# US 11,442,453 B2 · Information processing apparatus, information processing method and information processing program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,442,453 B2 - Document ID: US11442453B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/812,730 - Filed: 2020-03-09 - Published: 2020-10-01 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-26 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Koichi Suzuki; Toru Nishitani; Jun Usami; Minami Yoda; Kensuke Koike; Tsuyoshi Ogawa; Yohei Tanigawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11442453B2 ## CPC - G01S 5/0027: {of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile} - G05D 1/0212: {with means for defining a desired trajectory (involving a plurality of land vehicles G05D1/0287)} - G01C 21/3415: {Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents} - G01C 21/3438: {Rendezvous; Ride sharing} - G01S 19/42: Determining position - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) ## Abstract An information processing apparatus manages operation of an autonomous vehicle that delivers a package. The information processing apparatus includes a control section that before the autonomous vehicle arrives at a basic delivery destination that is an original delivery destination of the package, acquires a location, at a planned delivery time of the package, of a user that receives the package, and where the location is different from the basic delivery destination, transmits an instruction for delivering the package to the location to the autonomous vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus for managing operation of an autonomous vehicle that delivers a package, the apparatus comprising a control section that: acquires a planned travel route that is a route on which the autonomous vehicle is planned to travel, before the autonomous vehicle arrives at a basic delivery destination that is an original delivery destination of the package, acquires a location, at a planned delivery time of the package, of a user that receives the package, and where the location is different from the basic delivery destination, transmits an operation instruction to the autonomous vehicle to cause the autonomous vehicle to deliver the package to the location, and transmits an operation instruction to the autonomous vehicle to cancel delivery of the package where the location is not within a predetermined range from the planned travel route. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein where the location is different from the basic delivery destination and the location is another autonomous vehicle that is different from the autonomous vehicle that delivers the package, the control section determines a meeting point and a meeting time of meeting between the autonomous vehicle and the other autonomous vehicle and transmits an instruction intended to cause the autonomous vehicle and the other autonomous vehicle to meet at the meeting point at the meeting time to the autonomous vehicle and the other autonomous vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section acquires the location at a timing at which time left before the planned delivery time of the package becomes no more than a predetermined length of time. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section acquires the location at a timing at which a position of the autonomous vehicle enters a range that is a predetermined distance from the basic delivery destination. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control section acquires the location at a timing at which the autonomous vehicle departs from a predetermined departure point toward the basic delivery destination. ### Claim 6 An information processing method for managing operation of an autonomous vehicle that delivers a package, the method comprising causing a computer to perform steps of; acquiring a planned travel route that is a route on which the autonomous vehicle is planned to travel, before the autonomous vehicle arrives at a basic delivery destination that is an original delivery destination of the package, acquiring a location, at a planned delivery time of the package, of a user that receives the package and a step of, where the location is different from the basic delivery destination, transmitting an operation instruction to the autonomous vehicle to cause the autonomous vehicle to deliver the package to the location and transmitting an operation instruction to the autonomous vehicle to cancel delivery of the package where the location is not within a predetermined range from the planned travel route. ### Claim 7 An information processing program for managing operation of an autonomous vehicle that delivers a package, the program causing a computer to perform a steps of; acquiring a planned travel route that is a route on which the autonomous vehicle is planned to travel, before the autonomous vehicle arrives at a basic delivery destination that is an original delivery destination of the package, acquiring a location, at a planned delivery time of the package, of a user that receives the package and a step of, where the location is different from the basic delivery destination, transmitting an operation instruction to the autonomous vehicle to cause the autonomous vehicle to deliver the package to the location and transmitting an operation instruction to the autonomous vehicle to cancel delivery of the package where the location is not within a predetermined range from the planned travel route.