JP3474452B2 - Delivery box that can handle registered mail - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is installed at an entrance of a housing complex, a tenant building, etc., and accepts courier service and cleaning on behalf of a resident who is a delivery destination when the resident is absent. The present invention relates to a delivery box capable of handling registered mail in which the registered mail can be safely stored and managed in the delivery box capable of receiving the package.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An outline of a conventional delivery box for receiving parcels such as home delivery and cleaning will be described. When the delivery destination is absent, the delivery man operates the numeric keypad of the delivery box and inputs the room number of the delivery destination, and the box without the package is displayed on the screen. Enter the number on the numeric keypad.

Next, when the package is put in the designated box and the door is closed, a receipt and a delivery note are issued from the printer, so that the receipt is received by the delivery person, and
The delivery note is put in the post corresponding to the room number and the delivery of the package is completed.

On the other hand, the parcel receiver who saw the delivery letter in the mail box inserts the card received in advance at the time of occupancy into the card reader, and the door of the box accommodating the parcel is opened. After taking out the luggage, the door is closed and the receipt of the luggage is completed.

[0005]

By the way, in the case of the automatic baggage check described above, it is acknowledged that all residents such as apartment houses will receive the baggage by box, but in the case of registered mail, , You may dislike receiving the receipt of registered mail from the box due to concerns such as theft. Therefore, there was a problem that delivery by registered mail box could not be performed.

The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible for a resident to select the receipt from a registered mail box and to select the contents of the registered mail. There is also a delivery box that can handle picked-up mail and has a double box door to prevent theft.

The delivery box capable of handling registered mail of the present invention is intended to achieve the above-mentioned object, and the means is any kind of registered mail which the resident does not want to receive in advance. For storing the registered mail, a bar code reader for reading the bar code of the registered mail, and a judgment means for judging whether the type of the registered mail read by the bar code reader is approved for receipt by the resident at the delivery destination. And a means for opening the lid of the registered mail locker when the registered mail is approved to be received.

[0008] Further, means for memorizing beforehand any kind of registered mail which is not desired to be received among registered mail for each resident, the card owned by the post office staff, and the personal identification number match. Whether the post office employee is confirmed or not, a bar code reader that reads the bar code of registered mail, and whether the type of registered mail read by the bar code reader authorizes receipt by the resident. It is provided with a judging means for judging whether or not the registered mail is received, and a means for opening the lid of the registered mail locker if the registered mail is approved.

Further, it is desirable that after the barcode is read, the name of the resident of the delivery destination is displayed so that the delivery destination can be confirmed. Further, the registered mail locker has a plurality of outer lids. It is desirable that each room is divided into rooms and an inner lid is formed in each of the divided rooms for double safety.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a delivery box capable of handling registered mail according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing the entire delivery box 1, which is a unit 11 in which boxes of different sizes are formed.
A plurality of (4 in the figure) are arranged laterally without a gap.

An operation panel 12 is attached to one of the units 11 and a box 13 for accommodating registered mail is attached. The operation panel 1
Reference numeral 2 denotes a guidance screen 12a in which operation procedures and the like are described, a numeric keypad 12b, a card reader 12c, a barcode reader 12d, and a printer 12 for issuing receipts.
e, a monitor 12f, a speaker 12g and the like are installed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the box 13 for storing registered mail is divided into four parts, each of which has an inner lid 13a attached thereto, and the entire opening part of the box 13 is opened. An outer lid 13b is attached to close the. Then, a first sensor (not shown) for detecting whether or not a registered mail is stored in each box 13, and whether or not the inner lid 13a and the outer lid 13b are securely closed are detected. A second sensor (not shown) is attached for use.

Next, the control circuit 2 for delivering registered mail by operating the operation panel 12 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. The control circuit 2 includes a CPU 21 which is a central control unit, a memory card 22 for exchanging data with the CPU 21, and a numeric keypad 12b, a card reader 12c, a bar code reader 12d and a box 13 on the input side of the CPU 21. A sensor group 24 including a sensor for detecting whether or not a registered mail is stored and a sensor for detecting whether or not the inner lid 13a and the outer lid 13b are closed is connected via an interface (not shown).

On the output side of the CPU 21, a ten key 12b, a card reader 12c, a bar code reader 1 are provided.
A monitor 12f for displaying a procedure and voice guidance every time the operation 2d is performed, a speaker 12g, a printer 12e for outputting a receipt and a delivery note, and an inner lid 13a,
An electronic lock 12h that unlocks the outer lid 13b by an electric signal is connected via an interface (not shown).

Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. For registered mail, general, cash, delivery record,
There are types such as cash on delivery registered mail, simplified registered mail, etc., and the bar code attached to the sealed letter of registered mail, the type code indicating the type of registered mail, the area code indicating Tokyo, Kanto, Shinetsu, Tokai, etc. A classification code or the like indicating whether it is large or large is displayed.

If a resident of an apartment house does not want to receive the registered mail, for example, a cash registered box, the room number of the resident and the data indicating that the registered receipt of the registered mail is refused are registered in advance. The name of the resident in each room number is also stored in the memory card 22 in comparison with the room number.

In this manner, in the state where various data are stored in advance, when the post office employee brings registered mail and the resident at the delivery destination is absent, the ten key 12b is operated to select the deposit of registered mail. (Step S1). Then
Card reader 12c for cards carried only by post office staff
And enter the password by operating the ten-key pad 12b (step S2). This operation considers safety such that only the post office staff can open the box 13 of the registered mail to prevent theft due to mischief.

When the input of the personal identification number is completed, it is judged whether or not the card and the personal identification number belong to a post office employee (step S3), and if it is determined to be a post office employee, the CPU 21 sends the registered mail. It is determined whether or not there is a box 13 for depositing (step S4), and if there is no empty box, the post office staff is informed by a voice indicating that there is no space from the speaker 12f (step S5).

In step S2, the box 13
If there is a vacant space, the post office staff operates the ten-key pad 12b to input the room number of the delivery destination (step S6).
When this room number is entered, the name of the inhabitant corresponding to the previously stored room number is displayed on the monitor 12b (step S7), and the post office employee confirms the name and determines that it is incorrect. In this case, after operating the correction button, the ten key 12b is operated again to input the room number.

After confirming that there is no mistake, the post office worker operates the confirmation key (step S8), and then the bar code attached to the registered mail is read by the bar code reader 12d ( Step S9). The CPU 21 that has read the bar code determines whether it is indeed registered mail (step S10), and if it is determined that it is not registered mail, the CPU 21 warns that the speaker 12f cannot handle it (step S11).

If the barcode cannot be read by the barcode reader 12d, the number written together with the barcode can be input from the ten-key 12b.

When it is determined that the bar code is registered mail, what kind of registered mail is from the bar code,
It is judged whether or not the registered mail is rejected by the selected resident (step S12), and a warning that the registered mail is rejected cannot be handled from the speaker 12f (step S13).

On the other hand, in the case of registered mail that can be handled, the outer lid 13b of the box 13 is unlocked by the electronic lock 12h (step S14), and the inner lid 13a is opened.
The lock is also released by the electronic lock 12h and a voice informs that the box 13 has been opened (step S1).
5). Here, the post office worker stores the registered mail in the box 13 at the position where the luggage sensor detects the mail and closes the inner lid 13a and the outer lid 13b (step S1).
6).

Then, the CPU 21 detects whether the luggage sensor 24 detects registered mail, and whether the sensor 24 for detecting the opening / closing of the lid has surely closed the inner lid 13a and the outer lid 13b (step). S17). Here, the luggage sensor 24 does not detect the registered mail, the lid sensor 2
When 4 does not detect the closed state of the lid, it notifies by voice (step S18), so that the post office staff correctly stores the mail again and recloses the inner and outer lids 13a and 13b (step S19).

When it is confirmed in step S18 that the mail piece is placed in the normal position and the inner and outer lids 13a and 13b are securely closed, the printer 12e issues a receipt to be brought back by the post office employee. (Step S2
0), and a letter of delivery to be put in the post of the resident of the delivery destination is issued (step S21). Therefore, the post office staff posts the delivery letter in the post and ends the delivery of the registered mail.

Next, the operation when the resident receives registered mail will be described with reference to FIG. The resident who sees the above-mentioned delivery letter operates the ten-key pad 12b to select receipt of registered mail (step S21). Next, the baggage receiving card carried by the resident is inserted into the card reader 12c (step S22). Here, the CPU 21 determines whether registered mail exists (step S2).
3) If there is no registered mail, the speaker 12f gives a voice announcement that there is no registered mail (step S2).
3).

If there is no registered notice and registered mail exists, the resident inputs the personal identification number delivered in advance from the ten-key pad 12b (step S23). Here, it is determined whether or not the input personal identification number is correct (step S24), and if it is incorrect, a notification that the correct personal identification number is input is given, and if there are four input errors, , And sends a command to the RAM 22 to prohibit the use of the card (step S25).

When it is judged that the personal identification number entered in step S24 is correct, the outer lid 13b of the box 3 is
Is opened (step S26) and the inner lid 13a is opened (step S27). Therefore, after the registered mail is taken out, the inner and outer lids 13a and 13b are closed to end the receipt of the registered mail.

The above-mentioned registered mail receiving operation has been described for the case where only registered mail is designated.
When carrying out the same operation as receiving general parcels (courier service), it is judged whether or not there is parcel after the step S22, and if there is no parcel, a notice that there is no parcel I do.

Next, if there is luggage, the lid of the locker in which the luggage is stored is opened, and then it is judged whether there is registered mail. If there is registered mail, enter the personal identification number. The registered mail can be received by notifying that the mail should be sent and proceeding to step S23.

In the above-described embodiment, all management information such as deposit and receipt information of parcels and registered mail are transmitted to the central management room online, so that quick response and more reliable operation can be achieved. Moreover, by installing a surveillance camera and a voice transmitter / receiver, it is possible to monitor in real time and immediately respond to accidents such as theft.

[0032]

As described above, the present invention stores in advance whether or not the resident has approved the receipt according to the type of registered mail and the type of registered mail of the bar code read by the post office staff. Since the deposit is judged based on whether it is an approved registered mail, it can be delivered to the registered mail box with peace of mind for the resident.

Further, since the delivery can be performed by a card brought by a post office staff member and a personal identification number, the registered mail box cannot be opened by anyone other than the post office staff member, so that theft or the like by a person other than the resident or the post office staff member etc. In addition, since the name of the resident is displayed when the room number is input by the post office staff, misdelivery to other residents can be prevented, and an inner lid is provided in the box divided into multiple boxes. As a result, there is an effect that the box cannot be opened due to mischief.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a delivery box that can handle registered mail of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the above registered mail box with an outer lid opened.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electric circuit.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a delivery operation of registered mail.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a continuation of the above.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing receipt of registered mail.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 delivery box 11 units 12 Operation panel 12b numeric keypad 12c card reader 12d barcode reader 12e printer 12f monitor 12g speaker 13 Registered mail box 13a inner lid 13b outer lid 2 control circuit 21 CPU 22 Memory card

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A means for previously storing, for each resident, an arbitrary registered mail type that is not desired to be received among registered mail, a bar code reader for reading a bar code of the registered mail, and a bar code reader read by the bar code reader. A judgment means for judging whether or not the type of registered mail approves the receipt of the resident, and a means for opening the lid of the registered mail locker if the registered mail is approved to be received. A delivery box that can handle registered mail that is equipped with it. 2. A means for storing beforehand the type of registered mail that is not desired to be received among registered mail for each resident, and whether or not the card owned by the post office staff and the personal identification number match. A means for confirming the post office employee, a bar code reader for reading the bar code of registered mail, and determining whether or not the registered mail type read by the bar code reader is approved for receipt by the resident at the delivery destination. A delivery box capable of handling registered mail, comprising a judging means and a means for opening a lid of a registered mail locker when the registered mail is approved to be received. After 3. A read the bar code, and displays the name of the delivery destination occupants, characterized in that to be able to verify the delivery address according to claim 1 or 2 registered mail product according possible handling Delivery box. 4. The registered mail locker is characterized in that the outer lid is divided into a plurality of chambers, and each of the divided chambers is formed with an inner lid to achieve double safety. A delivery box capable of handling the registered mail according to claim 1 or 2.