Vehicle Loading Opening Control for Secure Shipment Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
The delivery of shipments into vehicle loading spaces poses a security risk due to unauthorized access, as unknown logistics personnel may need to access private vehicles, increasing the risk of theft and abuse.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a receiver, determination unit, controller, and actuator that calculates and adjusts the size of an opening in the vehicle's loading space to match the shipment's dimensions, ensuring only the shipment can pass through, thereby minimizing unauthorized access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the opening is made large enough to accommodate various shipment sizes, then delivery convenience is improved, but security risk increases due to potential unauthorized access
Solution Approach 1:
The opening dimensions are made dynamically adjustable rather than fixed. The actuator system changes the opening size in real-time based on the specific shipment dimensions, allowing the opening to be large enough for the current shipment but small enough to prevent unauthorized access when closed
Solution Approach 2:
The physical parameter of opening dimension is changed according to the shipment size. By receiving shipment dimension data and calculating the appropriate opening size, the system adapts the opening parameters to match only the required dimensions, eliminating excessive opening space that could be exploited
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the opening size is precisely matched to shipment dimensions, then security is improved by preventing unauthorized access, but system complexity increases due to dimension measurement and calculation requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically receives shipment dimension information, calculates the required opening size, and adjusts the opening without human intervention. The controller autonomously processes the dimension data and controls the actuator, eliminating the need for manual measurement and calculation by the operator
Solution Approach 2:
The shipment dimensions are received and processed before the actual delivery operation. The opening is pre-calculated and pre-adjusted to the correct size based on the shipment dimensions, so that when the delivery person arrives, the opening is already optimally configured for secure and convenient delivery
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AI summary
A system and a method for providing an opening for delivering a shipment into a loading space of a vehicle, as well as a corresponding vehicle and a method for delivering a shipment into a vehicle, include a controller arranged and configured to calculate a first length of the opening based on received and/or determined dimensions of the shipment and further based on an area of the opening configured to receive the shipment through the opening in the loading space of the vehicle. An actuator is arranged and configured to move a first element of the vehicle relative to a second element of the vehicle by the calculated first length of the opening in order to provide the exactly necessary opening.