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US 8,825,226 B1Granted
Deployment of mobile automated vehicles
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Spencer Worley, III, Eric Mathew Clayton
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Abstract
An automated mobile vehicle configured to autonomously provide coverage for inoperable infrastructure components at various locations. A plurality of automated mobile vehicles may be deployed to provide emergency lighting, a wireless network, audio, video, etc., at an event area. The event area may be indoors and/or outdoors.
Claims21
A system for deployment of an automated mobile vehicle into an event area, comprising:
- a memory coupled to one or more processors and storing program instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
- detect an occurrence of an event within a materials handling facility, wherein the event is an interruption of an operation of an infrastructure component of the materials handling facility;
- determine an event area surrounding a portion of the materials handling facility affected by the event;
- and
- transmit instructions to deploy an automated mobile vehicle into the event area, wherein the automated mobile vehicle is configured to provide coverage to restore the interruption to the infrastructure component.
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A computing system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing program instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
- determine a remaining power available to a first automated mobile vehicle, wherein the first automated mobile vehicle is at a destination position within an event area and providing coverage to replace an at least partially inoperable infrastructure component;
- determine a recovery location, wherein the recovery location is configured to provide power to the first automated mobile vehicle;
- transmit instructions to a second automated mobile vehicle that is capable of providing relief for the first automated mobile vehicle and configured to provide the coverage;
- determine that the second automated mobile vehicle has arrived to provide relief for the first automated mobile vehicle;
- and
- cause the first automated mobile vehicle to depart toward the recovery location.
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A computer-implemented method for distributing a plurality of automated mobile vehicles, comprising:
- under control of one or more computing systems configured with executable instructions,
- determining event area information associated with an event;
- determine, based at least in part on the plurality of automated mobile vehicles, a distribution pattern for distributing each of the plurality of automated mobile vehicles within the event area at respective destination positions;
- and
- causing each of the plurality of automated mobile vehicles to navigate to a respective destination position within the event area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.