Parcel Access Control for Shared Vehicle Trunk Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
In trunk sharing systems, ensuring the security of parcels within vehicles or facilities is challenging when multiple delivery companies share the same vehicle, as there is a risk of unauthorized access and mixing of parcels, leading to potential security breaches.
Innovation Solution
A locking and unlocking control system that acquires presence information about parcels within a designated region and restricts access by other users if the parcel is present and the region is locked, using a locking and unlocking control device to prevent unauthorized access by issuing or invalidating authentication information based on access prohibition conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple delivery companies share the same vehicle for parcel delivery, then vehicle utilization efficiency is improved, but security of parcels becomes compromised due to unauthorized access risk
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle's cargo compartment is segmented into multiple locked regions, with each region accessible only to authorized delivery companies. The locking and unlocking control device manages separate access rights for different companies, allowing simultaneous vehicle utilization while maintaining parcel security through spatial segmentation and controlled access.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a delivery company accesses a locked vehicle containing another company's parcel, then delivery operations become more flexible, but parcel security is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The locking and unlocking control device serves as an intermediary between delivery companies and the vehicle's cargo compartment. It verifies authentication information from delivery companies and controls door locking/unlocking based on authorized regions, enabling flexible operations while preventing unauthorized access to parcels belonging to other companies.
3Ease of operation
If authentication information is issued to multiple users for vehicle access, then ease of operation is improved, but security control becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The locking and unlocking control device universally manages authentication for multiple delivery companies using a standardized verification process. It handles multiple authentication information types (first, second, third authentication) through a unified control mechanism, simplifying the system while maintaining security through consistent access control policies across different users and regions.
Data Source
AI summary
A locking and unlocking control system includes: a first information acquisition part configured to acquire presence information as to whether a parcel associated with a first user is present in a predetermined region defined in a vehicle or a facility, the predetermined region having a door configured to be locked and unlocked through a locking and unlocking process performed by a locking and unlocking control device; and a locking and unlocking control part configured to execute a predetermined process so as not to permit unlocking of the door by a second user when the locking and unlocking control part determines based on the presence information that the parcel is present in the predetermined region and when the door is locked.