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Hybrid secure locker system for mailing, deposition and retrieval of shipments

  • US 10,643,172 B2
  • Filed: 01/06/2015
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for securely controlling mailing, deposition and retrieval of shipments into at least one electronic locker unit connected to a managing distribution center through a communication network and having several lockable compartments of different sizes, each shipment having three-dimensions and a weight, the method comprising:

  • generating an identification code of the shipment and specific information associated with the shipment;

    unlocking by an electronic locker unit a compartment of said at least one electronic locker unit;

    receiving the shipment inside the compartment, the shipment which has at least one opaque exterior wall that delineates an interior cavity, the shipment containing a shipment content within the interior cavity;

    acquiring by the electronic locker unit, while the shipment is stationary in the compartment, a shape measurement of the shipment content through the opaque exterior wall with a shape measurement module located inside the compartment;

    comparing by the electronic locker unit the shape measurement of the shipment content with shape information of the shipment content, the shape information of the shipment content included within the specific information associated with the shipment;

    comparing by the electronic locker unit the shape measurement of the shipment content with shape information of a set of hazardous items; and

    as a result of determining that the shape measurement i) matches the shape information of the shipment content included within the specific information associated with the shipment, and ii) does not match the shape information of any of the set of hazardous items, locking and logging by the electronic locker unit the compartment containing the shipment as being successfully filled and the shipment as being ready for retrieval.

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