IP Library Granted Patent US 12691735
Granted Patent B2
US 12691735 · App. 18/588,298 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Autonomous mobile body

Inventors: Masashi Nakamura (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Iwamoto (Nisshin, JP); Takao Kataoka (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60J3/04B60R25/20B60W60/00256G07C9/00896
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Patent No.
US 12691735
App. No.
18/588,298
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An autonomous mobile body comprises a container apparatus where a plurality of sections can be separately locked and unlocked, where a window using a dimming glass is provided in a door of each of the plurality of sections; and a controller configured to cause movement to a predetermined location corresponding to a user who is a consignee of a first object, in a state where the dimming glass corresponding to a section where the first object is contained is made opaque, and cause the dimming glass of the section where the first object is contained to be transparent, in a case of successful authentication of the user.

Claims (9)

1 . An autonomous mobile body comprising:

a container apparatus where a plurality of sections are separately locked and unlocked, where a window using a dimming glass is provided in a door of each of the plurality of sections; and

a controller, including a processor, configured to:

cause movement of the autonomous mobile body to a predetermined location corresponding to a user who receives or rejects a first object, in a state where the dimming glass corresponding to a section where the first object is contained is made opaque, and

cause the dimming glass of the section where the first object is contained to be transparent, in a case of successful authentication of the user.

2 . The autonomous mobile body according to claim 1 , wherein the controller acquires an instruction from the user after making the dimming glass transparent, and determines whether to unlock the section, based on the instruction.

3 . The autonomous mobile body according to claim 2 , wherein the instruction is an instruction indicating whether to receive the first object or to reject reception of the first object.

4 . The autonomous mobile body according to claim 1 , wherein the controller records, in a predetermined apparatus, a history of making the dimming glass transparent and a history of unlocking the section.

5 . The autonomous mobile body according to claim 1 , wherein the dimming glass is a glass that changes from an opaque state to a transparent state due to application of a voltage.