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US 12,118,842 B2Granted
Secure delivery via unmanned vehicles
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorJeremy Rephlo
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for on-demand delivery of a payload by an unmanned vehicle. An unmanned vehicle may comprise a chamber configured to house a payload and adjust a payload state. The payload state may be adjusted based on detection of a tampering event. An unmanned vehicle may also comprise an authentication system configured to allow access to the payload.
Claims20
An unmanned vehicle for on-demand delivery configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a request for on-demand delivery of a payload to a delivery location, the request for on-demand delivery specifying a payload type of the payload;
- loading the payload into a chamber of the unmanned vehicle;
- traveling from a departure location to the delivery location with the payload;
- in response to detecting at least one tampering or malfunction event associated with the unmanned vehicle, performing, without destroying the payload, a physical marking of the payload or electromagnetic deactivation of the payload, wherein performing the physical marking of the payload or the electromagnetic deactivation of the payload comprises:
- determining whether the payload type is a first payload type over a second payload type different from the first payload type;
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- performing the physical marking of the payload or the electromagnetic deactivation of the payload in response to (i) a determination that the payload type is the first payload type in lieu of the second payload type and (ii) the detection of the at least one tampering or malfunction event associated with the unmanned vehicle;
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- in response to (i) the unmanned vehicle arriving at the delivery location and (ii) a successful authentication event, granting access to the payload at the delivery location.
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A system for secure delivery via an unmanned vehicle, the system comprising:
- one or more non-transitory media storing instructions;
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- one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a request for on-demand delivery of a payload to a delivery location;
- causing the unmanned vehicle to travel from a departure location to the delivery location with the payload;
- in response to (i) detecting at least one tampering or malfunction event associated with the unmanned vehicle and (ii) determining that a payload type of the payload is a first payload type over a second payload type different from the first payload type, performing a first reactive measure configured to physically alter the payload in lieu of a second reactive measure configured to physically alter the payload that does not involve destroying the payload, the second reactive measure being of a different reactive measure type from the first reactive measure;
- in response to (i) the detection of the at least one tampering or malfunction event associated with the unmanned vehicle and (ii) determining that the payload type of the payload is the second payload type over the first payload type, performing the second reactive measure in lieu of the first reactive measure;
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- in response to (i) the unmanned vehicle arriving at the delivery location and (ii) a successful authentication event, granting access to the payload at the delivery location.
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One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause operations comprising:
- receiving a request for on-demand delivery of a payload to a delivery location;
- causing an unmanned vehicle to travel from a departure location to the delivery location with the payload;
- in response to (i) detecting at least one tampering or malfunction event associated with the unmanned vehicle and (ii) determining that a payload type of the payload is a first payload type, performing a first reactive measure configured to physically alter the payload;
- in response to (i) the detection of the at least one tampering or malfunction event associated with the unmanned vehicle and (ii) determining that the payload type of the payload is a second payload type different from the first payload type, performing a second reactive measure configured to physical alter the payload that does not involve destroying the payload, the second reactive measure being of a different payload type from the first reactive measure;
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- in response to (i) the unmanned vehicle arriving at the delivery location and (ii) a successful authentication event, granting access to the payload at the delivery location.
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An unmanned vehicle configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a request for on-demand delivery of a payload to a delivery location;
- loading the payload into a chamber of the unmanned vehicle;
- traveling from a departure location to the delivery location with the payload;
- in response to detecting at least one tampering or malfunction event associated with the unmanned vehicle, performing demagnetization of the payload without destroying the payload;
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- in response to (i) the unmanned vehicle arriving at the delivery location and (ii) a successful authentication event, granting access to the payload at the delivery location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.