Unmanned Mobile Store Reservation Control for Secure Commodity Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional unmanned store management systems face challenges in ensuring crime prevention and secure access to commodities and services, as they lack mechanisms for verifying and managing access to stored items and services in an unmanned environment.
Innovation Solution
An unmanned-mobile store management system with a store main body that includes a housing unit, closing unit, and moving unit, managed by a management server and subscriber input unit, allows secure reservation and movement to predetermined locations, enabling subscribers to confirm and access stored commodities and services while ensuring security and inventory management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If an unmanned moving body is adopted as a store main body, then labor costs are reduced and efficiency is improved, but crime prevention capability deteriorates due to inability to physically check commodities
Solution Approach 1:
A management server acts as an intermediary between the unmanned store main body and subscribers. The server receives reservation information, determines store locations, and transmits location information to subscribers, enabling automated operation while maintaining security through centralized control and monitoring capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the store main body transmits its current location information to the management server, which then provides this information to subscribers. This feedback loop enables the unmanned system to maintain awareness of its state and communicate relevant information for security and operational purposes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the store main body moves autonomously to predetermined locations, then operational flexibility is improved, but access control and security management become more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The management server serves as a mediator that handles access control by receiving reservation information from subscribers, determining appropriate store locations based on this information, and transmitting location details back to both the store and subscribers. This centralized mediation simplifies access control while maintaining operational flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system requires subscribers to provide reservation information in advance before the store main body moves to a location. This preliminary action enables the management server to pre-determine and communicate store locations, ensuring security protocols are established before autonomous movement occurs.
3Productivity
If the store main body is completely unmanned, then labor costs are reduced, but the ability to verify and manage access to commodities deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The management server acts as an intermediary that verifies access by receiving reservation information from subscribers, cross-referencing this with store location data, and confirming appropriate access authorization. This enables unmanned operation while maintaining verification capability through automated information processing and decision-making protocols.
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AI summary
An unmanned-mobile store management system includes a store main body, a management server that manages the store main body, and a terminal device that receives an operation input of a subscriber. The store main body includes a housing unit that houses a commodity, a closing unit that closes the commodity housed in the housing unit such that the commodity is not allowed be provided, and a moving unit that moves the store main body. The management server includes a reservation information setting section that receives a reservation of the store main body through the terminal device and stores and sets reservation information regarding a reservation location in the storage section, and a movement control section that causes the moving unit to move the store main body to the reservation location based on the reservation information.