Photo instructions and confirmation
AssigneeUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc.
InventorsDavid Carder, Ryan Fannon, William Mccauley
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Abstract
Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for optimizing package delivery and confirmation are disclosed. In one embodiment, an annotation indicating a specific location at an assigned delivery location for delivery of a parcel is received. The annotation is determined from a first image of the assigned delivery location captured by a first computing device, where the first image of the assigned delivery location is annotated at the first computing device. The annotation indicating the specific delivery location is displayed overlaid on a real-time image stream captured by a camera of the second computing device.
Claims20
A computing device comprising:
- a camera;
- one or more computer storage media storing instructions;
- and
- at least one processor communicatively coupled to the one or more computer storage media, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions and thereby perform operations comprising:
- accessing a first image of a delivery destination, wherein the first image comprises an annotation identifying an assigned delivery location at the delivery destination for delivery of a parcel;
- initiating the camera to continuously capture image data as a real-time image stream of the delivery destination;
- comparing the first image to the real-time image stream;
- superimposing, based at least in part on comparing the first image to the real-time image stream, the annotation over the real-time image stream to overlay the annotation onto the real-time image stream at a position that corresponds to the assigned delivery location;
- and
- displaying, on a display of the computing device, the real-time image stream with the annotation overlaid onto the real-time image stream.
A method comprising:
- receiving an annotation indicating a specific location at an assigned delivery location for delivery of a parcel, the annotation being determined from a first image of the assigned delivery location captured by a first computing device, wherein the first image of the assigned delivery location is annotated at the first computing device;
- and
- causing display of, at a display device of a second computing device, the annotation indicating the specific location, the annotation being overlaid on a real-time image stream captured by a camera of the second computing device, wherein the annotation indicates the specific location at the assigned delivery location.
A system comprising:
- a server configured for performing operations comprising:
- receiving an image of a delivery destination, wherein the image comprises an annotation identifying an assigned delivery location at the delivery destination for delivery of a parcel;
- and
- storing the image in a datastore;
- and
- a computing device communicatively coupled to the datastore and configured for performing operations comprising:
- accessing the image from the datastore;
- initiating a camera to continuously capture image data as a real-time image stream of the delivery destination;
- superimposing the annotation over the real-time image stream to overlay the annotation onto the real-time image stream at a position that corresponds to the assigned delivery location;
- and
- displaying the real-time image stream with the annotation overlaid onto the real-time image stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.