Receiving method, system and device for on-vehicle logistics

• US 10,152,054 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2015
• Issued: 12/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zhejiang Geely Automobile Research Company Limited, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, Zhejiang Geely Automobile Research Institute Company Limited (Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.), Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Zhejiang Geely Automobile Research Institute Company Limited (Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.), Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Shufu
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Tyler J
• Application Number:
  US15/313,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20170199522A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,377 Days
• Field of Search: 701 2
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0033 by having the operator tracking the vehicle either by direct line of sight or via one or more cameras located remotely from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00896 specially adapted for particular uses

Abstract

The present invention provides a receiving method, system and device for on-vehicle logistics. The method includes: receiving a first control signal from a remote terminal, and activating a camera pointing to a designated space; sending video information of the designated space to the remote terminal; receiving a second control signal from the remote terminal, and opening a predetermined space of a vehicle; and receiving a third control signal from the remote terminal, and locking the predetermined space. According to the receiving method for on-vehicle logistics of the present invention, as the vehicle is used as the receiving place for receiving articles delivered by the deliveryman, insecure factors caused when the deliveryman directly enters houses to deliver the articles are avoided, and the phenomenon that the articles cannot be received because recipients are not at receiving addresses can also be avoided.

Claims

1. A receiving method for on-vehicle logistics, comprising:

receiving a first control signal from a remote terminal, and activating a camera pointing to a designated space of a vehicle, wherein the designated space is a space that extends along a direction of the vehicle, and the camera is a first camera for scanning the surrounding of the vehicle to shoot video information of the designated space;

sending the video information of the designated space to the remote terminal, so that the remote terminal determines whether a deliveryman has arrived at the vehicle according to the video information of the designated space;

receiving a second control signal sent from the remote terminal after determining the deliveryman has arrived at the vehicle, and opening a predetermined space of the vehicle,

wherein a second camera located in the predetermined space is activated with the opening of the predetermined space, shoots video information for recording the process of placing an article in the predetermined space and sends the video information to the remote terminal; and

receiving a third control signal sent from the remote terminal after the remote terminal has determined that the article has been placed according to the video information from the second camera, and locking the predetermined space;

wherein a trunk of the vehicle has a first space close to an interior of the vehicle and a second space close to a tail of the vehicle, the first space and the second space are isolated from each other, and the predetermined space is the second space.

2. The receiving method of claim 1, wherein before the step of receiving the first control signal from the remote terminal, the receiving method further comprises:

receiving an acousto-optic control signal from the remote terminal to emit flicker and/or sound by the vehicle.

3. The receiving method of claim 2, wherein before the step of receiving the acousto-optic control signal from the remote terminal, the receiving method further comprises:

sending GPS positioning information of the vehicle to the remote terminal.

4. The receiving method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically activating the camera according to searched positioning information of the deliveryman; and

locking the predetermined space by an external close operation.

5. A receiving device for on-vehicle logistics, comprising:

a network communication module configured to communicate with a remote terminal through a wireless network;

a camera which is a first camera and is configured to be activated according to a first control signal from the remote terminal, scan the surrounding of a vehicle to shoot video information of a designated space of the vehicle, and send the video information to the remote terminal, so that the remote terminal determines whether a deliveryman has arrived at the vehicle according to the video information of the designated space, wherein the designated space is a space that extends along a direction of the vehicle;

a vehicle control unit configured to;

receive a second control signal from the remote terminal after determining the deliveryman has arrived at the vehicle and open a predetermined space of the vehicle, wherein a second camera located in the predetermined space is activated with the opening of the predetermined space, shoots video information for recording the process of placing an article in the predetermined space and sends the video information to the remote terminal; and

receive a third control signal from the remote terminal after the remote terminal has determined that the article has been placed according to the video information from the second camera and lock the predetermined space;

wherein a trunk of the vehicle has a first space close to an interior of the vehicle and a second space close to a tail of the vehicle, the first space and the second space are isolated from each other, and the predetermined space is the second space.

6. A receiving system for on-vehicle logistics, comprising:

a video activating module configured to receive a first control signal from a remote terminal, and activate a camera pointing to a designated space of a vehicle, wherein the designated space is a space that extends along a direction of the vehicle, and the camera is a first camera for scanning the surrounding of the vehicle to shoot video information of the designated space;

a video sending module configured to send video information of the designated space to the remote terminal, so that the remote terminal determines whether a deliveryman has arrived at the vehicle according to the video information of the designated space;

a space opening module configured to receive a second control signal sent from the remote terminal after determining the deliveryman has arrived at the vehicle, and open a predetermined space of the vehicle, wherein a second camera located in the predetermined space is activated with the opening of the predetermined space, shoots video information for recording the process of placing an article in the predetermined space and sends the video information to the remote terminal; and

a space locking module configured to receive a third control signal sent from the remote terminal after the remote terminal has determined that the article has been placed according to the video information from the second camera, and lock the predetermined space;

wherein a trunk of the vehicle has a first space close to an interior of the vehicle and a second space close to a tail of the vehicle, the first space and the second space are isolated from each other, and the predetermined space is the second space.