KR100998523B1 - Home-automation Linkage Dump Waiter System - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention delivers the goods to the individual through a delivery system for the delivery of goods connecting the management room and each living space, and orders the goods using the home automation system, and the environment by connecting them with the waiter system The present invention relates to a home automation linked waiter system for implementing crime prevention through design.

Home automation linked dumb waiter system according to the present invention is installed in the user's living space home automation system for receiving a user's command; A dumb waiter system that connects the living space of the user to a management space where the goods to be delivered to the user and the goods entrusted by the user are collected, and a dumb waiter responsible for the transfer of the goods; And a management system connected to the home automation system to receive the user's command, and to drive the dumb waiter according to the command to deliver the article to the user or to entrust the article from the user. It is composed.

Dumb waiter, Home Automation, Courier, Delivery, Order

Description

Home-Automation Linkage Dump Waiter System

The present invention relates to a product delivery system and a product purchase system using home automation and dumb waiters. Particularly, an article is delivered to an individual through a dumb waiter system for connecting goods to a management office that manages the goods and each living space. The present invention relates to a home automation linked dump waiter system that implements crime prevention through environmental design by ordering a product using a home automation system and linking it with a dump waiter system.

In recent years, urban crimes and crimes occurring in nearby new cities have increased due to the rapid horizontal and vertical expansion of cities and the social phenomena of high density, congestion, diversity and anonymity that are typical characteristics of modern cities. It's on the trend, and day by day, it's becoming ferocious, maneuvering, and intelligent.

Recognizing the importance of natural surveillance, access control and area concern in this regard, crimes are proactively addressed by adding physical, social and economic factors, such as securing the defensive space for structures in the form or use of the building. The need for "Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design" (CPTED) is emerging to prevent.

On the other hand, home automation systems for the convenience of residents in recent years are spreading. In addition to basic functions such as light control, room temperature control, cookware drive control, and security solution control, these home automation systems have reached various levels of convenience and security depending on interworking with external systems. In particular, the home automation system is combined with the ubiquitous technology to increase the user's convenience and security by enhancing the wireless function, automatic user recognition function, and control by remote communication. The function of the home automation system is to allow busy modern people to make their lives more convenient.

However, there are still limitations in home automation systems. In particular, the existing home automation system is focused on the technology of simply controlling the facilities inside the house, and the improvement of the technology is being made, and does not contribute to the other life of the user.

In more detail, most of the functions of home automation are limited to individual areas where the user resides, and the range within the reach of the user can be controlled, while active and active functions for security are lacking.

A typical example is the purchase of daily necessities and general goods. In the past, residents of homes have to call or order in person to purchase goods. To this end, the user must make a phone call or visit in accordance with the opening hours, and it is necessary to move by elevator and walking for the visit. In particular, it is accompanied by the difficulty of returning to their residence with a heavy load after purchase. This is accompanied by another problem. For women, the purchase of goods at night is often a risk, and if you are reluctant to give up your purchases, your life becomes inconvenient. On the contrary, in case of purchasing goods by order, most orders are by voice call or mobile communication text service, and when the required items are many and complicated, it is difficult to expect accuracy, and the calculation is cumbersome. In addition, there is a case of a crime disguised as a delivery, it is still a situation that can not overlook the neglect of the safety of the user himself.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a home automation interlocking weighted waiter system that implements crime prevention through environmental design by allowing the home automation and product delivery of a weighted waiter system to automatically receive the purchase and delivery of goods in the residential area. To provide.

Another object of the present invention is to confirm and order information in the user's living space, and according to the delivery system according to the delivery system, thereby reducing the time and inconvenience caused by the user's movement, and without the visit of outsiders It is to provide a home automation interlocking dumb waiter system to enable receipt.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to increase the convenience of the user by interlocking the neighboring shopping malls and amenities and the home automation system in the user's living space, and to expand the available area of the home automation system to enable more convenient use. It is to provide an automatic linked dumbbell waiter system.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a home automation interlocking weighted waiter system installed in a user's living space and receiving a user's command; A dumb waiter system that connects the living space of the user and a management space where the collection of goods to be delivered to the user and the goods entrusted from the user are made, and a dumb waiter for transferring the goods; And a management system connected to the home automation system to receive the user's command, and to drive the dumb waiter according to the command to deliver the article to the user or to entrust the article from the user. It is composed.

The dumb waiter system, the dumb waiter, provides a moving space of the dumb waiter, and comprises a duct connecting the management space and the living space and the drive device for moving the dumb waiter.

The duct is a common duct connected to the management space; Branched from the common duct is configured to include a branch duct connected to the user's living space.

The dumb waiter system is installed in the living space, is connected to the duct, and further comprises a home case for temporarily receiving the goods from the dumb waiter.

The home case includes a screen door for separating the duct and the home case at the connection portion with the duct and a home case door for opening the home case to the user.

The commerce is connected to the home automation system to provide related information including new product information, price information, event information, delivery information, and holiday information, and to process the order and consignment request of the user transmitted through the home automation system. The system further comprises.

It further comprises a courier system connected to the home automation system to deliver the goods entrusted to the management space to the destination at the request of the user, or to deliver the goods to be delivered to the user to the user using the dumb waiter system It is configured by.

Home automation linked dumb waiter system according to the present invention enables the user to order the goods directly held in the management room through the home automation system and receive them immediately through the dumb waiter system to enable crime prevention through environmental design and purchase goods It is possible to increase the breakthrough convenience of.

In addition, the home automation interlocking weight waiter system according to the present invention, through the home automation system, the user checks the information directly from the goods or the nearby stores or nearby convenience facilities held in the management room, and through this order and payment through, Receiving through the waiter system, it is possible to reduce the time required for the use of the adjacent facilities, as well as to reduce the inconvenience of waiting for delivery.

In addition, the home automation interlocking weight waiter system according to the present invention can reduce the inconvenience of using the courier service by allowing the user to receive or dispatch the courier goods arriving at the time when the user is absent.

In addition, the home automation interlocking weight waiter system according to the present invention can be easily used without a separate visit by performing the consignment processing of items that can be annoying users, such as laundry using the weight waiter system.

In addition, the home automation interlocking weight waiter system according to the present invention can reduce the number of times of exposure to dangerous situations by reducing the external activity of the late time, while also reducing the contact between the user and stranger outsiders, through which the user It becomes possible to plan safety.

Other features and operations of the present invention in addition to the above objects will become apparent from the detailed description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The detailed description set forth below in connection with the appended drawings is made with the intention of describing preferred embodiments of the invention, and does not represent the only forms in which the invention may be practiced. It should be noted that the same or equivalent functions included in the spirit or scope of the present invention may be achieved by other embodiments.

Certain features set forth in the drawings are enlarged for ease of description, and the drawings and their components are not necessarily drawn to scale. However, those skilled in the art will readily understand these details.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration example showing a home automation interlocking weight waiter system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a home automation interworking dumbbell waiter system according to the present invention includes a home automation system 110, a management system 130, a dumbbell waiter system 150, a commerce system 170, and a parcel delivery system 190. It is configured by.

The home automation system 110 is connected to each component constituting the user's living environment and controls the component according to the user's command.

Here, the component means a home appliance, an air-conditioning device, and an equivalent device provided in a user's home, and means a device that can be controlled by a controller of the system.

In particular, the home automation system 110 is connected to the management system 130 to provide information to the user from the management system 130 and to transmit the user's command to the management system 130.

In addition, it is connected to the commerce system 170 via the management system 130, through which the order, delivery request, parcel delivery request, payment, processing request for a specific article to the commerce system 170 and parcel delivery system 190 To pass.

In addition, the home automation system 110 provides a user with information transmitted from the management system 130, the commerce system 170, and the parcel delivery system 190. For example, the home automation system 110 checks whether the goods to be delivered to the user are stored in the management room through an association with the management system 130 and notifies the user.

In addition, when there is an article that needs to be delivered from the user to the outside, the home automation system 110 requests the delivery to the management system 130 and provides the user with a subsequent processing result from the management system 130.

In particular, the home automation system 110 provides product information, announcements, and order processing items that are periodically updated from the commerce system 170 through the management system 130 or directly received from the commerce system 170 and provided to the user. do.

In addition, the home automation system 110 sends a command by the user who has confirmed the information from the commerce system 170, for example, an order of receipt of an order or consigned goods, through the management system 130 or directly to the commerce system 170. To allow further processing.

In particular, if necessary, the home automation system 110 interoperates with the commerce system 170 and the parcel delivery system 190 to perform payment according to the order, thereby increasing user convenience.

In particular, the home automation system 110 uses a dumb waiter system 150 controlled by the management system 130 when sending or receiving parcel delivery items, receiving order items, consigning or receiving consignment items.

That is, when the home automation system 110 sends a request for delivery or a request for receipt of an order to the management system 130, the management system 130 stores the corresponding article in the dumb waiter of the dumb waiter system 150 and the corresponding user. Dumb waiter is sent to.

At this time, by receiving the information about the status of the goods, the position of the waiter, whether the arrival of the waiter from the management system 130 to provide the user so that the user can confirm the delivery of the goods by the waiter.

The management system 130 relays and connects the home automation system 110, the commerce system 170, and the parcel delivery system 190, and controls the dumb waiter system 150.

As described above, the management system 130 transmits the information from the commerce system 170 and the parcel delivery system 190 and the operation information of the dumb waiter system 150 to the home automation system 110, and also the home automation system 110. Receives, forwards, or processes requests from system 110.

To this end, the management system 130 is configured to include a server for communicating with the home automation system 110, the commerce system 170, the parcel delivery system 190, and controls the dumb waiter system 150.

The management system 130 moves the dump waiter of the dump waiter system 150 to the user's living space where the request is made in response to the request for dispatch of goods from the home automation system 110 and the consignment of the goods. Transfer to or perform consignment processing.

In addition, the management system 130 notifies the user of the home automation system 110 when the delivery or courier goods arrive to a specific user, and notifies the receipt of the goods, the home automation system 110 Check through.

According to the confirmation result, the management system 130 stores and delivers the goods to the waiter to the user to perform delivery and delivery.

In addition, the management system 130 when the start of the dumb waiter may transmit the information on the start, arrival, operating state of the dumb waiter to the home automation system 110 to be confirmed by the user.

Meanwhile, the management system 130 may serve to relay the commerce system 170, the parcel delivery system 190, and the home automation system 110.

When a request for delivery of a specific item is received from the user, the management system 130 notifies the parcel delivery system 190 and proceeds with the delivery of the corresponding item.

In addition, the management system 130 may receive the delivery state information of the parcel delivery from the parcel delivery system 190 and provide it to the home automation system 110 of the user.

In addition, the management system 130 transmits the information to the home automation system 110 from the adjacent convenience facilities constituting the commerce system 170, for example, a shopping mall and convenience facilities such as a laundry, a supermarket, a flower garden, and a fast food restaurant. I can deliver it.

Here, the information transmitted from the commerce system 170 may be processed by the management system 130 to be suitable for the home automation system 110.

The information transmitted to the home automation system 110 through the management system 130 may be provided to the type and price information of daily necessities such as miscellaneous goods, convenience items, foodstuffs, event information in a specific store, announcements, construction schedules, and specific institutions. May be information related to life, such as construction.

Dumb waiter system 150 is operated under the control of the management system 130 is responsible for the movement of the actual goods between the user living space and the management room.

To this end, the dumb waiter system 150 is a dumb waiter for receiving and transporting the goods, a duct providing a movement path of the dumb waiter, a drive device for moving the dumb waiter, a drive device for moving the goods in the dumb waiter, from the dumb waiter It may comprise a homecase, which is a temporary standby space for delivery of the goods to the user, and multiple doors for safety.

The dumb waiter system 150 is responsible for the transfer of goods by reciprocating the dumb waiter between the user living space and the management room under the control of the management system 130.

That is, the goods delivered to the management room is stored in the dumb waiter moves along the duct connected to each user living space, arrives at the designated user living space and delivers the goods to the user.

In addition, when the goods delivery from the user occurs, it serves to transfer the user's goods to the management room. This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.

The commerce system 170 is connected to the home automation system 110 via the management system 130 or directly, provides related information to the home automation system 110, or accepts an order from the home automation system 110. Process.

 The commerce system 170 may first be a product management system that is held directly by itself. That is, the management room directly holds the basic goods necessary for life, and provides information such as the type and price of the goods and newly received goods through the home automation system 110.

Accordingly, the commerce system 170 receives the order from the home automation system 110 when the order is generated from the user and delivers the order through the waiter system 150, and may receive the payment by the period or immediately according to the order processing.

In addition, the commerce system 170 may additionally be configured as a convenience facility near the user living area. That is, the commerce system 170 may be a facility such as a general store, a shop, a restaurant, a laundry, or a bookstore.

The commerce system 170 provides the home automation system 110 with related information such as product type and price, newly received goods, event information, and holiday information.

In addition, the commerce system 170 receives and processes an order from the home automation system 110 when an order is generated from a user, and may be paid by computerization according to the order processing.

In addition, the commerce system 170 delivers the ordered goods to the waiter system 150 by using the courier system 190 or by using its own delivery means.

The parcel delivery system 190 is connected to the home automation system 110 via the management system 130 or directly, and provides a parcel delivery service according to a request from a user or a parcel delivered to a user.

To this end, the parcel delivery system 190 takes over the goods to the waiter system 190 when the parcel delivery object is generated, or receives the goods from the waiter system 190 to proceed with the delivery.

Here, the goods delivered to the user or the goods entrusted from the user does not necessarily need to be delivered to the management room. In the case of the present type of housing, since there may be human agency, the management room is described as an example of the storage of goods.

In the case of the management room described above, if automation technology such as vending machine type technology, wireless recognition technology, barcode technology is attached, a space for collecting the goods in the basement of a housing complex or apartment complex is provided and the goods are delivered when the request is confirmed. It is possible to use.

That is, when there is a consignment of laundry items from the user, the laundry items are transferred to the collection place by the dumb waiter and stored in a temporary storage place. At this time, if the check is made by visiting the collection place to collect the laundry in the laundry, it is possible to configure the unmanned system by proceeding to take over the laundry stored in the temporary storage place.

2 and 3 is an exemplary view schematically showing a dumb waiter to explain the dumb waiter, Figure 2 is a schematic view showing a schematic configuration of the dumb waiter system, Figure 3 is a user residence of the end of the dumb waiter It is a cross-sectional illustration which shows the structure of the home case installed in a space.

2 and 3, the dumb waiter system 150 directly connects the management room 131 and the user's living space to the storage and temporary storage function of the article. As described above, the management room 131 may be implemented by an unmanned system. In this case, devices such as a temporary storage device, an item identification and recognition device, and a security confirmation device may be configured.

In the case of the dumb waiter system 150 including the management room 131, the living space of the user and the management room are connected by the duct 152 to which the dumb waiter 151 is movable. Inside the duct 152, devices such as wires, chains, and push-pull arms may be connected to a driving device (not shown) to move the dumbbell waiter 151.

Since the moving means of the dumb waiter 151 is already developed and used in various forms, detailed description thereof will be omitted in the present invention.

When the article 101 arrives in the management room 131 as shown in FIG. 2, the article 101 is stored in the dumb waiter 151 by a manager or a mechanical device of the management room 131.

At this time, the management system 130 is interlocked with the home automation system 110 as described above to determine whether to transport the article 101 to proceed.

The article stored in the dumb waiter 151 is moved inside the duct 152 by a driving device driven under the control of the management system 130.

Thereafter, the dumb waiter 151 is moved to the living space of the user in which any one of the ends of the duct 152 is installed.

Dumb waiter 151 after the movement is located in the home case 153 installed in the user's living space.

The home case 153 is a temporary space for receiving goods from the waiter 151 or storing the goods in the waiter 151, and may be installed to increase user safety and utilization of the waiter 151. .

That is, the dumb waiter 151 that stores and moves the article may be used by another user after receiving the article stored in the home case 153 by the driving device embedded in the dumb waiter 151. In addition, the home case 153 may be used for the purpose of promoting the safety of the user.

In the case of the dumbbell waiter 151, an empty space is moved like an elevator to guide a product to a user. Therefore, when the door between the duct and the user is broken or broken, the user may fall into the duct due to the carelessness of the user, or part of the body may be injured.

In order to prevent such a risk, after the article is completely transferred from the dumbbell waiter 151 to the home case 153, the user may open the door of the home case 153 to be used as a means of ensuring safety.

This can be confirmed in more detail with reference to FIG. 3.

Dumb waiter 151 moved through the duct 152 is aligned with the position connected to the home case 153 formed in the user living space.

At this time, a screen door 156 separating the duct and the home case 153 is installed between the home case 153 and the dumb waiter 151 in addition to the door 155 of the dumb waiter 151.

In addition, a home case 153 is installed in front of the screen door 156, and a home case door 157 is provided at the user side. When the dumbbell waiter 151 arrives at the position where the home case 153 is connected, the home case door 157 keeps the locked state.

In this case, the screen door 156 and the dumb waiter door 155 are sequentially opened so that the article is transferred from the dumb waiter 151 into the home case 153.

When the takeover of the article is finished, the screen door 156 and the dumper door 155 are closed. When the screen door 156 and the dumper door 155 are closed, and the sealing is confirmed, the home case door 157 releases the lock so that the user can open the home case door 157 to receive the goods. . In this way, it is possible to safely and easily deliver the goods.
Meanwhile, the dumb waiter 151 is provided with a dumb waiter transfer means 158 implemented by, for example, a conveyor belt, a push pull loader, a table, and the like, for the transfer of the article. Since the home case transfer means 159 is provided for receiving the goods from the waiter transport means 158, it is preferable to transfer the inside of the home case 153 to be delivered to the user. On the contrary, it is also possible to receive the goods in the home case 153 received from the user from the home case transfer means 159 and to transfer the inside of the dumb waiter 151.
At this time, the home case 153 is provided with a camera that provides a screen or a weight sensing means is provided to the home automation system to provide information on whether there is an article in the home case, the dumbbell waiter system when the user is absent When the goods are delivered to the home case 153 through the user, it is also very desirable to ensure that the user can receive the goods immediately.

4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an example in which a duct connecting a management room and a user's living space is applied to a multi-family house.

Referring to FIG. 4, (a) of the left side shows a central elevator apartment or multi-family house. When the elevator or the staircase is located at the center and one or two households are disposed at the left and right, respectively, as shown in FIG. 4A, a vertical duct 152a may be installed at the center along the elevator passage or the staircase passage. In addition, horizontal ducts 152b branching from side to side to the furniture located at the left and right of each floor from the vertical duct 152a may be connected and installed.

Meanwhile, in the case of a corridor-type apartment or a multi-family house, as illustrated in FIG. 4B, a horizontal duct 252b in charge of one floor from a common vertical duct 252a may be branched and installed. In this case, the connection duct 252c for connecting to each user living space may be separately installed in the horizontal duct 252b, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The duct structure of FIG. 4 is shown as an example and may be applied in various forms.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the detailed description of the specification but should be defined by the claims.

1 is a configuration example showing a home automation interlocking dumbbell waiter system according to the present invention.

2 and 3 is an exemplary view schematically showing a dumb waiter to explain the dumb waiter,

2 is an exemplary view illustrating a schematic configuration of a dumb waiter system.

Figure 3 is an exemplary cross-sectional view showing the structure of the home case is installed in the user living space at the end of the dumb waiter.

4 is an exemplary view showing an example in which a duct connecting the management room and the user's living space is applied to a multi-family house.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

110: home automation system

130: management system

150: Dumb waiter system

170: commerce system

190: parcel delivery system

Claims (7)

A home automation system installed in a user's living space and receiving a user's command; A dumb waiter system for transferring the goods while the dumb waiter is moved in a duct connecting a living space of the user and a management space where the goods to be delivered to the user and the goods entrusted by the user are made; And And a management system connected to the home automation system to receive the user's command and drive the dumbbell waiter according to the command to deliver the article to the user or to entrust the article from the user. But The living space is provided with a home case connected to the duct and temporarily receiving the goods from the dumb waiter, And a screen door for separating a space at the connection portion of the duct and the home case and a home case door for opening the inside of the home case to the user, wherein the screen door and the home case door are selectively opened. In doing so, the duct is not directly exposed to the living space, In the dumb waiter, a dumb waiter transfer means for the transfer of the article is provided, and a home case transfer means for the transfer of the article is provided in the home case, and the dumb waiter transfer means and the home case transfer means are the screen doors. It is provided so as to be adjacent to, and when the screen door is opened, the goods in the dump waiter is transferred from the waiter transport means to the home case transport means to be stored in the home case or the goods inside the home case from the home case transport means to the dump waiter transport means Home automation interlocking weighted waiter system, characterized in that the storage is made by the weighted waiter. The method of claim 1, The dumbbell waiter system, The dumb waiter, The duct providing a moving space of the dumb waiter, connecting the management space and the living space and Home automation interlocking dumbbell waiter system characterized in that it comprises a drive device for moving the dumbbell waiter. The method of claim 2, The duct is A common duct connected to the management space; And a branch duct branched from the common duct and connected to the living space of the user. The method of claim 1, The dumb waiter and the home case is provided with a transfer means which is driven only when the screen door is open, the home automation interlocking dumb waiter system characterized in that the goods are transferred to each other. The method of claim 1, And said home case comprises means for providing information on whether an article exists. The method of claim 1, It is installed at the adjacent facility and receives related information including new product information, price information, event information, shipping information, and non-working information and provides it to the user through the home automation system, and orders from the user through the home automation system. It further comprises a commerce system for receiving a consignment request to be processed to the adjacent convenience side, A home automation interlocking dumb waiter system, which allows a user to immediately order an item to a nearby convenience facility through a home automation system to receive the ordered item or perform a consignment request with the dumb waiter system. The method of claim 1, And a parcel delivery system connected to the home automation system to deliver the goods entrusted to the management space to a destination at the request of the user, or to deliver the goods to be delivered to the user to the user using the dumb waiter system. Home automation linked dumb waiter system, characterized in that configured to.

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