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

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus 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
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 first time for maintenance, the replacement command being 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,
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.