Information processing system, information processing method, and program-stored non-transitory storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11829938-B2
Application number	US-201816233166-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2018
Priority date	Jan 12, 2018
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023

Abstract

An information processing system includes: an acquisition portion configured to acquire pieces of attribute information of a first package; a controlling portion configured to perform a determination process of determining whether or not a first vehicle is suitable as a collection and delivery place for the first package based on package attribute condition information that is included in the attribute information of the first package, the package attribute condition information being related to an attribute of the first package as one of determination conditions based on which the first vehicle is determined to be suitable as the collection and delivery place; and an output portion configured to output a result of the determination process.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing system comprising:
communication circuitry configured to acquire, via a communication network, attribute information of a first package and surrounding environment condition information of a first vehicle; and
processing circuitry configured to:
perform, based on the attribute information and the surrounding environment condition information, a determination process of determining whether or not the first vehicle is suitable as a collection and delivery place for the first package based on package attribute condition information that is included in the attribute information of the first package, the package attribute condition information being related to an attribute of the first package as one of determination conditions based on which the first vehicle is determined to be suitable as the collection and delivery place, the surrounding environment condition information including at least date and time condition information indicative of date and time when the first vehicle is suitable or not suitable as the collection and delivery place, wherein

the communication circuitry is further configured to transmit a result of the determination process to an in-vehicle device located in the first vehicle, the result including authentication information to unlock the first vehicle in response to a determination that the first vehicle is suitable as the collection and delivery place, the authentication information including at least a key identifier for the in-vehicle device, the in-vehicle device unlocking the first vehicle in response to receipt of the result of the determination process,
wherein:
the package attribute condition information includes information indicating that direct delivery to a recipient is required, as attribute information of the first package for which the first vehicle is not suitable as the collection and delivery place,
when the attribute information of the first package includes the information indicating that direct delivery to the recipient is required, the processing circuitry is configured to determine that the first vehicle is not suitable as the collection and delivery place for the first package,
when the attribute information of the first package includes information indicating the product having a value that is greater than a predetermined value and the surrounding environment condition information of the first vehicle indicating an area where the first vehicle designated as the collection and delivery place for the first package is located is a caution area, the processing circuitry is configured to determine that the first vehicle is not suitable as the collection and delivery place for the first package, and
the processing circuitry is configured to determine that the package attribute condition information includes the information indicating that direct delivery is required when the attribute information of the first package includes information on whether identification (ID) confirmation is required, information on whether freight collect is designated, or information on whether cash on delivery is designated.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform the determination process further based on package deliverable schedule information of the first vehicle for a user who has a right to designate the first vehicle as the collection and delivery place.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the attribute information of the first package includes information indicating that direct delivery to a recipient is required, the processing circuitry is configured to perform the determination process on the first vehicle designated as the collection and delivery place for the first package, based on a confirmation result about whether or not the recipient is present in the first vehicle on collection and delivery scheduled date and time.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein
the communication circuitry is configured to receive positional information of the first vehicle and positional information of a carrier for the first package, and
the processing circuitry is configured to, in response to a determination that the first vehicle is suitable as the collection and delivery place for the first package, determine whether or not a distance between the first vehicle and the carrier is less than a first distance, based on the positional information of the first vehicle and the positional information of the carrier, and
the communication circuitry is configured to, in response to a determination that the distance between the first vehicle and the carrier is less than the first distance, transmit, to at least a user terminal of the carrier, a notification indicating that the first vehicle and the carrier come close to each other.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the package attribute condition information includes information indicative of a frozen product as the attribute information of the first package for which the first vehicle is not suitable as the collection and delivery place; and
when the attribute information of the first package includes the information indicative of the frozen product, the processing circuitry is configured to determine that the first vehicle is not suitable as the collection and delivery place for the first package.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the package attribute condition information includes information indicative of a cold product, as attribute information for which the surrounding environment condition information is used in the determination process; and
when the attribute information of the first package includes the information indicative of the cold product, the processing circuitry is configured to perform the determination process based on the date and time condition information regarding information on date and time for delivery to the first vehicle.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the package attribute condition information includes information indicative of a cold product, as attribute information for which the surrounding environment condition information is used in the determination process;
the surrounding environment condition information includes sunshine condition information indicative of a degree of sunlight under which the vehicle is suitable or not suitable as the collection and delivery place; and
when the attribute information of the first package includes the information indicative of the cold product, the processing circuitry is configured to perform the determination process based on the sunshine condition information regarding information indicative of the degree of sunlight on the first vehicle designated as the collection and delivery place for the first package.

8. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the surrounding environment condition information includes area condition information indicative of an area where the vehicle is suitable or not suitable as the collection and delivery place; and
the processing circuitry is configured to perform the determination process further by use of the area condition information, further based on an address of a location of the first vehicle designated as the collection and delivery place for the first package.

9. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the surrounding environment condition information includes parking position condition information indicative of a parking position at which the vehicle is suitable or not suitable as the collection and deli

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kanaoka Kei
• Maeda Shun
• Murozaki Yoshihiro
• Tsujimura Hiroko
• Kaneichi Daiki
• Jinnai Kuniaki

Classifications

• G06Q10/08355 Primary

  Routing methods · CPC title

• G06Q10/0832 Primary

  Special goods or special handling procedures, e.g. handling of hazardous or fragile goods · CPC title

• G07C9/00896

  specially adapted for particular uses · CPC title

• H04L9/085

  Secret sharing or secret splitting, e.g. threshold schemes · CPC title

• G06Q10/0836

  Recipient pick-ups · CPC title