IP Library Granted Patent US 10,861,269
Granted Patent B2
US 10,861,269 · App. 16/209,282 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Key information management device, management method of key information, computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing key information management program

Inventors: Masato Endo (Nagakute, JP); Yuichiro Haruna (Oyama, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G07C9/28B60R25/01B60R25/24G06Q10/083G06Q50/28G07C9/00309G07C9/00571G07C9/27G07C2009/00769G07C2209/63
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,861,269
App. No.
16/209,282
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A key information management device includes: a key information distribution unit configured to distribute key information to a company that provides a delivery service that allows an inside of a vehicle, a building, or a facility used by a user to be designated as a delivery destination of a package, key information being used by a delivery person of the company to unlock a specified entrance of the vehicle, the building, or the facility; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the delivery person who delivers the package has reached within a specified range of the vehicle, the building, or the facility, wherein the key information distribution unit is configured to distribute the key information to the company when the determination unit determines that the delivery person has reached within the specified range of the vehicle, the building, or the facility.

Claims (35)

1. A key information management device, comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU); and

a memory coupled to the CPU and configured to store key information,

wherein the CPU is configured to:

distribute the key information to a company that provides a delivery service that allows an inside of a vehicle, a building, or a facility used by a user to be designated as a delivery destination of a package, the key information being used by a delivery person of the company to unlock a specified entrance of the vehicle, the building, or the facility;

determine use schedule information of the vehicle, the building, or the facility;

determine whether or not the delivery person who delivers the package has reached within a specified range of the vehicle, the building, or the facility; and

distribute the key information to the company based on the use schedule information and when it is determined that the delivery person has reached within the specified range of the vehicle, the building, or the facility,

wherein when a plurality of the packages is delivered to the inside of the vehicle, the building, or the facility at the same time period, the CPU is further configured to

distribute the key information for the plurality of the packages to the delivery company when the plurality of packages is to be delivered by the delivery company, and

distribute the key information to each of a plurality of the delivery companies when the plurality of packages is to be delivered by different delivery companies.

2. The key information management device according to claim 1 , wherein, the specified entrance is configured to be unlocked by a specified transmission signal including the key information transmitted toward the vehicle, the building, or the facility from a mobile terminal carried by the delivery person who delivers the package.

3. The key information management device according to claim 2 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:

acquire location information on the vehicle, the building, or the facility;

acquire location information on the mobile terminal carried by the delivery person; and

determine whether or not the delivery person has reached within the specified range of the vehicle, the building, or the facility based on the location information on the vehicle, the building, or the facility, and on the location information on the mobile terminal.

4. The key information management device according to claim 2 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:

receive, from the vehicle, the building, or the facility, information that a communicable state for transmitting the transmission signal toward the vehicle, the building, or the facility from the mobile terminal of the delivery person has been established between the mobile terminal, and the vehicle, the building or the facility in accordance with a specified mode; and

when receiving the information, determine that the delivery person has reached within the specified range of the vehicle, the building, or the facility.

5. A management method of key information, comprising:

distributing the key information to a company that provides a delivery service that allows an inside of a vehicle, a building, or a facility used by a user to be designated as a delivery destination of a package, the key information being used by a delivery person of the company to unlock a specified entrance of the vehicle, the building, or the facility;

determining use schedule information of the vehicle, the building, or the facility;

determining whether or not the delivery person who delivers the package has reached within a specified range of the vehicle, the building, or the facility; and

distributing the key information to the company based on use schedule information and when it is determined that the delivery person has reached within the specified range of the vehicle, the building, or the facility,

wherein when a plurality of the packages is delivered to the inside of the vehicle, the building, or the facility at the same time period, the method further comprises

distributing the key information for the plurality of the packages to the delivery company when the plurality of packages is to be delivered by the delivery company, and

distributing the key information to each of a plurality of the delivery companies when the plurality of packages is to be delivered by different delivery companies.

6. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a key information management program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform:

distributing key information to a company that provides a delivery service that allows an inside of a vehicle, a building, or a facility used by a user to be designated as a delivery destination of a package, the key information being used by a delivery person of the company to unlock a specified entrance of the vehicle, the building, or the facility;

determining use schedule information of the vehicle, the building, or the facility;

determining whether or not the delivery person who delivers the package has reached within a specified range of the vehicle, the building, or the facility; and

distributing the key information to the company based on use schedule information and when it is determined that the delivery person has reached within the specified range of the vehicle, the building, or the facility,

wherein when a plurality of the packages is delivered to the inside of the vehicle, the building, or the facility at the same time period, the key information management program that, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to further perform

distributing the key information for the plurality of the packages to the delivery company when the plurality of packages is to be delivered by the delivery company, and

distributing the key information to each of a plurality of the delivery companies when the plurality of packages is to be delivered by different delivery companies.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2018
From: ENDO, MASATO; HARUNA, YUICHIRO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047718/0478 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-234194 · Dec 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190172283A1 · Jun 6, 2019