Smart and Secure Delivery Door for Packages

• US 20190333302A1
• Filed: 05/18/2019
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2018
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Josiah Aklilu, Ysehak Kagnew
• Original Assignee: Josiah Aklilu, Ysehak Kagnew
• Inventors: Kagnew, Ysehak, Aklilu, Josiah
• Application Number:
  US16/416,196
• Publication Number:
  US 20190333302A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1413 1D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0836 Recipient pick-ups
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/0092 for cargo, freight or shipping containers and applications therefore in general
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00896 specially adapted for particular uses
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/20 involving the use of a pass
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones

Abstract

The present invention relates to a secure method of delivering packages/parcel. The invention has the added advantage of securely delivering the package inside the home or business without the customer'"'"'s presence at the location. The delivery would occur through a smart access window located either on the entrance door or rooftop of the business or residence. If the access window is located on the rooftop then the package would be delivered by a drone that can send a remote signal to open the access window. An additional feature allows the customer, the vendor, and the courier service to be notified via a mobile device or by email before, during, and after the package is securely placed inside the house or business.

Claims

1. A smart safe door (SSD) that is used for secure delivery of a package in the interior of a residential home or business location where the smart safe door comprises:

i) A control module comprising a barcode reader that receives and transmits a signal to an access window where the access window is on a front door, on a garage door or on a roof of the residence or the commercial building.

ii) The access window that opens and/or closes in response to a signal from the barcode reader through an activator to receive a package.

iii) A video camera that simultaneously records the package delivery.

2. The smart safe door according to claim 1 where the access window can have variable dimension and/or shape for delivery of a package.

3. The smart safe door according to claim 1 where the access window can be on a front entrance door or a garage door or roof access of a residential house or commercial building.

4. The smart safe door according to claim 3 where the access window can be on the front door of a residence, on a garage door of a residence, front door of a business entity, or a roof access.

5. The smart safe door of claim 2 where the shape can be square, rectangular, circular, pentagonal or any shape.

6. The smart safe door according to claim 1 where the access window can have a dimension of 12×

12, 15′

×

10′

or 15′

×

12 or 15′

×

15′

, 22′

×

12′

, 22′

×

15′

or 22′

×

22′

or larger.

7. The smart safe door according to claim 1 where the access window is on the roof and the delivery is done by a drone.

8. The smart safe door according to claim 1 where the access window can be any one of the options in FIG. 4(a)-4(c).

9. The smart safe door according to claim 1 where the inner face of the SSD can be fitted with a module to accommodate a package according to FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b) or FIGS. 6(a) and 6(b).

10. A software application that allows successful transmission of the barcode information generated by a vendor or a third party to the barcode reader module on the smart safe door according to claim 1.

11. The software application according to claim 10 that allows successful transmission of the barcode information generated by a vendor to the customer'"'"'s mobile device.

12. The software application according to claim 11 where the barcode information persists the data until it is activated by the smart safe controller.

13. The software application according to claim 11 where the application is used for online purchase.

14. The software of claim 11 where the information is optionally sent from the vendor to the customer and the customer sends it to the access window on the smart safe door.

15. The software according to claim 10 where the SBC compares the barcode it has received from the vendor to the barcode on the package and upon matching, the activator opens the smart safe box to give access for the package inside the residence or commercial building.

16. A method of securely delivering a package, mail, or grocery inside a residential or commercial location from the time of an online or telephonic order until the package, mail, or grocery is inside the residence, office, or commercial location where the method comprises

Customer makes an online order or a telephonic order

The vendor places a tracking tag comprising or consisting of a barcode label associated with the specific order to the specific address on the package

The barcode info is automatically sent through the internet to the barcode reader fitted on the SSD, window, garage door, or rooftop.

The package is picked up and delivered by the courier or postal service to the customer'"'"'s address where the delivery person scans the bar code on the barcode reader/scanner placed on the door thereby opening the access window through which the package can be delivered.

17. The method of claim 16 where the access is a sliding door (FIG. 4a), a pivoting/swinging door (FIG. 4b), a hatch and lock mechanism (FIG. 4c), and an opening of any shape.

18. The method of claim 16 where the access leads to the interior of the residence or business.

19. The method of claim 16 where the access leads to a folding unit at the inner face of the door and forms into a box of any shape.

20. The method of claim 19 where the folding unit is activated to produce a box by forming a cavity towards the inside of the house or business when the SBC opens the front access window.

21. The method of claim 16 where the package can be dropped inside a house or business by a drone where the drone uses a remote access code to open an access window on the rooftop.

22. The method of claim 16 where a video camera integrated with the SBC that captures the package transition and automatically sends the information to the customer, courier service, and/or data center of the vendor.