1, as in the Figures 1 and 2 shown and described above are to be combined into a system 22. The receiving devices 1 can in this case have different sizes, so that they are suitable for larger or smaller sales items.

In contrast to the embodiment of a receiving device 1 described above, it can in a system according to FIG. 3 be advantageous to individualize the individual recording devices 1, so that the above-described message not only notifies the authorized recipient that a sales item for him in the receiving device 1 is included, but also the message is given in which receiving device 1 of the system 22nd the sales item is kept. In addition, the individual can Recording devices 1 are also assigned to different receivers. It should be noted that the ordering behavior of the different recipients may be different. Thus, some recipients will have a large number of goods ordered and delivered electronically, while other recipients make only a limited use of this offer and therefore only occasionally need a receiving device 1 to receive delivered sales items. It should also be borne in mind that the recipients may have different lifestyles, namely those that are regularly found at home, so that the sales items can be personally handed over by the supplier, or those that can only be found sporadically, so that frequent access is available Recording devices 1 is required. It can be provided, for example, that the different recording devices 1 are rented to the different receivers depending on their behavior.

Of the FIG. 3 can be seen in addition that several receiving devices 1 are connected by common cover plates 23 and bottom plates 24 with each other to form a solid unit. In addition, of course, corresponding plates can also be provided in the region of the side walls 6. In addition, the individual receiving devices 1 can also be screwed to the respectively adjacent receiving devices 1 or connected in another way.

FIG. 4 shows schematically an embodiment of a method according to the invention using a device according to the invention. It is a device for delivery and / or collection of goods provided in the form of a parcel box 25. This parcel box 25 has a receiving space, a door, a locking device and / or the like in the manner already described above. The parcel box 25 has communication interfaces. This is a Bluetooth interface 30 and / or an RFID reader 31.

Bluetooth is a well-known industry standard for data transfer between devices over short distances via wireless technology. It is an industry standard according to IEE802. The Bluetooth communication interface 30 preferably operates according to the standard Bluetooth 4.0 with low energy protocol. This reduces the energy requirement.

The RFID reader 31 is used to read RFID transponders. It is designed according to RFID standard ISO15693 and / or ISO 14443A. The range of the RFID reader can thus be up to one meter, for example.

The Bluetooth interface 30 and / or the RFID reader 31 are signal technically coupled to the parcel box 25, in particular a locking device for the door of the parcel box 25. The packet box 25 or the locking device may have a microprocessor, a memory, an input interface, an output interface, further communication interfaces and / or the like. The signals of the Bluetooth interface and / or the RFID reader 31 can be further processed in the microprocessor. They effect, in particular, an actuation of the locking device, that is to say a locking and unlocking of the door of the parcel box 25.

The parcel box 25 may have a door sensor 34. This serves to determine whether the door of the parcel box 25 is open or closed. Additionally or alternatively, the parcel box 25 may have a sensor which monitors the state of the receiving space. It can be detected in particular whether a product is loaded. The door sensor 34 and the sensor for the receiving space can be connected to each other by signal technology. One or both sensors can be signal-technically connected to a control of the parcel box 25, in particular a microprocessor, the Bluetooth interface 30, the RFID reader 31 and / or the locking device signal technology.

If a consignment of goods is placed in the receiving space of the parcel box 25, this can be detected. Additionally or alternatively, it can be detected by means of the door sensor 34, whether the door is open or closed. If the door is closed and, in addition, an inserted product is detected, a locking of the door can be carried out automatically. Optionally, it is provided that the door can not be locked when the receiving space is empty, that is, an operation of the locking device is locked.

The parcel box 25 is assigned to a user 26. The parcel box 25 is arranged, for example, in a mailbox system or arranged in any other way in the immediate sphere of influence of the user 26. You can, for example, in one Front yard stand, be mounted next to a front door and / or the like.

The user 26 can communicate with the parcel box 25 in terms of data technology. Additionally or alternatively, a smartphone 27 or an RFID transponder 29 can be used for this purpose. The smartphone 27 preferably has a Bluetooth interface 28. The smartphone 27 and the parcel box 25 can communicate via the Bluetooth interfaces 28, 30 in terms of data technology. In this way, the user 26 can configure the packet box 25. For example, he can send opening or closing commands to the locking device. He can configure the parcel box 25 or the locking device such that only very specific RFID transponder, very specific postal service individual keys and / or the like can operate the same. He can lock the parcel box 25, in particular the locking device completely for an operation, for example, for the duration of a holiday and / or the like.

With the aid of the RFID transponder 29, the user 26 can open the parcel box 25, in particular, quickly and easily, for example, when he wants to take a parcel delivered. For this purpose, the RFID transponder 29 is introduced into an electromagnetic field of the RFID reading device 31. The electromagnetic energy of the RFID reading device 31 then stimulates the RFID transponder 29 to transmit a data set stored on it to the reading device and / or the like. At the same time, the electromagnetic energy can be used to induce the energy required in the RFID transponder 29.

The user 26 may issue RFID transponders 29 to other persons. These may be members of the same household, domestic help and / or the like. The advantage is that with the RFID transponder 29, although a proper operation of the parcel box 25, in particular locking device is possible, but according to one embodiment, no configuration of the parcel box 25 is possible. This may be possible, for example, only with a specific, registered smartphone 27. If an RFID transponder 29 is lost, the user 26 can lock this transponder quickly and easily. For this purpose, a corresponding configuration can be provided by smartphone 27.

A postal service provider 32 delivers shipments in the parcel box 25 and picks up if necessary Shipments from the parcel box 25 off. In a first embodiment, the postal service provider 32 does not require any signal-technical access to the parcel box 25. Instead, the parcel box 25 is always open, provided that it is empty. If, on the other hand, a product is placed in the receiving space, the door, in particular the locking device, locks fully automatically. The postal service provider 32 must therefore first determine whether the parcel box 25 is open (and empty). Then he can, for example, insert a package. It can be provided that this delivery attempt is not registered as valid in a system until the door is properly locked. For this purpose, the previously described door sensor 34 can be used.

The method has the advantage that any postal service provider 32 can load goods into the parcel box 25. However, if only certain postal service providers 32 are to be granted access to the parcel box 25, the method or the devices must be modified as described below. This use case is desirable, for example, when the postal service provider is also to pick up goods from the parcel box 25 or a time-divergent delivery of several goods should be in one and the same parcel box 25.

The postal service provider 32 has a mobile terminal 35 and / or an RFID transponder 37. The mobile terminal 35 may be a type of smartphone, a portable computer, a specially prepared smart device and / or the like. The decisive factor is that it can in particular communicate with the parcel box 25 in a signal-wireless manner. For this purpose, a Bluetooth interface is preferably provided according to the preceding embodiments.

The RFID transponder 37 can communicate with the RFID reader 31 of the parcel box 25 in the manner already described above.

In the mobile terminal 35 and / or the RFID transponder 37, a postal service provider individual key, for example stored in the form of a record. It can be provided that one and the same key for the operation of several parcel boxes 25, 38, 39 is provided. This simplifies the implementation of the method and the device-side effort.

It can be provided that the door of the parcel box 25 is not permanently open.

If the postal service provider 32 wishes to deliver a parcel, he must first open the locking device or door using his mobile terminal 35 and / or his transponder 37. Then he can insert the package in step 33 and close the door again. The user 26 can now configure the parcel box 25 in such a way that only one and the same postal service provider 32, that is to say one and the same postal service provider, can individually reopen the door of the parcel box 25, for example to be able to deliver a second consignment the following day. This prevents abusive removal by other postal service providers who also have a key.

For example, the user 36 may place a parcel for shipment via a postal service provider by placing this parcel in its parcel box 25 and closing the door. He can then issue a pick-up order to one or more postal service providers. This can be done using the smartphone 27 by communicating with the parcel box 25, for example. Depending on the pickup order can also be configured in particular automatically, which parcel service providers may still have access to the parcel box 25 now. The or one of the authorized parcel service providers can then use his mobile terminal 35 and / or his RFID transponder 37 actuate the door, in particular locking device and remove the package for further transport.

It may additionally be provided that upon removal and / or insertion of a product into the parcel box, a corresponding document is transmitted to a background system, the postal service provider and / or the user. This can be done fully automatically. In addition or as an alternative, such a notification can also take place during an actuation, in particular opening and locking, of the door, in particular locking device of the parcel box.

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locking device

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side walls

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lock

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lock

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lock housing

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bars

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push-button

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opening

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face

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admission

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system

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ejection port

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cradle

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system

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baseplate

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Paketbox

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user

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Smartphone

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Bluetooth interface

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RFID transponder

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Bluetooth interface

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RFID reader

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postal service

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door sensor

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mobile terminal

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Bluetooth interface

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RFID transponder

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Claims (12)

1. A device for delivering and/or collecting goods, especially bulky dispatch items, like packages, packets or the like, comprising a reception device which comprises a housing including a reception space and at least one insertion and withdrawal opening, wherein the insertion and withdrawal opening can be closed by means of a door or flap and wherein the door or flap comprises a locking device which can be actuated by means of a mechanical and/or electronical key, wherein the locking device (5) comprises a first locking (10) which can be closed if the door or flap (4) is closed and which, after actuation, can exclusively be opened via a second locking (11), wherein the second locking (11) can exclusively be actuated by means of the mechanical and/or electronical key comprising a particular closing code, such that the first locking (10) is transferred into its opening position, characterized in that the first locking comprises a handle (14) which includes a push button (15) which is guided in a translationally movable manner in an opening of the handle (14), wherein the push button (15) is arranged in the handle (14) in a manipulation-proof manner, if the first locking (10) is in the locking position.
2. A device according to claim 1, characterized in that the locking device (5) is designed such that it can be actuated by means of a mobile terminal, in particular by means of Bluetooth and/or by means of a short-distance radio transponder, in particular a RFID transponder.
3. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the door or flap (4) comprises a storage device (21) for example for messages to be delivered to the receiver, which storage device (21) is arranged on a surface which is directed towards the reception space (2).
4. A device according to claim 3, characterized in that the storage device (21) serves for the storage of the key for a one-time opening of the locking device (5), wherein the key has to be necessarily supplied to the storage device (21) after actuation of the locking device (5).
5. A device according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the storage device (21) can be closed for a protection against unauthorized removal of the messages or keys which are arranged therein.
6. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first locking (10) is connected to the second locking (11) in a mechanical manner.
7. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first locking (10) and the second locking (11) comprise a common latch (13), by means of which the door or flap (4) in the housing (3) can be locked.
8. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the second locking (11) generates a key for a one-time opening of the locking device (5) upon each closing operation of the first locking (10).
9. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that several reception devices (1) are combined and connected to each other to form a system (22).
10. A method for operating a device for delivering and/or collecting goods, in particular bulky dispatch items like packages or packets, according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the device comprises an especially electronical locking device, wherein the locking device will be actuated by means of a mobile terminal and/or by means of Bluetooth and/or a short-distance radio transponder, in particular a RFID transponder, and wherein a postal operator actuates the locking device by means of an individual postal operator key, in particular a mobile terminal and/or a short-distance radio transponder, for delivering and/or collecting goods, wherein the individual postal operator key will be optionally activated or blocked by the proper user of the device, in particular by using his mobile terminal.
11. A method according to claim 10, characterized in that the locking devices of several devices for delivering and/or collecting goods, can be actuated by means of one and the same individual postal operator key, in particular a mobile terminal and/or a short-distance radio transponder.
12. A method according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the individual postal operator key, in particular the mobile terminal and/or the short-distance radio transponder, will be activated by a user and/or a postal operator for a predetermined period of time for actuating at least one locking device.

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