TWM634463U - Intelligent mailbox - Google Patents

Abstract

An intelligent mailbox includes a mailbox, a sensor, a controller and a transmission unit. The mailbox has a containing space and a letter-taking opening. The containing space is configured to contain a letter, and the letter-taking opening is communicated with the containing space. The sensor is disposed in the mailbox and adjacent to the letter-taking opening. The sensor is configured to detect the letter in the containing space. The sensor generates a letter incoming signal when detecting the letter. The controller is disposed in the mailbox and connected to the sensor. The controller is configured to generate a letter incoming message according to the letter incoming signal. The transmission unit is configured to transmit the letter incoming message to a mobile device via wireless transmission. The intelligent mailbox can automatically detect incoming and taking letters and has a warning function, thereby improving convenience, practicability and security.

Description

Smart mailbox

This creation is about a mailbox, especially a smart mailbox that can provide incoming letter reminders and mail receipt reminders.

Letter transmission is one of the methods of data transmission. In the past, most people carried out long-distance data transmission through physical letters. With the rapid development of technology and the Internet, the invention of e-mail has gradually replaced physical letters, and e-mail has the convenience of fast transmission and no regional restrictions, making the transmission of e-mail indispensable in life. a part of. Although e-mail brings convenience to people's life to a certain extent, some mails or important letters still have to be transmitted in the form of physical letters. Therefore, the transmission of physical letters still has its irreplaceable status.

Generally, postmen or messengers drop letters into mailboxes based on the recipient's address. When the recipient lives in the building, it is necessary for the building administrator or the recipient to check whether the letter has been delivered in the mailbox when sending and receiving letters. When encountering important letters, it is necessary to frequently ask the administrator whether the letter has been received, lost or taken away, or check the mailbox frequently. Furthermore, when the letter is taken away by the family, the addressee has no way of knowing when the letter was taken away and needs to ask the administrator again, which will really cause trouble and inconvenience.

In addition, when the recipient lives in a community building, due to the large number of people entering and leaving the building and the chaos, the building administrator may not be able to recognize all the residents. Therefore, the letters in the mailbox may be taken away by people other than the residents or unscrupulous people or steal. If the letter in the mailbox is an important letter, it will cause considerable trouble. Therefore, there is still a lot of room for improvement in existing mailboxes.

Therefore, this creation provides a smart mailbox to solve the above problems.

This creation provides a smart mailbox including a mailbox body, a sensor, a controller and a transmission unit. The letter box body has an accommodating space and a letter taking port. The accommodating space is used for accommodating letters, and the letter taking port communicates with the accommodating space. The sensor is arranged in the letter box body and adjacent to the letter taking port. The sensor is used for detecting letters in the containing space. When the sensor detects a letter, an incoming signal is generated. The controller is set in the mailbox body and connected with the sensor. The controller is used for generating incoming information according to the incoming signal generated by the sensor. The transmission unit is connected with the controller, and is used for transmitting the incoming message generated by the controller to the mobile device through wireless transmission.

Among them, the smart mailbox of this creation further includes a timer, a connection sensor and a controller. The timer records and generates the incoming time of the corresponding letter according to the incoming signal generated by the sensor, and the controller sends the incoming time to the mobile device through the transmission unit.

Wherein, the smart mailbox of this creation further includes a touch switch and the mailbox body includes a letter-taking door. The letter access door is used to open or close the letter access port. The touch switch is arranged on the mailbox body and connected to the controller. The position of the touch switch corresponds to the position of the signal access opening and is used to generate a door opening signal when the signal access door is opened. When the sensor does not sense the letter, it generates a signal pick-up signal. The controller generates an information retrieval message according to the door opening signal and the signal retrieval signal, and sends the information retrieval message to the mobile device through the transmission unit.

Wherein, the smart mailbox of this creation further includes a camera, which is set on the mailbox body and connected to the controller. The controller controls the camera to capture the receiver image of the receiver outside the mailbox body according to the door opening signal generated by the touch switch, and the controller transmits the receiver image to the mobile device through the transmission unit.

Wherein, the smart mailbox of the invention further includes an image recognition unit connected to a camera and a controller, and the controller pre-stores security identification features. The image identification unit is used for analyzing the images of the trustees captured by the camera to generate identification features. When the identification feature does not meet the security identification feature, the controller generates a warning signal and sends the warning signal to the mobile device through the transmission unit.

Wherein, the smart mailbox of the invention further includes a warning device, which is arranged on the main body of the mailbox and connected to the controller, and the warning device is used to generate warning messages according to the warning signals generated by the controller.

Wherein, the controller first sends the incoming message to the server through the transmission unit, and then the server sends the incoming message to the mobile device through a network.

Wherein, the sensor is one of an infrared sensor and an ultrasonic sensor.

Among them, the wireless transmission is one of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LoRa and Zigbee.

To sum up, the smart mailbox of this creation can automatically detect incoming letters and receive them, and remotely notify the mobile device of the resident, so that the resident does not need to constantly check whether there is an incoming letter or whether the letter has been taken away, thereby improving convenience and practicality sex. Further, the smart mailbox of this creation can also take photos and identify the recipient through the camera and image recognition, so as to confirm and check whether the recipient is a family member or an unscrupulous person, thereby improving convenience and practicality. In addition, the smart mailbox of this creation can also provide remote reminders and warnings through alarms to prevent letters in the mailbox from being stolen by unscrupulous people, thereby improving security.

1: Smart Mailbox

10: Mailbox body

101:Accommodating space

102: letter slot

103: letter access port

104: Get the letter door

11: Sensor

12: Controller

13:Transmission unit

14: Timer

15:Touch switch

161: camera

162: Image recognition unit

17: Alarm

3: Server

5:Mobile device

FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a smart mailbox and a mobile device according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram of a smart mailbox according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of the smart mailbox in FIG. 1 when the letter access door is opened.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a smart mailbox, a server and a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to make the advantages, spirit and features of this invention more easily and clearly understood, specific embodiments will be described and discussed in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that these specific embodiments are only representative specific embodiments of the invention, and the specific methods, devices, conditions, materials, etc. exemplified therein are not intended to limit the invention or the corresponding specific embodiments. Moreover, each device in the figure is only used to express its relative position and is not drawn according to its actual scale, so it will be described first.

Please refer to Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3 together. FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a smart mailbox 1 and a mobile device 5 according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram of a smart mailbox 1 according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of the smart mailbox 1 in FIG. 1 when the letter access door 104 is opened. As shown in FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , in this embodiment, the smart mailbox 1 includes a mailbox body 10 , a sensor 11 , a controller 12 and a transmission unit 13 , and can communicate with a mobile device 5 . The mailbox body 10 includes an accommodating space 101 , and the sensor 11 , the controller 12 and the transmission unit 13 are disposed in the accommodating space 101 . The controller 12 is connected to the sensor 11 and the transmission unit 13 .

The letter box body 10 further includes a letter-put port 102, a letter-taking port 103 and a letter-taking door 104. The credit opening 102 and the credit receiving port 103 are connected to the accommodating space 101 , and the credit receiving door 104 is used to open or close the credit receiving port 103 . The letter slot 102 is located above the letter taking port 103 , and the letter slot 102 and the letter taking port 103 can be disposed on one side wall of the mailbox body 10 . In practice, the postman or the letter sender can put the letter through the letter opening 102 into the accommodating space 101 of the mailbox body 10, and the letter taker can open the letter taking door 104 and take out the letter located in the accommodating space 101 through the letter taking opening 103. letter.

In this specific embodiment, the sensor 11 can be disposed on the other side wall adjacent to the letter access opening 103 and close to the bottom of the letter box body 10 , and is used for detecting letters in the receiving space 101 . Further, the sensor 11 may include a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter can emit signals from the side wall on which the sensor 11 is disposed toward the opposite side wall, and the receiver can receive the signal reflected by the opposite side wall. The sensor 11 can calculate the measurement distance when the letter box body 10 does not contain any letters according to the time difference between the signal transmitted by the transmitter and the signal received by the receiver. In practice, the sensor 11 can be an infrared sensor or an ultrasonic sensor. When the sensor 11 is an infrared sensor, the signal emitted by the emitter is infrared light; when the sensor 11 is an ultrasonic sensor, the signal emitted by the emitter is ultrasonic. Further, the sensor 11 can continuously send out signals to continuously detect whether there are letters in the accommodating space 101 of the mailbox body 10 .

When a postman or a postman puts a letter into the mailbox body 10 through the letter slot 102 , the letter will fall into the accommodating space 101 , and the letter will block and reflect the signal emitted by the transmitter of the sensor 11 . At this time, the time difference between the signal transmitted by the transmitter and the signal received by the receiver changes, that is, the measurement distance measured by the sensor 11 changes. The sensor 11 judges that the letter has been detected according to the time difference or the change of the measured distance, and then generates an incoming signal. In addition, in this specific embodiment, when the sensor 11 does not sense a letter, the sensor 11 generates a signal acquisition signal. In practice, the incoming signal can be "1", and the receiving signal can be "0", but not limited to this, the signal type And the content can also be determined according to the type of sensor. The sensors are not limited to the above types, and the sensors can also be other types of distance sensors or proximity sensors.

In this specific embodiment, the controller 12 is used to generate an incoming message according to the incoming signal generated by the sensor 11 . In practice, the controller 12 can be a processor (such as a CPU) or a control chip. Further, the controller 12 may pre-store a signal-message correspondence table. The signal-message correspondence table can include a plurality of messages, and each message can correspond to at least one signal. For example, the signal-message correspondence table includes the incoming message of “there is a letter in the mailbox”, and the incoming message corresponds to the incoming signal of the sensor 11 . Therefore, the controller 12 can generate a corresponding reminder message or notification message according to the type and content of the signal generated by the sensor 11 . The content of each message in the signal-message correspondence table can be formulated according to requirements or designs.

In this embodiment, the transmission unit 13 is used to transmit the incoming message generated by the controller 12 to the mobile device 5 through wireless transmission. In practice, the transmission unit 13 can be a data transceiver, and the wireless transmission can be Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LoRa or Zigbee, but not limited thereto. The mobile device 5 can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a smart watch, and the like. After the controller 12 generates an incoming call message, the controller 12 can transmit the incoming call message to the mobile device 5 through the transmission unit 13, and the incoming call message can be displayed on the screen of the mobile device 5 to remind and notify the incoming call. Therefore, the smart mailbox of this creation can automatically detect incoming letters and remotely notify the mobile device of the resident, so that the resident does not need to constantly check whether there is an incoming letter in the mailbox, thereby improving convenience and practicality.

In this specific embodiment, the smart mailbox 1 further includes a timer 14 connected to the sensor 11 and the controller 12 . When the sensor 11 detects a letter and generates an incoming signal, the timer 14 can record the time when the incoming signal is generated to generate the corresponding incoming time when the letter is put into the mailbox. Further, the controller 12 can transmit the incoming time generated by the timer 14 through the transmission unit 13 To the mobile device 5 to remind and notify the residents of the time of incoming letters. In practice, when the sensor 11 generates an incoming signal, the controller 12 and the timer 14 can simultaneously generate the incoming message and the incoming time, and the controller 12 can simultaneously transmit the incoming message and the incoming time to the mobile device 5 .

In practice, the mobile device 5 can further install a communication software APP (such as LINE, Telegram, WeChat, etc.). When the controller 12 generates the incoming message and the timer 14 generates the incoming time, and the controller 12 transmits the incoming message and the incoming time to the mobile device 5 through the transmission unit 13, the mobile device 5 can display the incoming message and the incoming time on the communication software APP In the display interface of , to remind and notify incoming letters.

In practice, the smart mailbox 1 may further include a circuit board (not shown) disposed in the mailbox body. The aforementioned controller, transmission unit and timer can be integrated on the circuit board.

In this specific embodiment, the smart mailbox 1 further includes a touch switch 15 . The touch switch 15 is disposed on the mailbox body 10 and connected to the controller 12 , and the position of the touch switch 15 corresponds to the position of the letter taking door 104 . In practice, the touch switch 15 can be disposed on the outer wall adjacent to the letter access opening 103 and between the letter box body 10 and the letter access door 104 . When the letter-taking door 104 closed the letter-taking port 103, the letter-taking door 104 contacted and pressed the touch switch 15, and at this moment, the touch switch 15 was in an undriven state; when the letter-taking door 105 was opened, the letter-taking door 104 did not touch the touch switch 15, At this time, the touch switch 15 is in a driving state and generates a door-opening signal.

In this specific embodiment, the signal-message correspondence table pre-stored in the controller 12 may further include a message fetching message "the letter in the mailbox has been taken away", and the message fetching message corresponds to the door opening signal and the message fetching signal. When the sensor 11 generates a letter-taking signal and the touch switch 15 generates a door-opening signal, it means that the letter-taker opens the letter-taking door 104 and takes away the letters in the mailbox. At this time, the controller 12 generates a message fetching message according to the door opening signal and the signal fetching signal, and transmits the message fetching message through the transmission unit 13 to mobile device5. The mobile device 5 can also display the message retrieval message sent by the smart mailbox 1 to remind and notify that the message has been retrieved. Therefore, the smart mailbox of this creation can also automatically detect the received letter and remotely notify the mobile device of the resident, so that the resident does not need to constantly check whether the letter in the mailbox has been taken away, thereby improving convenience and practicality.

Similarly, when the sensor 11 generates a pick-up signal and the touch switch 15 generates a door-open signal, the timer 14 can also record the time when the pick-up signal and the door-open signal are generated to generate a pick-up time corresponding to the letter being taken away. And the controller 12 can also send the message and the time to get the message to the mobile device 5 at the same time. Further, the mobile device 5 can display the message retrieval information and the retrieval time on the display interface of the communication software APP, so as to remind and notify that the letter in the mailbox has been retrieved.

In this specific embodiment, the smart mailbox 1 further includes a camera 161 . The camera 161 is disposed on the mailbox body 10 and connected to the controller 12 . The camera 161 is used for taking pictures of the exterior of the mailbox body 10 . As shown in Figure 1, the camera 161 is arranged in the middle of the mailbox body 10, but it is not limited to this in practice. The location of the taker's face. When the letter-taker opens the letter-taking door 104 to get the letter, the touch switch 15 generates a door-opening signal. At this time, the controller 12 controls the camera 161 according to the door-opening signal to capture the image of the letter-taker, that is, the facial image of the letter-taker. Next, the controller 12 transmits the image of the trustee to the mobile device 5 through the transmission unit 13 for the resident to view the trustee on the mobile device 5 . Similarly, the controller 12 can simultaneously transmit the information of obtaining information, the time of obtaining information, and the image of the person receiving information to the mobile device 5 . Therefore, the smart mailbox of this creation can also capture the recipient through the camera, and the residents can also check whether the recipient is a family member or an unscrupulous person through the image displayed on the mobile device, thereby improving convenience and practicality.

Further, in this specific embodiment, the smart mailbox 1 further includes image Identification unit 162. The image identification unit 162 is connected to the camera 161 and the controller 12, and the controller pre-stores at least one security identification feature. The image identification unit 162 is configured to analyze the image of the trustee taken by the camera 161 to generate at least one identification feature. In practice, the image recognition unit 162 can be a face recognition chip. The security identifying feature may be the facial features of the resident, and may be the facial features of the resident's family members. When the trust taker wins the trust and the camera 161 captures an image of the trust taker, the image recognition unit 162 can identify and generate the identification features of the trust taker according to the image of the trust taker. Next, the controller 12 compares the identification features generated by the image identification unit 162 with the pre-stored security identification features. When the identification features do not meet all security identification features, it means that the trustee is not a person of the household. At this time, the controller 12 generates a warning signal and transmits the warning signal to the mobile device 5 through the transmission unit 13 to remind the resident.

In addition, in this specific embodiment, the smart mailbox 1 further includes an alarm 17 disposed on the mailbox body 10 and connected to the controller 12 . When the controller 12 generates a warning signal, the controller 12 controls the warning device 17 to generate a warning message. In practice, the warning device 17 can be an LED light, a buzzer, a siren, etc., and the warning message can include light, sound, etc. When the letter taker is an unscrupulous person or a non-resident, the smart mailbox 1 will issue a warning to prevent the letter taker and remind the building manager. Therefore, the smart mailbox of this creation can also be remotely reminded or directly warned to prevent letters in the mailbox from being stolen by unscrupulous people, thereby improving security.

In a specific embodiment, the smart mailbox of the present invention may further include a database (not shown) connection controller. The database can be a portable hard disk, and can be set or integrated on the circuit board. The database can be used to store the aforementioned signal-message correspondence table and security identification features. When the controller receives the incoming signal and signal acquisition signal generated by the sensor, as well as the door opening signal generated by the touch switch, the controller can go to the database to read the signal-message correspondence table and generate according to the combination of signals corresponding message. Similarly, when the controller receives the identification feature generated by the image identification unit, the controller can read the security identification feature from the database and compare it with the identification feature.

In addition to the aforementioned forms, the smart mailbox of this creation can also be in other forms. See Figure 4. FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a smart mailbox 1 , a server 3 and a mobile device 5 according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4 , in this specific embodiment, the smart mailbox 1 is connected to the server 3 , and the server 3 is connected to a plurality of mobile devices 5 . In practice, the server 3 can be a wireless base station, and the smart mailbox 1 , the server 3 and the mobile device 5 can communicate through wireless transmission. The plurality of mobile devices 5 can be smart phones, tablet computers or smart watches of the resident and the family members of the resident. When the postman or sender puts the letter into the mailbox body and the controller of the smart mailbox 1 generates an incoming message, the controller first transmits the incoming message to the server 3 through the transmission unit, and then the server 3 sends the incoming message to the multiple mobile devices5.

To sum up, the smart mailbox of this creation can automatically detect incoming letters and receive them, and remotely notify the mobile device of the resident, so that the resident does not need to constantly check whether there is an incoming letter or whether the letter has been taken away, thereby improving convenience and practicality sex. Further, the smart mailbox of this creation can also take photos and identify the recipient through the camera and image recognition, so as to confirm and check whether the recipient is a family member or an unscrupulous person, thereby improving convenience and practicality. In addition, the smart mailbox of this creation can also provide remote reminders and warnings through alarms to prevent letters in the mailbox from being stolen by unscrupulous people, thereby improving security.

Through the above detailed description of the preferred embodiments, it is hoped that the characteristics and spirit of the creation can be described more clearly, and the scope of the creation is not limited by the preferred embodiments disclosed above. On the contrary, its purpose is to hope to cover various changes and arrangements with equivalents within the scope of the patent scope of this creation. Therefore, the scope of the patent application for this creation The scope of should be interpreted in the broadest possible light according to the above description so as to cover all possible changes and equivalent arrangements.

1: Smart Mailbox

10: Mailbox body

102: letter slot

104: Get the letter door

11: Sensor

15:Touch switch

161: camera

17: Alarm

5:Mobile device

Claims (9)

A smart mailbox, including: A mailbox body has an accommodating space and a letter-taking opening, the accommodating space is used to accommodate a letter, and the letter-taking opening communicates with the accommodating space; A sensor is arranged in the mailbox body and adjacent to the letter-taking opening, the sensor is used to detect the letter in the accommodating space, and an incoming letter is generated when the sensor detects the letter signal; a controller, arranged in the mailbox body and connected to the sensor, the controller is used to generate an incoming message according to the incoming signal generated by the sensor; and A transmission unit is connected to the controller, and the transmission unit is used for transmitting the incoming message generated by the controller to a mobile device through a wireless transmission. The smart mailbox described in Item 1 of the scope of the patent application further includes a timer connected to the sensor and the controller, and the timer records and generates a message corresponding to the letter according to the incoming signal generated by the sensor incoming time, and the controller sends the incoming time to the mobile device through the transmission unit. The smart mailbox as described in Item 1 of the scope of the patent application further includes a touch switch and the mailbox body includes a letter-taking door, which is used to open or close the letter-taking port. The touch switch is arranged on the mailbox body and connected to The controller, the position of the touch switch corresponds to the position of the letter-taking door and is used to generate a door-opening signal when the letter-taking door is opened, and generates a signal when the sensor does not sense the letter. The signal acquisition signal, the controller generates an information acquisition message according to the door opening signal and the signal acquisition signal, and transmits the information acquisition message to the mobile device through the transmission unit. The smart mailbox as described in item 3 of the scope of the patent application further includes a camera, which is arranged on the mailbox body and connected to the controller, and the controller controls the camera to take pictures of a receiver outside the mailbox body according to the door opening signal. A trustee image, and the controller transmits the trustee image to the mobile device through the transmission unit. The smart mailbox as described in item 4 of the scope of the patent application further includes an image recognition unit connected to the camera and the controller, and the controller pre-stores at least one security identification feature, and the image recognition unit is used to analyze the image of the recipient To generate an identification feature, when the identification feature does not meet the safety identification feature, the controller generates an alarm signal and transmits the alarm signal to the mobile device through the transmission unit. The smart mailbox as described in item 5 of the scope of the patent application further includes a warning device, which is arranged on the mailbox body and connected to the controller, and the warning device is used to generate a warning message according to the warning signal. For the smart mailbox described in item 1 of the patent application, wherein the controller first transmits the incoming message to a server through the transmission unit, and then the server transmits the incoming message to the mobile device through a network. The smart mailbox as described in Item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the sensor is one of an infrared sensor and an ultrasonic sensor. The smart mailbox as described in Item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the wireless transmission is one of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LoRa and Zigbee.

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