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US 11,383,649 B1Granted
Securable storage compartments
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsMalcolm J. Northcott, Matthew E. Last, Kan Zhou, David P. Perner
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle body and storage compartments that are located in the vehicle body. Each of the storage compartments has a cavity and a closure that selectively secures the cavity. A respective authorization input is associated with each of the storage compartments. The closure of each of the storage compartments is operable to unsecure the cavity upon receipt of the respective authorization input.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- receiving a first user request from a first user for access to a first storage compartment that is located in a vehicle, the first storage compartment being in communication with a computer system;
- receiving first contents in the first storage compartment from the first user;
- securing the first contents in the first storage compartment;
- receiving, with the computer system, a second user request from a second user to be transported by the vehicle;
- and
- transporting the second user with the vehicle according to the second user request while the first contents remain secured in the first storage compartment, wherein the first storage compartment is not accessible by the second user when being transported by the vehicle.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- and
- storage compartments that are coupled to the vehicle body, each of the storage compartments having a cavity, a closure that selectively secures the cavity, and a sensor that assesses whether contents of the cavity is living;
- wherein the closure is prevented from securing the cavity according to an assessment of the contents of the cavity with the sensor.
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A storage system comprising:
- a storage compartment comprising:
- a cavity,
- a closure for selectively securing the cavity, and
- a controller for selectively operating the closure in response to an authorization input associated with a first user,
- wherein the storage system determines, while contents are stored in the cavity on behalf of the first user, at least one of an actual or attempted unauthorized access to the cavity by a second user and communicates an alert regarding the unauthorized access to the first user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.