US 12,271,842 B2
Delivery system, control method of delivery system, and storage medium
Kunihiro Iwamoto, Toyota (JP); Yuta Itozawa, Nagoya (JP); and Hirotaka Komura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/125,807.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-104164 (JP), filed on Jun. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0005227 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B60P 3/07 (2006.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06311 (2013.01) [B60L 58/13 (2019.02); B60P 3/07 (2013.01); B60W 60/00256 (2020.02); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); B60L 2200/36 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A delivery system comprising:
a plurality of delivery vehicles for delivering an article to a delivery destination, the plurality of delivery vehicles including at least an autonomously moving power supplying vehicle having a first battery and at least an autonomously moving power receiving vehicle having a second battery, the power supplying vehicle being configured to charge the second battery of the power receiving vehicle; and
a processor programmed to determine a charging schedule including a combination of the power supplying vehicle and the power receiving vehicle based on (i) a delivery schedule of the article and (ii) a remaining charge capacity of each of the first and second batteries, wherein
the second battery of the power receiving vehicle is charged via surplus power supplied from the first battery of the power supplying vehicle based on the determined charging schedule,
the delivery schedule is updated based on the determined charging schedule, and
the power receiving vehicle, having been charged by the power supplying vehicle, autonomously moves to deliver the article to the delivery destination according to the updated delivery schedule.