Patent ID: 11900331
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 14:
15. A vehicle comprising 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 first time for maintenance defined as a time to perform maintenance of the first vending machine; and
causing the vehicle 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 as per the first maintenance time,
wherein the replacement command includes:
a command to couple the chassis unit with the second vehicle body unit;
a command to cause the chassis unit to travel to the specific place:
a command to separate the chassis unit from the second vehicle body unit at the specific place;
a command to couple the chassis unit with the first vehicle body unit at the specific place; and
a command to cause the chassis unit to travel to a place where maintenance of the first vending machine is to be performed,
wherein the controller determines the first time for maintenance as a time when the remaining capacity of a battery that supplies electrical power on which the first vending machine operates becomes smaller than a predetermined lower limit.