- 专利标题: Container method and system for automated end-to-end package delivery
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申请号: US17207369申请日: 2021-03-19
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公开(公告)号: US11981508B2公开(公告)日: 2024-05-14
- 发明人: Yifan Chen , Smruti Panigrahi , Kurt Lundeen , Geoffrey Horowitz , Pavithra Madhavan
- 申请人: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- 申请人地址: US MI Dearborn
- 专利权人: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- 当前专利权人: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- 当前专利权人地址: US MI Dearborn
- 代理机构: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
- 代理商 Brandon Hicks
- 主分类号: B65G1/137
- IPC分类号: B65G1/137 ; B60P3/00 ; B65G67/04 ; B65G67/24
摘要:
Disclosed is an end-to-end delivery system that uses standard containers designed for autonomous vehicle (AV) goods delivery, a purpose-built AV cargo management system, a purpose-built robot to load and unload packages, and software to coordinate the various tasks involved. The standard containers may include a hardware locking interface for locking to a carrying robot. The cargo management system may include a programmable conveyor system installed on each floor of a multi-floor cargo space within the AV. For example, the floor may include a roller surface to allow omnidirectional routing of packages. An elevator shaft may be used for receiving and off-loading containers. The software may identify a target container anywhere within the multi-floor cargo space, and determine how to rearrange the containers within a grid in the AV so that the target container may be moved to the elevator shaft for unloading.
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