Autonomous delivery identification, authentication, and authorization
AssigneeGM Cruise Holdings LLC
InventorJohn Logan Anderson
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method comprising using at least one first sensing device to identify an item disposed in a vehicle for delivery by the vehicle from an origin to a destination; performing at the destination an authentication process to authenticate a user who purports to be a recipient of the item, wherein the authentication process may be performed without human intervention; determining whether the authenticated user is an authorized recipient of the item, wherein the determining may be performed without human intervention; and automatically permitting the authorized recipient to retrieve the item from the vehicle.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- using at least one first sensing device to identify an item disposed in a vehicle for delivery by the vehicle from an origin to a destination;
- performing at the destination an authentication process to authenticate a user who purports to be a recipient of the item, wherein the authentication process is performed without human intervention;
- determining whether the authenticated user is an authorized recipient of the item, wherein the determining is performed without human intervention;
- and
- automatically permitting the authorized recipient to retrieve the item from the vehicle.
An autonomous delivery identification, authentication, and authorization system for a vehicle, the autonomous delivery identification, authentication, and authorization system comprising:
- at least one first sensing device to identify an item disposed in a vehicle for delivery by the vehicle from an origin to a destination;
- an authentication system for authenticating at the destination a user who purports to be a recipient of the item, wherein the authenticating is performed without human intervention;
- and
- an authorization system for determining at the destination whether the authenticated user is an authorized recipient of the item, wherein the determining is performed without human intervention;
- wherein an authenticated user who is also an authorized recipient is automatically access to retrieve the item from the vehicle.
An autonomous vehicle comprising:
- an onboard computer;
- at least one first sensing device to identify an item disposed in a vehicle for delivery by the vehicle from an origin to a destination;
- an authentication module comprising at least one second sensing device for authenticating at the destination a user who purports to be a recipient of the item, wherein the authenticating is performed without human intervention;
- and
- an authorization module comprising a data collection device for determining at the destination whether the authenticated user is an authorized recipient of the item, wherein the determining is performed without human intervention;
- wherein an authenticated user who is also an authorized recipient is automatically access to retrieve the item from the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.