Vehicle control device and delivery system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11040596-B2
Application number	US-201916282497-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2019
Priority date	Mar 16, 2018
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

A vehicle control device includes an article storage condition acquiring section that acquires a storage condition of an article that is accommodated in a room of a vehicle, and an indoor environment control section that controls an indoor environment of the vehicle by operating an air-conditioning device of the vehicle, and sunshades, based on the storage condition acquired in the article storage condition acquiring section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle control device comprising a central processing unit, wherein the central processing unit comprises:
an article storage condition acquiring section that acquires a storage condition of an article that is accommodated in a room of a vehicle; and
an indoor environment control section that controls an indoor environment of the vehicle by operating an on-vehicle device of the vehicle, based on the storage condition acquired in the article storage condition acquiring section,
wherein
the article storage condition acquiring section acquires a storage condition of the article with delivery to the vehicle being scheduled,
the indoor environment control section operates the on-vehicle device of the vehicle based on the storage condition, when the article is accommodated in the vehicle by the delivery,
the on-vehicle device includes a sunshade that is provided at a window or door of the vehicle and is for shielding sunlight into the room of the vehicle, and
the central processing unit further comprises an accommodation method reporting section that reports accommodation of the article to a spot where sunlight into the room of the vehicle is shielded, or setting of the sunshade for shielding sunlight into the room of the vehicle to a terminal device of a delivery person who performs the delivery, when avoidance of sunlight is included in the storage condition acquired in the article storage condition acquiring section.

2. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the on-vehicle device includes an air-conditioning device that controls air-conditioning in the room of the vehicle, and
when a storage temperature of the article is included in the storage condition acquired in the article storage condition acquiring section, the indoor environment control section operates the air-conditioning device based on the storage temperature.

3. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein
when the storage condition acquired in the article storage condition acquiring section includes avoidance of sunlight, the indoor environment control section operates the sunshade.

4. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein the central processing unit further comprises:
a remaining energy amount detecting section that detects a remaining energy amount of a power source that supplies electric power to the on-vehicle device,
wherein the indoor environment control section does not operate the on-vehicle device when the remaining energy amount detected by the remaining energy amount detecting section is a predetermined lower limit amount or less.

5. The vehicle control device according to claim 4 , wherein the central processing unit further comprises:
an energy supply detecting section that detects that energy is supplied to the power source from an energy replenishment device,
wherein the indoor environment control section operates the on-vehicle device even when the remaining energy amount of the power source is the lower limit amount or less, when it is detected that energy is supplied to the power source from the energy replenishment device by the energy supply detecting section.

6. A delivery system that supports delivery of an article to a vehicle including a vehicle control device, wherein the delivery system comprises a central processing unit comprising:
an article storage condition acquiring section that acquires a storage condition of an article that is accommodated in a room of a vehicle,
an indoor environment control section that controls an indoor environment of the vehicle by operating an on-vehicle device of the vehicle based on the storage condition acquired in the article storage condition acquiring section, and
a remaining energy amount detecting section that detects a remaining energy amount of a power source that supplies electric power to the on-vehicle device,
the central processing unit comprising:
a delivery request accepting section that accepts delivery of the article to the vehicle;
a time information acquiring section that acquires a scheduled time of delivery of the article to the vehicle and a scheduled time of start of use of the vehicle; and
a storage impossible notifying section that determines whether it is possible or impossible to operate the on-vehicle device based on the storage condition while keeping a state in which a remaining energy amount of the power source detected by the remaining energy amount detecting section is larger than a predetermined lower limit energy amount, in a period from the scheduled time of delivery until the scheduled time of start of use, when a delivery request of the article to the vehicle is accepted by the delivery request accepting section, and notifies an acceptance terminal device that accepts the delivery request, or a terminal device of a delivery requester who makes the delivery request that storage of the article in the vehicle is impossible, when determining that it is impossible.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Suzuki Atsuyuki
• Imai Naoko
• Shintani Tomoko

Classifications

• B60H1/3232

  particularly adapted for load transporting vehicles (B60H1/3226 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60H1/00428

  electric · CPC title

• B60H1/00735

  Control systems or circuits characterised by their input, i.e. by the detection, measurement or calculation of particular conditions, e.g. signal treatment, dynamic models · CPC title

• B60J3/02

  adjustable in position {(B60J3/002, B60J3/005 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B60H1/00878 Primary

  the components being temperature regulating devices · CPC title