DE202007000731U1 - Delivery and / or supplier box and their closing device - Google Patents

Abstract

extra and pick - up box for theft - proof storage of items in the Inside of the box, characterized in that the door of the delivery and collection box by means of a smart, electronic key lock is secured, which means no key, magnetic or chip card, etc. or prior registration required.

Description

The present invention relates to delivery and collection boxes, for the collection and collection of mail, newspaper and goods shipments a receiver or sender can be used. The delivery and collection box according to the invention makes it possible to also multiple landfill (for example, by different Suppliers / collectors) of goods inside them, making them anti-theft can be stored until the operator removes the box again.

State of the art

If today a parcel deliverer or other supplier (in particular Bakeries, Dry cleaners, laundries, Pharmacies, grocers) one Delivery to a recipient (Person or company), is he dependent on having a person under the delivery address is present who accepts the goods and the acceptance possibly by signature acknowledged and possibly also paid.

Becomes at the intended delivery address no one has encountered so has the deliverer so far only the possibility the goods at a neighbor (private person or company employee) to leave, and to be acknowledged receipt by this. The deliverer must then trust that the buyer of the goods entitled to purchase is and actually is the recipient surrenders. Another possibility for the Delivery person, the recipient If the product does not meet, lies in a notification slip on the Try to leave the delivery, take the goods back and later to undertake a new delivery attempt or to pick up the goods ready to hold. The possibility the goods just outside the front door to drop out regularly, since in this case no one acknowledges the receipt, or the goods if necessary may be stolen (i.e., supplier is liable).

The Procedere the delivery is comparatively also for the pickup and the exchange of parcels, which is only possible today if the transmitter / exchanger to the transfer the goods personally is present.

use

The Invention is therefore under the task of a delivery and collection box to disposal to put into which postman, Delivery services, couriers, freight forwarders, neighbors, friends, etc. also in the absence of residents or employees' companies (eg for lunch break, outside the Business hours) Letters, newspapers, goods and / or parcels 24 hours a day, seven Days to deposit the week.

The Box basically has only one operator (individual, family, company) which has the codes, and thus the controlled access, wakes up. A change of user after emptying as locker systems / parcel stations is only possible if the box administration and code assignment passed to a third party becomes. That's not to be expected, since the box is comparable to a mailbox only one resident, owner, Tenants, tenants, etc. is assigned locally.

Installation / Placement

The solution the task of the invention is that the operator of the box according to the invention in front of his building (One- or two-family house, company building used alone, etc.) or in freely accessible premises (Entrance area / staircase of apartment building, office building, etc.), a firm with the building or box connected to the floor, erecting or installing the door with a intelligent, electronic key lock is provided.

It So the motto is "The Goods come to the customer ". The goods are delivered to the house or picked up at home and do not have to be picked up at a central location / collection point or brought there.

Equipment

Dimensions

In the standard size is the same the delivery and collection box a garbage can house (other sizes are possible).

in the The top of the box is by default a letter and newspaper slot built-in. Underneath is the door with the intelligent, electronic Key lock.

Becomes the smart, electronic key lock in a standard front door, etc. installed behind a conveyor belt, Paternoster or similar be installed to a large Number of packets or to prevent theft. The Box can thus also through a room, a room or a garage being represented.

proof of delivery

to Acknowledgment of delivered goods is on the inside the box door a hardware coded box number and a bar code reader for scanning transaction numbers (TANs).

closing mechanism

The Smart, electronic key lock is manual for suppliers and pickups can be operated by entering an alpha- / numeric code. The key lock has a Display with menu guidance for the operator.

It becomes every activity at the box with date, time, code, parcel number (if barcode), inserted or removed weight (if scale installed), u. a. logged and - if so Video camera installed - filmed.

Of the Operator can manage the codes, logs, etc. directly on the display or wirelessly over make or retrieve a PC.

notification

Of the Operator can contact via SMS inform each access to the box.

payment function

Further can the lock with a cash card function or similar, so that too Cash on delivery deliveries by the deliverer / collector collected / deducted can be.

interior decoration

The inner design of the box can be determined individually: So can For example, a cooling compartment for fresh produce, Heat compartment Clothes rail for laundry Service or similar be installed. In particular, unpackaged goods such as ironing, toys, Food, samples, etc. are deposited.

fuse

The Box can over a scale on the inside floor have the all launched or withdrawn weights for deliveries and Withdrawals are logged.

Further Turns on an internal video camera as soon as the door is opened. She logs up to the door closed again.

to Theft protection can the packages and / or goods in addition be secured by transponder.

In a further Ausführunsvariante the box can inside individual grid boxes are provided, which each only once for assembly or removal open can be.

Additional functions

The Box can be used as a front garden model with a bell and intercom, Lighting and security camera (second screen in the house).

power supply

Next a 220 volt connection and Emergency power battery is also possible on request, a solar operation.

weatherproof

To the Protection against snow and rain, the equipment is provided by means of a tower roof essay.

access authorization

The Delivery and collection box can be by means of the intelligent, electronic key lock a claimant who has the required code knows by entering a multi-digit access code (with tamper protection) over open the electronic key lock.

Of the Code can for a one-time delivery / pickup will be awarded (then done a blockage), or individual delivery companies or persons the regular goods deliver, receive a personal, permanent, reusable code (eg DHL, DPD, UPS, bakery, greengrocer, butcher, Laundry, Etc.).

It However, it is not necessary to be the supplier / collector and consignee / consignor know before a delivery / pickup, meet or exchange, since no transfer from key, Chip card, magnetic card, etc. or registration is required. The necessary one-time code finds the deliverer / collector in the recipient address on the goods or on the pick-up ticket. A temporal limitation of use disposable codes is possible but not necessary, because every opening the door logged and video recorded.

The Permanent codes can but do not have to be issued.

Someone wants to deliver or pick up, but has no authorization, can he call the operator of the box - if at the box a phone number is noted - and to an electronic remote opening or ask for a manual opening code.

The assignment, modification, blocking or deletion of codes is carried out either at the keys Lock itself, or via a software on a PC, which is connected via wireless technology or by cable with the intelligent, electronic key lock on the delivery and collection box.

Tracking terminal

Provided Delivery services in their tracking system (parcel tracking for customers) the intelligent, electronic closing module of the delivery and collection box There are assigned opening codes there directly or via internet determinable and changeable.

Key lock / acknowledgment

The Smart, electronic key lock has a backlit display (Power / battery), is weatherproof and can be multilingual - optional also voice-controlled - operated become. An instruction or training for the handling of the intelligent, electronic Key lock is usually not necessary as this is comparable with hotel room safes intuitively and led across the display can.

The intelligent, electronic key locks of the boxes always have a parallel "manual" and an "electronic" application variant:
In the case of the manual application variant, the delivery services receive an access code when the order is placed, which the deliverer finds in the address field (package or delivery list) and enters this via the electronic key lock. The door of the box opens, the goods can be inserted. When closing the door it locks automatically.

A Acknowledgment of receipt does not take place in this usage variant. Alternatively, a prepared receipt in the landfill compartment be deposited.

• a) Der Zusteller scannt den Barcode des Paketaufklebers und anschließend auf der Rückseite des Tastenschlosses einen „Bestätigungscode für die Anlieferung" (vergleichbar einer Bank-TAN). Somit werden zwischen Zusteller und Tastenschloss alle Details wie Datum, Uhrzeit, Paketnummer, Quittierung, Gewicht, etc. ausgetauscht.
• b) Der Zusteller scannt den Barcode und „Bestätigungscode" wodurch das intelligente, elektronische Tastenschloss an das Depot des Zustellers und/oder den Empfänger der Zusendung eine SMS, oder eine E-Mail über den mit dem intelligenten, elektronischen Tastenschloss verbundenen Computer übermittelt.

In the case of the electronic application variant, the delivery services also open the box with their code and then have the following options depending on the connection to their own tracking system:

• a) The delivery person scans the barcode of the package sticker and then on the back of the key lock a "confirmation code for the delivery" (comparable to a bank TAN) Thus, between delivery and key lock all details such as date, time, package number, acknowledgment, weight, etc. exchanged.
• b) The deliverer scans the barcode and "verification code", whereby the intelligent, electronic key lock transmits an SMS, or an e-mail via the computer connected to the intelligent, electronic key lock, to the custodian of the deliverer and / or the recipient of the delivery.

The intelligent, electronic key lock and possibly the related computer system logs when and with which Access code the door each open and closed. Thus, the box can by several suppliers and / or packages or goods are sequentially stocked until it is full. Thus, an emptying by the operator of the box only after days or Weeks (for example, during a vacation time) necessary.

Basically a goods handling of any size and period without active Intervention of the operator (applications eg publisher / drug / spare parts depots).

representations

Further details and advantages will become apparent from the claims and the following description of the embodiments exemplified in the accompanying drawings:
The figures with the numbers show:

1 A closed delivery and collection box from the outside, with the attached, intelligent, electronic key lock with display.

2 An open delivery and collection box without interior division.

3 An open delivery and collection box with three grid boxes arranged one above the other, which can be individually activated individually via the intelligent, electronic key lock for opening.

4 An open delivery and Abholbox, at the bottom of the box is a refrigerated compartment for holding perishable goods and in the upper part of a clothes rail for hanging, for example, cleaned or ironed laundry is attached.

5 An open delivery and collection box, which provides a letterbox slot for a letter and newspaper compartment at the top, in which the insertion of letters and / or newspapers is not dependent on the operation of the intelligent electronic key lock, the removal of the inserted letters and newspapers However, only after operation of the intelligent, electronic key lock and opening the closed letter and newspaper compartment is possible. In addition, in this embodiment, the optionally introduced balance at the bottom of the box can be seen.

6 A delivery and collection box, as for the space-saving transport can be delivered as a folding model in individual parts.

Claims (11)

Delivery and Abholbox for theft-safe storage of items inside the box, characterized in that the door of the delivery and collection box is secured by an intelligent electronic key lock, which requires no key, magnetic or smart card, etc. or previous registration. Delivery and collection box according to claim 1, characterized that the smart, electronic key lock next to a manual also over a wireless or wired connection to a computer is what the control of the intelligent, electronic key lock allowed. Delivery and collection box according to claim 1 and 2 characterized characterized in that the intelligent, electronic key lock via a via a radio or a wired connection connected computer a remote control of the intelligent electronic key lock (assignment of opening codes; the opening code used under transmission from opening hours etc.) allows. Delivery and collection box according to claim 1 and 2 characterized characterized in that the intelligent, electronic key lock via a Radio or cable connection to tracking systems (parcel tracking by the customer) of courier, express and parcel services and / or Forwarders etc. is connected. Delivery and collection box according to claim 1, 2 and 3 characterized characterized in that the intelligent, electronic key lock with disposable codes and permanent codes as often as possible without the operator having to intervene. Delivery and Abholbox according to claim 1, 2, 3 and 5 thereby characterized in that in the delivery and Abholbox inserted or Goods picked up must be acknowledged by a hardware-coded box number. Delivery and collection box according to claim 1, 2 and 3 characterized marked that over the smart, electronic key lock is a payment function for COD shipments possible is. Delivery and collection box according to claim 1, 2 and 3 characterized characterized in that inside the delivery and collection box individual storage compartments are present, over The intelligent, electronic key lock is released separately can be. Delivery and collection box according to claim 1, 2 and 3 characterized characterized in that inside the delivery and Abholbox cooling or Heat trays or one hanger intended for garments becomes. Delivery and collection box according to claim 1, 2 and 3 characterized characterized in that inside the delivery and Abholbox on the ground an electronic balance and a video camera mounted on the roof, which connected to the smart, electronic key lock are and so control over the loaded goods. Intelligent, electronic key lock according to preceding claims to the opening of doors to individually designed delivery and / or supplier boxes through entire building parts (Rooms or garages).