Delivery recording device, delivery drone, delivery recording program, delivery recording method, and delivery recording system

Abstract

To specify a delivery location from flight information of a delivery drone in which a delivery is deemed to have been delivered to a recipient.SOLUTION: A delivery recording device according to the disclosure is connected to, via a network, a delivery drone that delivers a delivery. The delivery recording device is provided with: an information acquisition unit for acquiring from the delivery drone flight information including a pair of flight positions of the delivery drone and a flight time that is the time at which the flight position is acquired, and communication establishment information including a communication establishment time when communication with a mobile terminal owned by a recipient to whom the delivery is delivered is established; and a delivery specification unit for extracting from the flight information an approximate flight time that is a flight time close to the communication establishment time and the pair of flight positions, setting the communication establishment time as the delivery time and setting the flight position as the delivery position, thereby specifying information including the delivery time and the delivery position as delivery information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a delivery recording technology that records the delivery location and delivery time when a delivery drone delivers a delivery item to a recipient. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, the volume of goods being shipped has increased due to factors such as the spread of online shopping, making it increasingly important to ensure that parcels are delivered to the intended recipient. Using delivery drones to deliver packages to recipients is a service that has recently begun trials, but it is not possible to pinpoint the location and time of delivery. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Special Publication No. 2018-514478 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] The method of Patent Document 1 can deliver an item to a specific location and authenticate the recipient, but has the problem that it cannot identify the location where the recipient is authenticated and therefore cannot record the delivery location. The present disclosure aims to link flight information, including information on the flight position and flight time of the delivery drone, with communication establishment information that can be obtained by establishing communication between the delivery drone and a mobile device owned by the recipient, and to identify the delivery position where the delivery item is deemed to have been handed over to the recipient from the flight information of the delivery drone at the time of communication establishment. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The delivery recording device of the present disclosure is a delivery recording device that is network-connected to a delivery drone that delivers a delivery item, and is equipped with an information acquisition unit that acquires from the delivery drone flight information including the delivery drone's paired flight position and the flight time, which is the time when the flight position was acquired, and communication establishment information including the communication establishment time when communication is established with a mobile terminal held by the recipient to whom the delivery item is to be delivered, and a delivery identification unit that extracts from the flight information a flight position that is paired with an approximate flight time, which is a flight time that is close to the communication establishment time, sets the communication establishment time as the delivery item delivery time, sets the flight position as the delivery item delivery position, and identifies information including the delivery item delivery time and the delivery item delivery position as delivery information. Effect of the Invention

[0006] According to the present disclosure, flight data including information on the flight position and flight time of the delivery drone is linked to communication establishment information that can be obtained by establishing communication between the delivery drone and a mobile device owned by the recipient, and the delivery position where the delivery item is deemed to have been handed over to the recipient can be identified from the flight information of the delivery drone at the time of communication establishment. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0007] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a delivery record system according to a first embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of the delivery record system according to the first embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the delivery record system according to the first embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a master data configuration diagram of the delivery record system according to the first embodiment. [Diagram 5] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a delivery reception data structure of the delivery record system according to the first embodiment. [Figure 6] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a delivery record data structure of the delivery record system according to the first embodiment. [Figure 7] FIG. 4 is a flow diagram for registering a delivery record in the first embodiment. [Figure 8] FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a delivery record system according to a second embodiment. [Figure 9]FIG. 11 is a functional configuration diagram of a delivery record system according to a second embodiment. [Figure 10] FIG. 11 is a data structure diagram of a delivery record system according to the second embodiment. [Figure 11] FIG. 11 is a flow diagram for registering a delivery record in the second embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0008] Embodiment 1 Embodiment 1 describes a process in a delivery recording system, which is a system configuration of a delivery recording device, a delivery drone, a recipient's mobile terminal, and an operation terminal, in which a delivery drone delivers a delivery item requested by a sender to a recipient, and identifies the location and time at which the delivery drone handed over the delivery item to the recipient. In this embodiment, a delivery drone is an autonomous flying object that delivers items to a specified location. The recipient is the person who receives the delivery item. The recipient's mobile device has an application (hereinafter referred to as the delivery app) installed that contains the process for requesting and receiving the delivery item. The recipient can communicate with the delivery drone by logging in to this application and have the delivery item handed over to them. A requester refers to a person who requests the delivery of an item. A delivery app is installed on the mobile device owned by the requester, and the requester can request delivery by logging in to this application and entering the information necessary for the delivery request. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the sender and the recipient are the same person, and that the delivery request and receipt process are carried out using the same mobile terminal.

[0009] ***Configuration of the First Embodiment*** FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the delivery record system 1. The delivery recording system 1 comprises a network 2, a delivery recording device 10, a delivery drone 20, a mobile terminal 30, and an operation terminal 40. The delivery recording device 10, the delivery drone 20, the mobile terminal 30, and the operation terminal 40 are connected via a network 2. Specific examples of the network 2 include a LAN or the Internet. LAN is an abbreviation for Local Area Network. The delivery record device 10 is a device that specifies and executes an instructed process. A specific example of the delivery record device 10 is a computer such as a server. The delivery drone 20 is an unmanned aerial vehicle. The delivery drone 20 is equipped with a receiver device that receives signals such as a beacon, which is a terminal that transmits information using signals that enable short-range communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) and Bluetooth Low Energy, and a Global Positioning System that identifies the flight position of the delivery drone 20 using radio waves transmitted from an artificial satellite. The mobile terminal 30 is a communication device such as a smartphone used by the recipient and the sender.

[0010] FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram showing the functional configuration of the system. The delivery record device 10 includes a memory unit 11, a communication unit 12, a delivery reception unit 13, an information acquisition unit 14, a delivery specification unit 15, and a delivery record unit 16. The memory unit 11 stores delivery drone data 111, account data 112, delivery reception data 113, flight data 114, communication establishment data 115, and delivery record data 116. The delivery reception unit 13 receives a delivery request from a mobile terminal 30 and generates delivery reception information including a delivery location and recipient information. The information acquisition unit 14 acquires flight information of the delivery drone 20 transmitted from the delivery drone 20 and communication establishment information communicated with the mobile terminal 30. The delivery specification unit 15 specifies a delivery item delivery location and a delivery item delivery time indicating the location and time when the delivery item was handed over to the recipient from the flight information and communication establishment information acquired by the information acquisition unit 14. The delivery record unit 16 generates information including the specified delivery item delivery location and delivery item delivery time, and stores the information as a delivery record. The flight information includes flight latitude, flight longitude, and flight altitude indicating the current flight position of the delivery drone 20, and the flight time indicating that time. The delivery drone 20 comprises a memory unit 21, a communication unit 22, a short-range communication unit 23, and a location information acquisition unit 24. The mobile terminal 30 includes a memory unit 31, a communication unit 32, a short-range communication unit 33, a display unit , an input unit 35, and an operation reception unit . The operation terminal 40 includes a storage unit 41 , a communication unit 42 , an input unit 43 , a display unit 44 , and an operation reception unit 45 .

[0011] The functions of the delivery record device 10 configured as above are realized by the hardware shown in FIG. 3. This hardware is a CPU (CENTRAL PROCESS The system is configured with a processing device 101 such as a Bluetooth SING UNIT, a storage device 102 such as a ROM (READ ONLY MEMORY) or a hard disk drive, a communication device 103 connected to other hardware via a network 2, input / output devices 104 such as a keyboard, mouse, speaker, display, etc., a short-range communication device 105 such as an integrated circuit compatible with BLE, and a position receiving device 106, all connected by a bus. The CPU may have its own memory. There may be a plurality of processing devices 101, and the plurality of processing devices 101 may cooperate to execute programs for realizing the respective functions.

[0012] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the master data structure. Delivery drone data 111 includes data regarding the delivery drone 20, including a delivery drone aircraft ID that identifies the delivery drone 20 and a delivery drone aircraft name. The account data 112 includes data related to a user who uses the delivery application, and includes the mobile terminal identification number and notification destination (email address) of the user. It is assumed that the delivery drone data 111 is set in advance by a system administrator. Information such as notification destinations is registered in the account data 112 by the user of the delivery app. The mobile terminal identification number is information that the delivery recording device 10 acquires from the delivery drone 20 when communication is established between the delivery drone 20 and the mobile terminal 30, and is registered when there is a delivery history.

[0013] FIG. 5 is a data configuration diagram of the delivery receipt. Delivery reception data 113 includes data regarding the received delivery request, including a delivery number, a delivery location, a sender's account number, a delivery drone ID, and a status indicating the delivery status. The delivery reception data 113 is data that is registered as a delivery reception data record when the user logs in to the delivery app on the mobile terminal 30, inputs information including the delivery location required for the delivery request in the operation reception unit 36, and the delivery request information including the delivery location and the user's account number is sent to the delivery recording device 10. When the delivery reception data record is registered, a delivery number is assigned. The delivery drone aircraft ID of the delivery reception data 113 is information registered by the system administrator when the delivery drone 20 that will deliver is determined. The status is information indicating the delivery status, and here, "delivery completed" indicating that the delivery has been completed, "delivery in progress" indicating that the delivery drone 20 is in the process of delivery, and "delivery reception" indicating that the delivery request has been accepted are registered.

[0014] FIG. 6 is a data structure diagram relating to delivery records. Flight data 114 includes data regarding the location flown by the delivery drone 20, including the delivery drone aircraft ID, the flight time when the location information was obtained, and the flight latitude, flight longitude, and flight altitude indicating the location of the delivery drone 20 relative to the flight time. The communication establishment data 115 includes data regarding communication between the delivery drone 20 and the mobile terminal 30, and includes the delivery drone aircraft ID, the time of communication, the communication establishment result indicating whether communication was established with the mobile terminal 30, and the communication mobile terminal identification number of the mobile identification number with which communication was conducted. The delivery record data 116 includes data regarding the delivery record of the delivery drone 20 handing over the delivery item to the recipient, and includes the delivery number, the delivery drone aircraft ID, the delivery time, the delivery longitude, the delivery latitude, the delivery altitude, the communication establishment result, and the communication mobile terminal identification number.

[0015] ***Operation of the First Embodiment*** FIG. 7 shows a processing flow of the delivery recording device 10 for identifying the location where a delivery item is handed over to a recipient based on flight information acquired from the delivery drone 20 and communication establishment information between the delivery drone 20 and the mobile terminal 30. When the delivery drone 20 starts flying, the target delivery reception information is obtained from the delivery reception data 113 via the communication unit 22 of the delivery drone 20, and the delivery location is set in the memory unit 21. The operation will be explained using this flow chart. The operation procedure of the delivery recording device 10 according to the embodiment 1 corresponds to the delivery recording method according to the embodiment 1. Moreover, the program that realizes the operation of the delivery recording device 10 according to the embodiment 1 corresponds to the delivery recording program according to the embodiment 1.

[0016] The position information acquisition unit 24 of the delivery drone 20 acquires the flight position including the flight latitude, flight longitude, and flight altitude of the delivery drone 20 at regular intervals, and transmits flight information including the flight position, the flight time when the flight position was acquired, and the delivery drone aircraft ID to the delivery recording device 10 via the communication unit 22 (step S101). The location information acquisition unit 24 acquires the flight position from, for example, a receiver such as a GPS, which is a positioning system that uses artificial satellites, or location information from a communication base station used for calls, etc. Here, the delivery drone 20 acquires its flight position at regular intervals, once every few tens of seconds, and transmits flight information including the flight position, flight time, and delivery drone aircraft ID to the delivery recording device 10.

[0017] The delivery recording device 10 receives flight information from the delivery drone 20 through the communication unit 12. The information acquisition unit 14 registers a flight data record in the flight data 114 as flight information including the delivery drone aircraft ID, flight time, flight latitude, flight longitude, and flight altitude (step S102). The information acquisition unit 14 receives flight information from the delivery drone 20 at regular intervals, and registers the received flight information each time in the flight data 114 as one flight data record. Note that steps S101 and S102 are processes that are repeatedly executed from the time the delivery drone 20 starts flying until delivery is completed.

[0018] The short-range communication unit 23 of the delivery drone 20 transmits a wireless signal at regular intervals to detect a mobile terminal capable of making a connection request, and detects the mobile terminal 30 on which the delivery app is installed. When the corresponding mobile terminal 30 is detected, the short-range communication unit 23 transmits connection request information including the delivery drone's aircraft ID and authentication information to the mobile terminal 30, requesting a connection (step S103). Here, the delivery drone 20 transmits a wireless signal once every few seconds that can be received by the mobile terminal 30. In addition, this wireless signal is transmitted at regular intervals from the time the delivery drone 20 starts flying. The authentication information is information such as a key or authentication code that is shared in advance between the delivery drone 20 making the connection request and the mobile terminal 30 accepting the connection request.

[0019] The short-range communication unit 33 of the mobile terminal 30 receives a connection request from the delivery drone 20. If authentication with the mobile terminal 30 is successful, connection communication is established with the delivery drone 20. Communication information including mobile terminal identification information that identifies the mobile terminal 30 is transmitted to the delivery drone 20 via the short-range communication unit 33 (step S104). If authentication with the mobile terminal 30 fails, a connection request is made again from the short-range communication unit 23 of the delivery drone 20, and this is repeated until authentication is successful. If connection and communication with the mobile terminal 30 cannot be established for a certain period of time, the process is stopped and the delivery is terminated. After the connection and communication between the mobile terminal 30 and the delivery drone 20 is established, the communication information is stored in memory (storage device 102) to maintain the established communication. Therefore, the short-range communication unit 33 of the mobile terminal 30 repeatedly receives a connection request from the delivery drone 20 even after the connection and communication with the delivery drone 20 is established, but the process of sending the communication information to the delivery drone 20 in S104 does not occur while the communication information is stored in memory. If it becomes impossible to receive a connection request from the delivery drone 20 for a certain period of time, the delivery drone 20 determines that communication with the mobile terminal 30 has been disconnected, and deletes the communication information from memory.

[0020] The delivery drone 20 receives communication information including mobile terminal identification information from the recipient's mobile terminal 30 through the short-range communication unit 23. If the short-range communication unit 23 is able to acquire the mobile terminal identification information from the communication information, it generates communication establishment information including the communication establishment result "success", the communication time, the delivery drone aircraft ID, and the communication mobile terminal identification number with which communication was established. The communication establishment information is then transmitted to the delivery record device 10 through the communication unit 22. Here, the delivery drone 20 determines whether communication information is being transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 at regular intervals through the short-range communication unit 23, and if communication information cannot be received from the mobile terminal 30 for a certain period of time, determines that the communication establishment result is "failure" and generates communication establishment information including the communication establishment result "failure", the communication time, and the delivery drone aircraft ID. The communication establishment information is transmitted to the delivery record device 10 through the communication unit 22 (step S105). The communication establishment information is generated, for example, at intervals of several seconds, and when the communication establishment information is generated, it is transmitted to the delivery record device 10.

[0021] The information acquisition unit 14 of the delivery recording device 10 receives communication establishment information from the delivery drone 20 through the communication unit 12. The information acquisition unit 14 acquires the received communication establishment information, and registers information including the delivery drone aircraft ID, the communication time, the communication establishment result, and the communication mobile terminal identification number in the communication establishment data 115 as a communication establishment data record (step S106). Here, if the communication mobile terminal identification number is not set in the communication establishment information, there is no mobile terminal 30 with which communication has been established, so an empty string is set and registered as a communication establishment data record in the communication establishment data 115.

[0022] The delivery identification unit 15 of the delivery recording device 10 obtains the delivery drone aircraft ID and the communication time from the communication establishment information, and obtains flight information corresponding to the obtained delivery drone aircraft ID and the time closest to the communication time from the flight data 114. The flight time closest to the communication time is obtained, for example, by extracting the flight times before the acquired communication time and the flight times after the acquired communication time, and the flight time closest to the communication time is set as the approximate flight time that is closest to the communication time. By extracting a flight data record including the flight time, flight longitude, and flight latitude of the approximate flight time from the flight data 114, the delivery specification unit 15 obtains the flight information of the approximate flight time closest to the communication time. The delivery determination unit 15 determines the communication establishment time when communication is established as the delivery time of the delivery item, determines the flight position including the flight latitude, flight longitude, and flight altitude of the approximate flight time as the delivery position of the delivery item, and determines the delivery time and delivery position of the delivery item when the delivery item is handed over to the recipient (step S107).

[0023] The delivery record unit 16 of the delivery record device 10 registers the delivery record information, including the delivery number, the delivery drone aircraft ID, the delivery item delivery time, the delivery longitude, the delivery latitude, the delivery altitude, the communication establishment result, and the communication mobile terminal identification number, as a delivery record data record record in the delivery record data 116 (step S108). In addition, the delivery location may be converted into a delivery address based on the delivery longitude, delivery latitude, delivery altitude, and map information, and delivery record information including the delivery address may be registered in the delivery record data 116 as a delivery record data record. Here, the delivery number is obtained from the delivery reception data 113 and corresponds to the delivery drone ID and the status “in delivery”. For example, the delivery recording device 10 accepts a delivery request, and registers a delivery reception data record, which is delivery reception information including the delivery number "1," the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC," and the status "In delivery," as the delivery reception data 113. Next, the delivery drone aircraft ID "JU0000001ABC" is in flight, and in the delivery recording device 10, a flight data record is registered as flight data 114, which is flight information including the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC" and flight time "2023 / 09 / 08 10:00 00", flight information including the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC" and flight time "2023 / 09 / 08 10:00 30", flight information including the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC" and flight time "2023 / 09 / 08 10:01 00", and flight information including the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC" and flight time "2023 / 09 / 08 10:01 30". Next, the delivery record device 10 acquires the communication establishment information transmitted from the delivery drone 20, in which the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC", the communication time "2023 / 09 / 08 10:00 55", and the communication mobile terminal identification number "K01VXYZ2A3" are set, and the communication establishment information is registered as a communication establishment data record. The flight time closest to the communication time "2023 / 09 / 08 10:00 55" of the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC" is searched from the flight data 114. A flight data record including the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC", the flight time "2023 / 09 / 08 10:01 00", the flight latitude "+35.33922", the flight longitude "+139.51855", and the flight altitude "15" is extracted. The communication establishment time is set to the delivery time "2023 / 09 / 08 10:00 55", the approximate flight latitude is set to the delivery latitude "+35.33922", the approximate flight longitude is set to the delivery longitude "+139.51855", and the approximate flight altitude is set to the delivery altitude "15", and the delivery time and delivery location are identified. Next, the delivery record device 10 extracts the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC" and the delivery number "1" corresponding to the status "In Delivery" from the delivery reception data 113. Furthermore, the delivery record information including the delivery number "1", the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC", the delivery item delivery time "2023 / 09 / 08 10:00 55", the delivery latitude "+35.33922", the delivery longitude "+139.51855", the delivery altitude "15", the communication establishment result "success", and the communication mobile terminal identification number "K01VXYZ2A3" is registered in the delivery record data 116 as a delivery record data record.

[0024] The delivery record unit 16 of the delivery record device 10 checks the communication establishment result, and if successful, transmits a decision to drop the delivery to the recipient to the delivery drone 20. If the communication establishment result is unsuccessful, the delivery record unit 16 notifies the delivery drone 20 that the delivery is completed (step S109).

[0025] The communication unit 22 of the delivery drone 20 receives the notification that the drop determination was successful and drops the delivery to the recipient. After dropping the delivery, the communication unit 22 of the delivery drone 20 transmits a notification of drop completion to the delivery recording device 10 (step S110). When the communication unit 22 receives a notification that the delivery is completed, the communication unit 22 ends the delivery.

[0026] The delivery record unit 16 of the delivery record device 10 receives a notification of completion of dropping from the delivery drone 20 through the communication unit 22. The delivery record unit 16 acquires the notification destination of the recipient from the account data 112, and notifies the recipient that the delivery and receipt have been completed (step S111).

[0027] The mobile terminal 30 receives the notification of the completion of the delivery and acceptance (step S112).

[0028] ***Advantages of the First Embodiment*** By linking flight information including information on the flight position and flight time of the delivery drone 20 with communication establishment information that can be obtained by establishing communication between the delivery drone 20 and the mobile terminal 30 owned by the recipient, it is possible to identify the delivery position where the delivery item is deemed to have been handed over to the recipient from the flight information of the delivery drone 20 at the time of communication establishment. A delivery record can be created by identifying the approximate delivery position from the delivery time. The delivery position may be converted into an address and registered. In addition, by recording information on the delivery position and delivery time, the system administrator can check the delivery status from the operation terminal 40. Furthermore, by having the delivery drone 20 handle communication with the delivery recording device 10 as in this system configuration, the amount of processing performed by the delivery app installed on the mobile terminal 30 is reduced, which has the effect of reducing the need to modify the delivery app.

[0029] ***Other configurations*** <Variation 1> As a first variant example, some of the functions of the delivery record device 10, delivery drone 20, mobile terminal 30, and operation terminal 40 of the delivery record system 1 may be combined into a single device.

[0030] <Variation 2> As a second modification, some or all of the functions of the delivery record device 10 and the operation terminal 40 of the delivery record system 1 may be implemented by being constructed on the cloud.

[0031] Embodiment 2 In the first embodiment, this is realized by the recipient and the sender owning the same mobile terminal 30 or the same account. In the second embodiment, the recipient of the delivery item and the delivery requester own different mobile terminals or have different accounts, and the delivery recording system 1 is configured to be realized by a delivery recording device 10, a delivery drone 20, the recipient's mobile terminal 30a, the requester's mobile terminal 30b, and an operation terminal 40. The differences from the first embodiment will be explained.

[0032] ***Configuration of the Second Embodiment*** FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of the delivery record system 1. In this embodiment, the delivery record system 1 is composed of a network 2, a delivery record device 10, a delivery drone 20, a mobile terminal 30a, a mobile terminal 30b, and an operation terminal 40. The mobile terminal owned by the recipient is assumed to be mobile terminal 30a, and the mobile terminal owned by the sender is assumed to be mobile terminal 30b.

[0033] 9 is a functional configuration diagram showing the functional configuration of the system. Differences from the first embodiment will be described. The delivery record device 10 further includes a recipient determination unit 17 in addition to the functional configuration of the first embodiment. The recipient determination unit 17 determines the recipient accepted in the delivery request.

[0034] 10 is a data structure diagram of the delivery receipt and delivery record. The points different from the first embodiment will be explained. The delivery receipt data 113 in the first embodiment includes items including a recipient mobile terminal identification number and a recipient account number. The delivery record data 116 in the first embodiment includes an item including a recipient determination result. The delivery drone data 111, the account data 112, the flight data 114, and the communication establishment data 115 are the same as those in the first embodiment.

[0035] ***Operation of the Second Embodiment*** Figure 11 shows the processing flow of the delivery recording device 10, which accepts a delivery request, causes the delivery drone 20 to begin flying, acquires flight information of the delivery drone 20, and identifies the location where the delivery item is handed over to the recipient from the information established when communication is established between the delivery drone 20 and the recipient's mobile terminal 30a. The operation will be explained using this flow chart. Steps S203 to S205 are similar to steps S101 to S103 in the first embodiment.

[0036] The display unit 34 of the mobile terminal 30b owned by the sender displays a delivery request screen of the delivery app, and the sender inputs delivery request information including information on the recipient of the delivery and the delivery destination. The operation reception unit 36 ​​of the mobile terminal 30b generates delivery request data received from the sender, and the communication unit 32 transmits the delivery request information to the delivery record device 10 (step S201). At this time, the requester is a user of the delivery app who has an account with the delivery app and can log in to the delivery app. The operation for making a delivery request may be a system that displays a screen for making a delivery request on a website.

[0037] The delivery reception unit 13 acquires the recipient's account number based on the delivery request information received from the mobile terminal 30b through the communication unit 12 of the delivery recording device 10. By specifying the acquired account number, an account data record including the mobile terminal identification number of the corresponding account number is acquired from the account data 112. Based on the delivery request data and the account data record, the delivery reception unit 13 registers the delivery reception data record in the delivery reception data 113 as delivery reception information including the delivery location, the recipient mobile terminal identification number, the recipient account number, and the sender account number (step S202). Here, when the recipient's account number is obtained from the delivery request information and the corresponding account data record is obtained from the account data 112, if the mobile terminal identification number is not set, the recipient determination performed in S209 cannot be performed, and therefore the delivery request will not be accepted.

[0038] The short-range communication unit 33 of the mobile terminal 30a receives a connection request from the delivery drone 20. If authentication of the mobile terminal 30a is successful, connection communication is established with the delivery drone 20. Once the connection is established, information including mobile terminal identification information for identifying the mobile terminal 30a is transmitted to the delivery drone 20 via the short-range communication unit 33 (step S206).

[0039] The delivery drone 20 receives information including the mobile terminal identification information from the mobile terminal 30a through the short-range communication unit 23. If the short-range communication unit 23 can acquire the mobile terminal identification information from the communication information, it generates communication establishment information including the communication establishment result "success", the communication time, and the delivery drone aircraft ID. The communication establishment information is transmitted to the delivery recording device 10 through the communication unit 22 (step S207). Here, if the delivery drone 20 is unable to receive communication information from the mobile terminal 30a for a certain period of time, it determines that the communication establishment result is a “failure” and the communication establishment result is “failed.”

[0040] The delivery recording device 10 receives communication establishment information from the delivery drone 20 through the communication unit 12. The information acquisition unit 14 acquires the communication establishment information and registers information including the delivery drone aircraft ID, the communication time, the communication establishment result, and the communication mobile terminal identification number in the communication establishment data 115 as a communication establishment data record (step S208). Here, if the communication establishment information does not include a communication mobile terminal identification number, there is no mobile terminal 30a with which communication has been established, so an empty string is set and the number is registered as a communication establishment data record in the communication establishment data 115.

[0041] The recipient determination unit 17 of the delivery recording device 10 obtains a delivery receipt data record including the relevant delivery drone aircraft ID and the recipient mobile terminal identification number corresponding to the delivery number corresponding to the status "delivery in progress" from the delivery receipt data 113. The recipient mobile terminal identification number of the extracted delivery receipt data record is compared with the mobile terminal identification number obtained from the communication establishment information. If the mobile terminal identification numbers match, the recipient determination result is determined as "success", and otherwise the recipient determination result is determined as "failure". The recipient determination result is temporarily stored in the memory unit 11 as recipient determination information (step S209).

[0042] The delivery identification unit 15 of the delivery recording device 10 obtains the delivery drone aircraft ID and the communication time from the communication establishment information, and obtains flight information corresponding to the obtained delivery drone aircraft ID and the time closest to the communication time from the flight data 114. The flight time closest to the communication time is obtained, for example, by extracting flight times before the acquired communication time and flight times after the acquired communication time, and the flight time closest to the communication time is set as the approximate flight time that is closest to the communication time. By acquiring a flight data record including the flight time, flight longitude, and flight latitude of the approximate flight time, flight position information of the approximate flight time closest to the communication time is obtained. The communication establishment time when communication is established is set as the delivery time, the flight position including the flight latitude, flight longitude, and flight altitude of the approximate flight time is set as the delivery position of the delivery, and the delivery time when the delivery is handed over to the recipient and the delivery position are identified (step S210).

[0043] The delivery record unit 16 of the delivery record device 10 obtains the recipient determination result from the recipient determination information from the memory unit 11, and registers the delivery number, delivery drone aircraft ID, delivery item delivery time, delivery longitude, delivery latitude, delivery altitude, communication establishment result, communication mobile terminal identification number, and recipient determination result as delivery record information in the delivery record data 116 as a delivery record data record record (step S211). Here, if the communication establishment result is "failed", since there is no mobile terminal 30a with which communication has been established, null characters are set and registered for the communication mobile terminal identification number and recipient determination result. For example, the delivery reception data 113 includes the delivery number "4," delivery location "1-1-1 Kamimachiya, Kamakura city," sender account number "C0001," recipient mobile terminal identification number "K02ABCD3T4," recipient account number "B0001," delivery drone aircraft ID "JU0000001ABC," and status "In delivery." The delivery drone aircraft ID "JU0000001ABC" is in flight, and as flight data 114, a flight data record is registered in the information acquisition unit 14 of the delivery recording device 10, which is flight information including the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC" and flight time "2023 / 09 / 08 12:00 00", flight information including the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC" and flight time "2023 / 09 / 08 12:00 30", flight information including the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC" and flight time "2023 / 09 / 08 12:01 00", and flight information including the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC" and flight time "2023 / 09 / 08 12:01 30". Next, the information acquisition unit 14 of the delivery record device 10 acquires the communication establishment information transmitted from the delivery drone 20, in which the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC", the communication time "2023 / 09 / 08 12:00 55", and the communication mobile terminal identification number "K02ABCD3T4" are set. The flight data 114 is searched for the flight time closest to the communication time "2023 / 09 / 08 12:00 55" of the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC". A flight data record including the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC", the flight time "2023 / 09 / 08 12:01 00", the flight latitude "+35.33922", the flight longitude "+139.51855", and the flight altitude "15" is extracted. The communication establishment time is set to the delivery time "2023 / 09 / 08 12:00 55", the approximate flight latitude is set to the delivery latitude "+35.33922", the approximate flight longitude is set to the delivery longitude "+139.51855", and the approximate flight altitude is set to the delivery altitude "15", and the delivery time and delivery location are identified. Next, the recipient determination unit 17 of the delivery recording device 10 obtains the communication mobile terminal identification number "K02ABCD3T4" from the communication establishment information. It obtains the delivery reception data record corresponding to the delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC" and the status "In delivery" from the delivery reception data 113. It compares the communication mobile terminal identification number "K02ABCD3T4" of the communication establishment information with the recipient mobile terminal identification number "K02ABCD3T4" obtained from the delivery reception data record, and if they match, sets the recipient determination result to "success." Next, delivery record information including the delivery number "4", delivery drone ID "JU0000001ABC", delivery time "2023 / 09 / 08 12:00 55", delivery latitude "+35.33922", delivery longitude "+139.51855", delivery altitude "15", communication establishment result "successful", communication mobile terminal identification number "K02ABCD3T4", and recipient determination result "successful" is registered as a delivery record data record in the delivery record data 116.

[0044] The delivery record unit 16 of the delivery record device 10 checks whether the recipient determination result is successful, and if it is "successful", transmits a decision to drop the delivery item to the recipient to the delivery drone 20. If the recipient determination result is "failure" and the communication establishment result is "failure", the delivery record unit 16 notifies the delivery drone 20 through the communication unit 12 that the delivery is complete, and the delivery is terminated (step S212). When the delivery is completed, the delivery record device 10 may notify the sender's mobile terminal 30b that the delivery is completed. Furthermore, if the recipient judgment result is "successful," the delivery recording device 10 may notify the recipient's mobile terminal 30a of a confirmation notification as to whether or not to accept the delivery.

[0045] When the communication unit 22 of the delivery drone 20 receives the "success" of the drop judgment, the delivery drone 20 drops the delivery to the recipient. After dropping the delivery, the communication unit 22 of the delivery drone 20 transmits a drop completion to the delivery recording device 10 (step S110). It should be noted that the system administrator may check the recipient determination result at the operation reception unit 45 of the operation terminal 40 and perform the dropping determination.

[0046] The delivery record unit 16 of the delivery record device 10 receives the completion of dropping from the delivery drone 20 through the communication unit 22. The delivery record unit 16 acquires the notification destination of the recipient and the notification destination of the sender from the account data 112, and notifies the notification destinations of the recipient and the sender that the delivery and receipt have been completed (step S214).

[0047] The mobile terminal 30a receives the notification of the completion of delivery and handover transmitted from the delivery recording device 10 (step S215).

[0048] The mobile terminal 30b receives the notification of the completion of delivery and handover transmitted from the delivery recording device 10 (step S216).

[0049] ***Effects of the second embodiment*** Even if the person requesting delivery and the person receiving the delivery are different, the identity of the recipient can be determined from the mobile terminal identification information that establishes communication with the delivery drone 20, and the recipient can be identified as having accepted the delivery before the delivery item is handed over to the recipient. In addition, the delivery drone 20 can identify the delivery location and delivery time when the delivery item is handed over to the recipient, and record this as evidence of the delivery acceptance received from the sender.

[0050] In addition, the word "part" in the above description may be read as a "circuit," "step," "procedure," "processing," or "processing circuit."

[0051] Various aspects of the present disclosure are summarized below as appendices. (Appendix 1) A delivery recording device that is network-connected to a delivery drone that delivers a delivery item, Flight information including a paired flight position of the delivery drone and a flight time that is the time when the flight position was acquired; An information acquisition unit that acquires communication establishment information including a communication establishment time when communication with a mobile terminal held by a recipient to which the delivery item is delivered is established from the delivery drone; A flight position paired with an approximate flight time, which is a flight time close to the communication establishment time, is extracted from the flight information; a delivery specification unit that specifies the communication establishment time as a delivery time, the flight position as a delivery position, and specifies information including the delivery time and the delivery position as delivery information. Delivery recording device. (Appendix 2) Furthermore, a delivery reception unit that receives a delivery request from a sender requesting delivery, the sender being the recipient of the delivery item; A delivery record unit is provided that notifies the recipient's mobile terminal of the completion of delivery and handover when communication with the recipient's mobile terminal is established and the delivery drone performs the process of handing over the delivery item to the recipient. 2. A delivery recording device as described in claim 1. (Appendix 3) moreover, a delivery reception unit that receives a delivery request from a sender requesting delivery, the delivery request specifying information including a mobile terminal identification number of a mobile terminal owned by a recipient of the delivery piece who is different from the sender; A delivery record unit is provided that notifies the sender's mobile terminal and the recipient's mobile terminal of the completion of delivery and handover when communication between the delivery drone and the recipient's mobile terminal is established and the delivery drone performs a process of handing over the delivery to the recipient. 3. A delivery record device according to claim 1 or 2. (Appendix 4) The communication establishment information acquired from the delivery drone includes a mobile terminal identification number of the recipient's mobile terminal with which communication has been established, moreover, After establishing communication with the recipient's mobile device, determine whether the mobile device identification number included in the communication establishment information obtained from the delivery drone is the same as the mobile device identification number accepted in the delivery request; and a recipient determination unit that, when a mobile terminal identification number included in the communication establishment information acquired from the delivery drone is identical to a mobile terminal identification number accepted in the delivery request, determines that the owner of the mobile terminal having the mobile terminal identification number included in the communication establishment information acquired from the delivery drone is the recipient himself / herself. 4. A delivery recording device as described in claim 3. (Appendix 5) The information acquisition unit Registering the flight information received at regular intervals from the delivery drone; The delivery record unit includes: Generate delivery record information including the delivery information including an approximate delivery location based on the approximate flight information extracted from the flight information, the result of establishing communication between the delivery drone and the recipient's mobile terminal, and the result of the recipient determination unit determining that the recipient is the recipient himself / herself, and register the information in the flight information. 5. A delivery recording device as described in claim 4. (Appendix 6) The delivery record device is constructed on a cloud server. 6. A delivery record device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. (Appendix 7) A delivery drone that is network-connected to a delivery recording device and a mobile terminal, A location information acquisition unit that acquires flight information of the current location of the delivery drone, including latitude, longitude, and altitude; A short-range communication unit that generates drone information including a drone number that identifies a delivery drone and communication establishment information including information that communication with the mobile terminal has been established; A communication unit that transmits the flight information acquired by the location information acquisition unit at regular intervals to the delivery record device. Delivery drone. (Appendix 8) Flight information including a flight position of a delivery drone that delivers a delivery item and a flight time that is the time when the flight position is acquired; An information acquisition process for acquiring communication establishment information including a communication establishment time when communication between the delivery drone of the recipient to whom the delivery item is delivered and a mobile terminal capable of communicating with the delivery drone is successfully established and the communication establishment information from the delivery drone; Extracting approximate flight information, which is an approximate flight time that is a flight time close to the communication establishment time and a flight position at the approximate flight time, from the flight information; a delivery specification process for specifying the communication establishment time as a delivery time, the approximate flight position as a delivery position, and specifying information including the delivery time and the delivery position as delivery information. Record of delivery program. (Appendix 9) Flight information including a flight position of a delivery drone that delivers a delivery item and a flight time that is the time when the flight position is acquired; Acquire from the delivery drone communication establishment information including a communication establishment time when communication between the delivery drone of the recipient to whom the delivery item is to be delivered and a mobile terminal capable of communicating with the delivery drone is successfully established; Extracting approximate flight information, which is an approximate flight time that is a flight time close to the communication establishment time and a flight position at the approximate flight time, from the flight information; The communication establishment time is set as a delivery time, the approximate flight position is set as a delivery position, and information including the delivery time and the delivery position is specified as delivery information. How to record delivery. (Appendix 10) A location information acquisition unit that acquires flight information of the current location of the delivery drone, including latitude, longitude, and altitude; A short-range communication unit that generates drone information including a drone number that identifies the delivery drone and communication establishment information including information that communication has been established with the recipient's mobile device; A delivery drone including a communication unit that transmits the flight information acquired by the location information acquisition unit at regular intervals to a delivery record device; The flight information includes a paired flight position of the delivery drone and a flight time that is the time when the flight position was acquired; An information acquisition unit that acquires communication establishment information including a communication establishment time when communication with a mobile terminal held by the recipient to which the delivery item is delivered is established from the delivery drone; A flight position paired with an approximate flight time, which is a flight time close to the communication establishment time, is extracted from the flight information; a delivery specification unit that specifies the communication establishment time as a delivery time, the flight position as a delivery position, and specifies information including the delivery time and the delivery position as delivery information. A delivery recording system comprising a delivery recording device.

[0052] The embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above. Some of these embodiments may be combined and implemented. Also, one or some of them may be partially implemented. Note that the present disclosure is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications are possible as necessary. [Explanation of symbols]

[0053] 1 Delivery record system, 2 Network, 10 Delivery record device, 11 Memory unit, 12 Communication unit, 13 Delivery reception unit, 14 Information acquisition unit, 15 Delivery identification unit, 16 Delivery record unit, 17 Recipient determination unit, 20 Delivery drone, 21 Memory unit, 22 Communication unit, 23 Short-range communication unit, 24 Location information acquisition unit, 30 Mobile terminal, 31 Memory unit, 32 Communication unit, 33 Short-range communication unit, 34 Display unit, 35 Input unit, 36 Operation reception unit, 40 Operation terminal, 41 Memory unit, 42 Communication unit, 43 Input unit, 44 Display unit, 45 Operation reception unit, 111 Delivery drone data, 112 Account data, 113 Delivery reception data, 114 Flight data, 115 Communication establishment data, 116 Delivery record data.

Claims

1. A delivery recording device that is network-connected to a delivery drone that delivers a delivery item, Flight information including a paired flight position of the delivery drone and a flight time that is the time when the flight position was acquired; An information acquisition unit that acquires communication establishment information including a communication establishment time when communication with a mobile terminal held by a recipient to which the delivery item is delivered is established from the delivery drone; A flight position paired with an approximate flight time, which is a flight time close to the communication establishment time, is extracted from the flight information; a delivery specification unit that specifies the communication establishment time as a delivery time, the flight position as a delivery position, and specifies information including the delivery time and the delivery position as delivery information. Delivery recording device.

2. Furthermore, a delivery reception unit that receives a delivery request from a sender requesting delivery, the sender being the recipient of the delivery item; A delivery record unit is provided that notifies the recipient's mobile terminal of the completion of delivery and handover when communication with the recipient's mobile terminal is established and the delivery drone performs the process of handing over the delivery item to the recipient. The delivery record device according to claim 1.

3. moreover, a delivery reception unit that receives a delivery request from a sender requesting delivery, the delivery request specifying information including a mobile terminal identification number of a mobile terminal owned by a recipient of the delivery piece who is different from the sender; A delivery record unit is provided that notifies the sender's mobile terminal and the recipient's mobile terminal of the completion of delivery and handover when communication between the delivery drone and the recipient's mobile terminal is established and the delivery drone performs a process of handing over the delivery to the recipient. The delivery record device according to claim 1.

4. The communication establishment information acquired from the delivery drone includes a mobile terminal identification number of the recipient's mobile terminal with which communication has been established, moreover, After establishing communication with the recipient's mobile device, determine whether the mobile device identification number included in the communication establishment information obtained from the delivery drone is the same as the mobile device identification number accepted in the delivery request; and a recipient determination unit that, when a mobile terminal identification number included in the communication establishment information acquired from the delivery drone is identical to a mobile terminal identification number accepted in the delivery request, determines that the owner of the mobile terminal having the mobile terminal identification number included in the communication establishment information acquired from the delivery drone is the recipient himself / herself. The delivery record device according to claim 3.

5. The information acquisition unit Registering the flight information received at regular intervals from the delivery drone; The delivery record unit includes: Generate delivery record information including the delivery information including an approximate delivery location of the delivery item based on approximate flight information extracted from the flight information, the result of establishing communication between the delivery drone and the recipient's mobile terminal, and the result of the recipient determination unit determining that the recipient is the recipient himself / herself, and register the information in the flight information. The delivery record device according to claim 4.

6. The delivery record device is constructed on a cloud server. The delivery record device according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

7. A delivery drone that is network-connected to a delivery recording device and a mobile terminal, A location information acquisition unit that acquires flight information of the current location of the delivery drone, including latitude, longitude, and altitude; A short-range communication unit that generates drone information including a drone number that identifies a delivery drone and communication establishment information including information that communication with the mobile terminal has been established; A communication unit that transmits the flight information acquired by the location information acquisition unit at regular intervals to the delivery record device. Delivery drone.

8. Flight information including a flight position of a delivery drone that delivers a delivery item and a flight time that is the time when the flight position is acquired; An information acquisition process for acquiring communication establishment information including a communication establishment time when communication between the delivery drone of the recipient to whom the delivery item is delivered and a mobile terminal capable of communicating with the delivery drone is successfully established and the communication establishment information from the delivery drone; Extracting approximate flight information, which is an approximate flight time that is a flight time close to the communication establishment time and a flight position at the approximate flight time, from the flight information; a delivery specification process for specifying the communication establishment time as a delivery time, the approximate flight position as a delivery position, and specifying information including the delivery time and the delivery position as delivery information. Record of delivery program.

9. Flight information including a flight position of a delivery drone that delivers a delivery item and a flight time that is the time when the flight position is acquired; Acquire from the delivery drone communication establishment information including a communication establishment time when communication between the delivery drone of the recipient to whom the delivery item is to be delivered and a mobile terminal capable of communicating with the delivery drone is successfully established; Extracting approximate flight information, which is an approximate flight time that is a flight time close to the communication establishment time and a flight position at the approximate flight time, from the flight information; The communication establishment time is set as a delivery time, the approximate flight position is set as a delivery position, and information including the delivery time and the delivery position is specified as delivery information. How to record delivery.

10. A location information acquisition unit that acquires flight information of the current location of the delivery drone, including latitude, longitude, and altitude; A short-range communication unit that generates drone information including a drone number that identifies the delivery drone and communication establishment information including information that communication has been established with the recipient's mobile device; A delivery drone including a communication unit that transmits the flight information acquired by the location information acquisition unit at regular intervals to a delivery record device; The flight information includes a paired flight position of the delivery drone and a flight time that is the time when the flight position was acquired; An information acquisition unit that acquires communication establishment information including a communication establishment time when communication with a mobile terminal held by the recipient to which the delivery item is delivered is established from the delivery drone; A flight position paired with an approximate flight time, which is a flight time close to the communication establishment time, is extracted from the flight information; a delivery specification unit that specifies the communication establishment time as a delivery time, the flight position as a delivery position, and specifies information including the delivery time and the delivery position as delivery information. A delivery recording system comprising a delivery recording device.

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