Autonomous vehicle networks
    12.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11263579B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US15369536

    申请日:2016-12-05

    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a network of autonomous vehicles, such as autonomous ground vehicles (“AGVs”) that deliver items to and/or from a destination location and/or perform a service. For example, a community (e.g., neighborhood, apartment complex) may include a plurality of autonomous vehicles that deliver payloads to different locations (e.g., homes, apartments) within the community for use or consumption. Some of the payloads are community items (e.g., microwave, stove top, cooking utensils) that are shared by members of the community and transferred between locations within the community by autonomous vehicles.

    On-demand customization of products

    公开(公告)号:US11017448B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-25

    申请号:US16125388

    申请日:2018-09-07

    Inventor: Ethan Zane Evans

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for on-demand customization of products. A product distributor may provide a product customization service and user interface to its customers that may be used to enhance, extend, customize, or combine stock physical products offered by the product distributor by providing custom add-on physical items for or customizations to the stock products. The product distributor may leverage on-demand production technologies such as additive manufacturing technologies to produce the custom physical items or customizations according to specifications received from the customer or generated according to descriptive information for the stock products. The custom items may be combined with one or more stock products to produce customized products for the customers.

    Using audio input and output to interact with text-based interactive content

    公开(公告)号:US10424293B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-24

    申请号:US14804787

    申请日:2015-07-21

    Abstract: Functionality is disclosed herein for using an interactive content service to provide content. A user may interact with the interactive content service to access interactive content, such as interactive fiction, interactive text adventure games, and other interactive content. A user may also use the interactive content to receive auditory output from applications configured to provide text-based content. The interactive content service maintains state information that identifies the current state of the interactive content. For example, before starting a particular interactive adventure game, the state identifies a beginning location within the interactive content. As the user interacts with the game, the interactive content service updates the state of the user within the game. In this way, when the user resumes playing the game, regardless of the computing device used to interact with the interactive content service, the interactive content service causes the correct portion of the interactive content to be presented.

    Embedded content input and timing
    16.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10412442B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US15838139

    申请日:2017-12-11

    Inventor: Ethan Zane Evans

    Abstract: In combination with video content transmitted by a video streaming service, additional content may also be displayed to viewers. The video content may be displayed in a video player display, while the additional content may be displayed in an additional content area, such as an inline frame. In some examples, the display of the video content and the additional content may be synchronized such that portions of video content are displayed along with corresponding related portions of additional content. The additional content area may also receive user input. In some examples, the user input may be provided back to a source of the video content, such as a video game that generated the video content. In some examples, timing information may also be provided along with the user input, such as a time associated with a simultaneously displayed portion of video content.

    Autonomous ground vehicles deployed from facilities

    公开(公告)号:US10241516B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-26

    申请号:US15280479

    申请日:2016-09-29

    Abstract: Autonomous ground vehicles (“AGVs”) may be deployed from facilities (e.g., materials handling facilities, etc.) to deliver items to specified locations (e.g., user residences). In various implementations, AGVs may utilize various techniques for long-range travel between materials handling facilities and delivery locations (e.g., solar charging, strategically placed charging stations, energy efficient travel paths, etc.). In various implementations, AGV facilities (e.g., smaller types of materials handling facilities) may be sized to be more easily located in compressed urban areas (e.g., to be closer to various delivery locations, etc.) and may function as home base locations where AGVs are stationed and/or where items are received (e.g., from transportation vehicles) for delivery to local delivery locations.

    Autonomous ground vehicles congregating in meeting areas

    公开(公告)号:US10222798B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-05

    申请号:US15280492

    申请日:2016-09-29

    Abstract: Autonomous ground vehicles (“AGVs”) are utilized to transport ordered items and may congregate in meeting areas (e.g., to receive items from common sources, utilize common resources, communicate, etc.) and the positions of the AGVs in an area may be coordinated. For example, AGVs waiting to receive ordered items from a transportation vehicle (e.g., a delivery truck) may be lined up according to delivery addresses, or according to an order of items in the transportation vehicle, etc. As another example, AGVs that are in a pickup area (e.g., where users may retrieve ordered items from the AGVs), may be arranged in a configuration that is relatively compact but which provides easy access for the users to retrieve the ordered items, etc. The AGVs may be repositioned based on various events (e.g., an AGV leaving the configuration, an improved arrangement being dynamically determined, etc.).

    ON-DEMAND CUSTOMIZATION OF PRODUCTS
    20.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190005560A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:US16125388

    申请日:2018-09-07

    Inventor: Ethan Zane Evans

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for on-demand customization of products. A product distributor may provide a product customization service and user interface to its customers that may be used to enhance, extend, customize, or combine stock physical products offered by the product distributor by providing custom add-on physical items for or customizations to the stock products. The product distributor may leverage on-demand production technologies such as additive manufacturing technologies to produce the custom physical items or customizations according to specifications received from the customer or generated according to descriptive information for the stock products. The custom items may be combined with one or more stock products to produce customized products for the customers.

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