Patent attributes
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. In conventional home delivery lockers, the card received from the managing company is read by the card reader that is built in the home delivery locker so as to release the lock of the door; therefore, the resulting problem is that, if a resident is not carrying the card, or if the resident has lost the card, he or she cannot take out the corresponding parcel even after he or she has found the notice on his or her arrival. The present invention makes it possible to solve this problem.
