Patents Assigned to ZMP Inc.
  • Patent number: 11810048
    Abstract: An unmanned delivery system includes a merchandise collection point, vehicle waiting areas, a management center that manages the inventory status of individual pieces of goods in the merchandise collection points and the status of unmanned delivery vehicles at the vehicle waiting areas. A network connects the collection point, the vehicle waiting area, and the management center. The management center selects, based on product order information, the collection point and the vehicle waiting area in accordance with the inventory status of the ordered item and the location of the delivery address, selects an unmanned delivery vehicle, and transmits product delivery information to the unmanned delivery vehicle and the merchandise collection point. The unmanned delivery vehicle autonomously travels to the selected collection point, automatically delivers the ordered item to the delivery address, and autonomously travels to the vehicle waiting area after the settlement and the delivery are made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ZMP INC.
    Inventor: Eko Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20220017010
    Abstract: Provided are an autonomous vehicle 100 traveling along a set route, a delivery system, and a program, the autonomous vehicle including a pair of display units 103 installed at left and right on the front face of the main body and a monitoring camera 104 for shooting the front, sides, and rear of the autonomous vehicle 100, wherein by displaying predetermined eye-shaped images on the display unit 103 based on the state of the autonomous vehicle 100 and the images shot by the monitoring camera 104, the eye-shaped images are changed depending on the state of obstacles to ensure friendliness to people in stores and at delivery destinations as well as surrounding people during travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: ZMP INC.
    Inventor: Eko TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210241224
    Abstract: An unmanned delivery system includes a merchandise collection point, vehicle waiting areas, a management center that manages the inventory status of individual pieces of goods in the merchandise collection points and the status of unmanned delivery vehicles at the vehicle waiting areas. A network connects the collection point, the vehicle waiting area, and the management center. The management center selects, based on product order information, the collection point and the vehicle waiting area in accordance with the inventory status of the ordered item and the location of the delivery address, selects an unmanned delivery vehicle, and transmits product delivery information to the unmanned delivery vehicle and the merchandise collection point. The unmanned delivery vehicle autonomously travels to the selected collection point, automatically delivers the ordered item to the delivery address, and autonomously travels to the vehicle waiting area after the settlement and the delivery are made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: ZMP INC.
    Inventor: Eko TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10094533
    Abstract: A marking device includes a light-emitting unit configured to emit light, a housing configured to accommodate the light-emitting unit, and a support configured to support the housing. The housing can include a transmitting portion configured to transmit the light from the light-emitting unit through a circumferential portion of the housing, and a roof covering the light-emitting unit accommodated in the housing. The housing can include a side wall formed between every two adjacent windows of the plurality of windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., ZMP Inc.
    Inventors: Minami Kigami, Makoto Yamanaka, Tsutomu Mizoroke, Yoshihisa Hirose, Kensei Yamashita, Masaki Segawa, Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Justin Sung Jit Wong