KR20170119546A - Unmanned post or delivery service method by executing service for collecting post of automatic parcel storage box and system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an unmanned mail / courier service in which a customer can directly receive an unmanned article by using an unmanned reception machine installed in various areas or buildings, And provides a system and system for unmanned mail / courier service for actively expanding the use of unmanned mail / courier service through unmanned reception desk by providing collecting service for collecting and collecting by courier.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an unmanned postal / courier service method and a system thereof,

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an unmanned mail / courier service by collecting mail or courier delivered to an unmanned reception desk and collecting the collected mail or courier to a jurisdiction provider.

The postal delivery service and the courier service are such that when the sender of the mail or courier (hereinafter collectively referred to as the article) requests transportation of goods, the courier receives the goods and delivers the goods to the recipient's address.

Generally, in order to send courier baggage, the customer selects the courier company to request the courier company to collect the item by wire or online, and sends the article through the visit of the courier article. The visit of a courier differs depending on the courier company, but a few hours to a few days are wasted. Also, if the customer is absent when visiting the courier, the collection time of the courier company will be delayed and the shipment will be delayed.

In order to solve such a problem, an unmanned device which can send goods directly by the customer has been proposed recently. Typically, the 'unmanned mail window' operated by the post office and the domestic registered patent No. 625253, .

The 'unmanned mail window' and the 'unmanned courier and delivery logistics system' allow the unmanned receptionist to input the address of the sender and the addressee of the article to be delivered using the unmanned reception machine to the mail / courier management server through the communication network Address is received and accepted. In addition, the unmanned receptionist measures the volume or weight of the item to be shipped, calculates the shipping fee, and stores the item to be shipped when the shipping fee is paid by the customer. The shipper then collects the stored items and delivers them to the address.

Conventionally, unmanned mail / courier service has a problem in that the operation cost of using the unmanned reception device is not reduced because the partner courier company must directly collect and collect the articles stored in the unmanned reception desk.

In addition, even if the unmanned receptionist is installed in various places and places, it is necessary for the partner courier company to allocate the person to be collected separately, so the operation management fee will be added, and the goods can be collected according to the collection schedule of the partner courier company Therefore, there is a problem that complaints of collection still can not be solved from the viewpoint of the customer.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an unmanned mail / courier service in which a customer can directly receive an unmanned mail / The present invention provides an unmanned postal / courier service method and system thereof, which collects goods stored in each unmanned reception desk, collects the collected items, and collects the collected articles by a responsible shipping company.

Another object of the present invention is to actively expand the usage of the unmanned reception desk according to the reception deadline of the unmanned reception desk by adapting the collection service by setting the collection person or the collection deadline differently according to the collection area by the unmanned reception desk.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method of managing an unmanned reception and collecting service in an unmanned receptionist in cooperation with an existing server by processing the unattended reception and collection service in cooperation with a customer terminal and a collection terminal so that a network construction between the unattended receptionist and the server is unnecessary, The present invention provides an unmanned mail / courier service method and system for installing an unmanned reception desk in any place and space.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of unattended mail / courier service using an unmanned mail accepting machine, the method comprising the steps of: Assigning a responsible collector for each zone and registering; A step of the reception terminal acquiring reception information necessary for the delivery of the article when the collection collector visits the collection area and collects the article received at the unattended reception desk; And transmitting the collecting completion information to the service providing server when the collecting person collects the goods and delivers the goods to the local delivery system of the collection area.

In the step of acquiring the acceptance information of the article, the collecting terminal recognizes the code from the unattended acceptor or recognizes the code of the label attached to the article to obtain the acceptance information of the article.

In the registering step, the service providing server may assign and manage a plurality of unattended receivers installed in the collection area differently for the reception deadline of the day.

At this time, the reception deadline is posted to the customer through the unattended reception unit or posted through the customer terminal pre-registered with the service providing server.

In addition, the method for unattended mail / courier service through the collecting agent service of the unmanned reception machine according to the present invention is characterized in that when the service providing server receives the collection completion information from the collection terminal, And transmitting a message indicating that the collection and collection service is completed.

In addition, the method for unmanned mail / courier service through the collection service of goods by the unmanned reception device of the present invention is characterized in that, in the process of delivering the goods to the corresponding delivery system of the collection area, And the service providing server transmitting the receipt information of the article to the corresponding carrier system.

In the unattended mail / courier service method according to the present invention, the service providing server may include a mail / courier service for interlocking with a customer application installed in a customer terminal via a communication network, Receiving the courier information and providing the unattended reception-related service through the customer application, and the unattended receptionist is connected to the customer terminal through the customer application without building a network for connection with the service providing server, And stores the article, measures at least one of the weight and the volume, provides the measured information to the customer terminal, and outputs the label according to the settlement of the delivery charge of the article.

The unattended reception unit performs authentication for the collection terminal and releases the door lock of the unattended reception unit in accordance with the authentication result in the step of acquiring the reception information necessary for the delivery of the article so that the article can be collected to provide.

Receiving the mail / courier information including the address of the sender and the addressee of the article from the customer through the customer application installed in the terminal, before the step of acquiring the reception information necessary for the delivery of the article; Measuring at least one of a weight and a volume for the article received by the customer by any unattended receiver in the collection area; Providing the customer terminal with measurement information of the article measured by the unattended receiver; And outputting a label for the article by the unattended receiver, so as to perform unattended reception between the unattended receiver and the customer terminal.

Further, it is preferable that, prior to the step of acquiring the reception information necessary for the delivery of the article, the customer application transmits the delivery information on the basis of the measurement information of the article provided from the unmanned reception device and the postal / courier information inputted from the customer Or sending the measurement information of the article and the mail / courier information to the service providing server, requesting calculation of the shipping charge, and receiving the calculated shipping charge from the service providing server.

The step of providing the measurement information of the article to the customer terminal includes generating the measurement information of the article by the unmanned reception device as a code, outputting the generated code to a screen, and scanning the screen of the unmanned reception device by the customer terminal And acquires measurement information included in the code output on the screen or transmits the measurement information of the article to the customer terminal through the unmanned receiver connected to the customer terminal by near field wireless communication.

In the step of providing the measurement information of the article to the customer terminal, the unmanned reception server provides the approval number for the article together with the measurement information of the article to the customer terminal.

At this time, even if the approval application number is received from the unmanned receptionist, the customer application does not display the payment on the screen of the customer terminal until payment for the delivery fee is performed, The approval number is displayed on the screen of the customer terminal.

The step of outputting the label sheet for the article may include: receiving the approval number from the customer by the unattended receiver; Confirming whether the unmanned reception unit matches the approval number provided to the customer terminal by the received approval number; And outputting a label according to settlement of the delivery charge of the article if the confirmation result is matched.

Meanwhile, the postal / parcel delivery service system of the unmanned reception desk of the present invention comprises a plurality of unattended receivers for accepting unattended receipt of an article to be delivered from a customer and storing the article; A service providing server for assigning and registering a collection collector for each collection zone in which the plurality of unattended receivers are installed; The collection manager collects the receipt information necessary for the delivery of the article in the process of collecting the article received at the collection center by the responsible collector, And a collection terminal for collecting completion information to the service providing server when the delivery to the corresponding shipping company system is completed.

The collection terminal recognizes the code from the unattended reception unit or recognizes the code of the label attached to the article to obtain the receipt information of the article.

The service providing server assigns a plurality of unattended receivers installed in the collection area differently to the reception deadlines of the day, posts them on the customer terminals pre-registered for the reception deadlines, or posts them to the customers via the unattended reception counter .

Upon receiving the collection completion information from the collection terminal, the service providing server transmits a message to the client terminal included in the reception information of the goods to inform that the collection delivery service is completed.

In addition, the service providing server may receive mail / courier information necessary for delivery of the goods in cooperation with a customer application installed in the customer terminal through a communication network, provide an unattended reception-related service through the customer application, The acceptance unit performs the unattended acceptance in connection with the customer terminal through the customer application without building a network for connection with the service providing server, stores the goods, measures at least one of the weight and the volume, To the customer terminal, and outputs a label according to the settlement of the delivery charge of the article.

According to the present invention, unmanned receivers installed in various areas / buildings are assigned a collecting person for each collection area, collected by each unmanned receptionist, collected by the responsible collector, And provides a way to reduce the operation cost by using the unmanned reception device for the pick-up service.

In addition, according to the present invention, the collection deadline time of the unmanned reception desk is determined and managed differently according to the collection area, and when the collection of the articles is completed, the collection message is transmitted to the customer so that the customer can use the unmanned mail / courier service through the unattended reception desk So that the utilization of the unmanned reception desk can be expanded.

Particularly, the present invention can activate the use of the unmanned mail / courier service by installing an unmanned reception unit in a zone or a building having a large demand for mail or courier such as a venture business district or a shopping mall, and acting as a collection service thereof.

In addition, since the unmanned reception process and the collection process performed using the unmanned reception device are processed through the customer terminal and the collection terminal, it is unnecessary to construct a network between the unattended reception terminal and the server, It is possible to easily install the unmanned reception device and reduce the network error and maintenance cost.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for providing a service for pick-up service in an unmanned mail / courier service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration for implementing an unmanned mail / courier service method through an article collection service of an unmanned receptionist according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an unmanned mail / courier service method based on the system of FIG. 2 through an article collection service of an unmanned receptionist according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing unattended acceptance between the unattended reception unit and the customer terminal in the method of FIG.
5 to 7 are views showing various structures of an unmanned reception device applied to a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an unmanned reception device applied to a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

It is noted that the technical terms used herein are used only to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the invention. Also, the technical terms used herein should be interpreted in a sense that is generally understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless otherwise defined in this specification, and it should be understood that an overly comprehensive It should not be construed as a meaning or an overly reduced meaning.

Also, the singular forms "as used herein include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the term "comprising" or "comprising" or the like should not be construed as necessarily including the various elements or steps described in the specification, Or may be further comprised of additional components or steps.

Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram for providing a service for pick-up service in an unmanned mail / courier service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a customer (2) who visits the collection zone (1) where the unmanned reception unit is installed and receives the unpacked goods to be delivered, and a service provider (or a collection company ; 3) and a delivery company (4) that receives the collection items collected from the service provider (3) and delivers them to the delivery address designated by the customer (1) .

The delivery company 4 includes a post office 5, a courier 6, and the like.

The collection area (1) in which the unmanned reception system is installed may be a geographically divided area unit, and may include a single area or two or more buildings such as an apartment complex, a specific area such as a venture business area, and a shopping mall. In the collection area 1, a plurality of unattended receivers are installed, and a collecting person in charge or a reception deadline is assigned.

The service provider 3 first allocates a collection person for each collection area 1 in which the unmanned reception device is installed and then the customer 2 visits an arbitrary unattended reception place installed in the collection area 1 Perform unattended acceptance for delivery of goods. Then, the collecting person visits the collecting area (1) allocated at the reception deadline, collects and collects the items received at the unmanned receiving place in the collecting area (1), and delivers the collected goods to the jailing carrier do. When the delivery is completed, the service provider (3) informs the customer (2) who has received the goods unattended, that the pick-up service has been completed, and provides the reception information for the delivered goods at the request of the delivery company (4).

At this time, the service provider 3 may charge a fee to the customer for the collection service, and may additionally include the reception fee in addition to the delivery fee according to the volume and weight of the goods to be delivered .

The system and method of the present invention for realizing this are as follows.

FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a system configuration for implementing an unmanned mail / courier service method through an article collection service of an unmanned receptionist according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining an unmanned mail / courier service method through an article collection service of FIG.

2, a system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of unattended receivers 100 installed for various collection zones (A zone, B zone, C zone, D zone, etc.), a collection terminal 200 A service provider server 300, a delivery company system 400, and a customer terminal 500.

A plurality of unattended receivers 100 receive unattended receipt of goods including mail or courier goods from a customer, and store the received goods. The unmanned reception device 100 may be provided in the form of a small portable terminal such as the smartphone of FIG. 5, or may be provided in the form of a kiosk including a space for storing articles as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 . That is, the unmanned reception device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided in the form of one independent device without a network connection line with the server.

Therefore, the unmanned reception device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be installed in one or more collection zones (A zone, B zone, C zone, D zone, etc.) regardless of network environments, places, .

The collection terminal 200 is a terminal carried by a collection collector who visits several collection areas. The responsible collector collects the articles received at the unmanned reception desk 100 in the collection area by visiting the plurality of the unattended receivers 100 by the collection area and visiting the collection area to which the responsible collectors are allocated. In this process, the collection user terminal 200 acquires the reception information necessary for the delivery to the article received by the unmanned receptionist 100. [ The reception information is information received from the customer terminal 500 when the customer requests reception at the unmanned reception device 100, and includes the type of the article, the destination, the volume, the weight, and the customer's contact information.

Specifically, as a method for obtaining the reception information, the collection terminal 200 can be performed by recognizing the code of the label attached to the article. Also, the collection terminal 200 can be performed by recognizing the code from the unattended reception unit 100. [ In the latter case, the collection terminal 200 can acquire the reception information at once for the articles to be collected.

At the time when the collection user terminal 200 acquires the reception information, the collection collector can acquire the article reception information directly at the collection site at the time of collecting the articles received at the unmanned reception desk 100, It may acquire the receipt information of the article at the time of delivering the article to the competent shipping company system 400. However, it should be understood that these processes are performed during the process of collecting the goods received by the unmanned reception device 100 into the relevant carrier system 400.

In addition, the collection terminal 200 transmits the collection completion information to the service providing server 300 when the delivery of the goods to the corresponding shipping company system 400 of the collection area is completed. This can be performed by receiving an input signal indicating that collection of the collection area is completed through the collection user application installed in the terminal or the button of the terminal.

The service providing server 300 allocates and collects a collection person in charge for a plurality of collection boxes 100 (A zone, B zone, C zone, D zone, etc.).

In addition, the service providing server 300 can assign and manage the plurality of unattended receivers 100 installed in the collection area differently according to the collection order number (or route) of the collection person in charge, on the same day. The service providing server 300 can post the designated reception deadline to the customer via the unmanned reception machine 100 or post it on the pre-registered customer terminal or web page. For example, the A collection area can be set at 1:30 to 1:30 pm, the B collection area at 2:00 pm, and the C collection area at 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm depending on the collection order.

Upon receiving the collection completion information from the collection terminal 200, the service providing server 300 transmits a message to the client terminal included in the article reception information that the collection agency service is completed.

The service providing server 300 may transmit the receipt information of the article received from the collection terminal 200 to the corresponding delivery company system 400 according to a request of the corresponding delivery company system 400.

Accordingly, the customer terminal 500 can check the message transmitted from the service providing server 300 and confirm whether the article to be delivered is collected safely to the delivery company.

Meanwhile, the service providing server 300 receives the mail / courier information necessary for delivering the goods in cooperation with the customer application installed in the customer terminal 500 via the communication network, and provides the unattended reception related service through the customer application . In this case, the unmanned reception device 100 performs an unattended reception in connection with the customer terminal 500 through a customer application without establishing a network for connection with the service providing server 300. That is, the unmanned reception device 100 stores the article, measures at least one of the weight and the volume, provides the measured information to the customer terminal 500, and outputs a label according to the settlement of the delivery charge of the article.

The shipper system 400 includes a terminal and a server for collecting and delivering goods received by the collecting person in charge. The shipper system 400 may request the collection terminal 200 or the service providing server 300 to receive the receipt information received by the customer unattended with respect to the delivered product in the collection processing and receive the received information.

Here, the collection terminal 200 and the client terminal 500 are wirelessly connected to the unmanned reception server 100 to perform data communication. For example, data can be transmitted / received by transmitting / receiving data from / to the unmanned reception device 100 using short-range communication or by tagging the screen of the unattended reception device 100.

Based on the above configuration, the goods collection service using the unmanned reception machine is shown in Fig.

First, in step S100, a plurality of unattended receivers 100 receive unattended receipt of an article to be delivered from a customer terminal. In the present embodiment, a plurality of unattended receivers 100 perform a process of accepting unattended reception through a customer terminal without performing communication with a server. This process will be described in detail in FIG.

In the next step S110, the service providing server 300 allocates and manages a collection person for each collection zone in which a plurality of the unattended receivers 100 are installed, and registers and manages them. Then, the service providing server 300 assigns and manages the collecting deadline of the day differently on the basis of the collection order of the collecting zones or the collecting path of the collecting person in charge. At this time, the service providing server 300 can post the collection deadline to the customer via the unmanned reception unit 100 or post through the pre-registered customer terminal. In addition, the service providing server 300 provides the web page so that the customer can easily confirm the collection deadline by collection area by posting through the designated web page.

In the next step S120, the collected collection items are collected in a plurality of unattended receipt devices 100 in the collection area by visiting the collection areas to which the responsible collectors are allocated.

In the collection process, the collection terminal 200 acquires the reception information necessary for delivering the goods as in step S130. The reception information is information received from the customer terminal 500 when the customer receives the unmanned reception in the unmanned reception device 100, and includes the type of the article, the destination, the volume, the weight, and the customer's contact information.

In step S130, the collection terminal 200 can recognize the code from the unattended reception device 100 or recognize the code of the label attached to the article to obtain the article reception information.

In step S130, the unmanned reception device 100 performs authentication of the collection terminal 200, releases the door lock of the unattended reception device 100 according to the authentication result, .

In step S140 and step S150, the collecting terminal 200 transmits the collection completion information to the service providing server 300 when the collecting collector finishes transferring the goods to the corresponding shipping company system in the collection area. The collection completion information may include the ID of the collection person in charge, whether or not the collection is completed, and information on the completed collection item.

When the responsible collecting person completes the delivery of the goods to the jurisdiction delivery system 400 of the collection area in step S170, the collection terminal 200 or the service providing server 300 transmits the goods to the corresponding delivery company system 400 Deliver the receipt information of the item and request delivery.

In the above step, the corresponding shipping company system 400 requests the collection terminal 200 or the service providing server 300 to receive the goods receipt information in the process of performing the delivery process for the goods received in step S160 , And receives the receipt information of the article from the collection terminal 200 or the service providing server 300 according to the request.

In the next step S180, the service providing server 300 manages the receipt information of the collected and collected articles by the collection areas.

When the service providing server 300 receives the collection completion information from the collection terminal 200 as in step S190, the contact information of the customer terminal included in the receipt information of the article is "00:00:00 unattended reception I have collected it, "a message informing me that the collection service has been completed.

Through the above process, the present invention provides a service for the service provider on behalf of the affiliated shipper to collect the goods received at the unmanned reception desk in the collection area and to collect the goods to the jurisdiction carrier. In addition, the present invention supports collecting agency services by assigning deadline deadlines differently for each collection zone and posting deadline deadlines to customers via an unmanned reception desk, an application, a web page, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 4, a process of performing unattended acceptance between the unmanned reception device 100 and the customer terminal 500 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

In step S200, the customer terminal 500 executes a customer application installed in the terminal.

In step S210, the customer terminal 500 inputs the mail / courier information including the address of the sender or recipient through the customer application, and transmits the entered mail / courier information to the management server to register the unattended acceptance. Here, the management server means a management server that provides an unmanned mail / courier service. For the sake of convenience, the management server can be integrated into a service providing server that provides the collection agency service described above. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it may be implemented separately from the service providing server according to the policy of the service, thereby providing a collection service and an independent service. Hereinafter, the service providing server will be described.

When registration of the unmanned reception is completed, the customer terminal 500 can receive the reception number from the service providing server and confirm that the reception registration is completed.

In step S220, the customer visits the unmanned reception desk 100 in the collection area and selects a 'send' menu for dispatching the goods on the screen of the unattended reception desk 100, ) Receives the selection of the 'send' menu.

In the next step S230, the unmanned reception device 100 measures at least one of the volume and the weight for the article stored by the customer.

In step S240, the unmanned reception device 100 provides the measurement information of the article to the customer terminal 500. [ The providing method may use either a method using short-range wireless communication or a method using code recognition.

In the case of using the short-range wireless communication method, the unmanned reception device 100 guides the connection screen for connection with the customer terminal 500 using the short-range wireless communication, and the customer terminal 500 activates the short- Attempts to connect to the acceptor 100. Near field communication includes beacon and Near Field Communication (NFC) using bluetooth. When the connection is approved, the unmanned reception device 100 is connected to the customer terminal 500 through short-range wireless communication and transmits measurement information of the article to the connected customer terminal 500. At this time, the unmanned reception device 100 may transmit an approval number for the article.

When the code recognition method is used, the unmanned reception device 100 generates the measurement information of the article as a code and outputs the generated code to the screen. Accordingly, the customer terminal 500 activates the code reader and scans the screen of the unmanned reception device 100 to acquire the measurement information of the article by the code recognition output on the screen of the unmanned reception device 100. [ When the unmanned reception device 100 generates the measurement information of the article using a code, the approval number for the article and the total archive status information for one or more receipt boxes provided in the unmanned reception device 100 are selectively generated and generated by a code can do. At this time, the code type is bar code, QR code, NFC code, and the like.

In step S250, the customer terminal 500 calculates the delivery rate based on the measurement information of the item received from the unmanned reception device 100 through the customer application and the mail / courier information received from the customer, . Also, the customer terminal 500 may transmit the measurement information of the article and the postal / courier information received from the customer to the service providing server, request the calculation of the delivery charge, and receive the calculated delivery charge from the service providing server.

At the time of calculating the charge, it can be calculated by adding a certain amount of collection collection commission to the pure delivery rate according to the measurement information of the article, that is, the volume and weight.

In step S260, the approval number is displayed on the screen of the customer terminal 500 when payment of the delivery fee is completed. The approval number can be provided together with the measurement information of the article when the customer terminal 500 is provided with the measurement information of the article from the unmanned reception device 100. Therefore, even if the customer terminal 500 receives the approval number from the unmanned reception device 100, the approval number is not displayed on the screen until the settlement of the delivery fee is completed, Display the number on the screen.

In the next step S270, the unmanned receptionist 100 receives the approval number displayed on the customer terminal 500 by the input of the customer.

In the next step S280, the unmanned receptionist 100 checks whether or not the received approval number matches the approval number provided to the customer terminal 500, and outputs a label according to the charge adjustment of the article when the confirmation result is matched. Also, regardless of the fare adjustment, the label information including the measurement information or the approval number of the article can be output.

In the next step S290, when the unattended receiver 100 inserts the article to which the label is attached, the unattended receiver 100 stores it in the receipt storage box and stores it.

Hereinafter, the unmanned reception device 100 applied to the system and method will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8. FIG.

5 is a very compact version of the unattended receiver 100, and includes an input unit 100a that basically can perform information display and input operations, and an output unit 100b that outputs a label sheet. The configuration of the measuring unit 100c for measuring the weight or the volume and the receiving and storing box 100d for temporarily storing the articles may not be included. The unmanned reception device 100 can be easily applied to a convenience store or a post office counter where the measurement unit 100c and the reception / storage box 100d are already built.

Figure 6 shows a kiosk-type unattended receiver. The unmanned reception unit includes an input unit 100a capable of displaying and inputting information, an output unit 100b for outputting a label sheet, a measuring unit 100c for measuring weight or volume, a storage unit for storing temporarily stored mail items or deliveries A reception box 100d may be provided.

Figure 7 is similar to the unattended receiver of Figure 6. However, the unmanned reception device shown in Fig. 7 may have two or more receiving storages 100d and 100e for temporary storage until the articles are collected, and the articles can be classified into mail items or courier goods, or classified according to the volume of the courier goods.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an unmanned reception device applied to a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The unmanned reception unit 100 includes a receiving unit 110, a volume / weight measuring unit 120, a controller 130, a short range communication unit 140, a code generating unit 150, a label output unit 160, a display unit 170 ), Measures at least one of the weight and the volume of the article to be delivered by the customer, and provides the measurement information of the measured article to the customer terminal through the customer application. In addition, the unmanned reception device 100 outputs a label for the article when the settlement of the delivery charge calculated according to the measurement information of the article is completed, and stores the article with the label attached thereto.

Specifically, the storage unit 110 is provided with a space for storing mail items or deliveries. The storage unit 110 is different from the receiving and storing box of the unmanned reception unit 100 described above and can be regarded as a space for measuring the volume and weight of the mail item or the delivery service.

The volume / weight measuring unit 120 measures the volume or weight of a mail item or a package delivered to the storage unit 110 in the storage unit 110.

The volume / weight measuring unit 120 may use at least one sensor. For example, the weight (weight) of a postal item or a delivery item can be measured using a weight sensor, and the volume (size) of a postal item or a delivery item can be measured using a camera or an infrared sensor.

The control unit 130 receives measurement information measured by the volume / weight measuring unit 120 and provides the measurement information to the customer terminal. In addition, the control unit 130 may provide the measurement information measured through the volume / weight measuring unit 120 together with the approval number for the product to the customer terminal. For this, the control unit 130 provides the measurement information to the client terminal through the local wireless communication method or the code recognition method in association with the local communication unit 140 or the code generation unit 150.

The short-range communication unit 140 is activated under the control of the controller 130 and performs short-range wireless communication with the customer terminal.

The code generator 150 generates a code including measurement information measured through the volume / weight measuring unit 120 and an approval number for the article. The code may include one or two dimensional barcode, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Quick Response (QR) code, Near Field Communication (NFC) tag, and the like.

For example, when the short-range wireless communication method is used, the control unit 130 interlocks with the short-range communication unit 140 to guide a screen capable of short-range wireless communication with the customer terminal. When the short-range wireless communication is established with the customer terminal, the controller 130 transmits the measurement information including the approval number of the product to the customer terminal via the short-range communication unit 140.

In the case of using the code recognition method, the control unit 130 can output the code generated through the code generation unit 150 to the screen, thereby guiding the customer terminal to recognize the code through the screen scan.

Meanwhile, the code generating unit 150 may include the current storage status information temporarily stored in the receipt storage box of the unmanned receptionist 100 when generating the code. At this time, identification ID information about the unmanned reception device is basically included, and if there is more than one reception storage box, it can be generated as a code including the storage status information for the entire reception storage box. At the same time, when the unmanned acceptance occurs, the information related to the reception is transmitted to the management server, and at the same time, the entire storage status information about the unmanned receptionist 100 is transmitted to the management server, .

The control unit 130 receives the approval number by the input of the customer and determines whether or not the approval number inputted to the customer terminal matches the approval number provided to the customer terminal. The control unit 130 requests the label output unit 160 to output the label sheet.

The label output unit 160 outputs a label according to the fare adjustment for the article. Further, the label output unit 160 may output a cover page including the postal information, the type of delivery, and the like for the article. In this case, the label output unit 160 can acquire and apply the postal information, the type of delivery, and the like previously registered with respect to the article from the client terminal or the management server.

In addition, the label output unit 160 can output the label sheet for the measured product irrespective of the charge adjustment. In this case, the label may include measurement information or an approval number for the measured article.

On the other hand, the unmanned reception device 100 may include one or more receipt storages that can be temporarily stored until the goods are collected. In this case, the unmanned reception device 100 is given an identification number (hereinafter referred to as a storage box number) for each reception / storage box, and opens the door of each reception / storage box by inputting the password.

To this end, the unmanned receptionist 100 is provided with a user interface for inputting and confirming the storage setting for each reception storage box. When the setting for storing the goods is inputted through the operation panel, the unattended reception box 100 is inputted And outputs the storage information to the screen of the display unit 170. When the operation panel is provided in a form capable of touch input, the operation panel may be integrated with the display unit 170.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the present invention, and various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the specification of the present invention are not intended to limit the present invention. The scope of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all the techniques within the scope of equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

100: Unmanned reception device 200: Collector terminal
300: Service providing server 400: Shippers system
500: customer terminal 110:
120 volume / weight measuring unit 130 control unit
140: Local communication unit 150: Code generating unit
160: Label output unit 170: Display unit
210: code reader 220: application execution unit
230: Control section 240: Goods collection management section
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Claims (19)

A mail / courier service method using an unmanned reception machine,
The service providing server allocating and assigning a collecting person in charge to a plurality of unmanned receivers by collection zones;
A step of the reception terminal acquiring reception information necessary for the delivery of the article when the collection collector visits the collection area and collects the article received at the unattended reception desk; And
Transmitting the collection completion information to the service providing server by the collection terminal when the collection collector finishes delivering the goods to the distribution company system of the collection area;
A method of mail / courier service through an unmanned receptionist's collection service.
The method according to claim 1,
In the step of acquiring the receipt information of the article,
Wherein the collection terminal recognizes a code from the unattended reception unit or recognizes a code of a label attached to the article to obtain reception information of the article. Service method.
The method according to claim 1,
In the registering step,
Wherein the service providing server assigns and manages a plurality of unattended receivers installed in the collection area differently for the same day as the reception deadline of the day, and manages the postal / parcel delivery service through the unattended receptionist agent collection service.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the reception deadline is posted to the customer via the unattended reception unit or posted through the customer terminal pre-registered with the service providing server.
The method according to claim 1,
When the service providing server receives the collection completion information from the collection terminal, transmitting a message informing that the collection service is completed to the client terminal included in the reception information of the article;
The method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a mail from a courier service provider;
The method according to claim 1,
Transmitting, by the collection terminal or the service providing server, the reception information of the article to the jurisdiction carrier system in the process of delivering the article to the jurisdiction carrier system of the collection zone;
The method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a mail from a courier service provider;
The method according to claim 1,
The service providing server receives mail / courier information necessary for delivery of the goods in cooperation with a customer application installed in the customer terminal through a communication network, provides the unattended reception service through the customer application,
Wherein the unmanned reception unit performs the unattended reception in connection with the customer terminal through the customer application without building a network for connection with the service providing server, stores the goods, measures at least one of the weight and the volume, And a label sheet according to the settlement of the delivery charge of the article is outputted. The method of claim 1,
The method according to claim 1,
In the step of acquiring the reception information necessary for the delivery of the article,
Wherein the unattended reception unit performs authentication for the collection terminal and releases the door lock of the unattended reception unit in accordance with the authentication result so that the article can be collected. Via mail / courier service method.
The method according to claim 1,
Before the step of acquiring the reception information necessary for the delivery of the article,
Receiving the mail / courier information including the address of the sender and the addressee of the article from the customer through the customer application installed in the terminal of the customer terminal;
Measuring at least one of a weight and a volume for the article received by the customer by any unattended receiver in the collection area;
Providing the customer terminal with measurement information of the article measured by the unattended receiver; And
The unattended receiver outputting a label sheet for the article;
Wherein the unattended reception unit performs unattended reception between the unattended reception unit and the customer terminal.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the customer application calculates the delivery charge based on the measurement information of the product provided from the unmanned reception device and the postal / courier information received from the customer, or transmits the measurement information of the product and the postal / Requesting calculation of a delivery charge and receiving the calculated delivery charge from the service providing server;
The method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a mail from a courier service provider;
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the step of providing measurement information of the article to the customer terminal comprises:
The unmanned reception device generates measurement information of the article with a code, outputs the generated code to a screen, and the customer terminal scans a screen of the unattended receiver to obtain measurement information included in the code output on the screen ,
Wherein the unattended receiver is connected to the customer terminal by short range wireless communication and transmits the measurement information of the article to the customer terminal through the unattended receiver.
11. The method of claim 10,
In the step of providing measurement information of the article to the customer terminal,
Wherein the unmanned receptionist provides the customer terminal with an approval number for the article along with the measurement information of the article, by the unmanned receptionist.
13. The method of claim 12,
The customer application does not display the approval number on the screen of the customer terminal until settlement of the delivery fee is performed even if the approval number is received from the unattended acceptor, And the approval number is displayed on the screen of the customer terminal.
14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the step of outputting the label sheet for the article comprises:
Receiving the approval number from the customer by the unmanned acceptor;
Confirming whether the unmanned reception unit matches the approval number provided to the customer terminal by the received approval number; And
Outputting a label according to settlement of the delivery charge of the article if the result of the check matches;
Mail delivery service through an agent collection service of the unmanned receptionist.
A plurality of unattended receivers for receiving unattended receipt of an article to be shipped from a customer and storing the article;
A service providing server for assigning and registering a collection collector for each collection zone in which the plurality of unattended receivers are installed; And
The collection manager collects the receipt information necessary for the delivery of the article in the process of collecting the article received at the collection center by the responsible collector, A collecting terminal for collecting completion information to the service providing server when the transfer to the corresponding shipping company system is completed;
Mail / courier service system through collection service of goods by unmanned receptionist.
16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the collection terminal recognizes a code from the unattended reception unit or recognizes a code of a label attached to the article to obtain reception information of the article. Service system.
16. The method of claim 15,
The service providing server may assign a plurality of unattended receivers installed in the collection area differently to the reception deadlines of the day and post them to the customer through the unattended reception terminal Mail / courier service system through the collection service of goods by the unmanned receptionist.
16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the service providing server transmits a message informing that the collection service is completed to the client terminal included in the reception information of the article upon receiving the collection completion information from the collection terminal, Mail / courier service system through service.
16. The method of claim 15,
The service providing server receives mail / courier information necessary for delivery of the goods in cooperation with a customer application installed in the customer terminal through a communication network, provides the unattended reception service through the customer application,
Wherein the unmanned reception unit performs the unattended reception in connection with the customer terminal through the customer application without building a network for connection with the service providing server, stores the goods, measures at least one of the weight and the volume, And outputting a label according to the settlement of the delivery charge of the article, wherein the label sheet is outputted to the customer terminal through the postal / courier service service through the goods collection service of the unmanned receptionist.

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