JP6573763B2 - Stocker management device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a stocker management device, a stocker system, and a program.

  Conventionally, in a locker having a plurality of boxes, a system for unlocking a box used by a customer is known. For example, Patent Document 1 describes the following system. First, a customer inputs a personal identification number using the ten key of the home delivery locker, or inserts a pre-registered card into the home reader locker card reader. Subsequently, the database server of the management center determines whether or not the input personal identification number or card number is correct. And if it determines with it being correct, the door of a locker box will be open | released by the signal from a management center.

Japanese Patent No. 3560327

  However, in the system described in Patent Document 1, in order to unlock the locker box, it is necessary for the customer to perform operations such as input of a personal identification number and insertion of a card.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and has as its main object to improve the convenience of the user when unlocking the delivery box.

  The present invention employs the following means in order to achieve the main object described above.

The stocker management device of the present invention
A stocker comprising: a stocker having a plurality of lockable deliveries; a beacon device arranged corresponding to the stocker and transmitting a beacon signal; and a user terminal transmitting authentication information when the beacon signal is received. A stocker management device used in the system,
Management information storage means capable of storing management information in which the delivery information that can identify any of the delivery warehouses of the stocker and authentication information is stored;
Authentication information receiving means for receiving the authentication information from the user terminal;
It is determined whether or not the delivery information corresponding to the received authentication information exists in the management information stored in the management information storage means, and if it exists, the delivery specified by the delivery information Unlocking control means for unlocking the cabinet,
It is equipped with.

  In this stocker management device, when receiving authentication information from a user terminal that transmits authentication information when a beacon signal is received, a delivery box corresponding to the authentication information received in the management information stored in the management information storage means It is determined whether or not the information exists, and if there is, the delivery box specified by the delivery box information is unlocked. Therefore, for example, even if the user does not perform an operation such as inputting a password or taking out and reading the card, the stocker management device is used for unlocking such as specifying a delivery box based on the authentication information transmitted from the user terminal. Processing can be started. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the time and effort of the user's operation, and the convenience of the user when unlocking the delivery box is improved. Here, the “user” includes a deliverer of an article to the delivery warehouse and a recipient of the article from the delivery warehouse.

  In the stocker management apparatus of the present invention, the authentication information receiving means receives the authentication information and an unlock command from the user terminal, and the unlock control means is the management information stored in the management information storage means. If the delivery storage information corresponding to the received authentication information exists and the unlock command is received, the delivery storage specified by the delivery storage information may be unlocked. By doing so, the stocker management device does not unlock the delivery box until the unlock command is received, and therefore, it is possible to suppress unlocking unintended by the user, for example, when passing near the beacon device. Therefore, the user's unintentional unlocking can be suppressed while reducing the user's trouble at the time of starting the unlocking process, and the convenience of the user when unlocking the delivery box is improved.

  In the stocker management apparatus of the present invention, the authentication information receiving means receives the authentication information and position information related to the position of the user terminal derived based on the beacon signal from the user terminal, and the unlocking The control means includes delivery information corresponding to the received authentication information in the management information stored in the management information storage means, and the user terminal determines whether the user terminal is based on the received position information. When it is determined that the beacon signal is located in a predetermined short-distance area that is narrower than the area where the beacon signal can be received and can be regarded as being close to the stocker, the delivery box specified by the delivery box information may be unlocked. In this way, since the delivery box is not unlocked until it is determined that the user terminal is located in the short distance area, unlocking that is not intended by the user such as when passing near the beacon device can be suppressed. That is, unlocking unintended by the user can be suppressed while reducing the user's trouble at the start of the unlocking process. In addition, since it is possible to specify the delivery warehouse based on the authentication information before the user terminal is located in the short distance area, the waiting time of the user is longer than when the delivery terminal is identified after being located in the short distance area. Hard to become. As a result, the convenience of the user when unlocking the delivery box is improved.

  In the stocker management apparatus of the present invention, the authentication information receiving means receives the authentication information and position information related to the position of the user terminal derived based on the beacon signal from the user terminal, and the unlocking The control means, when the authentication information receiving means receives position information from a plurality of the user terminals, the delivery storage corresponding to the authentication information from the user terminal that can be considered closer to the stocker based on the position information You may unlock it preferentially. By doing so, the user's delivery box of the user terminal that can be regarded as closer to the stocker is preferentially unlocked, so that the user who is closer to the stocker is less likely to wait longer. Therefore, the convenience of the user when unlocking the delivery box is improved.

  The stocker management apparatus of the present invention is the stocker management apparatus according to any one of the above-described aspects used in the stocker system including a plurality of combinations of the stocker and the beacon devices arranged corresponding to the stocker. The management information storage means is capable of storing the management information in which any one of the stockers can be specified, the delivery information and the authentication information associated with each other, and the authentication information receiving means Receives the authentication information and the stocker identification information from the user terminal, and the unlock control means includes the received stocker identification information in the management information stored in the management information storage means. In addition, it may be determined whether there is delivery box information corresponding to the authentication information, and if there is, the delivery box specified by the delivery box information may be unlocked. In this way, when there are a plurality of stockers, the delivery boxes are specified based on the stocker identification information and the authentication information from the user terminal, so that the delivery boxes can be unlocked appropriately.

  In this case, the stocker management device according to the present invention provides the stocker information corresponding to the received stocker identification information and authentication information in the management information stored in the management information storage means, It is determined whether or not delivery information corresponding to stocker identification information of another stocker different from the received stocker identification information and the received authentication information exists in the management information. You may provide the alert control means to alert | report the information regarding this other stocker to the user of the said user terminal. In this way, even if the stocker identified by the received stocker identification information does not have a delivery warehouse corresponding to the authentication information, if there is a delivery warehouse corresponding to the authentication information in another stocker, information on the stocker is displayed. Users can be notified. For example, when a user mistakenly comes near a beacon device corresponding to a stocker different from the correct stocker having the delivery warehouse to be used, information regarding the correct stocker can be notified to the user.

  The stocker management apparatus of the present invention is the stocker management apparatus according to any one of the above-described aspects used in the stocker system including a plurality of combinations of the stocker and the beacon devices arranged corresponding to the stocker. A child device having the management information storage means, the authentication information reception means, and the unlock control means, a parent management information storage means, a parent authentication information reception means, a parent notification control means, The unlock control means, when the delivery information corresponding to the received authentication information does not exist in the management information stored in the management information storage means, The authentication information is transmitted to the parent device or the user terminal is caused to transmit the authentication information to the parent device, and the parent management information storage means can identify any of the stockers The management information in which the stocker identification information, the delivery warehouse information, and the authentication information are associated with each other can be stored, and the parent-side authentication information receiving unit receives the authentication information from the child device or the user terminal. The parent-side notification control means determines whether delivery information corresponding to the received authentication information exists in the management information stored in the parent-side management information storage means; The stocker management device may notify the user of the user terminal of information related to the stocker specified by the stocker identification information corresponding to the delivery storage information when it exists. In this way, even when the delivery information corresponding to the authentication information does not exist in the stocker management information stored in the child device, the stocker management information stored in the parent device corresponds to the authentication information. If delivery box information exists, the user can be notified of information related to the stocker. For example, when a user mistakenly comes near a beacon device corresponding to a stocker different from the correct stocker having the delivery warehouse to be used, information regarding the correct stocker can be notified to the user.

The stocker system of the present invention
A stocker with multiple lockable deliveries;
A beacon device arranged to correspond to the stocker and transmitting a beacon signal;
Management information storage means capable of storing management information that associates authentication information with delivery information that can specify any of the delivery warehouses of the stocker, and the authentication transmitted from the user terminal that has received the beacon signal An authentication information receiving means for receiving information, and determining whether or not delivery management information corresponding to the received authentication information exists in the management information stored in the management information storage means; A stocker management device comprising: an unlock control means for unlocking the delivery warehouse specified by the delivery warehouse information;
It is equipped with.

  When the stocker system of the present invention receives authentication information from a user terminal that transmits authentication information when a beacon signal is received, the delivery corresponding to the authentication information received in the management information stored in the management information storage means It is determined whether or not the warehouse information exists, and if it exists, the delivery warehouse specified by the delivery warehouse information is unlocked. Therefore, for example, even if the user does not perform an operation such as inputting a password or taking out and reading the card, the stocker management device is used for unlocking such as specifying a delivery box based on the authentication information transmitted from the user terminal. Processing can be started. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the time and effort of the user's operation, and the convenience of the user when unlocking the delivery box is improved. In this stocker system, various aspects of the stocker management apparatus described above may be adopted.

The program of the present invention
A stocker having a plurality of lockable delivery boxes, a beacon device arranged corresponding to the stocker and transmitting a beacon signal, and a stocker management device for unlocking the delivery box specified based on authentication information, A program for causing a user terminal having one or more computers including authentication information storage means for storing authentication information to be used in a stocker system provided to execute an information transmission method,
An authentication information transmission step of transmitting the authentication information stored in the authentication information storage means to the stocker management device when the beacon signal is received;
Is to execute an information transmission method including.

  When the user terminal constituted by one or a plurality of computers is executed by the program of the present invention, the above information transmission method is executed. That is, when a beacon signal is received from the beacon device, the authentication information stored in the authentication information storage means is transmitted to the stocker management device. For this reason, for example, even if the user does not perform an operation such as inputting a password or taking out the card and reading it, the stocker management device performs processing for unlocking such as identification of an inbound delivery based on the transmitted authentication information. Can start. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the time and effort of the user's operation, and the convenience of the user when unlocking the delivery box is improved. This program may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium (for example, hard disk, ROM, FD, CD, DVD, etc.) or from a computer via a transmission medium (communication network such as the Internet or LAN). It may be distributed to another computer, or may be exchanged in any other form. In the information transmission method executed by the program, aspects corresponding to various aspects of the stocker management apparatus described above may be adopted, or steps corresponding to the functions of the stocker management apparatus described above may be added. .

  In the program of the present invention, when the information transmission method receives the beacon signal, the information transmission method includes a standby step of setting an unlock operation instructing unlocking of the delivery box to an unlock operation standby state that can be input by a user. And an unlocking command transmission step of transmitting an unlocking command to the stocker management device when the unlocking operation is input. In this way, the stocker can be prevented from unlocking until the unlock command is transmitted while the stocker management device performs the unlocking process based on the authentication information. Therefore, for example, unlocking unintended by the user when passing near the beacon device can be suppressed. Therefore, the user's unintentional unlocking can be suppressed while reducing the user's trouble at the time of starting the unlocking process, and the convenience of the user when unlocking the delivery box is improved.

1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a configuration of a stocker system 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing of the management information 65 memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 63 of the parent apparatus 61. FIG. The flowchart showing an example of an information transmission routine. The flowchart showing an example of an unlocking control routine. The flowchart showing an example of the information transmission routine of a modification.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a configuration of a stocker system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the management information 65 stored in the storage unit 63 of the parent device 61. The stocker system 1 includes a supplier-side system 5, a portable terminal 21 of the recipient 20, a plurality of beacon devices 30, a plurality of stockers 40, a parent device 61, and a plurality of child devices 70. And. The store PC 12, the mobile terminal 21, the parent device 61, and the plurality of child devices 70 of the supplier side system 5 are connected to a network 2 such as the Internet.

  The supplier-side system 5 is a system that sells the product 17 to the recipient 20. For example, a store 10 such as a supermarket, a store PC 12 that is a computer arranged in the store 10 and manages the supplier-side system 5, and the store 10. Internet supermarket website 15 operated by The website 15 can be accessed from, for example, the store PC 12 or the mobile terminal 21 via the network 2.

  The portable terminal 21 is a device possessed by the recipient 20 who orders and receives the product 17 and is configured as a portable computer such as a smartphone. The portable terminal 21 includes a terminal control unit 22, a storage unit 23, a communication unit 24, and a display operation unit 25. The terminal control unit 22 is configured by a CPU, a RAM, and the like, and controls the entire apparatus. The storage unit 23 stores various application programs such as a processing program 26 and various data such as a member ID 27. The processing program 26 is a program for causing the portable terminal 21 to execute an information transmission routine described later. The member ID 27 is information issued in advance from the supplier side system 5 and capable of identifying the recipient 20. The communication unit 24 is connected to the network 2 wirelessly via a transmission / reception facility such as a base station (not shown), and performs bidirectional communication with other devices. The display operation unit 25 includes a touch panel and operation buttons, and displays various information to the recipient 20 and inputs various operations from the recipient 20.

  The plurality of beacon devices 30 are devices that periodically and periodically transmit a beacon signal including a beacon ID using a short-range wireless communication standard such as BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) (Bluetooth is a registered trademark). . In the present embodiment, the stocker system 1 includes three beacon devices 30 (first to third beacon devices 31 to 33). The beacon ID is information that can identify the first to third beacon devices 31 to 33, and the beacon signals transmitted from the first to third beacon devices 31 to 33 include different beacon IDs. Each of the plurality of beacon devices 30 (first to third beacon devices 31 to 33) is arranged in one-to-one correspondence with each of the plurality of stockers 40 (first to third stockers 41 to 43). . That is, the stocker system 1 includes a plurality of combinations of the stocker 40 and the beacon devices 30 arranged corresponding to the stocker 40. The beacon device 30 is disposed at a relatively short distance from the stocker 40, for example, disposed adjacent to the corresponding stocker 40 or disposed in the same room. The corresponding stocker 40 may be arranged in an area where the mobile terminal 21 can receive a beacon signal from the beacon device 30 (for example, within several tens of meters). In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the corresponding stocker 40 is disposed in a short-distance area, which will be described later, determined based on the beacon signal from the beacon device 30. The stocker 40 is preferably arranged at the center or near the center of the short distance region. Moreover, it is preferable that the stocker 40 not arrange | position the beacon signal from the beacon apparatus 30 corresponding to the other stocker 40 in the area | region which the portable terminal 21 can receive.

  The plurality of stockers 40 are used to deliver the product 17 delivered from the supplier-side system 5 to the recipient 20. In the present embodiment, the stocker system 1 includes three stockers 40 (first to third stockers 41 to 43). Each of the plurality of stockers 40 includes a plurality of (for example, 30) delivery boxes 45 that can be locked, a display operation unit 54, and a reader 56. Each of the delivery boxes 45 has an internal space in which articles such as the goods 17 can be stored. The front door 46, a lock mechanism 47 that locks and unlocks the doors 46, and the articles in the delivery box 45. An article sensor 48 for detecting the presence / absence of a door and an opening / closing sensor 49 for detecting opening / closing of the door 46. The display operation unit 54 includes a touch panel arranged on the front surface of the stocker 40, displays various information to the deliverer 19 and the recipient 20 of the product 17, and various operations from the deliverer 19 and the recipient 20. Input. The reader 56 is a hand-held bar code reader that reads the bar code 18 attached to the product 17 delivered from the store 10. The stocker 40 can be used by a large number of recipients 20 and can be arranged in various places such as an office, a convenience store, a factory, a station, a school, and an apartment.

  The stocker management device 60 is a device that manages a plurality of stockers 40, and is configured as a system including a parent device 61 and a plurality of child devices 70. The parent device 61 is configured as a server for the plurality of child devices 70, and includes a parent control unit 62, a storage unit 63, and a communication unit 64. The parent control unit 62 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and controls the entire apparatus. The storage unit 63 stores various data such as various application programs such as processing programs and management information 65 of the stocker 40. The communication unit 64 is connected to the network 2 and performs bidirectional communication with other devices.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the management information 65 stored in the storage unit 63 includes a stocker correspondence table 66, a delivery storage correspondence table 67, and an article presence / absence table 68. The stocker correspondence table 66 associates each beacon ID of the plurality of beacon devices 30 (first to third beacon devices 31 to 33) with the plurality of stockers 40 (first to third stockers 41 to 43). It is a table. As described above, the first to third beacon devices 31 to 33 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the first to third stockers 41 to 43, and the stocker correspondence table 66 has the same correspondence relationship. Yes. Therefore, any one of the plurality of stockers 40 can be specified by the beacon ID. The delivery storage correspondence table 67 identifies a plurality of stockers 40, a delivery storage number that can identify which delivery store 45 in the stocker 40, a member ID, and an order of the product 17 to the supplier side system 5. It is the table which matched slip ID for. The article presence / absence table 68 is a table in which a plurality of stockers 40, delivery warehouse numbers, and article presence / absence indicating the presence / absence of articles in the delivery warehouse 45 are associated with each other. Note that the presence / absence of an article in the delivery box 45 is information based on detection of the presence / absence of an article by the article sensor 48, and is information acquired by the parent device 61 from the child device 70. The management information 65 includes such a stocker correspondence table 66, a delivery storage correspondence table 67, and an article presence / absence table 68, so that a beacon ID, delivery storage information, a member ID, a slip ID, and a delivery storage 45 are stored. The information is associated with the presence / absence of the article. Although not shown, the management information 65 includes a member information table in which member IDs of a plurality of recipients 20 are associated with mail addresses of a plurality of recipients 20.

  The plurality of child devices 70 are configured as clients for the parent device 61. In this embodiment, the stocker management device 60 includes three slave devices 70 (first to third slave devices 71 to 73). The first slave device 71 is a device that manages the first stocker 41, and is arranged in one box-like room similar to the delivery box 45 in the first stocker 41. The first child device 71 includes a child control unit 82, a storage unit 83, and a communication unit 84. The child control unit 82 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and controls the entire apparatus. The storage unit 83 stores various data such as various application programs such as processing programs and management information 85 of the first stocker 41. The communication unit 84 is connected to the network 2 and performs bidirectional communication with other devices. The first slave device 71 outputs a display signal to the display operation unit 54 of the first stocker 41 to display information on the display operation unit 54, or inputs an operation signal from the display operation unit 54 of the first stocker 41. The information of the barcode 18 read by the reader 56 of the first stocker 41 is input. Further, the first slave device 71 outputs a control signal to the lock mechanism 47 of the first stocker 41 to control locking and unlocking of the delivery box 45, and from the article sensor 48 and the opening / closing sensor 49 of the first stocker 41. Or the presence / absence of an article in the delivery box 45 or the opening / closing of the door 46 is detected. The second slave device 72 and the third slave device 73 are devices for managing the second stocker 42 and the third stocker 43, respectively, and the delivery of the second stocker 42 and the third stocker 43 is the same as the first slave device 71. It is arranged in a box-like room similar to the warehouse 45. Although illustration is omitted, the second child device 72 and the third child device 73 are similar to the first child device 71, the child control unit 82, the storage unit 83 that stores the management information 85 and the like, the communication unit 84, It has.

  The management information 85 stored in the storage unit 83 of the first slave device 71 does not include the information of the stocker 40 other than the first stocker 41 managed by the first slave device 71. A table similar to the table 68 is included. Specifically, the management information 85 includes a delivery storage correspondence table in which a delivery storage number that can identify the delivery storage 45 of the first stocker 41, a member ID, and a slip ID, and a delivery storage 45 of the first stocker 41. For each item, an article presence / absence table in which the delivery number and the presence / absence of articles in the delivery box 45 are associated with each other. Similarly, the management information 85 stored in the storage unit 83 of the second slave device 72 and the third slave device 73 includes a delivery storage correspondence table and an article presence / absence table related to the second stocker 42 and the third stocker 43 managed by itself. It is out. When a change occurs in the information in the delivery storage correspondence table 67 of the management information 65, the parent device 61 transmits the changed information to the child device 70 that manages the corresponding stocker 40. Similarly, the child device 70 transmits the changed information to the parent device 61 when there is a change in the information in the delivery storage correspondence table and the article presence / absence table in the management information 85. For this reason, the management information 65 of the parent device 61 and the management information 85 of the plurality of child devices 70 are synchronized.

  Next, the operation of the stocker system 1 configured as described above will be described. First, an outline of the operation of the stocker system 1 from the ordering of the product 17 by the recipient 20 to the delivery of the product 17 to the delivery warehouse 45 of the stocker 40 will be described. First, the recipient 20 accesses the website 15 by operating the portable terminal 21 and inputs the desired product 17, his / her member ID, the stocker 40 desired to receive, etc., and places an order for the product 17. When an order is placed, the store PC 12 acquires the input information, and manages the order information by attaching a slip ID for managing the order. Further, the store PC 12 transmits the member ID, the slip ID, and the information of the stocker 40 desired to receive among the order information to the parent device 61. When the parent control unit 62 inputs such information, the parent store 62 examines a delivery store in which the delivery store number is not stored in the delivery store correspondence table 67, that is, a delivery store 45 that is not scheduled to be used, and a delivery destination stocker 40 and delivery store 45. Allocation (determination of stocker 40 and delivery warehouse 45 to be used). The delivery destination delivery storage 45 is basically determined from the delivery storage 45 provided in the stocker 40 desired to receive. Then, the parent control unit 62 associates the member ID, the slip ID, the determined stocker 40, and the delivery storage number of the delivery storage 45, and adds them to the delivery storage correspondence table 67. On the other hand, the store clerk of the store 10 arranges the product 17 and instructs the delivery person 19 to deliver the product 17 based on the ordering information stored in the store PC 12. Note that a barcode 18 indicating a slip ID is attached to the product 17. The delivery person 19 delivers the product 17 to the stocker 40 instructed to deliver. When the delivery person 19 arrives at the stocker 40, the delivery person 19 causes the reader 56 to read the barcode 18 attached to the product 17. The child control unit 82 checks the delivery warehouse number corresponding to the slip ID represented by the barcode 18 input in the delivery warehouse correspondence table of the management information 85, and unlocks the delivery warehouse 45 specified by the delivery warehouse number. The deliverer 19 delivers the product 17 into the unlocked delivery box 45, closes the door 46, and operates the display operation unit 54 to input that the delivery is completed. When the delivery completion is input, the child control unit 82 controls the lock mechanism 47 to lock the delivery storage 45. In addition, the child control unit 82 detects the presence or absence of an article in the management information 85 by detecting that the delivery box 45 to which the merchandise 17 is newly delivered has been changed from no article to having an article based on the detection signal of the article sensor 48. While updating the table, the change contents are transmitted to the parent device 61. The parent control unit 62 updates the article presence / absence table 68 of the management information 65 based on the change contents input from the child device 70. In addition, the parent control unit 62 transmits a delivery completion email including information on the delivered stocker 40 to the email address of the member ID corresponding to the delivery warehouse 45 that has been changed to the presence of an article.

  As described above, the merchandise 17 ordered by the recipient 20 is delivered to any one of the plurality of stockers 40 and delivered into the delivery box 45. Then, after receiving the delivery completion mail by the portable terminal 21, the recipient 20 goes to the stocker 40 that has been delivered to receive the product 17.

  Next, the operation of the mobile terminal 21 when the recipient 20 receives the product 17 will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information transmission routine executed by the terminal control unit 22 of the mobile terminal 21. This routine is stored in the storage unit 23 as the processing program 26, and is started when the power of the portable terminal 21 is turned on. When this routine is started, the terminal control unit 22 first waits until a beacon signal from any of the plurality of beacon devices 30 is received (step S100). When receiving the beacon signal, the terminal control unit 22 derives position information regarding the position of the mobile terminal 21 based on the received beacon signal (step S110). In the present embodiment, the position information is information related to the distance between the beacon device 30 that transmitted the beacon signal and the mobile terminal 21, and is “very close” (for example, a distance of several centimeters to several tens of centimeters), “close” (for example, several m distance) or “far” (for example, a distance of several tens of meters). The terminal control unit 22 derives this position information based on the strength of the received beacon signal. Then, the terminal control unit 22 transmits the beacon ID included in the received beacon signal, the derived position information, and the member ID 27 stored in the storage unit 23 to the parent device 61 of the stocker management device 60 (step) S120), the process after step S100 is executed. By this information transmission routine, when the recipient 20 having the portable terminal 21 reaches near the beacon device 30 (that is, near the stocker 40) to receive the product 17, the portable terminal 21 automatically joins the parent device 61 as a member. Information such as ID27 is transmitted. Further, while the mobile terminal 21 receives any one of the beacon signals from the plurality of beacon devices 30, the information is repeatedly transmitted to the parent device 61. The terminal control unit 22 performs the process of step S120 once when the position information changes (for example, far → close) or when a beacon signal including a different beacon ID is received. Otherwise, the process may proceed to step S100 without performing step S120.

  Next, the operation of the stocker management device 60 when the recipient 20 receives the product 17 will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the unlocking control routine executed by the parent control unit 62 of the parent device 61. This routine is stored in the storage unit 63 and is started when the power of the parent device 61 is turned on. When this routine is started, the parent control unit 62 first waits until receiving the beacon ID, the position information, and the member ID transmitted from the portable terminal 21 in step S120 described above (step S200). When receiving the beacon ID and the like, the parent control unit 62 starts position information processing (step S210). The position information processing is a process performed by the parent control unit 62 in parallel with the unlocking control routine. The position information processing is performed in a predetermined short-distance area where the portable terminal 21 can be regarded as being narrower and closer to the stocker 40 than the area where the beacon signal can be received. This is a process for determining whether or not it is located. In the present embodiment, the parent control unit 62 determines that the mobile terminal 21 is located in the short distance area when the received position information is “very close” or “close”. When the location information processing is started, the parent control unit 62 determines that the mobile terminal 21 is not limited to the location information received from the mobile terminal 21 in step S200 but based on the location information repeatedly transmitted from the mobile terminal 21. It is repeatedly determined whether or not it is located in the short distance area. After starting the position information processing, the parent control unit 62 specifies the stocker 40 corresponding to the received beacon ID based on the stocker correspondence table 66 (step S220). For example, when the beacon ID of the first beacon device 31 is received, the parent control unit 62 specifies the first stocker 41. Thereby, the parent control unit 62 specifies which stocker 40 the mobile terminal 21 has approached. Subsequently, the parent control unit 62 determines whether or not the delivery stock number corresponding to the specified stocker 40 and the received member ID exists in the delivery stock correspondence table 67 (step S230). Here, as described above, when the recipient 20 places an order for the product 17, the parent control unit 62 associates the member ID, the determined delivery destination stocker 40, and the determined delivery warehouse number of the delivery warehouse 45. To the delivery table correspondence table 67. For this reason, when the recipient 20 arrives near the correct stocker 40 as the delivery destination, the corresponding delivery number is present in the delivery correspondence table 67.

  When there is a corresponding delivery number in step S230, the parent control unit 62 identifies the delivery number and checks the presence / absence of an article associated with the identified delivery number in the article presence / absence table 68, and delivers the delivery. It is determined whether or not there is an article in the warehouse 45 (step S240). That is, the parent control unit 62 determines whether or not the merchandise 17 that the recipient 20 has received has already been delivered into the delivery box 45. When there is an article in the delivery box 45, the parent control unit 62 waits until it is determined by the position information processing described above that the mobile terminal 21 is located in the short distance area (step S250). When the mobile terminal 21 is located in the short distance area, the parent control unit 62 unlocks the delivery box 45 specified by the delivery box number determined to exist in the delivery box correspondence table 67 in step S230 (step S260). Specifically, the unlocking command for the delivery box is transmitted from the parent device 61 to the corresponding slave device 70 of the stocker 40, and the slave control unit 82 that has received the unlocking command controls the lock mechanism 47 to unlock. As a result, the recipient 20 can receive the product 17 from the unlocked delivery box 45. When the child control unit 82 detects the receipt and closing of the product 17 based on the detection signals of the article sensor 48 and the opening / closing sensor 49, the child control unit 82 locks the delivery box 45 and updates the article presence / absence table in the management information 85, The delivery correspondence table is updated (for example, deletion of information related to the delivery warehouse 45 that has been received). These updates are also reflected in the management information 65 of the parent device 61.

  On the other hand, when there is no corresponding delivery number at step S230, or when there is no article in the delivery 45 at step S240, the parent control unit 62 receives another beacon ID different from the beacon ID received at step S200. It is determined whether or not a delivery number corresponding to the member ID exists in the delivery correspondence table 67 (step S270). That is, the parent control unit 62 corresponds to the stocker 40 other than the stocker 40 identified in step S220 (for example, the second stocker 42 and the third stocker 43 when the beacon ID of the first beacon device 31 is received) and the received member ID. It is determined whether or not an inbound delivery number is present in the inbound delivery correspondence table 67. The case where such an inbound delivery number exists is, for example, a case where the recipient 20 who has ordered the product 17 mistakenly comes near a stocker 40 different from the correct stocker 40 that is the delivery destination. . When there is a corresponding delivery number in step S270, the parent control unit 62 determines whether there is an article in the delivery box 45 specified by the delivery number as in step S240 (step S280). . Then, when there is an article, the parent control unit 62 transmits an email notifying the recipient 20 of information related to the stocker 40 (that is, the correct stocker 40) corresponding to the specified delivery box 45 (step S290). This mail includes, for example, the fact that the stocker 40 present in the vicinity is not the delivery destination stocker 40, and information (such as the name and position of the stocker 40) regarding the correct stocker 40.

  Further, when there is no corresponding delivery number at step S270, or when there is no article in the delivery case 45 at step S280, the parent control unit 62 includes the stocker management device 60 including the stocker 40 near the recipient 20 at present. An email notifying that there is no product in any of the plurality of stockers 40 to be managed is transmitted (step S300). When any one of steps S260, S290, and S300 is performed, the parent control unit 62 performs the processes after step S200.

  When there is no item in step S240 or step S280, that is, when the recipient 20 places an order but before the delivery of the product 17, the parent control unit 62 transmits an e-mail indicating that the product is not delivered in step S300. Also good. Further, when there is no corresponding delivery number in step S270, that is, when the recipient 20 has not placed an order itself and has approached the beacon device 30 or the stocker 40 for reasons other than receipt, the parent control unit 62 performs step S300. The processing after step S200 may be performed by omitting mail transmission.

  Note that, as described above, when the parent control unit 62 determines that there is an article in the corresponding delivery box 45 and the mobile terminal 21 is located in the short distance region, the parent control unit 62 performs unlocking. Therefore, for example, when a plurality of recipients 20 carrying the mobile terminal 21 come to receive the product 17 in the vicinity of the same stocker 40, the parent control unit 62 first determines the mobile terminal 21 (stocker 40 that is located in the short distance area). The delivery box 45 corresponding to the member ID from the portable terminal 21) that can be regarded as being closer to the terminal is unlocked preferentially.

  Here, the correspondence between the components of the present embodiment and the components of the present invention will be clarified. The portable terminal 21 of this embodiment corresponds to the user terminal of the present invention, the recipient 20 corresponds to the user, the member ID 27 corresponds to the authentication information, the delivery number corresponds to the delivery information, and the storage unit 63 It corresponds to management information storage means, and the parent control unit 62 corresponds to authentication information receiving means and unlock control means. The beacon ID corresponds to stocker identification information, and the parent control unit 62 corresponds to notification control means. The processing program 26 corresponds to the program of the present invention.

  According to the stocker system 1 of the present embodiment described in detail above, when the parent control unit 62 receives a member ID from the mobile terminal 21 that transmits the member ID 27 stored in the storage unit 23 when a beacon signal is received, It is determined whether or not there is an inbound delivery number corresponding to the received member ID in the inbound delivery correspondence table 67 of the management information 65 stored in the storage unit 63, and if present, it is specified by the inbound delivery information. The delivery box 45 is unlocked. For this reason, for example, even if the recipient 20 does not perform an operation such as input of a personal identification number or taking out the card and causing the slave device 70 to read it, the stocker management device 60 performs the delivery 45 on the basis of the member ID transmitted from the portable terminal 21. It is possible to start processing for unlocking such as identification (for example, steps S220 to S250). Therefore, the operation of the recipient 20 can be reduced, and the convenience of the recipient 20 when unlocking the delivery box 45 is improved. Moreover, in this embodiment, from the transmission of the member ID by the portable terminal 21 to the unlocking of the delivery box 45 by the stocker management device 60 is automatically performed. Therefore, the recipient 20 only needs to approach the beacon device 30 (stocker 40), and can receive the merchandise 17 without taking out the portable terminal 21 from, for example, a bag.

  Further, the parent control unit 62 determines that the delivery number corresponding to the received member ID exists in the management information 65 and that the mobile terminal 21 is located in the short distance area based on the received position information. In this case, the delivery box 45 specified by the delivery box number is unlocked. As a result, the parent control unit 62 does not unlock the delivery box 45 until it is determined that the mobile terminal 21 is located in the short-distance region. For example, the recipient 20 does not intend when the user passes near the beacon device 30. Unlocking can be suppressed. That is, unlocking unintended by the recipient 20 can be suppressed while reducing the effort of the recipient 20 when starting the unlocking process. In addition, since the delivery box 45 based on the member ID can be specified before the mobile terminal 21 is located in the short distance area, the recipient 20 is compared with the case where the delivery box 45 is specified after being located in the short distance area. The waiting time is difficult to be long. As a result, the convenience of the recipient 20 when unlocking the delivery box 45 is improved.

  Further, the parent control unit 62 gives priority to the delivery box 45 corresponding to the member ID from the portable terminal 21 that can be regarded as closer to the stocker 40 based on the position information when the position information from the plurality of portable terminals 21 is received. To unlock. Therefore, the waiting time for unlocking is unlikely to become longer as the recipient 20 is closer to the stocker 40. Therefore, the convenience of the recipient 20 when unlocking the delivery box 45 is improved.

  Furthermore, the parent control unit 62 receives the member ID and the beacon ID from the portable terminal 21 and whether or not the delivery number corresponding to the received beacon ID and member ID exists in the management information 65. If there exists, the delivery box 45 specified by the delivery box information is unlocked. Thereby, when there are a plurality of stockers 40, the parent control unit 62 specifies the delivery box 45 based on the beacon ID and the member ID from the portable terminal 21, and therefore, the delivery box 45 is appropriately unlocked. It can be carried out. Furthermore, the parent control unit 62 determines that the management information 65 is different from the beacon ID received in the management information 65 when there is no delivery number corresponding to the received beacon ID and member ID. It is determined whether there is a delivery number corresponding to the beacon ID of the stocker 40 and the received member ID, and if it exists, information on the other stocker 40 is transmitted by e-mail and the recipient of the portable terminal 21 is received. 20 is notified. Therefore, even if the stocker 40 specified by the received beacon ID does not have the delivery box 45 corresponding to the member ID, if the stocker 45 corresponding to the member ID exists in the other stocker 45, the stocker 40 is related to the stocker 40. Information can be notified to the recipient 20. For example, when the recipient 20 mistakenly comes near the beacon device 30 corresponding to the stocker 40 different from the correct stocker 40 having the delivery warehouse 45 to be used, the receiver 20 can be notified of information regarding the correct stocker 40.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented in various modes as long as it belongs to the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the process from the transmission of the member ID by the portable terminal 21 to the unlocking of the delivery box 45 by the stocker management device 60 is automatically performed without the operation of the recipient 20, but is not limited thereto. . FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information transmission routine according to a modification. This routine is the same as the information transmission routine of FIG. 3 in steps S100 to S120. In the information transmission routine of FIG. 5, after performing the process of step S120, the terminal control unit 22 waits until an unlock command transmission request is received from the stocker management device 60 (step S130). When receiving the unlock command transmission request, the terminal control unit 22 can display the unlock button on the display operation unit 25 and input from the recipient 20 an unlocking operation for instructing the unlocking of the delivery box 45. The unlocking operation standby state is set (step S140). Subsequently, the terminal control unit 22 waits until the recipient 20 presses (touches) the unlock button (step S150). Then, when the recipient 20 presses the unlock button, that is, inputs an unlock operation, an unlock command is transmitted to the stocker management device 60 (step S160), and the processing after step S100 is executed. In the stocker management apparatus 60 in this case, the parent control unit 62 omits steps S210 and S250 of the unlocking control routine of FIG. Instead, when there is an article in the delivery box 45 in step S240, the parent control unit 62 transmits the above-described unlocking command transmission request to the portable terminal 21 and waits to receive the unlocking command from the portable terminal 21. . Then, when receiving the unlocking command, the parent control unit 62 performs the process of step S260 to unlock the delivery box 45. In this way, the parent control unit 62 does not unlock the delivery box 45 until an unlock command is received. The terminal control unit 22 can cause the stocker management device 60 to perform the unlocking process based on the member ID and prevent the delivery box 45 from being unlocked until the unlock command is transmitted. For this reason, for example, unintended unlocking of the recipient 20 such as when passing near the beacon device 30 or the stocker 40 can be suppressed. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the unintended unlocking of the recipient 20 while reducing the effort of the recipient 20 at the start of the unlocking process, and the convenience of the recipient 20 when unlocking the delivery box 45 is improved. Further, when receiving a beacon signal, the terminal control unit 22 automatically displays the unlock button without waiting for the operation of the recipient 20 and enters the unlock operation standby state. All you have to do is push the button, and the effort of unlocking can be minimized. Furthermore, since the unlocking operation is performed on the mobile terminal 21 side, for example, when a plurality of recipients 20 simultaneously receive the product 17 from the stocker 40, the parent control unit 62 performs unlocking in the order in which the unlocking commands are input. For example, it can be unlocked smoothly. Furthermore, the parent control unit 62 transmits an unlock command transmission request to the portable terminal 21 when there is an article in the delivery box 45 in step S240, and the terminal control unit 22 receives the unlock command transmission request and then unlocks it. Set to the operation standby state. Therefore, when the mobile terminal 21 receives the beacon signal but there is no article in the corresponding delivery box 45, the terminal control unit 22 can be prevented from entering the unlocking operation standby state until unlocking is unnecessary. Note that the unlocking operation standby state is not limited to the state in which the unlocking button is displayed, and may be a state in which, for example, a voice unlocking operation is received. Further, step S130 in FIG. 5 may be omitted, and the processing after step S140 may be performed without waiting for reception of the unlock command transmission request from the stocker management device 60. In this case, when there is an article in the delivery box 45 in step S240, the parent control unit 62 may wait to receive an unlocking command from the portable terminal 21 as it is.

  In the embodiment described above, the unlock control routine is executed by the parent control unit 62. However, the unlock control routine may be performed by the stocker management device 60 as a whole. For example, the unlock control is performed by the slave device 70 and the master device 61. The routine may be shared and executed. For example, the processing of steps S200 to S260 in FIG. 4 may be executed by the child control unit 82, and steps S270 to S300 may be executed by the parent control unit 62 of the parent device 61. Since the slave device 70 stores the management information 85, for the stocker 40 managed by the slave device 70, whether or not there is a delivery box 45 corresponding to the received member ID or whether there is an article in the delivery box 45. Can be determined. Therefore, the child control unit 82 can also perform steps S200 to S260. In this case, for example, even if communication between the parent device 61 and the child device 70 is disconnected, the child device 70 can perform unlocking based on the management information 85. When there is no corresponding delivery number at step S230, or when there is no article in the delivery box 45 at step S240, the child control unit 82 transmits the received member ID to the parent device 61 or to the portable terminal 21. A command is transmitted, and the member ID is transmitted from the portable terminal 21 to the parent device 61. Then, the parent control unit 62 that has received the member ID from the child device 70 or the portable terminal 21 performs the processing after step S270. At this time, the child control part 82 or the terminal control part 22 should just transmit member ID to the parent apparatus 61, and does not need to transmit beacon ID. That is, the parent control unit 62 determines whether the stocker 40 corresponding to the received beacon ID is received by the child device 70, the delivery storage correspondence table 67 of which the delivery storage number corresponding to the received member ID is the management information 65. It may be determined in step S270 whether or not it exists in the list. When the child control unit 82 performs steps S200 to S260, the mobile terminal 21 may transmit a member ID or the like to the child device 70. Specifically, the correspondence between the plurality of beacon IDs and the plurality of child devices 70 is stored in advance in the storage unit 23 of the mobile terminal 21, and the terminal control unit 22 sets the beacon ID included in the received beacon signal. The member ID and position information may be transmitted to the corresponding child device 70. Alternatively, when the terminal control unit 22 receives the beacon ID, the terminal control unit 22 transmits a member ID and position information to an unspecified child device 70 that should exist in the vicinity, and the child control unit 82 of the nearest child device 70 transmits the member ID or the position information. Position information may be received. In the case of these modes, the beacon ID may not be transmitted from the mobile terminal 21 to the child device 70. When the beacon ID is not transmitted to the child device 70, the child control unit 82 may omit step S220 and determine whether or not there is a delivery number corresponding to the member ID received in step S230. Even in the above-described aspect, the effect of improving the convenience of the recipient 20 at the time of unlocking the delivery box 45 can be obtained as in the above-described embodiment. Further, even when the delivery information corresponding to the member ID does not exist in the management information 85 stored in the storage unit 83 of the child device 70, the member ID is included in the management information 65 stored in the parent device 61. If there is a corresponding delivery number, information about the stocker 40 can be notified to the recipient 20. In the above aspect, the storage unit 83 corresponds to the management information storage unit of the present invention, the child control unit 82 corresponds to the authentication information receiving unit and the unlocking control unit, and the storage unit 63 is the parent side management information. The parent control unit 62 corresponds to a storage unit and the parent authentication information receiving unit and the parent notification control unit.

  In the embodiment described above, steps S270 to S300 in FIG. 4 may be omitted. Even in this case, it is possible to obtain the effect of reducing the labor of the recipient 20 and improving the convenience of the recipient 20 when unlocking the delivery box 45. In this case, steps S200 to S260 may be performed by the child control units 82 of the plurality of child devices 70, respectively. When the child control unit 82 performs steps S200 to S260, the beacon ID does not have to be transmitted from the mobile terminal 21 to the child device 70 as described above, and the child control unit 82 omits step S220. May be.

  In the above-described embodiment, in steps S290 and S300, the parent control unit 62 transmits a mail to the mobile terminal 21, but other methods may be used as long as the information can be notified to the recipient 20. For example, a display command may be transmitted from the parent control unit 62 to the child control unit 82, and the child control unit 82 may display information on the display operation unit 54 and notify the recipient 20. Alternatively, not only the display but also the recipient 20 may be notified by voice or the like. Further, the parent control unit 62 may output a transmission command to the child device 70, and the child control unit 82 may send an email to the mobile terminal 21.

  In the above-described embodiment, the parent control unit 62 determines that the mobile terminal 21 is located in the short distance area when the received position information indicates “very close” or “close”, but is not limited thereto. An area that can be regarded as being closer to the stocker 40 than the area in which the mobile terminal 21 can receive a beacon signal may be determined as a short-distance area. For example, a plurality of beacon devices 30 may be arranged near one stocker 40, and an area determined based on a plurality of beacon signals may be set as a short distance area. For example, when the three beacon devices 30 are arranged in a triangular shape in a top view and each distance from the three beacon devices 30 is “very close” or “close”, the mobile terminal 21 is close You may determine with it being located in an area | region. In this case, the terminal control unit 22 may derive information regarding the distance between the beacon device 30 and the portable terminal 21 for each of the three beacon devices and transmit them to the stocker management device 60. Further, the position information transmitted by the terminal control unit 22 may be information regarding the position of the mobile terminal 21 derived based on the beacon signal. For example, the beacon ID and the intensity of the beacon signal may be combined and used as position information. The position information itself may include information on whether or not the mobile terminal 21 is located in the short distance area. In this case, it is only necessary to determine whether or not the terminal control unit 22 itself is located in the short-distance region and transmit the position information including the determination result to the stocker management device 60. In the above-described embodiment, the parent control unit 62 determines whether or not the mobile terminal 21 is located in the short-range area based on the content of the received position information, but the determination is based on the received position information. For example, it is not limited to this. For example, the parent control unit 62 may determine whether or not the mobile terminal 21 is located in the short distance region based on whether or not the position information is received. In this case, it may be determined whether or not the terminal control unit 22 is located in the short distance area, and when it is determined that the terminal control section 22 is located in the short distance area, position information including that fact may be transmitted. In the above-described embodiment, steps S210 and S250 of FIG. 4 may be omitted so that the parent control unit 62 does not perform the process based on the position information.

  In the above-described embodiment, when a plurality of recipients 20 who have the mobile terminal 21 come to receive the product 17 near the same stocker 40, the parent control unit 62 first moves the mobile terminal 21 located in the short distance area. Although the delivery box 45 corresponding to the member ID from (the portable terminal 21 that can be regarded as closer to the stocker 40) is preferentially unlocked, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when there are a plurality of mobile terminals 21 that are located in a short-distance region at almost the same time (for example, within a predetermined time such as several seconds), the parent control unit 62 is more than the mobile terminal 21 whose position information indicates “near”. The delivery box 45 corresponding to the member ID from the mobile terminal 21 whose position information indicates “very close” may be unlocked more preferentially. Further, the parent control unit 62 may simply perform unlocking in the order in which the member IDs are received in step S200 without performing unlocking with priorities based on the position information.

  In the embodiment described above, the terminal control unit 22 transmits the beacon ID as the stocker identification information to the stocker management device 60, but the stocker identification information may be any information that can identify one of the stockers. For example, stocker identification information may be defined separately from the beacon ID. In this case, even if the correspondence relationship between the beacon ID and the stocker identification information is stored in the storage unit 23, the terminal control unit 22 may transmit the stocker identification information corresponding to the reception of the beacon ID to the stocker management device 60. Good.

  In the above-described embodiment, the terminal control unit 22 transmits the member ID as the authentication information to the stocker management device 60, but is not limited thereto. For example, when the parent control unit 62 detects completion of delivery to the delivery box 45 based on the updated contents of the article presence / absence table 68, the parent control unit 62 issues authentication information for unlocking that is different from the member ID and transmits it to the portable terminal 21. May be. Then, the terminal control unit 22 may receive the authentication information and store it in the storage unit 23, and may transmit the authentication information to the stocker management device 60 when the beacon signal is received. In this way, since the authentication information issued for each delivery of the product 17 is used, the security of information can be improved as compared with the case where the member ID is used as the authentication information. Note that a slip ID may be used as authentication information issued for each delivery of the product 17 (or for each order).

  In the embodiment described above, when there is a corresponding delivery bin number in step S230 and there is an article in the delivery bin 45 specified by the delivery bin number in step S240, the parent control unit 62 resolves the delivery bin 45. Locked but not limited to this. For example, when there is a corresponding delivery number in step S230, the unlocking may be performed without determining whether or not there is an article in the delivery case 45. Since the recipient 20 basically proceeds to receiving the product 17 after receiving the delivery completion mail, the determination of the presence or absence of articles in the delivery box 45 may be omitted.

  In the above-described embodiment, the parent control unit 62 waits until it is determined in step S250 that the mobile terminal 21 is located in the short-distance region. However, the parent control unit 62 may execute the processing after step S200 without waiting. For example, when the state in which it is not determined that the mobile terminal 21 is located in the short-distance region has continued for a predetermined time or longer, or when it is determined that the mobile terminal 21 has moved away from the stocker 40, the parent control unit 62 performs the processing after step S200. May be executed. For example, when it is determined that the mobile terminal 21 has moved away from the stocker 40, for example, when a beacon ID is not received from the mobile terminal 21, a beacon ID that is different from the beacon ID received immediately before from the mobile terminal 21 is received, etc. Is mentioned.

  In the embodiment described above, the stocker management device 60 includes the parent device 61 and the plurality of child devices 70, but is not limited thereto. For example, the parent device 61 may not exchange the information with the lock mechanism 47, the article sensor 48, the open / close sensor 49, the display operation unit 54, the reader 56, etc. without the plurality of child devices 70. Alternatively, the parent device 61 may not be provided, and a plurality of child devices 70 may be configured as independent stocker management devices 60. Moreover, although the subunit | mobile_unit 70 was arrange | positioned in the box-shaped one room similar to the delivery warehouse 45 among the stockers 40, it is not restricted to this. For example, the child device 70 corresponding to a location different from the stocker 40 may be arranged. One slave device 70 may manage a plurality of stockers 40.

  In the embodiment described above, the user terminal is the mobile terminal 21, but is not limited thereto. For example, the user terminal may be configured as a plurality of computers. For example, the user terminal may include a child device as a wearable terminal that can be worn by the recipient 20 and a parent device that can communicate with the child device. In this case, the parent device may not be portable.

  In the above-described embodiment, the article received by the recipient 20 using the delivery box 45 is the product 17 ordered by the recipient 20, but is not limited thereto. For example, the recipient 20 may receive the goods ordered by other orderers at the delivery box 45. Alternatively, the recipient 20 may receive the delivery items other than the products requested by other requesters at the delivery box 45.

  In the above-described embodiment, the recipient 20 corresponds to the user of the present invention, and the operation of the recipient 20 is reduced. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the labor of the delivery person 19 may be reduced. For example, the delivery person 19 has the portable terminal 21, and the storage unit 23 of the portable terminal 21 has a slip ID instead of the member ID, information for identifying the delivery person 19, or a store that requested the delivery person 19 for delivery. Ten pieces of identification information or the like may be stored, and any of these may be used as authentication information. In this case, this authentication information may also be stored in association with the delivery receipt correspondence table 67 of the management information 65. When the delivery person 19 approaches the beacon device 30 or the stocker 40 for delivery of the product 17, the terminal control unit 22 transmits authentication information or the like to the stocker management device 60, and the parent control unit 62 receives the delivery box. The delivery box 45 associated with the authentication information in the correspondence table 67 may be unlocked. By doing so, it is possible to reduce the time and effort of the delivery person 19 at the time of delivery of the product 17, and the convenience of the delivery person 19 at the time of unlocking the delivery box 45 is improved.

  In the embodiment described above, the store PC 12, the mobile terminal 21, the parent device 61, and the child device 70 transmit and receive information via the network 2, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, information transmission / reception may be performed between the parent device 61 and the child device 70 through a dedicated line different from the network 2.

  1 stocker system, 2 network, 5 supplier side system, 10 store, 12 store PC, 15 website, 17 product, 18 bar code, 19 delivery person, 20 recipient, 21 mobile terminal, 22 terminal control unit, 23 storage Unit, 24 communication unit, 25 display operation unit, 26 processing program, 27 member ID, 30 beacon device, 31-33 first to third beacon device, 40 stocker, 41-43 first to third stocker, 45 delivery warehouse , 46 door, 47 lock mechanism, 48 article sensor, 49 open / close sensor, 54 display operation unit, 56 reader, 60 stocker management device, 61 parent device, 62 parent control unit, 63 storage unit, 64 communication unit, 65 management information , 66 Stocker correspondence table, 67 Delivery storage correspondence table, 68 Article presence / absence table, 70 Child device, 7 1-73 1st-3rd child apparatus, 82 child control part, 83 memory | storage part, 84 communication part, 85 management information.

Claims (6)

A stocker comprising: a stocker having a plurality of lockable deliveries; a beacon device arranged corresponding to the stocker and transmitting a beacon signal; and a user terminal transmitting authentication information when the beacon signal is received. A stocker management device used in the system,
Management information storage means capable of storing management information in which the delivery information that can identify any of the delivery warehouses of the stocker and authentication information is stored;
Authentication information receiving means for receiving the authentication information from the user terminal;
It is determined whether or not the delivery information corresponding to the received authentication information exists in the management information stored in the management information storage means, and if it exists, the delivery specified by the delivery information Unlocking control means for unlocking the cabinet,
Equipped with a,
The authentication information receiving means receives, from the user terminal, the authentication information and position information regarding the position of the user terminal derived based on the beacon signal.
The unlock control means corresponds to the authentication information from the user terminal that can be considered closer to the stocker based on the position information when the authentication information receiving means receives position information from the plurality of user terminals. Preferentially unlocking the delivery warehouse,
Stocker management device. A stocker comprising: a stocker having a plurality of lockable deliveries; a beacon device arranged corresponding to the stocker and transmitting a beacon signal; and a user terminal transmitting authentication information when the beacon signal is received. A stocker management device used in the system,
Management information storage means capable of storing management information in which the delivery information that can identify any of the delivery warehouses of the stocker and authentication information is stored;
Authentication information receiving means for receiving the authentication information from the user terminal;
It is determined whether or not the delivery information corresponding to the received authentication information exists in the management information stored in the management information storage means, and if it exists, the delivery specified by the delivery information Unlocking control means for unlocking the cabinet,
Equipped with a,
The stocker system includes a plurality of combinations of the stocker and the beacon devices arranged corresponding to the stocker,
The management information storage means can store the management information in which stocker identification information that can identify any of the stockers, the delivery information, and the authentication information are associated with each other.
The authentication information receiving means receives the authentication information and the stocker identification information from the user terminal,
The unlock control means determines whether or not delivery information corresponding to the received stocker identification information and authentication information exists in the management information stored in the management information storage means. In the case of unlocking the delivery warehouse specified by the delivery warehouse information,
When the stock information corresponding to the received stocker identification information and authentication information does not exist in the management information stored in the management information storage means, the received stocker identification information in the management information It is determined whether or not delivery stock information corresponding to the stocker identification information of another stocker different from the received authentication information exists, and if so, information on the other stocker is sent to the user of the user terminal Notification control means for informing
Stocker management device provided with. A stocker comprising: a stocker having a plurality of lockable deliveries; a beacon device arranged corresponding to the stocker and transmitting a beacon signal; and a user terminal transmitting authentication information when the beacon signal is received. A stocker management device used in the system,
Management information storage means capable of storing management information in which the delivery information that can identify any of the delivery warehouses of the stocker and authentication information is stored;
Authentication information receiving means for receiving the authentication information from the user terminal;
It is determined whether or not the delivery information corresponding to the received authentication information exists in the management information stored in the management information storage means, and if it exists, the delivery specified by the delivery information Unlocking control means for unlocking the cabinet,
Equipped with a,
The stocker system includes a plurality of combinations of the stocker and the beacon devices arranged corresponding to the stocker,
A slave device comprising: the management information storage means; the authentication information reception means; and the unlock control means;
A parent device having a parent management information storage means, a parent authentication information receiving means, and a parent notification control means;
With
The unlock control means transmits the authentication information to the parent device when the delivery information corresponding to the received authentication information does not exist in the management information stored in the management information storage means. Or let the user terminal transmit the authentication information to the parent device,
The parent management information storage means can store the management information in which stocker identification information that can identify any of the stockers, the delivery information, and the authentication information are associated with each other.
The parent side authentication information receiving means receives the authentication information from the child device or the user terminal,
The parent-side notification control means determines whether or not delivery information corresponding to the received authentication information exists in the management information stored in the parent-side management information storage means. To inform the user of the user terminal of information related to the stocker identified by the stocker identification information corresponding to the delivery information.
Stocker management device. A stocker comprising: a stocker having a plurality of lockable deliveries; a beacon device arranged corresponding to the stocker and transmitting a beacon signal; and a user terminal transmitting authentication information when the beacon signal is received. A stocker management device used in the system,
Management information storage means capable of storing management information in which the delivery information that can identify any of the delivery warehouses of the stocker and authentication information is stored;
Authentication information receiving means for receiving the authentication information from the user terminal;
It is determined whether or not the delivery information corresponding to the received authentication information exists in the management information stored in the management information storage means, and if it exists, the delivery specified by the delivery information Unlocking control means for unlocking the cabinet,
Equipped with a,
The authentication information receiving means includes the authentication information and position information that is information related to a distance between the beacon device and the user terminal that is derived based on the strength of the beacon signal received by the user terminal. Received from the device,
The unlocking control means includes delivery information corresponding to the received authentication information in the management information stored in the management information storage means, and based on the received position information When it is determined that the user terminal is located in a predetermined short-range area that can be regarded as being closer to the stocker than an area where the beacon signal can be received, the delivery box specified by the delivery box information is unlocked,
Stocker management device. A stocker comprising: a stocker having a plurality of lockable deliveries; a beacon device arranged corresponding to the stocker and transmitting a beacon signal; and a user terminal transmitting authentication information when the beacon signal is received. A stocker management device used in the system,
The beacon signal includes a beacon ID that can identify a beacon device that has transmitted the beacon signal;
Management information storage means capable of storing management information in which the delivery information that can identify any of the delivery warehouses of the stocker and authentication information is stored;
Authentication information receiving means for receiving the authentication information from the user terminal;
It is determined whether or not the delivery information corresponding to the received authentication information exists in the management information stored in the management information storage means, and if it exists, the delivery specified by the delivery information Unlocking control means for unlocking the cabinet,
Equipped with a,
The stocker system includes a plurality of combinations of the stocker and the beacon devices arranged corresponding to the stocker,
The management information storage means can store the management information in which stocker identification information that can identify any of the stockers, the delivery information, and the authentication information are associated with each other.
The stocker identification information is the beacon ID,
The authentication information receiving means receives the authentication information and the beacon ID from the user terminal,
The unlock control means determines whether or not delivery information corresponding to the received beacon ID and authentication information exists in the management information stored in the management information storage means. To unlock the delivery warehouse specified by the delivery warehouse information,
Stocker management device. The authentication information receiving means receives the authentication information and an unlock command from the user terminal,
When the unlocking control means includes delivery information corresponding to the received authentication information in the management information stored in the management information storage means, and when the unlocking instruction is received, Unlocking the delivery box specified by the delivery box information;
The stocker management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 .

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