Delivery support device, delivery system, and delivery support method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022147921-A1
Application number	US-202117520073-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 5, 2021
Priority date	Nov 9, 2020
Publication date	May 12, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

The delivery support device includes: a reception destination information acquisition section configured to acquire reception destination information for a package for delivery; a delivery route setting section configured to set a delivery route for a delivery vehicle based on the reception destination information acquired by the reception destination information acquisition section; a delivery acceptance availability determination section configured to acquire a delivery acceptance availability status for a reception destination and determine whether or not it will be possible to hand over the package for delivery based on the delivery acceptance availability status; and a resetting section configured to eliminate the reception destination from the delivery route and reset the delivery route in cases in which the delivery acceptance availability determination section has determined that it will not be possible to hand over the package for delivery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A delivery support device, comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
acquire reception destination information for a package for delivery; set a delivery route for a delivery vehicle based on the reception destination information; acquire a delivery acceptance availability status for a reception destination; determine whether or not it will be possible to hand over the package for delivery based on the delivery acceptance availability status; and eliminate the reception destination from the delivery route and reset the delivery route in cases in which determination has been made that it will not be possible to hand over the package for delivery.

2 . The delivery support device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
notify the reception destination of a scheduled delivery arrival time in cases in which a time or distance from a current position of the delivery vehicle to the reception destination on the delivery route has become a predetermined threshold value or lower; and determine that it will not be possible to hand over the package for delivery in cases in which an unavailable-to-accept-delivery notification has been received for the reception destination.

3 . The delivery support device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to reset the delivery route so as to prompt a rest break in cases in which a continuous travel time of the delivery vehicle is a predetermined duration or longer and a distance to a next reception destination is a predetermined distance or greater.

4 . The delivery support device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to set the delivery route in consideration of a height of the delivery vehicle so as to use roads navigable by the delivery vehicle.

5 . The delivery support device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
acquire traffic signal information including a position of a traffic signal, a current color of the traffic signal, and a time until the traffic signal will next change color; and set a delivery route based on the traffic signal information so as to enable uninterrupted passage through the traffic signal without stopping.

6 . A delivery system, comprising:
a delivery vehicle configured to deliver a package for delivery; and the delivery support device of claim 1 .

7 . A delivery support method for a processor, the method comprising:
acquiring reception destination information for a package for delivery; setting a delivery route for a delivery vehicle based on the reception destination information; acquiring a delivery acceptance availability status for a reception destination; determining whether or not it will be possible to hand over the package for delivery based on the delivery acceptance availability status; and eliminating the reception destination from the delivery route and resetting the delivery route in cases in which determination has been made that it will not be possible to hand over the package for delivery.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kanata Tetsuya
• Tajima Masao
• Hayashi Takashi
• Tomatsu Nobuyuki
• Fukudome Hideki
• Hayashi Takashi
• Kawamura Yoshiumi
• Akatsuka Kosuke
• Yamamoto Manabu
• Sakakibara Kosuke

Classifications

• G06Q10/08355

  Routing methods · CPC title

• G06Q10/083 Primary

  Shipping · CPC title

• G06Q10/0833 Primary

  Tracking · CPC title

• G06Q10/047

  Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem · CPC title

• G06Q50/30

  Physics · mapped topic