US 11,718,218 B2
Vehicle
Zekai Qiu, Nisshin (JP); Hironobu Kitaoka, Nisshin (JP); Naoki Yamamuro, Nagoya (JP); Kozo Kosho, Toyota (JP); Hiroaki Sugiyama, Nagoya (JP); and Makoto Ikegami, Obu (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/177,600.
Application 17/177,600 is a continuation of application No. 16/170,697, filed on Oct. 25, 2018, granted, now 10,953,783.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-209355 (JP), filed on Oct. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0170935 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60P 3/20 (2006.01); B60R 25/20 (2013.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); E05F 15/77 (2015.01)
CPC B60P 3/20 (2013.01) [B60R 16/023 (2013.01); B60R 25/20 (2013.01); E05F 15/77 (2015.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
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1. A vehicle used in a delivery system including the vehicle, a user terminal, a server and a deliverer terminal,
the vehicle comprising:
a vehicle main body having a compartment;
a hatch provided on the vehicle main body and configured to open and close the compartment;
a first communication device configured to communicate with the server;
a second communication device having a communication distance shorter than that of the first communication device and configured to communicate with the deliverer terminal;
a locking device configured to lock the hatch; and
a processor,
the deliverer terminal including a display showing received information and a third communication device,
the user terminal transmitting request information to the server,
the request information including commodity information about a commodity purchased by a user and delivery information including a delivery time,
the server transmitting registered vehicle information of the vehicle, the commodity information and an opening code to the deliverer terminal, when the server obtains the commodity information and the delivery information,
the deliverer terminal receiving the registered vehicle information, the commodity information and an opening signal from the server,
the registered vehicle information including information about at least one of a type and a color of the vehicle,
the third communication device being capable to transmit the opening signal to the second communication device, and
the processor being configured to receive information about the opening signal from the server through the first communication device, and to open the hatch when the processor receives the opening signal from the deliverer terminal through the second communication device.