Last mile delivery system
OwnerStuart C. Salter, Arnav Wagh +3inventors
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Arnav Wagh, David Brian Glickman, Pietro Buttolo, Brendan Diamond
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Abstract
A vehicle is described. The vehicle may include a vehicle sensor configured to detect cart location, and a lifting mechanism disposed at a vehicle sidewall. The lifting mechanism is configured to lift and secure a cart on a target location on the vehicle sidewall. The vehicle may further include a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain the cart location from the vehicle sensor, determine that the cart is aligned with the target location. Responsive to a determination that the cart is aligned, the processor is configured to transmit a command signal to the lifting mechanism to lift and secure the cart on the target location.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle sensor configured to detect a location of a cart inside the vehicle;
- a lifting mechanism disposed at a vehicle sidewall, wherein the lifting mechanism is configured to lift and secure the cart on a target location on the vehicle sidewall;
- and
- at least one processor communicatively coupled to the vehicle sensor and the lifting mechanism, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
- obtain the location of the cart from the vehicle sensor;
- determine that the cart is aligned with the target location based on the location of the cart;
- and
- transmit a command signal to the lifting mechanism to lift and secure the cart on the target location responsive to a determination that the cart is aligned.
A method for managing a cart in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a processor, a location of a cart from a vehicle sensor, wherein the vehicle sensor is configured to detect the location of the cart inside the vehicle;
- determining, by the processor, that the cart is aligned with a target location based on the location of the cart, wherein the target location is located on a vehicle sidewall;
- and
- transmitting, by the processor, a command signal to a lifting mechanism to lift and secure the cart on the target location responsive to a determination that the cart is aligned, wherein the lifting mechanism is disposed at the vehicle sidewall, and wherein the lifting mechanism is configured to lift and secure the cart on the target location.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in a distributed computing system, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- obtain a location of a cart having from a vehicle sensor, wherein the vehicle sensor is configured to detect the location of the cart inside a vehicle;
- determine that the cart is aligned with a target location based on the location of the cart, wherein the target location is located on a vehicle sidewall;
- and
- transmit a command signal to a lifting mechanism to lift and secure the cart on the target location responsive to a determination that the cart is aligned, wherein the lifting mechanism is disposed at the vehicle sidewall, and wherein the lifting mechanism is configured to lift and secure the cart on the target location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.