JP6994865B2 - Stocker - Google Patents

Description

The present specification discloses stockers.

Conventionally, multiple delivery boxes such as delivery boxes that can receive goods such as parcels, a lock device that locks each delivery box individually, and a delivery box of the recipient certified by the authentication process are unlocked. A stocker (delivery receiving system) equipped with a processing device is known. For example, in the stocker of Patent Document 1, a plurality of rows of delivery storages are arranged side by side in a common space of an apartment house, and lighting devices corresponding to each row are provided above each row. Then, when unlocking the delivery room of the authenticated recipient, the range of the delivery room searched by the recipient is limited by illuminating the light from the lighting device corresponding to the column including the delivery room. There is.

Japanese Patent No. 4488117

However, in the above-mentioned stocker, the light is irradiated to limit the range for searching the delivery storage, and the light may not reach the inside of the storage depending on the position of the delivery storage. For this reason, when the stocker is placed outdoors instead of in the common space of an apartment house, the light does not reach the inside of the warehouse in dark conditions such as at night, making it difficult to deliver or take out the goods. I have something to do. In addition, when light is irradiated from above each row of stockers in a dark situation such as at night, the light may diffuse to the surroundings and cause so-called light pollution that adversely affects the surrounding environment.

The main purpose of this disclosure is to facilitate the delivery and removal of goods while suppressing the effects of light pollution on the environment.

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

The stocker of the present disclosure is a stocker provided with a delivery storage having a door, and the gist is that the delivery storage is provided with lighting in the storage and the lighting is turned on when the door is opened.

In the stocker of the present disclosure, the delivery room is equipped with a lighting inside the storage, and the lighting is turned on when the door is opened. For this reason, the supplier of the goods to the delivery warehouse and the recipient of the goods in the delivery warehouse can easily check the inside of the warehouse even when the surrounding environment of the stocker is dark, so that the goods can be easily delivered and taken out. be able to. Further, since the lighting illuminates the inside of the refrigerator and does not illuminate the light from the outside toward the delivery warehouse, it is possible to suppress the influence of light pollution on the surrounding environment of the stocker.

In the stocker of the present disclosure, the lighting may be provided on the ceiling of the delivery storage so as to illuminate the inside of the storage from above. By doing so, even if there is an article in the refrigerator, it is possible to surely illuminate the inside of the refrigerator and prevent the light leaking to the outside from becoming excessive.

In the stocker of the present disclosure, the delivery storage is provided with a detection unit in which at least a part of the components are provided at the bottom of the storage so as to detect the presence or absence of an article in the storage, and the lighting is provided to the detection unit. It may be provided on the ceiling of the delivery room so as to face each other. In this way, the supplier of the article can appropriately detect the article by the detection unit by placing the article at a position substantially directly below the lighting, so that it is easier to deliver the article even in a dark surrounding environment. It becomes a thing.

In the stocker of the present disclosure, the vertically adjacent delivery storages are provided over the bottom of the delivery storage on the upper side and the ceiling of the delivery storage on the lower side, and are provided above the lighting of the delivery storage on the lower side. It may be provided with a mounting member for attaching the detection unit of the delivery storage. By doing so, one mounting member can be shared by the vertically adjacent delivery warehouses, so that the number of parts can be reduced.

The stocker of the present disclosure includes a plurality of the delivery storage and a control device that receives an operation by an operator and controls the unlocking of the door of the plurality of delivery storage, and the door is solved by the control device. It may be configured to open with lock control. In this way, if one of the doors of multiple delivery rooms is unlocked and the door is opened, the lights in the delivery room will be turned on and light will leak between the opened door and the delivery room. Become. As a result, an operator such as a supplier of goods to the delivery yard or a recipient of goods in the delivery yard can easily recognize which delivery yard is open even in a dark surrounding environment such as at night. can.

In the stocker of the present disclosure, the plurality of delivery depots are arranged side by side in a plurality of rows along the left-right direction, the control device is arranged in any one of the plurality of rows, and the door is the door. The left or right end of the door, which is opposite to the row side on which the control device is arranged, may be supported by the delivery room so as to be openable and closable. In this way, when the door is opened, light will leak toward the side where the operator (deliverer of goods or recipient of goods) who was operating with the control device is located. It is easier to recognize whether the delivery room has been opened.

The perspective view of the stocker 10 provided with a plurality of delivery storages 20. A perspective view of the delivery room 20 with the door 31 opened. Sectional drawing of the delivery room 20. Perspective view of the bracket 27. Perspective view of the bracket 27. Explanatory drawing of how one delivery storage 20 was unlocked and the door 31 was opened.

The embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view of a stocker 10 including a plurality of delivery storages 20, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the delivery storage 20 with a door 31 open, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the delivery storage 20; FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the bracket 27. 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 for delivering goods, various operations related to delivery and removal of goods to each delivery storage 20, and locks and unlocks each delivery storage 20. It is provided with a control unit 40 that controls the lock. In the stocker 10, a plurality of delivery storages 20 (three in FIG. 1) are arranged side by side in a plurality of rows (five rows in FIG. 1) on the left and right, and the delivery storage is in the middle of the leftmost row in the vertical direction. A control unit 40 is arranged in place of the 20. This stocker 10 is installed in various places such as offices, convenience stores, train stations, schools, condominiums, shopping centers, etc., and can be installed not only indoors but also outdoors, or in an environment without surrounding lighting. be. The stocker 10 delivers the goods by the recipient taking out the goods from the delivery ware 20 and receiving the goods after the goods have been delivered by the delivery company to the delivery yard 20 of the plurality of delivery wares 20 as the delivery destination. It is used for delivery of goods delivered by a trader (supplier).

As shown in FIG. 2, the delivery storage 20 has a rectangular parallelepiped main body 21 having a storage space inside and an opening at the front, a rectangular plate-shaped door 31 that can be opened and closed on the front surface of the main body 21, and a door 31. It is provided with a locking device 35 for locking and unlocking.

The main body 21 includes an open / close sensor 22, an article sensor 24, a reflector 25, and a lighting unit 26. The open / close sensor 22 is provided at the opening edge of the main body 21 and detects the opening / closing of the door 31. The article sensor 24 is provided on the bottom plate 21b of the main body 21, and is composed of a light emitting unit that emits infrared light or the like and a light receiving unit that receives light. The reflector 25 is provided on the top plate 21a of the main body 21 at an upper position facing the article sensor 24 (light emitting portion and light receiving portion). The article sensor 24 is a reflection type optical sensor that emits light from a light emitting section and receives the light reflected by the reflecting plate 25 at the light receiving section, and detects the presence or absence of an article in the delivery room 20 based on the amount of light received. The lighting unit 26 is provided on the top plate 21a of the main body 21, and is composed of an LED light or the like that emits light downward from the top plate 21a. Further, the lighting unit 26 is arranged so as to be adjacent to the reflector 25, and is provided at a position substantially directly above the article sensor 24 so as to face the article sensor 24 (light emitting portion and light receiving portion).

Further, the article sensor 24 is attached via the bracket 27 in the opening formed in the center of the bottom plate 21b, and the reflector 25 and the lighting unit 26 have the bracket 27 in the opening formed in the center of the top plate 21a. It is attached via. In each delivery storage 20, the opening of the top plate 21a and the opening of the bottom plate 21b are formed at positions facing each other with the same size. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, each of the vertically adjacent delivery storages 20 extends over the opening of the bottom plate 21b in the upper delivery storage 20 and the opening of the top plate 21a in the lower delivery storage 20. The bracket 27 is fitted. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the bracket 27 is attached with an article sensor 24, a reflector 25, and a lighting unit 26. Note that FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the bracket 27 viewed from above, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the bracket 27 viewed from below. The bracket 27 is a member having a U-shaped cross section with an upper portion and left and right side portions open, and a transparent acrylic plate 28 is attached to the upper portion. The article sensor 24 is arranged on the bracket 27 so that light can be transmitted and received via the acrylic plate 28. The reflector 25 and the lighting unit 26 are arranged on the bottom plate 29 of the bracket 27. The reflector 25 can reflect light from below (article sensor 24) through the rectangular opening 29a formed in the bottom plate 29. The lighting unit 26 illuminates light downward (inside the delivery storage 20) through a circular opening 29b formed in the bottom plate 29. A shared bracket 27 is used to attach the reflector 25 and the lighting unit 26 to the top plate 21a of the uppermost delivery storage 20 and to attach the article sensor 24 to the bottom plate 21b of the lowermost delivery storage 20. Instead, a dedicated bracket is used for each.

The door 31 is provided with a handle 32 (see FIG. 1) for opening and closing on the front surface, and the back surface is supported on the right edge of the opening of the main body 21 via a hinge 33 so as to be openable and closable. Therefore, the door 31 opens in a direction in which the left side is separated from the main body 21 with the right side (right end portion) as a fulcrum. The locking device 35 is provided on the back surface of the door 31, and locks and unlocks the door 31 based on a control signal from the control unit 40. The door 31 is urged forward (opening direction) by a spring or the like (not shown), and when unlocked by the locking device 35, the door 31 is automatically slightly opened by the urging force to create a gap between the door 31 and the main body 21. Will be.

As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 40 is provided with a display operation unit 42 and a reading unit 44 on the surface of a box-shaped (rectangular parallelepiped) housing having the same size as each delivery storage 20, and the control unit 46 is provided in the housing. Is stored. The display operation unit 42 is configured as a touch panel type display, displays a guidance screen related to delivery and removal of articles, and accepts various operations related to delivery and removal of articles. The reading unit 44 is configured as a code reader and reads various codes printed on delivery slips of goods and various codes displayed on the recipient's mobile terminal and the like. The control unit 46 inputs a detection signal from the open / close sensor 22 of each delivery storage 20, a detection signal from the article sensor 24, an operation instruction received by the display operation unit 42, a code read by the reading unit 44, and the like. Further, the control unit 46 displays a control signal (lighting signal and extinguishing signal) to the lighting unit 26 of each delivery storage 20, a control signal (locking signal and unlocking signal) to the locking device 35, and a display to the display operation unit 42. Output signals, etc.

The operation of the stocker 10 configured in this way will be described. In the stocker 10, the control unit 46 of the control unit 40 collates necessary information based on the reading result by the reading unit 44 according to the operation of the operator received via the display operation unit 42, and then puts in and takes out the article. Controls the locking and unlocking of the power delivery room 20. When unlocking the delivery storage 20, the control unit 46 outputs an unlocking signal to the lock device 35 of the delivery storage 20 and outputs a lighting signal to the lighting unit 26. Therefore, as shown in the delivery room 20 in the middle of FIG. 3, the door 31 is unlocked by the lock device 35, and the light (shown by the dotted line) is illuminated in the delivery room 20 by the lighting unit 26.

Here, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which one delivery storage 20 is unlocked and the door 31 is opened. As described above, the door 31 unlocked by the locking device 35 is slightly opened by the urging force of the spring to form a gap between the door 31 and the main body 21, and therefore, as shown in the figure, the light of the lighting unit 26 (dotted line). (Fig.) Will leak out. Therefore, the supplier and the recipient (operator) who have performed the unlocking operation via the display operation unit 42 and the reading unit 44 of the control unit 40 receive the delivery storage 20 to which the article should be delivered from the leaked light. The delivery room 20 in which the article is stored can be easily identified. Then, when the door 31 is closed after the supplier or recipient has delivered the article or received (taken out) the article, the control unit 46 of the control unit 40 has the door 31 based on the detection signal from the open / close sensor 22. The closed state is detected and an extinguishing signal is output to the lighting unit 26. As a result, when the door 31 is closed, the lighting unit 26 is turned off. The control unit 46 may output an extinguishing signal to the lighting unit 26 when outputting the locking signal to the locking device 35. Since the lighting unit 26 is turned off when the door 31 is closed, it is possible to make the supplier and the recipient aware that the door 31 is left open and prevent the door 31 from being forgotten to be closed.

Here, the correspondence between the components of the present embodiment and the components of the present disclosure will be clarified. The door 31 of the present embodiment corresponds to the door of the present disclosure, the delivery storage 20 corresponds to the delivery storage, the stocker 10 corresponds to the stocker, and the lighting unit 26 corresponds to the lighting. The top plate 21a corresponds to the ceiling portion. The bottom plate 21b corresponds to the bottom portion, and the article sensor 24 corresponds to the detection portion. The bracket 27 corresponds to the mounting member.

In the stocker 10 of the present embodiment described above, the delivery storage 20 includes the lighting unit 26 in the main body 21, and the lighting unit 26 lights up when the door 31 opens. As a result, the supplier or recipient of the article can easily check the state of the inside of the delivery room 20 even in a dark surrounding environment such as at night, so that the delivery and receipt of the article can be facilitated. Further, the lighting unit 26 illuminates the inside of the delivery storage 20, and can suppress the influence of light pollution on the surrounding environment of the stocker 10.

Further, since the lighting unit 26 is provided on the top plate 21a of the stocker 10, even if there is an article in the delivery storage 20, the inside of the delivery storage 20 can be reliably illuminated from above and light can be appropriately leaked to the outside. .. Further, since the lighting unit 26 can suppress excessive light leakage when the door 31 is opened as compared with the one provided on the back plate of the delivery storage 20, it is possible to prevent the stocker 10 from leaking to the surrounding environment. The influence of light pollution can be further suppressed.

Further, the stocker 10 is provided at a position substantially directly above the article sensor 24 in which the lighting unit 26 faces the article sensor 24, and the supplier places the article substantially directly under the lighting unit 26 to ensure that the article sensor 24 is in the detection position. Since the goods can be placed on the floor, the goods can be easily delivered even in a dark surrounding environment.

Further, in the stocker 10, the vertically adjacent delivery storage 20 attaches the lighting unit 26 of the lower delivery storage 20 and the article sensor 24 of the upper delivery storage 20 with one bracket 27, so that the number of parts can be reduced. can. Further, since the reflector 25 is also attached to the bracket 27, the lighting unit 26, the article sensor 24, and the reflector 25 can be efficiently arranged.

Further, the stocker 10 leaks light mainly to the left side of each delivery storage 20 (door 31) from the opening direction of the door 31. Therefore, the control unit 40 (display operation unit 42 and reading unit 44) arranged in the leftmost row of the stocker 10 makes it easier for the supplier and the recipient who perform the unlocking operation to visually recognize the light, and the surrounding environment such as at night. It is possible to easily determine which delivery storage 20 is open even in a dark situation.

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 control units 40 are arranged in the row on the left end side, and the door 31 is supported by the main body 21 of the delivery storage 20 at the right end so as to be openable and closable. do not have. For example, the control units 40 may be arranged in a row on the right end side, and the door 31 may be supported by the main body 21 at the left end portion so as to be openable and closable. Further, it is assumed that the control unit 40 is arranged in a row other than the left end and the right end (for example, the center row), and in the delivery room 20 located on the right side of the row in which the control unit 40 is arranged, the door 31 is at the right end. In the delivery room 20 which is openably and closably supported by the main body 21 and is located on the left side of the row in which the control unit 40 is arranged, the door 31 may be openably and closably supported by the main body 21 at the left end. Alternatively, the door 31 is supported by the main body 21 so as to be openable and closable at the end opposite to the row in which the control unit 40 is arranged, so that light leaks to the control unit 40 side when the door 31 is opened. The door 31 may be openably and closably supported by the delivery vault 20 at the end on the same side as the row in which the control unit 40 is arranged. Even so, since the light leaking from the opened door 31 can be visually recognized by the supplier and the recipient, it is possible to recognize which delivery storage 20 has been opened.

In the above-described embodiment, the vertically adjacent delivery storage 20 shares one bracket 27, but the present invention is not limited to this, and separate brackets may be used without sharing the bracket.

In the above-described embodiment, the article sensor 24 is configured as a reflection type optical sensor, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a transmission type optical sensor or the like may be used. In that case, the delivery storage 20 is such that one of the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion is provided on the top plate 21a and the other is provided on the bottom plate 21b. Therefore, the article sensor 24 may be arranged above the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion so as to face the other provided on the bottom plate 21b.

In the above-described embodiment, the lighting unit 26 is arranged so as to face a position substantially directly above the article sensor 24, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the lighting unit 26 is disengaged from substantially directly above the article sensor 24. It may be arranged at the same position. Further, the article sensor 24 and the reflector 25 are not limited to those provided on the bottom plate 21b and the top plate 21a, and may be provided on the left and right side plates, respectively. Further, the lighting unit 26 is not limited to the one provided on the top plate 21a, and may be provided on either the left or right side plate or the back plate.

In the above-described embodiment, when the control unit 46 of the control unit 40 outputs the unlocking signal to the lock device 35, the lighting unit 26 is output to the lighting unit 26, that is, the lighting unit 26 is lit by the control by the control unit 40. However, it is not limited to this. For example, the lighting unit 26 is configured to be switched on and off by an electric circuit including a switch that turns on and off in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the door 31, and the lighting unit 26 is automatically turned on when the door 31 is opened. May be good.

In the above-described embodiment, one control unit 40 for controlling the lock device 35 of the plurality of delivery boxes 20 is provided, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the unit for unlocking and locking the lock device 35 is each delivered. It may be provided so as to be adjacent to each of the storages 20. Further, the door 31 is automatically slightly opened slightly when unlocked by the lock device 35 to create a gap between the door 31 and the main body 21, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the door 31 is automatically unlocked by the lock device 35. It may be opened by the operation of the handle 32 of the operator without opening with. Further, the stocker 10 is not limited to the one provided with a plurality of delivery storages 20, and may be provided with one delivery storage 20 such as one provided in a detached house. Even in these cases, the lighting unit 26 is turned on when the door 31 is opened, which has the effect of making it easier to check the inside of the delivery room 20 while suppressing the influence of light pollution on the surrounding environment of the stocker 10. It will play.

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, 21 main body, 21a top plate, 21b bottom plate, 22 open / close sensor, 24 article sensor, 25 reflector, 26 lighting unit, 27 bracket, 28 acrylic plate, 29 bottom plate, 29a, 29b opening, 31 Door, 32 handles, 33 hinges, 35 lock device, 40 control unit, 42 display operation unit, 44 reader unit, 46 control unit.

Claims (3)

A stocker with a delivery room with a door,
The delivery room is equipped with lighting inside.
The light is turned on when the door is opened.
The delivery storage is provided with a detection unit in which at least a part of the components are provided at the bottom of the storage so as to detect the presence or absence of an article in the storage.
The lighting is provided on the ceiling of the delivery room so as to face the detection unit.
The vertically adjacent delivery storages are formed in an opening formed in a bottom plate constituting the bottom portion of the delivery storage on the upper side and a top plate forming the ceiling portion of the delivery storage on the lower side. It is provided with an opening formed at a position facing each other and having the same size, and is provided with a mounting member for attaching the lighting of the lower delivery room and the detection part of the upper delivery room.
The upper part of the mounting member is a stocker which is a transparent plate . The stocker according to claim 1 .
With multiple of the above delivery boxes,
It is equipped with a control device that receives an operation by an operator and controls the unlocking of the doors of the plurality of delivery warehouses.
The door is a stocker configured to open with unlocking control by the control device. The stocker according to claim 2 .
The plurality of delivery boxes are arranged side by side in a plurality of rows along the left-right direction.
The control device is arranged in any one of the plurality of rows.
The door is an end of the left or right end of the door that is opposite to the row side on which the control device is arranged, and is a stocker that is openably and closably supported by the delivery room.

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