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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAndrew J. Borley, Callum P. Jackson, Kathryn M. McMullan, Philip L. Norton
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Proposed is an autonomous vehicle (AV) for delivering an item to a recipient at a delivery location in a trusted manner. The AV includes: a sensor system adapted to detect, while the autonomous vehicle is travelling to the delivery location, a value of a property of at least one of: the autonomous vehicle, and the item. The AV further includes a data store adapted to store authentication data for verifying the trustworthiness of the item, the authentication data being based on the value detected. The AV further includes a recipient verification unit adapted to verify the identity of the recipient and to generate a verification signal indicative of whether the identity of the recipient is verified. The AV further includes a communication unit adapted to communicate stored authentication data to an authentication system for verification.
An autonomous vehicle for delivering an item to a recipient at a delivery location in a trusted manner, the autonomous vehicle comprising:
An automated delivery system for delivering an item to a recipient at a delivery location in a trusted manner, the automated delivery system comprising:
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A computer program product for controlling an autonomous vehicle for delivering an item to a recipient at a delivery location in a trusted manner, the computer program product comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.