Patent ID: 6899268

Claim:
An electronic locker system comprising: a locker for housing luggage; a reading means for electrically reading a depositor identifier that has been preliminarily determined by a contract between a managing company of the locker and a user of the locker; an electronic lock for locking the door of the locker after luggage has been deposited therein; and a central control unit which, when said reading means reads said depositor identifier preliminarily determined by the contract between the managing company of the locker and the user of the locker, and when, the depositor identifier read by said reading means is identified as said depositor identifier preliminarily determined by the contract, releases the electric lock to allow the door of the locker to open and sends necessary information such as a luggage deposit fee to the locker managing center through the communication line; wherein the user is only able to deposit luggage into the locker after said central control unit performs the releasing of the electric lock.