JP2016134141A - Stocker management device and stocker system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience of a user, when an additional delivery warehouse is required.SOLUTION: A stocker management device 60 comprises: storage parts 63, 83 capable of storing a delivery warehouse corresponding table in which a delivery warehouse number by which any one of delivery warehouses 45 in the stocker 40 can be specified, and an unlock code of the delivery warehouses 45, are associated; a master control unit 62 and a slave control unit 82. The master control unit 62 performs delivery warehouse determination processing for determining any one of the delivery warehouses 45 out of empty delivery warehouses 45, when a delivery warehouse determination request is input, and the input delivery warehouse determination request corresponds to any delivery warehouse number in the delivery warehouse corresponding table, then, associates the delivery warehouse number of the determined delivery warehouse 45 and an unlock code corresponding to the delivery warehouse number corresponding to the delivery warehouse determination request, and stores them. The slave control unit 82 determines whether or not, there are one or more delivery warehouse numbers corresponding to the input unlock code in the delivery warehouse corresponding table, and when there are numbers, unlocks the delivery warehouses 45 specified by one or more delivery warehouse numbers.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a stocker management apparatus and a stocker system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a system including a plurality of lockers used for delivery of luggage and a device for managing the lockers is known. For example, Patent Literature 1 describes the following system including a locker and a management center. First, when a customer wishes to receive a product in a locker, the management center reserves a vacant locker and notifies the delivery company of the station name and locker number. The courier will store the goods in the locker box of the designated locker. The purchaser receives a storage notification from the management center at the communication terminal, and then goes to the locker and takes out the product inside. When taking out the product, the customer inputs a personal identification number by using the delivery locker numeric keypad, or inserts a pre-registered card into the delivery locker card reader. Subsequently, the database server of the management center determines whether or not the input personal identification number or card number is correct. And if it determines with it being correct, the door of a locker box will be open | released by the signal from a management center.

Japanese Patent No. 3560327

  By the way, there is a case where an additional locker box is necessary after a customer orders a product and determines a locker box to be used. For example, if an item is ordered once and another item is ordered before receiving the item, an additional locker box may be required. In addition, when the delivery company stores the product in the locker box, the product may not enter the designated locker box and an additional locker box may be required. In patent document 1, the case where such an additional locker box was needed was not considered.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and has as its main object to improve the convenience of the user when an additional delivery box is required.

  The present invention employs the following means in order to achieve the main object described above.

The stocker management device of the present invention
A stocker management device for managing a stocker having a plurality of lockable delivery boxes,
Delivery warehouse correspondence information storage means capable of storing delivery warehouse correspondence information in which the delivery warehouse information that can identify any of the delivery warehouses of the stocker and the unlock code used for unlocking the delivery warehouse are associated with each other ,
When a delivery store determination request is input and the input delivery store determination request is related to any delivery store information in the stored delivery store correspondence information, a delivery store is included in the delivery store correspondence information. An inbound delivery determination process is performed to determine one of the empty inbound deliveries for which no information exists, and the solution corresponding to the inbound delivery information of the determined inbound delivery and the inbound delivery information related to the inbound delivery determination request. An inbound delivery determining means for associating a lock code with the inbound delivery correspondence information storage means,
When the unlock code is input, it is determined whether or not one or more items of delivery warehouse information corresponding to the input unlock code exists in the stored delivery case correspondence information. Unlocking control means for unlocking the delivery warehouse specified by the above delivery warehouse information;
It is equipped with.

  In this stocker management apparatus, the stocker correspondence information storage means stores the stockpile correspondence information that associates the stockpile information that can identify any stockpile of the stocker and the unlock code used to unlock the stockpile. I remember it. Then, when an inbound delivery determination request is input and the input inbound delivery determination request is related to any of the inbound delivery information corresponding to the stored inbound delivery correspondence information, that is, additional storage related to the stored inbound delivery information When a delivery warehouse determination request is made, the following processing is performed. First, an inbound delivery determination process is performed to determine one of the available inbound deliveries for which no inbound delivery information exists in the inbound delivery correspondence information. Next, the delivery warehouse information of the determined delivery warehouse and the unlock code corresponding to the delivery warehouse information related to the delivery warehouse determination request are associated with each other and stored in the delivery warehouse correspondence information storage means. In other words, when a request for determining an additional delivery warehouse related to the stored delivery warehouse information is input, the same release code as the unlock code corresponding to the associated delivery warehouse information is obtained, and the delivery warehouse information of the newly decided delivery warehouse. And stored in correspondence with the inbound delivery information. Then, when the unlock code is input, it is determined whether or not there is one or more delivery warehouse information corresponding to the input unlock code in the stored delivery warehouse correspondence information. Unlock the inbound warehouse specified by the inbound warehouse information. Therefore, when there is a delivery warehouse added later, the user can unlock a plurality of delivery warehouses including the added delivery warehouse with the same unlocking code. Therefore, the convenience for the user when an additional delivery warehouse is required is improved. Here, the “user” includes a deliverer of an article to the delivery warehouse and a recipient of the article from the delivery warehouse. In other words, the situation of “unlocking the delivery box” includes the time when the article is delivered to the delivery box and the time when the article is received from the delivery box.

  In the stocker management apparatus according to the present invention, the delivery storage correspondence information includes, as the unlocking code, a receiving unlock code used when receiving an article from the delivery warehouse, and the unlock control means stores the storage control information. When a delivery unlocking request that can specify any delivery warehouse information in the delivery warehouse correspondence information is input, the stored delivery warehouse correspondence information corresponds to the inputted delivery unlock request. It is determined whether or not the above delivery warehouse information exists, and if there exists, the delivery warehouse specified by the one or more delivery warehouse information is unlocked. When the delivery determination request is input before inputting another unlocking request at the time of delivery after inputting the request for unlocking at the time of delivery, the final determination of the input warehouse determination request is included in the delivery correspondence information. Specified in the unlocking request at the time of delivery Considering the request related to the delivery warehouse information, perform the delivery warehouse determination process, the delivery warehouse information of the decided delivery warehouse and the unlocking code upon receipt corresponding to the delivery warehouse information related to the delivery warehouse determination request, May be stored in the delivery receipt correspondence information storage means in association with each other. In this way, even if an additional delivery warehouse is required when delivering an item to the delivery warehouse, the recipient unlocks multiple delivery warehouses including the added delivery warehouse with the same unlock code at the time of receipt. be able to. Therefore, the convenience of the recipient is improved when an additional delivery warehouse is required. Also, the input delivery warehouse determination request is regarded as a request related to the delivery warehouse information specified by the last input delivery unlock request. Therefore, for example, even if the delivery decision request does not include information that can specify the relationship with the stored delivery information, the same unlock code at the time of receipt as the stored delivery information is appropriately associated with the additional delivery goods It is easy to reduce the labor of inputting the delivery warehouse determination request by the delivery person. Therefore, it is easy to improve the convenience of the delivery person when an additional delivery warehouse is needed.

  In the stocker management apparatus of the present invention, the delivery warehouse determination means inputs the delivery warehouse determination request, and the input delivery warehouse determination request is stored in any of the stored delivery warehouse correspondence information. In the case of the related items, in the inbound delivery determination process, it is possible to preferentially determine an inward delivery store located near the inbound delivery information specified by the inbound delivery information related to the inbound delivery determination request among the empty delivery stores. Good. If it carries out like this, the delivery warehouse specified by the stored delivery warehouse information and the additional delivery warehouse relevant to it will be in the near position easily. Therefore, it becomes easy to deliver or receive the article, and the convenience of the user when an additional delivery warehouse is required is improved.

  In this case, when the delivery warehouse determination means inputs the delivery warehouse determination request and the input delivery warehouse determination request is not related to any delivery warehouse information in the stored delivery warehouse correspondence information. For each of the one or more delivery warehouses specified by the delivery warehouse information included in the delivery warehouse correspondence information, so that there is at least one empty delivery warehouse adjacent to the delivery warehouse. The delivery warehouse determination process is performed so as to preferentially determine delivery warehouses excluding the delivery warehouse, and the unlock code different from any of the delivery warehouse information of the determined delivery warehouse and the delivery warehouse correspondence information. May be stored in the delivery storage correspondence information storage means. In this way, when a delivery determination request not related to the stored delivery information is made, at least for each delivery storage identified by the stored delivery information, there is at least an empty delivery store adjacent to the delivery store. The delivery warehouse determination process is performed so that one remains as empty as possible. For this reason, the delivery warehouse specified by the stored delivery warehouse information and the additional delivery warehouse related thereto are likely to be adjacent to each other. Therefore, the effect of facilitating delivery or receipt of the above-described article is enhanced, and the convenience for the user when an additional delivery warehouse is required is improved.

  The stocker management apparatus according to the present invention includes a detection unit that detects at least one of opening / closing of each of the plurality of delivery boxes and presence / absence of an article, and the unlocking control unit includes: When there are a plurality of delivery warehouse information corresponding to the input unlock code in the stored delivery warehouse correspondence information, the delivery warehouse corresponding to at least one of the plurality of delivery warehouse information is unlocked, When the completion of the user's work on any of the unlocked delivery boxes is detected based on the detection status of the detection means, the user may be notified of the presence of another delivery box. In this way, it is possible to prevent forgetting to forget or receive the articles related to the delivery warehouse other than the delivery warehouse where the completion of the operation is detected. When the unlocking control means unlocks the delivery warehouse corresponding to at least one of the plurality of delivery warehouse information, the unlocking of the delivery warehouse corresponding to the remaining delivery warehouse information is notified to the user. It may be performed before, after the notification, or with the notification.

The stocker system of the present invention
A stocker management device of the present invention according to any one of the aspects described above;
The stocker;
It is equipped with.

  This stocker system includes the stocker management apparatus according to any one of the above-described aspects of the present invention. Therefore, an effect similar to that of the above-described stocker management apparatus of the present invention, for example, an effect of improving the convenience for the user when an additional delivery warehouse is required can be obtained.

1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a configuration of a stocker system 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing of the management information 65 memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 63 of the parent apparatus 61. FIG. Explanatory drawing of the management information 85 memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 83 of the 1st child apparatus 71. FIG. The flowchart showing an example of the process routine at the time of ordering. The flowchart which shows an example of the unlocking control routine at the time of delivery. The flowchart which shows an example of the unlocking control routine at the time of reception. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the member attribute table 90 and the attribute corresponding | compatible delivery storage table 91. FIG.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a configuration of a stocker system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the management information 65 stored in the storage unit 63 of the parent device 61. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the management information 85 stored in the storage unit 83 of the first slave device 71. The stocker system 1 includes a supplier-side system 5, a portable terminal 21 of the recipient 20, a plurality of stockers 40, and a stocker management device 60 including a parent device 61 and a plurality of child devices 70. The store PC 12, the mobile terminal 21, the parent device 61, and the plurality of child devices 70 of the supplier side system 5 are connected to a network 2 such as the Internet.

  The supplier-side system 5 is a system that sells the product 17 to the recipient 20. For example, a store 10 such as a supermarket, a store PC 12 that is a computer arranged in the store 10 and manages the supplier-side system 5, and the store 10. Internet supermarket website 15 operated by The website 15 can be accessed from, for example, the store PC 12 or the mobile terminal 21 via the network 2.

  The portable terminal 21 is a device possessed by the recipient 20 who orders and receives the product 17 and is configured as a portable computer such as a smartphone. The portable terminal 21 includes a terminal control unit 22, a storage unit 23, a communication unit 24, and a display operation unit 25. The terminal control unit 22 is configured by a CPU, a RAM, and the like, and controls the entire apparatus. The storage unit 23 stores various application programs and various data. The communication unit 24 is connected to the network 2 wirelessly via a transmission / reception facility such as a base station (not shown), and performs bidirectional communication with other devices. The display operation unit 25 includes a touch panel and operation buttons, and displays various information to the recipient 20 and inputs various operations from the recipient 20.

  The plurality of stockers 40 are used to deliver the product 17 delivered from the supplier-side system 5 to the recipient 20. In the present embodiment, the stocker system 1 includes three stockers 40 (first to third stockers 41 to 43). Each of the plurality of stockers 40 includes a plurality of (30 in this embodiment) delivery boxes 45 that can be locked, a display operation unit 54, readers 55 and 56, and an additional barcode 58. . Each of the delivery boxes 45 has an internal space in which articles such as the goods 17 can be stored. The front door 46, a lock mechanism 47 that locks and unlocks the doors 46, and the articles in the delivery box 45. An article sensor 48 for detecting the presence / absence of a door and an opening / closing sensor 49 for detecting opening / closing of the door 46. The display operation unit 54 includes a touch panel arranged on the front surface of the stocker 40, displays various information to the deliverer 19 and the recipient 20 of the product 17, and various operations from the deliverer 19 and the recipient 20. Input. The reader 55 is a QR code reader that reads a QR code (registered trademark) used by the recipient 20 to unlock the delivery box 45, and is arranged near the display operation unit 54 on the front surface of the stocker 40. The reader 56 is a hand-held bar code reader that reads the bar code 18 attached to the product 17 delivered from the store 10. The additional barcode 58 is used when the delivery person 19 instructs the addition of the delivery box 45 when the delivery box 45 is insufficient when the product 17 is delivered. The stocker 40 can be used by a large number of recipients 20 and can be arranged in various places such as an office, a convenience store, a factory, a station, a school, and an apartment.

  The stocker management device 60 is a device that manages a plurality of stockers 40, and is configured as a system including a parent device 61 and a plurality of child devices 70. The parent device 61 is configured as a server for the plurality of child devices 70, and includes a parent control unit 62, a storage unit 63, and a communication unit 64. The parent control unit 62 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and controls the entire apparatus. The storage unit 63 stores various data such as various application programs such as processing programs and management information 65 of the stocker 40. The communication unit 64 is connected to the network 2 and performs bidirectional communication with other devices.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the management information 65 stored in the storage unit 63 includes a delivery storage correspondence table 67 and an article presence / absence table 68. The delivery warehouse correspondence table 67 is a table in which member IDs, slip IDs, a plurality of stockers 40, delivery warehouse numbers, and unlock codes are associated with each other. The member ID is information issued in advance from the supplier-side system 5 and capable of identifying the recipient 20. The slip ID is information that can identify the order of the product 17 to the supplier side system 5. The delivery warehouse number is information that can identify which delivery warehouse 45 in the stocker 40. In this embodiment, each stocker 40 is provided with 30 delivery warehouses 45, and the 30 delivery warehouses 45 are 1 to 30 delivery warehouses from the upper left to the lower right in the front view of the stocker 40. It was assumed that a number was set. The unlocking code is information (unlocking code at the time of receipt) for unlocking the delivery box 45 when the product 17 is received. The article presence / absence table 68 is a table in which a plurality of stockers 40, delivery warehouse numbers (No. 1 to 30), and article presence / absence indicating the presence / absence of articles in the delivery warehouse 45 are associated with each other. The presence / absence of articles in the delivery box 45 is information based on detection of the presence / absence of articles by the article sensor 48, and is information acquired by the parent device 61 from the child device 70. Although not shown, the management information 65 includes a member information table in which member IDs of a plurality of recipients 20 are associated with mail addresses of a plurality of recipients 20.

  The plurality of child devices 70 are configured as clients for the parent device 61. In this embodiment, the stocker management device 60 includes three slave devices 70 (first to third slave devices 71 to 73). The first slave device 71 is a device that manages the first stocker 41, and is arranged in one box-like room similar to the delivery box 45 in the first stocker 41. The first child device 71 includes a child control unit 82, a storage unit 83, and a communication unit 84. The child control unit 82 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and controls the entire apparatus. The storage unit 83 stores various data such as various application programs such as processing programs and management information 85 of the first stocker 41. The communication unit 84 is connected to the network 2 and performs bidirectional communication with other devices. The first slave device 71 outputs a display signal to the display operation unit 54 of the first stocker 41 to display information on the display operation unit 54, or inputs an operation signal from the display operation unit 54 of the first stocker 41. The QR code or the barcode 18 information read by the readers 55 and 56 of the first stocker 41 is input. Further, the first slave device 71 outputs a control signal to the lock mechanism 47 of the first stocker 41 to control locking and unlocking of the delivery box 45, and from the article sensor 48 and the opening / closing sensor 49 of the first stocker 41. Or the presence / absence of an article in the delivery box 45 or the opening / closing of the door 46 is detected. The second slave device 72 and the third slave device 73 are devices for managing the second stocker 42 and the third stocker 43, respectively, and the delivery of the second stocker 42 and the third stocker 43 is the same as the first slave device 71. It is arranged in a box-like room similar to the warehouse 45. Although illustration is omitted, the second child device 72 and the third child device 73 are similar to the first child device 71, the child control unit 82, the storage unit 83 that stores the management information 85 and the like, the communication unit 84, It has.

  The management information 85 stored in the storage unit 83 of the first slave device 71 does not include the information of the stocker 40 other than the first stocker 41 managed by the first slave device 71. A table similar to the table 68 is included. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the management information 85 is a delivery storage correspondence that associates a delivery storage number, a member ID, a slip ID, and an unlocking code that can identify the delivery storage 45 of the first stocker 41. A table 87 and an article presence / absence table 88 that associates the delivery number and the presence / absence of articles in the delivery box 45 for each of the delivery boxes 45 of the first stocker 41 are included. Similarly, the management information 85 stored in the storage unit 83 of the second slave device 72 and the third slave device 73 is also the delivery stock correspondence table 87 and the article presence / absence table 88 related to the second stocker 42 and the third stocker 43 managed by itself. Is included. When a change occurs in the information in the delivery storage correspondence table 67 of the management information 65, the parent device 61 transmits the changed information to the child device 70 that manages the corresponding stocker 40. Similarly, the child device 70 transmits the changed information to the parent device 61 when a change occurs in the information in the delivery storage correspondence table 87 and the article presence / absence table 88 in the management information 85. For this reason, the management information 65 of the parent device 61 and the management information 85 of the plurality of child devices 70 are synchronized. For example, the data 67a to 67d related to the first stocker 41 included in the delivery storage correspondence table 67 of FIG. 2 and the data 87a to 87d of FIG. 3 are information synchronized, and the member ID, The slip ID, delivery box number, and unlock code are the same.

  Next, the operation of the stocker system 1 configured as described above will be described. First, the recipient 20 accesses the website 15 by operating the portable terminal 21 and inputs the desired product 17, his / her member ID, the stocker 40 desired to receive, etc., and places an order for the product 17. When an order is placed, the store PC 12 acquires the input information, and manages the order information by attaching a slip ID for managing the order. Further, the store PC 12 transmits an inbound delivery determination request including the member ID, the slip ID, and the information of the stocker 40 desired to be received among the order information to the parent device 61. The parent device 61 performs processing at the time of ordering for allocating the delivery warehouse 45 (determination of the delivery warehouse 45 to be used) of the delivery destination of the product 17 based on the delivery warehouse determination request of the store PC 12. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an ordering process routine executed by the parent control unit 62 of the parent device 61. This routine is stored in the storage unit 63 and is started when the power of the parent device 61 is turned on.

  When this routine is started, the parent control unit 62 first waits until receiving (inputting) the above-described delivery warehouse determination request from the store PC 12 (step S100). When receiving the delivery warehouse determination request, the parent control unit 62 determines whether or not there is an empty delivery warehouse 45, that is, an unusable delivery warehouse 45 for the stocker 40 desired to be received included in the received delivery warehouse determination request (step S110). . The parent control unit 62 determines whether there is an empty delivery store 45 depending on whether or not there is a delivery store 45 in which the delivery store number is not stored in the delivery store correspondence table 67 among the plurality of delivery stores 45 included in the stocker 40 desired to receive. Determine presence or absence. When there is no empty delivery store 45, that is, when any delivery store number of a plurality of delivery stores 45 included in the stocker 40 desired to be received is stored in the delivery store correspondence table 67, the parent control unit 62 stores the delivery store number in the store PC 12. Information notifying the effect is transmitted (step S120), and the processing after step S100 is executed. When the store PC 12 receives information from the parent device 61 that there is no empty delivery storage 45 in the stocker 40 that is desired to receive, the store PC 12 transmits the information to the portable terminal 21 of the recipient 20, for example. The recipient 20 cancels the order and changes the stocker 40 desired to receive. When the stocker 40 desired to receive is changed, the store PC 12 transmits a delivery case determination request including information on the stocker 40 desired to be received after the change to the parent device 61.

  When there is an empty delivery store 45 in step S110, the parent control unit 62 determines the stocker 40 desired to be received included in the delivery store determination request received in step S100 as the delivery destination stocker 40 (step S130). Subsequently, the parent control unit 62 determines whether or not the received delivery store determination request is related to any delivery store number in the delivery store correspondence table 67 stored in the storage unit 63 (step S140). . In this embodiment, the parent control unit 62 has the member ID included in the delivery receipt determination request the same as the member ID corresponding to any delivery receipt number of the delivery destination stocker 40 in the delivery receipt correspondence table 67. In some cases, it is determined that the delivery warehouse determination request is related to the delivery warehouse number. For example, consider a case where the delivery destination stocker 40 is the first stocker 41, and the data 67a is the only data related to the first stocker 41 in the delivery storage correspondence table 67 shown in FIG. In this case, for example, if a delivery store determination request including data 66 b is received, the same member ID as the member ID “BBBB” does not exist in the data related to the first stocker 41 of the delivery store correspondence table 67. Therefore, the parent control unit 62 determines that the received delivery store determination request is not related to any delivery store number in the delivery store correspondence table 67. On the other hand, if a delivery store determination request including data 66c is received, the member ID “AAAA” included in the received delivery store determination request corresponds to the delivery store number “16” of the data 67a of the delivery store correspondence table 67. Same as member ID. Therefore, the parent control unit 62 determines that the delivery store determination request is related to the delivery store number “16”. Note that the delivery store determination request including the same member ID as the member ID already stored in the delivery store correspondence table 67 is transmitted from the store PC 12 because, for example, the recipient 20 orders another product 17 after placing an order for the product 17. This is the case when ordering additionally.

  In step S140, when the delivery store determination request is not related to any delivery store number in the delivery store correspondence table 67, the parent control unit 62 assigns one of the available delivery stores 45 to the delivery destination delivery store 45. The delivery warehouse determination process to determine is performed (step S150). In this delivery determination process, the parent control unit 62 does not adjoin the left and right of the delivery 45 specified by the delivery number stored in the delivery correspondence table 67 among the empty deliverys of the delivery destination stocker 40. The warehouse is preferentially determined as the delivery destination delivery warehouse 45. That is, for each of the delivery boxes 45 stored in the delivery storage correspondence table 67, the parent control unit 62 ensures that the empty delivery boxes adjacent to the left and right of the delivery box 45 remain as empty as possible. To decide. Then, the parent control unit 62 responds to the delivery number determination request of the delivery warehouse 45, the unlock code different from any unlock code of the delivery destination stocker 40 in the delivery correspondence table 67, and the delivery warehouse determination request. The member ID, slip ID, and stocker 40 (delivery destination stocker 40) to be received are associated with each other and stored in the delivery storage correspondence table 67 (step S160). For example, when the delivery control determination request including the data 66b is received in the state where the data related to the first stocker 41 is only the data 67a in the delivery correspondence table 67, the parent control unit 62 determines the relevant delivery stock number in step S150. The delivery number “18” that is not adjacent to the left and right of “16” is determined. In step S160, the parent control unit 62 associates the delivery code number “18”, the unlock code “YYYY” different from any unlock code stored in the delivery code correspondence table 67, and the data 66b. The attached data 67b is stored in the delivery receipt correspondence table 67. Then, the parent control unit 62 transmits the unlock code notification including the QR code representing the unlock code stored in step S160 to the e-mail address of the member ID corresponding to the delivery box 45 stored this time (step S170). Then, the processing after step S100 is executed. Thereby, for example, the QR code representing the unlock code is stored in the storage unit 23 of the mobile terminal 21 that has received the unlock code notification. Note that the unlock code notification may include information on the determined delivery destination stocker 40 and delivery destination storage 45.

  On the other hand, when the delivery store determination request is related to any delivery store number in the delivery store correspondence table 67 in step S140, the parent control unit 62 performs delivery store determination processing (step S180). Unlike the step S150, in the delivery determination process of the step S180, the parent control unit 62 specifies the delivery storage identified by the delivery storage number related to the delivery storage determination request among the empty delivery storages 45 of the delivery destination stocker 40. The delivery box 45 at a position close to 45 is preferentially determined. For example, if any of the delivery warehouses 45 adjacent to the left and right of the related delivery warehouse 45 is an empty delivery warehouse 45, the delivery warehouse 45 is determined therefrom. The parent control unit 62 determines the empty delivery warehouse 45 adjacent to the left and right of the related delivery warehouse 45 as the highest priority, and if there is no empty delivery warehouse 45 adjacent to the left and right, the delivery adjacent to the upper and lower sides of the empty delivery warehouse 45. The warehouse 45 may be determined with priority next, and if there is no empty delivery warehouse 45 adjacent in the vertical and horizontal directions, an empty delivery warehouse 45 as close as possible to the relevant delivery warehouse 45 other than the top, bottom, left and right may be determined. The parent control unit 62 then determines the delivery warehouse number of the delivery warehouse 45 determined, the same unlock code as the delivery warehouse 45 related to the delivery warehouse determination request, the member ID, the slip ID included in the delivery warehouse determination request, and The stocker 40 desired to receive (delivery destination stocker 40) is associated and stored in the inbound delivery correspondence table 67 (step S190), and the processing after step S100 is executed. For example, when the delivery control determination request including the data 66c is received in the state where the data related to the first stocker 41 is only the data 67a and 67b in the delivery correspondence table 67, the parent control unit 62 performs the relevant delivery in step S180. The delivery storage number “17” adjacent to the storage number “16” is determined. In step S190, the parent control unit 62 associates the delivery code number “17” with the unlock code “XXXX” that is the same as the unlock code corresponding to the delivery code number “16” in the data 67a, and the data 66c. The attached data 67c is stored in the delivery receipt correspondence table 67. Since the parent control unit 62 has already transmitted the unlock code notification in step S170 when the related delivery storage number is stored, it is not necessary to transmit the unlock code notification to the recipient 20 after step S190. . However, the parent control unit 62 may transmit an unlock code notification or may transmit information on the determined delivery destination stocker 40 and delivery destination storage 45 to the recipient 20.

  On the other hand, the store clerk of the store 10 arranges the product 17 and instructs the delivery person 19 to deliver the product 17 based on the ordering information stored in the store PC 12. Note that a barcode 18 indicating a slip ID is attached to the product 17. The delivery person 19 delivers the product 17 to the stocker 40 instructed to deliver it, and delivers it to the delivery box 45. At this time, the slave device 70 managing the delivery destination stocker 40 performs a delivery unlocking control process for unlocking the delivery destination delivery box 45 of the product 17 based on the operation of the delivery person 19. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a delivery unlocking control routine executed by the child control unit 82 of the child device 70. This routine is stored in the storage unit 83 and is started when the power of the slave device 70 is turned on.

  When this routine is started, the child control unit 82 first determines whether or not the barcode 18 attached to the product 17 has been input via the reader 56 (step S200). When the barcode 18 is input by the operation of the delivery person 19, the child control unit 82 unlocks the delivery box 45 corresponding to the slip ID represented by the barcode 18 (step S210). That is, the child control unit 82 inputs the slip ID of the barcode 18 read by the reader 56 in step S200 as a delivery unlock request, and unlocks the delivery box 45 corresponding to the delivery unlock request. Specifically, the child control unit 82 determines whether or not a delivery storage number corresponding to the slip ID input in the delivery storage correspondence table 87 exists, and controls the lock mechanism 47 when it exists. The delivery box 45 specified by the delivery box number is unlocked. The child control unit 82 unlocks the corresponding plurality of delivery boxes 45 when there are a plurality of delivery number corresponding to the input slip ID. Subsequently, the child control unit 82 waits until it detects completion of delivery of the product 17 to the unlocked delivery box 45 based on the detection status of the article sensor 48 and the open / close sensor 49 (step S220). In the present embodiment, the child control unit 82 determines that the delivery is completed when the article sensor 48 detects the presence of an article in the delivery box 45 and the open / close sensor 49 detects the closing of the door 46 of the delivery box 45. When the completion of delivery is detected, the child control unit 82 locks the delivery warehouse 45 that has been delivered (step S230).

  When the barcode 18 is not input in step S200 or after step S230, the child control unit 82 determines whether or not the additional barcode 58 is input via the reader 56 (step S240). Here, the delivery person 19 makes the reader 56 read the additional bar code 58 when the product 17 does not completely enter the delivery box 45 unlocked in step S210. Direct the assignment. The child control unit 82 inputs the reading operation of the additional barcode 58 as a delivery decision request.

  When the additional bar code 58, that is, a delivery decision request, is input, the child control unit 82 specifies the delivery 45 corresponding to the slip ID entered in the immediately preceding step S200 (step S250). Subsequently, the child control unit 82 preferentially determines a delivery warehouse 45 close to the identified delivery warehouse 45 from among the empty delivery warehouses 45 whose delivery warehouse numbers are not stored in the delivery warehouse correspondence table 87. Processing is performed (step S260). And the child control part 82 respond | corresponds with the delivery number of the determined delivery warehouse 45, the same unlocking code as the delivery warehouse 45 identified at step S250, and the same member ID and slip ID as the identified delivery warehouse 45. Then, it is stored in the delivery warehouse correspondence table 87 (step S270). That is, in steps S250 to S270, the child control unit 82 specifies the delivery storage determination request input in step S240 by the slip ID (delivery request for unlocking at delivery) last input in the delivery storage correspondence table 87. The processing similar to steps S180 and S190 in FIG. For example, in a state where the delivery storage correspondence table 87 stored in the storage unit 83 of the first child device 71 is only the data 87a to 87c in FIG. 3, the child control unit 82 of the first child device 71 has the slip ID “cccc”. Assume that the bar code 18 representing is input in step S200 and then the additional bar code 58 is input in step S240. In this case, the child control unit 82 specifies the delivery storage 45 having the delivery storage number “18” corresponding to the slip ID “cccc” in step S250, and the delivery storage number “19” adjacent to the delivery storage 45 in step S260. To decide. Then, in step S270, the parent control unit 62 releases the delivery number “19”, the same unlock code “YYYY” as the release code corresponding to the delivery number “18” of the data 87b, and the same member ID “BBBB”. , The data 87d in which the same slip ID “cccc” is associated is stored in the delivery correspondence table 87.

  After step S270, the child control unit 82 unlocks the delivery box 45 determined in step S270 (step S280), and executes the processes after step S220. Thereby, the delivery person 19 can deliver the remaining goods 17 to the delivery container 45 additionally unlocked.

  On the other hand, when the additional barcode 58, that is, the delivery warehouse determination request is not input in step S240, the child control unit 82 executes the processes in and after step S200. Thereby, the delivery person 19 performs the reading operation of the barcode 18 again when the delivery of the product 17 having the barcode 18 read is completed and there is a product 17 with another barcode 18 attached thereto. The product 17 can be delivered to the unlocked delivery box 45.

  When the child control unit 82 executes this delivery unlocking control routine, for example, an additional barcode 58 is input, and the correspondence relationship between the delivery number and the unlocking code is added to the delivery correspondence table 87. The presence / absence of articles in the article presence / absence table 88 stored in the storage unit 83 after the merchandise 17 is delivered into the delivery box 45 is changed. As described above, since the management information 65 of the parent device 61 and the management information 85 of the plurality of child devices 70 are synchronized, for example, the data shown in FIG. When 87d is added, data 67d is also added to the delivery storage correspondence table 67 of the storage unit 63 of the parent device 61. Further, when the parent control unit 62 detects that the article presence / absence corresponding to one of the delivery number of the article presence / absence table 68 has been changed from the absence of articles to the presence of articles, the delivery warehouse correspondence table 67 displays the delivery warehouse 45. A delivery completion email is sent to the email address of the member ID corresponding to.

  Recipient 20 that has received the delivery completion mail at portable terminal 21 goes to delivery destination stocker 40 and receives product 17 delivered from delivery box 45. At this time, the slave device 70 that manages the delivery destination stocker 40 performs an unlocking control process at the time of receiving that unlocks the delivery box 45 in which the product 17 is delivered based on the operation of the recipient 20. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a reception unlocking control routine executed by the child control unit 82 of the child device 70. This routine is stored in the storage unit 83 and is started when the power of the slave device 70 is turned on.

  When this routine is started, the child controller 82 first waits until a QR code is input via the reader 55 (step S300). Here, the recipient 20 displays the QR code included in the above-described unlocking code notification on the display screen of the display operation unit 25 and causes the reader 55 to read it. The child control unit 82 inputs this QR code via the reader 55. When the QR code is input, the child control unit 82 unlocks the delivery box 45 corresponding to the unlock code represented by the QR code (step S310). Specifically, the child control unit 82 determines whether or not the delivery storage number corresponding to the unlocking code input in the delivery storage correspondence table 87 exists, and controls the lock mechanism 47 when it exists. Then, the delivery box 45 specified by the delivery box number is unlocked. The child control unit 82 unlocks the corresponding plurality of delivery boxes 45 when there are a plurality of delivery box numbers corresponding to the input unlock code. Subsequently, the child control unit 82 waits until it detects completion of receipt of the product 17 in any of the unlocked delivery boxes 45 based on the detection status of the article sensor 48 and the open / close sensor 49 (step S320). In the present embodiment, the child control unit 82 determines that the reception has been completed when the article sensor 48 detects that there is no article in the delivery box 45 and the open / close sensor 49 detects that the door 46 of the delivery box 45 is closed. When the reception completion is detected, the child control unit 82 locks the delivery warehouse 45 that has been received (step S330), and updates the delivery warehouse correspondence table 87 (step S340). Specifically, the child control unit 82 deletes information (corresponding to the unlocking code or the like) related to the delivery warehouse 45 that has been received from the delivery warehouse correspondence table 87. This update is also reflected in the delivery storage correspondence table 67 of the parent device 61.

  Subsequently, the child control unit 82 determines whether or not there is an incomplete delivery warehouse 45 (step S350). In the present embodiment, the child control unit 82 detects whether the article sensor 48 detects that there is an article in the delivery box 45 among the delivery boxes 45 unlocked in step S <b> 310 or the opening / closing sensor 49 detects the door 46 of the delivery box 45. It is determined that there is an unfinished delivery warehouse 45 when there is an delivery warehouse 45 that has not detected the door open. For example, when the plurality of delivery boxes 45 are unlocked in step S310 and only one of them is determined to have been received in step S320, the child control unit 82 determines that there is an uncompleted delivery box 45. It will be. When there is an incomplete delivery warehouse 45, the child control unit 82 notifies the recipient 20 of the presence of another delivery warehouse 45 (uncompleted delivery warehouse 45) (step S360), and after step S320. Execute the process. In the present embodiment, a warning sound is output from a speaker (not shown) provided in the stocker 40 to notify the recipient 20 of the presence of another delivery box 45. Note that it is only necessary to notify the recipient 20 of the presence of another delivery box 45. For example, a voice (message) is reproduced, information is displayed on the display operation unit 25, information is transmitted to the portable terminal 21, and display operation is performed. You may alert | report by making it display on the part 25. FIG.

  On the other hand, when there is no unreceived delivery box 45 in step S350, that is, when the receipt and locking of the product 17 are completed for all the delivery boxes 45 unlocked in step S310, the child control unit 82 performs step S300 and subsequent steps. Perform the process.

  Here, the correspondence between the components of the present embodiment and the components of the present invention will be clarified. The delivery box number of the present embodiment corresponds to the delivery room information of the present invention, the delivery room correspondence tables 67 and 87 correspond to the delivery room correspondence information, the storage units 63 and 83 correspond to the delivery room correspondence information storage means, The parent control unit 62 and the child control unit 82 correspond to the delivery storage determining unit, and the child control unit 82 corresponds to the unlocking control unit. The article sensor 48 and the open / close sensor 49 correspond to detection means.

  In the stocker system 1 of the present embodiment described in detail above, a delivery warehouse in which a delivery warehouse number that can identify any delivery warehouse 45 of the stocker 40 is associated with an unlocking code used for unlocking the delivery warehouse 45. The correspondence tables 67 and 87 are stored in the storage units 63 and 83. Then, when an inbound delivery determination request is input from the store PC 12 and the input inbound delivery determination request is related to any inbound delivery number in the delivery inbound correspondence table 67, that is, in the stored inbound delivery number When a request for determining the related additional delivery storage 45 is made, the parent control unit 62 performs the following processing. First, the parent control unit 62 performs a delivery warehouse determination process for determining any delivery warehouse 45 among the empty delivery warehouses 45 whose delivery warehouse numbers do not exist in the delivery warehouse correspondence table 67. Next, the storage unit 63 stores the determined delivery number of the delivery box 45 and the unlock code corresponding to the delivery number related to the delivery determination request in the storage unit 63. That is, when a request for determining an additional delivery store 45 related to the stored delivery store number is input, the same unlock code as the release code corresponding to the associated delivery store number is newly delivered to the newly determined delivery store 45. Corresponding to the warehouse number, it is included in the delivery warehouse correspondence table 67 and stored. In the case where a request for determining an additional delivery store 45 related to the stored delivery store number is made via the reader 56, the child control unit 82 also performs delivery store determination processing and unlocking in the same manner as the parent control unit 62. The code and the delivery number are stored in the delivery correspondence table 87. When the unlock code is input, the child control unit 82 determines whether there is one or more delivery number corresponding to the entered unlock code in the delivery correspondence table 87 stored in the storage unit 83. If there is, the delivery box 45 specified by the one or more delivery box numbers is unlocked. Therefore, for example, when there is a delivery warehouse 45 added later by an additional order by the recipient 20, the recipient 20 unlocks a plurality of delivery warehouses 45 including the added delivery warehouse 45 with the same unlocking code. can do. Further, when there is a delivery warehouse 45 that is added due to a shortage of delivery warehouses 45 when the deliverer 19 delivers the product 17, the recipient 20 similarly has a plurality of delivery warehouses 45 including the added delivery warehouse 45. Can be unlocked with the same unlock code. Therefore, the convenience of the recipient 20 when the additional delivery warehouse 45 becomes necessary is improved.

  The unlocking codes included in the delivery storage correspondence tables 67 and 87 are reception unlocking codes used when receiving articles from the delivery storage 45, and the child control unit 82 includes the stored delivery storage correspondence table 87. When a slip ID (an unlock request upon delivery) capable of specifying any of the delivery warehouse numbers is input, one or more delivery warehouses corresponding to the delivery unlock request entered in the stored delivery warehouse correspondence table 87 It is determined whether or not the number exists, and if there is, the delivery box 45 specified by one or more delivery box numbers is unlocked. When the child control unit 82 inputs an additional barcode 58 (delivery storage determination request) before inputting another unlocking request upon delivery after inputting the unlocking request upon delivery, the input delivery warehouse The determination request is regarded as a request related to the delivery storage number specified by the delivery release unlocking request input last in the delivery storage correspondence table 87, and the delivery storage determination process is performed, and the delivery of the determined delivery storage 45 is performed. The storage number and the unlocking code at the time of receipt corresponding to the delivery storage number related to the delivery storage determination request are stored in the storage unit 83 in association with each other. Therefore, even when an additional delivery store 45 is required when the product 17 is delivered to the delivery store 45, the recipient 20 can identify a plurality of delivery stores 45 including the added delivery store 45 with the same QR code (at the time of receipt). (Unlock code). Therefore, the convenience of the recipient 20 when the additional delivery warehouse 45 becomes necessary is improved. Further, the child control unit 82 regards the input additional barcode 58 (delivery store determination request) as a request related to the delivery store number specified by the last input unlock request for delivery. For this reason, even when the additional barcode 58 (delivery decision request) itself does not include information that can specify the relationship with the stored delivery number as in the present embodiment, the same receipt as the stored delivery number The unlock code can be appropriately associated with the additional delivery warehouse 45, and the labor of inputting the delivery warehouse determination request by the delivery person 19 can be reduced. Therefore, the convenience of the delivery person 19 when the additional delivery warehouse 45 is needed improves.

  Furthermore, the parent control unit 62 and the child control unit 82 input an inbound delivery determination request and relate to one of the inbound delivery numbers in the inbound delivery correspondence tables 67 and 87 in which the input inbound delivery determination request is stored. In such a case, in the delivery warehouse determination process, the delivery warehouse 45 at a position close to the delivery warehouse 45 specified by the delivery warehouse number associated with the delivery warehouse determination request is preferentially determined among the empty delivery warehouses 45. If it carries out like this, the delivery warehouse 45 specified by the stored delivery warehouse number and the additional delivery warehouse 45 relevant to it will be in the near position easily. Therefore, it becomes easy to deliver or receive the merchandise 17, and the convenience of the deliverer 19 and the recipient 20 when an additional delivery box 45 is required is improved.

  Furthermore, the parent control unit 62 inputs an inbound delivery determination request, and if the input inbound delivery determination request is not related to any inbound delivery number in the inbound delivery correspondence table 67, the inbound delivery For each of the one or more delivery boxes 45 specified by the delivery number included in the correspondence table 67, an adjacent empty delivery box 45 is set so that there is at least one empty delivery box 45 adjacent to the delivery box 45. Delivery warehouse determination processing is performed so as to preferentially determine the delivery warehouse 45 to be excluded. Then, the parent control unit 62 stores the determined delivery code of the delivery warehouse 45 in association with the unlock code different from any unlock code in the delivery correspondence table 67 in the storage unit 63. Therefore, when a delivery store determination request not related to the stored delivery store number is made, an empty delivery store 45 adjacent to the delivery store 45 is provided for each delivery store 45 specified by the stored delivery store number. The delivery warehouse determination process is performed so that at least one remains as empty as possible. Therefore, the delivery warehouse 45 specified by the stored delivery warehouse number and the additional delivery warehouse 45 related thereto are likely to be adjacent to each other. Therefore, the effect of facilitating the delivery or receipt of the above-described product 17 is enhanced, and the convenience of the deliverer 19 and the recipient 20 when an additional delivery box 45 is required is improved.

  The stocker 40 includes an opening / closing sensor 49 and an article sensor 48 for detecting the opening / closing of each door 46 and the presence / absence of an article in the plurality of delivery boxes 45. Then, when there are a plurality of delivery storage numbers corresponding to the unlocking codes input in the stored delivery storage correspondence table 87, the child control unit 82 unlocks the delivery storage 45 corresponding to the plurality of delivery storage numbers. When it is detected that the recipient 20 has completed the receipt of any of the delivery boxes 45 that are locked and unlocked based on the detection status of the open / close sensor 49 and the article sensor 48, the recipient 20 is notified of the presence of the other delivery boxes 45. To do. Therefore, it is possible to prevent forgetting to receive an article related to the delivery box 45 other than the delivery box 45 in which the completion of receipt is detected.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented in various modes as long as it belongs to the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the parent control unit 62 determines that the member ID included in the delivery storage determination request is one of the delivery destination stockers 40 in the delivery storage correspondence table 67 in step S140 of FIG. When it is the same as the member ID corresponding to the warehouse number, it is determined that the delivery warehouse determination request is related to the delivery warehouse number, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the delivery store correspondence table 67 is information in which a delivery store number is associated with one or more types of information including an unlock code, and includes any delivery store number included in the delivery store correspondence table 67. If the delivery control determination request including the information corresponding to the delivery number is entered in the delivery correspondence table 67, the parent control unit 62 determines that the delivery decision request is related to the stored delivery number. You may judge. For example, when the recipient 20 places an order for another product 17 after placing an order for the product 17, if the store PC 12 attaches the same slip ID to the previous order and the additional order, the parent control unit 62 selects the delivery warehouse. When the slip ID included in the determination request is the same as the slip ID corresponding to any one of the delivery stockers 40 in the delivery destination correspondence table 67 in the delivery stock correspondence table 67, the delivery stock determination request is added to the delivery stock number. It may be determined that it is related. Further, when at least one of the delivery number and the unlocking code determined from the parent device 61 is transmitted to the store PC 12, the delivery number or unlocking code included in the delivery determination request is stored in the delivery correspondence table. When it is the same as the 67 delivery number or the unlock code, it may be determined that the delivery decision request is related to the delivery number.

  Further, in step S140 of FIG. 4, the parent control unit 62 corresponds to the delivery number of any stocker 40 other than the delivery destination stocker 40 in the delivery correspondence table 67 with the member ID included in the delivery decision determination request. If the member ID is the same as the member ID to be received, it may be determined that the delivery warehouse determination request is related to the delivery warehouse number. That is, even between different stockers 40, the same unlock code may be attached to the delivery number corresponding to the same member ID.

  4, when the member ID included in the delivery warehouse determination request is the same as the member ID corresponding to any delivery warehouse number of the delivery destination stocker 40 in the delivery warehouse correspondence table 67. However, there may be a case where it is not determined that the delivery warehouse determination request is related to the delivery warehouse number. For example, the order date and time of the recipient 20 is stored in the delivery table correspondence table 67, and the date and time when the recipient 20 orders the product 17 is compared with the date and time when another product 17 is additionally ordered. If the dates are different or both are ordered before or after a predetermined threshold time, it may be determined that the delivery warehouse determination request is not related to the delivery warehouse number. The predetermined threshold time may be, for example, a deadline for ordering for the same deliverer 19 to deliver a plurality of products 17 together.

  In the above-described embodiment, the child control unit 82 inputs the reading operation of the additional barcode 58 as the delivery storage determination request, but the input is not limited to this and may be input by any method. For example, when the delivery person 19 presses an addition button displayed on the display operation unit 54, the child control unit 82 may input this operation as a delivery storage decision request. In addition, the child control unit 82 regards the input delivery store determination request as a request related to the delivery store number specified by the last unlock request for delivery entered in the delivery store correspondence table 87. Not limited to. For example, the deliverer 19 may cause the reader 56 to read the barcode 18 of the product 17 that cannot be accommodated when the product 17 does not fully enter the delivery box 45 unlocked in step S210 of FIG. Good. That is, the child control unit 82 inputs the same slip ID as the input slip ID before inputting another slip ID after inputting the slip ID (unlocking request at the time of delivery). You may input as a warehouse determination request. Then, the child control unit 82 specifies the relevant delivery storage number based on the slip ID that has been input again (= the slip ID that was input last before the delivery determination request), and performs the processing from step S260 onward. Also good. Even in this case, it is possible to reduce the trouble of inputting a delivery warehouse determination request by the delivery person 19. Alternatively, the delivery person 19 may operate the display operation unit 54 to input a delivery store determination request including the slip ID and the member ID of the product 17 for which the delivery store 45 is insufficient. Even if it does in this way, since the same unlocking code as the stored delivery storage 45 can be matched with the additional delivery storage 45 by the child control part 82, the convenience of the recipient 20 when the additional delivery storage 45 is needed The effect of improving is obtained.

  In the embodiment described above, the parent control unit 62 prioritizes the delivery boxes 45 that are not adjacent to the left and right of the delivery boxes 45 identified by the stored delivery number in the empty delivery boxes 45 in step S150 of FIG. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For each of the delivery warehouses 45 specified by the stored delivery warehouse numbers, the delivery warehouse determination process may be performed so that at least one empty delivery warehouse 45 adjacent to the delivery warehouse 45 remains as empty as possible. For example, the parent control unit 62 may perform the delivery warehouse determination process so that the delivery warehouse 45 excluding the delivery warehouse 45 adjacent to the upper and lower sides of the delivery warehouse 45 is preferentially determined. The parent control unit 62 may perform the delivery warehouse determination process so as to preferentially determine the delivery warehouse 45 excluding the delivery warehouse 45 adjacent to the delivery warehouse 45 in the vertical and horizontal directions. Moreover, when performing step S150 a plurality of times, the parent control unit 62 may determine every other delivery container 45 in order from the upper left, or may determine every other delivery container 45 up and down. . Alternatively, the positional relationship with the stored delivery store 45 is not particularly considered, and for example, the delivery store 45 may be determined at random, or the delivery store 45 may be sequentially determined from the upper left.

  In the embodiment described above, in step S180 of FIG. 4, the delivery boxes 45 adjacent to the left and right of the delivery warehouse 45 specified by the delivery warehouse number related to the delivery warehouse determination request among the empty delivery warehouses 45 are determined with the highest priority. However, if the delivery warehouse 45 at a position close to the related delivery warehouse 45 is preferentially determined, the delivery warehouse 45 may be determined in another priority order. For example, the parent control unit 62 may determine the empty delivery warehouse 45 adjacent to the upper and lower sides of the related delivery warehouse 45 with the highest priority, and the empty delivery warehouse 45 adjacent to the left and right with the highest priority. Further, the parent control unit 62 does not have to preferentially determine the delivery store 45 located near the related delivery store 45. For example, a part of the plurality of delivery warehouses 45 provided in the stocker 40 is previously determined for addition, and in step S180, the parent control unit 62 preferentially determines the delivery warehouse 45 from the additional delivery warehouses 45. May be. Or the parent control part 62 may determine the delivery warehouse 45 at random, for example.

  In the above-described embodiment, the recipient 20 designates the stocker 40 that he / she wishes to receive and places an order for the merchandise 17. For example, you may specify the range of the position (height) of the delivery box 45 that you want to receive according to your height. In this case, the parent control unit 62 may determine the delivery container 45 in S150 and S180 of FIG. 4 while considering the above-described priority order from the designated delivery containers 45 to be received.

  In the embodiment described above, the child control unit 82 detects that the article sensor 48 detects that there is an article in the delivery box 45 and the open / close sensor 49 detects that the door 46 of the delivery box 45 is closed in step S220 of FIG. Although it is determined that the delivery is completed, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be determined that the delivery is completed when the article sensor 48 detects that there is an article in the delivery box 45, or the open / close sensor 49 closes the door 46 of the delivery box 45 (the door after being opened once). When it is detected, it may be determined that the delivery is completed. Similarly, the child control unit 82 may determine that the reception has been completed when the article sensor 48 detects that there is no article in the delivery box 45 in step S320 of FIG. You may determine with completion of reception when the closing of the door 46 (the door after being opened once) is detected. Further, it is assumed that the deliverer 19 or the recipient 20 inputs work completion via the display operation unit 54, and the parent control unit 62 may detect work completion based on this input.

  In the embodiment described above, the child control unit 82 unlocks all of the delivery boxes 45 corresponding to the unlock code in step S310 of FIG. What is necessary is just to unlock at least one of them. For example, one delivery box 45 may be unlocked and the next delivery box 45 may be unlocked when reception completion is detected. In addition, the child control unit 82 unlocks the delivery boxes 45 other than the delivery box 45 that has been unlocked first among the plurality of delivery boxes 45 at any timing such as before and after the notification in step S360 or during the notification. Also good. Similarly, in step S210 of FIG. 5, when there are a plurality of delivery boxes 45 corresponding to the input slip ID, the parent control unit 62 does not need to unlock the plurality of delivery boxes 45 at the same time.

  In the embodiment described above, the child control unit 82 inputs the unlock code by reading the QR code by the reader 56. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the unlock code may be input by any method. For example, another two-dimensional code or one-dimensional code (for example, a barcode) may be used instead of the QR code, or the child control unit 82 obtains the unlock code through the operation of the display operation unit 54 by the recipient 20. It may be input, or the mobile terminal 21 may transmit an unlock code to the slave device 70.

  In the embodiment described above, the child control unit 82 notifies the existence of another delivery box 45 in step S360 when there is an unreceived delivery box 45 in step S350 in FIG. 6, but is not limited thereto. . For example, if the completion of receipt is not detected even after a predetermined time has passed for the unlocked delivery box 45, the presence of the delivery box 45 may be notified. Further, steps S350 and S360 in FIG. 6 may be omitted so that the child control unit 82 does not notify other delivery boxes 45.

  In the embodiment described above, the parent control unit 62 transmits the unlock code to the recipient 20 in step S170 of FIG. 4, but the unlock code may be notified to the recipient 20 at another timing. For example, the unlock code may be notified to the recipient 20 when delivery completion is detected in step S220 of FIG. In addition, when the number of delivery boxes 45 that should receive the product 17 is increased by performing the processing of steps S250 to S270, the parent control unit 62 notifies the recipient 20 of that fact (for example, transmission of an email to the portable terminal 21) )

  In the embodiment described above, the management information 65 of the parent device 61 and the management information 85 of the plurality of child devices 70 are synchronized, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the child device 70 may not store the delivery storage correspondence table 87, and the child control unit 82 may access the parent device 61 and refer to the delivery storage correspondence table 67 as necessary. However, for example, even when communication between the parent device 61 and the child device 70 is temporarily disabled, the routines of FIGS. 5 and 6 can be executed, so that the parent device 61 and the child device 70 synchronize information. It is preferable to take. In the embodiment described above, the changed information is transmitted to the other party each time the information is changed between the parent control unit 62 and the child control unit 82. For example, the changed information is periodically transmitted. And may be synchronized.

  In the above-described embodiment, the slip ID of the barcode 18 is input as a delivery unlock request in step S200 of FIG. 5. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other information input may be used as the delivery unlock request. . Further, the input operation is not limited to reading the barcode 18. In the embodiment described above, the unlock code is the unlock code at the time of receipt, but is not limited thereto. The unlocking code may be at least one of the unlocking code upon receipt and the unlocking code upon delivery. For example, the parent control unit 62 determines the delivery unlock code in steps S160 and S190 in FIG. 4 in the same manner as the unlock code (reception unlock code) in the above-described embodiment, and delivers in step S200 in FIG. A time unlocking code may be input, and the corresponding delivery box 45 may be unlocked in step S210. In this way, when there is a delivery warehouse 45 added later due to an additional order by the recipient 20, the deliverer 19 can use the same delivery unlock code for a plurality of delivery warehouses 45 including the added delivery warehouse 45. Can be unlocked. In this case, for example, the parent control unit 62 notifies the delivery person 19 of the delivery unlock code in advance via the store PC 12, or transmits the delivery unlock code to the portable terminal owned by the delivery person 19 in advance. Just do it. In this case, the child control unit 82 may perform the same processing as steps S350 and S360 of FIG. 6 in the above-described embodiment after step S230 of FIG. That is, the child control unit 82 sets at least one of the plurality of delivery warehouse numbers when there are a plurality of delivery warehouse numbers corresponding to the inputted delivery unlocking codes in the stored delivery warehouse correspondence table 87. When the delivery box 45 corresponding to one of the delivery boxes 45 unlocked based on the detection status of the article sensor 48 and the opening / closing sensor 49 is detected, the delivery of the delivery person 45 is detected. The presence may be notified to the delivery person 19. In this way, it is possible to prevent forgetting to deliver the product 17 related to the delivery warehouse 45 other than the delivery warehouse 45 in which delivery completion is detected.

  In the embodiment described above, it is determined whether or not the additional barcode 58 has been input in step S240 after the completion of delivery is detected in step S220 in FIG. 5, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the child control unit 82 may perform the processing after step S250 even when the additional barcode 58 is input before the delivery is completed.

  In the delivery warehouse determination process (step S150, step S180, step S260) in the ordering processing routine and the delivery unlocking control routine of the embodiment described above, the parent control unit 62 and the child control unit 82 are attribute information of the recipient 20. The delivery box 45 may be determined with reference to FIG. In this case, the management information 65 and 85 stored in the storage units 63 and 83 includes attribute correspondence information in which the recipient 20, the recipient 20 attribute information, and the delivery box 45 are associated with each other. Also good. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the member attribute table 90 and the attribute corresponding delivery warehouse table 91 included in the management information 65. The member attribute table 90 is a table in which member IDs of a plurality of recipients 20 are associated with attribute information of a plurality of recipients 20. The attribute information of the recipient 20 is information relating to the age of the recipient 20, for example. In the member attribute table 90 of FIG. 7, the attribute information of the recipient 20 is “1” when the age of the recipient 20 is equal to or greater than a specific threshold, and “2” when the age does not reach the specific threshold. It is stored in association with the member ID. In this example, the attribute information of the recipient 20 is information that can identify the elderly recipient 20. The attribute-corresponding delivery warehouse table 91 is a table in which a plurality of stockers 40, delivery warehouse numbers (Nos. 1 to 30), and attribute information to be assigned with priority on the delivery warehouse numbers are associated with each other. In the example of FIG. 7, among the plurality of delivery boxes 45 of the first stocker 41, the 15th to 17th positions located at positions (for example, an appropriate height such as a middle stage) where the goods 17 delivered to the elderly can be easily taken out. Attribute information “1” (that is, an elderly person) is set for the delivery box 45. On the other hand, no attribute information is set in the other delivery boxes 45 (No. 1 to No. 14, No. 18 to No. 30). The delivery warehouse determination process using such attribute correspondence information (member attribute table 90, attribute correspondence delivery warehouse table 91) will be described. For example, in the delivery warehouse determination process in step S150, the parent control unit 62 derives the member ID attribute information included in the delivery warehouse determination request with reference to the member attribute table 90. When the derived attribute information is “1”, the parent control unit 62 specifies the delivery storage 45 identified by the delivery storage number stored in the delivery storage correspondence table 67 among the empty delivery storages of the delivery destination stocker 40. The delivery boxes 45 that are not adjacent to the left and right and for which the attribute information “1” is set in the attribute corresponding delivery warehouse table 91 are preferentially determined to be delivery destination deliveries 45. Similarly, in the delivery warehouse determination process in steps S180 and S260, a process for preferentially determining the delivery warehouse 45 corresponding to the derived attribute information as the delivery destination delivery warehouse 45 is performed. In step S260, the child control unit 82 specifies the member ID corresponding to the slip ID input immediately before based on the delivery storage correspondence table 87, and sets the attribute information corresponding to the specified member ID in the member attribute table 90. It may be derived by reference. In this manner, the stocker management device 60 inputs information (member ID, slip ID, etc.) from which attribute information can be derived, derives attribute information based on the input information, and is a free delivery store in the delivery store determination process. Among them, the delivery box 45 corresponding to the derived attribute information may be preferentially determined. In this way, since a more appropriate delivery box 45 can be preferentially assigned to the recipient 20 based on the attribute information, the convenience of the recipient 20 is improved. In the example of FIG. 7, an inbound delivery number to be preferentially assigned to the recipient 20 of the attribute information “2”, that is, the recipient 20 who is not elderly, is not set in this example, but may be set. The attribute information may be divided into three or more stages. The attribute information of the recipient 20 is not limited to attribute information related to age but may be any information. For example, information on the gender and height of the recipient 20 may be used. As the attribute information of the recipient 20, information combining a plurality of age, sex, height, and other elements may be used. The “information from which attribute information can be derived” input by the stocker management apparatus 60 may be any information as long as the attribute information can be derived (acquired). For example, in the example of FIG. 7, the stocker management device 60 may input the age of the recipient 20 or may input the attribute information itself (“1” or “2”). In these cases, the attribute correspondence information may be the attribute correspondence delivery table 91.

  Although not specifically described in the above-described embodiment, the slip ID (barcode 18) input in step S200 for unlocking the delivery box is locked when the delivery box 45 is completed and the delivery box 45 is locked. If this is the case, the delivery person 19 may not be able to use the delivery box 45 to unlock it again. That is, the child control unit 82 determines that the delivery is completed, controls the lock mechanism 47, locks the delivery box 45 in step S230, and then the delivery person 19 is input to unlock the delivery box 45. Even if the barcode 18 corresponding to the same slip ID is input, the child control unit 82, if the delivery storage number corresponding to the input slip ID is the delivery storage 45 that has already been delivered, the delivery storage 45 May not be unlocked. By doing so, it is possible to prevent a person other than the recipient 20 from unlocking the delivery box 45 after the delivery is completed, and the stocker 40 with high security can be realized. Even when the delivery person 19 accidentally closes the door 46 of the delivery box 45 in a state where all the products 17 are not delivered to the delivery room 45, the delivery person 19 puts an additional bar on the reader 56. It is only necessary to read the code 58 and deliver the remaining products 17 to the additional delivery warehouse 45. Note that the child control unit 82 may determine whether or not the delivery for each of the plurality of delivery boxes 45 has been completed. For example, information indicating whether or not delivery has been completed for each delivery box 45 may be stored in the storage unit 83, or the presence / absence of an article based on detection of the presence / absence of an article by the article sensor 48 (article presence / absence table 88). You may determine with the delivery warehouse 45 that delivery has been completed.

  In the embodiment described above, the child control unit 82 locks the delivery box 45 in step S330 when it detects completion of receipt (no article in the delivery box 45 and the door 46 is closed) in step S320. The child control unit 82 may also lock the delivery box 45 when it detects that there is an article in the delivery box 45 and the open / close sensor 49 detects that the door 46 is closed. In this case, the child control unit 82 does not perform the process of step S340 (deletion of information on the delivery storage 45 that has been received) until the reception completion (no item in the delivery storage 45 and the door 46 is closed) is detected. Also good. For example, after the recipient 20 inputs a QR code (unlocking code at the time of receipt) and unlocks the delivery box 45, the door 46 of the delivery box 45 unintentionally opens before taking out the product 17 from the delivery box 45. It may be closed, or the recipient 20 may intentionally close the door 46. In such a case, when the open / close sensor 49 detects that the delivery box 45 is closed, the child control unit 82 may control the lock mechanism 47 to lock the delivery box 45. In this case, when the recipient 20 inputs a QR code to open the door 46 of the delivery box 45 again, the child control unit 82 causes the recipient 20 to try to unlock the delivery box 45 for the first time. Similarly, it is determined whether or not the delivery number corresponding to the input QR code exists in the delivery correspondence table 87, and if it exists, the lock mechanism 47 is controlled and specified by the delivery number. What is necessary is just to unlock the delivery box 45 to be. In this way, since the unlocking and locking can be performed many times until the receipt of the merchandise 17 from the delivery box 45 is completed, a stocker 40 that is convenient for the recipient 20 can be realized. As described in the above embodiment, when the door of the delivery box 45 is closed after the recipient 20 takes out the product 17 from the delivery box 45, the child control unit detects the article sensor 48 and the open / close sensor 49. Based on the above, it is determined that the delivery has been completed, and the delivery storage 45 that has been received is locked, and information related to the delivery 45 that has been received in step S340 is deleted from the delivery correspondence table 87. Therefore, even if the recipient 20 re-enters the QR code that has been input to unlock the delivery warehouse 45 that has been received, the delivery warehouse number corresponding to the entered QR code is stored in the delivery warehouse correspondence table 87. Since it does not exist, the child control unit 82 does not unlock the delivery box 45 that has been received. Therefore, the stocker 40 with high security can be realized. Note that the child control unit 82 may determine whether or not the receipt of each of the plurality of delivery boxes 45 has been completed. For example, the child control unit 82 deletes information related to the delivery storage 45 that has been received as described above from the delivery storage correspondence table 87, and whether or not the reception is completed depending on the presence or absence of the delivery storage number corresponding to the input QR code. Such a determination may be made. Or the child control part 82 may memorize | store the information in the memory | storage part 83 whether the receipt was completed about each delivery warehouse 45. FIG. Further, the child control unit 82 does not understand the article storage 45 with no article based on the article sensor 48 (article presence / absence table 88), even if the delivery 45 corresponding to the input QR code exists. It may be unlocked. In this way, the child control unit 82 does not unlock the delivery warehouse 45 that has been received with the unlock code upon receipt, and can also unlock the delivery warehouse 45 before delivery with the unlock code upon receipt. Absent.

  In the above-described embodiment, the parent control unit 62 executes the routine of FIG. 4 and the child control unit 82 executes the routines of FIGS. 5 and 6. However, if the stocker management device 60 can execute these routines as a whole, Good. For example, the child device 70 and the parent device 61 may share and execute any of the routines of FIGS. 4 to 6, or the parent control unit 62 may execute the routines of FIGS.

  In the embodiment described above, the stocker management device 60 includes the parent device 61 and the plurality of child devices 70, but is not limited thereto. For example, the parent device 61 may exchange information with the lock mechanism 47, the article sensor 48, the open / close sensor 49, the display operation unit 54, the readers 55, 56, etc. without the plurality of child devices 70. Alternatively, the parent device 61 may not be provided, and a plurality of child devices 70 may be configured as independent stocker management devices 60. Moreover, although the subunit | mobile_unit 70 was arrange | positioned in the box-shaped one room similar to the delivery warehouse 45 among the stockers 40, it is not restricted to this. For example, the child device 70 corresponding to a location different from the stocker 40 may be arranged. One slave device 70 may manage a plurality of stockers 40.

  In the above-described embodiment, the article received by the recipient 20 using the delivery box 45 is the product 17 ordered by the recipient 20, but is not limited thereto. For example, the recipient 20 may receive the goods ordered by other orderers at the delivery box 45. Alternatively, the recipient 20 may receive the delivery items other than the products requested by other requesters at the delivery box 45.

  In the embodiment described above, the store PC 12, the mobile terminal 21, the parent device 61, and the child device 70 transmit and receive information via the network 2, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, information transmission / reception may be performed between the parent device 61 and the child device 70 through a dedicated line different from the network 2.

  1 stocker system, 2 network, 5 supplier side system, 10 store, 12 store PC, 15 website, 17 product, 18 bar code, 19 delivery person, 20 recipient, 21 mobile terminal, 22 terminal control unit, 23 storage Unit, 24 communication unit, 25 display operation unit, 40 stocker, 41-43 first to third stocker, 45 delivery warehouse, 46 door, 47 lock mechanism, 48 article sensor, 49 open / close sensor, 54 display operation unit, 55, 56 readers, 58 additional barcodes, 60 stocker management device, 61 parent device, 62 parent control unit, 63 storage unit, 64 communication unit, 65 management information, 66b, 66c data, 67 delivery storage correspondence table, 67a-67d Data, 68 article presence / absence table, 70 child device, 71-73 first to third child device, 82 child control unit, 83 storage unit, 84 communication unit, 85 management information, 87 delivery storage correspondence table, 87a to 87d data, 88 article presence / absence table, 90 member attribute table, 91 attribute delivery delivery table.

Claims (6)

A stocker management device for managing a stocker having a plurality of lockable delivery boxes,
Delivery warehouse correspondence information storage means capable of storing delivery warehouse correspondence information in which the delivery warehouse information that can identify any of the delivery warehouses of the stocker and the unlock code used for unlocking the delivery warehouse are associated with each other ,
When a delivery store determination request is input and the input delivery store determination request is related to any delivery store information in the stored delivery store correspondence information, a delivery store is included in the delivery store correspondence information. An inbound delivery determination process is performed to determine one of the empty inbound deliveries for which no information exists, and the solution corresponding to the inbound delivery information of the determined inbound delivery and the inbound delivery information related to the inbound delivery determination request. An inbound delivery determining means for associating a lock code with the inbound delivery correspondence information storage means,
When the unlock code is input, it is determined whether or not one or more items of delivery warehouse information corresponding to the input unlock code exists in the stored delivery case correspondence information. Unlocking control means for unlocking the delivery warehouse specified by the above delivery warehouse information;
Stocker management device with The delivery warehouse correspondence information includes an unlocking code at the time of receipt used when receiving an article from the delivery warehouse as the unlocking code,
When the unlocking control means inputs an unlocking request at the time of delivery capable of specifying any of the stored goods storage correspondence information in the stored goods storage correspondence information, the input to the stored goods storage correspondence information Determining whether or not there is one or more delivery cabinet information corresponding to the unlocking request at delivery, and if there is, unlock the delivery cabinet specified by the one or more delivery cabinet information,
When the delivery storage determining means inputs the delivery storage determination request before the unlock control means inputs the unlocking request at delivery and before inputting another unlocking request at delivery, the input delivery The warehouse determination request is regarded as a request related to the delivery warehouse information specified by the delivery unlocking request last input in the delivery warehouse correspondence information, the delivery warehouse determination process is performed, and the determined delivery Storing in the delivery storage correspondence information storage means in association with the delivery storage information of the storage and the unlocking code at the time of receipt corresponding to the delivery storage information related to the delivery storage determination request,
The stocker management apparatus according to claim 1. The delivery storage determination means inputs the delivery storage determination request, and when the input delivery storage determination request is related to any of the stored delivery storage correspondence information, the delivery In the warehouse determination process, in the empty delivery warehouse, the delivery warehouse at a position close to the delivery warehouse specified by the delivery warehouse information related to the delivery warehouse determination request is preferentially determined.
The stocker management apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. The delivery warehouse determination means inputs the delivery warehouse determination request, and when the input delivery warehouse determination request is not related to any delivery warehouse information in the stored delivery warehouse correspondence information, the delivery For each of the one or more delivery warehouses specified by the delivery warehouse information included in the warehouse correspondence information, the adjacent empty delivery warehouse is set so that at least one of the empty delivery warehouses adjacent to the delivery warehouse exists. The delivery warehouse determination process is performed so as to preferentially decide the delivery warehouse to be excluded, and the delivery warehouse information of the decided delivery warehouse and the unlock code different from any unlock code in the delivery warehouse correspondence information Corresponding and storing in the delivery warehouse correspondence information storage means,
The stocker management apparatus according to claim 3. The stocker management device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The stocker includes detection means for detecting at least one of opening / closing of each door of the plurality of delivery boxes and presence / absence of an article,
The unlock control means corresponds to at least one of the plurality of delivery warehouse information when there are a plurality of delivery warehouse information corresponding to the input unlock code in the stored delivery warehouse correspondence information. Unlocking the delivery warehouse to be detected, and detecting the user's work completion for any of the unlocked delivery warehouses based on the detection status of the detection means, to inform the user of the presence of another delivery warehouse,
Stocker management device. A stocker management device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The stocker;
Stocker system equipped with.

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