KR20110071953A

KR20110071953A - Method of digital door lock for home-delivery service

Info

Publication number: KR20110071953A
Application number: KR1020090128692A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 안재홍
Original assignee: 안재홍
Priority date: 2009-12-22
Filing date: 2009-12-22
Publication date: 2011-06-29

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for using a digital door-lock is provided to improve the convenience of a product delivery process using the invoice number of a delivery service. CONSTITUTION: The invoice number of a delivery service is inputted to a digital door-lock. The inputted invoice number is stored in the digital door-lock. A delivery service person inputs the invoice number of the delivery service into the digital door-lock. Whether the stored invoice number and the inputted invoice number are matched is verified. If both numbers are matched, the digital door-lock is unlocked.

Description

How to use digital door lock using invoice number {Method of Digital Door Lock for Home-Delivery Service}

The present invention relates to a new method that a digital door lock can provide.

With the recent surge in TV home shopping and Internet shopping, there are still a lot of talks with courier technicians around the country. There are many homes that have nobody during the day, so the courier who brought the goods to the front door is in vain.

The present invention is to solve the above problems through a new method of using a digital door lock. If you look at the existing digital door locks,

The door lock system for issuing a temporary certificate to the visitor has already been developed, but it cannot be a solution to the above problems. This is because there must be someone at home who will issue a temporary certificate.

Door locks that can be remotely controlled through an telecommunications network can be a good solution. However, this requires too high technology, expensive purchase and maintenance costs, and complicated installation and use.

An object of the present invention is to enable the delivery of a courier driver in the absence of a receiver, inexpensively and conveniently, without using a digital door lock, without connecting to a network and without complicated technology.

The recipient and the courier have never met each other and have never exchanged or communicated with each other, but there is well-secured information that only the recipient and the courier know. It is the invoice number. The invoice number allows the courier to enter and exit on the fly without any prior exchange, and shorten the time to open the door or take measures to raise the warning.

To this end, the present invention comprises the steps of receiving a courier invoice number from the recipient using a digital door lock; Storing the invoice number received from the receiver; Receiving an invoice number from a courier company; Checking whether the invoice number received from the courier company matches the invoice number stored in the door lock; If the two invoice numbers match, it provides a method comprising the step of opening the door to the courier.

According to the present invention, a courier driver can be brought in and out of the receiver without greatly changing the configuration of a conventionally widely used digital door lock, so that inconvenience of both the receiver and the courier driver can be eliminated.

A preferred embodiment according to the invention can be started by the receiver entering the invoice number in the digital door lock. It will be described in detail below.

1) The receiver anticipates his absence at the courier's visit and checks the invoice number of the courier he will receive from the sender and enters it into the digital door lock.

2) The digital door lock records the invoice number in the storage device.

3) The courier will visit you in the absence of the recipient.

4) The courier enters the invoice number into the digital door lock.

5) The digital door lock compares the input invoice number with that of the storage device.

6) If the invoice numbers match, the door is opened by the digital door lock.

7) The courier will enter the house and release the courier.

8) After 5 seconds, the digital door lock plays the alert sound.

9) After 10 seconds, the digital door lock automatically closes the door. After this, the door lock cannot be operated inside the door.

10) The digital door lock deletes the invoice number used in the storage device. Therefore, the door lock cannot be operated again with the same number later.

limit

The term 'digital door lock' used in the present specification is a device widely used in the market, including an opening and closing device and an electronic control device, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention can be implemented only by the present specification.

In the present specification, 'courier' refers to a specific form of delivery, but as anyone skilled in the art, the present invention can be applied to any form of delivery if the delivery item having a unique invoice number.

In the invoice number input to the digital door lock in the present specification, the entire invoice number may be input or a part of the invoice number may be input.

In the present specification, a method of inputting an invoice number by a receiver or a courier is not limited to a specific method. The easiest way to think about is the input method using the keypad. In addition, it is also possible to scan a barcode or use a wired or wireless telecommunication network. Any other method is possible. The invoice number can even be entered automatically by the computer server without human hands.

In the above embodiment, a limit of 10 seconds has been exemplified as a method of restricting entry and exit of the courier engineer, but the present specification does not limit the method of restricting access to a specific method.

Claims

In using the digital door lock,

Receiving a courier invoice number from a resident;

Storing the invoice number received from the resident;

Receiving an invoice number from a visitor;

Checking whether the invoice number received from the visitor matches the invoice number stored in the door lock;

If the two invoice numbers match, the method of using a digital door lock comprising the step of opening the door to the visitor