JP6719997B2 - Storage boxes, emission control programs, and delivery systems - Google Patents

Description

One aspect of the present invention relates to a storage box for storing ordered products, an emission control program, and a delivery system.

2. Description of the Related Art A mechanism for ordering products via a network has been conventionally known. For example, Patent Document 1 describes an order information processing system that can reliably provide a product even if the user does not have the product desired by the vending machine that sells the beverage product.

JP, 2002-109625, A

When a user orders a plurality of products in a lump, naturally, the plurality of products are delivered to the user at one time. However, when a large number of products are ordered, it may be difficult for the user to store those products at home. Therefore, there is a demand for a mechanism that delivers ordered products to the user regardless of the restrictions on the storage location on the user side.

A storage box according to one aspect of the present invention is a storage area for storing an order set of a first user, which is a set of M products, in a state in which each product can be separately discharged, where M Is a number of 2 or more, the storage area, the takeout opening for the merchandise, the ejection mechanism for moving the merchandise from the storage area to the takeout opening, and the first user's instruction to take out the N merchandise corresponding to the order set. A receiving unit for receiving, where N is a number smaller than M, and the receiving control unit and a discharge control unit for controlling the discharging mechanism so as to transfer N products of the ordered set from the storage area to the outlet. With.

An emission control program according to an aspect of the present invention is an emission control program for causing a computer in a storage box to execute an emission method, wherein the storage box stores a user's order set, which is a set of M products, into individual products. Is a storage area in which each of the storage areas can be separately discharged, where M is a number of 2 or more, the storage area, a product outlet, and a discharge mechanism for transferring the product from the storage area to the outlet. And a receiving method for receiving an instruction to take out N products corresponding to an order set by a user, wherein N is a number smaller than M, and the order set. A discharge control step of controlling the discharge mechanism so as to transfer N products from the storage area to the outlet.

A delivery system according to one aspect of the present invention is a server that receives an order set indicating a set of M products input by a user, where M is a number of 2 or more, and the server. And a storage box for storing the order set delivered in accordance with the instruction from the storage box, the storage box is a storage area for storing the order set in a state in which individual products can be separately discharged, where: M is a number of 2 or more, and the storage area, the takeout opening for the merchandise, the ejection mechanism for moving the merchandise from the storage area to the takeout opening, and the user's instruction to take out the N merchandise corresponding to the order set are accepted. A reception unit, where N is a number smaller than M, and a discharge control unit that controls the discharge mechanism so as to transfer N products of the ordered set from the storage area to the outlet. Equipped with.

In such an aspect, a plurality of commodities (order set) ordered collectively are stored in the storage box in a state where they can be discharged separately. This storage box accepts a request for taking out a smaller number of products than the ordered number, and moves only the instructed number of products to the take-out port. Therefore, each time, the user can retrieve the required number of products without being constrained by the restriction of the storage location of the user.

According to one aspect of the present invention, an ordered product can be delivered to the user regardless of the restrictions on the storage location on the user side.

It is a figure which shows an example of application of the delivery system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the delivery system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of order data. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the computer used with the delivery system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the delivery system which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation|movement of the delivery system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the discharge control program which concerns on embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of the drawings, the same or equivalent elements will be denoted by the same reference symbols, without redundant description.

The functions and configuration of the delivery system 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. The delivery system 1 is a computer system for delivering a product ordered by a user on an EC (electronic commerce) site to the user. The “commodity” is any tangible material that can be traded, and the kind thereof is not limited at all. In the present embodiment, the product is a beverage contained in a container such as a can, a bottle, and a plastic bottle. A feature of the delivery system 1 is that the user does not receive the ordered product directly from the delivery company, but receives the ordered product via a storage box 70 installed at a predetermined place. The delivery system 1 is one mode of using the storage box.

FIG. 1 shows an example in which a storage box 70 is installed in a common area of each apartment house. The user U can use only the storage box 70 of the housing complex in which he/she lives. The user U accesses the EC site through his/her own terminal (user terminal) 10 or the storage box 70 to order the product (step S1). In the present embodiment, the user U orders a set 90 of a plurality of products 91 (for example, 1 dozen canned beer, 6 sets of canned juice, etc.). In this specification, a set of a plurality of ordered products is also referred to as an “order set”. The order is sent to the seller (step S2), and the delivery company delivers the order set 90 from the seller to the housing complex in which the user U lives (step S3). When arriving at the apartment, the delivery company places the order set 90 in the storage box 70. At this time, the delivery company puts each of the plurality of products 91 constituting the order set 90 into the storage box 70 one by one (step S4). For example, if one dozen canned beers were originally provided by the seller in a single box, the carrier would not put the boxes in the storage box 70, but rather in individual boxes of canned beer. It is taken out from and put in the storage box 70.

The user U can take out the required number of products 91 from the storage box 70 when needed (step S5). For example, when ordering a dozen canned beers, the user U takes out only one canned beer from the storage box 70, only two canned beers, or only eleven canned beers. You can Of course, the user U may take out all the ordered products from the storage box 70 at one time. However, one of the features of the delivery system 1 is that the number of products less than the number of orders can be taken out from the storage box 70, and thus this feature will be described in detail below. In one aspect of this embodiment, the product ordered by a certain user U (first user) can be taken out by another user U (second user) who lives in the same housing complex. In another aspect, the product ordered by one user U (first user) living in one condominium may be able to be taken out by another user U (second user) residing in another condominium.

As shown in FIG. 2, the delivery system 1 includes a user terminal 10, an EC server 20, a database 30, a settlement server 40, a delivery server 50, a courier terminal 60, and a storage box 70. Each device in the delivery system 1 can perform data communication with other devices via the communication network 80 such as the Internet or LAN.

The user terminal 10 is a computer used by a user. The specific type of the user terminal 10 is not limited. For example, the user terminal 10 may be a mobile terminal such as a tablet terminal or a high-performance mobile phone (smartphone), or a stationary or portable personal computer.

The EC server 20 is a computer that executes processing related to the EC site. For example, the EC server 20 transmits a web page (for example, a search result page, a product page, etc.) of an EC site to the user terminal 10 or confirms an order for a product in response to a request from the user terminal 10. .. In order to process the order, the EC server 20 registers or updates data in the database 30 and executes necessary data communication with the payment server 40 or the delivery server 50.

Various data such as user data, product data, order data, delivery data, and payment data are available as data necessary for processing on the EC site. Particularly in the present embodiment, order data indicating a user's order will be described.

FIG. 3 shows an example of order data. In this embodiment, each record of the order data includes an order ID, an orderer ID, a product ID, the number of orders, a payment type, a recipient ID, and the number of receipts. The order ID is an identifier for uniquely identifying each order. The orderer ID is an identifier (user ID of the orderer) that uniquely identifies the user who ordered the product. The product ID is an identifier that uniquely identifies the ordered product, and the number of orders is the number of products that make up the order set. The payment type indicates the time of payment for the order. “Done” means that the payment is made when the user places an order from the user terminal 10 or the storage box 70, and “at a later date” means that the payment is made each time the user receives the product from the storage box 70. The payee ID is an identifier (user ID of the payee) that uniquely identifies the user who has taken out the product from the storage box 70, and the number of received products is the number of the taken out products. When no one item is taken out from one order set stored in the storage box 70, the recipient ID and the number of received items are set to null values (NULL). In FIG. 3, the null value is represented by a hyphen.

FIG. 3 shows, for example, that six of the twelve products (beverage P) ordered by user A have been received and that user B has not received any ordered product (beer Q). Moreover, FIG. 3 shows that the ordered product (beverage S) of the user D is taken out not only by the user D but also by another user (user E).

The configuration of the order data is not limited to that shown in FIG. 3, and may be designed in any way as long as the delivery system 1 can be realized.

The payment server 40 is a computer that executes processing relating to payment of ordered products. In this embodiment, the timing of payment is not limited. For example, payment may be made when the user confirms the order on the EC site, or payment may be made when the user takes out the product from the storage box 70.

The delivery server 50 is a computer that executes processing related to delivery of an order set. The deliveryman terminal 60 is a mobile terminal that a deliveryman has to carry products and put them in the storage box 70. For example, the delivery server 50 manages the delivery status of products. When the deliveryman puts the order set in the storage box 70, the deliveryman operates the deliveryman terminal 60 to register the completion of delivery. The deliveryman terminal 60 transmits a delivery completion notice to the delivery server 50 according to the operation, and the delivery server 50 manages the delivery status based on the notice. The delivery server 50 also sends a delivery completion notification to the EC server 20. The delivery completion notification includes at least the order ID.

The storage box 70 is a device for temporarily storing the delivered ordered product. As shown in FIG. 5, the storage box 70 includes a storage area 71 for storing products and a product outlet 72. The storage area 71 and the outlet 72 are mechanical structures. The storage area 71 is a mechanical structure that stores an order set in a state where individual products can be discharged separately. The storage area 71 includes a temperature adjusting mechanism (for example, at least one of a cooling unit for cooling the product and a heating unit for warming the product) for maintaining the quality or freshness of the stored product. May be. The “state in which individual products can be separately discharged” means a state in which at least one product in the order set can be discharged. The "state in which individual products can be discharged separately" does not mean that the ordered set is discharged as it is. Here, it is not essential to discharge the products one by one to the outlet 72. For example, moving two to nine products out of the product set consisting of ten products to the outlet 72 at one time is also included in the concept of "discharging each product separately".

The storage box 70 further includes a discharge mechanism 73 for transferring the product from the storage area 71 to the outlet 72 according to user input. The discharging mechanism 73 includes a mechanical structure (for example, an arm or a conveyor for transferring goods) controlled by a computer mounted on the storage box 70.

As a mechanism of the storage box 70 for taking out a smaller number of products than the ordered number, there is a structure similar to a conventional vending machine. In this example, the storage area 71 includes a plurality of racks. Each rack contains a plurality of products that make up one order set. At this time, the individual products are stored in the rack in the form of being separated from each other. When a certain order set is put into a specific one rack, data indicating the correspondence between the order ID of the order set and the rack number is stored in a memory (for example, an auxiliary device described later) by the operation of the delivery staff. It is stored in the storage device 107). The ejection mechanism 73 takes out a product from the rack corresponding to the specified ordered product and carries the product to the takeout opening 72 under the control of the computer incorporated in the storage box 70. Of course, the specific mechanism of the storage box 70 is not limited to this.

FIG. 4 shows a general hardware configuration of the computer 100 that functions as the computer of the various servers, terminals, or the storage box 70 described above. The computer 100 includes one or more CPUs 101, RAM 102 and ROM 103 that are main storage devices, an input device 104 such as a keyboard and a touch panel, an output device 105 such as a display and a touch panel, a communication module 106 such as a network card, and the like. An auxiliary storage device 107 such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory is provided. Each functional element in the delivery system 1 causes the CPU 101 or the RAM 102 to read predetermined computer software, the CPU 101 operates the input device 104, the output device 105, and the communication module 106, and the data in the RAM 102 and the auxiliary storage device 107. It is realized by reading and writing.

FIG. 5 shows the functional configuration of the delivery system 1, particularly the EC server 20 and the storage box 70.

The EC server 20 includes an order processing unit 21 and a situation management unit 22.

The order processing unit 21 is a functional element that processes an order (order set) input by the user via the EC site. The order processing unit 21 transmits various web pages of the EC site to the user terminal 10 or the storage box 70 in response to a request from the user terminal 10 or the storage box 70. When the order confirmation request is received from the user terminal 10 or the storage box 70, the order processing unit 21 assigns a new order ID, and the order including the order ID, the orderer ID, the product ID, the number of orders, and the settlement type. Data is generated and the order data is stored in the database 30. At this point, the recipient ID and the number of receipts of the order data are null values (NULL). The order processing unit 21 transmits data indicating the confirmed order to the delivery server 50, and the delivery server 50 starts managing the delivery status of the ordered products in response to this transmission. When the user makes a payment when the order is confirmed on the EC site, the EC server 20 executes the payment by communicating data with the payment server 40. Further, the order processing unit 21 transmits an order set delivery instruction to a predetermined server (for example, a server of a seller), and the order set is delivered to the storage box 70 corresponding to the orderer according to the delivery instruction. ..

The status management unit 22 is a functional element that manages the status of ordered products.

The status management unit 22 notifies the orderer of the completion of delivery. Specifically, when the status management unit 22 receives the delivery completion notification from the delivery server 50, the status management unit 22 identifies the orderer ID from the order ID included in the notification. Then, the status management unit 22 sends an electronic mail indicating the completion of delivery to the mail address corresponding to the orderer ID. For example, the status management unit 22 refers to user data (which includes a user ID and a mail address) in the database 30 and order data, and specifies the mail address from the order ID.

The status management unit 22 also updates the recipient ID and the number of receipts of the order data. When the status management unit 22 receives a receipt notification described later from the storage box 70, the status management unit 22 updates the corresponding order data in the database 30 according to the order ID, the user ID (recipient ID), and the number of receipts indicated by the receipt notification. To do. For example, assume that the database 30 is in the state shown in FIG. Under this assumption, when the receipt notification includes the order ID “134234”, the user ID “user B”, and the number of receipts “2”, the status management unit 22 determines the recipient ID of the record corresponding to the order ID. "User B" and "2" are written in and the received number, respectively. In another example, when the receipt notice includes the order ID “1799012”, the user ID “user D”, and the number of receipts “1”, the status management unit 22 sets the order ID and the user ID (recipient ID) to the order ID. Update the number of received corresponding records to "6".

Next, the storage box 70 will be described. In the present embodiment, an ordering unit 74, a receiving unit 75, a settlement unit 76, and an emission control unit 77 will be described as functional elements executed by a computer installed in the storage box 70.

The ordering unit 74 is a functional element that displays an EC site and receives a user input to the EC site. For example, the ordering unit 74 accesses the EC server 20 and displays the web page of the EC site on the screen (for example, the touch panel of the storage box 70). The ordering unit 74 is the same as the user terminal 10 in that the product is ordered through the EC site. When the user orders a product on the web page, the ordering unit 74 sends information about the order to the EC server 20. In the EC server 20, the order processing unit 21 processes the order.

The receiving unit 75 is a functional element that receives a user's instruction to take out a product. The take-out instruction is an instruction input by the user via the screen of the storage box 70, and includes at least the order ID, the user ID indicating the operating user, and the number of items to be received (the number of items received). The number of receipts (N) accepted by the acceptance unit 75 is smaller than the original number (M) of products that make up the order set. That is, the number of items received (N) is smaller than the number of items ordered (M). The receiving unit 75 outputs the take-out instruction to the settlement unit 76. Note that, as described above, the user may take out all of the ordered products from the storage box 70 at one time, and in this case, the receiving unit 75 receives the value M as the received number.

The accepting unit 75 has a user authentication function, and may accept only a take-out instruction from a user who has determined that the authentication should be given. The specific method of user authentication is not limited, and for example, fingerprint authentication, face authentication, or authentication using a key of an apartment house may be used. In any case, the accepting unit 75 uses the data (e.g., fingerprint image, face image, key ID) input by the user operation and user data (e.g., fingerprint) registered in advance in a predetermined database (not shown). Image, face image, key ID). If the two match, the accepting unit 75 authenticates the user, accepts the take-out instruction, and outputs it to the settlement unit 76.

The storage box 70 can be used by multiple users. In this case, the storage box 70 may be configured so that the product ordered by one user (first user) can be taken out by another user (second user). The acceptance unit 75 determines whether or not the user who inputs the take-out instruction is a person who can use the storage box 70 by user authentication, and only when the user is authenticated, the take-out instruction is settled by the settlement unit. Output to 76. For example, the reception unit 75 gives authentication to the second user only when the first user has previously performed registration on the storage box 70 or the delivery system 1 indicating that the first user permits the product to be taken out by another person. May be. By setting the first user's prior approval as the condition for the second user to take out, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the first user cannot receive his or her ordered product.

The payment unit 76 is a functional element that executes payment corresponding to the number of receipts indicated by the take-out instruction. The settlement unit 76 refers to the database 30 and identifies the settlement type corresponding to the order ID. If the payment type is “completed”, the payment unit 76 determines that payment in the storage box 70 is unnecessary and outputs a take-out instruction to the emission control unit 77. On the other hand, if the payment type is “later”, the payment unit 76 determines that payment in the storage box 70 is necessary, and executes payment only for the number of products indicated by the take-out instruction. This is a settlement executed in response to the acceptance unit 75 accepting the takeout instruction. For example, if the purchase cost for an order set consisting of 6 items is 900 yen and the number of items received is 2, the settlement amount is 300 yen. The user performs a predetermined payment procedure according to the instruction of the payment unit 76. When the payment procedure is completed, the payment unit 76 outputs a take-out instruction to the emission control unit 77. When the user (second user) different from the orderer inputs the takeout instruction and the specified payment type is “at a later date”, the payment unit 76 causes the second user to pay the cost for the number of receipts. Settle the payment.

The ejection control unit 77 is a functional element that controls the ejection mechanism 73 to move the number of products designated by the ejection instruction from the storage area 71 to the ejection port 72. For example, the ejection control unit 77 refers to the memory and identifies the rack number corresponding to the order ID indicated by the take-out instruction. Then, the ejection control unit 77 controls the ejection mechanism 73 so as to transfer the received number of products indicated by the ejection instruction from the rack corresponding to the rack number to the ejection port 72. Further, the discharge control unit 77 generates a receipt notification including the order ID indicated by the take-out instruction, the user ID (recipient ID), and the number of receipts, and sends this receipt notification to the EC server 20.

Next, the operation of the delivery system 1 will be described and the delivery method according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

When the user orders a plurality of products via the user terminal 10 or the storage box 70, the order processing unit 21 of the EC server 20 accepts the order set (step S11). Then, the deliveryman carries the order set to the storage box 70 corresponding to the user (the storage box 70 in the housing complex in which the user lives) (step S12). When it arrives at the storage box 70, the delivery person stores the order set in the storage box 70 in a state where the individual merchandise can be taken out separately (step S13).

After that, when the user who knows the delivery completion by e-mail comes to the storage box 70 and performs an operation for taking out the product, the receiving unit 75 receives the take-out instruction (step S14, receiving step). Depending on the case, the payment unit 76 then executes payment corresponding to the number of receipts indicated by the take-out instruction (step S15). Subsequently, the discharge control unit 77 controls the discharge mechanism so as to discharge the designated number of products (step S16, discharge control step). As a result, the user can obtain a desired number of products. Further, the discharge control unit 77 sends a receipt notification to the EC server 20, and in the EC server 20, the status management unit 22 updates the order data in the database 30 according to the notification (step S17).

Next, the discharge control program P1 for realizing the storage box 70 will be described with reference to FIG. For example, the discharge control program P1 is installed in the computer in the storage box 70.

The emission control program P1 includes a main module P10, an ordering module P11, a receiving module P12, a settlement module P13, and an emission control module P14. The main module P10 is a part that integrally controls the functions of the storage box 70. The functions realized by executing the ordering module P11, the receiving module P12, the settlement module P13, and the emission control module P14 are the functions of the ordering unit 74, the receiving unit 75, the settlement unit 76, and the emission control unit 77, respectively. Is the same as.

The discharge control program P1 may be provided after being fixedly recorded in a tangible recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, or a semiconductor memory. Alternatively, the emission control program P1 may be provided as a data signal superimposed on a carrier wave via a communication network.

As described above, the storage box according to one aspect of the present invention is a storage area for storing the first user's order set, which is a set of M products, in a state where each product can be separately discharged. Here, M is a number of 2 or more, the storage area, the take-out port for the merchandise, the ejection mechanism for moving the merchandise from the storage region to the take-out port, and the N number corresponding to the order set by the first user. Receiving unit for receiving the instruction to take out the merchandise, wherein N is a number smaller than M, and the ejecting mechanism so as to move N items of the order set from the storage area to the take-out port. And a discharge control unit for controlling

An emission control program according to an aspect of the present invention is an emission control program for causing a computer in a storage box to execute an emission method, wherein the storage box stores a user's order set, which is a set of M products, into individual products. Is a storage area in which each of the storage areas can be separately discharged, where M is a number of 2 or more, the storage area, a product outlet, and a discharge mechanism for transferring the product from the storage area to the outlet. And a receiving method for receiving an instruction to take out N products corresponding to an order set by a user, wherein N is a number smaller than M, and the order set. A discharge control step of controlling the discharge mechanism so as to transfer N products from the storage area to the outlet.

A delivery system according to one aspect of the present invention is a server that receives an order set indicating a set of M products input by a user, where M is a number of 2 or more, and the server. And a storage box for storing the order set delivered in accordance with the instruction from the storage box, the storage box is a storage area for storing the order set in a state in which individual products can be separately discharged, where: M is a number of 2 or more, and the storage area, the takeout opening for the merchandise, the ejection mechanism for moving the merchandise from the storage area to the takeout opening, and the user's instruction to take out the N merchandise corresponding to the order set are accepted. A reception unit, where N is a number smaller than M, and a discharge control unit that controls the discharge mechanism so as to transfer N products of the ordered set from the storage area to the outlet. Equipped with.

In such an aspect, a plurality of commodities (order set) ordered collectively are stored in the storage box in a state where they can be discharged separately. This storage box accepts a request for taking out a smaller number of products than the ordered number, and moves only the instructed number of products to the take-out port. Therefore, each time, the user can retrieve the required number of products without being constrained by the restriction of the storage location of the user. In other words, the user can use the storage box as if it were his own storage.

The storage box according to another aspect may further include a settlement unit that performs settlement corresponding to N products in response to the acceptance unit accepting the takeout instruction. In this case, it is possible to execute payment for only the products that are actually being consumed.

In the storage box according to another aspect, the product may be a beverage. In general, beverages tend to be sold as a set of a plurality of beverages, or a plurality of beverages are collectively purchased, but they are often consumed one by one. It can be said that the storage box according to one aspect of the present invention is suitable for such a tendency of purchasing and consuming beverages.

In the storage box according to another aspect, the storage area may include a temperature adjustment mechanism. In this case, the quality or freshness of the products put in the storage area can be maintained. For example, if the temperature adjusting mechanism is a cooling unit or a heating unit, the user can use the storage box as if it were his own refrigerator or heating cabinet.

The storage box according to another aspect may be installed in an apartment house in which the first user lives. The convenience of the storage box can be improved by installing it in an apartment house.

In the storage box according to another aspect, the accepting unit accepts an instruction to take out N products corresponding to the order set by the second user different from the first user, and the discharge control unit allows the N users of the order set to be removed. The ejection mechanism may be controlled to move the product from the storage area to the outlet. In this case, a product ordered by one user can be shared with another user.

In the storage box according to another aspect, the first user and the second user may live in the same housing complex. In this case, the convenience of the storage box is improved and the product can be easily shared.

The present invention has been described above in detail based on the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. The present invention can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof.

The storage box may be installed in any place other than the housing complex. Further, the products stored in the storage box are not limited to beverages, and may be any tangible items. Further, the product placed in the storage box may be removable only by the user who ordered the product.

Although the storage box 70 includes the ordering unit 74 and the settlement unit 76 in the above embodiment, at least one of these functional elements may be omitted.

The combination of the owner, operator, and manager of each device that constitutes the delivery system is not limited at all. For example, the storage box and each server may have different owners, operators, or administrators.

The processing procedure in the delivery system executed by at least one processor is not limited to the example in the above embodiment. For example, the delivery system may omit some of the steps (processes) described above, or may execute the steps in a different order. Further, any two or more of the steps described above may be combined, and some of the steps may be modified or deleted. Alternatively, the delivery system may perform other steps in addition to the above steps.

According to one aspect of the present invention, an ordered product can be delivered to the user regardless of the restrictions on the storage location on the user side.

1... Delivery system, 10... User terminal, 20... EC server, 30... Database, 70... Storage box, 71... Storage area, 72... Ejection port, 73... Ejection mechanism, 21... Order processing section, 22... Situation management section , 74... ordering unit, 75... acceptance unit, 76... settlement unit, 77... emission control unit, P1... emission control program, P10... main module, P11... ordering module, P12... acceptance module, P13... settlement module, P14... Emission control module.

Claims (9)

A storage area for storing an order set of a first user, which is a set of M products, in a state where each of the products can be separately discharged, wherein M is a number of 2 or more. Area and
An outlet for the product,
A discharge mechanism for transferring the product from the storage area to the outlet,
A receiving unit that receives an instruction to take out N pieces of the product corresponding to the order set by the first user, wherein N is a number smaller than M;
A storage box including a discharge control unit that controls the discharge mechanism so as to transfer the N items of the ordered set from the storage area to the outlet. The storage box according to claim 1, further comprising: a settlement unit that performs settlement corresponding to the N products in response to the acceptance instruction received by the acceptance unit. The storage box according to claim 1, wherein the product is a beverage. The storage box according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the storage area includes a temperature adjustment mechanism. The storage box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which is installed in an apartment house in which the first user lives. The receiving unit receives a removal instruction of N pieces of the product corresponding to the order set by a second user different from the first user,
The discharge control unit controls the discharge mechanism to move the N products from the order set from the storage area to the outlet.
The storage box according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The first user and the second user live in the same housing complex,
The storage box according to claim 6. A discharge control program for causing a computer in a storage box to execute a discharge method,
The storage box is
A storage area for storing a user's order set, which is a set of M products, in a state in which each of the products can be separately discharged, where M is a number of 2 or more. ,
An outlet for the product,
A discharge mechanism for moving the product from the storage area to the outlet,
The discharging method is
A receiving step for receiving an instruction to take out N pieces of the product corresponding to the order set by the user, wherein N is a number smaller than M;
A discharge control step of controlling the discharge mechanism so as to transfer the N products from the order set to the outlet.
Emission control program. A server that receives an order set indicating a set of M products input by a user, where M is a number of 2 or more,
A storage box for storing the order set delivered according to an instruction from the server,
The storage box is
A storage area for storing the order set in a state in which each of the products can be separately discharged, wherein M is a number of 2 or more,
An outlet for the product,
A discharge mechanism for transferring the product from the storage area to the outlet,
A reception unit that receives an instruction to take out N pieces of the product corresponding to the order set by the user, where N is a number smaller than M;
A discharge control unit that controls the discharge mechanism so as to transfer the N products from the order set to the outlet.
Delivery system.

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