Hybrid secure locker system for mailing, deposition and retrieval of shipments
AssigneeNeopost Technologies
InventorSamira BOUZIT-BENBERNOU
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Abstract
A hybrid system for securely controlling deposition and retrieval of shipments, including a managing distribution centre, at least one electronic locker unit connected to the managing distribution centre through a communication network, and having a control desk and several lockable compartments of different sizes, wherein the electronic locker unit comprises a shape measurement module located inside each compartment for acquiring the shipment content's shape.
Claims20
A method for securely controlling mailing, deposition and retrieval of shipments into at least one electronic locker unit connected to a managing distribution centre through a communication network and having several lockable compartments of different sizes, comprising the following steps:
- generating an identification code of the shipment and specific information associated with the shipment;
- opening a compartment of said at least one electronic locker unit;
- depositing the shipment inside the compartment;
- acquiring the shipment content's shape with a shape measurement module located inside the compartment;
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- adding the content's shape to the specific information and recording it in a locker unit database.
A method for securely controlling deposition and retrieval of shipments on at least one electronic locker unit connected to a managing distribution centre through a communication network, and having several lockable compartments of different sizes, comprising the followings steps:
- entering an identification code of the shipment and retrieving specific information associated with the shipment;
- opening a compartment of said at least one electronic locker unit;
- depositing the shipment inside the compartment;
- acquiring the shipment content's shape with a shape measurement module located inside the compartment and comparing in a processing module the acquired shipment content's shape with the shipment content's shape included within the specific information;
- locking the compartment containing the shipment;
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- logging the compartment as being filled and locked upon close match and validation of comparison of the shipment content's shape.
A hybrid system for securely controlling mailing, deposition and retrieval of shipments, comprising:
- a managing distribution centre;
- at least one electronic locker unit connected to the managing distribution centre through a communication network, and having a control desk and several lockable compartments of different sizes;
- wherein said at least one electronic locker unit comprises:
- a shape measurement module located inside each compartment for acquiring the shipment content's shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.