JP2002177127A - Home delivery locker system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow many persons without limited to the dwellers of a specific multi-dwelling house to use a home delivery locker system by installing a home delivery locker in a station or a store. SOLUTION: The system the home delivery locker 11 for putting in/out a package, an input means 14, a display means 15, a means for storing information on a recipient, a means for storing information on the using state of the home delivery locker, a means 21 for storing information to be the source of a message to be transmitted, a means 26 for transmitting the message to a public line 4 and a controlling and managing means 22.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a home delivery locker system. In more detail, when a parcel is delivered to a parcel locker, a message in a pre-registered format is automatically sent over the public line,
The present invention relates to a home delivery locker system, which automatically notifies a recipient that a home delivery has been deposited.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, parcel parcel delivery services such as postal parcels and courier services have been widely used. In particular, it is often used as a means for receiving goods in mail-order sales.

[0003] However, in order to receive parcels by the parcel parcel delivery service, the recipient must be at home at the time of delivery, and this is an obstacle to using the parcel delivery service in households that tend to be absent, such as working together or living alone. ing.

[0004] In addition, when the recipient is absent, the courier service performs redistribution, but performing redistribution is costly. In addition, the recipient has to notify the date and time of the redelivery by telephone at a certain time, which is troublesome.

[0005] For this reason, there is a high demand for a home delivery locker capable of receiving luggage even when the recipient is absent, and in newly constructed apartment houses and the like, the number of homes equipped with a home delivery locker in advance is increasing. .

[0006]

However, in a detached house or an existing apartment house, it is extremely difficult to install a new home delivery locker system in terms of an installation place, a structure of a building, costs, and the like.

[0007] Because the home delivery locker is installed in the entrance hall of an apartment house and is assumed to be used jointly by a large number of residents, it becomes a large structure, and the entrance hall has a space large enough to secure the installation place. It can be installed only in very limited places. There is a problem that the cost is high. In the case of an apartment house, there are cases where the installation cost can be paid out with a reserve fund, but there is a problem in that it is expensive to install it in a single-family house and limit it to personal use.

On the other hand, a conventional home delivery locker employs a method of notifying a recipient that a package has been deposited, by inserting a receipt-shaped piece of paper or a key of the home delivery locker into the recipient's mailbox. In some cases, a method of displaying the information on the intercom in each house of the apartment is adopted.

[0009] However, when a receipt-shaped piece of paper or a key of a home delivery locker is put in a recipient's mailbox, there is a restriction that the mailbox must be adjacent to the same entrance hall as the home delivery locker. In addition, since the receipt-shaped paper piece is small, there is a fatal defect that other mails are easily lost and lost when placed in a mail box.

[0010] Further, when displaying on the intercom in each house, it is necessary that the system for managing the home delivery locker and the system for managing the intercom and the like cooperate.

A conventional home delivery locker having the above-mentioned problems can be practically installed only in a newly built condominium designed on the assumption that a home delivery locker is installed in advance. It was not available in private homes, and its users were extremely limited.

The present invention solves the above problems, and provides an innovative home delivery locker system that can be installed at a station, a store, a gas station, or the like, and that can be used by anyone without restriction. With the goal.

[0013]

That is, the present invention is a patent invention relating to a business method for providing the following home delivery locker system.

[0014] A home delivery locker for taking in and out a package, input means, display means, means for storing information on the recipient, means for storing information on the use status of the home delivery locker, and information as a source of a message to be transmitted Means for transmitting a message to a public line, and control / management means, wherein the control / management means searches the storage means for information on the recipient input at the input means. Retrieving the information on the use state of the delivery locker from the storage means, displaying the information on the use state of the delivery locker, unlocking the delivery locker, locking the delivery locker, Storing the deposit and withdrawal information; and retrieving the message receiving method registered by the recipient from the storage means. If, delivery locker system comprising: the step of retrieving the underlying information message, the step of configuring the message, and sending the message to the public line.

3. The home delivery locker system according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing home delivery information and / or sender information.

4. The home delivery locker system according to claim 1, further comprising a billing means.

According to the present invention, when a parcel is delivered to a home delivery locker, a message of a pre-registered system is automatically transmitted via a public line, thereby automatically informing the recipient that the parcel has been delivered. Is a home delivery locker system.

According to the present invention, a person who lives in a dwelling unit where no home delivery locker is installed can use the home delivery system using the home delivery locker near the home. Also, in apartments where home delivery lockers have already been installed, a reliable notification method is promised.

In this system, available members can be registered in advance. In that case, the home delivery fee can be charged to the sender or the receiver using a credit card registered in advance. It is also possible to debit with a registered bank account or to send an invoice every month for billing. Further, a cash billing device such as a coin locker or a coin parking meter may be provided as billing means.

If the billing fee is determined according to the time or the number of days when the parcel is kept in the parcel locker, the recipient is motivated to take out the parcel quickly, and the number of available parcel lockers is available. And the home delivery locker system of the present invention can be efficiently operated.

[0021] The present invention is extremely convenient in mail-order sales ordered by the recipient because a delivery locker to be delivered can be specified. However, even in the exchange of home delivery between companies and individuals, such as gifts, the recipient should receive the contents of the home delivery and the information of the sender before delivery so that the recipient can receive it. Delivery lockers can be specified. In this case, it is possible for the recipient to refuse delivery of home delivery items that are difficult to send. In conventional home delivery, a sender specifies a location (address), a delivery time, and the like when sending. However, this method is very inconvenient. This is because it is not possible for the recipient to have a plurality of dwellings, or to determine whether to send it to his / her office, home, home or home. As described above, the home delivery locker system of the present invention also has an advantage that the person who actually receives the home delivery can select the most convenient condition even when the home delivery is sent from another person. In particular, this system is very convenient when there are restrictions on delivery conditions (time until delivery) such as raw ones. Specifically, in the present invention, the step of transmitting the information of the home delivery and / or the sender to the recipient and specifying a delivery locker to be delivered to the recipient (reverse designated service, reverse delivery service, etc .: trademark registration) (Application study subject).

The available home delivery locker can adopt a method of displaying an available home delivery locker so that the recipient can specify a favorite place, and letting the recipient specify the location.

The message to be transmitted to the recipient is information for transmitting to the recipient that the parcel has been deposited in the parcel locker, and includes a voice, a character, an image, and the like. The means for transmitting the message is not limited, but an e-mail means such as a mobile phone, a personal computer, and a mobile device is preferable.

According to the present invention, home delivery lockers can be installed in places where conventional home delivery lockers could not be installed, such as stations, stores, places adjacent to them, and gas stations (convenient for transportation by private cars). People can use the home delivery locker system.

For example, on a business trip, if the user wants to receive heavy luggage at a station on the way without directly sending the luggage to a company or hotel on the business trip, this home delivery locker system is extremely convenient.

Not only the recipient, but also the sender can put the package in the delivery locker and send it. Conventionally, home delivery has always been carried out by intermediaries of people. The home delivery locker system of the present invention is a revolutionary logistics system in which delivery and delivery can be performed without directly mediating people, so that home delivery can be easily exchanged at any time without worrying about time.

[0027]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Specific embodiments will be described below.
The present invention can be achieved by a combination or improvement of technical means known in the art. Therefore, preparation of a system and a locker is also advantageous in cost.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a home delivery locker system of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a home delivery locker unit, which includes a home delivery locker (11), a home delivery locker control system (12), a line connection device (13), an input device (14),
It comprises a display device (15) and the like. Reference numeral 2 denotes a management system unit. Storage device (21), management system (22),
It comprises a line connection device (23), an input device (24), a display device (25), a public line connection device (26), and the like. 3 is home delivery locker section (1) and management system section (2)
Communication line. Reference numeral 4 denotes a public line, and as a transmission destination of the message through the public line (4), for example, a mobile phone or a simplified mobile phone (PHS) (4
1), pager (pager (registered trademark)) (4)
2), telephone (43), facsimile (44), personal computer (45), and message server system (4) for relaying and storing messages to the final destination
6).

The home delivery locker unit (1) and the management system unit (2) are installed at remote locations as shown in FIG.
It may be two systems connected by a communication line,
Moreover, one united system may be used.

In the case of one combined system, the home delivery locker control system (12), the management system (22), the input devices (14 and 24), and the display devices (15 and 25) can be shared. The home delivery locker control system (12) and the management system (22) are computer systems, the home delivery locker control system (12) controls the home delivery locker (11) and accepts input, and the management system (22) receives the input. It stores information, verifies information, and sends messages. Home delivery locker control system (1
2) and the management system (22) can communicate bi-directionally, and particularly through a communication line (3) when installed in a remote location.

A home delivery locker (1) for storing luggage
For 1), a locker equivalent to a home delivery locker used as a conventional home delivery locker can be used.

The line connection device (13) is attached to the home delivery locker control system (12), and is a device for connecting to a communication line (3) for communicating with a management system unit (2) installed at a remote place. It is.

As the input device (14), for example, an input panel having buttons for inputting numbers and several buttons for auxiliary use, an input panel having buttons for inputting characters in addition to the above-mentioned buttons, and a keyboard , An input device also used as a display device having a touch panel, a reading device for shape and electronic information and the like stored in an external information storage medium, a voice input device, a reading device for physical characteristics that can be identified individually, and the like. The devices can be used alone or in combination.

Examples of the external information storage medium include a perforated card, an uneven card, a magnetic card, an IC card, a key, an electronic key, a disk-shaped medium such as a magnetic disk and an optical disk,
And the like.

As the display device (15), for example, CR
T, a liquid crystal display device, a display device also used as an input device having a touch panel, and the like.

Further, the input device and the display device used for storing the luggage and the input device and the display device used for receiving (removing) the luggage may be separate devices or may be a single shared device. good.

The management system unit (2) is built in the home delivery locker unit (1) or installed at a remote location. When installed at a remote location, the management system unit (2) is connected to the home delivery locker unit (1) via a communication line (3). It is connected to the public line (4) through the public line connection device (26).

The storage device (21) is a management system (22)
And information on the status of the delivery locker, information on the delivered parcel (baggage), information on the recipient (information identifying the recipient, information on the type of message desired by the recipient, and general customers) Information, etc.), and information (template) that is a source of a message to be transmitted. It can also hold sender information. In addition, a storage device can be separately connected to the home delivery locker control system (12) to distribute home delivery information, sender information, and recipient information.

Line connection device (23), input device (24)
And a display device (25), a line connection device (13) of the home delivery locker unit (1), an input device (14), and a display device (15).
The same means and apparatus as described above can be used.

The communication line (3) includes a home delivery locker (1)
And a line for transmitting and receiving information when the management system unit (2) is installed in a remote place. The type of the line is not particularly limited, and may be a dedicated line or a public line.

The public line (4) is a communication line provided for public use, such as a telephone line or a line dedicated to Internet communication, and may be wired or wireless.

The device for receiving the message is not particularly limited as long as it can receive or browse the message transmitted to the public line. For example, as a device that can receive a voice message, a mobile phone or a simple mobile phone (P
HS (41), a telephone (43), a message server system (46) such as an answering machine service, and a device capable of receiving a text message include a cellular phone or a simplified cellular phone (PHS) (41), a pager (pager) (42), a personal computer (45), a message server system (46) for e-mail and homepage, and as a device capable of receiving an image message, a facsimile (44), a personal computer (45), a message server system for homepage (46) and the like.

Each requirement described in claim 1 is represented by the following items in FIG. Delivery locker for loading and unloading luggage: Delivery locker (1
1) Input means: input device (14), input device (24) Display means: display device (15), display device (25) Means for storing information on recipients: storage device (21) Usage status of home delivery locker Means for storing information: storage device (21) Means for storing information that is a source of a message to be transmitted: storage device (21) Means for transmitting a message to a public line: public line connection device (26) Control / management unit: Home delivery locker control system (12),
Management system (22)

Further, the control / management means includes a step of retrieving information on the recipient input by the input means from the storage means, a step of retrieving information on the use status of the home delivery locker from the storage means, Displaying the use state information, unlocking the home delivery locker, locking the home delivery locker, storing the deposit and removal information of the home delivery locker, and receiving the message registered by the recipient from the storage means. Computer software is included that includes retrieving the scheme, retrieving the source information of the message, composing the message, and transmitting the message to the public line.

In addition to the above, use of the home delivery locker at the time of taking out the luggage, such as means for storing billing information such as the number of times and hours of use of the home delivery locker, and input devices such as a cash settlement apparatus, a credit card number, an account number, and the like. A device for collecting the fee can be added.

[0047]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An example of using a home delivery locker system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

The user (hereinafter, a member) first registers as a member with a home delivery locker system provider (hereinafter, a company).
The message transmission means provided by the service provider selects the message transmission by e-mail, which is an additional service of the mobile phone, and among the service delivery lockers provided by the service provider, it uses the delivery service locker installed at a convenience store near home. Register as a member. The trader issues a member number and a password, and notifies the member.

When purchasing a product by mail order, the member designates the delivery locker as a delivery destination and notifies the member number of the delivery locker system. The mail-order company describes the delivery locker as a delivery destination on the slip and the member number of the member as additional information on the slip, and entrusts delivery of the package to the delivery company.

The courier service commissioned to deliver the goods is the input device (14) of the courier locker (1) described on the slip.
, Enter the notified member number. The home delivery locker control system (12) transmits the input member number to the management system (22), and the management system (22) searches the storage device (21) for whether the corresponding member number is registered. If the member number has been registered, the management system (22) indicates so to the home delivery locker control system (12).
Send to The home delivery locker control system (12) receiving this unlocks the free home delivery locker (11), and the home delivery company deposits the package in the home delivery locker (11).

When the luggage is deposited, the home delivery locker control system (12) sends a message to the management system (22). The management system (22) acquires, from the member information in the storage device (21), information that the member wants a message by e-mail, and composes an e-mail message. The management system (22) transmits a message composed of information (model) as a source of the message and information on the recipient as an e-mail through the public line connection device (26).

Since the member received the e-mail on the mobile phone while away from home, and was able to know that the luggage addressed to him / her had been deposited, the member arrived at home, and on the way home, the home delivery locker unit ( Drop in at 1) and enter your membership number and password from the input device (14). The home delivery locker control system (12) transmits the input member number and password to the management system (22), and the management system (22) searches the storage device (21) to see if the corresponding member number is registered. If the member number is registered, the personal identification number is verified, and if the password is correct, it is searched whether the baggage addressed to the member is stored. When the baggage to the member is deposited, the management system (22) transmits the fact to the home delivery locker control system (12). The home delivery locker control system (12) receiving this unlocks the home delivery locker (11) in which the baggage addressed to the member is stored,
The member receives the package from the delivery locker (11).

As described above, by using the home delivery locker system, the member can receive the goods purchased by mail order as home delivery luggage even if he is not at home.

Other Use Examples (1) A company having an office in Tokyo must bring a large amount of materials for a meeting in a business partner company in Osaka. Therefore, the system of the present invention designates a home delivery locker in the Shin-Osaka Station premises, and dispatches a Boston Bag containing the materials to the home delivery company as soon as possible. As a result, Ko, who can easily go to Osaka for business trip, stops at another customer on the way near Tokyo Station, completes the work, then heads to Shin-Osaka by Shinkansen, takes out the package sent from the delivery locker, and You can go to meetings within the company. After the meeting, you can put your luggage in the delivery locker at Shin-Osaka Station again, send the Boston bag to the Tokyo office very quickly without any time, and head to the meeting with another business partner in Hiroshima. .
In the past, because you brought very heavy meeting materials, you could not easily go through other business partners, and instructed to send necessary luggage from the Shinkansen to the station at the time of urgent meeting Can not.

(2) On the return flight, the party B sends the souvenir (orange) of the airline company of the home delivery system to the office secretary on an airplane returning home. Since the office is in summer vacation, it is possible that your secretary, Hei, may have returned home, and use this system because he was wondering whether to send fresh oranges to his home or to his destination. Hei, who was contacted by mobile phone with the sender and the contents of the home delivery, had returned home,
On the way home from the home, he decides to receive a parcel and specifies a parcel locker at a station near his home. Since the return to home is delayed by one day, the excess charge displayed on the delivery locker installed in the station yard is charged and the delivery is taken out. Conventionally, home delivery is delivered to a long-term absence, and timely delivery is not performed.

(3) The player who goes golf by train sends the golf bag to the next golf course scheduled to be held next week at the golf course after the golf is finished. However, the golf course only uses a home-delivery system for paying a payee (payment on delivery). Therefore, in the past, on the way back home, you would drop in at a convenience store near the station and pay the courier fee.
It is extremely troublesome. With the system of the present invention, by placing a home delivery locker in a golf course, it is possible to provide excellent services to the player without having to spend time (manpower) in delivering the home delivery and handling the fee as a golf course. . Also, the player who sends the golf bag can send the golf bag quickly, so it is very convenient, and when returning with other accompanying players, it does not bother, without knowing the destination, anywhere Can be shipped. Further, even if a home delivery locker installed in a convenience store is used, the home delivery locker can be used very quickly, and can be shipped to a golf course to be played next. Conventionally, when a cash register at a convenience store is crowded, a large golf bag must be held in front of the cash register, which has been annoying to other customers. In addition, it takes time to process at the cash register,
There was a big problem that I was irritated because I couldn't get on the scheduled train and I got home late.

[0057]

The home delivery locker system according to the present invention notifies the recipient that the home delivery luggage has been deposited through a communication line, so that the installation location is not limited to a specific apartment house or the like. It can be installed in places such as convenience stores, gas stations, supermarkets, etc., stations, underground shopping malls, passageways, plazas, etc. In addition, the recipient can know that the luggage has been deposited in the home delivery locker even when going out.

According to the present invention, many people who could not use the home delivery locker can now use the home delivery locker, so that the home delivery company can reduce the labor and cost of re-delivery. . In addition, since luggage can be exchanged without direct intervention of a person, it is possible to prevent burglary of a condominium masquerading as a courier service.

The home delivery locker system of the present invention is a revolutionary logistics system that can solve the inconvenience and inconvenience of the conventional home delivery locker and home delivery system by its usage.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a home delivery locker system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 home delivery locker section 11 home delivery locker 12 home delivery locker control system 13 line connection device 14 input device 15 display device 2 management system portion 21 storage device 22 management system 23 line connection device 24 input device 25 display device 26 public line connection device 3 communication line 4 Public Line 41 Mobile Phone or Simple Mobile Phone (PHS) 42 Pager (Pager) 43 Telephone 44 Facsimile 45 Personal Computer 46 Message Server System

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A delivery locker for loading and unloading luggage, an input means, a display means, a means for storing information on a recipient, a means for storing information on a use state of the delivery locker, and a source of a message to be transmitted. Means for storing information, a means for transmitting a message to a public line, and a control / management means, wherein the control / management means searches the storage means for information relating to a recipient input at the input means. A step of retrieving information on the use state of the home delivery locker from storage means, a step of displaying information on the use state of the home delivery locker, a step of unlocking the home delivery locker, a step of locking the home delivery locker, A step of storing the deposit and withdrawal information of the locker; and a step of retrieving the message receiving system registered by the recipient from the storage means. A home delivery locker system, comprising: a step of searching for information that is a source of the message; a step of composing the message; and a step of transmitting the message to a public line. 2. The home delivery locker system according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing information on the home delivery and / or the sender. 3. The home delivery locker system according to claim 1, further comprising a billing means.