18760016. METHOD FOR MANAGING DELIVERY BOX (TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
METHOD FOR MANAGING DELIVERY BOX
Organization Name
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor(s)
Yohei Nakanishi of Nagoya-shi (JP)
Toshiharu Fukumura of Nagakute-shi (JP)
Adrian Nicol of Nagoya-shi (JP)
Ryuichi Danno of Kasugai-shi (JP)
Toshinori Kimura of Ichinomiya-shi (JP)
METHOD FOR MANAGING DELIVERY BOX
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18760016 titled 'METHOD FOR MANAGING DELIVERY BOX
Original Abstract Submitted
A method for managing a delivery box located at a predetermined receiving station is provided. The delivery box includes storage sections and locks. The storage sections are each configured to store a package. The locks are each configured to lock and unlock a corresponding one of the storage sections. The method for managing the delivery box includes determining, with a control device, whether a replacement execution condition is satisfied. The replacement execution condition is satisfied when the number of storage sections that store packages in the delivery box located at the receiving station is less than or equal to a predetermined number. When the replacement execution condition is satisfied, the method further includes sending, with the control device, to a terminal of an operator an instruction to replace the delivery box located at the receiving station with a new delivery box.