US 11,797,914 B2
Delivery management system and delivery management method
Takashi Yamamoto, Toyota (JP); and Kunihiro Iwamoto, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/487,163.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-168115 (JP), filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0108267 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0834 (2023.01); A47G 29/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0834 (2013.01) [A47G 29/141 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A delivery management system configured to automatically order a delivery of an article based on an inventory status of the article in a storage room by using a computer, wherein
the storage room is installed so that it penetrates an exterior wall of a house,
the delivered article can be put into the storage room from the outside of the house, and the article put into the storage room can be taken out, in a living space of the house, from the storage room,
the storage room is divided into a plurality of storage spaces, and
each of the plurality of storage spaces is configured so as to be able to be independently opened and closed; the article can be put into the storage space from the outside of the house; and the article can be taken out, in the living space, from the storage space,
identification information is attached to the delivered article,
when the article arrives at the storage room, the identification information is read, and among the plurality of storage spaces, only a storage space associated with the read identification information is opened,
each of the plurality of storage spaces includes:
an outer door through which the article is put into the storage space from the outside of the house;
an inner door through which the article is taken out, in the living space, from the storage space; and
a storage box configured to store the article, and
when the article arrives at the storage room and the identification information is read, the outer door of the storage space associated with the identification information is unlocked; the inner door thereof is locked; and the storage box is detached from the inner door and connected to the outer door.