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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A delivery system including: a plurality of autonomously-moving-type delivery vehicles each including a battery and configured to deliver an article to a delivery destination by electric power the battery is charged with; and a transportation vehicle configured to carry and transport the plurality of the delivery vehicles. For each of the plurality of the delivery vehicles, based on a route for delivering the article and a remaining amount of charge of the battery, a surplus or shortfall in the remaining amount of charge of the battery required for traveling along the route is calculated, and based on the result of the calculation of the surplus or shortfall in the remaining amount of charge, surplus electric power is supplied from the battery of a delivery vehicle having a surplus remaining amount of charge to the battery of a delivery vehicle having a shortfall in the remaining amount of charge.