IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,718,218
Granted Patent B2
US 11,718,218 · App. 17/177,600 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Vehicle

Inventors: Zekai Qiu (Nisshin, JP); Hironobu Kitaoka (Nisshin, JP); Naoki Yamamuro (Nagoya, JP); Kozo Kosho (Toyota, JP); Hiroaki Sugiyama (Nagoya, JP); Makoto Ikegami (Obu, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60P3/20B60R16/023B60R25/20E05F15/77E05Y2900/546
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,718,218
App. No.
17/177,600
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes: a vehicle main body having a passenger compartment and a rear compartment located more rearward than the passenger compartment; a rear hatch provided on the vehicle main body and configured to open and close the rear compartment; a cooling box disposed in the rear compartment; a first communication device configured to communicate with an external server; a second communication device having a communication distance shorter than that of the first communication device; a locking device configured to lock the rear hatch; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive information about an opening signal from the server through the first communication device, and to open the rear hatch when the processor receives the opening signal through the second communication device.

Claims (16)

1. A vehicle used in a delivery system including the vehicle, a user terminal, a server and a deliverer terminal,

the vehicle comprising:

a vehicle main body having a compartment;

a hatch provided on the vehicle main body and configured to open and close the compartment;

a first communication device configured to communicate with the server;

a second communication device having a communication distance shorter than that of the first communication device and configured to communicate with the deliverer terminal;

a locking device configured to lock the hatch; and

a processor,

the deliverer terminal including a display showing received information and a third communication device,

the user terminal transmitting request information to the server,

the request information including commodity information about a commodity purchased by a user and delivery information including a delivery time,

the server transmitting registered vehicle information of the vehicle, the commodity information and an opening code to the deliverer terminal, when the server obtains the commodity information and the delivery information,

the deliverer terminal receiving the registered vehicle information, the commodity information and an opening signal from the server,

the registered vehicle information including information about at least one of a type and a color of the vehicle,

the third communication device being capable to transmit the opening signal to the second communication device, and

the processor being configured to receive information about the opening signal from the server through the first communication device, and to open the hatch when the processor receives the opening signal from the deliverer terminal through the second communication device.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-209355 · Oct 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16170697 · Oct 25, 2018
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Cited By (1)
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