JP5323511B2 - Goods collection device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article receiver configured to improve the convenience in taking out articles from both a mailbox and an article storage box and to respond to various sizes of home delivery parcels using article storage boxes dedicated to respective residents and relatively large article storage boxes. <P>SOLUTION: The article receiver used for receiving home delivery parcels or mails, is disposed with the article storage boxes 1002 which store delivered home-delivery parcels and are locked by electric locks, and mailboxes 1001 which store delivered mails, in dedicated units 1000 adjacent to each other, associated with specified addresses respectively. Besides the article storage boxes 1002 associated with the specified addresses, this article receiver is disposed with common article storage boxes (1100 and 1101) used in common among a plurality of addresses. The lateral side part of the public side of each dedicated unit 1000 is disposed with a common article delivery indicator 1008 and an individual article delivery indicator 1009 for indicating the article delivered state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an article receiving apparatus, and more particularly to an article receiving apparatus used for collecting and delivering parcels or mails arranged in an apartment house such as a condominium.

  In an apartment house such as an apartment, an article collection device called a so-called delivery box may be installed. The parcel delivery box can be locked to receive parcels delivered to a specific resident, or to collect parcels delivered by a specific resident, and can be unlocked with a physical key or key using an ID card This is an article storage device or a parcel collection storage device similar to a locker, which has a plurality of article storage boxes.

  The door of the goods storage box of such a delivery box opens to the outside (public side) of the apartment occupant space, which is often defined by auto-locking, and the door of the take-out box is the resident space. It is arranged inside (private side).

  Also, mail boxes are always placed in apartment houses, even if no delivery box is installed. In auto-locked condominiums, etc., collective mailboxes are used in which a large number of mailboxes are arranged for each occupant's living room, and the entrance is usually the residence of apartments defined by auto-lock. It opens to the outside of the occupant space, and the outlet is arranged inside the occupant space.

  Furthermore, due to the commonality of goods receipt, a configuration as shown in the following Patent Document 1 is already known as a configuration for arranging the above-mentioned delivery box together with a post box. Moreover, when arranging a delivery box together with a post box, a configuration is also known in which the recipient is identified and the delivery box and the post box are unlocked (for example, Patent Document 2 below).

JP 2004-248742 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 05-287943

  In the past, delivery boxes and postboxes functioned independently, even though they were installed as shared items at almost the same location, especially near the entrance of apartment buildings.

  In particular, a mailbox is prepared exclusively for each resident's house, and a room number, an individual name, etc. are provided on the mailbox so that the individual individual of the resident can be identified by printing, and the position is also determined.

  On the other hand, even if the delivery box includes a plurality of goods storage boxes, the size of the parcels of the delivery items varies, the number of courier services is small, and the space is effectively used for each resident. Often they are not allocated exclusively. In that case, for example, according to the size of the package and the availability of the shared box, the courier who delivers the delivery item selects and stores the article storage box that houses the delivery item each time, and then the resident has a dedicated ID. One of the article storage boxes is used in common, such as using a card or the like to deliver the corresponding delivery item.

  The installation form of using the delivery box in the shared box in this way is useful for efficient use of the space, but for the courier, the wrong delivery of the room number and other items such as the room number is wrongly entered. Therefore, a situation may arise in which the box door must be unlocked via an administrator or the like.

  In addition, the resident must move to the position of the post box and the delivery box when taking out the mail and the delivery, respectively, and is particularly burdensome for elderly people.

  Recently, a variety of services for home delivery have been developed, and the frequency of use has increased, and the size of books and other packages has been reduced. For this reason, rather than the benefits of sharing the goods storage box of the home delivery box The inconvenience caused by the shared usage form has become conspicuous.

  Therefore, it is conceivable to allocate the item storage box of the delivery box to each individual resident's house in the same way as the mailbox of the post box, in which case the post box of the post box and the item storage box of the delivery box are arranged adjacent to each other. Thus, it is considered that convenience at the time of delivery from both the mailbox and the article storage box can be improved. However, in this configuration, since the size of the article storage box that can be assigned to one resident's household cannot be increased so much, in addition to the article storage box assigned to each house for receiving a large delivery item, a relatively large article can be obtained. A containment box may also need to be placed.

  Furthermore, in the configuration in which a relatively large article storage box for receiving a large-sized delivery item is arranged in addition to the mailbox and the article storage box assigned to each resident, the resident-exclusive article storage is provided. It must be easy and smooth for residents to enter and exit the parcel using a box and a relatively large item storage box (possibly shared).

  The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and by assigning and placing the mailboxes of the mailboxes and the delivery boxes of the delivery boxes to each individual resident's doors, In addition, it is possible to improve the convenience of the resident, and to accommodate various sizes of deliveries using a resident-exclusive article storage box and a relatively large article storage box. It is to enable the person to perform easily and smoothly without being confused.

In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, in an article collection device used for collecting and delivering a delivered item or a postal item, an delivered item receiving box that accommodates the delivered delivered item and can be locked with an electric lock. And a mailbox that accommodates the postal items are associated with a specific destination and are arranged adjacent to each other within the housing of the exclusive unit, and on the delivery side of the postal items or parcels of the exclusive unit, A door that can be locked with an electric lock is provided so as to cover the article storage box and the mailbox, and the door is provided with an opening that exposes the mailing port of the mailbox, and further supports a specific destination. In addition to the article storage box attached, a shared article storage box that is shared and used by a plurality of destinations is disposed, and a state of arrival in the shared article storage box is determined. Shimesuru shared arrival indicator adopts the structure which is arranged in the vicinity of the door.

  According to the above configuration, the convenience of the delivery from both the mailbox and the article storage box can be improved by allocating the mailbox and the article storage box of the delivery box to each individual resident's house. Furthermore, by adopting a configuration in which a shared article storage box that is shared and used by a plurality of destinations is arranged separately from the article storage box that is associated with a specific destination, it can be used for various deliveries of various sizes. can do. In addition, since the shared arrival indicator for displaying the arrival state in the shared article storage box is arranged in the vicinity of the article storage box or the mailbox, the resident is positioned in the vicinity of the article storage box or the mailbox. , It is possible to know the state of arrival in the shared article storage box via the shared arrival indicator, and the delivery of the delivered item can be performed easily and smoothly without being confused.

It is the perspective view which showed the structure (public side) of the exclusive unit of the goods receipt apparatus which employ | adopted this invention. It is the perspective view which showed the structure (private side) of the exclusive unit of the goods receipt apparatus which employ | adopted this invention. It is the perspective view which showed the structure (public side) of the exclusive unit of the goods receipt apparatus which employ | adopted this invention in the state which opened the door. It is a side view of the exclusive unit of the goods receiving apparatus which employ | adopted this invention. It is the front view which showed the structure (public side) of the goods receipt apparatus which employ | adopted this invention. It is the rear view which showed the structure (private side) of the goods receipt apparatus which employ | adopted this invention. It is the block diagram which showed the control circuit of the goods receipt apparatus which employ | adopted this invention. It is the flowchart figure which showed the warehousing procedure of the goods receipt apparatus which employ | adopted this invention. It is the flowchart figure which showed the delivery procedure of the goods receipt apparatus which employ | adopted this invention.

  Hereinafter, as an example of the best mode for carrying out the present invention, an embodiment relating to an article receiving apparatus that can be installed in an apartment house such as a condominium having a delivery box and a post box will be described. In the following embodiment, the article storage box of the delivery box and the mailbox of the mail box are assigned exclusively to each resident's household, and in particular, the article storage box and the mailbox are assigned exclusively to one household (one resident). Placed adjacent to each other in a dedicated unit.

  1 to 6 show the configuration of an article receiving apparatus employing the present invention. FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 show the configurations of the public side (front side) and the private side (back side), respectively, of the article receiving apparatus 100 that can be installed in an apartment house such as a condominium having a delivery box and a post box. Here, the “public side” refers to a part of an apartment building that can be accessed by the delivery company outside the entrance of an apartment house such as a condominium to deliver mail and parcels. The private side (rear side) is inside the entrance of a housing complex such as a condominium and corresponds to the normal mail or home delivery side.

  The article storage box of the article collection apparatus 100 and the mailbox of the post box are assigned exclusively to each household of the resident, and in particular, the article storage box and the mailbox are adjacent to a dedicated unit 1000, 1000. Arranged.

  Further, in the article receiving apparatus 100 of this embodiment, in addition to the relatively small article storage box used exclusively in each household provided in the exclusive units 1000, 1000. .. Large shared article storage boxes 1101, 1101,.

  The exclusive unit 1000 and the shared article storage boxes 1100 and 1101 are configured using a metal plate or the like.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, in the article receiving apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, consoles 1200 and 1200 are provided on both the public side and the private side. The console 1200 has an operation display unit configured by using a liquid crystal display (LCD), a touch panel, and the like, and at least the private side console 1200 is presented for authentication when a resident leaves (or enters). An IC card reader is provided for reading an IC card (hereinafter also referred to as an IC key).

  Hereinafter, in the above-described article receiving apparatus 100 with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4, a configuration of the exclusive unit 1000 including an article storage box of a delivery box that is exclusively assigned to each household of a resident and a mailbox of a post box. This will be described in detail.

  1 and 3 show the public side (front side) of the exclusive unit 1000, FIG. 2 shows the private side (rear side) of the exclusive unit 1000, and FIG. 4 shows the side surface of the exclusive unit 1000, respectively.

  In the housing of the exclusive unit 1000, a mailbox 1001 and an article storage box 1002 are defined. These mailbox 1001 and the article storage box 1002, and therefore the exclusive unit 1000 is in a housing complex where the article receiving apparatus 100 is installed. Assigned exclusively to a specific resident.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the mailbox 1001 of the exclusive unit 1000 and the public side of the article storage box 1002 are covered with a door 1003 supported by hinges 1004 and 1004 so as to be opened and closed. The door 1003 also serves as the door 1003 of the article storage box 1002. The door 1003 is provided with an opening 1005a so that the posting port 1005 of the mailbox 1001 is exposed to the outside even when the door 1003 is closed as shown in FIG. For this reason, a mail delivery company can post a mail from the posting port 1005 without opening the door 1003.

  On the surface of the door 1003, the room number or name of the resident to whom the exclusive unit 1000 is assigned can be written, or a name tag for that purpose can be attached. Furthermore, in this embodiment, an indicator 1006 such as a rectangular line drawing is attached by a method such as printing. The frame line of the indicator 1006 is attached to display the internal dimensions of the article storage box 1002, so that the delivery company can know the internal dimensions of the article storage box 1002 without opening the door 1003. That is, the indicator 1006 is provided as an index for determining whether or not a delivery item can be stored in the article storage box 1002.

  Here, the door 1003 may be provided so as to cover, for example, the lower half of the public side so as to open and close only the part of the article storage box 1002, but in that case, the arrangement interval of the hinges 1004 and 1004 is narrower. Problem arises. If the door 1003 is provided so as to cover the entire mailbox 1001 and the article storage box 1002 arranged up and down as in the illustrated example and supported by the hinges 1004 and 1004, the interval between the hinges 1004 and 1004 is increased. Thus, there is an advantage that the durability of the hinges 1004 and 1004 can be further improved. In the present embodiment, the private side door 1013 (described later) is also provided so as to cover the mailbox 1001 and the entire article storage box 1002, and thus has the same advantages.

  The door 1003 is unlocked or locked by an electric lock 1007 (FIGS. 3 and 4). The electric lock 1007 locks / unlocks the door 1003 by locking / unlocking the latch 1007a of the door 1003 by driving means such as a solenoid (not shown). The electric lock 1007 is controlled by a control circuit (FIG. 7) to be described later according to the operation of the delivery company.

  A shared arrival indicator 1008 and an individual arrival indicator 1009 are arranged in the vicinity of the article storage box 1002 or the mailbox 1001 of the exclusive unit 1000, particularly on the public side. The shared arrival indicator 1008 and the individual arrival indicator 1009 are composed of display elements such as LEDs (or other display elements such as an LCD may be used if the arrangement space is possible). A plurality of display states can be taken by blinking or their display colors, whereby the arrival states of the shared article storage boxes 1100 and 1101 and the article storage box 1002 of the dedicated unit 1000 can be displayed.

  The display state of the individual arrival indicator 1009 is controlled by a control circuit (FIG. 7) described later according to the detection state of the luggage sensor 1010 (FIG. 3) disposed on the bottom surface of the article storage box 1002 of the exclusive unit 1000. The shared article storage boxes 1100 and 1101 are also provided with the same luggage sensor (2104: FIG. 7). These baggage sensors use an optical sensor or the like to detect whether or not a delivery item is housed inside the article storage box 1002 or the shared article storage boxes 1100 and 1101.

  The shared arrival indicator 1008 and the individual arrival indicator 1009 are arranged on the public side of the exclusive unit 1000 because the resident who passes through the public side mainly knows the arrival state of his / her postal items and parcels. However, if it is not preferable in terms of security, it is not necessary to provide these indicators on the public side of the exclusive unit 1000 (in the following control, the public side and as described later) An example in which both the shared arrival indicators 1008 and 1011 and the individual arrival indicators 1009 and 1012 provided in the vicinity of the article storage box 1002 or the mailbox 1001 are also used on the private side).

  As shown in FIG. 2, a door 1013 supported by a hinge 1014 so as to be opened and closed is provided on the private side of the exclusive unit 1000. The resident can unlock the private door 1013 through an authentication operation described later, and can take out the internal postal items or articles delivered from the mailbox 1001 and the article storage box 1002. The door 1013 is unlocked or locked by an electric lock 1014 (FIGS. 3 and 4). The electric lock 1014 locks / unlocks the door 1013 by locking / unlocking the latch of the door 1013 by a driving unit such as a solenoid (not shown).

  Further, a shared arrival indicator 1011 and an individual arrival indicator 1012 are arranged on the private side of the exclusive unit 1000. The structures and functions of these indicators are the same as those of the public arrival indicator 1008 and the individual arrival indicator 1009 on the public side. For the above security reasons, the exclusive unit 1000 can be provided with only the shared arrival indicator 1011 on the private side and the individual arrival indicator 1012.

  FIG. 4 shows the internal structure of the exclusive unit 1000 from the side surface direction of the exclusive unit 1000, particularly the positional relationship between the positions of the electric locks 1007 and 1014 and the doors 1003 and 1013. The mailbox 1001 and the article storage box 1002 are partitioned by a partition plate 1001 a that forms the bottom surface of the mailbox 1001 and the ceiling surface of the article storage box 1002, and the postal matter thrown from the posting port 1005 is the article storage box 1002. In particular, when accessing from the public side, the inside of the mailbox 1001 cannot be accessed from the article storage box 1002 side even if the door 1003 is opened. On the other hand, in the case of access from the private side, if the resident can open the door 1013, the resident can access both the mailbox 1001 and the article storage box 1002, and can receive either mail or delivery. Can be issued.

  The position (height) of the partition plate 1001a inside the exclusive unit 1000 may be fixed, but it may be structured to be attached at an arbitrary height inside the exclusive unit 1000. For example, as means for changing the height of the partition plate 1001a, engaging means such as hooks (not shown) are provided at different left and right heights of the internal side wall of the exclusive unit 1000, while the partition plate 1001a has these heights. By providing a claw that engages with any one of the hooks, the height of the partition plate 1001a can be adjusted. With such a configuration, for example, the resident can usually adjust the height of the partition plate 1001a in the exclusive unit 1000 according to the size (height) of the postal matter or delivery to be received, and the expected postal matter The resident (or manager) can change the height (or volume) of the mailbox 1001 and the article storage box 1002 in accordance with the delivery status of the delivery item.

  The shared article storage boxes 1100 and 1101 have the same configuration as the above-described article storage box 1002 portion. That is, the doors on the public side and private side that are the same as the doors 1003 and 1013, the electric locks that are the same as the electric locks 1007 and 1014 that lock / unlock these doors (2103: FIG. 7), and the luggage that is the same as the baggage sensor 1010 Sensor (2104: FIG. 7).

  FIG. 7 shows the configuration of the control circuit of the article receiving apparatus 100 shown in FIGS. In FIG. 7, the same reference numerals are used for the constituent members described above, and the functions of the respective members will not be described again unless necessary.

  The main part of the control circuit of the article receiving apparatus 100 is a CPU 2001 composed of a microprocessor, a ROM 2002 storing its control program and control constants, a RAM 2003 for storing a work area and a table storing various control data, and a network. The interface includes external interfaces 2004 and 2005 each composed of an interface circuit matched to an input / output interface system with an interface and an I / O port and other components of the article receiving apparatus 100 to be connected.

  The CPU 2001 controls the operation of the entire apparatus including locking / unlocking of each part in accordance with a control program stored in the ROM 2002.

  The external interface 2004 includes electric locks 1007 and 1014, a luggage sensor 1010, and a shared arrival indicator 1011 of the exclusive unit 1000 described above (assuming that N of # 1 to #N are provided in the article collection apparatus 100). 1008 and individual arrival indicators 1012, 1009 are connected.

  The external interface 2005 includes a user interface circuit 2101 of a console 1200 including a liquid crystal display, a touch panel, an IC card reader, and the like, and a stamp device for issuing a receipt (receipt) of a delivered item to a delivery company. (Or printer) 2102, electric lock 2103 of shared article storage box 1100, 1101, and luggage sensor 2104 are connected.

  In addition to the external interfaces 2004 and 2005 described above, another external interface is provided such as a condominium auto-lock system, an interphone in each resident's room, or a network interface for communicating with a management center via a network. It may be done. If such an external interface is provided, for example, the display status of the shared arrival indicators 1011 and 1008 or the individual arrival indicators 1012 and 1009 is transmitted to the intercom and management center of each resident's room, and there is the same arrival indication. Can also be performed.

  The CPU 2001 controls the electric locks 1007 and 2103 according to the warehousing operation (FIG. 8) of the courier and the occupant operation (FIG. 9) performed via the console 1200 on the public side and the private side. Controlling locking / unlocking (opening / closing) of the doors 1003 and 1013 of the exclusive unit 1000 and locking / unlocking (opening / closing) of the doors of the shared article storage boxes 1100 and 1101 are controlled.

  Regarding the exit operation (FIG. 9), the resident performs an authentication operation for presenting an IC key (IC card) in which a room number and ID information are stored in advance to a card reader of the console 1200. An IC key (IC card) is distributed to residents in advance, and authentication information for collation with the ID information is stored in ROM 2002 or RAM 2003 (when stored in RAM 2003, the main power supply is shut off, etc.) The corresponding area of the RAM 2003 is backed up by a battery or the like so that it can also be supported.)

  In addition, for the authentication at the time of delivery, in addition to using an IC key (IC card), a key unit that records other appropriate ID information such as a magnetic card may be used.

  Next, the entering and leaving operations in the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure for warehousing postal items or parcels delivered by the article receiving apparatus 100, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure for delivering postal items or parcels delivered by the article receiving apparatus 100. Of the control procedures in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the part executed by the article receiving apparatus 100 is stored in the ROM 2002 as a control program of the CPU 2001.

  First, with reference to FIG. 8, a description will be given of the control at the time of entering the parcel delivery to the article storage box 1002 or the shared article storage box 1100 to 1101 of the exclusive unit 1000 of the article receiving apparatus 100. Note that postal items (or deliverables such as newspapers and leaflets) can be posted freely from the posting port 1005 to the mailbox 1001 as described above.

  In the procedure of FIG. 8, a delivery company (delivery company) such as a delivery item operates the article receiving apparatus 100 using the public side console 1200 (FIG. 5). At this time, in this embodiment, a “delivery” button, a “room number” button, or a button such as a numeric keypad is displayed using the liquid crystal display of the console 1200 (FIG. 5), and the touch panel of the console 1200 is used. Let the courier service operate these. Of course, such an operation method and operation form are merely examples, and a dedicated switch or button is provided on the console 1200 to operate them, or a voice recognition means is provided on the console 1200 so that the operator's voice can be used. It goes without saying that an operation equivalent to the above is possible even in a configuration in which an instruction (operation) is read.

  In step S101 of FIG. 8, the courier operates the “Delivery” button, and further designates the room number of the resident of the delivery destination of the delivery using the “room number” button and a numeric keypad. Here, the delivery company may be able to directly specify the shared article storage boxes 1100 and 1101 using a numeric keypad, etc., and if this operation is performed, the process proceeds directly to step S105 without following step S103. That's fine.

  In step S103, the CPU 2001 uses the luggage sensor 1010 to detect whether an individual (exclusive unit 1000) article storage box 1002 is empty. This is to prevent the article storage box 1002 from being unlocked when the article is already stored in the article storage box 1002. In the present embodiment, when the article is already stored in the article storage box 1002 in order to perform this control, it is possible to protect a third party (for example, a delivery company) from accessing the article storage box 1002.

  If the article is not stored in the individual (exclusive unit 1000) article storage box 1002 in step S103, whether or not the delivery item can be stored in the individual (exclusive unit 1000) article storage box 1002 in step S104. Is determined. The main subject of this determination is, for example, a courier, and when it is determined that the delivered item cannot be stored in the corresponding article storage box 1002, the courier operates a specific button on the console 1200 on the public side. When an operation is detected, the process proceeds to step S105. Note that the display of the indicator 1006 provided on the door 1003 described above can be used to cause the delivery company to determine whether or not the article can be stored in the article storage box 1002. At this stage, the electric lock 1007 of the corresponding article storage box 1002 may be unlocked (at this time, it is convenient to open the door 1003 by a so-called pop-up unlocking method). Also by this method, the delivery company can try to store in the article storage box 1002.

  If the delivery can be stored in the individual article storage box 1002, the electric lock 1007 of the corresponding article storage box 1002 is opened at an appropriate timing up to step S106, and the delivery company sets the corresponding article storage box. The delivery is received at 1002.

  In step S108, the individual arrival indicators 1009 and 1012 provided in the private unit 1000 of the resident who is designated as the room number in step S102 are turned on. At this time, the individual arrival indicators 1009 and 1012 are lit on the condition that the delivery item is actually received by the baggage sensor 1010, thereby confirming that the delivery item has been received and confirming the receipt described later. (Receipt) can be issued, and delivery of goods can be surely performed. The resident of the destination can easily determine whether or not there is an arrival in the article storage box 1002 of his / her own unit 1000 from either the public side or the private side by visually checking the individual arrival indicators 1009 and 1012. Can be identified.

  It is assumed that the article storage box 1002 after the delivery is received is locked by, for example, closing the door 1003 and engaging the latch 1007a with the electric lock 1007.

  On the other hand, if the individual article storage box 1002 is not empty or the delivery item is large and cannot be stored, in step S105, the CPU 2001 determines whether the shared article storage box 1100, 1101 is empty via the package sensor 2104. To detect. If the shared article storage boxes 1100 and 1101 are not vacant (for example, articles are stored in all boxes), the courier will post an absence slip to the corresponding mailbox 1001 in step S111. The warehousing process ends.

  When the shared article storage box 1100 or 1101 has a vacancy, the delivery company stores the delivery in the corresponding shared article storage box 1100 or 1101. Normally, in the case of a shared article storage box, a box without warehousing is always unlocked. However, if a box without warehousing is also locked for security reasons, an appropriate process up to step S107 is performed. The electric lock 2103 of the shared article storage box 1100 or 1101 is unlocked at the timing.

  The shared article storage box 1100 or 1101 after the delivery is received in the shared article storage box 1100 or 1101 is locked, for example, by the delivery company closing the door of the shared article storage box, and the latch and electric lock of the box. It shall be performed by engaging.

  In step S109, the shared arrival indicators 1008 and 1011 provided in the exclusive unit 1000 of the resident of the delivery destination designated by the room number in step S102 are turned on. At this time, the shared arrival indicators 1008 and 1011 are turned on on the condition that the delivery item is actually received by the shared item storage box 1100 or the package sensor 2104 of the 1101 so that the delivery item is reliably received. After confirming this, a later-described receipt (receipt) can be issued, and delivery can be surely performed.

  What is important here is that, in this embodiment, the shared arrival indicators 1008 and 1011 provided in the exclusive unit 1000 of the resident of the delivery destination designated by the room number in step S102 are turned on. As a result, the resident of the delivery destination can visually check the shared arrival indicators 1008 and 1011 in the exclusive unit 1000 including the mailbox 1001 that will be checked relatively frequently. It is also possible to easily identify whether or not a delivery addressed to himself / herself has arrived in the shared article storage box 1100 or 1101.

  After step S108 and S109, in step S110, the stamp (210) is used to print a receipt (receipt) on which the time and the box number of the warehousing destination are printed, and the warehousing process is terminated.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 9, a description will be given of the control when the delivery items from the article storage box 1002 or the shared article storage boxes 1100 to 1101 of the exclusive unit 1000 of the article receiving apparatus 100 are delivered.

  When the resident confirms that the individual arrival indicator 1012 (or 1009) is turned on in step S201 in FIG. 9, his / her IC key (IC card) is presented to the card reader of the console 1200 (private side) in step S202.

  In response to this, the CPU 2001 unlocks the door 1013 via the electric lock 1014 of the article storage box 1002 of the exclusive unit 1000. As a result, the resident can take out the deliveries that have arrived in the article storage box 1002 of his / her own exclusive unit 1000. Although an example using the private side console 1200 (FIG. 6) is shown here, the public side console 1200 may be used for this operation, and in this case, according to the presentation of the IC key (IC card) The door to be unlocked may be the public door 1003.

  In step S203, when the resident confirms that the shared arrival indicator 1012 (or 1009) is turned on, the IC card (IC card) is presented to the card reader of the console 1200 (private side) in step S204.

  In response to this, the CPU 2001 unlocks the electric lock (2103: FIG. 7) of the shared article storage box 1100 to 1101 in which the delivery addressed to the resident identified by the IC key (IC card) has arrived. The door of the corresponding shared article storage box 1100 to 1101 is unlocked. As a result, the resident can take out the deliveries that have arrived in the shared article storage boxes 1100 to 1101. Here, the example using the console 1200 on the private side (FIG. 6) is shown, but the console 1200 on the public side may be used for this operation. In this case, the console 1200 is opened in response to the presentation of the IC key (IC card). The door to be locked may be the public door 1003.

  In addition, the postal items posted on the mailbox 1001 are taken out by presenting an IC key (IC card) on the console 1200 on the private side (FIG. 6) and the CPU 2001 opens the private side door 1013 accordingly. Can do.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the mailbox 1001 and the article storage box 1002 of the parcel delivery box are allocated to each resident's house and arranged so that the goods can be delivered from both the mailbox 1001 and the article storage box 1002. Convenience can be improved. In particular, since the mailbox 1001 and the article storage box 1002 are arranged adjacent to each other as the exclusive unit 1000, for example, from the private side, an authentication operation in which only one operation is required to present one door 1013 with an IC card (IC key). It can be opened easily, mails and parcels can be taken out very easily by a single shipping operation, and the burden on the elderly is small, which can greatly contribute to the convenience of the residents.

  In addition, since the dedicated article storage box 1002 is assigned to each resident, it is possible to avoid a warehousing error caused by the delivery agent making a wrong room number, and to deliver the delivery to the destination with certainty. . In addition, since a dedicated article storage box 1002 can be assigned to each resident, for example, the added value of an apartment house such as a condominium where the article receiving apparatus 100 is installed can be greatly improved.

  Further, according to this embodiment, in addition to the resident-exclusive article storage box 1002, the medium-sized and large-sized shared article storage boxes 1100 and 1101 are arranged. Delivery is possible using these shared article storage boxes 1100 and 1101.

  Furthermore, since the dedicated unit 1000 assigned to each resident is provided with the shared arrival indicators 1008 and 1011 and the individual arrival indicators 1009 and 1012, the arrival to the individual article storage box 1002 is indicated by the individual arrival indicator. 1009 and 1012 can be easily confirmed from both the public side and the private side, as well as the shared arrival indicators 1008 and 1011 indicating the arrival in the shared article storage boxes 1100 and 1101 at a position different from the exclusive unit 1000. It can be easily confirmed from both the public side and the private side, and the warehousing and delivery of the delivered goods can be carried out easily and smoothly without being confused by the residents.

  In addition, as shown in FIGS. 1-4, the mailbox 1001 and the article storage box 1002 of a delivery box can be arrange | positioned in the housing | casing of the one exclusive unit 1000 adjacently, so that it may each allocate to a resident. Thus, by arranging the mailbox 1001 and the article storage box 1002 in the exclusive unit 1000, the space required for each resident's household can be reduced (the mailbox 1001 and the article storage box 1002 are dedicated units). For example, it can be defined simply by providing a partition plate 1001a in 1000). Therefore, it is possible to efficiently allocate the space required for each resident's household in the arrangement space of the article receiving apparatus 100, and as a result, it is possible to effectively use the space of an apartment house such as an apartment. In addition, if the exclusive unit 1000 is configured in this way, the article receiving apparatus 100 can be easily configured by arranging the exclusive units 1000, and wiring is performed in units of residents who allocate the exclusive unit 1000 by unitization. The article receiving apparatus 100 can be simply configured, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  The present invention can be widely implemented in an article collection device used for collecting and delivering parcels or mails arranged in an apartment house such as an apartment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Goods collection apparatus 1000 Exclusive unit 1001 Mailbox 1002 Goods storage box 1003, 1013 Door 1005 Loading port 1008, 1011 Shared arrival indicator 1009, 1012 Individual arrival indicator 1010 Luggage sensor 1100 Shared goods storage box 1101 Shared goods storage box 1200 Console 2001 CPU
2002 ROM
2003 RAM
2004, 2005 External interface 2101 User interface circuit 2102 Stamp device (printer)
2103 Electric lock 2104 Luggage sensor

Claims (5)

In the goods collection device used for collecting and delivering parcels or mail,
An article storage box that accommodates delivered parcels and can be locked with an electric lock, and a mailbox that accommodates delivered mail are both associated with a specific destination and are adjacent to each other in the case of a single unit As well as
A door that can be locked with an electric lock is provided on the delivery side of the postal item or parcel delivery of the exclusive unit so as to cover the part of the article storage box and the postbox, and the door of the postbox is provided on the door. An opening to be exposed is provided,
Furthermore, apart from the article storage box associated with a specific destination, a shared article storage box that is shared and used by a plurality of destinations is arranged,
And the goods receipt apparatus characterized by the fact that the common arrival indicator which displays the arrival state to the said common goods storage box is arrange | positioned in the vicinity of the said door .   2. The article receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an individual arrival indicator for displaying a state of arrival in the article storage box is disposed in the vicinity of the article storage box or a mailbox.   2. The article collection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shared article storage box is used to store the delivery item when the delivery item cannot be stored in the article storage box.   The luggage state sensor which detects the arrival state to the shared article storage box is provided, and the display state of the shared arrival indicator is determined according to the detection state of the luggage sensor. Goods collection device.   The article according to claim 2, further comprising a luggage sensor that detects a arrival state of the article storage box, and a display state of the individual arrival indicator is determined according to a detection state of the luggage sensor. Receiving device.

Images