Delivery box system and reserving method and charging method therefor
First Claim
1. A delivery box system for delivering an article comprising:
- box position information storage means for storing position information of the positions where delivery boxes are installed;
delivery box position information output means for outputting position information of a particular delivery box to be used from the position information stored in the box position information storage means;
navigation means for measuring a present position of a moving body, displaying the present position of the moving body in map information corresponding to the present position of the moving body based on the measured position information as well as guiding the moving body from the present position thereof to a moving destination based on input moving destination information;
navigation execution ID information relating means for relating the position information of the particular delivery box output by the delivery box position information output means to navigation execution ID information for executing navigation by inputting moving destination information to the navigation means; and
navigation execution means for receiving the navigation execution ID information and the position information of the particular delivery box that are related to each other by the navigation execution ID information relating means, executing the navigation by the navigation means based on the navigation execution ID information as well as guiding the moving body from the present position thereof to the moving destination where the particular delivery box is installed by the navigation means based on the position information of the particular delivery box.
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Abstract
In a delivery box system for delivering an article, a navigation device of an moving body receives navigation execution ID information and position information of a particular delivery box which are related to each other by a central computer of a central management center, automatically executes navigation based on the navigation execution ID information as well as guides the moving, body from the present position thereof to a moving destination where the particular delivery box is installed. With the above arrangement, a route to a movement destination at which the article is delivered can be guided by a moving guide, an article-receiving person can easily reserve and use the delivery box, the security of the delivery box system can be improved by giving a reservation ID number inherent to each reserving action, a payment condition to the article can set as a part of article delivery conditions. Accordingly, there can be provided a delivery box system, by which delivery of an article can be completed on the condition that the acceptance of an article-receiving person is previously obtained as to the place where the article is delivered and who bears the usage fee of the delivery box, as well as a box reserving method and a charging method making use of the delivery box system.
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14 Claims
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1. A delivery box system for delivering an article comprising:
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box position information storage means for storing position information of the positions where delivery boxes are installed;
delivery box position information output means for outputting position information of a particular delivery box to be used from the position information stored in the box position information storage means;
navigation means for measuring a present position of a moving body, displaying the present position of the moving body in map information corresponding to the present position of the moving body based on the measured position information as well as guiding the moving body from the present position thereof to a moving destination based on input moving destination information;
navigation execution ID information relating means for relating the position information of the particular delivery box output by the delivery box position information output means to navigation execution ID information for executing navigation by inputting moving destination information to the navigation means; and
navigation execution means for receiving the navigation execution ID information and the position information of the particular delivery box that are related to each other by the navigation execution ID information relating means, executing the navigation by the navigation means based on the navigation execution ID information as well as guiding the moving body from the present position thereof to the moving destination where the particular delivery box is installed by the navigation means based on the position information of the particular delivery box. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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