Autonomous vehicle delivery monitoring
AssigneeGM Cruise Holdings LLC
InventorsAnthony Galliano, III, Arun A. Mathews, Charlotte Blanc, Pratik Palnitkar, Timothy Jon Meador
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring deliveries in an autonomous vehicle. In particular, systems and methods are provided for monitoring the conditions of the interior of a delivery container inside an autonomous vehicle. In various implementations, the delivery container includes one or more compartments, and the conditions of each of the one or more compartments is monitored.
Claims20
A method for monitoring packages in autonomous vehicle delivery, comprising:
- picking up a package in an autonomous vehicle delivery container;
- determining, by a first plurality of sensors, a configuration of the AV delivery container;
- determining, by a second plurality of sensors, a set of attributes for the package;
- monitoring the package to detect whether a change occurs in at least one of the set of attributes;
- and
- transporting the package to a drop-off location.
A system for monitoring in autonomous vehicle delivery, comprising:
- a plurality of autonomous vehicles each having a respective delivery container;
- and
- a remote computing system configured to:
- receive a package delivery request;
- and
- select an autonomous vehicle from the plurality of autonomous vehicles to fulfill the package delivery request;
- wherein each of the plurality of autonomous vehicles includes a respective delivery container having a plurality of sensors and is configured to:
- determine, by the plurality of sensors, a configuration of the respective delivery container;
- determine, by the plurality of sensors, a set of attributes for the package;
- and
- monitor the package to detect whether a change occurs in at least one of the set of attributes.
An autonomous vehicle delivery system, comprising
- a delivery container configured to hold a package;
- a plurality of sensors positioned in the delivery container for detecting a set of attributes for the package;
- a transceiver for receiving the set of attributes from the plurality of sensors and for transmitting the set of attributes;
- and
- a processor for detecting changes in the set of attributes over time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.