Automatic handling of mis-delivered items in computerized parcel locker systems

    公开(公告)号:US12211331B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-28

    申请号:US17994757

    申请日:2022-11-28

    Inventor: Vaughn Rhodes

    Abstract: An automated computerized parcel locker system is provided, which includes multiple lockers in a common housing, each having one or more sensors that indicate whether an item is present in the locker, the status of the locker door, and the like. The parcel locker system includes routines that allow for automatic processing of parcels delivered to an incorrect locker, missing parcels, objects other than delivered parcels placed into the lockers, and the like. The routines also allow for automated and semi-automated management, servicing, and use of the lockers, for example to indicate to a courier or other user which lockers are available for delivery and which contain delivered parcels.

    DISPENSING AND TRACKING SYSTEM
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250013979A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18889600

    申请日:2024-09-19

    Abstract: A dispensing system including a dispensing component configured to receive a plurality of items thereon or therein, where the plurality of items are part of a single order. The system further includes a sensor configured to identify a location of each of the plurality of items on or in the component, and a controller operatively coupled to the sensor. The controller is configured to automatically track, after initial placement of the plurality of items on or in the component, the location each of the plurality of items that are repositioned on or in the component. The controller is also configured to associate each of the plurality of items with the order, both before and after repositioning. The system includes a display device operatively coupled to the controller, wherein the display device is configured to dynamically display information that conveys that the plurality of items are part of the single order.

    Management system, server apparatus, storage apparatus, and management method

    公开(公告)号:US12175417B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US17936180

    申请日:2022-09-28

    Abstract: A management system includes a storage apparatus including at least one storage box that stores an article, a server apparatus that manages the storage apparatus, and a controller provided in the storage apparatus or the server apparatus. The at least one storage box is shared by business operators of a plurality of types of businesses. The controller switches, based on a type of business of a business operator using the at least one storage box, at least one of a function to be enabled out of a plurality of functions included in the at least one storage box or a configuration in the function to be enabled.

    DELIVERY SYSTEM AND ITS DELIVERY METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240394651A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18665574

    申请日:2024-05-16

    Abstract: A delivery system includes a storage box, receiver terminals, a deliverer terminal, and a server. The deliverer terminal transmits, to the server, identification information of the storage box storing a delivery item and identification information of a destination receiver of the delivery item. The server transmits delivery information to the receiver terminal of the destination receiver based on the identification information of the destination receiver of the delivery item. The receiver terminal of the destination receiver transmits, to the server, information of an alternate receiver set based on relevant information about a person in the same building as the destination receiver. The server transmits, to the receiver terminal of the alternate receiver, the identification information of the storage box and unlocking key information for unlocking the storage box, based on the information of the alternate receiver transmitted from the receiver terminal of the destination receiver.

    Automated system and method for staging products at pickup locations

    公开(公告)号:US12106355B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17901150

    申请日:2022-09-01

    Abstract: In an automated product delivery method a request for delivery of a product is received from a user device. One or more product delivery options are determined and transmitted to the user device and a selected product delivery option is received from the user device. The product is provided to the selected delivery location in advance of the selected delivery time window. A delivery processing server receives user device location information and determines an estimated arrival time of the user at the delivery location. At the estimated arrival time, the product is securely staged for pickup by the user. The delivery processing server receives user validation information, and responsive to validation of the user information, transmits to the delivery location processing device, an instruction to allow access to the product by the user, and access to the product by the user is allowed.

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