Delivery Notification System for Unmanned Flying Objects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional delivery systems using unmanned flying objects face issues where articles cannot be received by users at the delivery destination if the user is absent, as the moving body needs to return to the delivery source.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device and method that stores article identification information, user information, and arrival details, allowing notification of arrival times to users and enabling storage at designated housing places, even if the user is absent, with options for changing delivery schedules or selecting alternative delivery means.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the moving body returns to the delivery source when the user is absent, then the delivery system maintains operational simplicity, but the user cannot receive the article
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a housing place as an intermediary storage location between the moving body and the user. When the user is absent, the article is delivered to the housing place instead of being returned to the delivery source. This intermediary structure enables the system to maintain operational simplicity while ensuring reliable article delivery, as the housing place temporarily holds the article until the user retrieves it.
2Reliability
If the moving body waits for the user at the delivery destination, then the user can receive the article, but delivery time increases and operational efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by notifying the user of the arrival time before the moving body reaches the delivery destination. The user is given advance information about when the article will arrive, allowing them to plan their retrieval. This eliminates the need for the moving body to wait, as the user is prepared to receive the article at the specified time, thereby reducing delivery time while maintaining reliability.
3Ease of operation
If the system provides detailed notification information including housing place, then the user can easily retrieve the article, but information processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and separates the notification function into distinct information elements: arrival time information and housing place information. These extracted information components are transmitted to the user's terminal device. By taking out the notification details as separate, standardized data elements, the system achieves ease of operation for users while managing information processing complexity through structured data handling.
Data Source
AI summary
A user can receive an article even when the user of a delivery destination is absent. An information processing device includes: a storage unit configured to store article identification information, article name information, delivery destination user identification information, delivery destination information, and arrival date and time information in association with each other; a notification unit configured to notify a delivery destination information terminal used by the delivery destination user of an arrival date and time before the moving body starts to move to deliver the delivery target article to the delivery destination; and an information receiving unit configured to store housing place identification information in the storage unit when the housing place identification information and information are received, in which the notification unit notifies the delivery destination information terminal of the article name of the delivery target article and the housing place.