JP6993149B2 - Stocker - Google Patents

Description

The present specification discloses stockers.

Conventionally, stockers (rockers) equipped with a plurality of delivery boxes (boxes) capable of delivering parcels delivered by a delivery person and an operation panel for delivering and taking out parcels to each delivery have been known. ing. For example, in the stocker of Patent Document 1, the operation panel is provided with a surveillance camera, an operation guide display unit, an input operation unit, a speaker, an insertion slot for an authentication card, a receipt outlet, and the like. The operation guidance display unit is configured as a horizontally long liquid crystal monitor, and various operation guidance screens and the like are displayed.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 11-151154

Since the above-mentioned stocker is used by various users such as a deliverer and a recipient, it is required to be easy to use even for a tall person or a short person. However, the above-mentioned operation guidance screen is a horizontally long LCD monitor, and the screen width in the vertical direction (vertical direction) is narrower than the screen width in the horizontal direction (horizontal direction). For this reason, it is difficult to make the operation guidance screen easy to see in accordance with the field of view of either a tall person or a short person, and the usability may be impaired.

The main object of this disclosure is to provide a touch panel that is easy to use regardless of the height of the stocker user.

The present disclosure has taken the following steps to achieve the above-mentioned main objectives.

The stocker of the present disclosure is provided with a lockable delivery storage, a stocker that accepts an operation of an operator and unlocks the delivery storage, and is provided with a touch panel having a rectangular screen that can be touch-operated by the operator. The gist of the touch panel is that the screen is arranged so as to be vertically long.

The stocker of the present disclosure includes a touch panel having a rectangular screen that can be touch-operated by an operator, and the touch panel is arranged so that the screen is vertically long. Therefore, it is possible to widen the screen width in the vertical direction as compared with the touch panel screen arranged in a horizontally long orientation. As a result, the display contents of the touch panel can be visually recognized and touch-operated without the tall user bending over and the short user not stretching significantly. Therefore, it is possible to provide a touch panel that is easy to use regardless of the height of the stocker user.

In the stocker of the present disclosure, a plate-shaped member that constitutes a part of the wall surface of the stocker and has a vertically long opening corresponding to the size of the touch panel is provided, and the touch panel is the vertically long member of the plate-shaped member. It may be arranged in the opening and attached to the plate-shaped member. By doing so, the length of the upper side of the opening formed in the plate-shaped member is shortened as compared with the case where the screen of the touch panel is mounted in a horizontally long direction, and the upper side of the touch panel is surely the upper side of the opening. Can be attached to. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a gap from being formed between the upper side of the touch panel and the upper side of the opening, and to suppress the infiltration of water into the stocker.

The stocker of the present disclosure includes a plurality of devices necessary for various processing of the stocker including unlocking of the delivery storage, and the plate-shaped member has a plurality of openings corresponding to each of the plurality of devices vertically elongated. The plurality of devices may be arranged in the corresponding openings and attached to the plate-shaped members, which are formed at positions that are lateral rather than above and below the openings of the above. In this way, since the device is not placed below the touch panel, even if a gap is created between the touch panel and the vertically long opening and water enters through the gap, the water does not reach the device. can. Further, since the device is not arranged above the touch panel, it is possible to prevent the touch panel from being adversely affected by water entering through the gap between the device and the corresponding opening.

In the stocker of the present disclosure, the touch panel may display a guide image for guiding the operation content at the upper part of the screen and display an operation image for touch operation at the lower part of the screen. By doing so, the position of the line of sight for visually recognizing the guide image is set higher, the operation position for operating the operation image is set lower, and the positional relationship between the guide image and the operation image can be adjusted to the positional relationship between the eyes and the hand. You can use the touch panel without any discomfort.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a stocker 10 including a delivery storage 20 and a control unit 30. Front view of the control unit 30. Front view of the door 31 before the device is attached. Explanatory drawing of how a user MH, ML operates a touch panel 33. It is explanatory drawing of the state of operating the touch panel 133 of the comparative example.

The embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a stocker 10 including a delivery storage 20 and a control unit 30, FIG. 2 is a front view of the control unit 30, and FIG. 3 is a front view of a door 31 before equipment is attached. In this embodiment, the left-right direction, the front-back direction, and the up-down direction are as shown in each figure.

As shown in FIG. 1, the stocker 10 accepts a plurality of box-shaped delivery storages 20 capable of delivering goods, various operations related to delivery and removal of goods to each delivery storage 20, and locks each delivery storage 20. It is provided with a control unit 30 that performs various processes related to unlocking. In the stocker 10, a plurality of delivery storages 20 (4 in FIG. 1) are arranged side by side in a plurality of rows (5 rows in FIG. 1) on the left and right, instead of the delivery storage 20 in 1 in the leftmost row. The control unit 30 is arranged. The stocker 10 is installed in various places such as offices, convenience stores, train stations, schools, condominiums, and shopping centers, and may be installed not only indoors but also outdoors. The stocker 10 is delivered by the delivery person by the recipient taking out the goods from the delivery storage 20 and receiving the goods after the goods are delivered by the delivery person (deliverer) to any delivery storage 20 as the delivery destination. It is used for delivery of goods to be made.

As shown in FIG. 1, the delivery storage 20 includes a rectangular parallelepiped main body 20a and a rectangular plate-shaped door 21 that can be opened and closed and attached to the main body 20a. It can be delivered.

As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 30 is arranged in a rectangular parallelepiped main body 30a having the same size as each delivery storage 20, a front plate 31 that covers the front surface of the main body 30a and to which various devices are attached, and a space inside the main body 30a. The control unit 32 is provided. As various devices of the front plate 31, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a rectangular touch panel 33 arranged in the center of the plate surface, a card reader 34 arranged on the right side of the touch panel 33, a code reader 35, and a zuryō are used. The mark module 36 and the camera module 37, the speaker module 38, and the cylinder lock 39 arranged on the left side of the touch panel 33 are attached. In addition to these, various devices include a motion sensor (not shown) that detects the presence or absence of a user.

The touch panel 33 has a rectangular screen 33a that can be touch-operated, and the aspect ratio, which is the ratio of the long side L and the short side S of the screen 33a, is, for example, 16: 9 or 4: 3. There is. The touch panel 33 is arranged in a vertically long direction in which the long side L is in the vertical direction. Further, the touch panel 33 displays a guidance image Ga displaying operation guidance related to delivery and removal of goods at the upper part of the screen 33a, and displays an operation image Gb for receiving input operations related to delivery and removal of goods at the lower part of the screen 33a. Display on. In FIG. 2, as an example, an operation image having a guide image Ga for prompting the input of a number such as a personal identification number, a number button for inputting a number, a cancel button for canceling the input number, and a confirmation button for confirming the input number. Gb is displayed.

The card reader 34, the code reader 35, and the receipt mark module 36 are arranged on the right side of the touch panel 33 on the front plate 31 from the upper side to the lower side in this order. The card reader 34 reads, for example, an IC card in which identification information of a deliverer or a recipient of an article is registered. The code reader 35 reads various codes shown on, for example, a delivery slip of an article or a mobile terminal of a recipient. The receipt stamp module 36 is a stamp unit capable of stamping a receipt stamp on, for example, a delivery slip of an article. The control unit 32 displays a guide image Ga prompting the delivery stamp module 36 to insert the delivery slip when the delivery to the delivery warehouse 20 by the delivery person is completed, and the delivery slip is inserted on the screen 33a of the touch panel 33. Then, the receipt stamp module 36 is controlled so as to stamp the receipt stamp.

The camera module 37, the speaker module 38, and the cylinder lock 39 are arranged on the left side of the touch panel 33 on the front plate 31 from the upper side to the lower side in this order. The camera module 37 is arranged so that a predetermined range in front of the stocker 10 can be imaged, and captures an image including a subject such as a deliverer or a recipient. The speaker module 38 outputs, for example, operation guidance regarding delivery and removal of articles by voice through a plurality of voice output holes. The cylinder lock 39 unlocks and locks the front plate 31 by operating a key inserted into the keyhole by the administrator of the stocker 10. The front plate 31 is attached to the main body 30a so as to be openable and closable, and can be opened by unlocking the cylinder lock 39.

As shown in FIG. 3, the front plate 31 is provided with a plurality of openings 31a to 31f formed according to the sizes of various devices. That is, a vertically long rectangular opening 31a corresponding to the touch panel 33 is formed in the center of the plate surface of the front plate 31. Further, on the right side of the opening 31a of the front plate 31, an opening 31b corresponding to the card reader 34, an opening 31c corresponding to the code reader 35, and an opening 31d corresponding to the insertion port of the receipt mark module 36 are provided. Is formed. Further, on the left side of the opening 31a of the front plate 31, an opening 31e corresponding to the camera module 37, an opening 31f corresponding to the audio output hole of the speaker module 38, and an opening 31g corresponding to the cylinder lock 39 are provided. Is formed. The touch panel 33, the card reader 34, the code reader 35, the camera module 37, and the cylinder lock 39 have water sealing members such as rubber packings on the edges of the corresponding openings 31a, 31b, 31c, 31e, and 31g. In the arranged state, it is fastened (fixed) with a screw (not shown) or the like and attached to the front plate 31. Further, the receipt mark module 36 is fastened with screws (not shown) in a state where the insertion port is arranged on the edge of the opening 31d via a water sealing member such as rubber packing and the insertion port is exposed from the opening 31d. It is (fixed) and attached to the front plate 31. Further, the speaker module 38 is fastened (fixed) with screws (not shown) or the like so that the output sound from the speaker is output through the opening 31f, and is attached to the front plate 31.

The control unit 32 not only controls the display and input of the touch panel 33, but also inputs information read by the card reader 34 and the code reader 35, an image captured by the camera module 37, and the like, and is input to the receipt mark module 36. It outputs a stamping instruction and an audio output instruction to the speaker module 38. Further, the control unit 32 inputs a detection signal from a sensor (not shown) that detects the opening / closing of the door 21 of each delivery storage 20 and a detection signal from a sensor (not shown) that detects the presence / absence of an article in the main body 20a. It outputs a locking signal, an unlocking signal, and the like to the locking device of the door 21 of the delivery storage 20.

In the stocker 10 configured in this way, a user such as a deliverer or a recipient operates the operation image Gb according to the display of the guidance image Ga on the touch panel 33 to input necessary information, or a card reader 34 or a code reader 35. To read the necessary information using. Further, the stocker 10 unlocks the necessary delivery storage 20 based on the information input via the touch panel 33, the information read via the card reader 34 and the code reader 35, the detection signals from various sensors, and the like. Or lock it. Users such as deliverers and recipients open the door 21 of the unlocked delivery room 20 to deliver the goods, or open the door 21 of the unlocked delivery room 20 to take out the goods.

Here, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of how the users MH and ML operate the touch panel 33, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of how the touch panel 133 of the comparative example is operated. The heights of the user MH and ML are different, and the user MH is taller than the user ML. FIG. 4 schematically shows how to operate the touch panel 33 of the present embodiment in which the height of the screen 33a is the long side L, and the range of the guide image Ga and the operation image Gb is shown by a dotted line. .. Further, FIG. 5 schematically shows how to operate the horizontally long touch panel 133 with the height of the screen as the short side S from the side. In FIGS. 4 and 5, the vertical viewing range of the users MH and ML is shown by a solid line, and the vertical operating range of the users MH and ML is shown by a dotted chain line. The visual field range and operation range of the user MH and ML are ranges in which the user MH and ML can naturally stand upright and view and touch the touch panels 33 and 133. Of course, the user MH and ML can see a range beyond the visual field range shown in the figure and perform a touch operation in a range beyond the operation range shown by the user by tilting the neck, stretching the arm, bending and stretching the back. It is possible to do it.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the present embodiment in which the screen 33a of the touch panel 33 is arranged in a vertically long direction, the touch panel 33 is inserted in the lower part of the visual field range of the user MH and the touch panel is substantially covered by the visual field range of the user ML. 33 will be entered. Further, the touch panel 33 is inserted in substantially the entire operation range of the user MH, and the touch panel 33 is inserted in the upper part of the operation range of the user ML. Therefore, the user MH can check the guide image Ga by slightly lowering the line of sight, and can touch the operation image Gb without extending the arm in a posture in which the line of sight is lowered, such as by tilting the head. .. In addition, the user ML can confirm the guide image Ga while keeping the line of sight in a natural posture, and can touch-operate the entire operation image Gb by extending the arm slightly.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, in the comparative example in which the screen of the touch panel 133 is arranged in a horizontally long orientation, the guide image Ga and the operation image Gb are displayed side by side. In this comparative example, since the screen width in the vertical direction is narrower than that of the present embodiment, the touch panel 133 is inserted only in a small part at the lower part of the field of view of the user MH, and the touch panel 133 is removed from the operation range of the user ML. It becomes a thing. Therefore, the user MH touch-operates the operation image Gb while checking the guide image Ga in a posture in which the line of sight is lowered by always tilting the head. In addition, the user ML always touch-operates the operation image Gb in a posture in which the position of the hand is raised, such as by extending the arm or the back. As described above, in the comparative example, since it is necessary for the user MH and the user ML to continuously change the posture from the upright posture to use the touch panel 133 as compared with the present embodiment, the usability of the touch panel 133 deteriorates. Will be done. In order to prevent such deterioration of usability, the touch panel 33 is arranged in a vertically long orientation in the present embodiment. Further, in the touch panel 33, the guide image Ga is displayed on the upper part of the screen 33a and the operation image Gb is displayed on the lower part of the screen 33a, so that the line-of-sight position for visually recognizing the guide image Ga is raised and the operation image Gb is operated. The position can be lowered. Therefore, the positional relationship between the guidance image Ga and the operation image Gb on the screen 33a can be matched with the positional relationship between the eyes located at the upper part of the body and the hands located below the eyes, which is natural for the user. The touch panel 33 can be used without discomfort in the posture, and can be made more convenient.

Here, the correspondence between the components of the present embodiment and the components of the present disclosure will be clarified. The delivery storage 20 of the present embodiment corresponds to the delivery storage of the present disclosure, the stocker 10 corresponds to the stocker, and the touch panel 33 corresponds to the touch panel. Further, the front plate 31 corresponds to a plate-shaped member, and the opening 31a corresponds to a vertically long opening. Further, the card reader 34, the code reader 35, the receipt stamp module 36, and the camera module 37 correspond to a plurality of devices, and the openings 31b to 31e correspond to a plurality of openings.

In the stocker 10 of the present embodiment described above, since the touch panel 33 is arranged in the vertically long orientation, the screen width in the vertical direction is widened as compared with the one in which the screen is arranged in the horizontally long orientation. Can be done. Therefore, the tall user MH and the short user ML can check the display contents of the touch panel 33 and perform touch operations without continuously changing the posture, and provide an easy-to-use touch panel 33. can do.

Further, the stocker 10 is attached by forming a vertically long opening 31a in the front plate 31 of the control unit 30 and fixing the touch panel 33 to the edge of the opening 31a. Therefore, the length of the upper side of the opening 31a can be shortened as compared with the case where the screen is arranged in the horizontally long direction, so that a gap is less likely to occur between the upper side of the touch panel 33 and the upper side of the opening 31a. Therefore, it is possible to prevent water from entering the control unit 30. By arranging the touch panel 33 on the front plate 31 with the screen 33a oriented vertically, it is possible to arrange each device on the side of the touch panel 33 on the front plate 31.

Further, the stocker 10 is formed at a position where a plurality of openings 31b to 31e corresponding to a plurality of devices required for various processes are not above and below the openings 31a of the front plate 31 but to the left or right. .. Further, each device is arranged and attached to each opening 31b to 31e. Therefore, since the device is not arranged below the touch panel 33, even if a gap is formed between the touch panel 33 and the opening 31a and water infiltrates, the infiltrated water travels through the back surface of the front plate 31 and reaches the device. Can be absent. Further, since the device is not arranged above the touch panel 33, it is possible to prevent the touch panel 33 from being adversely affected by water entering through the gap between the device and the corresponding opening.

Further, since the guide image Ga is displayed at the upper part of the screen 33a of the touch panel 33 and the operation image Gb is displayed at the lower part of the stocker 10, the user can use the touch panel 33 without discomfort.

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

In the above-described embodiment, the guide image Ga is displayed at the upper part of the screen 33a of the touch panel 33 and the operation image Gb is displayed at the lower part. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the operation image Gb is displayed at the upper part of the screen 33a. The guide image Ga may be displayed at the lower part as well as displayed. The image displayed on the screen 33a of the touch panel 33 is not limited to the guide image Ga and the operation image Gb, but an image showing various information such as the usage status of each delivery storage 20 and the usage status of the surrounding stocker 10 is displayed. It may be done.

In the above-described embodiment, the card reader 34, the code reader 35, and the receipt mark module 36 are arranged on the right side of the touch panel 33, and the camera module 37, the speaker module 38, and the cylinder lock 39 are arranged on the left side of the touch panel 33. However, it is not limited to this. That is, the types of devices to be arranged and the positions to be arranged are examples, and it is not necessary to arrange all these devices in this arrangement. Further, these devices may not be arranged above and below the touch panel 33, and may be arranged collectively on either the left or right side of the touch panel 33. Alternatively, the device is not limited to the one in which the device is not arranged above and below the operation panel 33, and the device may be arranged in one or both above and below the operation panel 33.

In the above-described embodiment, the touch panel 33 is attached to the front plate 31 of the control unit 30, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a vertically long opening that constitutes a part of the wall surface of the stocker 10 and corresponds to the size of the touch panel 33. The touch panel 33 may be attached to the plate-shaped member on which the above is formed. Further, the plate-shaped member is arranged so as to be inclined forward so as to protrude forward from the upper side to the lower side, and the touch panel 33 is arranged vertically on the plate-shaped member so that the touch panel 33 is in an inclined state. May be good.

In the above-described embodiment, the stocker 10 is provided with a plurality of delivery storages 20, but the stocker 10 is not limited to this, and may be provided with one delivery storage 20 such as one provided in a detached house. In this case, the touch panel 33 may be attached to the door 21 or the side wall surface of the delivery storage 20.

The present invention can be used in the technical field of a product distribution system for delivering a product to a stocker.

10 stocker, 20 delivery room, 20a main body, 21 door, 30 control unit, 30a main body, 31 front plate, 31a to 31g opening, 32 control unit, 33,133 touch panel, 33a screen, 34 card reader, 35 code reader, 36 Receipt mark module, 37 camera module, 38 speaker module, 39 cylinder lock, Ga guide image, Gb operation image, L long side, MH, ML user, S short side.

Claims (4)

It is a stocker that has a lockable delivery room and accepts the operation of the operator to unlock the delivery room.
A touch panel with a rectangular screen that can be touch-operated by the operator,
A plurality of devices required for various processing of the stocker, including unlocking of the delivery room, and
A plate-shaped member that constitutes a part of the wall surface of the stocker and has a vertically long opening corresponding to the touch panel and a plurality of openings corresponding to each of the plurality of devices.
Equipped with
The touch panel is arranged in the vertically long opening of the plate-shaped member so that the screen is vertically long, and is attached to the plate-shaped member.
The plurality of openings corresponding to each of the plurality of devices are formed at positions that are lateral rather than above and below the vertically elongated openings.
The plurality of devices are arranged in the opening corresponding to each and attached to the plate-shaped member.
No other openings are formed above and below the vertically long opening in the range in which the touch panel is arranged in the short side direction of the vertically long opening in the plate-shaped member, and only the vertically long opening is formed. Is formed in the stocker. It is a stocker that has a lockable delivery room and accepts the operation of the operator to unlock the delivery room.
A touch panel with a rectangular screen that can be touch-operated by the operator,
A vertically long opening corresponding to the touch panel is formed, and a plate-shaped member arranged so as to be inclined forward from the upper side to the lower side.
Equipped with
The touch panel is arranged in the vertically long opening of the plate-shaped member so that the screen is vertically long.
Stocker. The stocker according to claim 2.
Equipped with a plurality of devices necessary for various processing of the stocker, including unlocking of the delivery room.
The plate-shaped member is formed at a position where a plurality of openings corresponding to each of the plurality of devices are lateral rather than above and below the vertically elongated openings.
The plurality of devices are stockers arranged in the openings corresponding to each and attached to the plate-shaped member. The stocker according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
The touch panel is a stocker in which a guidance image for guiding the operation content is displayed at the upper part of the screen and an operation image for touch operation is displayed at the lower part of the screen.

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