KR101574891B1 - Unmanned system of storing object using user interface and communication means of smart phone - Google Patents

Abstract

A unmanned article storage system and method using a user interface and communication means of a smart phone are disclosed. And a control module for registering a password of the lock module through the short distance communication module and controlling the lock module to perform an open operation through a registered password, A plurality of unattended garbage containers; An application providing a user interface for controlling the operation of the unmanned article storage box is distributed and an unattended storage of an unmanned article storage box is transmitted to the distributed application via an mobile communication network, Warehouse server; Installing the application distributed from the unmanned article storage server, receiving the open control message from the unmanned article storage server using the installed application, transmitting the received open control message to the short distance communication module of the unattended article storage box, A user smartphone is configured to control the opening operation of the storage box.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to an unmanned article storage system and method using a user interface and communication means of a smart phone,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an unmanned article storage system and method, and more particularly, to an unattended article storage system and method using a user interface and a communication means of a smart phone.

Conventionally, a unmanned storage box is provided in a public place such as a subway station.

Anyone can select a desired unmanned storage box according to a menu of a touch screen provided in a plurality of unattended storage boxes, and find a storage item at a later time.

A coin or the like may be inserted and a key may be used to open and close the door. In some cases, the user registers the password on the touch screen, and the door is automatically opened and closed by inputting the password. In recent years, a system in which a plurality of storage units are automatically opened and closed by interlocking with a controller and a touch screen is often used.

In this case, because several tens of storage units are operated in association with one touch screen panel, a single bottleneck may occur due to the use of one touch screen panel in order. In addition, the installation cost of the touch screen panel or its payment module is increased, and it is difficult to maintain / repair the touch screen panel. For example, money collection or change refills require considerable effort and cost.

On the other hand, as a more advanced form, Patent Registration No. 10-1317775 and No. 10-1083784 disclose a unmanned storage box capable of operating in cooperation with a user's smartphone.

In the electronic locker system of Patent Document 10-1083784, an electronic locker and an electronic locker server are provided. The mobile terminal transmits the electronic locker wireless identification code and the number of the mobile terminal to the electronic locker server to perform the identity authentication, . The electronic locker system remotely controls the opening and closing of the electronic lockers of the members to which the electronic locker server holding the information of the registered members in advance is assigned.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-1317775 discloses an article storage system using a mobile terminal, which is characterized by controlling the opening and closing of a storage box on a mobile terminal. The LBS location server continuously tracks the location of the mobile terminal so that the mobile terminal can control opening and closing of the storage box through the 3G / 4G mobile communication network when the mobile terminal is in the vicinity of the storage box.

However, in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application No. 10-1083784 and 10-1317775, it is required that an electronic locker or an article storage box is used as a wired communication means for directly communicating with a remote server or an Internet communication means such as a 3G / 4G mobile communication means. That is, since the Internet communication means is required for each storage box installed in various places, there is a problem that the installation / repair cost is high.

In particular, since Patent Literature 10-1317775 includes an LBS server and authenticates the user, the system construction cost greatly increases.

Accordingly, there is a need for a method of reducing the installation cost and simplifying the maintenance cost of the storage box without damaging the security.

10-1317775 10-1083784

An object of the present invention is to provide an unattended article storage system using a user interface and communication means of a smart phone.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for storing unattended articles using a user interface and communication means of a smart phone.

The first embodiment of the unattended article storage system using the user interface and the communication means of the smartphone according to the object of the present invention includes a short distance communication module, a lock module performing a lock operation or an open operation, And a control module for registering the password of the lock module and controlling the lock module to perform the open operation through the registered password. An application providing a user interface for controlling the operation of the unmanned article storage box is distributed and an unattended storage of an unmanned article storage box is transmitted to the distributed application via an mobile communication network, Warehouse server; Installing the application distributed from the unmanned article storage server, receiving the open control message from the unmanned article storage server using the installed application, transmitting the received open control message to the short distance communication module of the unattended article storage box, And a user smartphone for controlling the opening operation of the article storage box.

At this time, the user smartphone selects a predetermined unattended article storage box among the plurality of unattended article storage boxes, receives a password from the user, registers the received password in the unattended article storage box, The unmanned merchandise storage box and the received password may be registered in the unmanned merchandise container server.

The unmanned merchandise container server may be configured to generate an unlock control message including a unique number and a password of the registered unattended merchandise storage box and transmit the open control message to the unattended storage box via the user smartphone.

The unmanned merchandise storage box receives and parses the open control message, and transmits a unique number and a secret number of the opened open control message to the unattended storage box and the secret number registered by the user smartphone, And if the contrast result is matched, the locking module may be controlled to perform the opening operation.

Meanwhile, the application may be configured to turn on the built-in short range communication module upon receiving the open control message from the unmanned article storage server.

In the second embodiment, the user smartphone registers the recipient smartphone in advance in the unmanned custody server, generates an open request message including the registered phone number of the recipient smartphone, and transmits the open request message to the unmanned custodian server Wherein the unmanned article storage server receives and parses the open request message, compares the phone number of the recipient smart phone included in the parsed open request message with the pre-registered recipient smart phone, An unattended luggage bin may be configured to receive the open control message from the recipient smartphone and perform an unlock operation by sending an unlock message to the unattended luggage store via the registered recipient smartphone.

In the third embodiment, the user smartphone generates an open control message including the unique number of the unmanned article storage box and the registered password, transmits the open control message to the application of the recipient smart phone through the mobile communication network, Upon receiving an open control message from the user smartphone, turns on the built-in short range communication module and transmits the open control message to the unattended storage box through a local area network, Receiving and parsing the open control message, comparing the unique number and password of the parsed open control message with the unique number of the unmanned article storage box and the password registered by the user smartphone, To control the lock module to perform an open operation .

The first embodiment of the unmanned article storage method using the user interface and the communication means of the smartphone according to the object of the present invention is a user interface for controlling the operation of the unattended article storage box in which the user smart phone is installed Selecting a predetermined unmanned storage box using an application and receiving a password from a user; Registering the selected unmanned article storage box and the inputted password in a unmanned article storage server at a remote place via a mobile communication network and registering the inputted password in the unmanned article storage box via a local area network; The user smartphone generates an open request message for the registered unattended article storage box and transmits the open request message to the unattended article storage server through the mobile communication network; Generating an open control message including the unique number of the unmanned article storage box and the registered password and transmitting the open control message to the user smartphone when the unattended article storage server receives the open request message; When the user smartphone receives the open control message, turning on the local communication module built in the user smartphone; The user smartphone transmitting the open control message to the unmanned storage box through a local area network; Receiving and parsing the open control message from the unmanned merchandise storage box, comparing the unique number and the secret number included in the open control message with each other to match the unique number of the unattended storage box and the registered password; And if the result of the comparison is coincident, performing the opening operation of the unmanned storage container.

Meanwhile, in the second embodiment, the user smartphone registers the selected unmanned article storage box and the inputted password in a unmanned article storage server at a remote place via a mobile communication network, and transmits the inputted password to the unmanned article storage box The user smartphone may be further configured to register the recipient smartphone with the unattended luggage store server.

Here, when the unmanned merchandise container server receives the open request message from the recipient smartphone, an open control message including the unique number of the unattended article storage box and the registered password is generated and transmitted to the recipient smartphone step; When the recipient smartphone receives the open control message, turning on the local communication module built in the user smartphone; The recipient smartphone transmitting the open control message to the unmanned storage bin via a local area network; Receiving and parsing the open control message from the unmanned merchandise storage box, comparing the unique number and the secret number included in the open control message with each other to match the unique number of the unattended storage box and the registered password; The unattended storage box may be configured to perform the opening operation when the result of the comparison is coincident.

According to the unmanned article storage system and method using the user interface and the communication means of the smart phone, the unmanned article storage box is provided with only a short-distance communication means such as Wi-Fi direct or ZigBee and communicates with the unmanned article storage server It is not necessary to construct a separate wired / wireless Internet communication means in the unmanned article storage box, so that the installation cost and the maintenance / repair cost are reduced.

In addition, since the unmanned storage box can be controlled using the user interface of the user smart phone, it is not necessary to provide a separate touch screen control panel in the unmanned storage box, so that the installation cost and the maintenance / There is an effect that the bottleneck disappears.

On the other hand, the user smartphone serves as a communication bridge between the baggage storage and the baggage storage server, and is configured to turn on the built-in local communication module under the control of the baggage storage server. Therefore, Communication is performed.

On the other hand, the user smart phone is configured to transmit the open control message to the receiver smartphone registered in the unmanned garage server, thereby enabling the user to transmit the goods to the other person. And is configured to be transmittable to a smart phone, thereby performing the function of carrying out an unmanned courier or delivery.

1 is a block diagram of an unmanned article storage system using a user interface and communication means of a smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart of a method for storing unattended articles using a user interface and communication means of a smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail to the concrete inventive concept.

It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.

The terms first, second, A, B, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, .

On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs.

Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

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

1 is a block diagram of an unmanned article storage system using a user interface and communication means of a smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an unmanned article storage system (hereinafter, referred to as 'unmanned article storage system') 100 using a user interface and a communication means of a smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an unmanned article storage box 110, A unmanned garage server 120, and a user smartphone 130. The user smartphone 130,

The unmanned article storage system 100 may be installed in the unmanned article storage box 110 through the application of the user smart phone 130 without a separate touch screen panel and a money settlement module or a change money return module in the unattended article storage box 110, And user interface functions such as input of a password are used and the Internet payment function is used. Thus, there is no bottleneck between the touch screen panel and the associated storage box, and the installation cost and maintenance / repair cost of the touch screen panel are eliminated.

Meanwhile, the unmanned article storage system 100 is characterized in that the unattended article storage box 110 is not provided with a separate wired and wireless Internet means. However, in the present invention, by using the mobile communication means of the user smart phone 130 as a bridge with the unmanned article storage server 120, Can be simplified.

When the user smartphone 130 receives the open control message from the unmanned article storage server 120 through the mobile communication network, the user smart phone 130 transmits the open control message to the unmanned article storage box 110 through the local area network to perform the opening operation. At this time, upon receiving the open control message, the local communication module (not shown) of the user smart phone 130 is automatically turned on to prevent the bridge function from being interrupted.

Meanwhile, in the user smartphone 130, the receiver smartphone 131 of the other person is registered in the unmanned article storage server 120 so as to deliver the article to the other person, It is possible to remotely control the opening operation. Of course, it is also possible to generate the direct opening control message and transmit it to the recipient smartphone 131.

Hereinafter, the detailed configuration will be described.

The unmanned storage box 110 may be installed in a plurality of locations.

Each unmanned storage box 110 may be configured to include a short-range communication module 111, a lock module 112, and a control module 113, respectively.

The short-range communication module 111 may be a Wi-Fi direct module, a ZigBee module, an RF module, and the like. Since the Wi-Fi module is required to be connected to a wired Internet network, it is not suitable for the purpose of the present invention.

The short-range communication module 111 is preferably a short-range communication module in which each unmanned article storage box 110 installed in one place communicates by different short-distance communication methods. This can serve as a security measure.

The lock module 112 may be configured to perform a lock operation or an open operation of the unmanned storage locker 110. Lock module 112 may be configured to perform a lock or unlock operation in a secret manner.

The lock module 112 is configured to perform a lock operation or an open operation using a code stored in an NFC (near field communication) memory provided in the user smart phone 130 and the unmanned storage locker 110, It is possible.

The control module 113 may be configured to register the password of the lock module 112 via the short-range communication module 111 and to control the lock module 112 to perform the open operation through the registered password.

The password registered by the user is stored in the memory provided in the control module 113, and the opening operation is controlled through the matching. In addition, the memory of the control module 113 stores the unique number of each unattended article storage box 110, and is configured to control the opening operation through the matching.

The unmanned merchandise container server 120 may be configured to distribute an application providing a user interface for controlling the operation of the unmanned merchandise storage box 110 to the user smartphone 130. [

The unmanned merchandise container server 120 may be configured to control the unmanned merchandise container 110 installed at a remote location from the unmanned merchandise storage box 110, respectively.

The unmanned merchandise container server 120 may be configured to transmit an open control message to the unmanned merchandise storage box 110 through the mobile communication network to the user smartphone 130 installed with the previously deployed application.

The open control message may be composed of a unique number previously assigned to each of the unmanned lockers 110 and a password registered by the user on the user smartphone 130 and registered in the unmanned locker server 120. [

The user smartphone 130 installs an application distributed from the unmanned article storage server 120 and selects a predetermined unattended article storage box 110 among the plurality of unattended article storage boxes 110 on the installed application, It can be configured to receive a password.

The user smartphone 130 may register the previously inputted password in the unmanned storage space 110 and register the selected unattended storage space 110 and the inputted password in the unattended storage space server 120 .

At this time, the communication method of the short distance communication module 111 provided in each unmanned article storage box 110 is registered in the unmanned article storage server 120, and the user smart phone 130 transmits the password to the selected unmanned article storage box 110 (Not shown) of the user smartphone 130 to register the mobile communication module 130 with the mobile communication terminal.

The unmanned merchandise container server 120 may generate an open control message composed of the unique number and the password of the unattended merchandise storage box 110 and transmit the open control message to the unmanned merchandise storage box 110 via the user smartphone . Here, if the password is re-entered in the application of the user smart phone 130 and the open request message is transmitted to the unmanned locker server 120, the unmanned locker server 120 generates an open control message in response to the password Lt; / RTI >

The user smartphone 130 may be configured to receive an open control message from the unattended warehouse server 120 using the application.

At this time, the application of the user smartphone 130 may be configured to automatically turn on a built-in short-range communication module (not shown) upon receiving the open control message from the unmanned custody server 120. [ Here, the local communication module (not shown) should be a local communication module (not shown) having the same communication method as the local communication module 111 installed in the unmanned merchandise storage box 110. Since the local communication module 111 of the unmanned article storage box 111 is registered in the unmanned article storage server 120 in advance, it is possible to determine which local communication module (not shown) And can be notified from the server 120.

The user smartphone 130 may be configured to receive the open control message and transmit the opening control message to the local communication module 111 of the unattended storage box 110 to control the opening operation of the unattended storage box 110. [

At this time, the application of the user smartphone 130 may be configured to automatically turn on a local communication module (not shown) having the same communication method as that of the local communication module 111 of the unmanned merchandise storage box 110 to communicate with each other.

The unmanned storage bin 110 may be configured to receive and parse the open control message from the user smartphone 130. [

The unmanned article storage box 110 compares the unique number and the password of the parsed open control message with the unique number of the unmanned article storage box 110 and the password registered by the user smartphone 130, (112) to perform an opening operation.

The security process for the unmanned merchandise container server 130 as well as the password process for the unmanned merchandise container 110 is performed.

In the present invention, the present invention can be used not only for storing articles but also for delivering articles to others.

In the first method, the user smartphone 130 may be configured to register the recipient smartphone 131 in the unattended warehouse server 120 first.

The user smartphone 130 may be configured to generate an open request message containing the phone number of the registered recipient smartphone 131 and send it to the unattended parcel server 120. [

Then, the unmanned parcel server 120 receives and parses the open request message, and compares the phone number of the recipient smartphone 131 included in the parsed open request message with the registered recipient smartphone 131 .

The unmanned custody server 120 may be configured to transmit the open control message to the unmanned custody store 110 via the registered recipient smartphone 131 previously. At this time, the recipient smartphone 131 may also be configured to automatically turn on a short distance communication module (not shown) in the same manner as the short distance communication module 110 of the unattended article storage box 110.

The unmanned storage bin 110 may be configured to receive an open control message from the recipient smartphone 131 to perform an open operation.

In the second method, the application of the user smartphone 130 directly generates an open control message including the unique number of the unmanned garbage collector 110 and the registered password, and transmits the open control message to the recipient smartphone 131 through the mobile communication network Application. ≪ / RTI >

Upon receiving the open control message from the smartphone 130, the receiver smartphone 131 automatically turns on the built-in short range communication module (not shown) and transmits an open control message through the local area network May be configured to transmit to the merchandise storage (110).

The unmanned merchandise storage box 110 receives and parses the open control message and stores the unique number and the password of the parsed open control message in the unique number of the unmanned storage box 110 and the number registered in the user smart phone 131 Passwords may be configured to correlate with each other.

If the comparison results in agreement, the unmanned storage bin 110 may be configured to control the lock module 112 to perform an open operation.

2 is a flowchart of a method for storing unattended articles using a user interface and communication means of a smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a user selects a predetermined unmanned storage box using an application providing a user interface for controlling the operation of the unmanned storage device, (S101).

Next, the user smart phone 130 registers the previously selected unmanned storage locker 110 and the previously input password in the unmanned locker server 120 at the remote place via the mobile communication network, In the unmanned storage box 110 (S102).

Next, the user smartphone 130 generates an open request message for the registered unmanned storage space 110, and transmits the open request message to the unmanned storage server 120 through the mobile communication network (S103).

Next, when the unmanned merchandise container server 130 receives the open request message, it generates an open control message including the unique number of the unmanned merchandise storage box 110 and the registered password, and transmits the open control message to the user smartphone 130 (S104).

Next, when the user smartphone 130 receives the open control message, it turns on the local communication module (not shown) built in the user smart phone 130 (S105).

Next, the user smartphone 130 transmits an open control message to the unmanned storage box 110 through a local area network (not shown) (S106).

Next, the unmanned merchandise storage box 110 receives and parses the open control message, compares the unique number and the secret number included in the open control message with the unique number of the unmanned storage box 110 and the registered password (S107 ).

At this time, if the mutual contrast results match (S108), the unmanned storage box 110 performs the opening operation (S109).

On the other hand, the user smartphone 130 registers the previously selected unmanned locker 110 and the previously input password in the unmanned locker server 120 at the remote place through the mobile communication network, and transmits the previously input password to the unmanned locker server 110 via the local area network The user smartphone 130 may be configured to additionally register the recipient smartphone 131 in the unmanned parcel server 120 in step S102 of registering with the parcel storage 110. [

When the unattended storage box server 120 receives the open request message from the recipient smartphone 131, the unattended storage box 110 transmits an open control message including the unique number of the unattended storage box 110 and the registered password And transmits it to the recipient smartphone 131 (S201).

Next, when the recipient smartphone 131 receives the open control message, it turns on the local communication module (not shown) built in the user smartphone 130 (S202).

Next, the recipient smartphone 131 transmits the open control message to the unmanned storage box 110 via the local area network (S203).

Next, the unmanned merchandise storage box 110 receives and parses the open control message, compares the unique number and the password included in the open control message with the unique number of the unmanned storage box 110 and the registered password (S204 ).

At this time, if the mutual contrast results match (S205), the unmanned storage space 110 performs the opening operation (S206).

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the following claims. There will be.

110: Unmanned storage
111: Local area communication module
120: unattended storage box server
130: User smartphone
131: Recipient Smartphone
200: Payment Server

Claims (5)

And a control module for registering a password of the lock module through the short range communication module and controlling the lock module to perform an open operation through a registered password, A plurality of unmanned merchandising stores each comprising a module set configured;
An application providing a user interface for controlling the operation of the unmanned article storage box is distributed and an unattended storage of an unmanned article storage box is transmitted to the distributed application via an mobile communication network, Warehouse server;
Installing the application distributed from the unmanned article storage server, receiving the open control message from the unmanned article storage server using the installed application, transmitting the received open control message to the short distance communication module of the unattended article storage box, A user smartphone for controlling the opening operation of the storage container,
The user smartphone,
Wherein the unattended article storage box is selected by a user from among the plurality of unattended article storage boxes and receives a password from the user, registers the inputted password in the unattended article storage box, Is registered in the unmanned merchandise container server,
Wherein the unmanned merchandise container server comprises:
An unlocking control message composed of the unique number and the password of the registered unmanned locker, and transmitting the unlock message to the unmanned locker via the user smartphone,
Wherein the unmanned article storage box comprises:
Receiving and parsing the open control message, comparing the unique number and password of the parsed open control message with the unique number of the unmanned merchandise storage box and the password registered by the user smartphone, And to control the locking module to perform an opening operation,
The application comprises:
Wherein the unmanned article storage server is configured to turn on the built-in short range communication module when receiving the open control message from the unmanned article storage server. The method according to claim 1,
The user smartphone,
Registering a receiver smartphone in advance in the unmanned article storage server, generating an open request message including a phone number of a registered receiver smartphone, transmitting the open request message to the unmanned article storage server,
Wherein the unmanned merchandise container server comprises:
Receiving and parsing the open request message, comparing the phone number of the recipient smart phone contained in the parsed open request message with the pre-registered recipient smart phone, To the unmanned storage box via the telephone,
The unmanned merchandise storage box includes:
Wherein the controller is configured to receive the open control message from the recipient smartphone and perform an open operation. The method according to claim 1,
The user smartphone,
An open control message including a unique number of the unmanned article storage box and the registered password is generated and transmitted to an application of a recipient smart phone through a mobile communication network,
The recipient smartphone,
Upon receiving the open control message from the user smartphone, turns on the built-in short range communication module and transmits the open control message to the unmanned storage box through the local area network,
The unmanned merchandise storage box includes:
Receiving and parsing the open control message, comparing the unique number and password of the parsed open control message with the unique number of the unmanned merchandise storage box and the password registered by the user smartphone, Wherein the unlocking device is configured to control the locking module to perform an unlocking operation. Selecting a predetermined unmanned storage box using an application providing a user interface for controlling the operation of the unattended storage box of the user smartphone and receiving a password from the user;
Registering the selected unmanned article storage box and the inputted password in a unmanned article storage server at a remote place via a mobile communication network and registering the inputted password in the unmanned article storage box via a local area network;
The user smartphone generates an open request message for the registered unattended article storage box and transmits the open request message to the unattended article storage server through the mobile communication network;
Generating an open control message including the unique number of the unmanned article storage box and the registered password and transmitting the open control message to the user smartphone when the unattended article storage server receives the open request message;
When the user smartphone receives the open control message, turning on the local communication module built in the user smartphone;
The user smartphone transmitting the open control message to the unmanned storage box through a local area network;
Receiving and parsing the open control message from the unmanned merchandise storage box, comparing the unique number and the secret number included in the open control message with each other to match the unique number of the unattended storage box and the registered password;
And if the result of the comparison is in agreement, performing the opening operation of the unmanned article storage box, using the user interface and communication means of the smartphone. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the user smartphone registers the selected unmanned article storage box and the inputted password in a unmanned article storage server at a remote place via a mobile communication network and registers the inputted password in the unmanned article storage box via a local area network,
Characterized in that the user smartphone is further configured to register the recipient smartphone in the unattended luggage store server,
Generating an open control message including the unique number of the unattended article storage box and the registered password when the unattended article storage server receives the open request message from the recipient smartphone and transmitting the open control message to the recipient smartphone;
When the recipient smartphone receives the open control message, turning on the local communication module built in the user smartphone;
The recipient smartphone transmitting the open control message to the unmanned storage bin via a local area network;
Receiving and parsing the open control message from the unmanned merchandise storage box, comparing the unique number and the secret number included in the open control message with each other to match the unique number of the unattended storage box and the registered password;
Further comprising the step of performing an opening operation of the unmanned article storage box when the result of the comparison is coincident with that of the unmanned article storage box.

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