Abstract: An electronic locker system which is provided with: a locker for housing luggage; a reading means for electrically reading a depositor identifier that has been preliminarily determined by a contract between a managing company of the locker and a user of the locker; an electronic lock for locking the door of the locker after luggage has been deposited in the locker; and a central control unit which, based upon the depositor identifier read by the reading means, sends information of the corresponding depositor to a locker managing center through a communication line, and when, at the time of taking out the luggage, the read depositor identifier has been identified, releases the electric lock and sends necessary information such as a luggage deposit fee to the locker managing center through the communication line, and in this arrangement, the luggage depositing process and luggage taking-out process to and from the locker are carried out based upon only the depositor identifier.

Abstract: In a door-lock-opening method for a home delivery locker which includes a home delivery locker and a managing company that are connected to each other through a line, the managing company controlling depositing and taking-out processes of the home delivery locker, a person who wishes to take out a parcel addressed to the person from the home delivery locker is allowed to communicate with the managing company through a mobile terminal such as a mobile telephone, and in the case when the company has confirmed that the person who made contact therewith is a registered user of the home delivery locker, the company releases the lock of the door of the home delivery locker housing the parcel.

Abstract: A delivered article receiving locker cabinet, which has a plurality of lockers, each of which is capable of housing a delivered article and is locked, and ten keys by which the room number of the delivery end, the box number, etc., are inputted, is provided with a barcode reader that is attached to the front face of the locker cabinet for reading a barcode written on a delivery service attached note attached to the delivered article, and a memory that stores information read by the barcode reader.

Abstract: In the case of parcels delivered by an automatic delivery system, all tenants in an apartment, etc., agree to receive parcels by a box; however, in the case of registered mails, in particular, registered mails with cash, some tenants do not agree to receive these from a delivery box because of fear of theft, etc. The resulting problem is that the delivery box is not used for delivering registered mails. A delivery box capable of handling a registered mail is provided with: a memory 22 for preliminarily memorizing kinds of registered mails that are not accepted by receivers, with respect to each of the receivers; a barcode reader 12d for reading electronic information of a registered mail; a judgment device 21 for making a judgment as to whether or not the kind of the registered mail read by the electronic information reader is permitted by a destination receiver as an acceptable mail; and a device for opening a lid 13 of a registered mail locker when the registered mail has been judged as an acceptable mail.

Abstract: When a legitimate recipient of a package or tenant loses a card issued to him or her for unlocking a particular locker of a locker cabinet, there is a problem that he or she cannot unlock the locker to open the same and pick up a package of merchandise deposited in the locker. An unlock system of a particular locker wherein a person who desires to unlock a particular locker makes contact with a control center to that effect through a communication line such that the control center authenticates personal identification of the person by calling said person at home, and the control center accesses a memory of the locker through the communication line to confirm that said locker is deposited with a package of merchandise therein and then, the control center unlocks the locker through the communication line.

Abstract: To present an information display apparatus capable of retrieving and displaying necessary data without input of data as a means of retrieval, and updating, adding or deleting data in the database server. The apparatus comprises a terminal adapter 2 for extracting a specified item of information from the data supplied through a telephone line 1, a database server 3 storing a variety of data, a database retrieval unit 4 for retrieving related data in the database server 3 on the basis of the specified data extracted by the terminal adapter 2, a display unit 5 for displaying the data retrieved by the database retrieval unit 4, and a data input and output unit 6 for updating, adding or deleting data in the database server 3, or sending input data to the telephone line 1.

Abstract: A delivered article receiving locker cabinet, which has a plurality of lockers, each of which is capable of housing a delivered article and is locked, and ten keys by which the room number of the delivery end, the box number, etc., are inputted, is provided with a barcode reader that is attached to the front face of the locker cabinet for reading a barcode written on a delivery service attached note attached to the delivered article, and a memory that stores information read by the barcode reader.

Abstract: In the case of parcels delivered by an automatic delivery system, all tenants in an apartment, etc., agree to receive parcels by means of a box; however, in the case of registered mails, in particular, registered mails with cash, some tenants do not agree to receive these from a delivery box because of fear of theft, etc. The resulting problem is that the delivery box is not used for delivering registered mails.

Abstract: At the time of delivery of an article for which payment is to be made by using the locker, conventionally, the resident later utilizes a bank or a post office to transfer money to the trader. Therefore, the resident has to go to the bank or post office, and hence there is a problem in that the procedure is troublesome. An auto settlement system using a locker comprising: a card reader 12c for reading a trader identifier decided beforehand by a contract between a proprietary company of the locker and a trader; operation keys 12b for inputting a recipient identifier or the like; a sensor 12d for detecting whether there is an article or not in a box 11 of the locker; an electric lock 12h for locking a door of the box when the sensor detects said article; and a central control unit 12a for storing the recipient identifier and transmitting such data to the control center.

Abstract: In a user notification system used for a home delivery locker which a home delivery locker and a managing center for managing the home delivery locker are connected through a communication line, and information indicating that the home delivery locker has a parcel is received by the managing center, the system is characterized in that, based upon information of the receiver contained in the information, the managing center or the home delivery locker automatically delivers the parcel delivery information to the receiver through communication means such as telephone (including mobile telephone), facsimile and electronic mail. In the case of a conventional pick-up process of a parcel, it is not possible to confirm whether or not any parcel has arrived, until the receiver has come home and see a notice inside the mail post; therefore, the resulting problem is that, in the case of any urgent parcel, the receiver has to go to the mail box many times to see whether there is any notice therein.

Abstract: An electronic locker system which is provided with: a locker for housing luggage; a reading means for electrically reading a depositor identifier that has been preliminarily determined by a contract between a managing company of the locker and a user of the locker; an electronic lock for locking the door of the locker after luggage has been deposited in the locker; and a central control unit which, based upon the depositor identifier read by the reading means, sends information of the corresponding depositor to a locker managing center through a communication line, and when, at the time of taking out the luggage, the read depositor identifier has been identified, releases the electric lock and sends necessary information such as a luggage deposit fee to the locker managing center through the communication line, and in this arrangement, the luggage depositing process and luggage taking-out process to and from the locker are carried out based upon only the depositor identifier.

Abstract: In a door-lock-opening method for a home delivery locker which includes a home delivery locker and a managing company that are connected to each other through a line, the managing company controlling depositing and taking-out processes of the home delivery locker, a person who wishes to take out a parcel addressed to the person from the home delivery locker is allowed to communicate with the managing company through a mobile terminal such as a mobile telephone, and in the case when the company has confirmed that the person who made contact therewith is a registered user of the home delivery locker, the company releases the lock of the door of the home delivery locker housing the parcel.

Abstract: When a legitimate recipient of a package or tenant loses a card issued to him or her for unlocking a particular locker of a locker cabinet, there is a problem that he or she cannot unlock the locker to open the same and pick up a package of merchandise deposited in the locker. An unlock system of a particular locker wherein a person who desires to unlock a particular locker 1 makes contact with a control center A to that effect through a communication line TL such that the control center A authenticates personal identification of the person by calling said person at home, and the control center A accesses a memory 12 k of the locker 1 through the communication line TL to confirm that said locker 11 is deposited with a package of merchandise therein and then, the control center A unlocks the locker through the communication line TL.

Abstract: A delivered article storage control system comprising a control box equipped with a receipt issuing printer, an instruction display and/or a speaker, a card reader, a monitor display and an input keyboard, a delivered article storage box equipped with a plurality of lockers, each of which is equipped with a door which can be opened when an identification card is entered into the card reader and an article presence/absence detection sensor, and a control unit which controls the above devices. The system is installed in a visitor reception room and connected to a control room equipped with a monitor display through a telephone line, and delivered article receiving and storing processes (including a receipt issuing process) can be conducted accurately and safely for 24 hours a day without the help of any third person, such as a janitor.