US 11,769,102 B2
Server, information processing system, and information processing method
Yukari Suzuki, Setagaya-ku (JP); Naoki Yamada, Toyota (JP); Toshihiro Arai, Nagoya (JP); Kuniaki Jinnai, Nagoya (JP); and Keiichi Uno, Chita-gun (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/943,040.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-140017 (JP), filed on Jul. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0035050 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/083 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing system comprising:
a first vehicle having an autonomous driving function; and
a server comprising:
a wired or wireless communication interface configured to receive ordered product information and vehicle information that are input to an input terminal by a user when the user is on board a second vehicle to travel from a first location to a second location, the ordered product information indicating an article that is ordered by the user, and the vehicle information indicating a boarding time at which the user is scheduled to board the first vehicle to return to the first location; and
a processor configured to
determine a delivery schedule according to which the first vehicle travels to an operator handling the article, collects the article, travels to the second location with the article loaded therein by the boarding time, based on the ordered product information and the vehicle information that are received by the wired or wireless communication interface,
compare a time length between a current time and the boarding time to a predetermined length of time, and
when the time length is greater than or equal to the predetermined length of time, transmit the delivery schedule to the first vehicle,
wherein when the first vehicle receives the delivery schedule from the server when the time length is greater than or equal to the predetermined length of time, the first vehicle is programmed via an application programming interface to perform autonomous driving based on the received delivery schedule, and the first vehicle performs the autonomous driving that is programmed via the application programming interface, the autonomous driving including traveling to the operator, collecting the article, traveling to the second location with the article loaded therein by the boarding time, and allowing the user to board the first vehicle and collect the article therein, and
wherein when the time length is less than the predetermined length of time, the processor of the server is configured to, instead of transmitting the delivery schedule to the first vehicle, request the user via the input terminal to input new vehicle information regarding a third vehicle that the user is scheduled to board after boarding the first vehicle.