RU58243U1 - LOGISTICS TERMINAL - Google Patents

Abstract

The technical solution relates to the field of automatic left-luggage offices with exchange containers and documentation of operations of reception and delivery of goods. Objective: reducing the complexity of operations for the delivery of material assets, expanding the scope of responsible subscriber delivery in conjunction with Internet trade, reducing associated costs. Essence: a device for responsible subscriber delivery of material assets consists of a rack installed in rooms close to the senders and receivers of parcels and exchange containers, which are closed by a hatch that can only be opened by the consignee. The container can be removed from the rack after identification of the person performing the operation performed using a personal access card of a system user, an electronic tag of the container and other described identification codes. Devices are networked through a local mobile operator.

Description

The technical solution relates to the field of devices for responsible subscriber delivery of material assets, warehousing and storage, namely, to automatic left-luggage offices with exchange containers, automatic documentation and automation of operations of reception and delivery of goods.

Known mailboxes - terminals for sending correspondence, but with their help it is possible to responsibly deliver mail only with negligible material value. Also known are the “Method for electronic control of parcels and a device for its implementation” [1], “The method of sending mail parcels” [3], “The electronic camera system for parcels and the logistics system” [4], “The method and system for transmitting notifications to users of the system delivery "[5]," The method of placing mail in an electronic system of lockable cells and a system of lockable cells "[6].

Closest to the declared and chosen as a prototype is the "Integrated automated system for the provision of postal banking services" care "" [2], which contains, including the subsystem "trade organization", which controls the machines that produce packaging, picking and shipping orders - parcels. The described prototype system is highly automated. The prototype device makes it possible to prepare documents for delivery and payment of tariffs, to automate, including the sale of order - parcels, but functionally it does not cover the most time-consuming part: the process of delivering mail parcels to the addressee. In addition, the prototype system does not fully automate the workflow of the delivery process and automate the delivery of parcel orders to the addressees.

The objective of the proposed technical solution is to reduce the complexity of operations carried out in the course of responsible delivery of material assets, reduce delivery times by automating documentation processes and thereby expand the scope of responsible subscriber delivery in combination with Internet trade or interactive kiosks as a way to save the buyer and seller due

reducing transaction costs and increasing the independence of the buyer and seller from the location of the outlet.

To solve this problem, a logistics terminal is proposed (Fig. 2) - a device containing a rack 1 with standardized seats for containers of various sizes and removable pins 2, which prevent both the removal and installation of the container 3 in the cell of the rack at rest. In the working state, the plug 2 is briefly retracted, making it possible for the container 3. to move. The container can be installed in the cell of the rack, both from the front and from the back, which makes it possible to separate the reception zone of the cargo and the zone of delivery. The container 3 is a container (figure 4), loaded through the hatch 4, locked dog 12 when closing the container. The container hatch can only be opened by the consignee with the correct set of the required codes after the container has been delivered to the rack containing the subscriber's cell. To do this, along the wall of the container 3 facing the rack, sensors are placed for reading the opening code of the hatch 14 (Fig. 4), and opposite them, in the rack, transmitters for the opening code of the hatch 21 (Fig. 3). In addition, the container is equipped with a decoder 15 with a built-in opening code for the hatch; the solenoid 23 of the dog 12, unlocking the last when the Executive circuit is closed by contact 17 of the hatch opening relay 18; high-frequency transformer 19 and a power supply unit 20 of the container circuits. On the sides of the rack is a control panel 6 (figure 2). On the control panel 6 there is a keyboard 8 for dialing the delivery address and control codes, indication of the dialed index 10, indication of the dialed number of the subscriber box 9 and the enter / reset button 11. In addition, the panel contains a receiving channel for installing and reading the access card 7. Access card It is issued at the opening of the subscription delivery service of material assets and personifies all actions with the container.

Management of all elements of the device is carried out by the operating unit 16 (Fig. 5), placed in a rack 1, containing a processor 41, a control device for the solenoid of the plug 37, a device for outputting the hatch code 38, a power supply control device 39 to the circuits located in the container, the sim- cards 40 of a cellular operator 29 (Fig. 1),

an information input / output interface 33 to the control panel 6, a personal access card code reader 34, a receiver 35 and a transmitter 36, for organizing information exchange with the central post 24 via a modem 30.

In addition, to increase security, the container is equipped with a hidden electronic tag 13 (Fig.3, 4), the reading of which occurs during all operations performed with the container by the reader 5 (Fig.3)

Logistic terminals using communication channels 27 of the network of cellular operators 29 are closed to the network (Fig. 1), transmitting and receiving information from the central post 24 (Fig. 3), on which information is received and processed by the server 32 using the modem 30, storing and processing the necessary information in the network database 31 in accordance with the program. Monitoring and control of the entire network is carried out from terminal 42 of the central post. In addition, Fig. 1 shows subscriber halls 25 in which racks 1 of logistics terminals are installed, the central sorting room of the delivery zone 26 (for example, the main post office) and the relationship between them: information, using the network of mobile operators 29 and container delivery routes 3 s using automobile routes 28, forming a channel for the delivery of material values to recipients.

The method of delivery of material assets, implemented using the above-described device, is as follows. The forwarding company (or post office) opens one or more rooms 25 (Fig. 1), in which it places racks 1 of logistics terminals. In addition, the forwarding company (or post office) places the shelves of logistics terminals in the sorting room 26 of the central warehouse (or main post office). The number of shelves is calculated from the need to ensure uninterrupted delivery of goods to subscribers. All logistics terminals and the central post 24 of the forwarding company for information exchange are tied into a network, resorting to the services of a mobile communication operator operating in the territory of delivery 29.

Between the subscription halls of the post office and the hall of the central sorting hall, 28 automobiles of companies delivering containers circulate along the routes.

Sending cargo through the logistics terminal is as follows.

- A subscriber needs to “subscribe” to delivery services through logistics terminals one-time. To do this, he should pay for the exchange container 3 (Fig. 4), get a personal access card and subscriber cell number, initialize the card in the network. For this, the subscriber on the control panel 6 of rack 1 (Fig. 2) of the logistics terminal containing the subscriber cell assigned to him, dials the PIN code issued to him and loads the personal access card into the receiving channel for reading access cards 7.

- Load material assets into the empty container received in the subscriber’s room, lock the hatch 4 of the container 3. Deliver the container to the cell of the dispatch rack. Insert a personal card into receiver channel 7, dial the post office index using keyboard 8, to which you need to send the cargo, dial the number of the mailbox, insert the container into the rack cell, send the address to the central post by pressing the enter / reset key 11 (Fig. 2). Take out a personal card.

- After confirming the coincidence of the codes from the central post 24, the rail 2 of the rack allows you to install the container 3 in the cell and fix it on the rack 1, after which access to the container becomes impossible. This is where the sender ends the procedure for sending the goods, about which he is notified by a message to the indicated cell phone (or e-mail) from central post 24, containing the delivery address you typed and the time of acceptance of the goods for delivery.

Delivery of goods to the addressee is as follows.

- The forwarding agent, circling route 28 of the subscriber halls of 25 companies (or the post office), accepts containers for delivery. Why does the forwarder insert his personal access card into the receiver 7

container, removes 1 container 3 from the rack cell and loads it into the car.

- Having delivered containers to the central sorting room 26 (or the main post office), the forwarder places them in the shelving cells of those post offices whose index is indicated by the sender. The address is displayed on the display 10 of the control panel of the rack 1 after installing the container in the cell and placing a personal card in the slot of the receiver. If the index of the delivery address of the container and the number of the rack coincide, a control signal is received from the central post, executing which the plug 2 will come into working condition and will allow fixing the container in the rack of the central sorting room 26.

- The forwarder of the company (or post office) to which the goods were sent accepts containers for delivery in the same way: removes containers from the shelving cells of the central sorting room 26 (or main post office) of his post office after placing a personal card in the slot of receiver 7.

- Having delivered containers to the subscription hall 25 of the post office at the delivery address, the forwarder acts in the same way as in the previous cases: inserts a personal card into the slot of receiver 7, reads the cell number and places the container in the destination cell. Container delivery completed. The entire delivery path and the moment of its completion is recorded and the end of all stages is accompanied by messages to the addressee.

- The recipient, in order to receive the goods addressed to him, removes the container after placing a personal card in the slots of the receiver 7 and dialing a pin code (password) on the control panel 6 and sending it to the central post by pressing the enter key 11. From the central post 24, except the control signal to the pins 2, releasing the removal of the container, a code sequence arrives that allows you to unlock the dog hatch 12 of the container and open the hatch 4. After receiving the cargo, the subscriber leaves the container at the subscription point.

Empty containers are redistributed between subscriber points in accordance with the intensity of sending and receiving.

Documentation of the entire process of reception - transfer of cargo is carried out at the central post of the logistics company 24 (Fig. 3) by entering into the database 31 informational packages from the logistics terminals of the subscriber halls 25 for sending, delivery and the central sorting room 26. Whenever a reader is loaded 7 into the channel of a personal card to the central post, a message is sent containing the card code and the number of the electronic label of the container 13. At the central post, the received data is stored in database 31 with the date and time fixed The amount of operation. The personal code of the access card will be an analogue of the signature and all operations with the cargo become documented. Data is exchanged through a network of mobile operators 29. Data is stored in the database of a legal entity and can be decrypted if it becomes necessary to inquire. Payment of delivery tariffs is carried out in a known manner using the contractual relationship between the mobile operator and the forwarding company on the one hand, the forwarding company and subscribers on the other.

Figure 1 shows a diagram of the organization of a network for responsible subscriber delivery of material assets, where 1 - shelving of logistics terminals, 25 - subscriber halls (or post offices), premises where logistics terminals are installed, containing subscriber delivery cells and shipping logistics terminals, 26 - sorting hall of the delivery zone, where dispatch of material flows takes place, 24 - the central post of the company providing delivery services using logistics terminals, mother delivery routes values 28 and communication channels 27 using the network of a cellular operator 29. Figure 2 shows a logistics terminal, front view, where 1 is a rack containing cells for exchange containers 3, 2 is a Nagel, 6 is a control panel of a logistics terminal, comprising a keyboard 8, indication of addresses 9 and 10, a personal card receiver 7, an input / reset button 11. Figure 3 shows a functional diagram of the interaction of the elements of the logistics terminals and the central post in the network, where 43 is the solenoid of the rack shelf, 22 is

transformer core 19. Other circuit elements and their interaction are described above. In figure 4. the exchange container of the logistics terminal and a section 1-1 of its side wall are presented, containing schemes of responsible access to material assets sent in the container, where 44 is the channel into which the rail 2 of the rack enters, blocking access to the container. Other elements are described above. Figure 5 shows the functional diagram of the operating unit of the logistics terminal, located in the rack 1.

This logistics terminal and the proposed method of responsible subscriber delivery of material assets, which can be performed in the aforementioned manner, are distinguished by the following essential features: the terminal device consists of a rack installed in rooms close to senders and recipients of parcels — orders and exchange containers, which are containers for placing material values. The container is closed by a hatch, which can only be opened by the recipient, to whose address the goods are directed. In addition, the container can be removed from the rack of the logistics terminal (after retrieving the screw) only after the identification procedures and confirmation of the status of permitted operations from the central post of the logistics system are performed using a personal access card for the user of the system, electronic tags of containers and other identification codes described. In order to optimize transport routes and the possibility of building a "star" network, it is proposed to sort exchange containers through zonal sorting rooms, also equipped with logistics terminals. In essence, the logistics terminals are content generators using any local network of a cellular operator (for example, GSM standard) as information transport. In addition to reducing the cost of the logistics network due to the refusal to build its own data network, as proposed in the prototype, there is another advantage - the inability to conduct fraud by simulating the operation of the terminal using duplicate SIM cards, which will reduce the risk of theft during the delivery of orders - parcels.

The logistics terminal, in addition to automating logistics operations and reducing the complexity of the delivery process, will allow you to modify the approach to

retail instruments, eliminating unnecessary intermediary links from the chain of product delivery from producer to consumer, will contribute to a more even distribution of the traffic load on city highways through the use of night time. As a result, the risk of traffic jams in cities and cities will be reduced. It will contribute to a more complete production load, regardless of the location of the consumer, through the use of Internet technologies and telecommuting. Will create new jobs.

The search showed the absence of similar technical solutions, which allows us to conclude that the device does not explicitly follow from the studied prior art, i.e. meets the criteria of "novelty." This device is manufactured industrially, i.e. meets the criterion of "industrial applicability"

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1. Application for invention, 2004109914, Cl. G 06 F 17/60, 2002.10.07.

2. RF patent for the invention, No. 2116045, Cl. C 06 F 17/60, 1999.02.02

3. Application for invention, 2004109913, Cl. G 06 F 17/60, 2002.10.07.

4. Application for invention, 2004109912, Cl. G 06 F 11/25, 2002.10.07

5. Application for invention, 2005101750, Cl. G 06 F 17/60, 2003.08.06

6. Application for invention, 2005114742, IPC A 47 G 29/124, 2004.01.09

Claims (1)

The logistics terminal includes exchange containers equipped with hidden electronic tags, as well as hatches with the possibility of restricting unauthorized access to the contents of the containers and a rack having standardized seats for containers of various sizes, equipped with pins for the possibility of fixing containers in the rack, and also equipped with an operating unit that makes it possible to manage the logistic terminal in the network, identify it using a personal identification card s, enter the shipping address and control information previously entered.