KR20070043227A - Delivery system and method using the rfid tag attached postbox and personal identification card - Google Patents

Abstract

1. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a delivery system and a method using a RFID tag mailbox and resident card.

2. The technical problem to be solved by the invention

The present invention can efficiently manage the delivery mail delivery point by attaching the RFID tag to the mailbox, and can accurately grasp information about the customer who actually received the mail together with the resident card with the RFID tag attached, Its purpose is to provide a delivery system and method using RFID tag mailboxes and resident cards that can deliver mails according to the date and time specified by customers through delivery point registration.

3. Summary of Solution to Invention

The present invention provides a delivery system using an RFID tag mailbox and a resident card, comprising: RFID tag information storage means for storing address information indicating a unique identification code and a location of a delivery point and a collection point; Customer unique identification code storing means for storing information on a unique identification code and a customer name for a customer on a resident registration at a delivery point; A customer delivery point storage means for connecting the RFID tag information storage means and a customer unique identification code storage means to store information on delivery points that the customer can deliver when mail is delivered; Customer unique identification code management means for changing information stored in said customer unique identification code storage means; And delivery point management means for managing a delivery point stored in the customer delivery point storage means.

4. Important uses of the invention

The present invention is used for a postal logistics management system using RFID.

RFID, Mailbox, Mailbox, Resident Card, Delivery System, Delivery Store

Description

Delivery System and Method Using the RFID Tag Attached Postbox and Personal Identification Card}

1 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of an RFID tag mailbox, a mailbox, and a resident card according to the present invention;

2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a delivery system using a RFID tag mailbox and a resident card according to the present invention;

3 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a mailbox collection method using an RFID tag attached mailbox according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a mail delivery method using a RFID tag mailbox and resident card according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

201: RFID Tag Database 202: Customer Delivery Point Database

203: Resident registration database 204: Resident card

205: Resident registration management system 206: Delivery point change Internet site

The present invention can attach the RFID tag to the customer's mailbox and resident card to perform the correct delivery confirmation and delivery point management of the mail, and to receive a mail at the desired time and date by the customer to specify a variety of delivery points to the customer The present invention relates to a delivery system using a RFID tag mailbox and a resident card and a method thereof, and more particularly, to specify a delivery point by attaching an RFID tag to a mailbox and a resident card, and to register a customer's own delivery point according to the situation. And a delivery system and method using an RFID-tagged mailbox and a resident card that can search for a suitable delivery point in delivering mail to a customer as well as linking a changeable system.

In the past, the mails that do not require the confirmation of the addressee are put in the customer's mailbox.In this case, the exact delivery result of the delivery mail could not be confirmed.In the case of the mails requiring the confirmation of the addressee, the accurate information about the actual mailee at the time of delivery Not only could not be obtained, but in the absence of the recipient can not be delivered flexibly, there is a problem that the service satisfaction of the customer is lowered by having to delay the delivery occurs.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, by attaching an RFID tag to the mailbox can efficiently manage the delivery mail delivery point, the information on the customer who actually received the mail with the resident card attached to the RFID tag The purpose of the present invention is to provide a delivery system and a method using an RFID tag mailbox and a resident card which can deliver mails on a date and time specified by a customer by accurately registering a number of delivery points for each customer.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. Also, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

An apparatus of the present invention for achieving the above object, the delivery system using a RFID tag mailbox and resident card, RFID tag information storage means for storing the address information indicating the unique identification code, the location of the delivery point and the collection point; Customer unique identification code storing means for storing information on a unique identification code and a customer name for a customer on a resident registration at a delivery point; A customer delivery point storage means for connecting the RFID tag information storage means and a customer unique identification code storage means to store information on delivery points that the customer can deliver when mail is delivered; Customer unique identification code management means for changing information stored in said customer unique identification code storage means; And delivery point management means for managing a delivery point stored in the customer delivery point storage means.

On the other hand, the method of the present invention, in the delivery method using the RFID tag mailbox and resident card, the collection point information for the RFID tag mailbox is read by a personal digital assistant (PDA) to collect and collect the collected information and delivery management Sending mailbox collection information to the system; A delivery preparation step of searching for deliverable delivery points for delivery mails after downloading information on delivery mails from the collection and delivery management system and rescheduling the couriers for mails; And a mailbox input delivery step of reading the RFID tag of the mailbox, inputting the number of delivery mails, and wirelessly transmitting a delivery result to customers registered at the delivery point.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, whereby those skilled in the art may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. There will be. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of an RFID tag mailbox, a mailbox, and a resident card according to the present invention, and illustrates an RFID tag mailbox 101, a mailbox 107, and a resident card 111 provided to a customer.

First, the RFID tag mailbox 101 is attached to the RFID tag 102 is recorded with a unique identification code and the address indicating the installation location, the customer puts the mail to be sent through the mail inlet 103 When the mail is injected, the door of the inlet is pushed backward and the number of the counter 104 connected to the inlet increases. At the time of collecting the mailbox, after removing the mail from the mailbox, the number of the mail input counter is reset to "0" through the reset button 105.

Like the mailbox, the mailbox 107 is equipped with an RFID tag 108 in which a unique identification code indicating a delivery point and information on an installation location are recorded, and when the mail is delivered, the mail 110 is delivered through the mailbox inlet 109. Will be committed.

In addition, the customer's resident card 111 records the customer's resident registration number, address and delivery point, and is attached to the RFID tag 112 that can be changed to change the information on the delivery point at the same time when changing the address.

Meanwhile, in order to recognize the RFID tags attached to the mailbox 101, the mailbox 107, and the resident card 111, a personal transport information terminal (PDA) for a deliveryman equipped with a reader function capable of reading an RFID tag is used. .

2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a delivery system using an RFID tag mailbox and a resident card according to the present invention, and shows a configuration and an information management system applied to a delivery system using an RFID tag mailbox and a resident card.

As shown in Figure 2, the delivery system using the RFID tag mailbox and resident card according to the present invention, the address (207) indicating the unique identification code, location of the delivery (mail box) and the collection point (mail box) RFID tag database 201 for storing the information, resident registration database 203 for storing the unique identification code (resident registration number) and customer information (209) for the resident registration customers living in the delivery point, and the RFID tag database 201 And a customer delivery point database 202 that connects the resident registration database 203 to store information about delivery points that a customer can deliver when mail is delivered.

The resident registration database 203 changes the delivery point and address when the customer transfers the address through the resident registration management system 205, and at the same time, the delivery point of the customer stored in the RFID tag 210 attached to the resident card 204. And information 211 for the address is also changed.

The customer delivery point database 202 registers a customer name and a unique identification number (resident registration number) through the delivery point change internet site 206, and can receive the delivery result information wirelessly during mail delivery, and by period. It is possible to change information 208 about deliverable delivery points.

Figure 3 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a mailbox collection method using an RFID tag attached mailbox according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 3, a mailbox collection method using an RFID tag with a mailbox, first, when the deliveryman moves to collect the mailbox (301) to arrive at the mailbox (302) to determine the number of times of mail through the mail counting device (303), the mail is withdrawn (304). After that, the RFID tag is read by a personal digital assistant (PDA) (305), the input number of confirmed mails is input (306), and the collected information is transmitted to the collection and delivery management system (307).

Figure 4 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a mail delivery method using a RFID tag mailbox and resident card according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, a mail delivery method using a mailbox and a resident card to which an RFID tag is attached, can first download information on delivery mail from a collection and delivery management system (401), and then deliver the delivery mail. The process of searching for delivery points, searching for delivery points for delivery mails that readjusts the couriers for mailings, and preparing for delivery, and after delivery, delivers delivery mails for delivery mails. Lose.

First, a process of searching for a delivery point for delivery mails and preparing a delivery process is as follows.

After the information on the dividend mails is downloaded from the collection and delivery management system (401), the valid delivery points that can be delivered on the day are searched through the following process for each of the downloaded delivery mails.

First, it is determined whether the delivery (consignee) confirmation procedure is required for the delivered mails (403).

If delivery confirmation is not required, valid (same day delivery) delivery points for the recipient are stored (414), and the process of checking the delivery point for the next delivery mail is repeated.

If delivery confirmation is required, the delivery point information for the recipient is downloaded (404) and the delivery point within the delivery criteria can be searched for (405), and if there is a delivery point that can be delivered on the same day (406), the delivery point can be delivered on the same day. If it is determined that the delivery point is the jury in charge (411). As a result of the determination 411, if the delivery point is within the jurisdiction of the responsible deliveryman, the stores the effective (same day delivery) delivery points for the recipient and repeats the process of checking the delivery point for the next delivery mail.

As a result of the determination 411, if it is not the delivery point within the jurisdiction of the courier in charge, the mail is handed over to the courier (412), and the process of checking the delivery point for the next delivery post is repeated.

On the other hand, as a result of checking whether there is a delivery point that can be delivered on the same day (406), if there is no delivery point that can be delivered on the same day, the customer can search for a surrogate in the same delivery point (407), and checks whether there is a surrogate customer (408). If present, the recipient is changed to a substitute recipient (409), the process proceeds to the process of downloading information of the delivery points for the recipient (404) and repeats the process of searching for a delivery point.

As a result of checking whether there is a surrogate customer (408), if there is no surrogate customer, the delivery is postponed to the next day (410) and after the postpone delivery is sent to the recipient by mobile phone or email (413) Next Repeat the process of checking the deliverability for the mail delivered.

After checking all the points available for the day of delivery through the above process, readjust the delivery mail for each delivery person (420), and download the delivery mail information and the delivery point to a personal digital assistant (PDA) ( 421) After completing preparation for delivery of the delivery mail, delivery is performed (422).

The delivery process for mail items is as follows.

After moving to the delivery destination and arriving at the delivery destination (424), it is determined whether the delivery (recipient) confirmation procedure is required (425), and if the delivery (recipient) confirmation is not necessary, the mail is put into the mailbox (426) and then a personal digital assistant. After reading the mailbox RFID tag (PDA) (427) and entering the number of delivery mails (428), the delivery status is sent to the registered customers in the delivery shop by mobile phone or e-mail (429) and then moved to the next mailing address.

If the result of the determination (425), if the delivery (consignee) needs to be determined, it is determined whether a consignee exists (430), and if the consignee exists, after handing over the mail (431), the resident with a personal digital assistant (PDA) The card is read (432) to determine the recipient's information and to the next postal delivery. If the recipient does not exist, determine whether there is a surrogate recipient in the same delivery store (433) .If the surrogate recipient exists, turn over the mail (437), and then read the resident card of the surrogate recipient with a personal digital assistant (PDA). The information of the surrogate customer is identified (438), the delivery status is transmitted to the recipient by mobile phone or e-mail (439), and then moved to the next postal delivery destination.

If the surrogate recipient does not exist in the process of identifying the existence of the surrogate recipient (433), a valid (same day delivery) delivery point for the recipient is searched again (434). As a result of the rescanning 435, if a valid delivery point exists, the delivery route for the remaining mail items including the valid delivery point is re-searched (436), and the delivery movement is continued. If there is no valid delivery point, delivery is not possible within the same day if it is impossible to deliver the same day (440), the postpone delivery status to the recipient by mobile phone or e-mail and then move to the next mail delivery.

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form. Since this process can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art will not be described in more detail.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

The present invention as described above, by using the RFID tag mailbox and resident card can accurately grasp the information on the delivery of the mail, by providing a function to change the delivery point of the customer can ensure the flexibility of delivery, A system in the delivery area of the delivery center has a system for delivering mail to a desired place at a desired date and time, and accurate receipt information on the recipient (including an alternate recipient) using an RFID tag mailbox and a resident card. Since it can be obtained has the effect of increasing the reliability of the delivery.

In addition, the present invention also has the effect of creating a service that can deliver mail to any place the customer wants to further improve the internal process even in the case of leaving the jurisdiction of a specific delivery center.

Claims (10)

In the delivery system using RFID tag mailbox and resident card, RFID tag information storage means for storing the unique identification code of the delivery point and the collection point, and address information indicating the location; Customer unique identification code storing means for storing information on a unique identification code and a customer name for a customer on a resident registration at a delivery point; A customer delivery point storage means for connecting the RFID tag information storage means and a customer unique identification code storage means to store information on delivery points that the customer can deliver when mail is delivered; Customer unique identification code management means for changing information stored in said customer unique identification code storage means; And Delivery point management means for managing a delivery point stored in the customer delivery point storage means Delivery system comprising a. The method of claim 1, RFID tag mail collecting means for attaching an RFID tag having a unique identification code for the collection point and information on an installation position, to collect mail to be sent by a customer; A RFID tag mail receiving means for attaching a unique identification code indicating a delivery point and an RFID tag in which information on an installation location is recorded, and for receiving mail at delivery; Customer identification means for recording the customer's unique identification code, address and delivery point, and changing the information on the delivery point at the same time when the address is changed with an RFID tag which can be changed; And RFID tag reading means for reading the RFID tag Delivery system comprising more. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The customer unique identification code storage means, If the delivery point and the address are changed when the customer transfers the address through the customer unique identification code management means, it is possible to change the information about the delivery point and the address of the customer stored in the RFID tag attached to the customer identification means. Characterized by a delivery system. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The customer delivery point storage means, Through the delivery point management means, the customer can register a customer name and a unique identification code, it is possible to change the wireless communication information (cell phone number and e-mail address) that can receive information about the delivery point and delivery result information when delivering mail. Delivery system. The method of claim 2, The RFID tag mail collecting means, Delivery system characterized in that it comprises a counting device connected to the inlet when the mail input. In the delivery method using a mailbox with a RFID tag and a resident card, A mailbox collection information transmission step of reading collection point information on a RFID tagged mailbox using a personal digital assistant (PDA) and transmitting the collected information to a collection and delivery management system; A delivery preparation step of searching for deliverable delivery points for delivery mails after downloading information on delivery mails from the collection and delivery management system and rescheduling the couriers for mails; And Mailbox input delivery step that reads the RFID tag of the mailbox, inputs the number of delivered mails, and wirelessly transmits the delivery results to customers registered at the delivery point. Delivery method comprising a. The method of claim 6, The mailbox collection information transmission step, The number of mails input is identified through the mail counting device of the RFID mailbox, the mailbox RFID tag is read by a personal digital assistant (PDA), the number of mails input is confirmed, and the collected information is collected and transmitted to the delivery management system. Characterized by delivery method. The method of claim 6, The delivery preparation step, It is determined whether the delivery (recipient) confirmation procedure is required for the downloaded delivery items, and if the delivery confirmation is not required, the stores of valid (same day delivery) delivery points for the recipient are stored, and if the delivery confirmation is required, A delivery point search step of searching for a delivery point that can be delivered within a delivery criterion after downloading information about the delivery points; If the delivery point is checked in the delivery point search step, the same day deliverable delivery point storage step of confirming that there is a delivery point that can be delivered on the same day, selecting a manager in charge of the delivery point that can deliver the day, and storing an effective delivery point for the recipient; And When delivery confirmation is required in the delivery point search step, if there is no delivery point that can be delivered on the same day, the customer can search for a customer who can receive a representative in the same delivery point, and check whether there is a customer who can receive the proxy, and if so, change the recipient to a substitute recipient. After that, the information on the recipients is downloaded, the delivery point is searched for possible delivery points, and if there is a surrogate customer present, the delivery is delayed to the next day if there is no surrogate customer. Delivery point verification step to send a situation Delivery method comprising a. The method of claim 6, The mailbox delivery step, An unconfirmed delivery status transmission step of transmitting a delivery status to registered customers in the delivery shop by reading a mailbox RFID tag and inputting a delivery mail number to a personal digital assistant (PDA) if delivery (consignee) confirmation is not required; And If delivery (consignee) is necessary, it is determined whether a consignee exists. If a consignee exists, the resident card is read by a personal digital assistant (PDA) to find out information about the consignee. Determining the existence of the recipient, if there is a surrogate recipient, reads the resident card of the surrogate recipient with a personal digital assistant (PDA) to determine the information of the surrogate customer, and sends the confirmation delivery status to the recipient. step Delivery method comprising a. The method of claim 9, The confirmation delivery status transmission step, If the agent does not exist in the process of determining the existence of the agent, re-search for a valid (same day delivery) delivery point for the recipient, and if a valid delivery point exists, the delivery route for the remaining mail including the effective delivery point is searched. The delivery method, characterized in that the re-discovery, if delivery is not possible on the same day if the effective delivery point does not exist, postpone delivery on the next day, and transmit the delivery delay status to the recipient.

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