KR20170120529A - Unmanned delivery device, system for providing delivery service having the same and method for providing delivery service using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an unmanned courier system capable of accepting a delivery item in a simple manner by a user and freely installing the system, a courier delivery service providing system and a courier delivery service method using the same.
An unmanned home delivery device of the present invention includes: an input unit configured to receive data from a user; A transmitting and receiving unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from a courier server; A printing unit configured to print data on an invoice sheet; An article storage box equipped with a locking device and configured to store a delivery item; And a control unit for controlling the input unit, the transmission / reception unit, the printing unit, and the goods storage box; . Wherein the input unit receives recognition data relating to the article to be delivered from the user and the control unit controls the transmission / reception unit so that the recognition data input thereto is transmitted to the courier server, and the transmission / From the courier server, and the control unit controls the printing unit to print the received shipping data on the invoice sheet.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an unmanned courier, a courier service providing system using the courier service,

The present invention relates to an unmanned courier system, a courier service providing system using the same, and a courier service providing method using the courier service. More particularly, the present invention relates to an unmanned courier, An unmanned courier system which can be easily distributed, a courier service providing system having the same, and a courier service providing method using the same.

In recent years, the use of courier services for the delivery of goods to be sold has been rapidly increasing due to the active transaction of goods through foreign direct online sites, Internet shopping malls, open market, TV home shopping, and secondhand merchandise selling sites. At the same time, the frequent use of courier services by individuals or by courier services is increasing due to the return of the delivered items or the exchange of goods between individuals.

If an individual uses the courier service, the courier can request the courier to deliver the item. If you ask a courier to pick up a visit, you usually visit the next day you requested, and on Sundays or public holidays it is not always smooth.

These visits are made under the planned movement of the couriers, making it difficult for the customer to receive the goods at the desired time. Therefore, when the user has to send the goods urgently or can not wait until the visiting time of the daily courier article of the individual, there is a problem that it is difficult to deliver the article by using the existing courier service.

In order to solve such a problem, there is provided a service for outputting an invoice at a predetermined place such as a convenience store and leaving a delivery item, but it is inconvenient for the sender to be able to output the invoice only at a predetermined place.

In addition, a kiosk (KIOSK) installed at a predetermined place such as a convenience store has been enlarged, and a wired communication system is generally used, so that the kiosk has to be installed in a limited space (refer to the prior patent document 1).

1. Korea Utility Model Registration No. 0468845 (Name of Design: Improved Unmanned Delivery Courier Kiosk Apparatus)

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the conventional courier service method, and an object of the present invention is to provide an unmanned courier system for a courier service, And a courier service providing system using the same and a courier service providing system using the same.

The problems of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and other problems not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

An unmanned home delivery device for solving the above-mentioned problems includes an input unit configured to receive data from a user; A transmitting and receiving unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from a courier server; A printing unit configured to print data on an invoice sheet; And a control unit for controlling the input unit, the transmission / reception unit, and the printing unit; . Wherein the input unit receives recognition data relating to the article to be delivered from the user and the control unit controls the transmission / reception unit so that the recognition data input thereto is transmitted to the courier server, and the transmission / From the courier server, and the control unit controls the printing unit to print the received shipping data on the invoice sheet.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a display unit configured to display information to a user, and the display unit can be controlled by the control unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article storage apparatus comprising: an article storage box configured to store the article to be delivered, , And the keying device can be controlled by the control unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the transmitting / receiving unit may be configured to wirelessly communicate with the courier server.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an application can be configured to be driven by an open source operating system and download an application from the application market of the operating system.

A courier service providing system for solving the above-mentioned problems includes: a courier server for receiving coupon data relating to a coupon item from a user terminal and generating coupon data corresponding to the coupon data; And an input unit configured to receive data from a user, a transmission / reception unit configured to transmit and receive data to / from the courier server, a printing unit configured to print data on an invoice sheet, and a printing unit configured to receive data from the input unit, An unmanned courier system comprising a control unit for controlling the unit; . Wherein the input unit receives recognition data relating to a product to be delivered from the user and the control unit controls the transmission / reception unit so that the input recognition data is transmitted to the courier server, wherein the courier server Wherein the control unit transmits the delivery data corresponding to the received recognition data to the unmanned home delivery apparatus, and the transmission / reception unit receives, from the courier server, delivery data concerning the delivery article corresponding to the input recognition data, And controls the printing unit to print the delivery data on the invoice sheet.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the unmanned courier apparatus may further include a display unit configured to display information to a user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the courier server transmits a signal indicating that there is no recognition data to the unmanned courier delivery device when there is no delivery data corresponding to the recognition data received from the unmanned courier delivery device, Can display information indicating that the recognition data does not exist in the display unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a courier service providing method for a courier service in an unmanned courier system and a courier server capable of communicating with a user terminal, the courier service providing method comprising: receiving delivery data regarding a coupon item from the user terminal; Generating recognition data corresponding to the delivery data; Transmitting recognition data corresponding to the delivery data to the user terminal; Receiving identification data from the unmanned courier device; And transmitting the delivery data corresponding to the recognition data received from the unmanned home delivery device to the unmanned home delivery device; .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling an unmanned courier, comprising: transmitting a signal indicating that there is no recognition data to the unmanned courier delivery device when there is no delivery data corresponding to recognition data received from the unmanned courier delivery device; As shown in FIG.

According to the present invention, the user inputs the delivery data to the user terminal, inputs the recognition data generated by the delivery data to the unmanned delivery vehicle, and attaches the printed invoice to the delivery article, Services are available. Further, the unmanned home delivery device of the present invention can be easily miniaturized, can be installed freely by using a wireless communication system, and can be easily installed in various places because of easy maintenance.

1 is a block diagram of a courier service system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a schematic block diagram of the unmanned delivery system of Figure 1;
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the unmanned conveying device of Fig. 1 viewed from the front; Fig.
4 is a schematic flow chart of a courier service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 exemplarily shows a screen displayed on the user terminal during the process of the courier service providing method of FIG.
FIG. 6 is an exemplary view illustrating a screen displayed on the unmanned courier service apparatus during a courier service providing method of FIG.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

The shapes, sizes, ratios, angles, numbers, and the like disclosed in the drawings for describing the embodiments of the present invention are illustrative, and thus the present invention is not limited thereto. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. Where the terms "comprises", "having", "done", and the like are used in this specification, other portions may be added unless "only" is used. Unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, including the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In interpreting the constituent elements, it is construed to include the error range even if there is no separate description.

It is to be understood that each of the features of the various embodiments of the present invention may be combined or combined with each other partially or entirely and technically various interlocking and driving is possible as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, It may be possible to cooperate with each other in association.

Various embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a courier service system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a courier service system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a courier server 100, an unmanned courier 200, and a user terminal 300.

The delivery server 100 receives the delivery data concerning the delivery article from the user terminal 300 and generates recognition data corresponding to the delivery data. The courier server 100 is configured to receive information from an unmanned courier device 200 to be described later and to transmit the information to the unmanned courier device 200 as a server of a courier company for managing delivery of courier goods. In addition, the courier server 100 is configured to transmit and receive information to and from the user terminal 300.

The unmanned courier device 200 is configured to receive recognition data from the user W and to transmit recognition data received by the courier server 100. [ That is, the unmanned courier delivery device 200 is configured to be able to transmit and receive data to and from the courier server 100. Further, the user W can input data to the unmanned courier apparatus 200, and can display the information about the user W. The specific configuration of the unmanned courier system 200 will be described later.

The user terminal 300 may be a device or terminal including a processor, a storage, a communication module, and may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a desktop or notebook computer, It can be an accessory to use in combination. In the following description, the user terminal 300 is assumed to be a smart phone for convenience of description, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The user terminal 300 may be one of the terminals listed above.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the unmanned delivery system of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the unmanned delivery system of FIG. 1 viewed from the front.

2 and 3, the unmanned conveying apparatus 200 includes an input unit 210, a display unit 220, a transmission / reception unit 230, a printing unit 240, a storage container 250, and a control unit (not shown) 260).

The input unit 210 is configured to receive data from the user W. [ For example, the input unit 210 may be a touch panel as shown in FIG. In addition, a fixed type keypad or the like may be used as the input unit 210.

The display unit 220 is configured to display information to the user W. [ As the display unit 220, a flat panel display such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light emitting display (OLED) or the like may be used as shown in FIG.

The transmission / reception unit 230 is configured to transmit and receive data to and from the courier server 100. Although the transmission / reception unit 230 is not limited to a specific communication method, it is preferable to communicate wirelessly with the courier server 100 in terms of ease of installation. In addition, the transmission / reception unit 230 can transmit / receive data to / from a separate maintenance terminal. The unmanned courier device 200 can be remotely controlled by the courier server 100 or a separate maintenance terminal. At this time, the remote control can be performed in various ways by the courier server 100 or the separate maintenance terminal. For example, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1094747 (entitled " Personal Information Control for Mobile Communication Terminal Service providing method and system) may be used.

The print unit 240 is configured to print out necessary data on the invoice sheet and output it. The printing unit 240 may be a printing apparatus of an ink jet, laser jet, or the like.

The storage bin 250 includes a locking device 251 and is configured to store the delivery item. That is, the delivering article can be put into the storage box 250 only when the pushing device 251 is in the open state, and can not be put in the off state. A variety of conventional locking devices can be used as the locking device 251, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, the article storage box 250 may not be provided. That is, the article storage box 250 is not included in the unmanned courier apparatus 200, and a separate article storage space may be provided to the user W. [

The control unit 260 controls the input unit 210, the display unit 220, the transmission / reception unit 230, the print unit 240 and the storage container 250 described above. The control unit 260 may be a computing device that includes a processor.

3 illustrates that only the input unit 210 and the display unit 220 are visible from the outside and the transmission and reception unit 230 and the printing unit 240 are not visible from the outside And the article storage box 250 may be separately provided in a portion not shown in FIG. 3, but may not be provided.

Since the unmanned home delivery device 200 can be installed in a small space and light weight in comparison with a conventional kiosk and can be installed without restriction even if only a power supply is provided by adopting a wireless communication system, great.

Meanwhile, a variety of operating systems may be installed in the unmanned mail-delivering apparatus 200 of the present invention. For example, an open source operating system such as an Android, Linux, or Asteroid OS may be installed in the unmanned courier device 200, and the unmanned courier device 200 may be operated.

When the open source operating system is operated in the unmanned mail courier apparatus 200, the unmanned courier apparatus 200 may be provided with an application for providing the unmanned courier service of the present invention, various third parties ) Application can be provided.

In this case, the unmanned conveying apparatus 200 can easily and easily perform additional functions. For example, the unmanned courier device 200 may be provided with an application for displaying an advertisement in order to allow the advertisement to be provided to people passing around as described above. Also, the map application may be provided so that the unmanned delivery courier 200 displays the location so that the user can provide the user with the location information such as the current location, the receipt site of the article, the delivery site, and the location of the intermediate collection site. The additional functions performed by the unmanned courier device 200 are not limited to those described above, and the unmanned courier device 200 may be provided with various applications so as to provide various specialized services to the user.

Thus, by allowing the unmanned courier device 200 to download and use the millions of applications supplied to the application market to the open source operating system, the unmanned courier device 200 of the present invention can be used as a multimedia coupon It can be configured to act as a terminal.

However, the operating system of the unmanned courier device 200 is not limited to the above-described one. The operating system of the unmanned courier device 200 may be a paid operating system such as Windows Embedded in addition to the open source operating system described above, It is also possible to adopt a separate embedded software.

The specific function of each of the above-described configurations will be described in detail by the following courier service providing method.

FIG. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a courier service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 exemplarily shows a screen displayed on a user terminal during a courier service providing method of FIG. 4, 6 exemplarily shows a screen displayed on the unmanned courier service apparatus in the course of the courier service providing method of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, the user W inputs shipping data related to a delivery item by the user terminal 300 (S10).

Shipping data refers to data required for the delivery of goods and may include, for example, the sender's name, telephone number, address, price of the delivery item, quantity, volume, shipping message, fare category (e.g. prepayment, A name, a telephone number, an address, and the like, and may further include data necessary for delivery. Only some of the shipping data listed above may be selected.

The input of the delivery data may be performed by a dedicated application program installed on the smart phone, or may be performed on a web page using a browser, and such an input method may be adopted without limitation.

5 shows a screen displayed on the user terminal 300 when the delivery data is inputted by the dedicated application program installed in the smart phone. When the user w enters the delivery data and clicks the reservation application icon in the upper right corner, information including the input delivery data is transmitted to the delivery server 100, and the user w transmits a reservation You can check the reception completion status.

The input delivery data is received by the delivery server 100 (S20). The user terminal 300 transmits the delivery data to the delivery server 100 using a wireless communication network such as a wireless Internet, a WIFI, or a wired communication network.

The delivery server 100 generates recognition data corresponding to the delivery data (S30). Such recognition data may be composed of only numerals, or may be a combination of numbers, letters, special characters, etc., and may be named as " reception number ". Recognition data may be generated by the courier server 100 according to a predetermined rule or randomly. The recognition data is stored in correspondence with the delivery data to the delivery server 100.

The recognition data generated by the courier server 100 is transmitted to the user terminal 300 (S31). The user terminal 300 receives the generated recognition data from the courier server 100 (S32), and the generated recognition data is displayed in the form of a reception number or the like as shown in the reservation reception completion screen of Fig. 5, ).

The user W goes to the unmanned delivery courier 200 with the user terminal 300 and the delivery item. Thereafter, the user W inputs the received recognition data into the input unit 220 of the unmanned delivery system 200 (S40), and the unmanned delivery system 200 uses the transmission / reception unit 230 to transmit it to the delivery server 100 (S41).

6, when the recognition data (reception number or the like) is input to the unmanned delivery courier 200 by the user w, the screen displayed on the unmanned courier 200 is as shown in FIG. The user w can input the recognition data on the screen and inquire the information on his / her own courier article.

Here, other identification data such as the mobile phone number of the sender may be further input in addition to the recognition data for the accuracy of the article delivery.

The courier server 100 receives the recognition data from the transmission / reception unit 230 of the unmanned delivery courier 200 (S50) and searches whether the recognition data entered in the courier server 100 exists (S60).

4), the courier server 100 transmits the delivery data corresponding to the input recognition data to the transmission / reception unit 230 of the unmanned delivery control unit 200 (step < RTI ID = 0.0 > (S70).

The unmanned delivery courier 200 receives the delivery data (S80), and displays the received delivery data on the display means 210. [ As shown in Fig. 6, the delivery data related to the courier goods searched is displayed.

The unmanned courier delivery device 200 prints this on the invoice sheet using the print unit 240 (S90).

4), the courier server 100 transmits a message indicating that there is no recognition data to the un-home delivery device 200 (S61), and receives the message The unmanned courier delivery device 200 displays information indicating that there is no recognition data on the display means 210 (S62).

The control unit 260 of the unmanned delivery control device 200 transmits the delivery data to the goods storage box 200 after the delivery data about the delivery item is received by the delivery server 100 or when the printing is started, 250 are released (S100). In other words, the control unit 260 controls the locking device 251 to create a state in which the article storage box 250 can receive the article.

Then, the user W attaches the invoice printed on the delivery item, inserts it into the storage box 250, and closes the lid to complete the delivery of the delivery item (S110). Here, when the lid is closed, the locking device 251 can be automatically turned on, and the delivering article can be safely stored in the storage box 250.

It should be noted that steps S100 and S110 may be omitted if the unmanned delivery system 200 is not equipped with the storage box 250.

Meanwhile, it is preferable that the unmanned courier delivery apparatus 200 has a separate mode for accepting a delivery item without using the user terminal 300 in advance. In the 'general customer' mode, the unmanned delivery courier 200 can directly receive the delivery data by receiving the delivery data directly by the input unit 210 and outputting it to the invoice sheet by the print unit 240. In the 'enterprise customer' mode, the unmanned courier delivery device 200 receives the ID and the password, receives the delivery data directly by the input unit 210, and outputs it to the invoice sheet by the print unit 240 We can accept delivery items immediately. At this time, in the 'enterprise customer' mode, the delivery data regarding the sender may be input in advance, and the change function may be provided so that it can be changed as needed. With 'Corporate Customer' mode, you can ship to the company and the courier company with the amount pre-paid.

In this case, even if the 'general customer' mode and the 'enterprise customer' mode are used, the input delivery data is transmitted to the delivery server 100 by the transmission / reception unit 230. This information is received in real time by the courier server 100. [

In addition, by displaying the advertisement in the display unit 220 as usual, the advertisement can be provided to the people passing around the unmanned delivery courier 200, and accordingly the advertisement revenue can be expected.

On the other hand, the courier fee can be paid through the user terminal 300. In addition, the unmanned mail delivery system 200 may further include a separate settlement device, and may further include a card reader to enable payment of a card, for example.

On the other hand, the unmanned courier 200 can be installed in a place where a lot of people pass, such as a department store, a dormitory, and a traditional market. Also, the unmanned courier device 200 can be installed in a company (for example, an insurance company, a financial company, etc.) in which a courier program due to internal security can not be installed. In addition, the unmanned courier 200 may be installed at various places.

When the unmanned courier system 200 adopts a wireless communication system (for example, 3G, LTE, WIFI), installation can be performed only if the condition that power is supplied satisfies the requirement of the installation site.

In addition, the unmanned courier device 200 can be remotely controlled by the courier server 100. [ The courier server 100 can collectively manage the applications installed in the plurality of unmanned delivery courier devices 200. [

For example, in order for the unmanned courier delivery device 200 to provide the user w with the above-mentioned specialized services, the application may be installed or deleted in a lump, and maintenance may be performed so that the corresponding application is updated every predetermined period . Thus, the courier server 100 can efficiently manage a plurality of unmanned courier devices 200 installed at various places.

Therefore, the present invention can provide a courier server 100 and an unmanned courier device 200 with a courier service that is more effective for a user w than a conventional unmanned courier, and can provide various specialized services, It is advantageous in that it is possible to efficiently manage the unmanned courier device 200 that provides the courier service and the specialized service.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to those embodiments and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. . Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

100 ... Courier Server
200 ... Unmanned delivery system
210 ... Input unit
220 ... Display unit
230 ... The transmitting /
240 ... Printing unit
250 ... Locker
251 ... Locking device
260 ... The control unit
300 ... User terminal
1000 ... Courier service delivery system

Claims (1)

An input unit configured to receive data from a user;
A transmitting and receiving unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from a courier server;
A printing unit configured to print data on an invoice sheet; And
A control unit for controlling the input unit, the transmission / reception unit, and the printing unit; / RTI >
Wherein the input unit receives recognition data related to the article to be delivered from the user,
Wherein the control unit controls the transmitting / receiving unit so that the input recognition data is transmitted to the courier server,
Wherein the transmission / reception unit receives, from the courier server, delivery data related to the delivery article corresponding to the recognition data,
Wherein the control unit controls the printing unit to print the received delivery data on the invoice sheet.

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