RFID Trunk Delivery via Geolocation Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current parcel delivery systems cannot deliver packages to customers' vehicles when the customer is not present, leading to inconvenience as carriers must reschedule deliveries or have customers pick up packages, due to the inability to track and authorize delivery to specific packages within vehicles.
Innovation Solution
A method involving a delivery vehicle equipped with an RFID reader and a customer vehicle with remotely controllable trunk access, using geolocation and radio frequency identification to ensure secure delivery by matching package and vehicle locations, allowing for delivery to the trunk of the customer's vehicle even in their absence.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If package delivery is tracked using geolocation and RFID technology, then delivery tracking precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The tracking system is segmented into multiple independent components: RFID tags attached to individual packages, RFID readers mounted on delivery vehicles, and geolocation devices. Each component performs a specific function, allowing the system to achieve high tracking precision without requiring a single complex system.
Solution Approach 2:
The delivery vehicle is equipped with multiple functions: it serves as both the transport vehicle and the RFID reading station, while also containing geolocation capabilities. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated tracking devices, thereby managing complexity while maintaining precision.
2Ease of operation
If delivery is made to customer's vehicle trunk, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability worsens due to security concerns
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary authentication mechanism using RFID technology. The delivery vehicle's RFID reader communicates with the customer vehicle's trunk access system, acting as a mediator that verifies authorization before enabling trunk access. This ensures security while allowing convenient delivery to the vehicle.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback through verification of the delivery address against the customer vehicle's registered location. The geolocation data from the delivery vehicle is compared with the expected customer vehicle location, and trunk access is granted only when the feedback confirms a match, ensuring both convenience and security.
3Reliability
If delivery driver waits for customer presence, then reliability of delivery is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The customer pre-registers their vehicle information and trunk access credentials before delivery. This preliminary action allows the delivery system to automatically authenticate and deliver packages to the vehicle without requiring the customer to be present, eliminating waiting time while ensuring reliable delivery through pre-established security protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The customer vehicle's trunk is equipped with automated access control that can independently authenticate and open for delivery without human intervention. The system performs self-service by automatically verifying the delivery vehicle's credentials and granting access, allowing delivery completion without customer presence and eliminating time loss.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables secure and convenient delivery of parcels to customers' vehicles without them being present, utilizing geolocation and RFID technology to authenticate and authorize trunk access, thus reducing delivery failures and improving customer convenience.
Implementation Method 1
Each package has a unique radio frequency identification tag, also known as an RFID tag, which can be read at various stages of delivery to identify the package
Implementation Method 2
A GPS-based proximity module receives current GPS coordinates from a package delivery vehicle and the destination vehicle
Data Source
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method of delivering at least one package (10) into the trunk of a customer vehicle by a delivery vehicle (20), the package (10) comprising a radio frequency identification tag (11), the delivery vehicle (20) comprising a radio frequency reader adapted to read said identification tag (11), and the customer vehicle comprising a trunk whose opening can be controlled remotely if the geolocation of the customer vehicle and the geolocation of the delivery vehicle (20) match.