Delivery System Person Detection Theft Prevention

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing delivery systems, such as those described in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2018-165205, often fail to ensure favorable package delivery due to various environmental and situational factors at the delivery destination.

Innovation Solution

A delivery system that includes a person information acquiring unit to gather data on individuals near the delivery location and a judging unit to determine whether to proceed with delivery based on this information, ensuring the package is safely and effectively delivered by limiting delivery when necessary.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If delivery is performed without checking person information, then delivery speed is improved, but security risk increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedelivery speedVSAvoidtheft risk
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by acquiring person information and judging whether to limit delivery before the actual delivery operation. The judgment is made in advance based on predicted person behavior patterns, allowing the system to prevent potential theft risks before delivery occurs without delaying the overall delivery process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Object-affected harmful factors

If delivery is limited based on person information, then security is improved, but delivery reliability decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetheft riskVSAvoiddelivery reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring actual person behavior during delivery and comparing it with predicted behavior patterns. When actual behavior deviates from predictions (e.g., person approaches the package unexpectedly), the system responds by limiting delivery or alerting authorities, thereby maintaining both security and delivery reliability through adaptive feedback control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11828611B2Delivery system, delivery method, and computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing a program
Publication Date: 2023.11.28 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

A delivery system for delivering a package to a delivery destination using a moving body, including a person information acquiring unit that acquires person information that is information concerning a person located in a space in a vicinity of a storage portion included at the delivery destination; and a judging unit that judges whether delivery of the package to the delivery destination by the moving body is possible, based on the person information acquired by the person information acquiring unit.