Autonomous Delivery Box Travel Lockout and Route Risk Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Autonomous delivery boxes face challenges in ensuring safety during travel, including interference from open doors and potential theft or damage, especially when carrying high-value or perishable items, and there is a need for efficient route modification based on package type.
Innovation Solution
The autonomous delivery box is equipped with a processor that authenticates travel permission based on conditions such as a closed door and completed handover procedures, and the delivery system modifies travel routes to avoid sunlit areas for perishables, crime-prone areas for high-value items, and areas with wild birds for food packages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the autonomous delivery box allows travel with open door, then ease of operation is improved, but safety deteriorates due to door interference and potential theft
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies preliminary anti-action by preventing the travel action itself when the door is in an unsafe state (open). The processor authenticates door closure status before permitting travel, and actively blocks travel permission when the door is open, thereby preventing potential door interference and theft risks before they can occur during movement.
2Reliability
If the autonomous delivery box implements strict travel permission authentication, then reliability is improved, but device complexity worsens due to additional authentication mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The processor serves multiple functions: it authenticates door closure status, determines travel permission, and controls the travel prohibition mechanism. By consolidating these security-related functions into a single processing unit rather than adding separate dedicated components for each function, the system achieves reliable travel permission control without proportionally increasing device complexity.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the delivery system modifies routes based on package type, then protection of packages is improved, but productivity deteriorates due to additional route planning time
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by determining the appropriate travel route based on package type (perishable, high-value, or food) before the autonomous delivery box begins its journey. The server stores multiple route options and selects the most suitable one in advance, considering factors like avoiding sunlit areas for perishables or crime-prone areas for high-value items. This pre-planning ensures package protection without causing delays during actual delivery execution.
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AI summary
An autonomous delivery box includes a first memory, a first processor coupled to the first memory, and a delivery box configured to house a package. The autonomous delivery box is configured to travel autonomously between a dispatch base from which the package is dispatched and a handover location at which the package is handed over. The first processor is configured to authenticate opening permission for a door of the delivery box, and to control whether or not the autonomous delivery box is permitted to travel such that the autonomous delivery box is not permitted to travel in a case in which a travel-permitting condition of the autonomous delivery box has not been satisfied at the handover location.