US 12,412,224 B2
Method, system and computer-readable medium for managing souvenir supply service
Miki Nomoto, Nagoya (JP); Yuka Nishiyama, Toyota (JP); Kenichi Okumura, Gotemba (JP); Ryota Tomizawa, Mishima (JP); Tatsuya Sugano, Shizuoka-ken (JP); Yushi Seki, Kanagawa-ken (JP); and Tokuhiro Masui, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/201,264.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-103666 (JP), filed on Jun. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0419427 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/14 (2012.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 50/14 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/06313 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing a souvenir supply service, the method comprising the steps of:
acquiring map information and information on a sightseeing plan of a user using the souvenir supply service, wherein the information on the sightseeing plan comprises positional information on a sightseeing spot visited by the user and information on a time zone during which the user visits the sightseeing spot, the map information including information on a position of a road, information on a shape of the road including types of a curve and a straight line, and information on position of an intersection and a construction including the sightseeing spot, parking facilities provided together with the sightseeing spot, and parking facilities around the sightseeing spot, the positional information being generated based on detection information from one or more sensors and the positional information comprising a current location of a mobile vehicle;
transmitting one or more commands to control the mobile vehicle to autonomously travel from the current location to the sightseeing spot in the time zone;
controlling the mobile vehicle loaded with a souvenir associated with the sightseeing spot to autonomously travel from the current location to the sightseeing spot in the time zone during which the user visits the sightseeing spot based on the map information and the sightseeing plan information and in accordance with the one or more commands.