IP Library Patent Application 16993504
Patent Application
App. No. 16/993,504

DELIVERY SUPPORT SYSTEM AND DELIVERY SUPPORT PROGRAM

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16/993,504
Abstract

Configured is a delivery support system including: an available space detection unit that detects an available space that is a space in which a package can be loaded based on an output signal of a package sensor that is attached to a package compartment provided in a delivery vehicle and that detects a three-dimensional region in which there is a package loaded in the package compartment; a determination unit that determines whether a package to be added can be loaded in the available space based on dimensions of the package to be added; and an output unit that outputs a determination result of whether a package can be loaded.

Claims (20)

1 . A delivery support system comprising:

an available space detection unit that detects an available space that is a space in which a package can be loaded based on an output signal of a package sensor that is attached to a package compartment provided in a delivery vehicle and that detects a three-dimensional region in which there is a package loaded in the package compartment;

a determination unit that determines whether a package to be added can be loaded in the available space based on dimensions of the package to be added; and

an output unit that outputs a determination result of whether a package can be loaded.

2 . The delivery support system according to claim 1 , wherein

the available space detection unit has a completion determination unit that determines whether a loading operation in the package compartment is completed, and

detection of the available space is executed when the completion determination unit determines that the loading operation in the package compartment is completed.

3 . The delivery support system according to claim 1 , wherein

the available space detection unit has a completion determination unit that determines whether an unloading operation from the package compartment is completed, and

detection of the available space is executed when the completion determination unit determines that the unloading operation from the package compartment is completed.

4 . The delivery support system according to claim 1 , further comprising a vibration detection unit that detects a vibration in the delivery vehicle based on an output signal of a vibration sensor attached to the delivery vehicle, and

detection of the available space is executed when the vibration exceeding a criterion is detected.

5 . The delivery support system according to claim 1 , wherein

the package sensor is attached to an inner wall of the package compartment provided in the delivery vehicle and detects a distance from the package sensor to a package.

6 . The delivery support system according to claim 1 , wherein

the package sensor is an infrared sensor.

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a delivery support program that causes a computer to function as:

an available space detection unit that detects an available space that is a space in which a package can be loaded based on an output signal of a package sensor that is attached to a package compartment provided in a delivery vehicle and that detects a three-dimensional region in which there is a package loaded in the package compartment;

a determination unit that determines whether a package to be added can be loaded in the available space based on dimensions of the package to be added; and

an output unit that outputs a determination result of whether a package can be loaded.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Dec 13, 2021
From: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058487/0162 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2020
From: OKODO, KAZUHIRO; YAMAMURA, YOICHI; SEKI, TOSHIYUKI; TSUBOI, TOYOHIDE
To: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053501/0840 →