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sBox
A Carrier-Agnostic Delivery Deposit System
Team Members: Luke Jaffe, Jefferson Akpona, Ran Tao,
Xinhao Zhu, Yan Cui, Eric Hu
Fall 2015
2. Problem - Jeff
• Increased online shopping leads to more deliveries
• 60% of deliveries had problems last year
• $1 billion in re-delivering costs
• How do we secure consumer deliveries without
interfering with the carrier’s existing service model?
3. Competition - Nick
Parcelhome Pinpod iBin
Package carrier to
program their PDA with
custom software
User submits 4-digit pin
as part of special delivery
request, package carrier
must enter it to open box
Static keycode stored
inside box lid
4. Solution - Eric
• Smart Home Deposit Box
• User uses a web client or phone app
• Uses unique tracking numbers
• Minimal disturbance for package carriers
6. Hardware - Tom
● Box
○ Size: 18x18x30
○ Material: Wood
○ Two parts: main safe and control part
Outside:Android Phone and motion sensor
Inside: GPIO Control System and Power System
● Door / Lock
○ Electric Strike system
○ Real key in case of shut of power
○ Door automatically closes
7. Box Controller - Luke
• Interface to physical box, Android
smartphone
• Verify tracking # that user input
earlier
• scan package barcode
• manual entry
• User unlocks with unlock button
• Kiosk mode, default lower power
• Notifications sent for delivery and
door warning
8. Control/Sensor Systems -
Nick
Consistent connection and control from phone to
sensors and lock- through FT311D GPIO board
Enable electric strike lock controll by GPIO output
Enable magnetic switch and motion sensor to send
signal to GPIO input
9. Power - Ran
Robust and Sustainable:
- Use of Internal Battery in terms of Emergency
- Design of Battery Charger when Mains Power present
Battery Chemistry: NiCd
Multiple Outputs:
- 5V for Controller Unit
- 7.2V for Electric Strike
13. Server - Luke
• LAMP Server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
• Center of the service, all information passes through
• RESTful design, no client-client communication
• HTTPS post requests for encrypted messaging
14. Phone App - Jeff
• User registration
• Secure login for each user
• Input tracking number for anticipated delivery
• Access server for delivery information
• Delivery and sBox activity Notification (sBox is open
for over a certain amount of time)
• Unlocks sBox
17. Conclusion - Jeff
● Problem: Packages returned, stolen
● Carrier-agnostic because of barcode system
● sBox is the most practical product on market
18. Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Prof. Kimani for his guidance
throughout the project, and Prof. Schirner for his help
during the design phase of the project.
