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Granted Patent B2
US 11,416,808 · App. 16/666,608 · Granted Aug 16, 2022

Load receiving vehicle

Inventor: Ryo Takebayashi (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,416,808
App. No.
16/666,608
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the present invention, a load receiving vehicle is provided. The load receiving vehicle comprises a storage unit usable as a receiving place of a delivery article; a lock control unit capable of controlling lock and unlock of a door of the storage unit; and a communication unit, wherein if the communication unit receives delivery schedule information representing a delivery schedule to the load receiving vehicle, information based on the delivery schedule information is provided to a driver.

Claims (11)

1. A load receiving vehicle comprising:

a storage unit usable as a receiving place of a delivery article;

a lock control unit capable of controlling lock and unlock of a door of the storage unit; and

a communication unit;

wherein if the communication unit receives delivery schedule information representing a delivery schedule to the load receiving vehicle, information based on the delivery schedule information is provided to a driver; and

a detection unit configured to detect an obstacle on the periphery of the load receiving vehicle, wherein after the delivery schedule information is received, the information based on the delivery schedule information is provided to the driver if the detection unit detects an obstacle that impedes opening/closing of the door of the storage unit when parking the load receiving vehicle before the scheduled delivery date/time included in the delivery schedule information.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the information based on the delivery schedule information is provided to the driver in response to activation of the load receiving vehicle before a scheduled delivery date/time included in the delivery schedule information after the delivery schedule information is received.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a driving control unit for automated driving of the load receiving vehicle,

wherein after the delivery schedule information is received, the driving control unit moves the load receiving vehicle to a position where the obstacle that impedes opening/closing of the door of the storage unit does not exist a predetermined time before the scheduled delivery date/time included in the delivery schedule information.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the information to the driver includes a message that urges the driver to park such that the door of the storage unit can easily be opened/closed.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the lock control unit unlocks the door in accordance with input of information serving as a virtual key for unlock of the door of the storage unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2019
From: TAKEBAYASHI, RYO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051162/0614 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-207583 · Nov 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200143324A1 · May 7, 2020