Delivery system, information processing device, control method for information processing device, and non-transitory recording medium having program stored therein

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11158148-B2
Application number	US-202017024274-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2020
Priority date	Dec 28, 2017
Publication date	Oct 26, 2021
Grant date	Oct 26, 2021

Abstract

A delivery system includes: a first vehicle configured to deliver a delivery object to a predetermined delivery destination; a second vehicle configured to deliver the delivery object to the first vehicle; and an authentication information issuing device configured to perform at least one of first issuance control and second issuance control. The first issuance control is control of issuing first authentication information to a second user terminal. The first authentication information is information for locking and unlocking the predetermined area of the first vehicle. The second issuance control is control of issuing second authentication information to a first user terminal. The second authentication information is information for locking and unlocking the predetermined area of the second vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing device comprising:
circuitry configured to issue first authentication information to a second terminal which relates to a second vehicle that delivers a delivery object to a first vehicle, wherein
the first authentication information is information for locking and unlocking a predetermined area of the first vehicle that delivers the delivery object to a predetermined delivery destination, and
the predetermined area of the first vehicle is used as a pickup and delivery place of the delivery object while the delivery object is delivered to the predetermined delivery destination.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a notification device configured to notify a first terminal and the second terminal of predetermined information such that the first vehicle and the second vehicle are able to gather at a predetermined meeting place,
wherein the predetermined information includes position information of the predetermined meeting place.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the notification device is configured to notify the predetermined information based on position information of current locations of the first vehicle and the second vehicle.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the notification device is configured to notify the predetermined information based on delivery schedules of the delivery object in the first vehicle and the second vehicle.

5. The information processing device delivery system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a delivery request providing device configured to provide a request for delivery of the delivery object to the predetermined delivery destination as a delivery request to a plurality of the first vehicles;
a response acquiring device configured to acquire a response to the delivery request provided by the delivery request providing device from the plurality of the first vehicles; and
a selection device configured to extract the first vehicles having transmitted a response indicating agreement about the delivery request among the responses acquired by the response acquiring device and to select a designated first vehicle which is a first vehicle to which the delivery object is actually delivered from the second vehicle among the first vehicles,
wherein the circuitry is configured to issue third authentication information for locking and unlocking the predetermined area of the designated first vehicle selected by the selection device to the second terminal.

6. The information processing device according to claim 5 , wherein the selection device is configured to select the designated first vehicle based on position information of current locations of the first vehicle and the second vehicle.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6 , wherein the predetermined meeting place is a place at which the designated first vehicle selected by the selection device is parked.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to issue the first authentication information to the second terminal when the second vehicle delivers delivery objects to a plurality of the first vehicles.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to issue the first authentication information to second terminals of a plurality of the second vehicles when the first vehicle picks up delivery objects from a plurality of the second vehicles.

10. An information processing device comprising:
circuitry configured to issue second authentication information to a first terminal which relates to a first vehicle that delivers a delivery object to a predetermined delivery destination, wherein
the second authentication information is information for locking and unlocking a predetermined area of a second vehicle that delivers the delivery object to the first vehicle, and
the predetermined area of the second vehicle is used as a pickup and delivery place of the delivery object while the delivery object is being delivered to the predetermined delivery destination.

11. The information processing device according to claim 10 , further comprising a notification device configured to notify the first terminal and a second terminal of predetermined information such that the first vehicle and the second vehicle are able to gather at a predetermined meeting place,
wherein the predetermined information includes position information of the predetermined meeting place.

12. The information processing device according to claim 11 ,
wherein the notification device is configured to notify the predetermined information based on position information of current locations of the first vehicle and the second vehicle.

13. The information processing device according to claim 11 , wherein the notification device is configured to notify the predetermined information based on delivery schedules of the delivery object in the first vehicle and the second vehicle.

14. The information processing device according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a delivery request providing device configured to provide a request for delivery of the delivery object to the predetermined delivery destination as a delivery request to a plurality of the first vehicles;
a response acquiring device configured to acquire a response to the delivery request provided by the delivery request providing device from the plurality of the first vehicles; and
a selection device configured to extract the first vehicles having transmitted a response indicating agreement about the delivery request among the responses acquired by the response acquiring device and to select a designated first vehicle which is a first vehicle to which the delivery object is actually delivered from the second vehicle among the first vehicles,
wherein the circuitry is configured to issue third authentication information for locking and unlocking the predetermined area of the designated first vehicle selected by the selection device to the second terminal.

15. The information processing device according to claim 14 , wherein the selection device is configured to select the designated first vehicle based on position information of current locations of the first vehicle and the second vehicle.

16. The information processing device according to claim 15 , wherein the predetermined meeting place is a place at which the designated first vehicle selected by the selection device is parked.

17. The information processing device according to claim 10 , wherein the circuitry is configured to issue the second authentication information to first terminals of a plurality of the first vehicles when the second vehicle delivers delivery objects to a plurality of the first vehicles.

18. The information processing device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to issue the second authentication information to the first terminal when the first vehicle picks up delivery objects from a plurality of the second vehicles.

19. A control method for an information processing device that controls a system in which a predetermined area of a vehicle is used as a pickup and delivery place of a delivery object while the delivery object is being delivered to a predetermined delivery destination, the information processing device including an electronic control unit, the control method comprising:
causing the electronic control unit to perform, by the electronic control unit, at least o

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sakurada Shin
• Ando Koichi
• Matsuura Mutsumi
• Endo Masato
• Fujita Koki

Classifications

• G07C9/00571

  operated by interacting with a central unit · CPC title

• G07C9/00309

  operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks · CPC title

• G06Q10/0833 Primary

  Tracking · CPC title

• G07C2009/00468

  after n uses · CPC title

• G06Q10/083

  Shipping · CPC title