Method and device for receiving article, and method and system for delivering article

• US 10,169,949 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2016
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guangzhou Xaircraft Technology Co., Ltd
• Original Assignee: Guangzhou Xaircraft Technology Co., Ltd
• Inventors: Liu, Peng
• Primary Examiner(s): Casillashernandez, Omar
• Application Number:
  US15/552,057
• Publication Number:
  US 20180075688A1
• Time in Patent Office: 859 Days
• Field of Search: 340 522
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 2029/149 with central server link
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 29/141 comprising electronically controlled locking means
• CPC Class Codes: B64F 1/32 for handling freight
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/64 for parcel delivery or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/30 Supply or distribution of electrical power
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/12 comprising lockable containers, e.g. for accepting clothes to be cleaned

Abstract

A method and device for receiving the article and a method and system for delivering article are provided in the disclosure. The device for receiving the article (200) includes: a box body (10); a door (20), arranged on the box body (10); and a wireless communication module, configured to perform unlocking matching with an aircraft (100), control the door (20) to be in an open state after unlocking matching succeeds, and send a delivery instruction to the aircraft (100). The technical problem where an article cannot be automatically unloaded after being delivered to a destination is solved.

Claims

1. A device for receiving an article, comprising:

a box body;

a door, arranged on the box body;

a wireless communication module connected with the door and comprising a first hardware processor configured to execute the following program module stored on a first memory;

performing unlocking matching with an aircraft, controlling the door to be in an open state after unlocking matching succeeds, and sending a delivery instruction to the aircraft, and

a second hardware processor configured to execute the following program module stored on a second memory;

detecting, when an available capacity of the box body is acquired, whether another article is stored in the box body, wherein

when it is detected that another article is stored in the box body, a residual capacity of the box body is calculated according to a total capacity and an occupied capacity of the box body, and the residual capacity serves as the available capacity; and

when it is detected that another article is not stored in the box body, the total capacity of the box body serves as the available capacity.

2. The device for receiving an article as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless communication module is further configured to control the door to be in a closed state after the box body receives a delivered article.

3. The device for receiving an article as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second hardware processor is further configured to execute the following program modules stored on the second memory:

a delivery judgment module, configured to acquire the available capacity of the box body, and judge whether the available capacity of the box body is greater than or equal to the volume of the article; and

a delivery indicating module, configured to send information for indicating that the delivery of the article is allowed, when the available capacity of the box body is greater than or equal to the volume of the article.

4. The device for receiving an article as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a conveying device, configured to convey the article in the box body out of the box body.

5. The device for receiving an article as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

an unlocking device, configured to;

receive, after unlocking matching between the wireless communication module and the aircraft succeeds, a control instruction of the wireless communication module to control the door to be opened; and

/or receive, after the article is received, a control instruction of the wireless communication module to control the door to be closed.

6. The device for receiving an article as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first or second hardware processor is configured to execute at least one of the following modules stored on the first or second memory:

an internet communication module, to receive a first unlocking key through the internet, wherein the first unlocking key is used for performing unlocking matching with a second unlocking key carried by the aircraft;

a key storage module, to store the first unlocking key on the device for receiving article locally; and

a key generation module, to generate the first unlocking key according to a preset key generation algorithm.

7. The device for receiving an article as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an undercarriage fixing position, arranged at an edge of an upper surface of the box body, wherein the undercarriage fixing position is provided with a fixing groove for fixing an undercarriage of the aircraft.

8. The device for receiving an article as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a damping device, arranged in the box body and configured to prevent the article from falling down from the aircraft to be damaged.

14. An article delivery method, comprising:

sending a delivery request to a device according to claim 1 for receiving the article;

receiving a delivery instruction sent by the device for receiving the article, wherein the delivery instruction is an instruction in response to the delivery request after a first unlocking key and a second unlocking key of the device for receiving the article are successfully matched, the second unlocking key is an unlocking key carried by the delivery request; and

delivering the article to the device for receiving the article according to the delivery instruction.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, before the delivery instruction sent by the device for receiving the article is received, the method further comprising:

receiving a volume query request sent by the device for receiving the article, wherein the volume query request is used for requesting to query the volume of the article; and

sending, in response to the volume query request, the volume of the article to the device for receiving the article.

16. The method as claimed in claim 14, before the delivery request is sent to the device for receiving the article, the method further comprising:

acquiring location information of the device for receiving the article waiting for receiving the article;

searching for the device for receiving the article according to the location information; and

after the device for receiving the article is found, landing on the found device for receiving the article according to a guidance identifier of the device for receiving the article.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein searching for the device for receiving the article according to the location information comprises:

acquiring a route of flight to the device for receiving the article corresponding to the location information; and

flying to the device for receiving the article according to the route.

18. The method as claimed in claim 15, after the article is delivered to the device for receiving the article according to the delivery instruction, the method further comprising:

acquiring a return route, and returning according to the return route;

or

acquiring a flight route of a next delivery destination, and flying to the next delivery destination according to the flight route.

9. A method for receiving an article, comprising:

receiving a delivery request sent by an aircraft for an article to be delivered;

after the delivery request is received, acquiring a first unlocking key of a device for receiving the article, wherein the delivery request carries a second unlocking key;

judging whether the second unlocking key is matched with the first unlocking key;

after the second unlocking key is matched with the first unlocking key, controlling a door of the device for receiving article to be in an open state; and

sending a delivery instruction to the aircraft,

wherein the method further comprises acquiring an available capacity of the device for receiving the article by the following steps;

detecting whether another article is stored in the device for receiving the article;

in a case that another article is stored in the device for receiving the article, calculating a residual capacity of the device for receiving the article according to a total capacity and an occupied capacity of the device for receiving the article, and taking the residual capacity as the available capacity; and

in a case that another article is not stored in the device for receiving the article, taking the total capacity of the device for receiving the article as the available capacity.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, after the delivery instruction is sent to the aircraft, the method further comprising:

after information for indicating that the aircraft completes delivery is detected, controlling the door of the device for receiving the article to be in a closed state.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, before the delivery instruction is sent to the aircraft, the method further comprising:

acquiring the volume of the article to be delivered;

judging whether the available capacity is greater than or equal to the volume; and

when it is determined that the available capacity is greater than or equal to the volume, determining to send the delivery instruction to the aircraft.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9, after the delivery instruction is sent to the aircraft, the method further comprising:

receiving indicating information for conveying the article in the device for receiving the article; and

conveying the article in the device for receiving the article out of the device for receiving the article according to the indicating information.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first unlocking key comprises at least one of the following keys:

an unlocking key received through the internet;

an unlocking key stored on the device for receiving the article locally; and

an unlocking key generated according to a preset key generation algorithm.