RU2749645C1 - Method for controlling sterilization box used for product delivery - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: goods delivery.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method for controlling a sterilization box used for the delivery of goods. In the method, initially, through an online application via a wireless communication network, a purchase order is formed and paid for, then through an online application via a wireless communication network, a notification is received about the order being in the sterilization box, then through an online application, the selection of the intensity and duration of sterilization is implemented, then information about the selected intensity and duration of sterilization is transmitted via a wireless communication network to the control element of the sterilization box, further, by means of control commands from the control element, an electromechanical lock is locked and an ultraviolet lamp with the selected intensity is turned on for a selected period of time, then, by means of a wireless communication network, information about the completion of the sterilization process is transmitted to the online application via the control element of the sterilization box.

EFFECT: provided is the control of the sterilization box.

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Description

The invention relates to the field of trade and, in particular, to methods of delivery of public goods [G06Q 30/00].

From the prior art, there is a METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE OF WORKS RELATED TO DELIVERY [RU2651782, publ. 04/23/2018], in which a unique identifier and a delivery area are fixed on the outside of the facade of an apartment building, made in the form of a mechanism that receives information about the addressee's identifier and cargo from an unmanned aerial vehicle from the outside of the facade of the apartment building, then moves the cargo inside the apartment building at home and leaves the aforementioned cargo near the identifier belonging to the addressee located inside the apartment building for further use when delivered by unmanned aerial vehicles.

The disadvantages of the analog are:

- the complexity of the implementation of the claimed method due to the fact that unmanned aerial vehicles are used for its implementation, which in turn increases the cost of the delivery service and requires additional maintenance procedures and periodic updating of the fleet of equipment used;

- low safety, due to the fact that unmanned aerial vehicles need to move the load inside the apartment building and in the event of a control program failure or the appearance of additional factors that impede the flight, damage to the interior of the house or the people in it is possible;

- low protection against the spread of viral infections due to the lack of the possibility of disinfection of the delivered cargo.

Also known from the prior art is a METHOD FOR REMOTE SALE OF GOODS AND A SYSTEM FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION [RU2268635, publ. January 27, 2006], which consists in the fact that the goods are sold through a trading system containing stores, a distribution center and a network of trade terminals, and signals containing information about the goods ordered by customers are transmitted from the communication means of buyers to the communication facilities of the stores. customers transmit signals to the communication facilities of the stores and / or the distribution center, containing information about the trade terminals chosen by the buyers, while the stores prepare the ordered goods for shipment and send them to the distribution center, from where they are redirected to the trade terminals selected by the buyers, also from the communication facilities of stores, signals containing information about customer orders are transmitted to the communication means of trading terminals, and / or information carriers with information about customer orders are transmitted from stores to trading terminals, while goods are stored and issued to customers in trading terminals.

The disadvantages of the analog are:

- low protection against the spread of viral infections due to the lack of the possibility of disinfection of the delivered goods;

-high logistics costs due to the need to maintain a trading system including a distribution center and a network of trading terminals;

- low convenience of delivery due to the need for buyers to arrive at trade terminals to receive goods.

The closest in technical essence is the METHOD AND SELF-SERVICE SYSTEM OF DELIVERY OF GOODS [RU2625556, publ. 07/14/2017], which includes the receipt by the buyer of an online order through the order placement subsystem, in which the buyer has chosen a self-service delivery model of goods in a lockable container for personal use; an image on the display by a subsystem for placing an order of a container terminal, available to the buyer for the delivery of ordered goods or sets of packages, while the container terminal previously selected by the buyer is automatically displayed on the display when the buyer has previously selected a self-service delivery model of goods in a lockable container for individual use; receiving, in response to the buyer's choice of the container terminal, access to the container management subsystem to determine whether free container resources are available at the container terminal for delivery of ordered goods or sets of packages; the presence in the container management subsystem of the container resource management module for registering whether each container can be reserved in the container terminal; at the same time, providing the container management subsystem with the status of the container as reserved after receiving an indication that the buyer has placed his order successfully, and ensuring the reserved container is free after a certain period of time after the completion of the delivery of the ordered goods, after it has been determined that free container resources became available for delivery of ordered goods or sets of packages at the selected container terminal; sending through the subsystem of placing orders of the buyer's order to the subsystem of storage in warehouses and delivery of goods; delivery by means of a storage subsystem in warehouses and delivery of goods ordered goods or sets of packages to a container terminal chosen by the buyer; sending information by means of a container terminal to the subsystem of container management or to the subsystem of storage in warehouses and delivery of goods to register the completion of delivery; sending through a subsystem of container management or a subsystem of storage in warehouses and delivery of goods a pick-up voucher for receiving goods to a buyer and receiving goods by a buyer using a pick-up voucher for receiving goods

The main technical problem of the prototype is the low protection of the buyer of goods from the effects of harmful microorganisms such as viruses, bacteria, spores, fungi, etc. due to the fact that during the delivery process, the goods purchased by the buyer can be stored for a long time in premises where the conditions for their sterilization are not provided. Also, in the process of transportation, storage, preparation for delivery and delivery, physical contact of the organization's employees implementing the above processes with the goods is not excluded, which also increases the likelihood of the spread of viral infections and other harmful microorganisms through the surfaces of goods during their delivery to the final consumer.

The objective of the invention is to eliminate the disadvantages of the prototype.

The technical result of the invention is to increase the protection of the buyer of goods from the effects of harmful microorganisms.

The specified technical result is achieved due to the fact that the method for controlling the sterilization box used for the delivery of goods, characterized in that initially, through an online application through a wireless communication network, a purchase order is generated and paid, then a notification of location is received via an online application through a wireless communication network. order in the sterilization box, then through the online application the choice of the intensity and duration of sterilization is carried out, then information about the selected intensity and duration of sterilization is transmitted via a wireless communication network to the control element of the sterilization box, then by means of control commands from the control element the electromechanical lock is locked and an ultraviolet lamp with the selected intensity for a selected period of time, then via a wireless communication network through the control element of the sterilization box transmit information about the completion of the sterilization process to the online application.

In particular, the system of united computer networks Internet is used as a wireless communication network; Wi-fi, Bluetooth and GPS technologies are used to transfer information.

In particular, the intensity and duration of sterilization is selected based on the requirements for the quality of sterilization.

In particular, the sterilization process is carried out during the delivery of the goods using a mobile sterilization box.

In particular, the sterilization process is carried out after the delivery of the goods using a stationary sterilization box.

Brief Description of Drawings

FIG. 1 shows a general view of the sterilization box.

FIG. Figure 2-5 shows the interface of the Clean Box application.

The drawings indicate: 1 - electromechanical lock; 2 - ultraviolet lamp; 3 - battery; 4 - control element.

Implementation of the invention

The method of controlling the sterilization box used for the delivery of goods is characterized by the fact that, initially, the user orders goods for delivery through the online application. The goods for delivery can be both food and other goods of general consumption. If food products are used as goods, then the online application automatically, through a specialized server, analyzes the food products selected for ordering and offers recommendations on additional purchases of products that provide a healthy and balanced diet through the online application form. The user has the opportunity to accept the proposed recommendations, in which case the recommended products will be automatically added to the generated order. The user also has the ability to reject recommendations, in which case the recommended products will not be added to the generated order. After the order is generated through the application and confirmed by the user, the order is automatically paid through online banking services built into the online application. Further, information about the confirmed and paid order is transmitted by notification by the order executor. Executors of the order receive a notification via the online application about a confirmed and paid order and begin to form it. Formation of the order includes the purchase of the goods specified in the order and their delivery to the sterilization box. After the delivery of the order to the sterilization box, the contractor, through the online application, opens the sterilization box, then leaves the order in the sterilization box, then closes the sterilization box. Variants of implementation are possible when the closing of the sterilization box is carried out automatically. Then the user receives a notification via the online application that his order has been delivered and is in the sterilization box. Further, goods are sterilized in the sterilization box. Sterilization is carried out by exposure to ultraviolet radiation from lamps built into the inner walls of the sterilization box. The options for the intensity and duration of sterilization can be set by the user programmatically through an online application by choosing from options for blanks from the manufacturer, or manually set by the user, based on the requirements for the quality of sterilization. For example, when purchasing goods for small children, babies, sick people, etc. the intensity and duration of sterilization can be increased. After sterilization, the user is notified via the online app that the sterilization is complete. Then the user can pick up the order from the sterilization box.

Opening and closing of the sterilization box can be realized using electromechanical locks or smart locks that open and close using an application (for example, Danalock Smartlock, KeyMatic, Goji Smart Lock, etc.), which work using wireless technologies such as Wi -fi, Bluetooth and GPS.

It is also possible to use a sterilization box to disinfect any items (at the user's discretion), and not just purchased through the application.

A variant of implementation is possible when the formation of an order includes the purchase of goods specified in the order, and their delivery directly to the user. In this case, the contractor, after purchasing the goods specified in the order, through the online application, opens the sterilization box, then leaves the order in the sterilization box, then closes the sterilization box. Then the user receives a notification via the online application that his order is in the sterilization box. Further, goods are sterilized in the sterilization box. In this case, the sterilization process is carried out during the delivery of the order to the user. After sterilization, the user is notified via the online app that the sterilization is complete. After the performer has delivered the order, the user also receives a notification via the online application. To implement the above-described variant, a modified design of the sterilization box can be used. In particular, its weight and overall dimensions can be reduced (compared to the stationary version) to improve ease of use during transportation. Also, in the embodiments of the mobile sterilization box, attachments can be additionally equipped for its convenient transportation, for example, carrying straps or car mounts.

The applicant implemented a variant of the method of delivery of goods using a sterilization box, which is characterized by the fact that the user initially downloads and installs the Clean Box application on a mobile device (it is also possible to access the application through Internet Explorer 8.0 and higher, Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and Google Chrome, Safari and other web browsers). The Cleanbox application is implemented in Python using the Flask Web framework for building web applications and a PostgreSQL database. The client side is implemented in HTML, CSS and Javascript. The server part has integration with Arduino for opening and starting the sterilization box. The server side of the application has integration with neural network training models.

After filling out the registration forms, the user authenticates. Then the user carries out the formation of the order. After placing an order, the Clean Box application wirelessly sends the order data to its own databases located at a remote specialized service, where, based on pre-written algorithms, it analyzes the order for the deficiency of minerals and vitamins. Comparing the list of products from the order generated by the user and its own databases, a specialized server generates recommendations for the purchase of additional food products to implement a balanced diet, then the recommendations are displayed to the user of the online Clean Box application in the form of a notification (the notification interface is shown in Fig. 4-5) ... Also, the Clean Box application provides the ability to generate recommendations based on neural network algorithms and machine learning algorithms.

After placing an order, the user of the online application Clean Box may have access to several options for implementing the delivery method.

A pre-order option, when the user, when placing an order, specifies the time by which he needs to deliver the order.

An option for a regular order, when delivery is carried out within 24 hours from the time of order confirmation.

Express order option, when delivery is carried out within one hour from the time of order confirmation.

Next, the stages of the formation and delivery of the order by the contractor to the sterilization box are carried out.

In the claimed embodiment, the sterilization box is equipped with a battery 3 (which is a 220 V battery), a control element 4 (which is an esp32 microcontroller), which controls the operation of an electromechanical lock 1 (which is an electromechanical lock with a pusher and door position sensor DOOR-LOCK Promix-SM308) and an ultraviolet lamp 2.

During the implementation of the claimed method, the Cleanbox application also implements the following functions: allows users to open the sterilization box and start the sterilization process (shown in Fig. 2); displays to the user the time of the start of sterilization of products and the time until the end of sterilization; Allows users to view dietary recommendations (shown in FIG. 3); Allows users to contact the Cleanbox support team and others.

Consider the option of achieving a technical result, for example, the user receives a bag of milk on which harmful bacteria have formed during production, storage and delivery, while the claimed technical solution provides contactless (relative to the buyer) entry into the sterilization box, in which, under the influence of ultraviolet radiation, occurs disinfection of the product surface for the time required for safe use.

The technical result of the invention is to increase the protection of the buyer of goods from the influence of harmful microorganisms due to the fact that the inventive method includes the receipt by the buyer of an online order through an online application operating using a wireless network, in which initially an order is formed and paid through an online application, then a notification is received through the online application through the wireless communication network about the location of the order in the sterilization box, then through the online application, the choice of the intensity and duration of sterilization is implemented, then information about the selected intensity and duration of sterilization is transmitted wirelessly to the control element 4 of the sterilization box, then, by means of control commands from the control element 4, it is locked electromechanical lock 1 and turn on the ultraviolet lamp 2 with a predetermined intensity for a predetermined period of time. After the end of the sterilization process, information about the completion of the sterilization process is transmitted to the online application via wireless communication via the control element 4. Then the buyer receives the sterilized product. Exposure to ultraviolet lamp 2 on the surface of goods in the sterilization box disrupts cellular respiration and synthesis of bacteria, destroys the structure of their DNA, which makes it impossible for microorganisms to multiply and causes the death of a microbial cell. Ultraviolet light effectively destroys a variety of microorganisms, including viruses, spore bacteria and fungi.

The applicant has implemented a variant of the method of delivery of goods using a sterilization box (shown in Fig. 1). The implementation of the above method confirmed the claimed technical result, the probability of the presence of harmful microorganisms after the online shopping process decreased, on average, by 95%.

Claims (5)

1. A method for controlling a sterilization box used to deliver a product, characterized in that initially a purchase order is generated and paid via an online application via a wireless communication network, then a notification about an order in a sterilization box is received via an online application via a wireless communication network, then, through the online application, the choice of the intensity and duration of sterilization is implemented, then information about the selected intensity and duration of sterilization is transmitted via a wireless network to the control element of the sterilization box, then the electromechanical lock is locked by means of control commands from the control element and the ultraviolet lamp with the selected intensity is turned on at the selected for a period of time, then information about the completion of the sterilization process is transmitted to the online application via a wireless communication network through the control element of the sterilization box. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the system of united computer networks Internet is used as a wireless communication network, Wi-fi, Bluetooth and GPS technologies are used to transfer information. 3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the intensity and duration of sterilization is selected based on the requirements for the quality of sterilization. 4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the sterilization process is carried out during the delivery of the goods using a mobile sterilization box. 5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the sterilization process is carried out after the delivery of the goods using a stationary sterilization box.

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