Information processing device, delivery system, program, and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12456101-B2
Application number	US-202318344784-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2023
Priority date	Jul 5, 2022
Publication date	Oct 28, 2025
Grant date	Oct 28, 2025

Abstract

The information processing device manages a vehicle for package delivery and a logistics robot permanently installed in the apartment house. The information processing device includes a control unit that acquires information on whether maintenance of the logistics robot is necessary from the logistics robot, transmits information on the logistics robot that needs maintenance to the vehicle, and instructs the vehicle to collect the logistics robot that needs maintenance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A delivery system comprising:
an information processing device that manages a vehicle for package delivery and a logistics robot permanently installed in an apartment house, the information processing device comprising a control unit,
wherein the control unit is configured to:
acquire information on whether maintenance of the logistics robot is necessary from the logistics robot;
transmit information of the logistics robot that needs maintenance to the vehicle; and
instruct the vehicle to collect the logistics robot that needs maintenance;

a vehicle for package delivery; and
a logistics robot permanently installed in an apartment house,
wherein when the vehicle arrives at the apartment house in which the logistics robot that needs maintenance is permanently installed, the vehicle transmits a message indicating that the vehicle has arrived to the logistics robot, and
when the logistic robot receives the message indicating that the vehicle has arrived, the logistics robot moves to a location where the vehicle is stopped.

2. The deliver system according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to instruct the vehicle to carry the collected logistics robot to a facility where maintenance of the logistics robot is able to be performed.

3. The deliver system according to claim 1 , wherein the information of the logistics robot that needs maintenance includes information of a location of an apartment house in which the logistics robot is permanently installed and identification information of the logistics robot.

4. The deliver system according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to instruct the vehicle located closest to the apartment house in which the logistics robot that needs maintenance is permanently installed to collect the logistics robot.

5. The delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein when the logistics robot that needs maintenance arrives at the location of the vehicle, the vehicle automatically loads the logistics robot into a luggage compartment.

6. The delivery system according to claim 5 , wherein when the vehicle loads the logistics robot into the luggage compartment, the vehicle moves to a facility where maintenance of the logistics robot is able to be performed.

7. An information processing method for a delivery system including a vehicle for package delivery, a logistics robot that is permanently installed in an apartment house, and an information processing device, the method comprising:
acquiring, by the information processing device, information on whether maintenance of the logistics robot is necessary from the logistics robot;
transmitting, by the information processing device, information of the logistics robot that needs maintenance to the vehicle;
instructing the vehicle, by the information processing device, to collect the logistics robot that needs maintenance;
transmitting, by the vehicle, a message indicating that the vehicle has arrived to the logistics robot, when the vehicle arrives at the apartment house in which the logistics robot that needs maintenance is permanently installed; and
causing the logistics robot to move to a location where the vehicle is stopped when the logistics robot receives the message indicating that the vehicle has arrived.

8. The information processing method according to claim 7 , further comprising instructing the vehicle, by the information processing device, to carry the collected logistics robot to a facility where maintenance of the logistics robot is able to be performed.

9. The information processing method according to claim 7 , wherein the information of the logistics robot that needs maintenance includes information of a location of the apartment house in which the logistics robot is permanently installed and identification information of the logistics robot.

10. The information processing method according to claim 7 , further comprising instructing the vehicle located closest to the apartment house in which the logistics robot that needs maintenance is permanently installed, by the information processing device, to collect the logistics robot.

11. The information processing method according to claim 7 , further comprising automatically loading the logistics robot into a luggage compartment by the vehicle, when the logistics robot that needs maintenance arrives at a location of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jikuhara Yoshikazu
• Hioki Jun
• Yamada Kaori
• Watanabe Maiko
• Kuwayama Yuki
• Maruta Shunya
• Okumura Yo

Classifications

• G06Q10/083 Primary

  Shipping · CPC title

• G06Q10/08

  Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management · CPC title

• G06Q10/20 Primary

  Administration of product repair or maintenance · CPC title