Vehicle and vehicle logistics control method

1 . A vehicle comprising:

a display screen;

a freight loading box;

conveyor balls installed in the freight loading box;

a goods loader configured to move and load goods grouped according to a delivery destination to positions set in the freight loading box by controlling the conveyor balls, wherein the goods loader is configured to set a dropped position in the freight loading box as a loading space for the grouped goods, based on a position where a graphical representation of the grouped goods is dragged and dropped into a graphical representation of the freight loading box that is displayed on the display screen of the vehicle; and

a goods unloader configured to move the grouped goods for the delivery destination toward an entrance side of the freight loading box by controlling the conveyor balls upon arrival of the vehicle at the delivery destination.

2 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a ball controller configured to control driving of the conveyor balls; and

a sensor unit configured to detect the goods placed on the conveyor balls.

3 . The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the goods loader comprises a grouping unit configured to group the goods detected by the sensor unit by matching the goods with the delivery destination in response to the goods placed on the conveyor balls being detected by the sensor unit.

4 . The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the goods loader further comprises:

a goods information transmitter configured to transmit information of the grouped goods to the display screen of the vehicle or a display screen of a user terminal connected to the vehicle; and

a loading position setter configured to set a dropped position in the freight loading box as a loading space for the grouped goods, based on a position where another graphical representation of the grouped goods is dragged and dropped into another graphical representation of the freight loading box that is graphically displayed on the display screen of the user terminal.

5 . The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein, in response to a size of the loading space being smaller than a total volume of the grouped goods to be loaded into the loading space, the goods loader is configured to:

divide the grouped goods into sub-groups, wherein a first sub-group of the grouped goods has a size suiting the size of the loading space;

load the first sub-group of the grouped goods into the loading space; and

load a second sub-group of the grouped goods into a space adjacent to the loading space.

6 . The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein:

the goods loader is configured to move the grouped goods to the positions set in the freight loading box in response to a command received from the user terminal; and

the goods unloader is configured to move the grouped goods toward the entrance side of the freight loading box in response to a second command received from the user terminal after the arrival of the vehicle at the delivery destination.

7 . A vehicle comprising:

a display screen;

a freight loading box;

conveyor balls installed in the freight loading box;

a goods loader configured to move and load goods grouped according to a delivery destination to positions set in the freight loading box by controlling the conveyor balls, wherein the goods loader is configured to set a dropped position in the freight loading box as a loading space for the grouped goods, based on a position where a graphical representation of the grouped goods is dragged and dropped into a graphical representation of the freight loading box that is displayed on the display screen of the vehicle; and

a goods unloader comprising a delivery destination checker configured to perform communication with a delivery system and compare delivery destination information of the delivery system with current location information of the vehicle to determine whether the vehicle has arrived at the delivery destination where the grouped goods are to be unloaded, wherein the goods unloader is configured to move the grouped goods for the delivery destination toward an entrance side of the freight loading box by controlling the conveyor balls upon arrival of the vehicle at the delivery destination.

8 . The vehicle according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a ball controller configured to control driving of the conveyor balls; and

a sensor unit configured to detect the goods placed on the conveyor balls.

9 . The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the goods loader comprises a grouping unit configured to group the goods detected by the sensor unit by matching the goods with the delivery destination in response to the goods placed on the conveyor balls being detected by the sensor unit.

10 . The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the goods loader further comprises:

a goods information transmitter configured to transmit information of the grouped goods to the display screen of the vehicle or a display screen of a user terminal connected to the vehicle; and

a loading position setter configured to set a dropped position in the freight loading box as a loading space for the grouped goods, based on a position where another graphical representation of the grouped goods is dragged and dropped into another graphical representation of the freight loading box that is graphically displayed on the display screen of the user terminal.

11 . The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein, in response to a size of the loading space being smaller than a total volume of the grouped goods to be loaded in the loading space, the goods loader is configured to:

divide the grouped goods into sub-groups, wherein a first sub-group of the grouped goods has a size suiting the size of the loading space;

load the first sub-group of the grouped goods into the loading space; and

load a second sub-group of the grouped goods into a space adjacent to the loading space.

12 . The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the goods unloader further comprises a vehicle state detector configured to detect a gear position and a state of a door of the vehicle, wherein the goods unloader is configured to:

determine that the vehicle has arrived at the delivery destination based on the gear position of the vehicle being in a parking position or the state of the door being an open state; and

move the grouped goods toward the entrance side of the freight loading box by a control of the ball controller.

13 . The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the goods unloader further comprises a delivery information updater configured to transmit information about the grouped goods unloaded from the freight loading box to the delivery system to update delivery information stored in a database of the delivery system.

14 . A vehicle logistics control method, the method comprising:

loading goods grouped according to a delivery destination to positions set in a freight loading box of a vehicle in which conveyor balls are installed by controlling the conveyor balls, wherein loading the grouped goods comprises:

setting a dropped position in the freight loading box as a loading space for the grouped goods, based on a position where a graphical representation of the grouped goods is dragged and dropped into a graphical representation of the freight loading box that is displayed on a display screen of the vehicle; and

moving the grouped goods toward an entrance side of the freight loading box by controlling the conveyor balls in response to the vehicle arriving at the delivery destination.

15 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein loading the goods grouped according to the delivery destination comprises:

grouping the goods by matching the goods to the delivery destination in response to the goods placed on the conveyor balls being detected; and

loading the grouped goods in a loading space in the freight loading box.

16 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting information about the grouped goods matched with the delivery destination to the display screen of the vehicle or a display screen of a user terminal connected to the vehicle;

setting a dropped position in the freight loading box as a loading space for the grouped goods, based on a position where another graphical representation of grouped goods is dragged and dropped into another graphical representation of the freight loading box that is graphically displayed on the display screen of the user terminal; and

moving the grouped goods to the loading space in the freight loading box.

17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein, in response to a size of the loading space being smaller than a total volume of the grouped goods to be loaded into the loading space, the method further comprises:

dividing the grouped goods into sub-groups, wherein a first sub-group of the grouped goods has a size suiting the size of the loading space;

loading the first sub-group of the grouped goods into the loading space; and

loading a second sub-group of the grouped goods into a space adjacent to the loading space.

18 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein moving the grouped goods comprises:

performing communication with a delivery system and comparing delivery destination information of the delivery system with current location information of the vehicle to determine whether the vehicle has arrived at the delivery destination where the grouped goods are to be unloaded; and

moving the grouped goods toward the entrance side of the freight loading box by control of a ball controller in response to a determination that the vehicle has arrived at the delivery destination.

19 . The method according to claim 18 , wherein determining whether the vehicle has arrived at the delivery destination where the grouped goods are to be unloaded comprises:

selectively detecting a gear position and a state of a door of the vehicle; and

determining that the vehicle has arrived at the delivery destination based on the gear position being a parking position or the state of the door being an open state.

20 . The method according to claim 18 , further comprising transmitting information about the grouped goods unloaded from the freight loading box to the delivery system to update delivery information stored in a database of the delivery system.