Patent ID: 11932261
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A delivery system comprising:
an autonomously-moving-type delivery vehicle configured to deliver an article to a delivery destination thereof, the delivery vehicle comprising three pairs of wheels; and
a transportation vehicle configured to carry and transport the delivery vehicle, wherein:
the transportation vehicle comprises a first processor configured to acquire information about an acceleration of the transportation vehicle, and transmit the information about the acceleration of the transportation vehicle to the delivery vehicle; and
the delivery vehicle comprises a second processor configured to:
receive the information about the acceleration of the transportation vehicle from the transportation vehicle;
predict a displacement occurring in the delivery vehicle due to the acceleration of the transportation vehicle based on the information about the acceleration of the transportation vehicle;
when the predicted displacement is less than a first threshold, cause the delivery vehicle to operate on two pairs of wheels; and
when the predicted displacement is greater than or equal to the first threshold, cause the delivery vehicle to operate on three pairs of wheels.