Identification of delivery zones for autonomous vehicles, rovers, and drones
AssigneeAccelerate Labs, LLC
InventorSanjay K. Rao
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Abstract
An autonomous transport device system is enabled for one or more autonomous vehicles and autonomous surface delivery devices. Specific pickup and drop off zones for package delivery and user transport may be defined. The system leverages an artificial intelligence based learning algorithm to understand various environments. Packages may be dropped off in the geofenced areas. In some instances, packages may be stored in hidden areas that are purposely cached local to a likely delivery area. Some areas may be marked for pickup and drop off. Shippers may cache certain packages proximate to locations based on demand, joint distribution centers, and the presence of multiple transport devices including rovers, drones, UAVs, and autonomous vehicles.
Claims20
A system including a transportation device enabled with an autonomous mode comprising:
- a mobile application, stored in a non transitory computer readable medium to be executed by a processor, the mobile application configured to display a map and allow a user to define a plurality of locations on the map, including a pickup or drop-off location and a location for the transportation device to avoid;
- wherein the plurality of locations are communicated to at least one server to be associated with one or more pickup or drop off profiles stored in at least one memory accessible by the at least one server;
- the at least one server enabled to provide instructions for the transportation device to move from a first location to the pickup or drop off location;
- the transportation device enabled to capture at least one image of an area including the pickup or drop off location;
- the transportation device configured to send to the at least one server the at least one image of the area and one or more sensor readings comprising of a Wi-Fi signal, one or more available wireless networks, and/or a LIDAR reading of the area;
- the at least one server configured to add to the one or more pickup or drop off profiles, the at least one image and the one or more sensor readings;
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- wherein the at least one server improves the accuracy of the pickup or drop off location by generating a geofenced area encompassing the pickup or drop off location based on:
- linking an object in the pickup or drop off location to an estimated distance between the object and a separate object;
- and utilizing a plurality of user captured feedback as to the accuracy of one or more actual deliveries requested to be at the pickup or drop off location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.