Package sorting platform sensory system

US11514394B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Kurt Michael Lundeen · Wixom, US
• Timothy Mark Feldkamp · Ann Arbor, US
• Justen Fry · Dearborn, US
• John Vincent · Livonia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2021
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2022
• Expiry date: May 18, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V20/59
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling a package delivery sorting system onboard a vehicle includes loading, onboard a package sorting platform, a first package comprising a first fiducial marker, the package sorting platform disposed in a cargo hold of the package delivery vehicle, determining, via a processor, a package identity based on the first fiducial marker, determining, via the processor and based on the fiducial marker, a first package pose comprising a first package position and a first package orientation with respect to the package sorting platform, defining, via the processor, a first package geometry associated with the first package, and causing the sorting platform to position the first package, via the processor, to a second first package pose.