US 11,809,189 B2
Package delivery support system, package delivery support method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program, and mobile unit
Yusuke Kaneko, Nagoya (JP); Masato Endo, Nagakute (JP); Shinji Sassa, Ama (JP); Takahiro Shiga, Chiryu (JP); and Yohei Tanigawa, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/513,301.
Application 17/513,301 is a continuation of application No. 16/201,252, filed on Nov. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,442,452.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-252500 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0050466 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); B60P 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0212 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); G06Q 50/00 (2013.01); B60P 3/007 (2013.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A package delivery support method comprising:
acquiring, by a management device for a mobile unit prepared in an area, at least one of a delivery request to deliver a package loaded on the mobile unit and a pickup request to pick up a package with the mobile unit;
transmitting a collection instruction to a delivery company, the collection instruction including delivery information regarding the package to be collected by the delivery company;
supplying, by the management device, the mobile unit with an instruction for causing the mobile unit to move to a location specified by the at least one of the delivery request and the pickup request and an instruction for causing the mobile unit to move to a collection place where a delivery company collects the package;
acquiring an intention of a user to purchase a product by a sales server and transmit, to the management device, inquiry information as to whether an address or residence of a delivery destination is in an area in which the mobile unit is available; and
acquiring the inquiry information by the management device, determining whether the mobile unit is available, and transmitting a determination result as to whether the mobile unit is available to the sales server,
wherein purchase confirmation for the product is determined based on the determination result.