Systems and methods for delivery vehicle monitoring
AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC
InventorsDonald High, Bruce W. Wilkinson, David Winkle, Matthew Allen Jones, Aaron Vasgaard, Nicholaus Adam Jones, Robert James Taylor, Todd Davenport Mattingly
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Abstract
A monitoring system for items in a delivery vehicle is described. Sensors disposed in the delivery vehicle are configured to sense data indicative of a current quality of items stored in the delivery vehicle. A computing device calculates navigation routes for the items in the vehicle and selects among the delivery routes at least partly based on sensor data relating to the monitored quality of the items.
Claims20
A monitoring system for items in a delivery vehicle, the system comprising:
- a plurality of sensors disposed in a vehicle containing two or more perishable food items and configured to sense data indicative of at least one of a moisture property, off-gassing property, temperature, weight or color of the two or more perishable food items and a current location of the vehicle;
- and
- a computing device equipped with a processor and communicatively coupled to the sensors, the computing device configured to execute an analysis module and a routing module,
- wherein the routing module when executed:
- determines a first navigation route to deliver a first item of the two or more perishable food items, the navigation route being a route between a delivery address for the first item and the current location of the vehicle, and
- determines a second navigation route to deliver a second item of the two or more perishable food items, the second navigation route being a route between a delivery address for the second item and the current location of the vehicle,
- and wherein the analysis module when executed:
- receives the sensed data sensed by the sensors,
- analyzes order data for each of the two or more perishable food items,
- analyzes a quality of the first item and the quality of the second item based on the sensed data, and
- selects between the first navigation route and the second navigation route based at least in part on the analysis of the quality of the first item and the second item.
A computing device-implemented method for monitoring perishable food items in a delivery vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving sensed data from a plurality of sensors disposed in a vehicle containing two or more perishable food items, the sensed data indicative of at least one of a moisture property, off-gassing property, temperature, weight or color of the two or more perishable food items and a current location of the vehicle;
- determining, programmatically, a first navigation route to deliver a first item of the two or more perishable food items, the first navigation route being a route between a delivery address for the first item and the current location of the vehicle;
- determining, programmatically, a second navigation route to deliver a second item of the two or more perishable food items, the second navigation route being a route between a delivery address for the second item and the current location of the vehicle;
- analyzing order data for each of the two or more items;
- analyzing a quality of the first item and the quality of the second item based on the sensed data;
- and
- selecting, programmatically, between the first navigation route and the second navigation route based at least in part on the analysis of the quality of the first item and the second item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.