Package delivery support system, package delivery support method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program, and mobile unit

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program, the program being executable on a computer of a server configured to manage a mobile unit having a lockable and unlockable loading space for loading a package, the mobile unit driving a predetermined number of laps of a route and stopping at a plurality of predetermined locations, and the program, when executed on the computer, causing the computer to execute operations comprising:

• determining an area;
• acquiring a pickup request to pick up a package with the mobile unit from a user terminal:
• selecting the mobile unit from among a plurality of mobile unit candidates based on location information of each of the mobile unit candidates and a location specified by the pickup request when a plurality of mobile unit candidates are present in the area;
• supplying the selected mobile unit with an instruction configured to move the selected mobile unit to the specified location;
• receiving a notification of a completion of a pickup of the package from the selected mobile unit;
• receiving, from a delivery server, a transfer request of the package including an address of a transfer place designated by the delivery server;
• transmitting a package transfer instruction to the selected mobile unit, the package transfer instruction including information that identifies the package, and information indicating the address of the transfer place;
• and
• receiving a notification of a completion of a transfer of the package from the selected mobile unit.

A package delivery method comprising:

• determining, by a server for a mobile unit having a lockable and unlockable loading space for loading a package, an area;
• acquiring, by the server, a pickup request to pick up a package with the mobile unit from a user terminal, the mobile unit driving a predetermined number of laps of a route and stopping at a plurality of predetermined locations;
• selecting, by the server, the mobile unit from among a plurality of mobile unit candidates based on location information of each of the mobile unit candidates and a location specified by the pickup request when a plurality of mobile unit candidates are present in the area;
• supplying, by the server, the selected mobile unit with an instruction for causing the selected mobile unit to move to the specified location;
• receiving a notification of a completion of a pickup of the package from the selected mobile unit;
• receiving, from a delivery server, a transfer request of the package including an address of a transfer place designated by the delivery server;
• transmitting a package transfer instruction to the selected mobile unit, the package transfer instruction including information that identifies the package, and information indicating the address of the transfer place, and
• receiving a notification of a completion of a transfer of the package from the selected mobile unit.