building

Abstract

To provide a building that allows collection of transported goods received from an unmanned aerial vehicle with a small or no travel distance. [Solution] A building 100 has a flat roof 50 and another roof 60 with a rooftop wall 62, and has multiple floors, with each floor having multiple dwelling units or rooms to which the transported item L is to be transported. The flat roof 50 receives the transported item L from an unmanned aerial vehicle D, and automatic doors 65 are provided on the rooftop wall 62. A transport path 30 extending vertically across multiple floors leads to the automatic doors 65, and an elevator 35 automatically transports the transported item L inside the transport path 30. The transported item L received from the unmanned aerial vehicle D is transferred to the elevator 35 through the automatic doors 65, and the elevator 35 descends to the destination floor, and the transported item L is automatically transported to the destination.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to buildings. [Background technology]

[0002] Recently, demonstration experiments have been conducted on the automatic transport of goods using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones, small unmanned aircraft), and it is expected that this will help alleviate the labor shortage in logistics and help elderly people who are unable to go shopping due to physical disabilities to live independently.When transporting goods by unmanned aerial vehicle, a takeoff and landing area for the unmanned aerial vehicle must be set up at the receiving building (multi-family housing such as an apartment building, a detached house, etc.), and a so-called drone port is installed in the takeoff and landing area to store the goods detached from the unmanned aerial vehicle.

[0003] For example, in the case of an ordinary detached house, a takeoff and landing area is set up in the garden or on a balcony, where the cargo detached from the unmanned aircraft is placed, and the resident can then travel a relatively short distance to retrieve the cargo.

[0004] On the other hand, in apartment buildings and the like with multiple floors and multiple dwelling units on each floor, it would be uneconomical to set up a landing and takeoff area for each dwelling unit, so landing and takeoff areas are set up in common areas such as courtyards, and residents who are to receive the transported goods access the landing and takeoff areas. Therefore, in apartment buildings such as high-rise condominiums or large-scale condominiums with many dwelling units on each floor, the goods will have to travel a long distance to be collected, which is undesirable as it reduces the benefits of automatic cargo transport using unmanned aerial vehicles.

[0005] Furthermore, this also applies to buildings such as large detached houses and two-family homes, which have different dwelling units or rooms to which the transported goods are delivered, and if there is only one takeoff and landing area, the transported goods may have to travel a relatively long distance before they can be collected.

[0006] For the above reasons, in buildings with multiple floors, each with multiple dwelling units or rooms to which goods can be transported, it is desirable to have a building structure that allows goods received from an unmanned aerial vehicle to be collected with little or no travel distance.

[0007] Patent Document 1 proposes a building that can secure space for takeoff and landing of unmanned aerial vehicles even in a small building such as a detached house, allowing for safe and reliable takeoff and landing of unmanned aerial vehicles. This building has a first space and a second space separated by an exterior wall, the second space being an outdoor port space where unmanned aerial vehicles take off and land, a third space formed through the exterior wall to communicate with the first space and the second space, and a receiving unit configured to be movable between the second space and the third space and to receive luggage when the unmanned aerial vehicle delivers the luggage to the second space. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0008] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Publication No. 2022-50810 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0009] The building described in Patent Document 1 is intended for a relatively small detached house and is equipped with one takeoff and landing area for unmanned aerial vehicles, and therefore does not disclose a means to solve the above-mentioned problem, namely, the problem that transported items are forced to travel long distances to be collected in apartment buildings, large detached houses, etc.

[0010] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a building with multiple floors, each floor containing multiple dwelling units or rooms to which items can be transported, in which items received from an unmanned aerial vehicle can be collected with little or no travel distance. [Means for solving the problem]

[0011] In order to achieve the above object, one aspect of the building according to the present invention is as follows: A building having a flat roof and another roof with a rooftop wall projecting upward from the flat roof, and having multiple floors, each floor having multiple dwelling units or rooms to which transported goods are to be transported, The flat roof is configured to receive the transported goods from the unmanned aerial vehicle, An automatic door is provided on the rooftop wall, a conveying path extending vertically across the plurality of floors is provided, the conveying path leads to the automatic door, and an elevator automatically conveys goods inside the conveying path; The transported goods received from the unmanned aerial vehicle are transferred to the elevator through the automatic doors, the elevator descends to the destination floor, and the goods are automatically transported to the destination.

[0012] According to this aspect, the building has a flat roof and another roof with a rooftop wall that protrudes upward from the flat roof and has an automatic door, and an elevator automatically rises and descends inside a transport path that leads to the automatic door and spans multiple floors.The goods received from the unmanned aerial vehicle are transferred to the elevator through the automatic door and automatically transported to the destination by the elevator's descent, making it possible to collect the goods received from the unmanned aerial vehicle with little or no travel distance in a building with multiple floors, each floor having multiple dwelling units or rooms to which the goods are to be delivered.

[0013] In other words, in a building of this type, for example, an unmanned aerial vehicle lands on the flat roof and moves to an automatic door, the goods to be transported are transferred to an elevator through the automatic door, and the elevator then moves to the destination.Therefore, if a cargo storage area is set up on the destination floor, residents on each floor can collect the goods by moving to the cargo storage area.

[0014] In addition, if the elevator is adjacent to part of a residential unit, a robotic arm or the like installed inside the elevator can transfer the transported items to the receiving port of the residential unit, allowing residents to collect the items without having to travel any distance.

[0015] Furthermore, even if an unmanned aircraft carrying an item to be transported enters an elevator, exits the elevator at the destination floor, and drives itself along a shared corridor or the like to transport the item directly to the destination, residents or others can retrieve the item without having to travel any distance.

[0016] Thus, "transferring an object to be transported to an elevator" includes only the object being transferred to the elevator, an unmanned aerial vehicle carrying the object entering the elevator, and a structure that receives the object from the unmanned aerial vehicle and moves across a flat roof (the object receiving vehicle, described below) entering the elevator. In the case where only the object is transferred to the elevator, the object can be transferred to the elevator by a method in which a robot arm or the like equipped on the elevator transfers the object from the object receiving vehicle, or by a method in which the unmanned aerial vehicle or the object receiving vehicle is equipped with a robot arm, belt conveyor, or the like, and these transfer means are used to transfer the object to the elevator.

[0017] The control of elevators, automatic door opening and closing, etc. can be performed by a control panel or the like located in a part of the building. For example, if the building is an apartment building or the like that has a control room, the control panel can be stored in the control room.

[0018] For example, the unmanned aerial vehicle or the receiving vehicle is equipped with a sensor transmitter, and the automatic door is equipped with a sensor receiver. When the unmanned aerial vehicle carrying the goods or the receiving vehicle that has received the goods accesses and faces the automatic door, the signal from the sensor transmitter is received by the sensor receiver, and this received information is received by the control panel, which then moves the elevator inside the conveying path to align it with the back of the automatic door, and opens the automatic door on the roof wall at the same time as opening the automatic door of the elevator, thereby performing sequential control.

[0019] After the automatic doors open, there are two modes: an unmanned aerial vehicle or a receiving vehicle loads the goods into an elevator waiting behind it, or the unmanned aerial vehicle with the goods or the receiving vehicle that has received the goods gets into the elevator. The goods are set with destination ID information, and the elevator, controlled by a control panel, descends to the destination floor based on the destination ID information and unloads the goods there, or the unmanned aerial vehicle or receiving vehicle descends and drives itself to the destination to deliver the goods.

[0020] In another aspect of the building according to the present invention, A self-propelled cargo receiving carrier is configured to move on the flat roof to receive the transported goods from the unmanned aerial vehicle, The receiving vehicle, which receives the transported item from the unmanned aerial vehicle, moves to the automatic door on the flat roof and transfers the transported item to the elevator through the automatic door.

[0021] According to this aspect, the receiving carrier that receives the cargo from the unmanned aerial vehicle moves over a flat roof and transfers the cargo to an elevator through an automatic door, thereby eliminating the need to provide the unmanned aerial vehicle with a means of transportation that moves over the flat roof, and allowing the cargo to be transferred to the elevator smoothly and with high precision, and then unloaded at the destination.

[0022] Another aspect of the building according to the present invention is A plurality of the automatic doors are provided on the rooftop wall surface, Each automatic door is provided with a specific conveying path, and each conveying path is automatically raised and lowered by the specific elevator, The receiving transport vehicle is characterized by running on its own on the flat roof to the automatic door corresponding to the transport path leading to the destination of the received transported item, and transferring the transported item to the elevator through the automatic door.

[0023] According to this aspect, a common transport route connects multiple dwelling units and rooms located vertically on each floor, each transport route is equipped with its own elevator that can automatically rise and fall, and the roof wall is provided with multiple automatic doors unique to each transport route.On the flat roof, the cargo receiving transport vehicle drives itself to the automatic door that leads to the transport route corresponding to the destination dwelling unit or room and transfers the transported items to the elevator.This allows for flat cargo handling on the flat roof in large apartment buildings and the like with a relatively large number of dwelling units and the like on each floor, and the transported items can be transported to their destination efficiently and smoothly using the appropriate transport route and elevators.

[0024] For example, information that a receiving conveyance has accessed an automatic door is sent to the control panel, and the control panel controls the movement of the elevator inside the conveyance path corresponding to that automatic door so that the elevator is aligned with the back of the automatic door. After the conveyance item is transferred to the elevator, as already described, the control panel will lower the elevator to the destination floor based on the ID information.

[0025] Another aspect of the building according to the present invention is A plurality of the other roofs are provided around the flat roof.

[0026] According to this aspect, multiple other roofs are provided around the flat roof, each of which is provided with one or more automatic doors, and each automatic door is connected to its own transport path. As a result, even in extremely large apartment buildings, etc., cargo can be handled in a flat manner on the flat roof, and the goods can be transported to their destination efficiently and smoothly using suitable transport paths and elevators.

[0027] Another aspect of the building according to the present invention is The other roof is either a flat roof or a gable roof.

[0028] According to this aspect, the other roof is either a flat roof or a gable roof, so that a building with a rational composite roof can be formed having a flat roof and the other roof. [Effects of the Invention]

[0029] As can be understood from the above explanation, according to the building of the present invention, in a building having multiple floors, each floor having multiple dwelling units or rooms to which the transported goods are to be transported, the transported goods received from an unmanned aerial vehicle can be collected with little or no travel distance. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0030] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an example of a building according to an embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0031] An example of a building according to an embodiment will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this specification and drawings, substantially identical components may be designated by the same reference numerals to avoid redundant description.

[0032] [Building according to the embodiment] An example of a building according to the embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 1. Here, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the example of a building according to the embodiment. Note that the following description shows a configuration in which a load-receiving conveyance vehicle 80 waiting on a flat roof 50 receives an item L from an unmanned aerial vehicle D, moves over the flat roof 50, and transfers the item L to an elevator; however, other than the illustrated example, the unmanned aerial vehicle D may land on the flat roof 50, move, and transfer the item L to an elevator.

[0033] The building 100 in the illustrated example is a two-story apartment building with two dwelling units 10A, 10B on the first floor and two dwelling units 20A, 20B on the second floor, with dwelling units 10A, 20A lined up vertically and dwelling units 10B, 20B lined up vertically, and with shared corridors 41, 42 on the first and second floors, respectively.

[0034] The target buildings here may be relatively small apartment buildings as shown in the example, high-rise apartment buildings or super high-rise condominiums with 10 to 50 floors with many dwelling units on each floor, or large detached houses such as two-family homes with many rooms. In the case of large detached houses, conveyance routes and elevators corresponding to each room are installed.

[0035] The roof above the dwelling units 20A, 20B is a flat roof 50, and the roof above the common passage 42 is a gable roof 60 (an example of an other roof), and below the gable roof 60 is a rooftop wall surface 62 that protrudes upward from the flat roof 50. Here, the gable roof 60 may be a flat roof separate from the flat roof 50.

[0036] A conveying path 30A is provided between the dwelling units 10A and 20A that correspond to each other in the vertical direction, extending vertically across both of them, and the conveying path 30A extends to the vicinity of the shed roof 60.

[0037] An automatic door 65A is provided on the rooftop wall 62 at a position corresponding to the transport path 30A so as to be able to open and close automatically in the X2 direction, and when the automatic door 65A is opened, the transport path 30A is opened.

[0038] Inside the conveying path 30A, an elevator 35A is arranged so that it can automatically rise and fall in the X1 direction. The elevator 35A is aligned with the back of the automatic door 65A, and when the automatic door 65A opens, an automatic door (not shown) attached to the elevator 35A also opens at the same time, exposing the interior of the elevator 35A to the flat roof 50.

[0039] Elevator 35A is designed to stop at a position corresponding to automatic door 65A, a position corresponding to second floor dwelling unit 20A, and a position corresponding to first floor dwelling unit 10A, and when it stops at each position, an automatic door (not shown) opens, and when it automatically moves up and down conveying path 30A, an automatic door (not shown) closes.

[0040] Similarly, a conveying path 30B is provided between the dwelling units 10B and 20B that correspond to each other in the vertical direction, extending vertically across both of them, and the conveying path 30B extends to the vicinity of the shed roof 60.

[0041] An automatic door 65B is provided on the rooftop wall 62 at a position corresponding to the transport path 30B so as to be able to open and close automatically in the X2 direction, and when the automatic door 65B is opened, the transport path 30B is opened.

[0042] Inside the conveying path 30B, an elevator 35B is arranged so that it can automatically rise and fall in the X1 direction. The elevator 35B is aligned with the back of the automatic door 65B, and when the automatic door 65B opens, an automatic door (not shown) attached to the elevator 35B also opens at the same time, exposing the interior of the elevator 35B to the flat roof 50.

[0043] Elevator 35B is designed to stop at a position corresponding to automatic door 65B, a position corresponding to second floor dwelling unit 20B, and a position corresponding to first floor dwelling unit 10B, and when it stops at each position, an automatic door (not shown) opens, and when it automatically moves up and down conveying path 30B, an automatic door (not shown) closes.

[0044] A parapet 52 is erected around the periphery of the flat roof 50, and a receiving port P where the receiving vehicle 80 waits is set on the flat roof surface of the flat roof 50. Although not shown in the drawings, the receiving port may have a storage box or the like in which the waiting receiving vehicle 80 is stored, and when the unmanned aerial vehicle D arrives, the receiving vehicle 80 may come out of the storage box and assume a waiting position for receiving the cargo. In this configuration, the receiving vehicle 80 can be protected from wind, rain, etc.

[0045] The unmanned aerial vehicle D carrying the cargo L accesses the cargo receiving vehicle 80 stopped at the cargo receiving port P in the direction Y1, detaches the cargo L, and hands it over to the cargo receiving vehicle 80.

[0046] Unmanned aerial vehicle D is generally a relatively small drone, but since the flat roof 50 has a relatively large floor area, there is good access to the cargo receiving and transport vehicle 80 located on the flat roof 50, and even a relatively large unmanned aerial vehicle can access it, so there is no risk of unmanned aerial vehicle D colliding with and damaging components of the building 100.

[0047] The load receiving conveyor 80 includes a load receiving platform 81, a plurality of self-propelled traveling means 82 supporting the load receiving platform 81, a sensor transmitter 84, and a controller 85.

[0048] The traveling means 82 has, for example, legs that are height-adjustable and rotatable around their own axes, and rollers that are rotatably attached to the legs, and some or all of each traveling means 82 can rotate the legs around their axes using an actuator such as a motor, and can automatically rotate the rollers. By rotating the legs around their axes, it is possible to change the traveling direction of the load receiving conveyor 80.

[0049] The legs and rollers that make up the traveling means are each equipped with a unique actuator for rotational drive and rotational drive, and the controller 85 controls the drive of each actuator. Furthermore, the ID information set on the transported item L received by the receiving platform 81 is stored, and the traveling means 82 is controlled so that the item moves to the automatic door 65 corresponding to the elevator 35 that can access the dwelling unit 10, 20 at the address corresponding to the ID information.

[0050] More specifically, the control unit 82 controls the travel means 82 to determine the most suitable route from among the travel route RA to the automatic door 65A corresponding to the transport path 30A and the travel route RB to the automatic door 65B corresponding to the transport path 30B.

[0051] Both automatic doors 65A and 65B are provided with a sensor receiver 66, which, upon receiving a laser or the like emitted from the sensor transmitter 84 of the receiving conveyance body 80, transmits a received signal to the control panel 70. The control panel 70 also stores ID information relating to the destination.

[0052] The control panel 70 controls the opening and closing of the automatic doors 65 and the raising and lowering of the elevator 35. After the control panel 70 receives a notification signal from the sensor receiver 66 of either the automatic doors 65A, 65B indicating that it has received a laser emitted from the sensor transmitter 84 of the cargo receiving conveyance body 80, the control panel 70 executes control to move the corresponding elevator 35 to the automatic door 65, and when the elevator 35 is aligned with the back of the automatic door 65, executes control to open the automatic door 65 and simultaneously executes control to open an automatic door (not shown) of the elevator 35.

[0053] By this series of controls, the interior of the elevator 35 is opened to the flat roof 50, and the receiving conveyance 80 waiting in front of it is allowed to access the inside of the elevator 35.

[0054] The receiving platform 81 is equipped with a robot arm, a belt conveyor, etc. (not shown), and the robot arm, etc. can be driven to transfer the transported item L to the elevator 35. In addition, the receiving conveyance vehicle 80 can enter the elevator 35, and the receiving conveyance vehicle 80 carrying the transported item L can descend to the destination dwelling unit.

[0055] When only the transported item L is present in the elevator 35, after the elevator 35 arrives at the destination apartment and stops, an automatic door (not shown) of the elevator 35 opens, and the transported item L is lifted by a robot arm (not shown) or the like equipped inside the elevator 35, and the transported item L can be transferred to the entrance of the apartment or to an accepting port for transported items provided in the apartment.

[0056] On the other hand, when the cargo receiving conveyance body 80 is also moved by the elevator 35, the cargo receiving conveyance body 80 gets off the elevator 35 at the destination floor, moves to the destination dwelling unit using the common passages 41 and 42, and transfers the transported goods L to the entrance of the dwelling unit or to a receiving opening for transported goods provided in the dwelling unit.

[0057] The control panel 70 can execute drive control of the robot arm and the like equipped on the elevator 35, and the controller 85 can execute drive control of the belt conveyor, robot arm and the like equipped on the cargo receiving transport body 80.

[0058] Although the hardware configurations of the control panel 70 and the controller 85 are not shown here, both the control panel 70 and the controller 85 are comprised of an information processing device such as a computer. The information processing device includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a main memory device, an auxiliary memory device, a communication interface, and an input / output interface, all of which are interconnected by a connection bus. The CPU is a central processing unit that performs overall control of the control panel 70 and the controller 85, which are made up of a computer. It deploys programs stored in the auxiliary memory device in an executable manner in a working area of ​​the main memory device and controls peripheral devices through the execution of the programs, thereby providing functions that meet a predetermined purpose. The main memory device includes, for example, a flash memory, a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a ROM (Read Only Memory). The auxiliary memory device stores various programs and various data on a readable and writable recording medium, and is also called an external storage device.

[0059] The building 100 shown in the figure has a flat roof 50 and another roof 60 with a rooftop wall 62 that protrudes upward from the flat roof 50 and has an automatic door 65, and an elevator 35 automatically rises and descends inside a conveying path 30 that leads to the automatic door 65 and spans multiple floors.A self-propelled receiving conveying body 80 moves the item L received from the unmanned aerial vehicle D over the flat roof 50 to the automatic door 65, and the item L transferred to the elevator 35 via the automatic door 65 is automatically conveyed to its destination by the descent of the elevator 35.In this way, in a building 100 with multiple floors, each floor having multiple dwelling units or rooms to which the item L is to be delivered, it is possible to collect the item L received from the unmanned aerial vehicle D with little or no travel distance.

[0060] In addition, a common conveying path 30 connects multiple dwelling units and rooms located vertically on each floor, and each conveying path 30 is equipped with its own elevator 35 that can be raised and lowered automatically.The roof wall 62 is provided with multiple automatic doors 65 that are unique to each conveying path 30, and on the flat roof 50, the cargo receiving conveying body 80 moves on its own to the automatic door 65 that leads to the conveying path 30 corresponding to the destination dwelling unit or room and transfers the transported item L to the elevator 35, thereby allowing for flat cargo handling on the flat roof 50 and allowing the transported item L to be transported to its destination efficiently and smoothly using the most suitable conveying path 30 and elevator 35.

[0061] Although not shown in the drawings, there may be only one automatic door 65 on the rooftop wall 62, and only one corresponding conveyance path 30 and elevator 35. In this configuration, the receiving conveyance vehicle 80 descends to the destination floor via the elevator 35, and travels along the shared passages 41 and 42 to access the destination dwelling unit.

[0062] It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the configurations shown here, and other embodiments may be possible in which other components are combined with the configurations described in the above embodiments. In this regard, the present invention can be modified within the scope of the present invention, and can be appropriately determined depending on the application form. [Explanation of symbols]

[0063] 10, 10A, 10B, 20, 20A, 20B: Dwelling units 30, 30A, 30B: Transport path 35, 35A, 35B: Elevator 41,42: Common passage 50:Flat roof 52: Parapet 60:Single-pitch roof 62: Rooftop wall 65, 65A, 65B: Automatic door 66: Sensor receiver 70: Control panel 80: Receiving conveyor 81: Loading platform 82: Means of transport 84: Sensor transmitter 85: Controller 100: Building D: Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) P: Receiving port

Claims

1. A building having a flat roof and another roof with a rooftop wall projecting upward from the flat roof, and having multiple floors, each floor having multiple dwelling units or rooms to which transported goods are to be transported, The flat roof is configured to receive the transported goods from the unmanned aerial vehicle, An automatic door is provided on the rooftop wall, a conveying path extending vertically across the plurality of floors is provided, the conveying path leads to the automatic door, and an elevator automatically conveys goods inside the conveying path; A building characterized in that the goods received from the unmanned aerial vehicle are transferred to the elevator through the automatic door, the elevator descends to the destination floor, and the goods are automatically transported to the destination.

2. A self-propelled cargo receiving carrier is configured to move on the flat roof to receive the transported goods from the unmanned aerial vehicle, The building described in claim 1, characterized in that the receiving vehicle, which receives the transported item from the unmanned aerial vehicle, moves to the automatic door on the flat roof and transfers the transported item to the elevator through the automatic door.

3. A plurality of the automatic doors are provided on the rooftop wall surface, Each automatic door is provided with a specific conveying path, and each conveying path is automatically raised and lowered by the specific elevator, The building described in claim 2, characterized in that the cargo receiving transport vehicle travels on the flat roof to the automatic door corresponding to the transport path leading to the destination of the received transported goods, and transfers the transported goods to the elevator through the automatic door.

4. 2. The building according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of other roofs are provided around the flat roof.

5. 2. The building according to claim 1, wherein the other roof is either a flat roof or a gable roof.

Images