US 12,182,233 B2Granted

Delivery vehicle

AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsHidekazu Sasaki, Daisuke Sato, Kazumi Serizawa, Shunsuke Mogi

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Abstract

A delivery vehicle includes: a main body portion equipped with a moving mechanism; and a control section provided at the main body portion, wherein the control section includes: an autonomous driving executing section that controls the moving mechanism and makes it possible for the main body portion to travel autonomously; a destination information acquiring section that acquires information relating to a delivery destination or a collection destination of a package; a data transmitting section transmitting predetermined data for authentication to a management system that manages a secure area on a delivery path; and a data acquiring section that, in a case in which the data for authentication is authenticated by the management system, acquires area information including map information of the secure area from the management system.

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Dependent claims

A delivery vehicle comprising a main body portion equipped with a moving mechanism, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

control the moving mechanism to allow the main body portion to travel autonomously;
acquire information relating to a delivery destination or a collection destination of a package;
transmit predetermined data for authentication to a management system that manages a secure area on a delivery path;
and
acquire area information including map information of the secure area from the management system after the predetermined data for authentication is authenticated, the map information of the secure area including information relating to facilities including elevators;
delete the acquired map information of the secure area and transmit the deleted map information to the management system after delivery or collection of the package;
and
prohibit the delivery vehicle from leaving the delivery or collection destination until receiving confirmation that the secure area information has been received by the management system.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/861,456Filed 11 Jul 2022
Priority: JP 2021-11888319 Jul 2021
Published: US 2023/0020932 A119 Jan 2023
Granted: 31 Dec 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G06F 21/305
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: by remotely controlling device operation
B60W 60/00256
Specially adapted for specific operations: delivery operations
G06F 21/44
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: program or device authentication
G06F 21/60
Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity: protecting data

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