Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drop-off location planning for delivery vehicle
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Application No.: US15295995Application Date: 2016-10-17
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Publication No.: US10353388B2Publication Date: 2019-07-16
- Inventor: Martin Schubert , Michael Grundmann , Clifford Biffle , Philip Watson
- Applicant: X Development LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain Veiw
- Assignee: X Development LLC
- Current Assignee: X Development LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain Veiw
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G05D1/04
- IPC: G05D1/04 ; G05D1/00 ; G05D1/10 ; G06N7/00 ; B64C39/02 ; G01C21/00 ; G05D1/06 ; G08G5/00 ; G08G5/02 ; G01C21/20

Abstract:
An example method may include receiving, from a client computing device, an indication of a target drop-off spot for an object within a first virtual model of a first region of a delivery destination. A second virtual model of a second region of the delivery destination may be determined based on sensor data received from one or more sensors on a delivery vehicle. A mapping may be determined between physical features represented in the first virtual model and physical features represented in the second virtual model to determine an overlapping region between the first and second virtual models. A position of the target drop-off spot within the second virtual model may be determined based on the overlapping region. Based on the position of the target drop-off spot within the second virtual model, the delivery vehicle may be navigated to the target drop-off spot to drop off the object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180107211A1 Drop-off Location Planning for Delivery Vehicle Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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