This invention relates to the secure delivery of items enclosed in wrappings, such as parcels, packages and envelopes, and provides apparatus and a control system to perform the same. The invention is specifically directed to the safe and accurate handling of relatively small packages (including envelopes and parcels), handled by the public postal systems of the world, although they are also dealt with by courier services. The invention provides a system and apparatus for secure handling of a package from a dispatch point to a receiving station, the apparatus comprising a receiving station having a remotely openable and closeable container adapted for secure installation thereat and for receiving a package for temporary retention within and automatic retrieval therefrom. The container has a lockable and unlockable door, responsive to instructions received from a remote computer device programmed with software containing executable instructions for controlling functionality of the container, including the door.
Property surveillance and security system
2019-05-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | A47G Haushalt- oder Tafelausstattung , HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT / B60P Fahrzeuge zum Transport von Lasten oder zum Befördern, Tragen oder Aufnehmen besonderer Lasten oder Gegenstände , VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS |