UNMANNED AERIAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THAT RECORDS CONTROL PROGRAM

Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle executes: a movement control process that moves the unmanned aerial vehicle to a delivery area including a delivery address to which a package is to be delivered, the delivery area including delivery destination candidates, and each of the delivery destination candidates including an identification information indicator located at a position where the identification information indicator is readable from outside; an identification information acquiring process that acquires identification information associated with each delivery destination candidate by reading a corresponding identification information indicator; a delivery destination identifying process that identifies, as a delivery destination, a delivery destination candidate in which the acquired identification information matches the delivery address; a position identifying process that identifies a receiving position of the package based on a position of the identified delivery destination; and a placing process that places the package at the identified receiving position.

Description

Claims

1. An unmanned aerial vehicle configured to execute: a movement control process that moves the unmanned aerial vehicle to a delivery area including a delivery address to which a package is to be delivered, the delivery area including one or more delivery destination candidates, and each of the one or more delivery destination candidates including an identification information indicator located at a position where the identification information indicator is readable from outside;an identification information acquiring process that acquires identification information associated with each of the one or more delivery destination candidates by reading a corresponding one of the one or more identification information indicators;a delivery destination identifying process that identifies, as a delivery destination, a delivery destination candidate in which the acquired identification information matches the delivery address;a position identifying process that identifies a receiving position of the package based on a position of the identified delivery destination; anda placing process that places the package at the identified receiving position.

2. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the destination candidates respectively include receiving portions, each receiving a package, andthe position identifying process recognizes a position of a receiving portion associated with the delivery destination and identifies the receiving portion as the receiving position.

3. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the placing process elevates the unmanned aerial device to a rise end position and then lowers a cable that has an end to which the package is fixed, thereby placing the package on the receiving portion.

4. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the placing process records a rise distance from a rise start position to the rise end position and lowers the cable having the end to which the package is fixed by a length corresponding to the rise distance, the rise start position corresponding to a height of the receiving portion.

5. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 2, wherein each of the receiving portions includes a corresponding one of the identification information indicators located at a position where the identification information indicator is capturable from outside, andthe position identifying process identifies the delivery destination using captured data that is obtained by capturing the identification information indicators that are respectively arranged on the receiving portions.

6. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the receiving portions are included in a multi-dwelling unit,the receiving portions are shifted from one another as viewed from above the multi-dwelling unit, andthe placing process moves the unmanned aerial vehicle to a position above the receiving portion corresponding to the delivery destination and lowers a cable toward the receiving portion, the cable having an end to which the package is fixed.

7. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the identification information acquiring process includes: acquiring, from a capturing device, captured data that is being obtained by capturing the identification information indicators that are respectively arranged on the one or more delivery destination candidates; andacquiring the identification information associated with each of the one or more delivery destination candidates, based on an image of a corresponding one of the identification information indicators included in the captured data.

8. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle is further configured to execute a notification process that sends a notification to a user device used by a user who receives the package within a period from when the unmanned aerial vehicle reaches the delivery area to when the unmanned aerial vehicle places the package at the receiving position.

9. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the one or more delivery destination candidates are dwelling units included in a multi-dwelling unit, andthe identification information indicators are respectively arranged on the dwelling units.

10. The unmanned aerial vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the identification information indicators each display a two-dimensional code that includes the identification information, andthe identification information acquiring process acquires the identification information using captured data that is obtained by capturing the two-dimensional code.

11. An information processing method for a computer that controls an unmanned aerial vehicle to execute: a movement control process that moves the unmanned aerial vehicle to a delivery area including a delivery address to which a package is to be delivered, the delivery area including one or more delivery destination candidates, and each of the one or more delivery destination candidates including an identification information indicator located at a position where the identification information indicator is readable from outside;an identification information acquiring process that acquires identification information associated with each of the one or more delivery destination candidates by reading a corresponding one of the one or more identification information indicators;a delivery destination identifying process that identifies, as a delivery destination, a delivery destination candidate in which the acquired identification information matches the delivery address;a position identifying process that identifies a receiving position of the package based on a position of the identified delivery destination; anda placing process that places the package at the identified receiving position.

12. A computer-readable medium that records a control program that causes a computer that controls an unmanned aerial vehicle to execute: a movement control process that moves the unmanned aerial vehicle to a delivery area including a delivery address to which a package is to be delivered, the delivery area including one or more delivery destination candidates, and each of the one or more delivery destination candidates including an identification information indicator located at a position where the identification information indicator is readable from outside;an identification information acquiring process that acquires identification information associated with each of the one or more delivery destination candidates by reading a corresponding one of the one or more identification information indicators;a delivery destination identifying process that identifies, as a delivery destination, a delivery destination candidate in which the acquired identification information matches the delivery address;a position identifying process that identifies a receiving position of the package based on a position of the identified delivery destination; anda placing process that places the package at the identified receiving position.