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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Tatsuya Matsunami, Nisshin, JP;
Atsuko Yamanaka, Toyota, JP;
Kunihiro Tsunekawa, Toyota, JP;
Sokfan Yee, Toyota, JP;
Masahiro Tanaka, Toyota, JP;
Shuichiro Takahashi, Okazaki, JP;
Satoshi Nonoyama, Toyota, JP;
Tokuyuki Nishikawa, Toyota, JP;
Hikaru Satou, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure makes it possible to further improve convenience of customers and the like accompanying purchase of merchandise. An autonomous traveling unit is provided with: a driving portion including an autonomous traveling ability, the driving portion being configured to be movable together with a storing portion configured to store merchandise; and a controlling portion configured to execute: acquiring settlement completion information about the merchandise stored in the storing portion, the merchandise being merchandise in a store; and controlling the driving portion to cause the merchandise storing portion to move to a first point outside the store after acquiring the settlement completion information.