To simply and inexpensively provide a user interface of an article receiving device excellent in operatability during authentication and high in convenience without being limited by sensor input specification for authenticating a control device outside of an article receiving device.

In an article receiving device in which the unlocking of an article receiving box 101 a mailbox 102 being the first and second article receiving sections receiving articles with different characters is controlled via authentication by an ID 111 card allocated to a dweller of a collective housing, a switching operation unit 107 switching unlocking which of the article receiving box 101 or the mailbox 102 by showing of the ID card 111 to a card sensor 106 is arranged, predetermined authentication processing is carried by showing the ID card 111, which of the article receiving sections is unlocked is switched according to whether or not effective operation of the switching operation unit 107 is carried out by showing the ID card 111.