JP2016137963A - Article presence notification system, article presence notification device and article presence notification method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to know that an article exists in an article receiver without checking the inside of the article receiver when the user passes near the article receiver of a delivery receiving box, or the like.SOLUTION: If an article exists in an article receiver 20P when the user passes near the article receiver 20P, a radio device in the article receiver 20P transmits a radio signal including first identification information. A communication terminal 50 carried by the user receives the radio signal. The communication terminal 50 notifies the user that the article exists in the article receiver 20P in the case that the received first identification information corresponds to second identification information stored in the communication terminal 50.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an article presence notification system, an article presence notification apparatus, and an article presence notification method for notifying that an article such as a delivery item exists.

  Conventionally, in order to know whether or not a delivery addressed to the delivery recipient has arrived, the resident has to actually check the delivery receipt. As a countermeasure against such a problem, there is a system for notifying a communication terminal owned by a resident by e-mail when a delivery arrives at a delivery receiver.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a delivery receipt box system in which an information output device including a barcode reader and a non-contact IC tag reader is provided in a delivery receipt box. The information output device sends data read by a barcode reader or the like to the home server. When the home server receives the information from the information output device, the home server performs dial-up connection to connect to the provider, and requests the information transmission service site to send mail to the resident mobile phone terminal. The information transmission service site that has received this request sends an e-mail to the resident's mobile phone terminal, thereby notifying the resident that the delivery has been put into the delivery box.

JP 2002-325676 A

  In the delivery receipt system disclosed in Patent Document 1, the resident can know that the delivery has been put into the delivery receipt box even when the user is away from home. However, if the resident has forgotten that the delivery has been delivered while returning from home, the resident can return to the delivery bin without removing the delivery when returning to home. Pass in front. In addition, when the resident who has been notified on the go actually confirmed the inside of the delivery receipt box, it may have been after the family has already taken out the delivery.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation. When the user passes by an article receiver such as a delivery receipt box, the user does not check the inside of the article receiver, and the user can receive the article receiver. The purpose is to make it possible to know that an article exists in the.

An article presence notification system according to an aspect of the present invention includes an article receiver that receives an article, an article presence information providing unit that provides information on the presence of an article in the article receiver, and a radio signal that is attached to the article receiver. A wireless device; and a communication terminal that receives a wireless signal.
The wireless device acquires information on the presence of the article from the storage unit that stores the first identification information and the article presence information providing unit, and whether or not an article exists in the article receiver based on the information on the existence of the article And a transmission unit that transmits a radio signal including the first identification information while the determination unit determines that an article is present in the article receiver.
The communication terminal includes: a receiving unit that receives a wireless signal transmitted from the wireless device; a storage unit that stores second identification information; and the first identification information when the received wireless signal includes the first identification information. It is determined whether or not the identification information and the second identification information stored in the storage unit of the communication terminal correspond to each other, and if the first identification information and the second identification information correspond to each other, the presence of the article is notified. A notification unit.

According to at least one aspect of the present invention, when an article is present in the article receptacle when the user passes by his article receptacle, a wireless device attached to the article receptacle includes a wireless including first identification information. Send a signal. When the communication terminal possessed by the user receives the radio signal, if the received first identification information corresponds to the second identification information stored in the communication terminal, it is confirmed that the article exists in the article receiver. Notify the user. Therefore, the user can know that there is an article in the article receptacle without checking the inside of the article receptacle when passing by his article receptacle.
Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will be clarified by the following description of embodiments.

It is a whole block diagram which shows the outline | summary of the collective delivery object receiver to which the article presence notification system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention was applied. It is a perspective view at the time of seeing the delivery receptacle of FIG. 1 from the front side. It is a perspective view at the time of seeing the delivery receipt of FIG. 1 from the back side. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example of the detection part in a delivery thing receiver, a beacon apparatus, and a communication terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the article presence notification process which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the example of a display of the display part of a communication terminal. It is a perspective view at the time of seeing the delivery receiver concerning the modification of the 1st Embodiment of this invention from the front side. It is a perspective view at the time of seeing the delivery receiver concerning the modification of the 1st Embodiment of this invention from the back side. It is a flowchart which shows the article presence notification process which concerns on the modification of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a general view which shows the outline | summary of the collective delivery box to which the article presence notification system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention was applied. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example of the input device in a collective delivery box, a beacon apparatus, and a communication terminal. It is a sequence diagram which shows the article presence notification process which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is an external view of the delivery receiver according to the third embodiment of the present invention. It is an external view of a warehouse to which a delivery receipt according to a third embodiment of the present invention is applied.

  The example of the form for implementing this invention is demonstrated referring an accompanying drawing. In addition, in each figure, about the component which has the substantially same function or structure, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

<1. First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, the article presence notification system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

[1-1. Overall configuration of article presence notification system]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an outline of a collective delivery receipt to which an article presence notification system according to a first embodiment of the present invention is applied.
A beacon device 40 is arranged in a collective delivery receptacle 20 into which a delivery item D such as a postal item or a delivery item is inserted. The beacon device 40 is installed for each delivery receiver 20P of each house constituting the collective delivery receiver 20. In general, the collective delivery receiver 20 is installed on the flow line (for example, at the entrance) of the resident of the collective housing as a common facility of the collective housing such as an apartment.

  For example, when the user U who is a resident passes by his / her own delivery receipt 20P and the delivery D is inserted into the delivery receipt 20P, the communication terminal 50 possessed by the user U will receive the delivery receipt. A beacon signal B1 (see FIG. 4 described later) including identification information is received as a radio signal from the beacon device 40 arranged at 20P. The communication terminal 50 that has received the beacon signal B1 displays a screen or the like indicating that the delivery item D exists in the delivery item receiver 20P. As the communication terminal 50 possessed by the user U, for example, a mobile terminal called a smartphone is used.

  The delivery receiver 20P (collective delivery receiver 20) shown in FIG. 1 is an example of an article receiver. Further, the articles to be notified in the article presence notification system 1 are not limited to mail items and home deliverables. The article presence notification system according to the present invention has an article receiver used for delivering an article, and is applicable to the user U grasping whether or not an article put into the article receiver exists. .

[1-2. Structure of delivery receipt]
Next, a configuration example of the delivery receipt 20P will be described.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view when the delivery receiver 20P is viewed from the front side. FIG. 3 is a perspective view when the delivery receiver 20P is viewed from the back side.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the delivery receptacle 20 </ b> P has a box-shaped main body 21. An opening is formed in a part of the front surface 21F of the main body 21, and a delivery input door 22 (an example of an article input door) is disposed so as to cover the opening. The delivery door 22 is attached to the upper end of the main body 21 via a hinge portion (not shown) and can be opened inward. When the delivery person pushes up the delivery input door 22 in the inner direction, an opening appears, and the delivery person can insert the delivery D into the main body 21. A beacon device 40 is attached to an arbitrary position on the front surface 21 </ b> F of the main body 21.

  Since the main body 21 of the delivery receiver 20P is generally formed of metal, it is desirable that the beacon device 40 be on the side where the user passes (for example, the front surface 21F of the main body 21). However, when a material that does not shield electromagnetic waves, such as plastic (synthetic resin), is used for the main body 21 (particularly the front side), or when a metal is used only for a part of the material, The beacon device 40 can be attached to any position of the main body 21. Even when the antenna connected to the beacon device 40 is attached so as to be exposed to the outside of the main body portion 21, the beacon device 40 can be attached to an arbitrary position of the main body portion 21.

  As shown in FIG. 3, an opening is formed in the rear surface 21 </ b> B of the main body 21, and a delivery takeout door 23 (an example of an article takeout door) is arranged so as to cover the opening. One end (the left end in FIG. 3) of the delivery door 23 is attached to the end of the side surface of the main body 21 via a hinge (not shown) so that it can be opened outward. The user can take out the delivery D in the main body 21 by opening the delivery take-out door 23 in the outward direction.

  A weight sensor 31 is disposed on the bottom surface inside the main body 21 as a detection unit 30 (see FIG. 4) described later. When the weight sensor 31 detects that a load has been applied, it outputs a detection signal (ON state). This detection signal is supplied to the beacon device 40.

[1-3. Hardware configuration example of article presence notification system]
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the detection unit 30, the beacon device 40, and the communication terminal 50 in the delivery receiver 20P.

First, the detection unit 30 will be described.
The detection unit 30 provided in the delivery receipt 20P is an example of an article presence information providing unit that provides information regarding the presence of the delivery D (article) in the delivery receipt 20P. The detection unit 30 detects that the delivery item D exists when the delivery item D is inserted into the delivery item receiver 20P, and the detection result is displayed while the delivery item D is being input into the delivery item receiver 20P. The information about the presence of D is supplied to the determination unit 41 of the beacon device 40. For example, when the weight sensor 31 is used as the detection unit 30, the load is detected and a detection signal is output while the delivery item D is placed on the detection surface of the weight sensor 31 and the load is applied. Note that the detection unit 30 is not limited to the weight sensor 31 and may be another sensor such as an optical sensor (transmission type or reflection type).

Next, the configuration of the beacon device 40 will be described.
The beacon device 40 (an example of a wireless device) includes a determination unit 41, a transmission unit 42, and a storage unit 43.

  The determination unit 41 determines whether or not the delivery item D exists in the delivery item receiver 20 </ b> P based on the information (detection result) regarding the presence of the delivery item D supplied from the detection unit 30. The determination result is supplied to the transmission unit 42.

  The storage unit 43 stores identification information (first identification information) for identifying individual beacon devices 40 arranged in the delivery receiver 20P of each house. The beacon device 40 is identified by the first identification information, thereby identifying the delivery receiver 20P of each house. By using the first identification information, a user who possesses the communication terminal 50 associated with the delivery receipt 20P, that is, a user (for example, a resident) of the delivery receipt 20P can also be identified. The storage unit 43 is configured by a storage medium (for example, a memory card) used as, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), or the like.

  While the determination unit 41 determines that the delivery D is present in the delivery receiver 20P, the transmission unit 42 uses the beacon signal B1 as a radio signal including the first identification information stored in the storage unit 43, and the beacon signal B1. Transmit periodically around the device 40. As a communication standard used between the transmission unit 42 and the reception unit 51 included in the communication terminal 50, for example, a short-range wireless communication standard such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) is suitable. For example, the beacon device 40 corresponding to the BLE standard can transmit advertising data including the beacon ID from the transmission unit 42 as a beacon signal around the beacon device 40 by broadcasting. The beacon signal is repeatedly transmitted at a constant cycle (for example, every several hundred milliseconds to several seconds) within a period during which transmission is performed.

  When the transmission unit 42 transmits the beacon signal B1, for example, the transmission unit 42 transmits the beacon signal B1 with such an intensity that the communication terminal 50 within the range of about 10 m at the maximum can be received. The reaching distance of the beacon signal B1 is about 10 m as an example, and the transmission unit 42 may transmit the beacon signal B1 with a different intensity.

Next, the configuration of the communication terminal 50 will be described.
The communication terminal 50 includes a receiving unit 51, a processing unit 52, a storage unit 54, an operation unit 55, a display unit 56, and an audio output unit 57.

  The receiving unit 51 is an example of a communication unit that can receive a beacon signal transmitted from the beacon device 40. When the receiving unit 51 receives the beacon signal B1, additional information such as identification information included in the beacon signal is supplied to the processing unit 52. The process in which the receiving unit 51 receives the beacon signal B1 is performed, for example, under the control of an operation system executed by the processing unit 52 of the communication terminal 50. Or you may make it the receiving part 51 receive beacon signal B1 with the application program which the application execution part 53 of the process part 52 performs. The receiving unit 51 can also communicate with an external device via a wireless local area network (LAN) or the like.

  The processing unit 52 is an example of a notification unit, and includes an application execution unit 53. For the processing unit 52, for example, an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) is used, and when the application execution unit 53 executes an application program stored in the storage unit 54, the operation of each unit in the communication terminal 50 is performed. To control. In the processing unit 52, the identification information (first identification information) included in the beacon signal received by the reception unit 51 corresponds to the identification information (second identification information) stored in the storage unit 54. Display information read from the storage unit 54 is displayed on the display unit 56.

  The storage unit 54 stores identification information (second identification information) for identifying the beacon device 40 and display information. The second identification information corresponds to any of the first identification information (including a match). The storage operation of the second identification information is performed by a user operation using the operation unit 55, for example. The display information includes information (for example, an image including a message) indicating that the delivery item D exists in the delivery item receiver 20P. Similarly to the storage unit 43, the storage unit 54 is also configured by a storage medium used as a RAM, a ROM, or the like.

  The operation unit 55 outputs, to the processing unit 52, the contents of the operation input made by touching the screen in addition to buttons and switches (not shown) arranged in the casing of the communication terminal 50. In the communication terminal 50, the operation unit 55 and the display unit 56 are used as a touch panel display in which an operation surface and a display surface are overlapped.

  The display unit 56 is used as an example of an output unit that outputs information indicating that the delivery item D exists in the delivery item receiver 20P based on the beacon signal received by the reception unit 51 from the beacon device 40.

  The audio output unit 57 is an example of an output unit, and includes a speaker or the like, and may notify the user U of the content of display information (message) by emitting sound.

[1-4. Notification operation by sending a beacon signal (article presence notification process)]
Next, the article presence notification process by the article presence notification system 1 will be described.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the article presence notification process according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5, the left line shows the process flow of the beacon device 40 in the delivery receiver 20 </ b> P, and the right line shows the process flow of the communication terminal 50.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the determination unit 41 of the beacon device 40 provided in the delivery receiver 20P first determines whether the weight sensor 31 (FIG. 3) as the detection unit 30 has detected a load, that is, the weight sensor 31 It is determined whether a detection signal is output (ON state) (step S1).

  When the determination unit 41 receives the detection signal from the weight sensor 31 (YES in step S1), the determination unit 41 determines that the delivery item D exists in the delivery item receiver 20P (step S2), and transmits the determination result to the transmission unit 42. To do. In response to the determination result that the delivery item D exists in the delivery item receiver 20P, the transmission unit 42 transmits a beacon signal B1 to the surroundings (step S3). The first identification information stored in the storage unit 43 is added to the beacon signal B1 transmitted at this time.

  Further, when the determination unit 41 does not receive the detection signal from the weight sensor 31 (NO in step S1), the determination unit 41 determines that the delivery item D does not exist in the delivery item receiver 20P (step S4), and determines the determination result. It supplies to the transmission part 42. In response to the determination result that the delivery D does not exist in the delivery receiver 20P, the transmission unit 42 does not transmit the beacon signal B1. Or when the transmission part 42 has already transmitted beacon signal B1, transmission of beacon signal B1 is stopped (step S5). After the process of step S3 or step S5 is completed, the process returns to step S1.

  When the user who owns the communication terminal 50 passes near the delivery receipt 20P (for example, in front), the beacon signal B1 transmitted from the beacon device 40 is received by the receiving unit 51 of the communication terminal 50. The processing unit 52 determines whether or not the beacon signal B1 is received by the reception unit 51 (step S6), and continues monitoring the beacon signal B1 when the beacon signal B1 is not received (NO in step S6). .

  Next, when the receiving unit 51 of the communication terminal 50 receives the beacon signal B1 (YES in step S6), the processing unit 52 extracts the first identification information from the received beacon signal B1. Then, the processing unit 52 compares the received first identification information with the second identification information read from the storage unit 54, and the first identification information and the second identification information correspond (including a match). It is determined whether or not to perform (step S7). If the first identification information and the second identification information are the same, it can be seen that the received beacon signal B1 is a beacon signal transmitted to the communication terminal 50 of the user U.

  In the determination process of step S7, when the received first identification information corresponds to the second identification information stored in the storage unit 54, the processing unit 52 has the delivery D in the delivery receiver 20P of the user U. A process of notifying that is to be performed is performed (step S8). For example, the processing unit 52 displays an image informing that the delivery item D is present on the display unit 56 or outputs a sound from the sound output unit 57. And the process part 52 will return to the determination process of step S6, and will continue monitoring the beacon signal B1, after the process of step S8 is complete | finished.

  Thereafter, when the user U takes out the delivery D from the delivery receiver 20P, no load is applied to the weight sensor 31, and no detection signal is output (NO in step S1). Thereby, the determination part 41 of the beacon apparatus 40 determines that the delivery D does not exist (step S4), and the transmission part 42 stops transmission of the beacon signal B1 (step S5).

[1-5. Example of display and voice notification]
FIG. 6 shows a display example of the display unit 56 of the communication terminal 50.
As shown in FIG. 6, the display unit 56 displays a message “There is a delivery in the delivery receiver!” Indicating that the delivery D exists in the delivery receiver 20P of the user U. In addition, a voice “There is a delivery in the delivery receipt” or a predetermined notification sound having the same content as the displayed message is output from the speaker 57a connected to the voice output unit 57 (FIG. 2) of the communication terminal 50. . The voice “There is a delivery in the delivery receipt” is stored in the storage unit 54, for example.

  According to the first embodiment described above, when the user U passes by the delivery receiver 20P, the user U does not check the delivery receiver 20P but delivers it to the delivery receiver 20P. It can be known that the object D exists.

Thereby, for example, when the user U returns home from the outside every day, there is no need to check the delivery receipt 20P.
Further, when the user U passes by his / her delivery receptacle 20P, it is notified that the delivery item D is in the delivery receptacle 20P, so that the user does not forget to take out the delivery item D.
Further, since the detection signal is not output from the detection unit 30 when the delivery item D is taken out, the user U does not need to check the delivery item receiver 20P without knowing that the family member has taken out the delivery item D.

[1-6. Modification of First Embodiment]
Next, a modification of the first embodiment will be described. In the modification of the first embodiment, a delivery receiver 20P, which is an example of an article receiver, is provided with a sensor that detects the opening of each of the delivery input door 22 and the delivery take-out door 23.

  FIG. 7 is a perspective view when a delivery receiver according to a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention is viewed from the front side. FIG. 8 is a perspective view when a delivery receiver according to a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention is viewed from the back side. The description of FIGS. 7 and 8 will be made by paying attention to portions different from FIGS. 3 and 4.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the delivery receiver 20 </ b> P is provided with an input detection sensor 32 that detects the opening of the delivery input door 22 as the detection unit 30. The input detection sensor 32 is disposed on the side surface of the delivery receiver 20P. The input detection sensor 32 outputs a detection signal to the determination unit 41 of the beacon device 40 when the delivery input door 22 is opened.

  In addition, the delivery receipt 20P is provided with a take-out detection sensor 33 that detects the opening of the delivery take-out door 23 as the detection unit 30. The take-out detection sensor 33 is disposed on the side of the delivery receiver 20P far from the hinge portion of the delivery take-out door 23. The take-out detection sensor 33 outputs a detection signal to the determination unit 41 of the beacon device 40 when the delivery take-out door 23 is opened.

  As the input detection sensor 32 and the removal detection sensor 33, a magnetic sensor or an optical sensor can be used. For example, when using a magnetic sensor, magnets are disposed on the delivery input door 22 and delivery delivery door 23. The magnet of each door, the insertion detection sensor 32, and the removal detection sensor 33 are disposed at opposing positions. When an optical sensor (transmission type, reflection type) is used, the opening / closing of each door is detected from the difference in the amount of light incident on the light receiving unit according to the opening / closing state of each door.

  The insertion detection sensor 32 and the removal detection sensor 33 are connected to the determination unit 41 of the beacon device 40 and are used as a detection unit 30 (FIG. 4) that detects the opening of the delivery item insertion door 22 and the delivery item extraction door 23.

Next, an article presence notification process by the article presence notification system 1 according to a modification of the first embodiment will be described.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an article presence notification process according to a modification of the first embodiment. In FIG. 9, the left line shows the process flow of the beacon device 40 in the delivery receiver 20P, and the right line shows the process flow of the communication terminal 50.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the determination unit 41 of the beacon device 40 provided in the delivery receiver 20P first determines whether or not the insertion detection sensor 32 has detected the insertion of the delivery D into the delivery receiver 20P ( Step S11). That is, the determination unit 41 determines whether or not the input detection sensor 32 has output a detection signal.

  If the determination unit 41 receives a detection signal from the input detection sensor 32 (YES in step S11), the determination unit 41 determines that the delivery item D exists in the delivery item receiver 20P (step S12), and sends the determination result to the transmission unit 42. Send.

  In response to the determination result that the delivery item D exists in the delivery item receiver 20P, the transmission unit 42 transmits the beacon signal B1 (step S13). The first identification information stored in the storage unit 43 is added to the beacon signal B1 transmitted at this time.

  Moreover, the determination part 41 continues monitoring with respect to the detection signal output from the insertion detection sensor 32, when the detection signal is not received from the insertion detection sensor 32 (NO of step S11).

  Next, the determination unit 41 determines whether or not the take-out detection sensor 33 has detected the take-out of the delivery item D from the delivery item receiver 20P (step S14). That is, the determination unit 41 determines whether or not the take-out detection sensor 33 has output a detection signal.

  When the determination unit 41 receives a detection signal from the take-out detection sensor 33 (YES in step S14), the determination unit 41 determines that the delivery item D does not exist in the delivery item receiver 20P (step S15), and transmits the determination result to the transmission unit 42. Send to.

  Upon receiving the determination result that the delivery item D does not exist in the delivery item receiver 20P, the transmission unit 42 stops the transmission of the beacon signal B1 (step S16). After the process of step S16 is complete | finished, it returns to step S11.

  The processing in steps S17 to S19 is the same as the processing in steps S6 to S8 in FIG. When the user having the communication terminal 50 passes near the delivery receipt 20P, the communication terminal 50 receives the beacon signal B1 transmitted from the beacon device 40 (step S17). If the communication terminal 50 receives the beacon signal B1, does the communication terminal 50 correspond to the first identification information included in the received beacon signal B1 and the second identification information stored in the storage unit 54? It is determined whether or not (step S18). When the received first identification information corresponds to the second identification information stored in the storage unit 54, the communication terminal 50 performs a process of notifying that the delivery D is present in the delivery receiver 20P of the user U. Perform (step S19).

  The modification of the first embodiment described above has the following actions and effects in addition to the actions and effects of the first embodiment. According to the modification of the first embodiment, the presence of the delivery item D in the delivery item receiver 20P can be detected more reliably. For example, even when the delivery D is caught in the opening of the delivery receiver 20P and cannot be detected by the weight sensor 31, the delivery detection sensor 33 detects the operation of the delivery take-out door 23 to deliver to the delivery receiver 20P. It can be determined whether or not the object D exists.

<2. Second Embodiment>
Next, an article presence notification system according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The present embodiment is an example in which the article reception provided in the article presence notification system is applied to a delivery box (collective delivery box). The home delivery box is a facility for receiving a home delivery service or the like when the recipient is away. The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that information (box number, room number) input to a delivery box by a delivery company (delivery person) is used as identification information.

[2-1. Overall configuration of article presence notification system]
FIG. 10 is an overall view showing an outline of the collective delivery box to which the article presence notification system according to the second embodiment of the present invention is applied.
The beacon device 40 is arranged in a collective delivery box 60 installed in a collective housing such as an apartment. It is sufficient that at least one beacon device 40 is provided in the collective delivery box 60. The collective delivery box 60 includes a plurality (eight in FIG. 10) of delivery boxes 60P.

  As illustrated in FIG. 10, the collective delivery box 60 includes an input device 70 including an input unit 71 and a display unit 73 as an example. The delivery company DP confirms which delivery box 60P is vacant, opens the door of the vacant delivery box 60P, puts a package, and inputs the recipient's room number. The delivery box 60P into which the delivery item D is inserted is locked, and only a recipient having a personal identification number or an IC card can open the delivery box 60P. FIG. 10 shows an example in which a package (delivery item D) is put into the delivery box 60P with the box number “No. 2” and “room 410” is input as the room number of the recipient.

  For example, when the delivery user D is put in the delivery box 60P when the user U who is a resident passes by the collective delivery box 60, the communication terminal 50 possessed by the user U is placed in the delivery box 60P. The beacon signal B2 (see FIG. 11 described later) transmitted by the beacon device 40 is received. The communication terminal 50 that has received the beacon signal B2 notifies the user U of information (box number, room number, etc.) regarding the presence of the delivery item D in the delivery box 60P.

[2-2. Hardware configuration example of article presence notification system]
FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the input device 70, the beacon device 40, and the communication terminal 50 in the collective delivery box 60 provided in the article presence notification system 1A.

The input device 70 includes an input unit 71, a storage unit 72, and a display unit 73.
The input unit 71 accepts an operation input made by a screen touch in addition to buttons and switches arranged in the housing of the collective delivery box 60. The delivery company DP uses the input unit 71 to input the box number and the room number, and the user (recipient) inputs the completion of reception.

  The storage unit 72 stores the box number and the room number input by the delivery company DP as identification information (third identification information) for identifying the recipient. This third identification information replaces the first identification information (beacon ID) according to the first embodiment, and is also used as information relating to the presence of an article. The storage unit 72 is configured by a storage medium used as, for example, a RAM or a ROM.

  The display unit 73 displays a screen that prompts the courier DP or recipient to input, or displays the input content. The input unit 71 and the display unit 73 may constitute a touch panel display in which the operation surface and the display surface are overlapped.

  The determination unit 41 of the beacon device 40 checks whether or not the third identification information (box number and room number) is stored in the storage unit 72 of the input device 70 as information regarding the presence of the delivery item D. The determination unit 41 stores the third identification information in the storage unit 43 when the third identification information is stored in the storage unit 72 of the input device 70. And the determination part 41 determines whether the delivery thing D exists in the delivery box 60P using the 3rd identification information memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 43. FIG.

  When transmitting the beacon signal B2, the transmission unit 42 adds the third identification information (box number and room number) stored in the storage unit 43 to the beacon signal B2 and transmits it.

  When the receiving unit 51 receives the beacon signal B <b> 2, the processing unit 52 of the communication terminal 50 extracts third identification information from the beacon signal B <b> 2, and stores the third identification information (room number) and the storage unit 54. It is determined whether or not the stored identification information (second identification information) corresponds. Here, the storage unit 54 stores the room number of the room where the user resides as second identification information.

[2-3. Notification operation by sending a beacon signal (article presence notification process)]
Next, the article presence notification process by the article presence notification system 1A will be described.
FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram showing an article presence notification process according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The main difference between the sequence diagram of FIG. 12 and the flowchart of FIG. 5 or FIG. 9 is that the information (box number, room number) input by the courier (delivery person) is used as the identification information and information on the presence of the article. It is a point.

  First, as a premise, the delivery company DP opens the vacant delivery box 60P of the collective delivery box 60, puts luggage, and closes the door. Next, the courier DP operates the input unit 71 of the input device 70 to input the box number of the courier box 60P into which the delivery item D has been input and the room number of the recipient described in the courier slip or the like ( Step S21).

  After the input is completed, for example, the delivery agent DP operates the input unit 71 and selects a confirmation button or the like, thereby confirming the input content. The determined input contents (box number, room number) are stored in the storage unit 72 as identification information (third identification information).

  The determination unit 41 of the beacon device 40 checks whether or not the third identification information (box number and room number) is stored as information regarding the presence of the article in the storage unit 72 of the input device 70 (step S22). When the determination unit 41 detects that the third identification information is stored in the storage unit 72, the determination unit 41 determines that the delivery item D exists in the delivery box 60P, and transmits the determination result to the transmission unit 42. To do. On the other hand, when the third identification information is not stored in the storage unit 72, the determination unit 41 stands by (continues the process of referring to the storage unit 72 periodically).

  Next, the transmission unit 42 stores the third identification information (box number and room number) in the storage unit 43 in response to the determination result that the delivery item D exists in the delivery box 60P. And the transmission part 42 transmits the beacon signal B2 containing the 3rd identification information memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 43 (step S23).

  When the user U carrying the communication terminal 50 passes by the collective delivery box 60, the receiving unit 51 of the communication terminal 50 receives the beacon signal B2 (step S24).

  Next, the processing unit 52 determines whether or not the third identification information included in the received beacon signal B2 corresponds to the second identification information stored in the storage unit 54 (step S25). .

  When the third identification information received in the determination process of step S25 corresponds to the second identification information stored in the storage unit 54, the processing unit 52 has a delivery D in the delivery box 60P of the user U. A process of notifying that this is to be performed is performed (step S26).

  The user U who is the recipient takes out the delivery D from the delivery box 60P and then operates the input unit 71 of the input device 70 to input the completion of reception (step S27). When the input completion is input to the input unit 71, the corresponding third identification information (box number and room number) is deleted from the storage unit 72.

  When the third identification information is deleted from the storage unit 72, the determination unit 41 of the beacon device 40 determines that the delivery D does not exist in the delivery box 60P, and stores the third stored in the storage unit 43. The identification information (box number and room number) is deleted. Receiving this, the transmission part 42 stops transmission of beacon signal B2 (step S28).

  In addition, when the delivery item D is thrown into the plurality of delivery boxes 60P, the beacon device 40 stores the box number and the room number (third identification information) in the storage unit 43, and the third identification. A beacon signal B2 is transmitted for each piece of information. In this way, the presence of the delivery item D is notified to the communication terminal 50 possessed by the recipient of each delivery item D. The beacon device 40 transmits the beacon signal B2 including the third identification information for each third identification information in a time division manner.

  According to 2nd Embodiment mentioned above, there exists an effect | action and effect similar to 1st Embodiment. That is, in the second embodiment, when the user U passes by the collective delivery box 60, the delivery item D is present in the collective delivery box 60 without checking the inside of the collective delivery box 60. I can know that.

  Thereby, for example, when the user U confirms that the absence notification slip is included in the mailbox when he / she goes home from the outside, it is notified that the delivery item D is in the delivery receptacle 20P. Therefore, the delivery item D can be quickly taken out after returning home.

  In the present embodiment, the beacon signal B2 including the box number and the room number is transmitted as the third identification information. However, since the third identification information only needs to be specified by the recipient, Only the room number may be used.

<3. Third Embodiment>
Next, a delivery receiver according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, information such as the presence of an article in the delivery receipt and the number of articles is notified using a detection result of a weight sensor or the like. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the articles that are put into the delivery receipt are the same. That is, the shape and weight of the article are always the same. When the size such as the weight and height of each article to be delivered (the article unit) is the same, measure the weight of the entire article, or measure the size of the entire article, etc. can get.

FIG. 13 is an external view of a delivery receiver according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
The delivery receptacle 80 has a hollow rectangular parallelepiped or cubic main body, for example, and has a structure in which articles can be put inside through an opening formed on one surface. A weight sensor 31 as a detection unit 30 (see FIG. 4) is disposed on the bottom surface inside the main body. A beacon device 40 is attached to one surface (the side surface in FIG. 13) of the main body of the delivery receiver 80. In FIG. 13, three delivery items D having the same shape and weight are put in the delivery item receiver 80.

  The weight sensor 31 detects the load (total weight) received from the article, and outputs the detection result to the determination unit 41 (FIG. 4) of the beacon device 40. The determination unit 41 determines whether or not an article (delivery item D) is present in the delivery item receiver 80 based on the detection result of the weight sensor 31. Further, the determination unit 41 determines the state information of the article existing in the delivery receiver 80 based on the detection result or based on the detection result and the information for each article. The article status information is information about the number of articles put into the delivery receptacle 80 or the size such as the weight and height of the articles. Information on the article unit is stored in the storage unit 43 in advance.

  For example, when the weight of the delivery item D is 1 kg as information on the item unit of the delivery item D, if the detection result of the weight sensor 31 is 3 kg, it can be calculated that there are three delivery items D. That is, information that there are three deliverables D is obtained as the state information of the article.

  Then, the determination unit 41 notifies the transmission unit 42 of the presence of the delivery item D in the delivery item receiver 80 and the status information of the delivery item D (the number of delivery items D is three) (FIG. 4). To do. While the determination unit 41 determines that the delivery item D exists in the delivery item receiver 80, the transmission unit 42 transmits a beacon signal including identification information (first identification information) and state information of the delivery item D to the beacon device. Transmit periodically around 40. When the user who possesses the communication terminal 50 passes in front of the delivery receipt 80, the communication terminal 50 receives this beacon signal, the delivery D is present in the delivery receipt 80, and the three deliveries. Notify that there is an object D.

  In place of the weight sensor 31, an optical sensor may be used. For example, an optical sensor is provided on the side surface of the delivery receiver 80. A plurality of optical sensors may be provided. Light is input to the optical sensor according to the size of the entire article (the number of articles loaded) or the like. Then, the optical sensor outputs a detection signal (detection result) corresponding to a size such as the height of the entire article to the determination unit 41. The optical sensor may be provided on the upper surface or the lower surface of the delivery receiver 80 to receive light corresponding to the number of articles arranged in the lateral direction and output a detection signal.

  In addition, although the example in which the determination unit 41 calculates the number of articles based on the information of the article unit has been described, a quantity table in which the number of articles is associated with the total weight (size such as height) is stored in the storage unit 43. You may keep it. The determination unit 41 may read the number of articles from the quantity table based on the detection result (size such as total weight or height) of the weight sensor 31 and the like.

  In the above-described example, the determination unit 41 determines the number of articles as the article status information. However, the total weight of the articles is determined based on the detection result of the weight sensor 31, that is, the detection signal corresponding to the load. You may do it. Alternatively, the size such as the height of the article may be determined based on the detection signal of the optical sensor. The determination part 41 outputs those determination results to the transmission part 42 as article state information. The transmission unit 42 periodically transmits a beacon signal including state information (size such as total weight and height) of the article and identification information around the beacon device 40. Then, the processing unit 52 (FIG. 4) of the communication terminal 50 that has received the beacon signal uses the article state information included in the beacon signal and the article unit information stored in advance in the storage unit 54 (FIG. 11). (The number of deliverables D is 3) is calculated and a notification process is performed. In addition, when the information of an article unit is not memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 54, the beacon apparatus 40 transmits the beacon signal which carried the information of the article unit with the status information of an article.

  Further, an input device such as the input device 70 in FIG. 10 is provided in the delivery receiver 80 so that a delivery agent or the like who has put the article in the delivery receiver 80 can input the number and weight of the articles as the status information of the articles. May be. Article determination information (information on the number or weight of articles) input from the input device is sent to the transmission unit 42 via the determination unit 41 (FIG. 11).

  Thus, by including the state information of the article in the beacon signal transmitted from the beacon device 40, the communication terminal 50 can notify the user (communication terminal 50) how much the article is to be delivered. The mechanism shown in FIG. 13 can be applied to factory inventory management and the like.

FIG. 14 is an external view of a warehouse to which a delivery receipt according to the third embodiment of the present invention is applied.
As shown in FIG. 14, two article receivers 91 and 92 are installed on the floor surface of the warehouse 90. The article receivers 91 and 92 have a tray shape as an example, but may be a pallet. A weight sensor 31 is disposed on the bottom surfaces of the article receivers 91 and 92. Further, as an example, the beacon device 40 is attached to the front surface of the article receivers 91 and 92. It is assumed that the identification information of the beacon device 40 attached to the article receiver 91 is different from the identification information of the beacon device 40 attached to the article receiver 92.

  Three articles D1 are loaded on the left article receiver 91, and two articles D2 are loaded on the right article receiver 92. The weight sensor 31 of the article receivers 91 and 92 receives a load ( Detect gross weight. When the weight sensor 31 of the article receivers 91 and 92 detects the load of the article, the beacon devices 40 attached to the article receivers 91 and 92 respectively detect the article receiver 91 from the result of detection by the weight sensor 31 of the article receivers 91 and 92. , 92 determines the number of articles D1, D2 (article status information). The beacon devices 40 attached to the article receivers 91 and 92 periodically transmit beacon signals including identification information and information on the number of loaded articles D1 and D2 around the beacon device 40, respectively. .

  Thus, for example, the beacon signal can be received from the plurality of article receivers 91 and 92 by the communication terminal 50 possessed by the manager only by the manager of the warehouse 90 passing in front of the article receivers 91 and 92. Therefore, the manager can accurately grasp what is in the warehouse 90 without counting the number of articles D1 and D2 placed on the respective article receivers 91 and 92.

<4. Other>
In the first and second embodiments described above, the collective delivery receipt 20 (delivery receipt 20P) and collective delivery box 60 of the collective housing such as a condominium are illustrated as the article receptacles, but the present invention is not limited to this example. Of course, the article receiver used in the present invention can also be applied to an individual delivery receipt box or a delivery box installed in a house such as a detached house. Furthermore, for example, a post office box (dedicated locker for receiving mail) or a coin locker installed in a building where the user does not reside can be used as the article receiver.

  Further, in order to more reliably detect the presence of the delivery item D in the delivery item receiver 20P shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the door opening / closing sensors (the input detection sensor 32, the removal detection sensor 33), the weight sensor 31, May be used in combination. By using these sensors in combination, for example, when the delivery item D is caught by the opening of the delivery receptacle 20P and cannot be detected by the weight sensor 31, or the delivery detection sensor 33 detects the door open state, the delivery item. Even in the case where the delivery item D forgotten to remain at the bottom of the receptacle 20P remains, it can be reliably determined whether or not the delivery item D exists in the delivery receptacle 20P.

  In the article presence notification system 1 of the first embodiment described above, the beacon device 40 is attached to the delivery receiver 20P of each house, but one beacon device 40 may be provided for the collective delivery receiver 20. In this case, there should be a mechanism that allows the beacon device 40 to determine which delivery signal receiver 20P has received the detection signal from the sensor (weight sensor and / or door opening / closing sensor). For example, the storage unit 43 of the beacon device 40 stores a table in which the room number of the delivery receiver 20P is associated with the unique information (manufacturing number, etc.) of the sensor, and the room is referred to based on the unique information of the sensor The number can be specified. When the communication terminal 50 receives the beacon signal including the specified room number as identification information, the presence of the delivery item D can be notified to the user who is in the room with the room number.

  Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various other application examples and modifications can of course be taken without departing from the gist of the present invention described in the claims. It is.

  For example, the above-described embodiment is a detailed and specific description of the configuration of the apparatus and the system in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner. Absent. A part of the configuration of an embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment. Further, the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment. Moreover, it is also possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of the configuration of each embodiment.

  Further, the control lines and information lines indicate what is considered necessary for the explanation, and not all the control lines and information lines on the product are necessarily shown. Actually, it may be considered that almost all the components are connected to each other.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,1A ... Article presence notification system, 20 ... Collected delivery receipt, 20P ... Delivery receipt, 22 ... Delivery delivery door, 23 ... Delivery delivery door, 30 ... Detection part, 31 ... Weight sensor, 32 ... Detection Sensor: 33 ... Extraction detection sensor, 40 ... Beacon device, 41 ... Determination unit, 42 ... Transmission unit, 43 ... Storage unit, 50 ... Communication terminal, 51 ... Reception unit, 52 ... Processing unit, 53 ... Application execution unit, 54 ... storage unit, 55 ... operation unit, 56 ... display unit, 60 ... collective delivery box, 60P ... delivery box, 70 ... input device, 71 ... input unit, 72 ... storage unit, 80 ... delivery receiver, 91, 92 ... Receiving goods

Claims (11)

An article receiver that receives an article, an article presence information providing unit that provides information on the presence of the article in the article receiver, a wireless device that is attached to the article receiver and transmits a wireless signal, and receives the wireless signal An article presence notification system having a communication terminal,
The wireless device includes:
A storage unit for storing first identification information;
A determination unit that acquires information on the presence of the article from the article presence information providing unit and determines whether the article is present in the article receiver based on information on the presence of the article;
A transmission unit that transmits a radio signal including the first identification information while the determination unit determines that the item is present in the item receiver;
The communication terminal is
A receiving unit that receives the wireless signal transmitted from the wireless device;
A storage unit for storing second identification information;
When the first identification information is included in the received wireless signal, it is determined whether or not the first identification information corresponds to the second identification information stored in the storage unit of the communication terminal. An article presence notification system comprising: a notification unit that notifies the presence of the article when the first identification information and the second identification information correspond to each other. The article presence information providing unit is a detection unit that detects the presence of the article in the article receiver,
The detection unit outputs the detection result as information on the presence of the article in the article receiver,
The article presence notification system according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines whether the article is present in the article receiver based on a result of the detection by the detection unit. The article presence notification system according to claim 2, wherein the detection unit is a weight sensor. The article presence notification system according to claim 2, wherein the detection unit is an optical sensor. The article receiver is
An article entry door into which the article is introduced;
An article take-out door from which the article is taken out,
As the detection unit,
An input detection sensor for detecting the opening of the article input door;
A take-off detection sensor for detecting the opening of the article take-out door;
The determination unit of the wireless device determines that the article is present in the article receiver when the insertion detection sensor detects opening of the article insertion door and the removal detection sensor does not detect opening of the article extraction door. The article presence notification system according to claim 2. The article presence information providing unit stores an input unit for inputting third identification information when the article is put into the article receiver, and the third identification information input by the input unit. An input device including a storage unit
The storage unit of the wireless device stores the third identification information stored in the storage unit of the input device as the first identification information,
The determination unit of the wireless device determines whether or not the article exists in the article receiver based on the first identification information stored in the storage unit of the wireless device as information regarding the presence of the article. Item 4. The article presence notification system according to Item 1. The determination unit determines whether or not the article is present in the article receiver based on the detection result of the detection unit, and the state of the article existing in the article receiver based on information on an article unit. Determine the information, output the result of the determination to the transmitter,
While the determination unit determines that the article is present in the article receiver, the transmission unit transmits a wireless signal including the first identification information and the state information of the article;
The article presence notification system according to any one of claims 2 to 4. The article presence notification system according to claim 1, wherein the first identification information, the second identification information, and the third identification information are information for identifying a user of the article receiver. An article presence notification apparatus comprising: an article receiver that receives an article; a detection unit that detects that the article is present in the article receiver; and a wireless device that is attached to the article receiver and transmits a radio signal. ,
The wireless device includes:
A storage unit for storing identification information;
A determination unit that determines whether the article is present in the article receiver based on a result of the detection by the detection unit;
An article presence notification device comprising: a transmission unit that transmits a radio signal including the identification information while the determination unit determines that the article is present in the article receiver. An input device including an article receiver for receiving an article, an input unit for inputting identification information when the article is put into the article receiver, and a storage unit for storing the identification information input by the input unit; An article presence notification device having a radio device attached to the article receiver and transmitting a radio signal,
The wireless device includes:
A determination unit that determines whether or not the article is present in the article receiver based on the identification information stored in the storage unit of the input device;
An article presence notification device comprising: a transmission unit that transmits a radio signal including the identification information while the determination unit determines that the article is present in the article receiver. An article receiver that receives an article, an article presence information providing unit that provides information on the presence of the article in the article receiver, a wireless device that is attached to the article receiver and transmits a wireless signal, and receives the wireless signal An article presence notification method by an article presence notification system having a communication terminal,
A determination unit included in the wireless device acquires information on the presence of the article from the article presence information providing unit, and determines whether the article is present in the article receiver based on the information on the presence of the article. Steps,
The transmission unit included in the wireless device transmits a wireless signal including first identification information stored in the storage unit included in the wireless device while the determination unit determines that the article is present in the article receiver. And steps to
A receiving unit provided in the communication terminal receives the wireless signal transmitted from the wireless device;
When the notification unit included in the communication terminal includes the first identification information in the radio signal received by the reception unit, the first identification information and a second storage unit stored in the communication terminal store the second identification information. Determining whether the identification information corresponds to,
And a step of notifying the presence of the article when the first identification information and the second identification information correspond to each other.

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