Method and apparatus for managing receipt of package using vehicle and computer-readable recording medium for executing the method

1 . A method of managing receipt of a package using a vehicle, the method comprising:

determining, by a size determination controller, a size of the package when there is a request for delivery of the package;

acquiring, by the vehicle, information about weather around the vehicle;

determining, by a place determination controller, an optimal place to store the package in the vehicle using the determined size of the package, a size of a loading space in the vehicle, and the information about the weather around the vehicle; and

displaying, by a display of the vehicle, the optimal place to a recipient,

wherein a deliverer is provided with instructions, by the display, to store the package in a finally determined package storage position.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the size of the package includes:

collecting information related to the size of the package; and

analyzing the collected information to determine the size of the package.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the collected information includes at least one of:

information about the size of the package included in product information provided by a shopping mall;

information about the size of the package provided by the deliverer; or

information about the size of the package directly provided by the recipient.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the optimal place to store the package includes:

receiving the size of the loading space that varies depending on a type of the loading space;

comparing the size of the loading space with the determined size of the package; and

determining the optimal place using a result of the comparison.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the size of the loading space is stored in advance or is provided by the recipient.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the weather is acquired from a sensor mounted to the vehicle or is received from outside of the vehicle.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

storing the determined optimal place; and

selecting the stored optimal place and providing the selected optimal place to the recipient.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

granting the deliverer authority to access the package storage position; and

removing the authority when access to the package storage position is completed.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the authority includes sending a one-time digital key to the deliverer in response to a request of the recipient or when a condition set by the recipient is satisfied, and

wherein the deliverer accesses the package storage position using the one-time digital key.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein removing the authority includes:

determining whether access to a space corresponding to the package storage position using the one-time digital key has been completed; and

ending use of the one-time digital key upon determining that access to the space has been completed.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein access to the space corresponding to the package storage position using the one-time digital key includes at least one of opening of a frunk of the vehicle, opening of a tailgate of the vehicle, opening of a first-row door of the vehicle, or opening of a second-row door of the vehicle.

12 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the loading space includes at least one of a frunk, a trunk, a first-row space, or a second-row space of the vehicle.

13 . The vehicle configured for use with the method of claim 1 .

14 . An apparatus for managing receipt of a package using a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

a size determination controller configured to determine a size of the package in response to a first control signal;

a sensor configured to acquire information about weather around the vehicle;

a place determination controller configured to determine an optimal place to store the package in the vehicle using the determined size of the package, a size of a loading space in the vehicle, and the information about the weather around the vehicle;

a display configured to display the determined optimal place to a recipient in response to a second control signal; and

a controller configured to generate the first control signal in response to a request for delivery of the package,

wherein a deliverer is provided with instructions to store the package in a finally determined package storage position.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the place determination controller includes:

a comparator configured to compare the size of the loading space that varies depending on a type of the loading space with the determined size of the package; and

a place analyzer configured to determine the optimal place using a result of the comparison.

16 . The apparatus according to claim 15 , further comprising a storage configured to store the size of the loading space and the determined optimal place.

17 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the controller generates the second control signal in response to a request of the recipient.

18 . The vehicle configured for use with the apparatus of claim 14 .

19 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium containing program instructions executed by a processor, the recording medium comprising:

program instructions that determine a size of a package when there is a request for delivery of the package;

program instructions that acquire information about weather around vehicle;

program instructions that determine an optimal place to store the package in a-the vehicle using the determined size of the package, a size of a loading space in the vehicle, and the information about the weather around the vehicle; and

program instructions that display the optimal place to a recipient for finally determining a package storage position provided by the recipient.