CONFIGURING A SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF GOODS BY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:EP3886017A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-29

    申请号:EP21154667.6

    申请日:2021-02-02

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/08

    摘要: A control system performs a method for configuring a delivery system that comprises first storages with predefined positions, second storages with variable positions, and unmanned aerial vehicles which are operable to transport goods between destination points and the first and second storages. The method comprises: obtaining (421) position data for the destination points; operating (422) a clustering algorithm on the position data to determine clusters of destination points; and evaluating (423) the clusters in relation to the predefined positions of the first storages to determine a set of stopping positions for at least one of the second storages. The stopping position(s) may thereby be adapted in a resource efficient way to improve the overall capabilities of the delivery system.

    SAFEGUARDED DELIVERY OF GOODS BY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:EP3886016A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-29

    申请号:EP21152639.7

    申请日:2021-01-20

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/08

    摘要: A control system in a delivery system performs a method to deliver a payload by an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, without requiring presence of the recipient even if the payload comprises sensitive or vulnerable goods. The method comprises obtaining (21) a designated location for delivery of the payload, obtaining (22) at least one payload vulnerability index for the payload, and obtaining (23) a pick-up time indicative of a time point when the payload is expected to be retrieved by the recipient. The method further comprises selecting (24) a final delivery area at or near the designated location as a function of the at least one payload vulnerability index and the pick-up time, and operating (25) the UAV to deliver the payload to the final delivery area.

    IMPROVED UTILIZATION OF A FLEET OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES FOR DELIVERY OF GOODS

    公开(公告)号:EP3886012A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-29

    申请号:EP21155367.2

    申请日:2021-02-05

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/06

    摘要: A scheduling device performs a method of scheduling transports by a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs, to enable improved utilization of the fleet. The method comprises computing (111), for the fleet, aggregated cost data, ACM, that associates utilization cost with distributed sub-regions within a geographic region, the utilization cost of a respective sub-region representing an estimated cost for directing at least one of the UAVs to the respective sub-region. The method further comprises receiving (112) a query indicative of one or more potential locations for pick-up or delivery of a payload, determining (113), based on the ACM, a transportation price for at least one potential location; and presenting (114) the transportation price for the at least one potential location. The scheduling device thereby provides an interactive ordering system that enables utilization of the fleet to be automatically optimized by swarm intelligence.

    NETWORKED PROCESSING DEVICES AND METHOD OF OPERATION

    公开(公告)号:EP4311077A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-24

    申请号:EP23167170.2

    申请日:2023-04-06

    摘要: A system comprises a plurality of network-connected processing devices, for example IoT devices. The respective processing device comprises processor circuitry configured to perform a processing task, a transceiver for communication with other processing devices in the system, and an energy harvesting device configured to provide energy for the processor circuitry and the transceiver. To improve utilization of harvested energy within the system by efficient off-loading of processing tasks between the processing devices, the processor circuitry is further configured to estimate (401) surplus energy in the processing device for an upcoming time period, and the transceiver is configured to transmit (403) forecast data representing the surplus energy to the other processing devices in the system.