JP6924297B1 - Departure / arrival device, delivery method, delivery supply system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a departure / arrival device used for quickly and efficiently supplying a delivery to a drone at a delivery base of the delivery by a drone. Another issue to be solved is to provide a delivery method and a delivery supply system for quickly and efficiently supplying deliveries to the drone using the departure / arrival device. SOLUTION: This is a landing device which is a landing point of the drone in a drone port which is a delivery base of a delivery by a drone, and is provided on a storage unit capable of storing the drone and an upper surface of the storage unit. It includes an upper surface opening / closing unit that opens and closes according to the arrival and departure of the drone, and a supply unit that receives the supply of delivered goods to the drone through an opening provided on the bottom surface of the storage unit. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a landing device that serves as a landing point for a drone at a drone port that serves as a delivery base for deliveries by a drone, a deliverable supply method that supplies deliveries to the drone, and a deliverable supply system.

In recent years, with the expansion of delivery services, the flow rate of deliverables has increased. Furthermore, prompt delivery is difficult due to the labor shortage of delivery companies and traffic congestion on roads due to an increase in physical distribution.

In view of such circumstances, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique relating to a multi-layer distribution center configured to support the delivery of goods by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The multi-story distribution center described in Patent Document 1 is configured to be able to be installed in an urban area and / or other densely populated urban areas. The multi-tiered distribution center also has one or more landing positions and one or more maneuvering positions to accommodate the UAV, which may deliver at least a portion of the goods to a location related to the customer. , A technique relating to the delivery of goods using a UAV is disclosed.

Japanese Patent No. 6518014

However, since the distribution center described in Patent Document 1 is used as a relay base for delivery for delivering goods using the UAV, a process of collecting goods at the distribution center, a process of sorting the collected goods, and further. There is a problem that a process of loading an article on a UAV occurs and a delivery cost is incurred.

Further, in the distribution center described in Cited Document 1, there is a risk that the UAV collides with the outer wall or another UAV in the vicinity of the opening used for entering and exiting the UAV. Further, when a wide opening is provided, there is a problem that the inside of the distribution center is exposed to wind and rain.

Further, in Cited Document 1, it is described that an article is loaded on the UAV by a worker, a work robot, or the like, but there is no disclosure on a method of preferably loading the article moving in a hierarchical structure on the UAV.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and solves the problem of providing a landing device used for quickly and efficiently supplying a delivery to a drone at a delivery base of the delivery by the drone. It should be an issue.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a delivery delivery method and a delivery delivery system for quickly and efficiently supplying deliveries to a drone using a landing device.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention comprises a storage unit capable of storing the drone, which is a landing device which is a landing point of the drone in a drone port which is a delivery base for deliveries by the drone. It is provided on the upper surface of the storage unit and includes an upper surface opening / closing unit that opens and closes according to the arrival and departure of the drone, and a supply unit that receives the supply of delivered goods to the drone through an opening provided on the bottom surface of the storage unit.

With such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the drone from being exposed to wind and rain. In addition, deliveries can be efficiently supplied from the lower layer of the drone port.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the storage portion includes a door pocket on the side surface capable of storing the upper surface opening / closing portion.
With such a configuration, even when a plurality of landing devices are adjacent to each other, the upper surface opening / closing portion can be smoothly opened and closed.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the top opening / closing portion recognizablely displays a two-dimensional code including information about the landing point on the drone.
With such a configuration, it is possible to indicate an accurate landing point on the landing drone.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the supply unit includes a slide-type bottom surface opening / closing unit that opens and closes an opening according to the supply of the delivered product.
With such a configuration, it is possible to prevent an accident in which the drone falls from the opening at the time of landing.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a power feeding unit provided on at least one side of the inner side surface of the storage unit and for charging the drone parked in the storage unit in a non-contact manner is provided.
With such a configuration, the drone can be charged while it is parked at the drone port. Further, since the power feeding portion is provided on the side surface portion, the takeoff and landing of the drone is not hindered.

The present invention is a delivery delivery method for supplying deliveries to the drone at a drone port that serves as a delivery base for deliveries by the drone, and the drone installed at the drone port in response to a landing request of the drone. The landing process of landing the drone on the landing device by opening the upper opening / closing part of the landing device, which is the landing point, and the lifting device arranged at the upper and lower positions corresponding to the landing device in the lower layer of the drone port. It is provided with an arrangement step of arranging the delivered goods on the placed portion of the above, an ascending step of raising the placed portion of the elevating device, and a supply step of receiving the supply of the delivered goods to the drone from the bottom surface of the landing device.
By adopting such a method, it is possible to easily and efficiently supply the delivered goods to the drone parked at the drone port located in the upper layer portion only by moving the mounting portion of the elevating device up and down. Further, by providing the drone port in the upper layer of the elevating device, the space can be effectively utilized.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the ascending step raises the mounting portion of the elevating device corresponding to the landing device in which the charged drone is stored.
By such a method, the mounting portion is raised at the stage when the drone is charged, and the delivered product can be supplied without hindering the operation of arranging the delivered product in the arranging process.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the supply step, the bottom opening / closing portion of the departure / arrival device is opened in response to the rise of the above-described resting portion, and the supply of the delivered product is received.
By using such a method, it is possible to prevent an accident in which the drone falls from the opening at the time of landing.

The present invention is a delivery delivery system that supplies deliveries to the drone at a drone port that serves as a delivery base for delivering deliveries by a drone, and serves as a drone that delivers deliveries and a landing point for the drone. The landing device includes a landing device and an elevating device arranged at a vertical position corresponding to the landing device in the lower layer of the drone port, and the landing device opens the upper surface opening / closing portion in response to the landing request of the drone. The means and means for receiving the supply of the delivered goods to the drone by the opening provided in the bottom surface are provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a departure / arrival device used for quickly and efficiently supplying a delivery to a drone at a delivery base of the delivery by the drone.
In addition, it is possible to provide a delivery delivery method and a delivery delivery system for quickly and efficiently supplying deliveries to the drone using the departure / arrival device.

The schematic diagram of the delivery method to the drone in the embodiment of this invention is shown. The perspective view and the bottom view which show the structure of the landing device in embodiment of this invention are shown. The plan view and the cross-sectional view which show the structure of the landing device in embodiment of this invention are shown. The cross-sectional view which shows the structure of the landing device in embodiment of this invention is shown. The flowchart of the delivery method supply method in embodiment of this invention is shown.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described in detail. The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings, and can be appropriately changed within the scope described in the claims.

As shown in FIG. 1, the delivery base 100 of the delivery P by the drone D according to the present embodiment is parked at the drone port layer 1 and the drone port layer 1 where the drone D takes off and landing to load the delivery P. A supply layer 2 for supplying the delivery P to the drone D is provided. The drone port layer 1 is preferably configured so that a wall is not provided on the outer periphery as much as possible in order to allow the drone D to freely enter and exit from the outside. Further, the roof portion 3 may be provided above the drone port layer 1 in order to protect the drone D parked in the drone port layer 1 from wind and rain.

As the drone D according to the present embodiment, it is preferable to select a drone D capable of loading the delivered product P from below and having a function of delivering the delivered product P to the delivery destination. The drone D is provided with a grip portion below, and is loaded by gripping the delivery P. The drone D includes a flight mechanism, an image pickup device, a grip portion, a position control function, a communication function, and the like. Further, a plurality of different drones D may be used depending on the weight and size of the delivered item P, the flight distance to the delivery destination, and the like.

The drone port layer 1 is composed of a plurality of departure / arrival devices 10 that are stored when the drone D is loaded with the delivery P. In this embodiment, the landing and landing devices 10 are arranged in a grid pattern. The landing device 10 preferably has a rectangular parallelepiped or cubic space shape in order to efficiently use the space.

The supply layer 2 is composed of a plurality of lifting devices 20 that raise and lower the lift in order to supply the delivery P to the drone D parked in the departure / arrival device 10. The elevating device 20 is arranged in a grid pattern at a vertical position corresponding to the landing device 10 of the drone port layer 1. Therefore, the deliverable P is supplied from the supply layer 2 to the drone port layer 1 by a vertical movement that is relatively easy to control. Further, the delivered product P is efficiently supplied from the supply layer 2 to the drone port layer 1 by the shortest route. Identification information such as the departure / arrival device ID and the lifting device ID is assigned to the departure / arrival device 10 and the lifting device 20, respectively. The departure / arrival device ID of the departure / arrival device 10 and the lifting device ID of the lifting device 20 corresponding to the vertical direction are stored in association with each other by the open / close control unit 151, the lifting control unit 22, or an external device that manages them. ..

In general physical distribution, deliveries are collected by transportation equipment such as trucks, railroads, airplanes, and ships at distribution bases such as distribution centers closest to the delivery destination. The collected deliverables are loaded onto a truck or the like and delivered after undergoing a process such as sorting. The delivery base 100 in the present invention can be provided in an upper layer of an existing collection base. Further, the delivery base 100 can be provided at an upper level of a stop for various transportation equipment such as a railway station platform, an airfield, and a port. By providing the delivery base 100 in the upper part of the bus stop, the delivered goods can be delivered directly to the delivery destination without relaying the distribution base, and the transportation cost can be reduced and the transportation time can be shortened. Further, the delivery base 100 can effectively utilize the existing space by being provided at the upper layer of the distribution base or the stop of various transportation equipment. Hereinafter, an embodiment in the case where the delivery base 100 is provided in the upper part of the railway station platform will be described.

The delivery P transported by rail is unloaded at the bus stop. The unloaded delivery P is transported to the supply layer 2 by an automatic robot using an elevator. It is preferable that the automatic robot is configured to automatically unload, load, move, and avoid obstacles of the delivered item P at the bus stop. Further, it is more preferable that the automatic robot has a configuration in which the delivery P is mounted on the railroad and automatically moves between stations. A part of the work by the automatic robot may be performed by a worker.

The delivered goods P carried to the supply layer 2 by the automatic robot or the worker are sorted according to the weight, size, and delivery destination by the sorting device, and are placed on the mounting portion 21 in the lifting device 20 arranged in a grid pattern. Be placed. The delivery item P stores the weight, size, delivery destination, etc. as delivery information in an RFID tag, a two-dimensional code, or the like, and mounts the delivery item P. The sorting device is composed of a robot arm, a negative pressure pad, and the like, and includes at least a reading means and a sorting means. The reading means reads the delivery information loaded on the delivery P. The sorting means sorts the delivered goods P based on the delivery information read by the reading means and arranges the delivered goods P in the loading unit 21. The work of sorting and arranging the delivery P may be performed by a worker.

The elevating device 20 is a device for supplying the delivered goods P sorted in the supply layer 2 to the drone D parked in the arrival / departure device 10 of the drone port layer 1, and supplies the arranged delivered goods P to the drone port layer. A mounting unit 21 that moves up and down to supply to 1 and a lifting control unit 22 that controls the lifting operation of the mounting unit 21 are provided. Specifically, the elevating device 20 is composed of a lifter or the like. It is preferable that the elevating control unit 22 has a communication function and controls the ascent and descent of the mounting unit 21 according to the operation of the drone D or the opening / closing control unit 151. When the drone D is ready to receive the delivery P, the elevating control unit 22 receives an elevating instruction from the drone D, the open / close control unit 151, or a management device that manages the state and operation thereof, and the mounting unit 21. To the height of the drone port layer 1. When the deliverable P arranged in the mounting unit 21 is loaded on the drone D, the elevating control unit 22 receives a lowering instruction from the drone D, the open / close control unit 151, or the management device, and returns the loading unit 21 to the original. Lower to position and stop.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration diagram of a landing / landing device 10 that is a landing / landing point of the drone D according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2A shows a perspective view of the departure / arrival device 10. The departure / arrival device 10 includes a storage unit 11 capable of storing the drone D, and an upper surface opening / closing unit 12 provided on the upper surface of the storage unit 11 and opened / closed according to the arrival / departure of the drone D. The storage unit 11 may be formed as, for example, a two-layer structure consisting of an inner wall and an outer wall in order to provide an opening / closing mechanism, an upper door pocket 111, a power feeding unit 14, and the like, which will be described in detail later, inside the wall. The upper surface opening / closing unit 12 recognizablely displays the two-dimensional code 121 including the information about the landing point on the drone D.

It is preferable that the upper surface opening / closing unit 12 is used as a shutter for the storage unit 11 and is automatically opened / closed by electric control. Further, the upper surface opening / closing portion 12 has a slat structure in which thick plates are connected in a blind shape, and is preferably a structure that can be bent and wound. The upper surface opening / closing portion 12 is opened / closed by sliding along the guide rail 154 described in detail later. The upper surface opening / closing portion 12 is opened by a door opening instruction output when the drone D lands and takes off. The upper surface opening / closing portion 12 is closed by a door closing instruction output when the landing and takeoff of the drone D are completed.

The two-dimensional code 121 records information about the landing point as a bar code, a QR code (registered trademark), or the like, and the information recorded by an imaging device such as a camera mounted on the drone D can be read. The information regarding the landing point includes identification information of the landing / landing device 10, position information of the landing / landing device 10, and the like.

When the drone D approaches above the landing device 10 which is the landing point, the drone D reads the two-dimensional code 121 by the image pickup device and acquires accurate position information of the landing point. Drone D moves above the accurate landing point based on the acquired position information. Further, the drone D may modify the landing direction of the main body of the drone D based on the acquired position information. Further, the drone D outputs a door opening instruction or a door closing instruction to the taking off and landing device 10 based on the acquired identification information of the landing device 10.

FIG. 2B shows a bottom view of the departure / arrival device 10. On the bottom surface of the storage unit 11, a supply unit 13 for receiving the supply of the delivery P to the drone D is provided. The supply unit 13 is formed as an opening near the center of the bottom surface of the storage unit 11. In FIG. 2B, the shape of the opening is described as a square, but it may be any shape such as a circle, a rectangle, and a rhombus. Further, it is preferable that the opening is formed so that at least the landed drone D does not fall. Depending on the size of the drone D or the delivery P, openings of different sizes and shapes may be formed. The above-mentioned two-dimensional bar code 121 may include information on the size and shape of the opening as information on the landing point, and may cause the drone D to correct the landing position and the landing direction. Further, it is preferable that the supply unit 13 is provided with a bottom opening / closing unit 131, which will be described in detail later.

FIG. 3 shows a plan view and a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the landing device 10 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3A shows a plan view of the top opening / closing portion 12 of the arrival / departure device 10 when the door is closed. FIG. 3B shows a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA'in FIG. 3A. The storage unit 11 is provided with an upper surface door pocket 111 capable of accommodating the upper surface opening / closing unit 12 on the side surface. Further, inside the storage unit 11, a power supply unit 14 that charges the parked drone D in a non-contact manner is provided.

In the present embodiment, the power feeding unit 14 is a power transmission antenna that outputs electromagnetic waves, converts electric power supplied from a power supply unit (not shown) into electromagnetic waves of an arbitrary wavelength, and mounts the converted electromagnetic waves on the drone D. Output to the power receiving unit 14'. In non-contact charging, microwaves (0.1 mm to 10 cm) are generally used. The power receiving unit 14'is provided with a power receiving antenna, a rectifier circuit, a conversion unit, and the like, and charges the battery of the drone D by receiving the electromagnetic wave output from the power supply unit 14 and converting it into electric power. The non-contact power supply method is roughly classified into a radiation type (laser method, microwave method, etc.) and a non-radiation type (electromagnetic induction method, electrostatic induction method, magnetic field resonance method, etc.). In unit 14, any non-contact power feeding method can be selected. The power feeding unit 14 is provided on at least one or more side surfaces of the four internal side surfaces of the storage unit 11, but it is preferable that the power feeding unit 14 is provided on two or more surfaces facing each other from the viewpoint of charging efficiency. Further, the power feeding unit 14 may be embedded in the side surface of the storage unit 11.

FIG. 3C is a diagram showing an opening / closing mechanism of the upper surface opening / closing portion 12, and shows a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the line BB'in FIG. 3A. The loading / unloading device 10 includes an opening / closing control unit 151, a take-up shaft unit 152, a connector unit 153, a guide rail unit 154, and the like as a configuration of the opening / closing mechanism. The opening / closing mechanism may include a battery or the like that supplies driving power to the opening / closing control unit 151. The opening / closing mechanism is provided on both side surfaces inside the storage unit 11 or inside the walls on both side surfaces of the storage unit 11 so as to follow the opening / closing direction of the upper surface opening / closing unit 12.

The open / close control unit 151 is composed of, for example, a motor, and controls ON / OFF and the rotation direction of the motor. Further, it is preferable to have a configuration having a wireless communication function with the drone D or the management device. Explaining the operation of the open / close control unit 151 by taking the time of landing of the drone D as an example, the open / close control unit 151 rotates the motor in the door opening direction based on the door opening instruction obtained from the drone D (motor ON). The open / close control unit 151 is controlled to turn off the motor after operating the motor at a predetermined rotation speed.

The take-up shaft unit 152 receives power from the motor of the open / close control unit 151 to rotate the shaft. The take-up shaft portion 152a is directly connected to the motor of the open / close control portion 151. The take-up shaft portion 152a transmits power to the take-up shaft portion 152b and the take-up shaft portion 152c by a belt wound around the shaft.

The connector portion 153 is fixed to the end portion of the upper surface opening / closing portion 12 and the belt of the take-up shaft portion 152. Further, the connector portion 153 is provided with a roller and is connected to the guide rail 154. As a result, the upper surface opening / closing portion 12 operates so as to open and close in conjunction with the belt of the take-up shaft portion 152.

The guide rail 154 is formed by a groove, a rail, or the like provided along the upper surface opening / closing portion 12. The first guide rail 154a is provided horizontally above the storage portion 11, and the second guide rail 154b is provided vertically along the upper surface door pocket 111. The first guide rail 154a and the second guide rail 154b are connected to the corresponding first connector portion 153a and the second connector portion 153b, respectively. In addition, in order to reduce the impact when the upper surface opening / closing portion 12 or the connector portion 153 collides with the wall surface, stoppers may be provided at each end of the guide rail 154.

By cooperating with the components (151-154) of the opening / closing mechanism described above, the upper surface opening / closing portion 12 is smoothly housed in the upper surface door pocket 111 arranged on the side surface portion of the storage portion 11 when the door is opened. By turning on the rotation direction of the motor of the opening / closing control unit 151 as the door closing direction (direction opposite to the door opening direction), the upper surface opening / closing unit 12 is closed. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3D, the opening / closing mechanism may not be provided with the take-up shaft portion 152c, the connector portion 153b, and the guide rail 154b. The dotted line portion in FIG. 3D shows the outline of the storage portion 11 in the AA'line cross section. At this time, the upper surface door pocket 111 functions as a guide rail, and the upper surface opening / closing portion 12 is smoothly housed in the upper surface door pocket 111.

FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA'of FIG. 3A in a configuration in which the bottom opening / closing portion 131 is provided in the supply portion 13. In the present embodiment, the bottom opening / closing portion 131 is formed as a shutter like the top opening / closing portion 12. The bottom opening / closing portion 131 is housed in the bottom door pocket 112 when the door is opened. As the opening / closing mechanism of the bottom opening / closing portion 131, the same opening / closing mechanism as that of the top opening / closing portion 12 can be used. In the following description, the open / close control unit of the top open / close unit 12 will be referred to as an open / close control unit 151a, and the open / close control unit of the bottom open / close unit 131 will be referred to as an open / close control unit 151b. The open / close control unit 151a and the open / close control unit 151b may each include only a motor, and may be configured to include a common control unit that controls ON / OFF and the rotation direction of the motor.

In the present embodiment, an example in which the upper surface opening / closing portion 12 is configured as a shutter that opens and closes in a sliding manner has been described, but other configurations and an opening / closing mechanism may be used. For example, the upper surface opening / closing portion 12 has a configuration in which the upper surface opening / closing portion 12 is opened / closed and stored by winding the upper surface opening / closing portion 12 with a shaft. Further, the upper surface opening / closing portion 12 may be configured as a hinged door or a folding door, and may be an opening / closing mechanism such that the upper surface opening / closing portion 12 is maintained in the side extension direction of the storage portion 11 when the door is opened.

Further, in the present embodiment, the example in which the bottom opening / closing portion 131 is configured as a shutter like the top opening / closing portion 12 has been described, but when the bottom opening / closing portion 131 is configured as a hinged door or a folding door and the bottom opening / closing portion 131 is opened to the outside. The opening / closing mechanism may be maintained so as to be horizontal to the bottom surface of the storage unit 11.

FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of a supply method for supplying the delivery P to the drone D parked in the drone port layer 1 in the present embodiment.

In the landing process of S11, the drone D approaches the landing device 10 of the drone port layer 1 which is the landing point in order to receive the supply of the delivery P. The drone D acquires and holds in advance the identification information of the landing device 10 and at least one of the position coordinates of the drone port layer 1 and the position coordinates of the landing device 10 as information regarding the landing point. The drone D approaches the position coordinates of the drone port layer 1 or the arrival / departure device 10 by using, for example, the GPS function. Since the GPS function communication may deteriorate the connectivity below the roof portion 3, the drone port layer 1 is provided with a guiding means (not shown), and the approaching drone D is near the landing point of the landing device 10. It is preferable to have a configuration that induces up to. As the guiding means, guidance using a laser can be mentioned. When the drone D approaches above the landing device 10 which is the landing point by the GPS function or the guiding means, the drone D reads the two-dimensional code 121 by the image pickup device and acquires the information about the landing point. The drone D collates the identification information of the departure / arrival device 10 acquired in advance with the identification information of the departure / arrival device 10 included in the information regarding the landing point. When the identification information of the departure / arrival device 10 matches by collation, the drone D moves based on the position information of the departure / arrival device 10 acquired from the two-dimensional code 121. The drone D moves to the position coordinates of the departure / arrival device 10 and transmits a door opening request to the opening / closing control unit 151 of the departure / arrival device 10. Upon receiving the door opening request, the opening / closing control unit 151 drives the motor in the door opening direction to open the upper surface opening / closing unit 12. The drone D lands on the bottom surface of the storage unit 11 when the upper surface opening / closing unit 12 opens. When the drone D lands, it transmits a door closing instruction to the opening / closing control unit 151, and the opening / closing control unit 151 drives a motor in the door closing direction in response to the reception of the door closing instruction to close the upper surface opening / closing unit 12.

In the arranging step of S12, the delivered goods P are sorted based on the delivery information set according to the weight, the size, and the priority of the delivery destination, and are arranged in the placement unit 21. The delivery information affects the determination of the drone D capable of delivering the delivery P, the remaining battery level of the drone D, and the like. By arranging the deliverables P based on the priority, for example, the heavy deliverable P can be preferentially assigned to the drone D having a high propulsive force or the drone D having a large battery level.

In the ascending step of S13, the ascending / descending control unit 22 raises the mounting unit 21 in response to the ascending instruction. It is preferable that the elevating control unit 22 has a configuration capable of communicating with the drone D stored in the corresponding landing device 10. The drone D outputs an ascending instruction to the elevating control unit 22 when the drone D is sufficiently charged, based on the battery information indicating the remaining battery level of the drone D.

In the supply step of S14, when the supply unit 13 is configured to include the bottom opening / closing unit 131, the elevating control unit 22 outputs a door opening request of the bottom opening / closing unit 131 to the opening / closing control unit 151b. The drone D may be configured to output the door opening request to the open / close control unit 151b. The opening / closing control unit 151b drives the motor in response to the door opening request to open the bottom opening / closing unit 131. The supply unit 13 receives the supply of the delivery P arranged in the mounting unit 21 from the opening. The drone D is loaded by gripping the deliverable P supplied from the supply layer 2 by a grip portion provided below. When the delivery P is loaded, the drone D outputs a door closing instruction and a lowering instruction. The opening / closing control unit 151b closes the bottom opening / closing unit 131 in response to a door closing instruction. The elevating control unit 22 lowers the mounting unit 21 to its original position in response to a lowering instruction.

In the takeoff process of S15, when the drone D loads the delivery P, it outputs a takeoff request to the open / close control unit 151a. When the opening / closing control unit 151a acquires the takeoff request, the opening / closing control unit 151a drives the motor in the door opening direction to open the upper surface opening / closing unit 12. When the upper surface opening / closing portion 12 opens, the drone D takes off from the bottom surface of the storage portion 11. The drone D delivers the delivery P based on the delivery destination included in the delivery information. As in the landing process, the drone D may be configured to be guided to the outside of the roof portion 3 by the guiding means provided in the drone port layer 1 below the roof portion 3.

The order of the landing step (S11) and the placement step (S12) may be reversed. Further, the drone D, the arrival / departure device 10, and the elevating device 20 may be configured to be communicable with a management device that manages the state and operation of each device, and may be configured to transmit and receive operation instructions by communicating with the management device. ..

In particular, by introducing the present invention into existing equipment such as a stop for transportation equipment such as railways, it is possible to realize a distribution system that combines transportation of delivered goods by transportation equipment, which can greatly contribute to the development of distribution. , Industrial availability is extremely high.

1 Drone port layer 10 Departure / arrival device 11 Storage unit 111 Top door bag 112 Bottom door bag 12 Top opening / closing part 121 Two-dimensional code 13 Supply part 131 Bottom opening / closing part 14 Power supply part 151 Open / close control part 152 Winding shaft part 153 Connector part 154 Guide rail part 2 Supply layer 20 Elevating device 21 Mounting unit 22 Elevating control unit 3 Roof

Claims (9)

A landing device that serves as a landing point for the drone at the drone port, which serves as a delivery base for deliveries by drone.
A storage unit that can store the drone and
An upper surface opening / closing portion provided on the upper surface of the storage portion and opening / closing according to the arrival / departure of the drone.
A supply unit that receives the supply of deliverables to the drone by an opening provided on the bottom surface of the storage unit is provided .
The storage unit is a landing / landing device including a door pocket capable of storing the upper surface opening / closing unit along the side surface of the storage unit. The landing / landing device according to claim 1, wherein the upper surface opening / closing unit recognizablely displays a two-dimensional code including information about a landing point on the drone. The landing device according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the supply unit includes a slide-type bottom surface opening / closing unit that opens / closes an opening according to the supply of a delivered item. The landing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , which is provided on at least one side of the inner side surface of the storage unit and includes a power supply unit that charges the drone parked in the storage unit in a non-contact manner. A drone port in which a plurality of landing devices according to any one of claims 1 to 4 are arranged in a grid pattern. A delivery method for supplying deliveries to the drone at a drone port, which is a delivery base for deliveries by drone.
In response to the drone's landing request, the landing process of landing the drone on the landing device by opening the upper opening and closing part of the landing device, which is the landing point of the drone installed at the drone port,
In the lower layer of the drone port, an arrangement step of arranging the delivered goods in the mounting portion of the elevating device arranged at the vertical position corresponding to the landing device, and
The ascending step of ascending the mounting portion of the elevating device and
It is provided with a supply process for receiving the supply of deliveries to the drone from the bottom surface of the landing device.
The delivery / arrival device is a delivery delivery method including a door pocket capable of storing the upper surface opening / closing portion along the side surface of the departure / arrival device. The delivery method according to claim 6, wherein the ascending step raises a mounting portion of an elevating device corresponding to a landing device in which a charged drone is stored. The delivery step according to claim 6 or 7, wherein in the supply step, the bottom opening / closing portion of the arrival / departure device is opened in response to the rise of the above-described placement portion, and the supply of the delivery is received. A delivery delivery system that supplies deliveries to the drone at a drone port that serves as a delivery base for delivering deliveries by drone.
A drone that delivers deliveries and
The landing device that serves as the landing point for the drone,
In the lower layer of the drone port, an elevating device arranged in a vertical position corresponding to the landing device is provided.
The landing device is a means for opening the upper opening / closing part in response to the landing request of the drone, and
A means for receiving the supply of the delivered goods to the drone from the elevating device by the opening provided on the bottom surface, and
A delivery delivery system including a door pocket capable of storing the upper surface opening / closing portion along the side surface of the landing device.

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