KR20160010944A - Parcel keeping service system for home use and the control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a parcel keeping service system for home use and a control method thereof. According to the present invention, a single-piece parcel keeping container is installed at a home main door and, from a distance, is the opening and closing of the parcel keeping container controlled by using a smartphone application, thereby receiving a parcel safe from a distance. A parcel keeping service system for home use according to the present invention comprises: a user smartphone having a predetermined application embedded for remote-controlling of the parcel keeping container; the parcel keeping container, being installed as a single-piece at a home main door, that has a body with a certain space between a front door and rear door, and selectively opens and closes the front and rear door and drives an ejecting tool by the remote control of a server via running the application embedded on the user smartphone; and the server that stores the information on the application embedded in each of the user smartphones and parcel keeping container installed in each of the houses and receives a parcel keeping container control command via operating the predetermined smartphone application, thereby remote-controlling the parcel keeping container that corresponds to the command.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a home delivery service system,

The present invention relates to a courier storage service system for a home and a control method thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a courier storage service system for a home, and more particularly to a courier storage system having a specific structure in a front door of each home, So that the customer can safely receive the courier service even when the customer is located outside, and a control method thereof.

      In general, with the rapid increase in online shopping including TV shopping and TV home shopping, the courier service market for delivering products purchased by customers is growing rapidly every year.

      On the other hand, the increase in the number of single-person households and the nature of the busy modern people make it difficult to receive home delivery services at home. As a result, there is a problem that the number of tasks such as guard rooms And there is a problem that the risk of loss due to the receipt of the delivery of the delivery goods becomes high.

      In recent years, various types of courier storage boxes, which are installed in a predetermined place and operated in an unmanned state, are installed to provide a courier storage service.

      In particular, a wall-mounted courier storage box installed in a hallway in front of a doorway of a home where the customer is residing is widely used. The courier storage box is structured to be able to open and close through a master key and a disposable password Accordingly, unless the courier manages the courier, it is impossible for the customer to recognize whether or not the courier arrives.

      Further, in the courier storage box, when another courier is delivered while one courier is delivered and delivered, there is a risk of losing the courier stored first.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0032613 Korean Patent No. 10-0391953

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a home- So that the courier service can be safely received even at a remote place, and a control method thereof.

      According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a courier service system for a home, comprising: a smartphone for a subscriber having a predetermined application for remote control of the courier storage; And a door provided on the front and rear sides of the door, and is installed integrally on the front door of each home. The front and rear doors are connected to each other by remote control of the server through operation of the application mounted on the smartphone for the user And a drive unit for driving the injection unit; Application information mounted on each smartphone for each subscriber and information on a courier storage box provided in each home are stored and remote control of the courier storage box matching with the received courier storage box control command through driving application of a predetermined smart phone is performed And a server for performing the functions of the present invention.

      Preferably, the application installed in the smartphone for the subscriber includes an item for subscription of the user, login and authentication of the courier storage box, an opening / closing control of the front and rear doors according to the storage of the courier service, An item for displaying the date and time information according to the storage and injection of the courier, and an item for providing a push alarm to the user when storing the courier.

      Preferably, the courier storage box includes a communication unit that communicates with a remote server via a wireless Internet network, a door lock for a front door for hanging and unlocking a front door, a front door servo motor for opening and closing a front door, A limit switch for detecting the opening / closing state of the front door, a rear door door motor for opening / closing the rear door, a rear door servo motor for opening / closing the rear door, and an injection motor And a controller for controlling the remote server according to the application of the smartphone for the subscriber to control the front door, the rear door, and the injection means so that the courier loaded through the front door is transported to the inside of the door through the rear door. And a CPU for performing a series of controls on the operation of the control unit.

      Preferably, the server comprises: a communication module for communicating with the subscriber smartphone and the courier storage via the Internet; A database module in which membership information and login information of a plurality of subscribers, a serial number of a plurality of courier storage boxes, and a serial number of a courier storage corresponding to a smartphone application of each subscriber are matched and stored; And a control module for performing operation control on the courier storage box so that door opening and closing of the matching courier storage box and injection control of the stored courier bag are sequentially performed in accordance with a control command through application activation of a subscriber smartphone of a certain subscriber, .

      Meanwhile, a control method of a home delivery service system according to the present invention includes the steps of: registering membership information and login information and matching information on a courier storage box in a database module of a remote server through driving an application of a smartphone for a subscriber; Receiving a courier arrival notification from the courier article, the coupon driver activating the application of the smartphone to access the server; A step of opening the front door by controlling the courier storage box through the control module of the server as the subscriber selects the front door opening through the application; The state is detected by the limit switch and notified to the server and the application side as the front door is closed after the courier is stored in the courier storage box; The subscriber selects the courier delivery through the application and the courier storage box is controlled through the control module of the server to open the rear door and drive the injection means; The door is closed and the state is notified to the server and the application after the driving means of the delivery cabinet is driven.

According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to install a courier storage box of a specific structure integrally on the front door of a home and to control opening and closing of the courier storage box through a smart phone application at a remote place, There is an effect that the courier can be securely received even if there is no such information.

Also, since the process of receiving the courier goods through the courier storage box is performed through the Android application of the smartphone, the convenience and stability of the user can be sufficiently secured.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a home delivery service system according to the present invention;
FIG. 2A is a side sectional view showing a state in which a courier storage box applied to a courier storage service system for a home according to the present invention is installed on a front door, FIG.
FIG. 2B is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a courier storage box applied to the courier storage service system according to the present invention. FIG.
3 is a view showing an application display screen of a subscriber smartphone applied to a home delivery service system according to the present invention,
4 is a flowchart illustrating a control procedure of the home delivery service system according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2A is a side sectional view showing a state in which a courier storage box applied to a courier storage service system according to the present invention is installed on a front door, FIG. 2B FIG. 3 is a view showing an application display screen of a subscriber smartphone applied to a home delivery service system according to the present invention, FIG. 4 Is a flowchart showing a control procedure of the home delivery service system according to the present invention.

First, a home delivery service system for home delivery according to the present invention is characterized in that a courier storage box (30) having a specific structure having front and rear doors and injection means is integrally installed on a front door of an apartment, an office suite, 10, the opening and closing of the delivery cabinet 30 and the injection of the delivery items can be controlled remotely.

      To this end, the home delivery service system for home use according to the present invention includes a smartphone 10 carried by each subscriber in a state in which a predetermined application for providing a service is installed, And a server 20 provided at a remote location and remotely controlling the courier storage 30 according to the driving of applications installed in the subscriber smartphone 10 and the like .

      The smartphone 10 for a subscriber is a known smartphone, and in the embodiment of the present invention, a predetermined application for providing a home delivery service is installed under the Android operating system.

      As shown in FIG. 3, the application installed in the subscriber smartphone 10 for providing the home delivery service can be classified into an item for user registration, a login, authentication for the courier storage, Items for controlling opening and closing of front and rear doors and items for controlling injection of the stored courier, items for displaying the date and time information according to the storage and injection of the courier, items for providing push alarm to the user when storing the courier, and the like .

      The front door 32 and the rear door 34 are provided on the front and back sides of the cabinet main body 30, respectively. And an injection means (36) in the form of a conveyor belt for automatic injection of the package goods to be built in the bottom surface of the body.

     The courier storage box 30 is provided with a communication unit 41 for communicating with the server 20 at a remote location via the wireless Internet network 100. In the embodiment of the present invention, The front door 32 is provided with a front door door 42 operated by a servomotor for hanging and unlocking the front door 32 A front door servo motor 43 for opening and closing the front door 32 and a limit switch 44 for sensing the opening and closing state of the front door 32. The rear door A rear door door motor 46 for opening and closing the rear door 34 and a rear door servo motor 47 for opening and closing the rear door 34 are provided on the side of the rear door 34, do.

      Reference numeral 45 denotes a power supply unit for supplying a predetermined power for operation of the apparatus. Reference numeral 48 denotes a conveyor, which is an injection means 36, for selectively delivering the courier stored in the courier storage box through the rear door 34 1 shows an injection motor provided in the apparatus.

      The CPU 40 of the courier storage box 30 is a main control means for performing overall control of each part of the courier storage box described above and is a main control means for controlling the operation of the subscribing smartphone 10 from the remote server 20 The front door 32 and the rear door 34 and the injection means 36 are automatically operated on the basis of the control signal to control the operation of the front door 32, So that the courier article is transported to the inside through the rear door (34) in the front door (50).

     The server 20 is provided in a predetermined place at a remote site. Information on applications installed in the smartphone 10 for each subscriber and the serial number of the courier storage 30 provided in each home are stored in the database. And is configured to receive a courier locker control command through application activation of the smartphone 10 from each subscriber and perform remote control on the courier storage box 30 matched with the courier locker control command.

To this end, the server 20 includes a communication module 22 connected to the subscriber smartphone 10 and the courier storage 30 via the U-WLAN 100 to transmit and receive data, The member information and login information of each subscriber who owns the smartphone 10, the serial number of the multiple courier storage 30 installed in the front door 50 of each home, and the corresponding serial number of each subscriber's smartphone 10 application A database module 24 in which the serial number of the parcel storage 30 is matched and stored and a front door 32 of the courier storage 30 matched according to a control command through application activation of the subscriber smartphone 10 And a control module 26 for performing operational control for the operation of the parcel storage 30 so that the opening and closing of the rear door 34 and door opening and closing and the injection control of the stored parcel can be sequentially performed .

Next, a process of controlling the home delivery service system according to the present invention will be described in detail.

According to the present invention, when a storage service of a predetermined courier article is provided through a courier storage box 30 having a specific structure integrally installed in a front door 50 of each home, a subscriber of the corresponding service is firstly connected to the smartphone 10 ), The application is operated to input the membership and login information, the serial information of the courier storage 30 installed in the home, and the like, and the matching information of the courier storage box 30 according to each subscriber To be stored in the database module 24 of the remote server 20.

Thereafter, the goods ordered by the subscriber are delivered to the home of the subscriber through an Internet shopping mall or a TV home shopping, and the courier article of the courier goods informs the subscriber of the arrival of the courier through the wired / wireless communication means.

The article arrival notification from the courier article can be implemented by a voice call, a text message, or a push notification to the subscriber smartphone 10 through a predetermined application.

      Then, the subscriber who receives the courier arrival notification from the courier article drives the application of the smartphone 10 to access the server 20 where the courier storage service is provided. The subscriber can access the smartphone 10, The opening of the front door 32 of the delivery courier 30 is selected through the application operation of the courier server 30 and remote control of the courier storage 30 is performed through the control module 26 of the server 20, The front door 32 of the storage box 30 is opened.

      That is, the CPU 40 of the courier storage box 30 receiving the data for opening the front door 32 of the parcel delivery shelf 30 from the server 20 via the communication unit 41 is connected to the front door door lock 42, And the front door servo motor 43 for opening the front door 32 are operated so that the front door 32 of the parcel delivery box 30 is opened.

      Thus, the courier knob closes the opened front door 32 after receiving the courier for delivery through the open front door 32 of the courier storage box 30 in the courier storage box 30.

      Thereafter, the limit switch 44 of the delivery cabinet 30 senses whether the front door 32 is closed. When a sensing signal is generated from the limit switch 44, And transmits a signal corresponding thereto via the communication unit 41 to the server 20 side.

      The server 20, which has received the storage of the courier service from the courier storage 30, transmits information such as the date and time of storing the courier service to the smartphone 10 for the subscriber, Is displayed.

      When the subscriber who receives the information on the courier storage performs the courier delivery instruction selectively through the application operation of the portable smartphone 10, that is, when the injection button of the smartphone 10 application is operated And the control signal is transmitted from the server 20 to the delivery cabinet 30 so that the CPU 40 of the delivery cabinet 30 can control the rear door door 46 for driving the rear door servo motor 47 for opening the rear door 34 and driving the rear door servo motor 47 by driving control of the injection motor 48 provided in the conveyor which is the injection means 36 So that the courier article is injected into the door 50 where the cabinet storage box 30 is installed.

After the delivery of the courier, the rear door 34 opened and closed by the control of the CPU 40 of the courier storage 30 is completed, and information on completion of the injection is transmitted to the server 20 The subscriber smartphone 10 notifies the application of the subscriber's smartphone 10 that a series of control procedures for providing the home delivery service according to the present invention is completed.

Accordingly, the home delivery service system according to the present invention enables the home delivery service system to securely receive the courier goods by remote control of the courier storage box provided with the front door of the home through the application of the smart phone even when the courier recipient is located at a remote place .

      While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the scope of the appended claims.

10: subscriber smartphone, 20: server,
22: communication module, 24: database module,
26: control module, 30: courier storage box,
32: front door, 34: rear door,
36: injection means, 40: CPU,
41: communication unit, 42: front door door lock,
43: Front door servo motor, 44: Limit switch,
45: power supply unit, 46: rear door door lock,
47: rear door servo motor, 48: injection motor,
50: front door, 100: internet network.

Claims (5)

A subscriber smartphone equipped with a predetermined application for remote control of the courier storage box;
And a door provided on the front and rear sides of the door, and is installed integrally with the front door of each home, and the front and rear doors are closed by remote control of the server through operation of the application mounted on the smartphone for the user And a drive unit for driving the injection unit;
Application information mounted on each smartphone for each subscriber and information on a courier storage box provided in each home are stored and remote control of the courier storage box matching with the received courier storage box control command through driving application of a predetermined smart phone is performed And a server for performing a home delivery service. The method according to claim 1,
The application installed in the smartphone for a subscriber includes:
An entry for user registration and authentication of the login and the courier storage,
An item for controlling the opening and closing of the front and rear doors according to the predetermined courier storage and the injection control of the stored courier,
An item in which date and time information according to storage and injection of the courier is displayed,
And providing a push alarm to the user when storing the home delivery service. The method according to claim 1,
In the courier storage box,
A communication unit for communicating with a remote server via a wired / wireless Internet network,
Door hinges on the front door, door locks for the front door for opening doors,
A front door servo motor for opening and closing the front door,
A limit switch for detecting the open / closed state of the front door,
Rear door, door lock for rear doors,
A rear door servo motor for opening / closing the rear door,
An injection motor for injection of the stored courier,
The operation of the courier storage box is controlled such that the courier loaded through the front door is moved to the inside of the door through the rear door while the front door, the rear door, and the ejecting means are driven under the control of the remote server, And a CPU for performing a series of control on the home delivery service system. The method according to claim 1,
The server comprises:
A communication module for communicating with the subscriber smartphone and a courier storage box via an Internet network;
A database module in which membership information and login information of a plurality of subscribers, a serial number of a plurality of courier storage boxes, and a serial number of a courier storage corresponding to a smartphone application of each subscriber are matched and stored;
And a control module for performing operation control on the courier storage box so that door opening and closing of the matching courier storage box and injection control of the stored courier bag are sequentially performed in accordance with a control command through application driving of a subscriber smartphone of a certain subscriber, Features a home delivery service system. Storing subscription and login information and matching information on the courier storage box in a database module of a remote server through application activation of a smartphone for a subscriber;
Receiving a courier arrival notification from the courier article, the coupon driver activating the application of the smartphone to access the server;
A step of opening the front door by controlling the courier storage box through the control module of the server as the subscriber selects the front door opening through the application;
The state is detected by the limit switch and notified to the server and the application side as the front door is closed after the courier is stored in the courier storage box;
The subscriber selects the courier injection through the application and the courier storage box is controlled through the control module of the server to open the rear door and drive the injection means;
Wherein the door is closed after the driving means of the delivery cabinet is driven, and the state is notified to the server and the application, and the control is performed.

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