Movable body and method of using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11517134-B2
Application number	US-202016787505-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 11, 2020
Priority date	Mar 4, 2019
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A movable body is configured to receive a package at a first location and wait for a recipient at a second location that is different from the first location. The movable body includes: a body configured to perform autonomous driving; a storage box attached to the body, the storage box being configured to temporarily store the package; and a controller configured to move the body from the first location to the second location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of using a movable body, the method being a method of assisting delivery using the movable body comprising: a body configured to perform autonomous driving; a storage box attached to the body, the storage box being configured to temporarily store a package; and a controller configured to move the body from a first location to a second location, wherein
the movable body waits at the first location demarcated at an entrance of a multi-family residence,
when the package is placed into the storage box, the controller moves the body to the second location in the multi-family residence, and
when the package is taken out of the storage box at the second location, the controller moves the body back to the first location.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Endo Masato
• Yourou Katsuhiko
• Tateishi Shunji
• Fujishita Nobukatsu

Classifications

• G07F17/166

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• G06Q10/0836

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• B25J9/0003

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• B25J11/008

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• B62D63/02

  Motor vehicles · CPC title