Energy-efficient delivery of shipments

US11514392B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Deutsche Post AG · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Radetzki · Bonn, DE
• Sandra Drees · Rübhausen, DE
• Heike Bischoff · Cologne, DE
• Boris Trendafilov · Sankt Augustin, DE
• Dong Uck Kong · Bonn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2022
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D1/0217
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a method, historic delivery information is kept, which is associated with multiple deliveries of shipments, and the historic delivery information for each of the deliveries of shipments associated with the delivery information represents details pertaining to a delivery route, pertaining to an energy requirement, and pertaining to a vehicle configuration. In the method, shipment delivery information is obtained for multiple shipments to be delivered. The shipment delivery information represents a detail pertaining to the delivery position for the delivery of the respective shipment. A delivery route for delivering the shipments and a vehicle configuration is determined based on the shipment delivery information and the historical delivery information. In particular, the expected energy requirement for the delivery of the shipments is determined. Delivery control information is provided in order to cause delivery of the shipments along the determined delivery route by a vehicle having the determined vehicle configuration.