IP Library Granted Patent US 11,208,831
Granted Patent B2
US 11,208,831 · App. 16/738,454 · Granted Dec 28, 2021

Luggage lock device

Inventors: Nobuhide Kamata (Susono, JP); Yasuo Uehara (Gotemba, JP); Nozomu Hatta (Susono, JP); Shunsuke Tanimori (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
E05B83/16E05B49/00E05B65/52G07C9/00563G07C9/00896
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Patent No.
US 11,208,831
App. No.
16/738,454
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A luggage lock device includes: a plurality of luggage lock mechanisms able to store luggage of a user of a vehicle so that when locked, the luggage is restricted from being taken out; and a luggage lock control device connected to the plurality of luggage lock mechanisms. The luggage lock control device is configured to: control the plurality of luggage lock mechanisms; acquire a destination of a user; and recognize a user who stowed luggage in the luggage lock mechanism and the luggage lock mechanism in which the user stowed the luggage, and wherein the luggage lock control device is configured to unlock a luggage lock mechanism storing luggage of the user arriving at the destination when the vehicle reaches the destination of the user.

Claims (30)

1. A luggage lock device comprising:

a plurality of luggage lock mechanisms able to store luggage of a user of a vehicle so that when locked, the luggage is restricted from being taken out; and

a luggage lock control device connected to the plurality of luggage lock mechanisms,

the luggage lock control device being configured to:

control the plurality of luggage lock mechanisms;

acquire a destination of a user;

recognize a user who stowed luggage in the luggage lock mechanism and the luggage lock mechanism in which the user stowed the luggage;

determine whether the vehicle has arrived at the destination of the user; and

upon determination that the vehicle has arrived at the destination of the user, unlock a luggage lock mechanism storing luggage of the user.

2. The luggage lock device according to claim 1 , wherein

the luggage lock device further comprises a recognition device recognizing the user,

the recognition device is provided so as to correspond to each luggage lock mechanism, and

the luggage lock control device is configured to recognize a user recognized by the recognition device as a user storing luggage in a luggage lock mechanism corresponding to the recognition device.

3. The luggage lock device according to claim 1 , wherein

the luggage lock device further comprises a communication device configured to be able to communicate with a mobile terminal of the user, and

the luggage lock control is configured, when receiving an unlock request sent from the mobile terminal of the user through the communication device, to unlock the luggage lock mechanism in which the user stowed the luggage even before the vehicle reaches the destination of the user.

4. The luggage lock device according to claim 1 , wherein the luggage lock control device is configured to notify a user reaching the destination of the fact of the luggage lock mechanism storing the luggage of the user reaching the destination being unlocked, when the vehicle has reached the destination of the user.

5. A method for controlling a plurality of luggage lock mechanisms able to store luggage of a user of a vehicle so that when locked, the luggage is restricted from being taken out, the method comprising steps of:

acquiring a destination of the user;

recognizing a user who stowed luggage in the luggage lock mechanism and the luggage lock mechanism in which the user stowed the luggage;

determining whether the vehicle has arrived at the destination of the user; and

upon determination that the vehicle has arrived at the destination of the user, unlocking a luggage lock mechanism storing luggage of the user.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising

recognizing the user with a recognition device, the recognition device being provided so as to correspond to each luggage lock mechanism, and

recognizing the user recognized by the recognition device as a user storing luggage in a luggage lock mechanism corresponding to the recognition device.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising

communicating with a mobile terminal of the user, and

when receiving an unlock request sent from the mobile terminal of the user, unlocking the luggage lock mechanism in which the user stowed the luggage even before the vehicle reaches the destination of the user.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising

notifying a user reaching the destination of the fact of the luggage lock mechanism storing the luggage of the user reaching the destination being unlocked, when the vehicle has reached the destination of the user.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2020
From: KAMATA, NOBUHIDE; UEHARA, YASUO; HATTA, NOZOMU; TANIMORI, SHUNSUKE
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051536/0501 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-004596 · Jan 15, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200224466A1 · Jul 16, 2020
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