JP2005152383A - Home delivery locker system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a home delivery locker system in which useless power consumption can be suppressed and an article to be cooled can be preserved in a desired state. <P>SOLUTION: A home delivery locker 1 having home delivery locker rooms 21a-21d each including a cooling function is installed in a multiple dwelling house 15, there are provided a home delivery locker management server 4 for controlling cooling start and stop of the home delivery locker rooms 21a-21d with cooling function and locking and unlocking of doors 2a-2d thereof, and an external input device 5 that is connected to the home delivery management server 3 via a public line 6 and when the time of using any one of the home delivery locker rooms 21a-21d with cooling function is designated from the external input device, the home delivery locker management server 4 controls the cooling start so that it becomes a predetermined temperature in the home delivery locker room with cooling function until the designated time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a delivery locker system suitable for installation in an apartment house.

Conventional home delivery locker systems have been proposed with various functions added to add value to apartment houses, such as condominiums, and have home delivery lockers with a refrigeration function that are constantly cooled and maintained at a predetermined temperature. What is constituted is also known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-130907 A

  By the way, the following usage forms can be considered in the delivery locker system installed in the conventional apartment house. In other words, when a resident of an apartment house makes a purchase at a supermarket, etc., if the item contains items that require refrigeration or refrigeration, they must be taken home as soon as possible, but at least refrigeration or refrigeration is required. The goods may be delivered from the supermarket through a courier, and the resident may want to do another errand after shopping. However, in a conventional home delivery locker system, it is possible to store this item in a home delivery locker with a refrigeration / refrigeration function that is always cooled and held at a predetermined temperature, assuming such a case. Even when it is not actually used, cooling to maintain a predetermined temperature is performed, and wasteful power is consumed.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a home delivery locker system capable of suppressing wasteful power consumption and storing items requiring cooling in a desired state.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a home delivery locker system in which a home delivery locker having a home delivery locker room having a cooling function having at least one cooling function is installed in an apartment house. A home delivery locker management server that controls the start and stop of cooling, unlocking and locking of the door, and an external input device connected to the home delivery locker management server via a public line, the home delivery locker management server includes: When the use time of the delivery locker room with a cooling function is designated from an external input device, the start of cooling is controlled so that the delivery locker room with the cooling function reaches a predetermined temperature by the designated time.

  In order to achieve the above object, an IC card in which a user ID and an access code are recorded in a delivery locker system in which a delivery locker having a delivery locker room with a cooling function having at least one cooling function is installed in an apartment house Start and stop cooling of the home delivery locker room with cooling function, control the unlocking and locking of the door, manage the usage status, and specify the IC card that permits the unlocking and locking of the door A home delivery locker management server, an external input device that specifies the usage time of the home delivery locker room with a cooling function, an IC card reader connected to the external input device, and a product tag reading speed connected to the external input device And a home delivery schedule management server for home delivery management and home delivery allocation, When the usage time of the delivery locker room with the cooling function is specified from the input device, the cooling start is controlled via the delivery locker management server so that the predetermined temperature is reached within the delivery locker room with the cooling function. It was made to do.

  In the delivery locker system according to the present invention, when the delivery time is designated to the delivery locker room with the cooling function by the external input device, the delivery locker room with the cooling function is set to the predetermined temperature during the delivery time by the delivery locker management server. Because the temperature is controlled, the delivery locker room with a cooling function is not cooled in the state where the delivery time is not specified, and as usual, the unnecessary power consumption due to the cooling is suppressed and the cooling is required or stored at room temperature. Depending on the situation, the item can be stored in a desired state.

  Moreover, the home delivery locker system according to the present invention suppresses wasteful power consumption, and in addition to being able to store each item in a desired state according to cooling required or room temperature storage, it can also read an IC card connected to an external input device. The IC card used to open and close the door of the delivery locker room with a cooling function can be identified by the home delivery locker management server that can authenticate this from the IC card. In particular, even if the item is a food, it can be safely stored and taken in and out.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a home delivery locker system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the housing complex 15, a home delivery locker 1 having a plurality of home delivery locker rooms 21a, 21b, 21c, and 21d with a cooling function is configured. The home delivery locker 1 is provided with a home delivery locker management device 23 having an IC card reader 3, a product tag reader 22, a completion button 24, and the like. The home delivery locker management server 4 is connected to the home delivery locker management device 23. The home delivery locker management server 4 refrigerates each of the home delivery locker rooms 21a to 21d with cooling function via the home delivery locker management device 23, Set the temperature independently in three stages of freezing and room temperature, unlock and lock each door 2a-2d provided for each delivery locker room 21a-21d with cooling function based on electrical signals, IC card Controls the indicator lights 20a, 20b, and 20c that indicate the doors 2a to 2d unlocked when the IC card 8 is read by the reader 3 by blinking, and manages usage information of the delivery locker rooms 21a to 21d with a cooling function. Or a delivery locker with a cooling function that can be used when the IC card reader 3 reads the IC card of the resident in use. It can provide unlocking and locking command chambers 21a to 21d. The use information of the delivery locker rooms 21a to 21d with the cooling function described above includes the availability and capacity of the delivery locker rooms 21a to 21d with the cooling function, and how long the delivery locker rooms 21a to 21d with the cooling function have been cooled. Or which room occupants in the apartment house 15 use which delivery locker rooms 21a to 21d with cooling function.

  The home delivery locker management server 4 of the apartment house 15 is connected to an external input device 5 such as a computer installed in a store 16 such as a supermarket via a public line 6. The store 16 may be open on the lower floor of the apartment house 15 or may be open elsewhere, and the merchandise tags 13a, 13b, 13c all have merchandise tags 14a, 14b, 14c. Is added. An IC card reader 7 and a product tag reader 12 are connected to the external input device 5 one by one. The external input device 5 arranged in these stores 16 has a home delivery locker management server for the collective housing 15 via the public line 6 if there is an access code permitting access to the home delivery locker management server 4 installed in the collective housing 15. 4 and the delivery schedule management server 9 of the delivery company 17 can be accessed. A home delivery schedule management server 9 for managing the home delivery schedule of the home delivery company 17 is connected to the public line 6, and a home delivery person 18 of the home delivery company 17 has an IC card 19 for unlocking the home delivery locker 1. The store 16 and the home delivery company 17 may be the same or different.

  Next, the case where the resident 10 of the housing complex 15 purchases the products 13a, 13b, and 13c requiring cooling at the store 16 and delivers the products 13a to 13c to the home delivery locker 1 at 10:00 pm thereafter. First, when the resident 10 of the apartment 15 requests the store clerk 11 of the store 16 to deliver the products 13a to 13c purchased at the store 16 to the home delivery locker 1, the store clerk 11 sequentially sets the product tags 14a to 14c of the products 13a to 13c. Read by the tag reader 12. These product tags 14a to 14c store information such as the volume of the product, the type of refrigerated or frozen or non-refrigerated product, the price of the product, and the expiration date of the product. After reading all the product tags 14a to 14c, the clerk 11 borrows the IC card 8 possessed by the resident 10 of the apartment house 15, reads it with the IC card reader 7, and accesses the home delivery locker management server 4. Information such as the volume of the product, the type of refrigerated / frozen / non-refrigerated product, the expiration date of the product, etc. is transmitted, and the product delivery time is designated.

  The delivery locker management server 4 searches the delivery locker rooms 21a to 21d with the cooling function of the delivery locker 1 based on these pieces of information for the vacancy and free space. If the delivery locker rooms 21a to 21d with the cooling function are not available, they give up or change the delivery time. However, there is no delivery locker room with a cooling function already used by the resident 10, and all of the delivery locker rooms 21a to 21d with cooling function are empty, and the products 13a to 13c are placed in one delivery locker room with a cooling function. If it can be stored enough, allocate a delivery locker room with cooling function.

  Here, when there is a delivery locker room 21a with a cooling function already used by the resident 10 and there is free capacity, the delivery locker management server 4 uses the available capacity to store the products 13a to 13c. It is determined whether or not When all of the three products 13a to 13c do not enter, the home delivery locker management server 4 assigns to another home delivery locker room 21b with a cooling function that has a free capacity. Thus, when distributing and assigning to the plurality of delivery locker rooms 21a, 21b with a cooling function, it is near the most cooled delivery locker room with a cooling function, and the product purchased by the resident 10 is already stored. The thing near the delivery locker room 21a with the refrigeration function is selected.

  The delivery locker management server 4 installs in the store 16 the delivery locker rooms 21a and 21b with cooling function assigned to the empty inquiry from the external input device 5 of the store 16 based on the above selection result, and the storage capacity thereof. To the external input device 5 that has been selected. When the resident 10 accepts this vacant information, the clerk 11 of the store 16 transmits an instruction to accept this vacant information to the home delivery locker management server 4.

  Next, the store clerk 11 makes an inquiry to the delivery company 17 with which the store 16 is affiliated, and makes an inquiry from the external input device 5 as to whether delivery can be made at a desired time. The home delivery company 17 uses the home delivery schedule management server 9 for managing the home delivery schedule to determine whether the home delivery inquiry from the store 16 can be delivered at the designated time, or whether delivery can be performed at a time close to the designated time. Answer immediately. In response to this answer, if the resident 10 approves, the store clerk 11 transmits the arrival time of the product and the access code of the IC card 19 possessed by the delivery company 17 to the delivery locker management server 4.

  Receiving this, the home delivery locker management server 4 receives the merchandise arrival time data and the access code of the IC card 19 of the home delivery company 17, and the current temperature of the home delivery locker rooms 21a, 21b with cooling function used for storage, The time for starting the pre-cooling is determined from the temperature used for storing the products 13a to 13c and the cooling function inputted in advance. The home delivery locker management server 4 stores the code of the IC card 19 of the home delivery person 18 and the code of the IC card 8 of the resident 10 in association with the home delivery locker rooms 21a and 21b with a cooling function of the home delivery locker 1. Here, the codes of the IC cards 8 and 19 are stored in association with the delivery locker room 21a with a cooling function and the products 13b and 13c in association with the delivery locker room 21b with a cooling function, respectively. Therefore, when the IC card 19 is used, only the doors 2a and 2b of the delivery locker room 21a with the cooling function and the delivery locker room 21b with the cooling function can be unlocked.

  Thereafter, the home delivery locker management server 4 maintains the same state because the home delivery locker room 21a with the cooling function is in use at the same storage temperature, while the home delivery locker room 21b with the cooling function in the unused state is kept first. When the precooling start time determined is reached, an electrical signal is transmitted via the home delivery locker management device 23 to start the precooling.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a product storage procedure in the above-described home delivery locker system.
Thereafter, the courier 18 arrives at the apartment 15 at the designated product arrival time, causes the IC card reader 3 to read the IC card 19 in step S1, selects the product 13a in step S2, and selects step S3. The tag 14a of the product 13a is read by the product tag reader 22 provided in the home delivery locker management device 23 of the home delivery locker 1. By this operation, the home delivery locker management server 4 temporarily turns off all the indicator lights in step S4 via the home delivery locker management device 23, and is provided in the door 2a of the home delivery locker room 21a with the cooling function already assigned in step S5. The indicator light 20a blinks, and the door 2a is unlocked in step S6. Accordingly, the delivery person 18 opens the door 2a with the indicator light 20a blinking in Step S7 as a mark, and stores the product 13a in the delivery locker room 21a with a cooling function. Thereafter, when the door 2a is closed in step S8, the door 2a is locked by the home delivery locker management device 23 and the home delivery locker management server 4.

  Next, the home delivery person 18 returns to step S2 to select the products 13b and 13c, and in step S3 the product tag reader 22 provided in the home delivery locker management device 23 of the home delivery locker 1 uses the tags 14b and 13b of the products 13b and 13c. 14c is read. By this operation, the home delivery locker management server 4 temporarily turns off all the indicator lights in step S4 via the home delivery locker management device 23, and is provided in the door 2b of the home delivery locker room 21b with the cooling function already assigned in step S5. The indicator light 20b blinks, and the door 2b is unlocked in step S6. Accordingly, the delivery person 18 opens the door 2b with the indicator light 20b blinking in step S7 as a mark, and stores the products 13b and 13c in the delivery locker room 21b with a cooling function. Thereafter, when the door 2b is closed in step S8, the door is locked.

  Returning to step S2 again, since the storage of all the products 13a to 13c is completed, the delivery person 18 presses the completion button 24 provided in the locker management device 23 in step S9. The home delivery locker management server 4 that has received the operation signal of the completion button 24 turns off the indicator lamp 20b that was the mark in step S10 via the home delivery locker management device 23 and turns off all the indicator lamps 20a to 20d. In step S11, the IC card 19 is discharged from the IC card reader 3. When the delivery person 18 receives the IC card 19, the delivery process is completed.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a product take-out procedure of the home delivery locker system described above.
The resident 10 who has returned to the housing complex 15 at a predetermined time thereafter inserts the IC card 8 he / she owns into the IC card reader 3 in step S12. Then, the home delivery locker management server 4 blinks the indicator lights 20a and 20b of the doors 2a and 2b of the home delivery locker rooms 21a and 21b with cooling function in which the goods 13a to 13c of the resident 10 are contained in step S13, and step S14. Then, the doors 2a and 2b of the home delivery locker rooms 21a and 21b with a cooling function in which the products 13a to 13c of the resident 10 are contained are unlocked. Therefore, the resident 10 takes out the product 13a from the delivery locker room 21a with a cooling function in step S16 with the blinking indicator lights 20a and 20b as a mark. The products 13b and 13c are taken out from the delivery locker room 21b with a cooling function.

  If it is determined in step S15 that all the products 13a to 13c have been taken out, the resident 10 presses a completion button 24 provided on the locker management device 23. If the delivery locker management server 4 that has received the operation signal of the completion button 24 determines that the delivery locker rooms 21a and 21b with cooling function are completely emptied by taking out the products 13a to 13c, these cooling functions are performed in step S18. The attached home delivery locker rooms 21a and 21b are cooled, the indicator lights 20a and 20b are turned off in step S19, all the doors are locked in step S20, and the IC card 8 is discharged from the IC card reader 3. Therefore, the resident 10 receives this IC card 8. At this time, the delivery locker rooms 21a and 21b with the cooling function end the cooling operation, and the subsequent power consumption is eliminated.

  Subsequent delivery locker rooms 21a and 21b with a cooling function may be used for normal use at room temperature, or may be used for use at the next cooling temperature with reference to the time after cooling is released. . At the time of use again, the time for starting the pre-cooling is calculated from the current internal temperature, the temperature decrease characteristic inputted in advance, and the above-described cooling function. According to such a usage pattern, efficient operation of the delivery locker rooms 21a and 21b with a cooling function can be performed.

  In the delivery locker 1 described above, all the locker rooms have been described as the delivery locker rooms 21a to 21d with a cooling function, but only a part of them is a delivery locker room with a cooling function and the others are limited to use at room temperature. It is good as a room. In any case, the delivery locker rooms 20a to 20d with a cooling function can be used by switching to three types of normal temperature, freezing, and refrigeration, so that they can be used effectively according to the products to be stored, and need refrigeration or freezing. Since the cooling function is activated only occasionally, it is possible to reduce the power consumption and realize a low cost home delivery locker system. In addition, the IC card reader 7 connected to the external input device 5 can be used to confirm the resident 10 of the apartment house 15 from the IC card 8, and the cooling function is provided by the home delivery locker management server 4 that has authenticated this. Since the IC cards 8 and 19 used to open and close the doors 2a to 2d of the home delivery locker rooms 21a to 21d can be designated, in particular, even if the items 13a to 13c are food, they can be safely stored and taken out. It becomes possible to improve reliability.

  In the delivery locker system described above, the delivery locker rooms 20a to 20d with a cooling function are switched to room temperature, freezing, and refrigeration for use. However, if the demand for freezing is low, there are two kinds: room temperature and refrigeration. It is also possible to use only by switching to. In addition, although a computer installed in the store 16 for reserving a delivery locker room with a cooling function is used as the external input device 5, a telephone or other various input devices may be used.

It is a block block diagram which shows the delivery locker system by one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the goods storage procedure of the delivery locker system shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the goods extraction procedure of the home delivery locker system shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Home delivery locker room 2a, 2b, 2c Door 3,7 IC card reader 4 Home delivery locker management server 5 Input device 6 Public line 8,19 IC card 9 Home delivery schedule management server 10 Resident 11 Sales clerk 12 Product tag reader 13a, 13b , 13c Product 14a, 14b, 14c Product tag 15 Apartment house 16 Store 17 Delivery agent 20a, 20b, 20c Indicator light 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d Delivery locker room with cooling function

Claims (2)

  In a home delivery locker system configured by installing a home delivery locker having a cooling home delivery locker room having at least one cooling function in an apartment house, cooling start and stop of the locker room with cooling function, unlocking its door, A home delivery locker management server for controlling locking and an external input device connected to the home delivery locker management server via a public line are provided, and the home delivery locker management server is connected to the home delivery locker room with the cooling function from the external input device. A delivery locker system that controls the start of cooling so that when the use time is designated, the delivery locker room with a cooling function reaches a predetermined temperature by the designated time. An IC card recording a user ID and an access code in a delivery locker system in which a delivery locker having a delivery locker room with a cooling function having at least one cooling function is installed in an apartment house, and the delivery locker room with a cooling function Starting and stopping cooling, controlling unlocking and locking of the door, managing its use status, and a home delivery locker management server designating the IC card that permits the unlocking and locking of the door, and the cooling An external input device that specifies the usage time of a functioning home delivery locker room, an IC card reader connected to the external input device, a product tag reader connected to the external input device, home delivery management and home delivery allocation A delivery schedule management server for performing the cooling function from the external input device The start of cooling is controlled via the delivery locker management server so that the delivery locker room with the cooling function reaches a predetermined temperature by the designated time when the use time of the packer room is designated. Home delivery locker system.

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