EP0766212A1 - Appareil et méthode pour garder des biens - Google Patents

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EP0766212A1
EP0766212A1 EP96202616A EP96202616A EP0766212A1 EP 0766212 A1 EP0766212 A1 EP 0766212A1 EP 96202616 A EP96202616 A EP 96202616A EP 96202616 A EP96202616 A EP 96202616A EP 0766212 A1 EP0766212 A1 EP 0766212A1
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Rudolf Arend Horstman
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  • the present invention relates to a device which comprises a number of storage spaces, each of which is provided with its own locking means, with its own locking means for locking the storage space and an operating element for operating the locking means, which device further processing means and at least one central control unit for communication with a
  • the user includes which processing means can communicate with the locking means, the operating elements and the at least one central operating unit.
  • Such a device is known from GB-A-2 078 845.
  • the device described therein consists of various storage rooms, each of which can be locked with its own door.
  • the device is provided with a central operating unit for communication with users.
  • the central operating unit is equipped with a keyboard and with display means for displaying messages for the users.
  • each user can be given a plastic card with a magnetic strip, which he receives when he has rented a storage room so that he can later open the door of the rented storage room.
  • the locks of the individual storage rooms can be electrically locked and unlocked under the control of a central processing unit, which is also connected to said keyboard, the coin input unit, the output means for issuing the plastic cards and the display means.
  • a button is attached to each door of each storage room with which the user can open or close the relevant door.
  • the known device works as follows. If a user wants to rent a storage room, he goes to the central control unit and pays the desired rental price. The central processing unit then automatically selects a free storage space and displays the number of this space via the display means, so that the user knows which storage space has been allocated to him. A small indicator lamp flashes on the assigned storage room so that the user can also see at a glance at the entire device which storage space has been allocated to it.
  • the user receives a plastic card with a unique code on the central control unit. He then goes to the assigned storage room and presses the button on the door to be able to open it. After placing his luggage in the storage room, the user closes the door and presses the button again, whereupon the door is locked by the central processing unit. If the user later wants to take his property out again, he enters the plastic card at the central control unit, whereupon the central processing unit reads out the plastic card and releases the rented storage space again.
  • a disadvantage of the known device is that users of this device must first perform a number of predetermined actions on the central control unit both for renting a free storage space and for picking up objects from a storage space occupied by them. In places where there is a lot of activity and many people want to use the device, this can lead to long queues, which is all the more annoying if they have a lot of items to keep. This can be the case, for example, in swimming pools, where users, for example school children, often come in in groups. In such cases, it would be desirable for the users of the storage rooms to be able to at least put their goods into a free storage room first before paying the necessary rental costs. The same applies to storage rooms for goods with large dimensions, for example skis, cars or bicycles, with which the users can hardly line up in a queue.
  • a user With such a device, the users can immediately observe which storage spaces are available for use. Before you go to the central control unit, you can put your items in an unlocked storage room. It is advantageous that a user is not restricted to the use of a storage space selected by the central processing unit. If the device relates, for example, to an arrangement of luggage lockers, children and the disabled can, for example, select a luggage locker arranged at the bottom and long people can select a higher locker. Users can also use a luggage locker with suitable ones Select dimensions without first having to communicate with the central processing unit. This reduces the time the users need to communicate with the central control unit and therefore leads to long queues less quickly.
  • the provision of means for provisionally locking the locking means of the storage space chosen by the user for a predetermined period of time after he has operated the operating element offers the advantage that the user need not fear that his objects can be stolen from the selected storage space as long as it is not yet fully occupied.
  • the user has the time to go to the central control unit and take the necessary actions there to finally occupy the selected storage space. If such a final document is unsuccessful (for whatever reason), the relevant storage space is unlocked again after this predetermined period of time, so that the user can take his objects out of the storage space again.
  • the device 1 can relate to an arrangement of different luggage lockers arranged in rows and columns, as shown in FIG.
  • the invention is explained in detail below on the basis of this figure, but it should be understood that the invention is not restricted thereto.
  • the invention also relates, for example, to bicycle parking spaces, car parking spaces, drive-in motels, which can be locked with doors, in short, to those devices which comprise various storage spaces which can be locked with individual locking means and which can each be individually occupied by a user, for example by renting them .
  • Such locking means can have the shape of a door, but also one Lever, a movable grille or a post that can be embedded in the floor, etc.
  • Each luggage locker 11 is provided with a door 2, which can be opened and closed by a user with a handle 8.
  • an operating button 3 for sending a locking signal to the central locking unit 22 (see FIG. 2).
  • each of the buttons 3 interacts with a lock 21 attached to each door 2 and controllable by the central processing unit 22, an embodiment of which is shown schematically in FIG. 3e.
  • An indicator lamp 4 is also attached to or on each door 2, the function of which is explained in more detail below.
  • Each luggage locker 11 is provided with a number 5, which can be attached to or next to the door 2 concerned. It will be clear that it is not strictly necessary to use number 5. Instead of numbers, especially when looking at children, figures from comic books or letters can be used. In short, any form of luggage locker identification is possible, even different colors.
  • a central operating unit 12 with a keyboard 7, a screen 6, optionally a coin input unit 10 and optionally a unit for dispensing and / or reading a carrier (not shown), for example a plastic card with a magnetic stripe or an electronic chip card.
  • the coin entry unit can be replaced by means for electronic payment.
  • the coin input unit 10 can be omitted, namely if the device is not intended for renting the luggage lockers 11 against payment, but only for their use. This is the case, for example, if the device is provided with different mailboxes, a rental sum not having to be paid for each use thereof, but for example a monthly rental sum having to be paid.
  • a door 9 is provided under the central operating unit 12, with which operating personnel can gain access to the electronics of the device.
  • the unit 13 for obtaining and / or reading a carrier can be omitted if the device only works with identification codes which the users themselves create and enter with the keyboard 7, as will be explained in more detail below.
  • the keys of the keyboard 7 can be designed with numbers and / or letters or with any other suitable code as desired.
  • the code to be used by the user may be, for example, four units (e.g. letters), but any other number may be used as desired. If the device works with a carrier to be issued by the device itself, the device itself generates an individual identification code for each user, which is stored on suitable storage means on the carrier, for example a magnetic strip or a semiconductor memory.
  • FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the electronic circuitry of the device.
  • a central processing unit 22 is electrically connected to the screen 6, the keyboard 7, the unit 13 for outputting and / or reading carriers provided with identification codes, the electronically controllable locks 21 of the luggage lockers 11, the buttons 3 and the indicator lamp 4.
  • FIGS. 3a through 3e show parts of a luggage locker 11 in an embodiment in which, instead of a button 3 (FIG. 1), a lock 16, 17 which can be turned by hand is used, with which the user can bring the door 2 into a temporary lock .
  • FIG. 3a shows a perspective view of a door 2, seen from the inside of a luggage locker 11.
  • the door 2 is provided with a rotary knob 16 which can be operated by a user on the outside of the door 2 and to which a pin 17 is fastened.
  • the door 2 can rotate about one or more hinges 18.
  • a door spring 23 is preferably attached to keep the door 2 physically closed even when not in use. Firstly, it is optically more beautiful when all occupied and unoccupied luggage lockers are closed and secondly, people cannot then bump into the doors of unoccupied luggage lockers and injure themselves.
  • Figure 3b shows the outside of the door 2 in a state that corresponds to the state according to FIG. 3a.
  • the door 2 is unlocked, that is to say that a user can physically open or close the door 2 without having to turn the button 3.
  • This state is preferably indicated by the indicator lamp 4, for example by lighting up green.
  • Figure 3c shows the inside of the door 2 in the state in which a user has temporarily locked the door 2 by turning the knob 16 with the pin 17 in such a way that the pin 17 in a specially in the wall 14 of the luggage locker 11 attached slot 15 engages.
  • the indicator lamp 4 shows, for example, a flashing red light.
  • a sensor 19 is used in the slot 15 (see FIG. 3e), which is connected to the processing unit 22 and which emits a signal when the pin 17 is in the slot 15.
  • Figure 3d shows the outside of the door 2 in the state that corresponds to that of Figure 3c.
  • Figure 3e shows a side view of slot 15 in the state of Figure 3c.
  • An electromechanical lock 21 is provided in the slot 15, provided with a pin 20 which can lock the pin 17 when it is in the slot 15. To this end, the lock 21 is electrically connected in a suitable manner to the central processing unit 22 (FIG. 2).
  • FIG. 4a relates to the situation in which a user wants to select a free luggage locker 11 in order to put luggage in it.
  • Step 401 indicates that, according to an embodiment of the invention, the free luggage lockers are kept unlocked by the central processing unit. As said, the doors of the free luggage lockers can either be opened or closed in this state.
  • the indicator lamps 4 preferably indicate which luggage lockers are unoccupied.
  • the user selects a free luggage locker (step 402), opens its door if necessary, and puts his luggage in it (step 403).
  • step 404 the user closes the luggage locker door, after putting his luggage in it.
  • a preliminary locking signal is sent to central processing unit 22.
  • the central processing unit 22 then sends a control signal to the lock 21 to temporarily lock the door for a predetermined period of time T.
  • This predefined time period T is, for example, 3 minutes and is chosen to be long enough to enable the user to go to the central processing unit 12 and to take the necessary actions there to finally occupy the selected luggage locker 11.
  • This state of the provisional locking is shown to the user by, for example, under the control of the central processing unit 22, the relevant indicator lamp 4 flashing red.
  • This provisional locking is released after the period T has elapsed, so that the user can then retrieve his luggage if, for whatever reason, he has not finally occupied the luggage locker 11 concerned.
  • step 406 the user enters the luggage locker that he temporarily locked. He can do this using the keyboard 7.
  • step 407 the user is prompted to enter a personal identification number (PIN), which he is asked for of your own choice.
  • PIN personal identification number
  • Such a PIN can consist of four digits or letters or the like.
  • the user can enter this PIN using the keyboard 7.
  • the user can enter a PIN-carrying carrier, for example a plastic card with a magnetic strip, into the unit 3, which is read by the central processing unit 22.
  • step 408 the user pays the required rental amount if the device for renting the luggage lockers is provided.
  • the amount to be paid depends on the expected rental period, the size of the luggage locker, etc.
  • the payment step 408 can alternatively be moved to the point in time at which the user will pick up his luggage and at which it is known how long the luggage has been kept.
  • the device can be set up in such a way that after step 408 it outputs the user an automatically generated carrier on which a PIN code generated by a random generator for the central processing unit 22 is stored.
  • the locker number can then also be stored on such a carrier. In this case, the user no longer needs to keep a number in order to be able to open the luggage locker later. He then just does not have to lose the carrier.
  • step 409 the central processing unit 22 controls a control signal to the lock 21, whereby the door 2 of the selected luggage locker is finally locked until the user picks up his luggage again.
  • Figure 4b shows a schematic block diagram illustrating the collection of luggage in an embodiment of the device according to the invention.
  • Step 420 shows that the device keeps all occupied luggage lockers locked.
  • step 421 it is indicated that a user returns to the device to pick up his previously loaded baggage and that after having indicated this to the central processing unit 22, he enters both his PIN code and the locker number. This can be done using the keyboard 7. If the device however, has issued a carrier (see above), the user inputs this carrier into the unit 13, after which the device can read the PIN code and / or the locker number from the carrier.
  • step 421 it may be provided that the user still has to pay for the rental time already used, namely when the device is designed to be paid later.
  • step 422 the user is asked whether he only wants to open the relevant luggage locker in the meantime in order to take something out of it or to put something in it and then continue to use the locker, or whether he wants to finally collect his luggage. If the user replies that he only wants to open in the meantime, the central processing unit 22 sends an unlocking signal to the lock 21 of the relevant luggage locker 11, possibly after a predetermined delay time.
  • the central processing unit 22 will automatically lock the relevant luggage locker 11: step 424. The preliminary locking step is then not carried out.
  • step 425 the luggage locker in question remains unlocked and free for use by a subsequent one User: step 426.
  • the block diagram of FIG. 4a then applies again to the relevant luggage locker, which has been shown schematically with a box 401 after step 426 in FIG. 4b.
  • the device is set up in such a way that operating personnel can open any desired luggage locker with a suitable code and / or key, should the occasion arise.
  • step 404 in FIG. 4 a it is assumed that the provisional locking of a storage space after a user has inserted his objects therein (step 404 in FIG. 4 a) takes place under the control of the central processing unit 22.
  • electromechanical locks 21 can be used, which bring about such a provisional locking semi-automatically, without any communication with the processing unit 22. Only the final locking then takes place under the control of the central processing unit 22.
  • each lock 21 can be divided into two locks: one for provisional, semi-automatic locking when a user has pressed button 3 or button 6, and one for final locking under the control of the central processing unit 22.
  • FIG. 5 shows an alternative circuit for the circuit shown in FIG. 2.
  • the circuit of FIG. 5 relates to a network configuration, the central processing unit 22 from FIG. 2 being divided into one or more master units 26 and various local distribution stations 24 which are connected to one another via a network 25.
  • FIG. 5 shows the situation in which two master units 26 are used, but the invention is not restricted to such a number.
  • Each of the master units 26 has its own keyboard 7, a screen 6 and a unit 13 for outputting and / or reading one Carrier connected.
  • each local distribution station 24 controls forty-eight storage rooms 11 and only communicates with one of the master units 26 via the network 25 when the relevant master unit 26 requests this. The latter happens, for example, when a user has entered their PIN code to (finally) open a storage space occupied by them.
  • Each of the local distribution stations 24 functions completely independently and receives only the required orders from one of the master units 26.
  • the central processing unit 22 (FIG. 2) and the master units 26 and the local distribution stations 24 are preferably software-controlled computers, but they can also be constructed with analog or digital circuits.

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