# US 2021/0279664 A1 · Control apparatus, vehicle, non-transitory computer readable medium, and control method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0279664 A1 - Document ID: US20210279664A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/194,913 - Filed: 2021-03-08 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-06 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Hiromitsu FUJII; Kohei MIWA; Yuko MIZUNO; Shinsuke ARIGA; Hirotaka OMISHA; Tsuyoshi OKADA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210279664A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/06315: {Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis} - G01G 19/12: having electrical weight-sensitive devices - G06Q 10/02: Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events - G06Q 10/0283: {for travel seating} - G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) - G08G 1/202: {Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching} - G01G 19/58: combined with handles of suit-cases or trunks - G08G 1/096725: {where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control} - G08G 1/096775: {where the origin of the information is a central station} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01G: WEIGHING (sorting by weighing B07C5/16) - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) ## Abstract A control apparatus for controlling a vehicle communicably connected to a user terminal, and including a controller. The controller is configured to: perform control to store, in the vehicle, baggage of a user of the user terminal; and perform control to deliver the baggage to the user in response to a request from the user terminal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A control apparatus for controlling a vehicle that is communicably connected to a user terminal, the control apparatus comprising a controller, wherein the controller is configured to: perform control to store, in the vehicle, baggage of a user of the user terminal; and perform control to deliver the baggage to the user in response to a request from the user terminal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to: acquire travel route information for the user; predict a future travel route from the travel route information; determine a degree of fatigue of the user according to a position on the predicted future travel route; and perform control to move the vehicle to a position at which the degree of fatigue exceeds a predetermined value. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the position at which the degree of fatigue exceeds the predetermined value includes a position at which a distance traveled by the user on foot exceeds a predetermined distance. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to: acquire travel route information for the user; predict a future travel route from the travel route information; predict a position where baggage of the user is to be newly added on the predicted future travel route; and perform control to move the vehicle to the predicted position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to: when performing control to store the baggage of the user, determine content of the baggage and acquire a schedule of the user to determine a necessary item for which a probability of being required during the acquired schedule is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; and if the necessary item is not included in the content of the baggage, notify the user of the necessary item that is not included in the content of the baggage. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to perform control to store baggage of a plurality of users in the vehicle, the control apparatus further comprising a memory configured to store information on each baggage in association with each of the plurality of users. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller, upon determining that baggage stored in the vehicle is an item that needs to be stored at a predetermined position other than the vehicle, performs control to transport the baggage stored in the vehicle to the predetermined position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to: measure, upon storing baggage from a same user at different times, a total weight of all of the baggage of the same user, and measure an unloading weight of all baggage to be unloaded when the baggage is delivered to the same user; and determine whether the total weight matches the unloading weight. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A vehicle equipped with the control apparatus according to claim 1. ### Claim 10 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program configured to cause a computer, as a control apparatus for controlling a vehicle that is communicably connected to a user terminal, to execute: control to store, in the vehicle, baggage of a user of the user terminal; and control to deliver the baggage to the user in response to a request from the user terminal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, wherein the program is configured to further cause the computer to: acquire travel route information for the user; predict a future travel route from the travel route information; determine a degree of fatigue of the user according to a position on the predicted future travel route; and perform control to move the vehicle to a position where the degree of fatigue exceeds a predetermined value. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the position at which the degree of fatigue exceeds the predetermined value includes a position at which a distance traveled by the user on foot exceeds a predetermined distance. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, wherein the program is configured to further cause the computer to: acquire travel route information for the user; predict a future travel route from the travel route information; predict a position where baggage of the user is to be newly added on the predicted future travel route; and perform control to move the vehicle to the predicted position. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, wherein the program is configured to further cause the computer to: when performing control to store the baggage of the user, determine content of the baggage and acquire a schedule of the user to determine a necessary item for which a probability of being required during the acquired schedule is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; and if the necessary item is not included in the content of the baggage, notify the user of the necessary item that is not included in the content of the baggage. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10, wherein the program is configured to further cause the computer to: upon determining that baggage stored in the vehicle is an item that needs to be stored at a predetermined position other than the vehicle, perform control to transport the baggage stored in the vehicle to the predetermined position. ### Claim 16 A control method performed by a control apparatus for controlling a vehicle that is communicably connected to a user terminal, the control method comprising: performing control to store, in the vehicle, baggage of a user of the user terminal; and performing control to deliver the baggage to the user in response to a request from the user terminal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The control method according to claim 16, further comprising: acquiring travel route information for the user; predicting a future travel route from the travel route information; determining a degree of fatigue of the user according to a position on the predicted future travel route; and performing control to move the vehicle to a position at which the degree of fatigue exceeds a predetermined value. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The control method according to claim 17, wherein the position at which the degree of fatigue exceeds the predetermined value includes a position at which a distance traveled by the user on foot exceeds a predetermined distance. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The control method according to claim 16, further comprising: acquiring travel route information for the user; predicting a future travel route from the travel route information; predicting a position where baggage of the user is to be newly added on the predicted future travel route; and performing control to move the vehicle to the predicted position. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The control method according to claim 16, further comprising: when performing control to store the baggage of the user, determining content of the baggage, and acquiring a schedule of the user to determine a necessary item for which a probability of being required during the acquired schedule is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; and if the necessary item is not included in the content of the baggage, notifying the user of the necessary item that is not included in the content of the baggage.