KR20180092083A - Delivery system using home delivery freight deposit box - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an unmanned parcel storage system which comprises: a main body including a receiving unit having a receiving space storing a parcel, a door unit positioned in front of the receiving unit, and a lock control unit positioned on one side of the door unit to perform lock/unlock functions according to a signal received from a storage box control unit; the storage box control unit positioned on one side of the main body, and controlling a door of the main body; and a management server interworked with the storage box control unit, and transmitting and receiving data. Therefore, a password received in parcel reception can be transmitted only to a receiver as the password is generated by the storage box control unit not by a delivery person, thereby preventing a risk of loss for a stored product in advance.

Description

{DELIVERY SYSTEM USING HOME DELIVERY FREIGHT DEPOSIT BOX}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an unmanned parcel delivery system, and more particularly, to an unmanned parcel delivery system capable of minimizing the safekeeping and delivery incidents of delivery items.

There are many characteristics of modern society, such as the fact that the family structure has become nuclear family, and the population living in apartment houses such as apartments and office buildings has increased sharply. In addition, the employment status of married women as well as unmarried women has increased due to the improvement of the status of women. In addition, the sales volume of online commodities such as e-commerce, TV home shopping, and mail-order through the Internet is increasing rapidly.

Therefore, it is often the case that a relatively bulky postal item or a package is delivered when the recipient is absent. In a conventional apartment or office building, when a recipient is absent, he / she receives a mail or a courier delivered from the guard room, and then notifies the home by telephone at night to visit the apartment.

In such a case, there is the inconvenience that the mail deliverer or the delivery person must go to the guard room and ask for the storage of the mail or the delivery service. In view of the worker in the guard room, there is the inconvenience that the recipient must call every time to call the mail or the delivery service There was. Moreover, when a worker leaves the security office, he or she can not deliver mail or delivery.

Especially, in a space where multi-generations such as apartments live together, there are many cases where an apartment security guard has to represent a courier article, and when the security guard is not present, the delivery is not smooth There is also a phenomenon that the conflict between residents, security guards, and administrative offices frequently becomes intense.

Patent Registration No. 2002-0005529

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an unattended courier storage box installed in an apartment at a low cost and to provide an unattended courier dispatch To provide a courier storage system,

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the risk of loss of the stored goods by preventing the password from being received by the courier, And stores the courier goods in a specific locker in the unmanned courier storage box and informs the recipient of the arrival of the courier item by telephone, cell phone text message, automatic notification system of the network, etc., so that the recipient of the courier goods can deliver the courier goods It is intended to provide a courier storage system.

The present invention includes the following embodiments in order to achieve the above object.

A preferred embodiment of the unmanned delivery courier storage system according to the present invention is characterized in that the unattended delivery courier system according to the present invention is characterized in that the unattended delivery courier system according to the present invention comprises a storage unit in which a storage space for storing a delivery package is formed, a door unit located on the front surface of the storage unit, A lock control unit for performing a lock / umlock function according to a signal;

A storage box control unit located at one side of the main body and capable of controlling a door of the main body;

And a management server interlocked with the archive control unit and transmitting and receiving data.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the storage unit control unit includes a keypad unit,

An opening / closing unit for controlling the lock control unit according to a signal input from the keypad unit;

A data transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving data to / from the management server,

A password generating unit that is arbitrarily generated when the article is stored in the main body of the storage box or when a courier is sent;

A rf-card recognizing unit for recognizing an rf-card to be used as a payment means when storing an article or delivering a courier to the main body of the storage,

A voice guidance unit for transmitting a voice message according to a signal input from the keypad unit;

And a camera unit for taking pictures of the periphery of the main body of the storage box, thereby preventing loss of articles and crime prevention effects.

In another embodiment of the present invention, when the article is stored in the main body of the storage unit, the password generating unit allows only the article recipient to receive the password using the character of the personal terminal, and temporarily stores the stored article as data And if the password is received, the generated password can be deleted.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the rf-card recognizing unit recognizes an rf-card used for paying a commission generated by using the main body of the depository. The rf-card recognizes only the general credit / And an exclusive card for an apartment to be issued.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the management server collects information on a large number of courier boxes distributed in the area. The management server collects courier box information including information on the number, location, A collecting unit,

A courier information collecting unit for collecting information of a plurality of courier companies,

A settlement information collecting unit for collecting information on the residents who intend to use the courier storage box, the settlement information collecting unit storing the name, address and mobile number of the residents,

 A message generator for transmitting data including information on the occurrence of an event in a storage box of a courier who has stored the article in the storage box or the article to be delivered by courier,

A storage use history collecting unit for calculating an archive use utilization result of the residents,

An image information collecting unit for collecting images photographed by the camera unit;

And a remote control unit for remotely controlling the library control unit.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the remote control unit allows access to the IP address assigned to the library control unit, controls zooming in / out of the camera unit, or upgrades or remotely controls a program of the library control unit So as to be able to be used.

The present invention allows a user to deliver a courier item to a locker of a nearby unmanned delivery courier or to receive a courier item regardless of the absence of the recipient by receiving the courier delivery item and receiving the courier item, The delivery staff of the delivery to the unmanned courier without waiting for the time to save the effect.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the risk of loss of the stored goods by preventing the password from being received by the courier, .

1 is a view for explaining an outline of an unmanned parcel delivery box system according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a storage controller in an unmanned parcel delivery system according to the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a management server in the unmanned delivery courier system according to the present invention,
FIG. 4 is a view schematically showing an unmanned parcel delivery box according to the present invention,
FIG. 5 is a view schematically showing a screen displayed on a keypad unit in an unmanned delivery courier system according to the present invention,
6A to 6D are schematic views illustrating a screen for storing a courier service by a courier in the unmanned courier storage system according to the present invention,
FIGS. 7A to 7E are schematic views illustrating a screen for receiving a courier service in the unmanned courier storage system according to the present invention.

In the following description of the present invention, detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to be exemplary only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

1 is a block diagram showing an essential part of an unmanned delivery courier storage system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the unmanned delivery courier storage system (hereinafter, referred to as 'the present system') according to the present invention includes at least one unshrouded courier main body 100 of a hermetically- And a management server 300 linked to the storage controller 200 for transmitting and receiving data. The storage controller 200 controls the door of the main body 100.

The storage unit main body 100 includes a storage unit 110 having a storage space for storing a package item, a door unit 120 positioned on the front surface of the storage unit 110, And a lock controller 130 for performing a lock / umlock function according to a signal received from the locker controller 200.

The receiving portion 110 is basically a structure in which the front surface portion is a portion that is opened and closed by the opening and closing door and a storage space that is hermetically sealed except for the front portion so as to store the product. , And small-size. In particular, the receiving portion 110 may be formed of various materials such as a metal material, an alloy material, and a reinforced plastic material, and more preferably, a material having rustproofing and heat radiation characteristics is used. In particular, a window of transparent material can be formed on a part of the storage box main body or an area of the entrance door, and through which the product can be visually confirmed whether or not the product is stored in the storage box. Alternatively, it is also possible to form the entire body of the storage box with a transparent material.

The door unit 120 may be provided on the front surface of the storage unit 110 to implement closing of the door through a hydraulic hinge closure and may be provided with a door endoscope so that the inside of the door unit 120 can be checked . In addition, the opening / closing unit 260 may be opened / closed by a combination of an opening / closing unit connected to the solenoid and a door lock spring, and more preferably includes a display window that shows the state of the storage box as a whole.

The lock control unit 130 is located at one side of the door unit 120 so that the door can be opened on the Bluetooth system. The lock control unit 130 may be configured to store an object inside the door unit 120, And displays the status of the current main body 100 in real time on the screen included in the main controller 200. [

The storage controller 200 is located at one side of the storage unit main body 100 and is capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from the control server 300 of the storage unit main body 100. The storage unit control unit 200 includes a keypad unit 210, An opening and closing part 220 for controlling the lock control part 130 according to a signal inputted from the keypad part 210 and a control part 220 for controlling the data inputted in the storage main body 100 according to the storing or searching function of the article A password generating unit 240 randomly generated when storing or delivering goods to or from the main body 100 of the storage unit 100 and a data transmitting and receiving unit 230 transmitting and receiving the goods to the main body 100 of the storage An rf-card recognizing unit 250 recognizing an rf-card used as a payment means when storing or delivering a courier service, an audio guide unit 260 transmitting a voice message according to a signal input from the keypad unit 210, And the main body 100 And a camera unit 270 capable of photographing the periphery of the camera unit 270 to prevent loss and security of the article.

The keypad unit 210 is formed of a keypad capable of inputting general numbers and special characters. The keypad unit 210 is configured in the form of a touch panel. When the touch panel is driven, .

5, the keypad unit 210 may store the goods of the courier company, find the courier, send the courier home delivery, deliver the courier article, store the laundry / mart delivery, find the delivery item, view the box, and register the rf-card Or the like, and when the button is pressed, an input window for pressing a number or a character can be newly created and provided, or information such as lock, open, storage of the article, storage date of the storage can be displayed .

The opening and closing part 220 can open and close the door 120 by interlocking the lock control part 130 of the main body 100 according to a signal inputted from the keypad part 210. The opening and closing part 220 can be opened / When a data signal inputted from the keypad unit 210 is compared with the password data generated from the password generating unit 240 to be described later and an error more than the number provided by opening and closing the door 120 is generated, A warning sound or a warning message can be transmitted through the communication unit 250.

The data transmission / reception unit 230 can transmit / receive all data generated in the archive control unit 200 to / from the management server 300. The data transmission / reception unit 230 stores all data generated when a courier article is stored or a courier is sent, It is possible to increase the data processing speed of the archive controller 200 by allowing the archive server 200 to be transferred to the management server 300 without being stored in the controller 200, Allows remote management.

The password generating unit 240 may be configured to allow only the recipient of the article to receive the password using the character of the personal terminal when the courier server stores the article in the storage body 100. The courier article does not need to directly generate the password, In order to generate the information, the dispatcher and the recipient do not have to make a separate telephone call so that the hassle is minimized and the security effect on the stored goods is enhanced. The password generating unit 240 may temporarily delete the generated password when the recipient receives the stored item as data. The password generated by the password generating unit 240 is transmitted to the management server 300 and is stored in the management server 300 in the form of a text message using the telephone number of the recipient So that the password can be transmitted.

The rf-card recognizing unit 250 recognizes an rf-card used when paying a commission generated by using the main body 100 of the library, and the rf-card is issued only to a general credit / check card or a resident Includes an apartment-only card. Therefore, the rf-card recognizing unit 250 allows the resident to make a prepayment or a postpayment payment through a non-cash card when the customer sends a courier or stores the goods. The rf-card recognizing unit 250 ) Is transmitted to the management server 300 so that the list can be paid in accordance with the information previously registered by the residents, including the card settlement, management fee, and the like.

The voice guidance unit 260 generates a warning signal when an error occurs in the password inputted through the keypad unit 210 or when an external shock is generated in the main body 100 of the storage unit. Message to be sent out. In addition, a message generated by the voice guidance unit 260 can be displayed through the keypad unit 210 so that the message can be visually recognized.

The voice guidance unit 260 further includes a microphone, a voice amplifying unit, a voice recognizing unit, and a warning unit. The voice guidance unit 260 collects peripheral voice of the main body 100 through the microphone, amplifies the collected voice, (100) is recognized as a sound and a warning sound is generated according to the recognized voice.

The camera unit 270 photographs the surroundings of the storage unit main body 100, and allows the photographed data to be transmitted to the management server 300 and stored. The camera unit 270 can recognize an accident that may occur in a storage place by photographing not only the storage unit 100 but also an apartment hall, The camera unit 270 automatically zooms in and transmits the alarm sound or warning sound to the management server 300. Therefore, the administrator managing the management server 300 can immediately provide the user with the possibility .

The management server 300 transmits and receives data in cooperation with the library control unit 200. The management server 300 can manage itself in the apartment management room or can be managed by the head office. In the present invention, Will be described mainly for the purpose of self-management.

The management server 300 includes a delivery courier information collecting unit 310, a courier information collecting unit 320, a resident information collecting unit 330, a message generating unit 340, a storage usage history collecting unit 350, A collection unit 360, a remote control unit 370, and a database unit 380.

The courier storage box information collecting unit 310 collects information on courier storage boxes distributed in a large area in the area, and includes information on the unique number and location, specifications of the storage box, performance and functions, and the like.

A courier storage box installed in a factory or a shopping mall is composed of one entity but in an area where a lot of copper is formed like an apartment, a separate courier storage box is installed for each copper, so each unique number and an address matched thereto are provided, Maintenance and cleaning of the storage box can be easily managed and maintained.

The courier information collecting unit 320 collects information of a plurality of courier companies. Since most courier companies arrange the courier articles for each region, the name of the courier article responsible for the courier service in the area where the courier storage box is installed, Telephone numbers, courier companies, etc., and stores them. Accordingly, when the courier knob stores the article in the main body 100 of the cabinet, the user can input the unique number of the company or the mobile number of the courier article, and the inputted number is matched with the number stored in the courier information collecting unit 320 So that the library can be used.

For example, as shown in FIGS. 6A to 6D, when the courier agent selects the "store courier company goods" button on the keypad unit 210 when the recipient wants to store the courier article in the courier storage box, An input window for inputting the number is displayed to input the courier information and the input data is transmitted to the management server 300 and compared with the information input to the courier information collecting unit 320. If the information matches, The user can enter delivery of the recipient by inputting the goods and the goods into the opened main body 100 of the container.

At this time, the courier article allows only the article to be stored without setting a separate password. When the article storage is completed, the password generating section 240 generates the temporary password and the number generated from the coupon article And transmits information on the courier storage state and the password to the landlord through the mobile number of the landlord collected in the landlord information collecting unit 330 of the management server 300 by sending the landlord to the management server 300, Let them find the item.

The courier delivered as described above is automatically generated without setting a password by the courier article, and only the recipient can collect information about the password, so that the security of the courier product can be made easier.

In addition, when the residents store the goods in the main body 100 to send home delivery services, data is transmitted to the input delivery service company so that the stored goods can be delivered. Therefore, the delivery person visits the storage main body 100 at a predetermined time, inputs the delivery information, and displays all the information about the product to be used.

The residents information collecting unit 330 collects information on residents who want to use the courier storage box 100, and stores the name, address, and mobile phone number of the residents. Accordingly, when comparing the received data with the data received from the storage controller 200, and storing the article and requesting the courier delivery, the related information is transmitted using the message generator 340, which will be described later, .

When the event is generated in the storage box 100, for example, when the article is stored in the storage box 100 or the courier has collected the article to be delivered by courier, the message generator 340 receives the information The message generating unit 340 may send a message to the courier article mobile number or the resident's mobile number provided by the courier information collecting unit 320 and the resident information collecting unit 330.

For example, if there is a delivery item in the 10th Paragraph 5 of the courier, the courier will enter the information about the courier information and the call number. The management server 300 having received this information transmits the resident information of the 10th house No. 5 received by the residents information collecting unit 330 to the message generator 340 so as to allow the recipient to receive the " * The goods are received from the delivery company and are kept in the storage box. The password entered at the time of receiving the item is "1111" and the storage box is "7".

The archival use history collection unit 350 calculates the archival use performance of the residents, and it can settle the commission according to the results to make the settlement fee as the resident. In other words, if the payment made by the card is sent to the credit card company and the card issued within the apartment itself is used, the usage details for one month are calculated and included in the management fee or the individual payment is made possible. Accordingly, the storage usage history collection unit 350 can receive and collect the cards and the number of times recognized by the rf-card recognition unit 250.

The image information collecting unit 360 collects the images photographed by the camera unit 270. The collected images can be displayed on the screen of the management room, Ensure that security is prepared.

The remote controller 370 allows the remote controller 370 to access the storage controller 200 by using the IP address assigned to the repository controller 200, Zoom in / zoom out of the camera unit 270, or upgrade or remotely control the program of the library controller 200. [ Therefore, even if the administrator does not directly check the storage box, control can be performed in the management room, thereby enhancing the convenience of the administrator.

The database unit 380 can collect and store all data generated in the management server 300.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the following claims And changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

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Claims (6)

And a lock control unit which is located at one side of the door unit and performs a lock / umlock function in response to a signal received from the storage controller, A containing main body;
A storage box control unit located at one side of the main body and capable of controlling a door of the main body;
And a management server coupled to the storage controller for transmitting and receiving data.
The method according to claim 1,
The storage unit control unit includes a keypad unit,
An opening / closing unit for controlling the lock control unit according to a signal input from the keypad unit;
A data transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving data to / from the management server,
A password generating unit that is arbitrarily generated when the article is stored in the main body of the storage box or when a courier is sent;
A rf-card recognizing unit for recognizing an rf-card to be used as a payment means when storing an article or delivering a courier to the main body of the storage,
A voice guidance unit for transmitting a voice message according to a signal input from the keypad unit;
And a camera unit for taking pictures of the periphery of the main body of the main body so as to prevent loss of articles and crime prevention effects.
3. The method of claim 2,
When the article is stored in the main body of the storage unit, the password generating unit allows only the recipient of the article to receive the password as the character of the personal terminal. When the recipient receives the stored article as temporary data, So that the unmanned courier storage box system can be used.
The method according to claim 1,
The rf-card recognizing unit recognizes an rf-card used when paying a commission generated by using the main body of the depository, and the rf-card includes an ordinary credit / check card or an apartment card exclusively issued to residents Features unmanned courier storage system.
The method according to claim 1,
The management server collects information on a large number of parcel delivery boxes distributed in the area, and includes a parcel delivery box information collecting unit including information on the number, position,
A courier information collecting unit for collecting information of a plurality of courier companies,
A settlement information collecting unit for collecting information on the residents who intend to use the courier storage box, the settlement information collecting unit storing the name, address and mobile number of the residents,
A message generator for transmitting data including information on the occurrence of an event in a storage box of a courier who has stored the article in the storage box or the article to be delivered by courier,
A storage use history collecting unit for calculating an archive use utilization result of the residents,
An image information collecting unit for collecting images photographed by the camera unit;
And a remote control unit for remotely controlling the storage control unit.
6. The method of claim 5,
The remote control unit makes it possible to access using the ip address assigned to the library control unit, to control the zoom in / out of the camera unit, or to upgrade or remotely control the program of the library control unit 200 Unmanned courier locker system.

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