US 11,986,114 B2
Delivery system, control device, delivery method, and control method
Toshiaki Tazume, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/055,824
Filed by Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/009637
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 16, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/183557, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0228010 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); A47G 29/124 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 29/124 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0225 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A delivery system including an unmanned mobile vehicle configured to deliver an article to a delivery destination, the delivery system comprising:
at least one memory configured to store program code; and
at least one processor configured to access the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code including:
authenticating processing code configured to cause at least one of the at least one processor to perform a process of authenticating at least any one of the unmanned mobile vehicle and the article delivered by the unmanned mobile vehicle in a case where the unmanned mobile vehicle arrives at the delivery destination; and
opening/closing control code configured to cause at least one of the at least one processor to perform opening/closing control of a first carry-in port from which the article is carried in at the delivery destination on the basis of an authentication result of at least any one of the unmanned mobile vehicle and the article, wherein the authenticating processing code causes at least one of the at least one processor to perform the process of authenticating the unmanned mobile vehicle as a first authentication step; and
carrying-in control code configured to cause at least one of the at least one processor to perform carrying-in control of carrying the article in from the first carry-in port opened by the opening/closing control on the basis of the authentication result of the unmanned mobile vehicle,
wherein the authenticating processing code causes at least one of the at least one processor to perform the process of authenticating the article carried in from the first carry-in port by the carrying-in control as a second authentication step, and
the opening/closing control code causes at least one of the at least one processor to perform opening/closing control of a second carry-in port from which the article carried in from the first carry-in port is further carried in on the basis of the authentication result of the article.