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US 12,182,753 B2Granted
Management method and management apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMotohiro Nakamura, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Yosuke Togami, Yusuke Kobayashi, Seii Sai, Tsuyoshi Okada, Naoko Yokoyama, Keishi Kinoshita
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Abstract
A management method includes determining, by a management apparatus, a stopping location for a vehicle used for delivery, based on vehicle classification data on the vehicle, delivery environment information, and stopping environment information during the delivery.
Claims7
A management method of managing a delivery of a package to a delivery destination performed by a management apparatus including a controller and an interface, the management method comprising:
- acquiring, by the controller via the interface, vehicle classification data on a vehicle used for the delivery, delivery environment information, and stopping environment information during the delivery;
- extracting, by the controller, a plurality of candidate locations to stop the vehicle at the delivery destination during the delivery based on the vehicle classification data, the delivery environment information, and the stopping environment information;
- calculating, by the controller, a magnitude of an impact of stopping the vehicle during the delivery at each of the plurality of candidate locations;
- determining, by the controller, one of the plurality of candidate locations as a stopping location for the vehicle at the delivery destination during the delivery based on the magnitude of the impact of stopping the vehicle;
- outputting, by the controller via the interface, the stopping location to the vehicle;
- and
- causing, by the controller, the vehicle to autonomously travel to the stopping location to reduce the impact of stopping the vehicle at the delivery destination during the delivery, wherein
- the vehicle classification data comprises data indicative of at least one of:
- an external shape of the vehicle;
- a luggage carrier provided in the vehicle;
- or whether the vehicle is an engine vehicle or an electric vehicle,
- the delivery environment information comprises data indicative of an environment of the delivery destination including at least one of:
- a delivery location;
- a delivery date and time;
- whether a package drop is acceptable;
- or a factor having an impact on time duration to stop the vehicle during the delivery, and
- the stopping environment information comprises data indicative of surroundings of the stopping location including at least one of:
- a size of space for handling the package;
- a resident;
- traffic volume;
- noise;
- or weather conditions.
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A management apparatus of managing a delivery of a package to a delivery destination comprising a controller and an interface, wherein
- the controller is configured to:
- acquire, via the interface, vehicle classification data on a vehicle used for the delivery, delivery environment information, and stopping environment information during the delivery;
- extract a plurality of candidate locations to stop the vehicle at the delivery destination during the delivery based on the vehicle classification data, the delivery environment information, and the stopping environment information;
- calculate a magnitude of an impact of stopping the vehicle during the delivery at each of the plurality of candidate locations;
- determine one of the plurality of candidate locations as a stopping location for the vehicle at the delivery destination during the delivery based on the magnitude of the impact of stopping the vehicle;
- output, via the interface, the stopping location to the vehicle;
- and
- cause the vehicle to autonomously travel to the stopping location to reduce the impact of stopping the vehicle at the delivery destination during the delivery,
- the vehicle classification data comprises data indicative of at least one of:
- an external shape of the vehicle;
- a luggage carrier provided in the vehicle;
- or whether the vehicle is an engine vehicle or an electric vehicle,
- the delivery environment information comprises data indicative of an environment of the delivery destination including at least one of:
- a delivery location;
- a delivery date and time;
- whether a package drop is acceptable;
- or a factor having an impact on time duration to stop the vehicle during the delivery, and
- the stopping environment information comprises data indicative of surroundings of the stopping location including at least one of:
- a size of space for handling the package;
- a resident;
- traffic volume;
- noise;
- or weather conditions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.