A PIEZO COMMUNITY CONNECTOR

Abstract

ABSTRACT A PIEZO COMMUNITY CONNECTOR The present invention provides an automatic delivery system whereby the commodities, be it food stuff or any commodity, are transferred between multi storied stories using a robotic lift. This provides independent navigation with obstacle avoidance by equipping the lift system with sensors and piezoelectric buzzer to alert contactless recipients of their arrivals for efficient delivery. The working voltage levels for the piezo buzzers are between 3 and 250 volts. In addition, they consume very small amounts of current and provide more sound pressure levels as compared to the conventional magnetic buzzers. Therefore, it goes well with applications where high demands for efficiency and reliability exist. The proposed system will best suit residential buildings, hotel facilities, hospital, or office environments with less human intervention, thus reducing the waiting time while giving it in the shortest time possible. This has as its focus automation, safety, and hygiene in the overall design. And it should thus always lead to improved customer satisfaction, in addition to operational efficiency, in high-rise environments. Fig 1

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TITLE OF THE INVENTION
A PIEZO COMMUNITY CONNECTOR


APPLICANT
K.RAMAKRISHNAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
NH-45, Samayapuram,
Trichy, Tamilnadu, India- 621112


The following specification particularly describes the invention and the manner in which it is to be performed.
A PIEZO COMMUNITY CONNECTOR
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to the field of automated delivery and smart building technology, especially combining principles in robotics, embedded systems, and IoT for efficient transportation of items within residential buildings. It uses autonomous lifts with control through microcontrollers, sensors, and GPS modules to help deliver efficiently between rooms. The system further equips with piezo buzzers in case of notifications to the users with regular deliveries and emergency messages, enhancing the efficiency of last-mile deliveries. It also addresses the issues concerning internal logistics, specifically safety and hygiene, as well as contactless systems for delivering.
BACKGROUND
The speedy growth of the e-commerce sector and food delivery created prospects toward a placed order for rapid, efficient, and contactless delivery solutions that could serve to match the convenience of "at-home" access. Overall, this is indeed successful change, but it poses particularly onerous logistical requirements, particularly in multi-story apartments, where older solutions entail gaining access to buildings, identifying individual rooms, and then often navigating through circuitous layouts. This is slow, susceptible to human error, and hard to coordinate at mass scales, especially at the busiest times or during high demand. Such needs were responded to by the adoption of robotics in the "last mile" of delivery processes, mainly to automate processes, facilitate the smooth movement of goods within buildings, and ensure that consumers quickly and safely receive their products.
However, the existing systems of delivery by robots are still with a weakness in accurate movement, especially for complex multi-story places. Traditional GPS does not work well in indoor cases and sometimes requires the intervention of a human being if it encounters any barrier whatsoever through the intended route. Present delivery system also has no notification mechanism to customers that they have delivered packages, hence causing unnecessary wait time and inconvenience when the customers arrive late to collect their packages at the intended delivery points. Thus, the product is Piezo Community Connector, which fills these almost impossible-appearing challenges by integrating advanced technologies into one autonomous delivery system working seamlessly in residential complexes.
Combining available autonomous robotic lift technology with room-mapping capability of this invention provides reliable real-time delivery within buildings. It utilizes a strong sensor set, including ultrasonic and line-following sensors to navigate rightly; it uses the Smart Global Positioning System for multilateral positioning in order to allow the robot to move from the floor up onto the room without any human interaction. The Piezo Buzzer notification system maximizes user experience by sending immediate alerts to its residents regarding the arrival of their goods, thus reducing queuing time and the concept of physical queues is removed.
The coded piezo buzzer for every room therefore informs of its destination, thus stuffs will be delivered safely and appropriately. It also comes with a real-time monitoring platform that has remote control and manual intervention in case some challenges arise with navigation or in the event of an emergency. The system is possible with remote control for it to override the lifting robot in case of an obstruction but still operates autonomously, providing continued, reliable service. This new invention introduces a new approach to the internal logistics of multiple-story buildings regarding the safe, contactless delivery of grocery shopping, food, medication, and packages. This is an ideal solution to the issues about human contact post-pandemic safety concerns by minimizing contacts while presenting a controlled sanitary environment when delivering food and items. Advanced automation using customer notification and navigation technologies redefine the delivery service inside residential buildings toward effective operations and improved resident satisfaction through Piezo Community Connector.
OBJECTIVE OF THE INVENTION
By Piezo Community Connector, delivery will now be achieved in terms of a totally automated efficient and user-friendly service, and it addresses multi-story residential buildings, allowing this process of grocery item delivery, food, medication, and package deliveries to be totally revolutionized.
Another objective is to integrate the latest most advanced robotic lift technology with cognitive navigation so that the lift will be aware of where it is within the building floor plan and where its destination rooms are without needing much human intervention to carry the goods to those destinations. The whole system can be designed to depend entirely on line mapping and ultrasonic sensors to navigate through the obstructions in the building.
Another objective is to enhance user experience through fast and accurate notification by a piezo buzzer system that alerts the residents about the arrival of their deliveries and eventually helps cut waiting time. This buzzer is associated with a specific room, and the warning signal will be sent to the residents instantly when the robot reaches that location.
In addition to safety and reliability, which the second concern of the requirements, these items also include advanced features such as collision-avoidance sensors and emergency alerts along with the ability to gain remote manual control. In that case, intervention in case the robot bumps into an obstacle or breaks down shall be ensured for continued and safe operation.
Another objective is to minimize contact with human beings and, therefore, improve hygiene by the use of non-contact delivery technologies. It would aim at reducing risks associated with contamination that comes from old-fashioned delivery systems, which are operated by human beings and characterized by very strong growing concerns around hygiene and safety.
Another objective is cost-effectiveness and scalability in the optimized process of delivering services inside residential buildings. The system minimizes the high long-run costs of operation since it delivers fast, reliable, and convenient service to residents, which is growing by the high demand for automated solutions for modern life.
SUMMARY
The Piezo Community Connector is designed as a highly mechanized, fully automated device to optimize delivery services in the context of multi-story houses. It addresses the growing demand for convenient, expedient, and hassle-free delivery of grocery stores, food, drugs, and parcels. The device employs a lift to rearrange itself within a building to allow direct delivery to individual rooms. Among other mechanisms, navigation of smart devices involves line mapping and ultrasonic sensors accompanied by a robust control algorithm, which ease the process to ensure that the lift locates itself at its destination and avoids and handles any kind of obstacle due to the presence of humans.
The system carries an integrated piezo buzzer notification system wherein it informs the people when their orders are delivered. Each room in the building bears a different buzzer associated with some room number or position such that the lift may be notifying the right person. This doesn't make a long queue of waiting time for the residents, and it is much convenient for them since they come to know to get their orders immediately.
Reliability and safety of Piezo Community Connector always come first. The lifting device is advanced, equipped with sensors and system for emergency braking, collision avoidance devices, etc. Also, if the robot runs into some problem or deviates from its track, then emergency signals appear and the problem can be corrected directly via remote controls. This will ensure that in case of an error which may arise from detours or any other type, the elevator will keep running without any hitch and it will not have a chance to stall.
Hygiene and safety: Another spectacular feature presented about the system is hygiene and safety, especially as offered after the pandemic situation today. The delivery process takes place without physical contact; hence no risk of residents passing through the human delivery attendant. This lowers the possibilities of contamination, and food goods and medicines will arrive with recipients clean and safely. Being risk-free from human mistakes, it has tapped into the automation process in delivering overall safety standards.

It features immense long-term cost savings in terms of operation. Since it automatically completes deliveries within residential buildings, the system has little or no human intervention and hence streamlines logistics to cut long-term costs, ensure efficiency, and improve the overall service. The system could be installed both for small and large residential buildings depending on growth demands, which will ensure that it remains usable well into the future.
Piezo Community Connector is generally, an advanced technology that helps in bringing the automation inside the residential buildings. It brings together features of intelligent robotic technologies, contactless delivery, safety elements and also cost effectiveness all turned into one product hence will contribute to improvement on convenience, speed, and reliability while supporting the evolving needs of the residents and the management of the building. Quality of life for its dwellers will also improve and determine the horizon in the future for automated delivery in an urban setup.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The following detailed description is described based on the illustrated drawings with respect to its reference numbers.
FIG 1 illustrates the systematic view of the disposal system with the incinerator, motor with pump and catalytic converter attached to it.
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1 Sling with polyester webbing
2 Round Sling made of polyester.
3 Three phase, 415 volt electric hoists.
4 Electric Hoists Stahl Co. Manual Chain Hoists by Yale.
5 Bolts with eyes.
6 Rope Slings made of wire.
7 Wire rope slings with several legs.
8 Batteries
9 D.C. Motors
10 Wheels
11 Ultrasonic Sensors
12 Arduino
13 Bluetooth Module
14 Global Positioning System (GPS)
15 Servo Motor
16 Solar Panel
17 Acrylic Sheet
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION
The present invention is a new automated delivery system that allows for the safe, contactless, and efficient delivery of goods in multi-story residential and commercial buildings. It just covers an autonomous robotic lift, sensors spread over networks, communication interfaces, and safety mechanisms intended to ensure the smooth and reliable transportation of items from a central place to rooms or units within the building. This invention addresses problems in human interaction, security, and hygiene in delivery services. High-rise buildings, offices, hospitals, hotels, etc, are multi-floor environments where this invention can be used appropriately.
The heart of this system is a robotic lift that can navigate between floors independently in a building. The lift is engineered with a set of motors and wheels that it travels up and down in the building along established routes. In fact, doing so would result in precise control over lift movement and thus easy navigation through the floors of a building without necessarily requiring human intervention inasmuch as it is efficient and scalable. Thus, they are very much aware of what is happening around them, ensuring their journey is both safe and efficient.
Therefore, set path following uses line-following sensors to direct the lift through paths marked out by any infrastructure contained inside the walls or floors of the building. It means that the lift will always trace a given path and in no way deviate or get lost. The ultrasonic sensors also ensure there is nothing covering the path that the lift is going to traverse; something that would prevent it from bumping into people, furniture, and anything else on its path. It also utilizes infrared sensors to detect slight changes in proximity near specific delivery points. In this way, it creates accurate stopping points and soft landings on the right floor as well as room. The robotic lift is under centralized control through an integrated system with controls over movement, coordination of sensor input, and monitoring all delivery processes.
The central control system will process in real time the data generated by sensors so that lifts can move along the most efficient paths with fewer obstructions. Meanwhile, it can update according to changes in the building's environment through automatic recalculation of the route to be taken by a lift in real time whenever an obstruction is detected or when new deliveries are queued. The fault-free connectivity from the lift to the control system makes the entire delivery process automatic without any interference from human beings. When it reaches the room of the floor allotted, the lift informs the resident with a piezoelectric buzzer put within the infrastructural framework of the room.
The buzzer produces its sound through the piezoelectric effect, a phenomenon wherein materials produce a mechanical vibration whenever an electrical signal is applied to them. It therefore produces a sound that can be modified in both pitch and volume in a way that would be audible and noticeable to the resident. Physically, the delivery personnel does not need to knock on the door; nor does it need to interact with the resident to ensure that the resident will be notified in due time. It is a simple and very effective method of communication from the system to the residents that limits proximity human-to-human contact that may lead to miscommunication. Most of the basic safety features are integrated into the design and functionality of the system.
A robotic lift comes fully equipped with many safety sensors, making it possible for it to work without endangering any human beings, properties, and even itself. Sensor-based systems feature obstacle detection, emergency stops, and even manual override systems. In case the lift hits an obstruction, control over its navigation will be stopped; it will automatically apply the brakes to prevent damage and any form of accident. In any form of malfunction or emergency, the system would send an alarm to alert the residents and the people in charge in the building of the problem. The lift also has a manual override control; the authorized personnel can take the direct control of the lift from a remote location if there are difficulties or malfunctions in the case of technical, so then the lift can be operated or moved to a docking station safely. Several positive features that the system has are that the delivery is touch-free. It is a very vital feature wherein hygiene and safety levels are at the highest level, like hospitals or residential buildings.
And as there is no human interaction when the delivery is made, there will be much reduced chances of germs or virus transmission with this system. Once the lift has brought the resident to their assigned floor and room, the resident is informed of their goods being delivered by only the buzzer and can collect the goods without necessarily having to interact with delivery staff face-to-face. This reduces the potential contact and increases the hygiene quality of the delivery process, something quite vital even after the global pandemic. Another very important feature of the system is energy efficiency.
This is achieved through power from energy-efficient motors that ensure minimum energy consumption but maximum operational effectiveness. The system also interfaces very well with sustainable energy sources, such as the use of solar power, especially in buildings employing solar panels. Low power consumption of the lift helps cut down cost and ensures eco-friendly operations. There is optimized design in the lift to ensure long-term usage with minimum maintenance requirements while still contributing a great deal towards sustainability of the system with lesser carbon footprint in comparison to the overall system. With all these main functionalities, there is a user-friendly interface incorporated in the system through which the building residents as well as the operators can track deliveries and interact with the system.
There is thus an introduction of a smartphone application or web-based platform to residents; this allows them to place orders, to track the delivery in real-time, and get notified once the goods are delivered. The application may also display the precise position of the lift-this being yet another feature that provides openness and timely information. From the operators' view point, the interface is a dashboard while managing the deliveries, activities within the lifts, and also trouble-shooting that may arise. The scalability design of the system is good, thus deployable in buildings of different sizes and complexity.
The system can accommodate various needs as stipulated by the tenants in the building; it may be a small apartment complex or the enormous large commercial building. This system can easily be installed in the preexisting building infrastructures without troubling the normal daily activities. The system is flexible in its use with all sizes of products and types, like food delivery, parcels, or even medical supplies. The type of building will not matter; the resident places an order using any app or platform.
After processing the order, the system would then calculate the delivery route with the most efficiency using a method and it will automatically activate the lift. Then the lift moves through the sensors to the floors around that building dodging obstacles into the pre-assigned delivery point. Upon reaching the designed floor level, the lift will activate the allocated buzzer to the resident's room. It also alerts the occupant, who then retrieves his or her item from the lift. After delivering, the lift proceeds to a docking station where it awaits the next call to make another delivery. Future developments of this technology would envision better integration with smart household appliances whereby the lift could communicate directly with intelligent devices of the occupants.
For example, it can open a door automatically or send a voice notification via smart assistants when it lands on the floor. The AI in combination with the elevator can advance to make even more intelligent interactions with residents, offering services as sharp as checking the delivery in nature or responding to requests through voice commands.
, Claims:CLAIMS
We claim,
1. A vertical delivery system for transferring articles in a multi-story building, comprising:
a receiving box located at a predetermined location on the ground level for the purpose of receiving articles;
a pulley mechanism associated with the receiving box and securely attached to a vertically strung rope or wire to facilitate vertical movement;
a guiding means for moving the receiving box along the vertical transport path to a preselected location on one of the upper floors adjacent to an apartment unit; and,
a control system which enables the receiving box to switch levels when needed.
2. The vertical delivery system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pulley mechanism is motorized so that said receiving box can be powered along a vertical transport path.
3. The vertical delivery system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the set-up further comprises in remote control unit for operating said motorized pulley system to allow apartment owner to send and receive the receiving box from the apartment.
4. The vertical delivery system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receptacle box is fitted with at least one weight sensor measuring articles in the box and with a safety mechanism that prevents the movement of the box if the measured weight exceeds the predefined limit.
5. The vertical delivery system as claimed in claim 1, the alarm device attached to every dwelling unit so that when the receiving canister has arrived at the dwelling unit through vision, hearing, or electricity, the alarm device sends a signal to the occupant of the unit.
6. The vertical delivery system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiving canister includes a coded, keyed or digitally authenticated locking device that can only be opened by authorized persons.
7. The vertical delivery system as claimed in claim 1, which further comprises:
a moving receiving platform alongside each apartment, its motion constructed in such a way that the receiving box is oriented parallel to the level of every apartment for convenient withdrawal.

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