Systems and methods for mixed-use delivery of people and packages using autonomous vehicles and machines
US11928638B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 8, 2020 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60W2540/047
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
People and packages are delivered to and picked up from delivery locations by autonomous vehicles that also carry autonomous robots. When a package needs to be picked up or delivered at a particular location, an autonomous robot is deployed from the delivery vehicle and takes the package to the doorstep or other predetermined location or picks up the package from that location and brings it back to the delivery vehicle. After this pickup or delivery, the autonomous robot stows itself back in the delivery vehicle.
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