Transport container and transport container managing system

A transport container managing system having a transport container closed when goods are housed therein and locked by a key mechanism upon transportation and a host apparatus for managing said transport container comprising:

• said transport container comprising;
• a receiving means for receiving management information from said host apparatus;
• a transmitting means for transmitting information about said transport container to said host apparatus;
• a key driving means for switching a lock/unlock condition of said key mechanism by driving said key mechanism;
• a storage means for storing, in advance, position information about a destination of said transport container where said key mechanism is unlocked;
• a position detecting means for detecting a present position of said transport container;
• a position collating means for collating said position information about the destination stored in said storage means with present position information detected by said position detecting means upon an operation to unlock said key mechanism to determine whether these two position information are in agreement;
• an unlock directing means for directing said key driving means to switch said key mechanism to the unlock condition if said position collating means determines that said position information about the destination agrees with said present position information;
• said host apparatus comprising;
• a central storage means for storing management data for said transport container;
• a transmitting means on a side of said host apparatus for transmitting management information for managing said transport container to said transport container;
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• a receiving means on the side of said host apparatus for receiving information about said transport container from said transport container;
• before transportation of said transport container starts, said transmitting means on the side of said host apparatus transmitting said position information about the destination stored as said management data in said central storage means to said transport container as said management information;
• in said transport container, said position information about the destination received as said management information from said host apparatus by said receiving means being entered and stored in said storage means of said transport container;
• in said transport container, said transmitting means transmitting destination arrival information, which is attached to said present position information, to said host apparatus upon an operation to unlock said key mechanism if said position collating means determines that said position information about the destination agrees with said present position information.

A transport container managing system having a transport container closed when goods are housed therein and locked by a key mechanism upon transportation and a host apparatus for managing said transport container comprising:

• said transport container comprising:
• a receiving means for receiving management information from said host apparatus;
• a transmitting means for transmitting information about said transport container to said host apparatus;
• a key driving means for switching a lock/unlock condition of said key mechanism by driving said key mechanism;
• a position detecting means for detecting a present position of said transport container;
• an unlock command collating means for determining whether an unlock command is correct when said receiving means receives the unlock command giving a direction to unlock said key mechanism from said host apparatus;
• an unlock directing means for directing said key driving means to switch said key mechanism to the unlock condition if said unlock command collating means determines that said unlock command is correct;
• when said transport container arrives at a destination, said transmitting means transmitting destination arrival information which is attached to said present position information detected by said position detecting means, to said host apparatus;
• said host apparatus comprising:
• a central storage means for storing management data about said transport container;
• a transmitting means on the side of said host apparatus for transmitting management information for managing said transport container to said transport container;
• a receiving means on the side of said host apparatus for receiving information about said transport container from said transport container;
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• a position collating means on the side of said host apparatus for collating said present position information which is attached to said destination arrival information received from said transport container by said receiving means on the side of said host apparatus, with said position information about the destination stored as said management data in said central storage means to determine whether these two position information are in agreement;
• if said position collating means on the side of said host apparatus determines that said present position information agrees with said position information about the destination, said transmitting means on the side of said host apparatus transmitting an unlock command giving a direction to unlock said key mechanism of said transport container as said management information to said transport container.

A transport container managing system having a transport container closed when goods are housed therein and locked by a key mechanism upon transportation and a host apparatus for managing said transport container comprising:

• said transport container comprising:
• a receiving means for receiving management information from said host apparatus;
• transmitting means for transmitting information about said transport container to said host apparatus;
• a key driving means for switching a lock/unlock condition of said key mechanism by driving said key mechanism;
• a position detecting means for detecting a present position of said transport container;
• a password information input means for inputting password information for unlocking said key mechanism;
• a password information collating means for collating password information for collation with input password information input from said password information input means when said receiving means receives said password information for collation necessary when said key mechanism is unlocked from said host apparatus to determine whether these two password information are in agreement;
• an unlock directing means for directing said key driving means to switch said key mechanism to the unlock condition if said password information collating means determines that said password information for collation agrees with said input password information;
• when said transport container arrives at a destination, said transmitting means transmitting destination arrival information, which is attached to said present position information detected by said position detecting means, to said host apparatus;
• said host apparatus comprising;
• a central storage unit for storing management data about said transport container;
• a transmitting means on the side of said host apparatus for transmitting management information for managing said transport container to said transport container;
• a receiving means on the side of said host apparatus for receiving information about said transport container from said transport container;
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• a position collating means on the side of said host apparatus for collating said present position information, which is attached to said destination arrival information which is received from said transport container by said receiving means on the side of said host apparatus, with said position information about the destination stored as the management data in said central storage means to determine whether these two position information are in agreement;
• if said position collating means on the side of said host apparatus determines that said present position information agrees with said position information about the destination, said transmitting means on the side of said host apparatus transmitting password information for collation necessary when said key mechanism of said transport container is unlocked as said management information to said transport container.

A transport container closed when goods are housed therein and locked by a key mechanism upon transportation comprising:

• a key driving means for switching a lock/unlock condition of said key mechanism by driving said key mechanism;
• a position detecting means for detecting a present position;
• a transmitting means for transmitting present position information detected by said position detecting means to a host apparatus;
• a receiving means for receiving an unlock command giving a direction to unlock said key mechanism from said host apparatus after said host apparatus confirms that said transport container is at a position of a destination on the basis of the present position information transmitted from said transmitting means upon an operation to unlock said key mechanism;
• an unlock command collating means for determining whether the unlock command from said host apparatus received by said receiving means is correct;
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• an unlock directing means for directing said key driving means to switch said key mechanism to an unlock condition if said unlock command collating means determines that said unlock command is correct.

A transport container closed when goods are housed therein and locked by a key mechanism upon transportation comprising:

• a key driving means for switching a lock/unlock condition of said key mechanism by driving said key mechanism;
• a position detecting means for detecting a present position;
• a transmitting means for transmitting present position information detected by said position detecting means to a host apparatus;
• a receiving means for receiving password information for collation necessary when said key mechanism is unlocked from said host apparatus after said host apparatus confirms that said transport container is at a position of a destination on the basis of the present position information transmitted from said transmitting means;
• a password information input means for inputting password information for unlocking said key mechanism;
• a password information collating means for collating said password information for collation received by said receiving means with said input password information input through said password information input means upon an operation to unlock said key mechanism to determine whether these two password information are in agreement;
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• an unlock directing means for directing said key driving means to switch said key mechanism to the unlock condition if said password information collating means determines that said password information for collation agrees with said input password information.

A transport container closed in a condition where goods are housed therein and locked by a key mechanism upon transportation comprising:

• a storage means for storing, in advance, position information about a destination of the transport container where said key mechanism is unlocked;
• a position detecting means for detecting a present position;
• a position collating means for collating said position information, about the destination of the transport container which is stored in said storage means, with present position information detected by said position detecting means to determine whether these two position information are in agreement upon an operation to unlock said key mechanism;
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• an alarming means for generating an alarm if said position collating means determines that the position information about the destination of the transport container disagrees with said present position Information.