Locker Management System

Abstract

To provide a locker management system capable of preventing a locker device from being unlocked without a user's intention.SOLUTION: A vending machine management crowd server 23 includes an authentication data generation unit 23a that generates two encrypted authentication data "A", "B" on which different encryption processes are respectively performed on the basis of an unlocking request, transmits the encrypted authentication data "A" from a locker device management crowd server 22 to a locker device 2, and transmits the encrypted authentication data "B" to the locker device 2 via a portable terminal 3. The locker device 2 generates decrypted authentication data "A", "B" obtained by decrypting the encrypted authentication data "A", "B", respectively, and, when the decrypted authentication data "A", "B" agree with each other, unlocks a storage unit 11 on which the unlocking request is performed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a locker management system that can prevent a locker device from being unlocked unintentionally by a user. [Background technology]

[0002] A vehicle rental management system has been disclosed that allows a user to have the vehicle model they desire delivered to the parking lot of a nearby convenience store or the like of their choice, and then retrieve a vehicle key stored in advance from a locker device installed in a designated area of ​​the parking lot, allowing the user to receive vehicle rental services by completing simple procedures without meeting the user in person, without having to go to the vehicle rental company's store (see Patent Document 1).

[0003] On the other hand, there is a system in which rental cars that are arranged in advance in a parking lot can be used by reservation. In this system, a locker device for storing the key of the reserved rental car is separately provided in the parking lot. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Utility Model Registration No. 3187596 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] However, when attempting to remotely control the unlocking of a locker device, an unlock command is sent from the locker management server to the locker device after a user authentication process, and the locker device is unlocked, but even if the user is not in the vicinity of the locker device, there is a problem that the locker device may be unlocked if the user authentication process is performed normally due to spoofing. In other words, there are cases where a locker device is unlocked without the user's intention due to spoofing.

[0006] In addition, there are cases where authentication processing is carried out through spoofing or erroneous operation, so there is a demand for further improvements in the level of security.

[0007] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above, and has an object to provide a locker management system that can prevent a locker device from being unlocked unintentionally by a user. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a locker management system comprising a locker device having one or more storage sections that can be locked and unlocked, a mobile terminal of a user who uses the locker device, and a cloud server on the cloud, and capable of unlocking the storage sections in response to an unlocking request from the user's mobile terminal, wherein the cloud server generates first encrypted authentication data and second encrypted authentication data that have been subjected to two different encryption methods based on the unlocking request, transmits the first encrypted authentication data from the cloud to the locker device, and transmits the second encrypted authentication data to the locker device via the mobile terminal, and the locker device generates first decrypted authentication data and second decrypted authentication data by respectively decrypting the first encrypted authentication data and the second encrypted authentication data, and unlocks the storage section for which unlocking has been requested if the first decrypted authentication data and the second decrypted authentication data match.

[0009] In addition, in the above invention, the present invention is characterized in that the mobile terminal is connectable to the locker device via short-range wireless communication, and transmits the second encrypted authentication data to the locker device via short-range wireless communication.

[0010] Furthermore, in the above invention, the present invention is characterized in that the locker device is provided in a vending machine, the cloud server is a plurality of cloud servers, and includes a locker device management cloud server that manages the locker device and a vending machine management cloud server that manages the vending machine, and the vending machine management cloud server links the vending machine and the locker device to generate the first encrypted authentication data and the second encrypted authentication data. Effect of the Invention

[0011] According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent a locker device from being unlocked unintentionally by a user. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0012] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the external configuration of a vending machine in which a locker device of a locker management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration and authentication flow of the locker management system. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing a locker unlocking control process procedure of the locker management system. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0013] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0014] <Locker management system configuration> FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the external configuration of a vending machine 1 in which a locker device 2 of a locker management system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration and authentication flow of the locker management system 100. Note that the vending machine 1 is an example of a vending machine, and is a vending machine that sells products such as canned drinks, bottled drinks, and PET bottled drinks, but it may also be a vending machine that sells various products such as a cup-type vending machine. Also, the vending machine 1 is installed in a parking lot for vehicles including rental cars, and the locker device 2 stores keys for the rental cars, but this is not limited thereto, and it is sufficient that the locker device 2 is installed in the vending machine 1.

[0015] 1, the vending machine 1 sells products such as canned drinks and beverages in PET bottles in either a cold or warm state, and has an outer door 1b that closes the front opening of the main body cabinet 1a. The locker device main body 10 is placed in the poster display area on the left center of the front of the outer door 1b.

[0016] The upper front part of the outer door 1b is equipped with a product display room and product selection buttons, while the center right of the front part is equipped with a coin slot, a bill slot, a display unit, a return lever, an electronic money reader / writer, etc. In addition, the lower part of the outer door 1b is equipped with an outlet for removing products that have been removed from the product storage rack.

[0017] As shown in Fig. 2, in the locker management system 100, a locker device 2 is attached to a vending machine 1 arranged in a parking lot, and the locker device 2 is connectable to a cloud CD. A member management cloud server 21, a locker device management cloud server 22, and a vending machine management cloud server 23 are arranged on the cloud CD. The vending machine management cloud server 23 has an authentication data generation unit 23a. A mobile terminal 3 is connectable to the cloud CD and is also connectable to the locker device 2 via short-range wireless communication.

[0018] The locker device 2 has a locker device main body 10, a communication unit 14, and a locker control unit 15. The locker device main body 10 has one or more storage units 11, nine storage units 11 in this example. Each storage unit 11 is a storage box that is pulled out toward the front, and the rental car key is stored inside the storage box. Each storage unit 11 is provided with a lock unit 12 that locks and unlocks the storage unit, and each lock unit 12 functions as an electronic control key. Therefore, no physical key is required to lock and unlock the storage unit 11. Also, the lock is automatically performed by closing the drawer. The communication unit 14 and the locker control unit 15 use the functions of the vending machine 1.

[0019] The communication unit 14 has a communication interface for connecting to the cloud CD via the Internet using a communication method such as LTE (registered trademark), and a communication interface for performing short-distance wireless communication using a communication method such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark), NFC, etc. The short-distance wireless communication is preferably performed using low-power BLE.

[0020] The locker control unit 15 is a control unit that controls the entire locker device 2, and has an unlock control unit 15a that controls unlocking of the lock unit 12 of the storage unit 11. The locker control unit 15 receives encrypted authentication data "A" (first encrypted authentication data) sent from the locker device management cloud server 22 on the cloud CD and encrypted authentication data "B" (second encrypted authentication data) sent from the mobile terminal 3, and unlocks the lock unit 12 of the storage unit 11 that has been requested to be unlocked if the decrypted authentication data "A" matches the decrypted authentication data "B". Note that the communication unit 14 may decrypt the encrypted authentication data "A" and the encrypted authentication data "B" and determine whether they match.

[0021] <Locker unlock control process> Fig. 3 is a sequence diagram showing the locker unlocking control processing procedure. The locker unlocking control processing procedure will be described with reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 2. As shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, first, the mobile terminal 3 transmits a request to the member management cloud server 21 to unlock the storage unit 11 of the locker device 2, which is the storage unit 11 in which the key for the rental vehicle "C" is stored (step S10).

[0022] The member management cloud server 21 manages member registration and reservation management, as well as linking and managing the vehicle ID, unit number (locker device 2), and box ID (storage unit 11). Upon receiving an unlocking request, the member management cloud server 21 sends an unlocking request to the vending machine management cloud server 23 via the locker device management cloud server 22, adding the unit number and box ID (step S11).

[0023] The vending machine management cloud server 23 manages the vending machine number of the vending machine 1 in association with the unit number and box ID of the locker device 2, and has an authentication data generation unit 23a. Upon receiving an unlocking request, the vending machine management cloud server 23 generates encrypted authentication data "A" and encrypted authentication data "B" using the vending machine number, unit number, and box ID (step S12). The encrypted authentication data "A" and the encrypted authentication data "B" are encrypted differently. The encryption strength may also be different. For example, the encryption strength of the encrypted authentication data "B" is made weaker than the encryption strength of the encrypted authentication data "A".

[0024] The vending machine management cloud server 23 transmits the encrypted authentication data "A" to the locker device 2 via the locker device management cloud server 22 (step S13), and also transmits the encrypted authentication data "B" to the portable terminal 3 (step S14). Upon receiving the encrypted authentication data "B", the portable terminal 3 transmits the encrypted authentication data "B" to the locker device 2 by short-range wireless communication (step S15). That is, the encrypted authentication data "A" is transmitted from the cloud CD to the locker device 2, and the encrypted authentication data "B" is transmitted from the portable terminal 3 to the locker device 2.

[0025] The locker device 2 receives the encrypted authentication data "A" and the encrypted authentication data "B", and generates the decrypted authentication data "A" and the decrypted authentication data "B" by decrypting the data (step S16). The locker device 2 then determines whether the decrypted authentication data "A" and the decrypted authentication data "B" match (step S17). If the decrypted authentication data "A" and the decrypted authentication data "B" do not match (step S17: No), the process ends. On the other hand, if the decrypted authentication data "A" and the decrypted authentication data "B" match (step S17: Yes), the locker device 2 notifies the locker device management cloud server 22 of an authentication completion notification (step S18), and then the unlock control unit 15a unlocks the storage unit 11 corresponding to the unit number and box ID (step S19), and the process ends.

[0026] When the storage unit 11 is unlocked, the storage box of the storage unit 11 protrudes to the front. After removing the key or storing the key, the storage box is automatically locked by pushing it in.

[0027] In this embodiment, two encrypted authentication data "A" and encrypted authentication data "B" are generated on the cloud CD, one encrypted authentication data "A" is transmitted from the cloud CD to the locker device 2, and the other encrypted authentication data "B" is transmitted from the mobile terminal 3 to the locker device 2, and two encrypted authentication data with different encryption of the same content are transmitted to the locker device 2 from two directions, thereby improving the security level. Moreover, since the encrypted authentication data is generated on the cloud, the security level is also improved in this respect, and the load is reduced. Moreover, since the mobile terminal 3 transmits the encrypted authentication data "B" to the locker device 2 via short-range wireless communication, it is possible to confirm that the mobile terminal 3 is in the vicinity of the locker device 2, and it is possible to prevent the locker device 2 from being unintentionally unlocked when the user is absent.

[0028] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the locker device 2 can be placed using the vending machine 1 placed in the parking lot, so there is no need to secure additional installation space, and since the power source of the vending machine 1 can be used, the locker device 2 can be easily installed.

[0029] Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the lending and returning of rental items has been described, but the present invention can also be applied to cases where an individual temporarily stores the items.

[0030] Although the locker device 2 is provided in the vending machine 1, it may be provided outside the vending machine 1 and connected to the vending machine 1. The externally installed locker device may be connected to the locker device 2 provided in the vending machine 1 by a chain.

[0031] As described above, the object stored in the locker device 2 is not limited to keys, but can also be used to store various objects such as rental items or personal belongings of users. The vending machine 1 can also be installed in various locations other than parking lots. Therefore, in the case of rental items, an item can be rented from one vending machine 1 and returned from another vending machine 1.

[0032] The usage fee for the locker device 2 may be related to the price of the product sold by the vending machine 1. For example, points may be awarded when purchasing a product from the vending machine in association with use of the locker device 2, or points may be awarded for the purchase of the product itself. Furthermore, the usage fee for the locker device 2 may be discounted or usage points may be awarded upon purchase of a product. Furthermore, if the vending machine 1 has a digital signage function, advertisements for the locker device 2 may be displayed. Furthermore, the usage fee for the locker device 2 may be paid, for example, in cash, using a money processing mechanism of the vending machine 1.

[0033] In addition, each configuration illustrated in the above embodiment is a functional schematic, and does not necessarily have to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the form of distribution and integration of each device and component is not limited to that illustrated, and all or part of them can be functionally or physically distributed and integrated in any unit depending on various usage conditions, etc. [Explanation of symbols]

[0034] 1. Vending Machines 1a Main cabinet 1b Outer door 2 Locker device 3. Mobile devices 10. Locker device body 11 Storage area 12 Lock Section 14 Communication unit 15 Locker control unit 15a Unlock control unit 21 Member management cloud server 22 Locker device management cloud server 23 Vending machine management cloud server 23a Authentication data generation unit 100 Locker Management System CD Cloud

Claims

1. A locker management system comprising: a locker device having one or more storage units that can be locked and unlocked; a mobile terminal of a user who uses the locker device; and a cloud server on a cloud, the locker management system being capable of unlocking the storage units in response to an unlocking request from the mobile terminal of the user, the cloud server generates first encrypted authentication data and second encrypted authentication data that have been subjected to two different encryption methods based on the unlock request, transmits the first encrypted authentication data from the cloud to the locker device, and transmits the second encrypted authentication data to the locker device via the mobile terminal; The locker management system is characterized in that the locker device generates first decrypted authentication data and second decrypted authentication data by decrypting the first encrypted authentication data and the second encrypted authentication data, respectively, and unlocks a storage unit for which unlocking is requested if the first decrypted authentication data and the second decrypted authentication data match.

2. The locker management system according to claim 1, characterized in that the mobile terminal is connectable to the locker device via short-range wireless communication, and transmits the second encrypted authentication data to the locker device via short-range wireless communication.

3. The locker device is provided in a vending machine, The cloud server includes a locker device management cloud server that manages the locker device and a vending machine management cloud server that manages the vending machine, The locker management system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the vending machine management cloud server links the vending machine and the locker device to generate the first encrypted authentication data and the second encrypted authentication data.

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