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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Katsuhisa Yoshikawa, Toyota, JP;
Yuji Suzuki, Kariya, JP;
Keita Yamazaki, Nisshin, JP;
Kei Matsumoto, Toyota, JP;
Hiroyuki Ito, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Ogawa, Toyota, JP;
Yukiya Sugiyama, Toyota, JP;
Masaru Ando, Seto, JP;
Yasushi Fujiwara, Toyota, JP;
Azusa Nakagame, Kariya, JP;
Erina Toyama, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller configured to execute the processing of, when a first vehicle body unit on which a first vending machine is mounted is laid at a specific place, determining a time for maintenance defined as a time to perform maintenance of the first vending machine, and sending a replacement command to a chassis unit that is configured in such a way as to be capable of travelling autonomously and being coupled to and separated from a vehicle body unit, as per the time for maintenance. The replacement command is a command to transport a second vehicle body unit on which a second vending machine is mounted to the specific place and retrieve the first vehicle body unit from the specific place.