Multi-Compartment Cash Container for Authenticated Drone Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Customers face inefficiencies in obtaining cash as they need to locate and travel to ATMs or bank branches, which can be time-consuming and inconvenient, especially when they do not have the time or desire to interact with these facilities.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing an unmanned vehicle equipped with a cash container that receives cash delivery requests from multiple customers via a communications network, determines the optimal delivery path, and authenticates customers before unlocking compartments to dispense cash, allowing for secure and efficient delivery to multiple locations in a single trip.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If customers visit ATMs or bank branches to withdraw cash, then they can obtain cash, but they spend time traveling and waiting
Solution Approach 1:
An unmanned vehicle acts as an intermediary between the bank system and customers, delivering cash directly to customers' locations. The vehicle receives authentication data from the bank system, verifies customer identity, and dispenses cash without requiring customers to physically visit bank branches or ATMs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables customers to initiate cash withdrawal requests through their user devices, and the unmanned vehicle autonomously completes the delivery process. Customers only need to authenticate their identity at the vehicle, eliminating the need for bank staff assistance or traditional ATM operations.
2Productivity
If an unmanned vehicle delivers cash to multiple customers, then delivery efficiency increases, but the cash container must accommodate multiple compartments
Solution Approach 1:
The cash container is divided into multiple separate compartments, with each compartment designated for a specific customer's cash delivery. This segmentation allows the vehicle to securely transport cash for multiple customers simultaneously while maintaining individual security and accountability for each customer's funds.
Solution Approach 2:
The cash container system serves multiple functions: it securely stores cash for multiple customers, individually dispenses cash to each customer based on authentication, and integrates with the unmanned vehicle's navigation and communication systems to coordinate multi-stop deliveries.
3Reliability
If the cash container uses multiple compartments for different customers, then security is improved, but the container size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The container is segmented into multiple compartments that can be individually locked and secured. Each compartment contains cash for a specific customer and can be independently accessed only after successful authentication of that customer, ensuring that even if one compartment is compromised, others remain secure.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods, and apparatuses described herein relate to a method for delivering cash by an unmanned vehicle to a plurality of customers at different locations. The method includes receiving cash delivery requests from user devices of the plurality of customers via a communications network. The method includes determining a path for the unmanned vehicle from a current location of the unmanned vehicle to Global Position System (GPS) locations of the user devices of the plurality of customers. The method also includes instructing each of the plurality of compartments of a cash container of the unmanned vehicle to open in response to authenticating a corresponding customer of the plurality of customers or a corresponding user device of the user devices that generated a corresponding cash delivery request for which each of the plurality of compartments is storing cash.