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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Akira Sasaki, Miyoshi, JP;
Manabu Ishihara, Nagoya, JP;
Toshiki Kashiwakura, Ota-ku Tokyo-to, JP;
Evan Vijithakumara, Frisco, TX (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00 (2020.01); A47G 29/30 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00912 (2013.01); A47G 29/30 (2013.01); G07C 9/00658 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02);
Abstract
A control apparatus includes a controller configured to generate an electronic key for unlocking a storage configured to be locked with an article stored therein, and a communication interface configured to transmit the electronic key generated by the controller to a terminal apparatus of a user in a case in which the user is forecasted to arrive at a store after a time slot for providing the article at the store has passed.