Method for delivering a shipment by an unmanned transport device

US9811796B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Deutsche Post AG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Ogilvie · Bonn, DE
• Matthäus Pruski · Troisdorf, DE
• Ramin Benz · Bonn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 7, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 1, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/14
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for delivering a shipment by an unmanned transport device to a receiving container for said shipment, the method comprising the following and additional steps: moving the unmanned transport device into a destination area associated with the receiving container, on the basis of geographical co-ordinates; once the unmanned transport device has reached the destination area, pairing of the transport device with the receiving container and exchanging electronic authorization information between the receiving container and the unmanned transport device.