US 10,503,164 B2Granted

Delivery system

AssigneeV-Sync Co., Ltd.

InventorTakaya Ibe

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Abstract

A delivery system includes: a delivery vehicle which can carry a delivery box; and a carrier vehicle which can carry the delivery vehicle thereon, the carrier vehicle including a storage container which can store delivery boxes, the carrier vehicle including a conveyance control mechanism which performs conveyance control to convey the delivery box located at a predetermined storage location in the storage container to a storage location different from the predetermined storage location, the conveyance control mechanism performing the conveyance control to convey the delivery box to a receipt location at which the delivery vehicle can receive the delivery box, the delivery vehicle including a carrying control mechanism which performs carrying control to receive the delivery box from the carrier vehicle at the receipt location and to carry the received delivery box thereon, wherein the delivery vehicle deliveries to the delivery destination the delivery box carried on the delivery vehicle.

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Dependent claims

A delivery system comprising:

a delivery vehicle configured to be able to carry a delivery box to be delivered to a delivery destination;
and
a carrier vehicle configured to be able to carry the delivery vehicle thereon, the carrier vehicle including a storage container configured to be able to store one or more delivery boxes,
the carrier vehicle including a conveyance control mechanism configured to perform conveyance control to convey the delivery box located at a predetermined storage location in the storage container to a storage location different from the predetermined storage location, the conveyance control mechanism performing the conveyance control to convey the delivery box to a receipt location at which the delivery vehicle can receive the delivery box, and
the delivery vehicle including a carrying control mechanism configured to perform carrying control to receive the delivery box from the carrier vehicle at the receipt location and to carry the received delivery box thereon,
wherein the delivery vehicle delivers to the delivery destination the delivery box carried on the delivery vehicle by the carrying control of the carrying control mechanism.

3 more elements

A delivery system comprising:

a delivery vehicle configured to carry a delivery box to be delivered to a delivery destination;
and
a carrier vehicle configured to carry the delivery vehicle thereon, the carrier vehicle including:
an automated warehouse configured to store a plurality of delivery boxes and change locations of the plurality of delivery boxes;
and
a controller configured to control the automated warehouse such that the delivery box to be delivered to the delivery destination is located at a receipt location at which the delivery vehicle can receive the delivery box by the time the delivery vehicle gets out of the carrier vehicle at a relay point on a delivery route from a shipping place to the delivery destination, and
the delivery vehicle carries the delivery box to be delivered to the delivery destination thereon upon receiving the delivery box located at the receipt location;
the delivery vehicle gets out of the carrier vehicle when the carrier vehicle arrives at the relay point for the delivery destination;
and
the delivery vehicle travels on the delivery route from the relay point to the delivery destination to deliver the delivery box to the delivery destination.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/576,736Filed 30 Jan 2017
Priority: JP 2016-0926102 May 2016
Published: US 2019/0220000 A118 Jul 2019
Granted: 10 Dec 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

G05D 1/0027
Associated with a remote control arrangement: involving a plurality of vehicles, e.g. fleet or convoy travelling
B60P 3/00
Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or
B61B 13/00
Railway systems: other railway systems
B65G 1/06
Mechanical: with means for presenting articles for removal at predetermined position or level

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