WO2011099763A2

WO2011099763A2 - Unmanned mail device and a method for sending a plurality of registered mailed articles by using the same

Info

Publication number: WO2011099763A2
Application number: PCT/KR2011/000857
Authority: WO
Inventors: 최승록
Original assignee: 주식회사 포스트큐브
Priority date: 2010-02-12
Filing date: 2011-02-09
Publication date: 2011-08-18
Also published as: KR101159615B1; KR20110093403A; WO2011099763A3

Abstract

The unmanned mail device of the present invention comprises: a main body which is provided on the inside with a temporary mailed-article storage area and a mail-bag storage section, and is provided with a mailing-charge settlement unit; a display unit provided on the front surface of the main body; a mail-receiving unit which is provided toward the top of the temporary mailed-article storage area, and which moves back and forth between a first position where registered mailed articles are held and a second position constituting a position where an upper aperture of the temporary mailed-article storage area opens up; a first door which is provided in the front surface of the main body, and opens so as to allow mailed articles to be introduced when the mail-receiving unit is in the first position; a second door which is provided in the front surface of the main body lower than the first door so as to allow the removal of mailed articles temporarily stored in the temporary mailed-article storage area; and a control unit which controls the back-and-forth movement of the mail-receiving unit and the action of selectively opening and closing the first and second doors, and effects control in such a way that a single user can send one or more registered mailed article(s) as a batch.

Description

Unmanned Mailing Device and Method of Sending Multiple Registered Mail Using the Same

The present invention relates to an unmanned mail apparatus capable of sending a registered mail directly by a user, and more particularly, to an unmanned mail apparatus capable of collectively sending one or more registered mail and a multiple registered mail sending method using the same.

Due to the increase in e-mail and courier services, paper mail is rapidly decreasing, and paper mail is being replaced by registered mail. However, in the case of registered mail, it is necessary to store mail through the window because of the necessity of computerizing the personal information of the sender and the recipient. Therefore, in order to send registered mail, the user needs to draw a waiting ticket and get help from the window staff. In recent years, in order to solve such inconveniences, there is a trend to increase the installation of an unmanned mailing device that allows a user to directly send registered mail and the like without the help of a post office staff.

A typical unmanned mailing device can only accept, receive and send one registered mail at a time. Therefore, in order for the same user to send a plurality of registered mails, it is cumbersome to separately carry out operations such as inputting a shipping address, registering postage payment, and attaching a barcode to each registered mail. Therefore, when the same user sends out several registrations, there is a problem such as waiting for a waiting ticket to be assisted by a teller to avoid such inconvenience.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an unmanned mail apparatus capable of receiving, storing and sending one or more registered mails collectively, and a method for sending multiple registered mails using the same.

The unmanned mail apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above object is provided with a temporary mail storage and bag storage unit therein, the postage payment unit is provided with a main body; A display unit installed at the front portion of the main body; A mail reception unit installed above the temporary mail storage, for reciprocating between a first position for receiving registered mail and a second position for opening an upper opening of the temporary mail storage; A first door installed at the front part of the main body, the first door being opened to input mail when the mail receiving unit is in a first position; A second door installed at a front portion of the main body lower than the first door so that the temporary mail stored in the temporary mail storage is taken out; And a control unit controlling the reciprocating movement of the postal accepting unit and the selective opening and closing operations of the first and second doors so that the same user can collectively send at least one registered mail.

The mail receiving unit, the mail receiving plate for receiving mail on the upper side; And a weight sensing unit disposed below the mail reception board and configured to sense the weight of the mail placed on the mail reception board. When the mail reception unit moves to the second position, the mail reception board is tilted. It is preferable to spill the mail received at the upper side to the temporary mail storage side.

The temporary mail storage unit, the bottom surface may be opened and closed according to the control signal of the controller;

The control unit, when the payment is normally terminated through the payment unit, opens the third door to drop the mail temporarily stored in the temporary mail storage unit into a bag storage unit, and controls the first and second doors not to open. It is desirable to.

The display unit is preferably used as a touch screen for inputting personal information.

The payment unit may be configured to use only electronic money, such as prepaid card, credit card, transportation card, or may be configured to use all the real money, such as coins / banknotes, as well as the electronic money. .

The mass mail delivery method using the unmanned mail apparatus according to the present invention comprises the steps of: selecting whether to send mass mail; Collectively inputting personal information of the sender and the recipient; Checking contents such as input personal information and mail type; Issuing certificates in bulk according to the postal type; Calculating a fee for each piece of mail by putting mail; Selecting whether to send additional registered mail; Paying the postage fee; Temporarily storing the mail for which the fee is calculated; And storing the temporary stored mail in a sleeping bag.

The temporary storage step may comprise the steps of: moving from a first position to receive mail, to a second position to open an upper opening of the temporary mail storage; Dropping the received mail into a temporary mail storage; And returning the mail receiving unit to the first position.

Preferably, determining whether the postage payment is successful; And returning the temporarily stored mail when the postage payment fails.

According to the present invention as described above, since the same user can receive, receive and send a plurality of registered mail in a batch, there is no hassle of performing a separate mail sending operation for each registered mail.

1 is a front view showing an example of an unmanned mail apparatus according to the present invention,

2 to 4 are views illustrating a process of sequentially storing a plurality of registered postal mails of which a fee is calculated in a temporary mail storage while the postal receiving unit of the unmanned mailing apparatus according to the present invention reciprocates, and

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of sending a plurality of registered mails using the unmanned mailing apparatus according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the unmanned mail apparatus according to the present invention will be described with drawings.

1 is a view illustrating an unmanned mail apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 4 are side cross-sectional views of FIG. 1, illustrating a process of handling a plurality of mail items.

As shown, the unmanned mail apparatus according to the present invention has a postage payment unit 101, a display unit 110, a first door 120, a second door 130 on the front of the main body 100 facing the user And the receipt output machine 150 is disposed, the control unit 300 is installed inside.

The main body 100 includes a temporary mail storage 102 and a bag storage unit 103 in an inner space, and a mail reception unit 200 is installed on the upper side of the temporary mail storage 102 to be movable. In this case, the postal accepting unit 200 may be disposed at a position corresponding to the first door 120, and the temporary postal storage 102 may be disposed at a position corresponding to the second door 130. Meanwhile, the postal accepting unit 200 reciprocates between a first position (see FIG. 2) for receiving registered mail and a second position (see FIG. 3), which is a position for opening the upper opening of the temporary mail storage. . The mail receiving unit 200 will be described in more detail later.

The postage payment unit 101 is installed at a height easy for the user to access, as shown in FIG. 1, and payments using electronic money such as credit cards, transportation cards, and prepaid cards, such as coins or bills. It can be configured to allow general cash settlement.

The display unit 110 is provided as a touch screen, the user can input the information of the sender and the recipient by touching the displayed virtual keyboard, without a separate input device such as a keyboard. Accordingly, the display unit 110 may perform screen output of information related to the operation of the unmanned mail device, an advertisement screen, etc., as well as sender / recipient personal information, questions and answers required for the operation of the unmanned mail device using a screen touch. Can be.

The first door 120 is opened only when the user inputs mail to be sent to the mail receiving unit 200, and the second door 130 opens the mail input by the user from the temporary mail storage 102. It is only open on return. Such opening and closing operations of the first and

second doors

120 and 130 are controlled by the controller 300. The operation of the controller 300 will be described in more detail later.

The mail reception unit 200 includes a mail reception board 210, a weight sensing unit 220 and a connection unit 230.

The mail input through the first door 120 is placed on the upper side of the mail receiving plate 210, the weight sensing unit 220 is disposed below the mail receiving plate 210, the mail receiving plate Detects the weight of the mail placed on the 210. The mail receiving plate 210 is rotatably connected to the connection unit 230 to the weight sensing unit 220. According to this configuration, as shown in FIG. 3, when the postal accepting unit 200 moves to the second position, the postal accepting plate 210 is inclined to move the postal matter P accommodated at the upper side. Can be spilled onto the mail storage 102 side.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 4, the third door 140 is provided on the bottom surface of the temporary mail storage (102). When the third door 140 receives the charges for sending mail, the direction corresponding to the second position of the mail reception unit 200 according to the control signal of the control unit 300 (arrow of FIG. 4). Direction) is preferably sliding open. By the opening operation of the third door 140, the temporary mail (P) stored in the temporary mail storage 102 is dropped to the side of the bag storage unit 103 that stores the previously stored mails (P ') Can be stored.

On the other hand, as shown in Figures 2 to 4, on one side of the bottom surface of the temporary mail storage 102, a plurality of temporarily stored mail (P) can be accurately dropped into the bag storage unit 103, the guide It is also possible that the unit 105 is further provided. Preferably, the guide unit 105 is disposed at a position that does not interfere with the opening and closing operation of the third door 140, and a predetermined inclined surface toward the lower side so that the temporarily stored mail can be guided to the bag storage unit 103 side. It is good to have.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a mail delivery method for collectively sending a plurality of mails according to the present invention will be described with the accompanying drawings.

The control unit 300 of the unmanned mail apparatus according to the present invention outputs a mail quantity selection screen to the display unit 110 so that a user can select whether to send one or more mails. For example, two icons may be output on the screen, and the first icon may be written as "plural registered registration", and the second icon may be written as "single registered registration", and the user may select one of the two. In this way, the user can select whether to send a single mail or a plurality of mails (S10).

If it is selected to send a plurality of registered mail in step S10, the control unit 300 in the next step, using the virtual keyboard displayed on the display unit 110, the sender's personal information such as the sender's name, address, contact information Outputs an input window for inputting the information, personal information such as the name, address, and contact information of the recipient, and a screen for selecting mail types such as general mail and registered mail. At this time, the sender and the receiver personal information can be configured to collectively input corresponding to the number of mail (S21).

When the input of the postal information for each mail for mailing is finished, the display unit 110 displays the input information so far, and outputs a screen for confirming input information for confirming whether the user correctly inputs the mail. (S22).

When it is determined in step S22 that the input contents are correct, the controller 300 collectively outputs a certificate and / or a barcode in which the type of mail and the information of the recipient and the sender are input. Then, the user attaches the output certificate and / or barcode to the surface of the mail (P) to be sent (S23).

When proceeding to the step, the control unit 300 releases the locking of the first door 120 so that the user can input the mail (P) attached with a certificate, etc., the first door 120 automatically Or to allow the user to open the first door 120.

When the first door 120 is opened, the user inserts the mail P into the mail reception unit 200 through the first door 120. In this case, it is preferable that the mail input order is performed in the order of the mail corresponding to the sender and the recipient information displayed on the display unit 110. In this way, the mails (P) in the order is placed on the upper side of the mail receiving plate 210, the weight sensing unit 220 disposed below the mail receiving plate 210 detects the weight of the injected mail (P) do. In addition, the controller 300 outputs the postage of the postal matter P input to the display unit 110 by selecting a fee for each weight according to the postal type according to the weight measured by the weight sensing unit 220. , Charge details are temporarily stored (S24).

If the user selects to send one registered mail, after performing steps S31 to S34 corresponding to steps S24 to S21, the process proceeds directly to the payment step S50. Payment step (S50) will be described in more detail later.

When the charge calculation of the postal matter for one container is completed in step S24, the control unit 300 moves the postal accepting unit 200 to a second position (S41, see FIG. 3), and the postal accepting plate 210 ) Is inclined so as to be inclined, and drops the mail P placed on the mail reception board 210 to the temporary mail storage 102 (S42, see FIG. 3). Then, the mail receiving unit 200 is moved back to the first position so that the user can additionally insert the mail (S43, see FIG. 2).

The control unit 300 outputs a screen for confirming whether or not another postal item in which sender / recipient information is input in step S21 is additionally input. For example, with the personal information of the sender / recipient of the mail input in the step S21, the "add additional mail" icon and the "end mail input" icon may be output on the screen, or the corresponding registered mail is input in the form of a question. And "OK" and "Cancel" icons. Such a query / selection screen can be configured in various ways as needed. If the user selects to add additional mail in the step, proceeds to the charge calculation step of step S24, and calculates the charge according to the weight of the additional mail (S44).

In addition, in step S44, if the mail is no longer selected, the control unit 300 outputs a screen for finally inquiring whether the user stops the previous work and cancels the reception. If the user chooses to cancel the reception, the process proceeds to step S61 to return the temporarily stored mail, and if it is confirmed that the normal reception of all the mail is normally completed, proceed to the payment step (S45).

As described above, when the collective acceptance process for a plurality of registered mail is finished, the control unit 300 sums up the details of the fee temporarily stored for each mail, and finally displays the amount to be paid by the user. Output to Then, a screen for selecting which payment method the user will use to make a payment is output. The present invention, the postage payment unit 101 as a payment means, credit card, transportation card, prepaid card, such as a card-type electronic money and coins and bills can be provided to enable both cash payment, card-type electronic It is also possible to configure only the currency, and in addition to the card-type electronic money described above, it is also possible to configure to use additional non-card-type electronic money, such as mobile phone payment, ARS payment, point payment. In addition, it is also possible to configure a payment means using only electronic money in order to reduce product miniaturization and maintenance (S50).

The controller 300 determines whether the payment is normally performed in step S50 (S60), and when the payment fails, releases the locking of the second door 130 or removes the second door 130. Open automatically, so that the user can get back the mail stored temporarily in the temporary mail storage (102) (S61).

If the payment is normally terminated, the control unit 300 issues a receipt through the receipt output device 150 (S70), and returns the mail receiving unit 200 to the first position, while the third door ( 140, the registered mails P temporarily stored in the temporary mail storage 102 are dropped and stored in the bag storage unit 103 (S80).

According to the present invention, when one user wants to send a plurality of registered mail, it is easy to use because it can process the sender and recipient personal information, charges, etc. of the mail to be sent in a batch .

In addition, when adopting a postage payment unit using only electronic money such as a credit card or a transportation card, it is possible to reduce maintenance requirements due to device malfunctions that may occur when storing money, and a storage facility for storing stored money is required. The apparatus can be further miniaturized.

Claims

Temporary mail storage and bag storage unit is provided therein, the postage payment unit is provided with a main body;

A display unit installed at the front portion of the main body;

A mail reception unit installed above the temporary mail storage, for reciprocating between a first position for receiving registered mail and a second position for opening an upper opening of the temporary mail storage;

A first door installed at the front part of the main body, the first door being opened to input mail when the mail receiving unit is in a first position;

A second door installed at a front side of the main body lower than the first door so that the temporary mail stored in the temporary mail storage is taken out; And

And a control unit controlling the reciprocating movement of the postal accepting unit and the selective opening and closing operations of the first and second doors so that the same user can collectively send at least one registered mail. .
According to claim 1, wherein the mail receiving unit,

A mail reception board for receiving mail thereon; And

It is disposed below the mail receiving plate, the weight sensing unit for detecting the weight of the mail placed on the mail receiving plate; includes;

And the postal accepting unit moves to the second position, tilting the postal mail accepting plate and spilling the mail received on the upper side to the temporary postal storage side.
The method of claim 2, wherein the temporary mail storage unit,

And a third door that opens and closes on a bottom surface of the control signal of the controller.
The method of claim 3, wherein the control unit,

When the payment is normally terminated through the payment unit, the third door is opened to drop the mail temporarily stored in the temporary mail storage unit into a bag storage unit.
The method of claim 3, wherein the control unit,

And the first and second doors are controlled to not open when payment is terminated through the payment unit.
The method of claim 1,

The display unit is provided with a touch screen unmanned postal equipment, characterized in that used for inputting personal information.
The method of claim 1, wherein the payment unit,

Unmanned mailing device, characterized in that consisting of only prepaid card, credit card, transportation card, such as electronic payment settlement unit that does not use money such as bills and coins.
The method of claim 1, wherein the payment unit,

Unmanned mail device, characterized in that the use of electronic money, such as prepaid cards, credit cards, transportation cards, and real money, such as bills and coins.
Selecting whether to send a mass registered mail;

Collectively inputting personal information of the sender and the recipient;

Checking contents such as input personal information and mail type;

Issuing certificates in bulk according to the postal type;

Calculating a fee for each piece of mail by putting mail;

Selecting whether to send additional registered mail;

Temporarily storing the mail for which the fee is calculated;

Paying the postage fee; And

And storing the temporary stored mail in a sleeping bag.
The method of claim 9, wherein the temporary storage step,

Moving from a first position for receiving mail to a second position, the position for opening the upper opening of the temporary mail storage;

Dropping the received mail into a temporary mail storage;

Returning a mail receiving unit to the first position; multiple registered mail sending method comprising: a.
The method of claim 9,

Determining whether the postage payment is successful; And

And returning the temporarily stored mail when the postage payment has failed.