Autonomous vehicle, delivery system, and program
AssigneeZmp Inc.
InventorEko TANIGUCHI
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Abstract
Provided are an autonomous vehicle 100 traveling along a set route, a delivery system, and a program, the autonomous vehicle including a pair of display units 103 installed at left and right on the front face of the main body and a monitoring camera 104 for shooting the front, sides, and rear of the autonomous vehicle 100, wherein by displaying predetermined eye-shaped images on the display unit 103 based on the state of the autonomous vehicle 100 and the images shot by the monitoring camera 104, the eye-shaped images are changed depending on the state of obstacles to ensure friendliness to people in stores and at delivery destinations as well as surrounding people during travel.
Claims16
An autonomous vehicle that travels along a set route, comprising:
- a pair of display units provided on front-left and front-right sides of the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- a monitoring camera for shooting the front, sides, and rear of the autonomous vehicle, wherein
- predetermined images are displayed on the display units based on the state of the autonomous vehicle and/or images shot by the monitoring camera.
A delivery system, comprising:
- a user terminal;
- a store server to which delivery of a product is requested via the user terminal;
- an autonomous vehicle that delivers the product by traveling along a set route;
- and a monitoring server for monitoring the state of the autonomous vehicle, all of the above being connected to a network, wherein
- the user terminal comprises:
- a product ordering unit for ordering the delivery of a product to the store server;
- and an authentication presenting unit for presenting an authentication code for allowing the autonomous vehicle to authenticate the user terminal,
- the store server comprises:
- a product order receiving unit for receiving an order for delivery of the product from the user terminal,
- the autonomous vehicle comprises:
- a delivery route setting unit for setting the route of delivery of the product;
- a main body having a housing unit for housing the product;
- a pair of display units provided at front-left and front-right sides of the autonomous vehicle;
- and a monitoring camera for shooting the front and sides of the autonomous vehicle, and wherein
- the display unit displays predetermined eye-shaped images based on the state of the autonomous vehicle and/or images shot by the monitoring camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.