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公开(公告)号：US11259663B2
公开(公告)日：2022-03-01
申请号：US16704974
申请日：2019-12-05
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Julio Gil
Abstract: A containment unit that facilitates delivery of parcels using drones is provided. An example containment unit comprises an inner housing unit and an outer housing unit. The inner housing unit includes a first and second sidewall that are connected by an end piece and have a bottom opening in between. The inner housing unit is movable from a retracted position over a floor of the containment unit to an extended position, where a portion of the opening is extended beyond the floor. A parcel may be inserted into a volume of space within the inner housing unit from below through the opening and pulled into the containment unit by the end piece when the inner housing unit is retracted. The containment unit can be used as part of a drone delivery system that can also include an elevated delivery platform, a computer application, or any combination of these aspects.
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公开(公告)号：US20220057797A1
公开(公告)日：2022-02-24
申请号：US16997430
申请日：2020-08-19
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Thomas Ramsager
Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for transporting a plurality of modular containers using one or more autonomous vehicles. The system may include a housing, motorized wheels, a proximity sensor, and a control system. The housing may have a body with a floor, a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and the motorized wheels may be rotatably attached to the housing. The proximity sensor may identify proximity of the housing to other objects. The control system may be communicably coupled to the proximity sensor and the plurality of motorized wheels and may instruct rotatable actuation and steering of at least one of the motorized wheels based on user input, input from the proximity sensor and/or input read from a memory storage device.
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53.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20220027847A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-27
申请号：US17495045
申请日：2021-10-06
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： PAUL LOUBRIEL
IPC: G06Q10/08
Abstract: An unallocated item/product inventory is maintained in each of a plurality of delivery vehicles traversing service routes within a delivery service area. Upon receipt of an order for delivery of an item/product that may be selected from the item/product inventory maintained within a delivery vehicle and that is to be delivered to a destination location within the delivery service area, a delivery vehicle driver is instructed to deliver an item/product selected from the item/product inventory located on the delivery vehicle during the corresponding service route on the same day that the order was placed. A delivery label for the item/product is printed, and the delivery vehicle driver secures the printed delivery label to an item/product selected from the unallocated item/product inventory, and delivers the item/product to the destination location on the same day the order was placed.
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公开(公告)号：US11188869B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-30
申请号：US16242717
申请日：2019-01-08
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Balakrishna Subramaniam , Jason Chodyniecki
Abstract: Systems and methods are described for enforcing consistency of data between disparate systems of a transportation network with verified transactions. Embodiments include receiving a transaction that is generated based on a command indicating an intent to transfer an asset from the originating hub to a destination hub. The generated transaction can include a sender identifier associated with the originating hub, an asset identifier associated with the asset, and a detected location of the asset. The received transaction is communicated to any node of the plurality of nodes that are configured store it onto a distributed ledger based on a determined verification that the included detected location corresponds to a location associated with the included sender identifier.
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公开(公告)号：US11182732B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-23
申请号：US16449671
申请日：2019-06-24
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Mark J. Davidson
IPC: G06Q10/08
Abstract: An apparatus is provided for detecting duplicate travel. The apparatus may include at least one memory and at least one processor configured to detect a travel path of a vehicle based in part on received items of location data. The processor is also configured to determine whether the travel path is associated with a defined street segment including a plurality of location points corresponding to a street. The processor is further configured to determine whether the vehicle travels the street multiple times in a predefined time period. The processor is further configured to superimpose visible indicia on the defined street segment in response to detecting that the vehicle traveled the street multiple times during the predefined time period. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided.
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公开(公告)号：US11170548B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-09
申请号：US16707134
申请日：2019-12-09
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Andrew Dotterweich , Christopher T. Schenken , Jeffrey Cooper
IPC: G06T11/60 , G06K7/14 , G06F3/0482 , G06Q10/08 , G06K7/10
Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for overcoming the technical problem of providing an augmented reality that displays an actual image of the item or a proportionally dimensioned representation of the item to a user. To overcome this challenge, two separate approaches can be used: a beacon/tag/sensor-based approach and a marker-based approach.
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公开(公告)号：US20210334924A1
公开(公告)日：2021-10-28
申请号：US17366831
申请日：2021-07-02
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Dale A. Black , Barry Bramble
Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting commodity classifications for a shipment that increase the efficiency of clearing the shipment through a customs authority. Such systems and methods may utilize machine learning techniques to improve the accuracy of the predicted classifications.
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公开(公告)号：US11156471B2
公开(公告)日：2021-10-26
申请号：US16103566
申请日：2018-08-14
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Julio Gil
Abstract: A system is provided for hands-free handling of at least one asset by a user. The system includes a user device configured to be worn by a user and a control system remotely located relative to the user device and configured to exchange asset-related data with the user device, the asset-related data including at least one or more notifications related to the handling of the at least one asset by the user at the asset location. The user device contains a processor configured to determine location data associated with the at least one asset and including a location for the at least one asset, the determination being based, in part, upon the obtained asset identifier data; dynamically generate and display, at the user device, one or more navigational projections configured to guide the user to the asset location; and detect handling of the at least one asset by the user.
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公开(公告)号：US20210309353A1
公开(公告)日：2021-10-07
申请号：US17216916
申请日：2021-03-30
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Julio Gil
Abstract: A modular unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system comprises a body module, a rotor module, and a wing module. The body module includes a flight controller and a power distribution device. The body module is releasably attachable to the rotor module or the wing module, and the body module is releasably attachable to the rotor module. The rotor module includes one or more motors and electronic speed controllers (ESCs), while the wing module includes a wing having a flap, elevator, aileron, or rudder. Various UAV configurations can be formed from the body module, the rotor module, and the wing module. Each configuration includes different advantages for flight time, distance, battery life, and payload capacity. A UAV can be configured to a particular configuration to optimize parcel delivery.
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公开(公告)号：US11120389B2
公开(公告)日：2021-09-14
申请号：US15623989
申请日：2017-06-15
Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Inventor： Robert J. Gillen
Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to methods and systems for initiating shipment of a connected shipment/item via a computing entity. The computing entity detects the presence of a shipment/item within a communication range of the computing entity based on received wireless communications, and initializes executable instructions upon detection of the electronically connected shipment/item to initiate shipment of the shipment/item. The executable instructions cause the computing entity to store a shipment identifier for the shipment/item, request and store shipment information/data from a user for the shipment/item, and transmit the stored shipment/item information/data and the stored shipment identifier to a carrier computing entity to generate a shipment profile for the shipment/item.
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