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US 11,769,106 B2Granted
Mobile transport platform
AssigneeDISH Network L.L.C.
InventorsNicholas Brandon Newell, Prakash Subramanian, John C. Calef, III, Allyson Lotz, Zachary Pierucci
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Abstract
A request is determined to move from a first location to a second location to receive an item, the request specifying a transport vehicle to move the mobile platform from the first location to the second location. The mobile platform is actuated to attach to the transport vehicle.
Claims19
A system comprising a mobile platform computer, the computer comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the computer is programmed to:
- determine a request to move from a first location to a second location to receive an item, the request specifying a transport vehicle to move the mobile platform from the first location to the second location, wherein specifying the transport vehicle includes selecting the transport vehicle based on at least a cost of using the transport vehicle;
- request user input to authorize exceeding a user specified cost when the cost of using the specified transport vehicle exceeds the user specified cost;
- determine that the mobile platform is at more than a predetermined distance from the second location;
- change the second location in response to determining that the mobile platform is at more than the predetermined distance;
- operate the mobile platform to move to the transport vehicle;
- identify the transport vehicle with a camera sensor carried by the mobile platform;
- actuate the mobile platform to extend one or more arms holding one or more magnets to attach to the transport vehicle, and
- detect that the item has been received with a weight sensor carried by the mobile platform.
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A system comprising a server computer, the computer comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the server computer is programmed to:
- identify a mobile platform to receive an item at a delivery location;
- identify a transport vehicle to move the mobile platform from a current location to the delivery location, wherein identifying the transport vehicle includes selecting the transport vehicle based on at least a cost of using the transport vehicle;
- request user input to authorize exceeding a user specified cost when the cost of using the specified transport vehicle exceeds the user specified cost;
- determine that the mobile platform is at more than a predetermined distance from the delivery location;
- change the delivery location in response to determining that the mobile platform is at more than the predetermined distance;
- transmit to the mobile platform a request to move from the current location to the delivery location to receive the item, the request specifying the transport vehicle;
- transmit to the mobile platform a request to move to the transport vehicle;
- transmit to the mobile platform a request to identify the transport vehicle with a camera sensor carried by the mobile platform;
- transmit to the mobile platform a request to extend one or more arms holding one or more magnets to attach to the transport vehicle;
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- detect that the item has been received with a weight sensor carried by the mobile platform.
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A method, comprising:
- determining a request to move from a first location to a second location to receive an item, the request specifying a transport vehicle to move the mobile platform from the first location to the second location, wherein specifying the transport vehicle includes selecting the transport vehicle based on at least a cost of using the transport vehicle;
- requesting user input to authorize exceeding a user specified cost when the cost of using the specified transport vehicle exceeds the user specified cost;
- determining that the mobile platform is at more than a predetermined distance from the second location;
- changing the second location in response to determining that the mobile platform is at more than the predetermined distance
- operating the mobile platform to move to the transport vehicle;
- identifying the transport vehicle with a camera sensor carried by the mobile platform;
- actuating the mobile platform to extend one or more arms holding one or more magnets to attach to the transport vehicle,
- detecting that the item has been received with a weight sensor carried by the mobile platform.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.