Package delivery system, package delivery control apparatus, and package delivery method

A package delivery control apparatus comprising:

• a communication control unit that controls communication between a terminal apparatus that is designated by an orderer who places an order for delivery of a package and a drone that delivers the package;
• and
• a drone control unit that controls operation of the drone by communication performed by the communication control unit, wherein
• the communication control unit, when receiving an order for delivery of the package, transmits a delivery code that includes designated delivery location information on the package to the terminal apparatus that is designated by an orderer of the package, and
• the drone control unit, when the drone that delivers the package arrives at a destination that is based on the designated delivery location information on the package, causes the drone 10 to emit light in which the delivery code is superimposed, approves the terminal apparatus to cause the drone to perform operation of releasing the package when acquiring information indicating that the delivery code that the terminal apparatus has acquired by transmission from the communication control unit and the delivery code that the terminal apparatus has acquired by receiving light emitted from the drone match with each other, and instructs the drone to perform operation of releasing the package based on information that indicates the operation of releasing the package and that is received from the terminal apparatus.

A package delivery method implemented by a package delivery control apparatus that is able to perform communication with a terminal apparatus that is designated by an orderer who places an order for delivery of a package and a drone that delivers the package, the package delivery method comprising:

• transmitting a delivery code of the package to the terminal apparatus when receiving an order for delivery of the package;
• causing the drone to emit light in which the delivery code is superimposed when the drone arrives at the destination;
• approving, when the delivery code that the terminal apparatus has acquired at the time of the order of the package and the delivery code that the terminal apparatus has acquired by receiving light emitted from the drone match with each other, the terminal apparatus to cause the drone to perform operation of releasing the package;
• and
• instructing the drone to release the package based on information that indicates operation of releasing the package and that is received from the terminal apparatus.