Information processing device, information processing system, information processing method, and terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12535814-B2
Application number	US-202318346269-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 3, 2023
Priority date	Jul 5, 2022
Publication date	Jan 27, 2026
Grant date	Jan 27, 2026

Abstract

The information processing device includes a control unit that manages a logistics robot that delivers a package from an intermediate delivery point to a living place of each of a plurality of users. The control unit estimates the time at which the logistics robot completes the delivery of the first package to the first user based on the information on the undelivered package existing at the intermediate delivery point at the time at which the first package arrives at the intermediate delivery point and the delivery capability of the logistics robot. The control unit outputs the estimated time to the terminal device of the first user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information processing device, comprising:
a processor configured to control a logistics robot to deliver a package from an intermediate delivery point to a residence of each of a plurality of users, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire (i) a quantity and size of undelivered packages as information on the undelivered packages existing at the intermediate delivery point and (ii) a quantity and capacity of a load that the logistics robot operating at the intermediate delivery point can load as delivery capacity of the logistics robot, to estimate a delivery time at which the logistics robot completes delivery of a first package to a first user based on the acquired quantity and size of the undelivered packages and the acquired quantity and capacity of the load that the logistics robot operating at the intermediate delivery point can load, estimate an earlier time to complete the delivery of the first package to the first user as the estimated delivery time in response to an increase of a quantity of logistics robots at the intermediate delivery point or in response to an increase of the capacity of the load that the logistics robot operating at the intermediate delivery point can load, output the estimated delivery time to a terminal device of the first user, and in response to an instruction to deliver the first package by the logistics robot being acquired from the terminal device of the first user, control the logistics robot to deliver the first package to the first user based on the estimated delivery time.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein in response to an instruction that the first user receives the first package at the intermediate delivery point being acquired from the terminal device, the processor is configured to control the logistics robot such that the first package is stored at the intermediate delivery point.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein in response to the first user receiving the first package at the intermediate delivery point, the processor is configured to grant the first user an incentive.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to estimate the delivery time at which the logistics robot completes the delivery of the first package based on a priority for delivering the first package among the undelivered packages.

5 . The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the priority for delivering the first package based on the information on the undelivered package.

6 . The information processing device according to claim 5 , wherein the information on the undelivered package further includes a kind of the undelivered package.

7 . The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to grant the first user an incentive in response to an instruction that the first user permits to lower the priority for delivering the first package being acquired from the terminal device.

8 . The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to charge the first user in response to the priority for delivering the first package being raised based on a further instruction by the first user.

9 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to further acquire an estimation value of a time in which the logistics robot moves from the intermediate delivery point to the residence of each of the plurality of users as a delivery capability of the logistics robot.

10 . The information processing device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to set a route in which the logistics robot is configured to move from the intermediate delivery point to the residence of each of the plurality of users such that a time for the logistics robot to move from the intermediate delivery point to the residence of each of the plurality of users is shortened.

11 . An information processing system, comprising:
a logistics robot; a terminal device of a first user; and an information processing device; including a processor configured to control the logistics robot to deliver a package from an intermediate delivery point to a residence of each of a plurality of users including the first user, wherein the processor is configured to:
acquire (i) a quantity and size of undelivered packages as information on the undelivered packages existing at the intermediate delivery point and (ii) a quantity and capacity of a load that the logistics robot operating at the intermediate delivery point can load as delivery capacity of the logistics robot, to estimate a delivery time at which the logistics robot completes delivery of a first package to the first user based on the acquired quantity and size of the undelivered packages and the acquired quantity and capacity of the load that the logistics robot operating at the intermediate delivery point can load,
estimate an earlier time to complete the delivery of the first package to the first user as the estimated delivery time in response to an increase of a quantity of logistics robots at the intermediate delivery point or in response to an increase of the capacity of the load that the logistics robot operating at the intermediate delivery point can load,
output the estimated delivery time to the terminal device of the first user, and
in response to an instruction to deliver the first package by the logistics robot being acquired from the terminal device of the first user, control the logistics robot to deliver the first package to the first user based on the estimated delivery time, and
the terminal device is configured to display the estimated delivery time at which the logistics robot completes the delivery of the first package, the estimated delivery time being output from the information processing device.

12 . An information processing method executed by an information processing device that manages a logistics robot that delivers a package from an intermediate delivery point to a residence of each of a plurality of users, the information processing method comprising:
acquiring (i) a quantity and size of undelivered packages as information on the undelivered packages existing at the intermediate delivery point and (ii) a quantity and capacity of a load that the logistics robot operating at the intermediate delivery point can load as delivery capacity of the logistics robot, to a delivery time at which the logistics robot completes delivery of a first package to a first user based on the acquired quantity and size of the undelivered packages and the acquired quantity and capacity of the load that the logistics robot operating at the intermediate delivery point can load, estimating an earlier time to complete the delivery of the first package to the first user as the estimated delivery time in response to an increase of a quantity of logistics robots at the intermediate delivery point or in response to an increase of the capacity of the load that the logistics robot operating at the intermediate delivery point can load, outputting the estimated delivery time to a terminal device of the first user; and in response to an instruction to deliver the first package by the logistics robot being acquired from the terminal device of the first user, control the logistics robot to deliver the first package to the first user based on the estimated delivery time.

13 . The information processing method according to claim 12 , further comprising estimating the delivery

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

• G05D1/0016

  characterised by the operator's input device (input arrangements for computing systems in general G06F3/00) · CPC title

• G05D1/0212 Primary

  with means for defining a desired trajectory (involving a plurality of land vehicles G05D1/0287) · CPC title

• G06Q10/08

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

• G06Q10/06311

  Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group · CPC title