Package receiving device and package receiving method

A package receiving device comprising:

• a casing having opposed walls and an opening formed in an upper surface thereof;
• guide rails disposed on the opposed walls of the casing;
• a placement table configured to move up and down between a raised position at which the placement table is located at the upper surface opening of the casing and a lowered position at which the placement table is located inside the casing;
• a first drive unit configured to move the placement table along the guide rails between the raised position and the lowered position;
• a lid member configured to move between an opening position at which the lid member opens the upper surface opening of the casing and a closing position at which the lid member closes the upper surface opening of the casing;
• a second drive unit configured to move the lid member between the opening position and the closing position;
• a control unit configured to control the first drive unit and the second drive unit such that a package placed on the placement table is housed inside the casing, by moving the placement table from the raised position to the lowered position from an initial state where the placement table is located at the raised position and the lid member is located at the opening position, and subsequently moving the lid member from the opening position to the closing position, and
• a package detection unit configured to detect placement of a package on the placement table when the package is placed on the placement table, wherein
• when placement of a package on the placement table is detected by the package detection unit in the initial state where the placement table is located at the raised position and the lid member is located at the opening position, the control unit controls the first drive unit and the second drive unit such that the placement table is moved from the raised position to the lowered position and the lid member is subsequently moved from the opening position to the closing position.