公开(公告)号：US09911092B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-06

申请号：US14196482

申请日：2014-03-04

Applicant: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Asheesh Goja

IPC: G06Q10/00 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06Q10/06

CPC classification number: G06Q10/0633 ,  G06F8/30 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/06316

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for enabling design, generation, and execution of real-time workflows. Such embodiments provide a graphical designer including a plurality of shapes representing the various objects of a workflow that are used to model the workflow. In addition, various embodiments of the graphical designer provide shapes to model aspects of the workflow not found in previous graphical designers. Various embodiments also provide a code generator that converts the representation of the workflow into executable code for multiple target languages. Various embodiments also provide a workflow engine based on a Petri net model responsible for executing the workflow and for delegating tasks to be performed for the workflow to an operating system. In various embodiments, the workflow engine further includes a platform abstraction layer that provides a transition layer from the Petri net language to the operating system language.

公开(公告)号：US09909876B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-06

申请号：US14281942

申请日：2014-05-20

Applicant: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Marc David Siris

IPC: G08G1/123 ,  G01C21/00 ,  G01S19/07 ,  G01S19/14

CPC classification number: G01C21/00 ,  G01S19/07 ,  G01S19/14

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer program products for providing improved augmentation for GPS calculations. In general, various embodiments of the invention involve using a plurality of GPS devices associated with stationary objects associated with a common carrier's delivery network and the common carrier's delivery fleet to calculate error corrections and to communicate these error corrections to a number of GPS enable devices to be used by these devices to augment GPS calculations to correct errors associated with GPS signals. Further, various embodiments of the invention involve collecting GPS data for a plurality of delivery routes traveled by the common carrier's delivery fleet. In particular embodiments, this collected data may be used to provide more accurate address information for locations along these delivery routes and more accurate renderings of various landscapes along these delivery routes.

公开(公告)号：US20180040179A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-08

申请号：US15713083

申请日：2017-09-22

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Carl M. Skonberg ,  Ernest J. Pyzocha, JR. ,  Andrew J. Hill, III ,  Bobby J. McFarland

IPC: G07C9/00

CPC classification number: G07C9/00111

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for identifying assets (e.g., mobile assets and/or personnel assets). In one embodiment, a mobile asset can be uniquely identified from RFID tags. In another embodiment, mobile assets and personnel assets can be identified from captured image data. After identification, it can be determined whether the asset (e.g., mobile asset and/or personnel asset) is authorized for one or more activities and a corresponding perceivable indication can be generated.

公开(公告)号：US20180040173A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-08

申请号：US15785744

申请日：2017-10-17

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： MARK J. DAVIDSON

IPC: G07C5/00 ,  G08G1/052 ,  G08G1/01 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G01C21/34 ,  G08G1/00

Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for segmenting operational data and identifying events of interested in the segmented operational data. With the events of interest identified from the segmented operational data, a total time between the events of interest can be determined, evaluated, and provided.

公开(公告)号：US20180013745A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-11

申请号：US15710193

申请日：2017-09-20

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Weiqun Jack Zheng ,  Robert Frederick Myrick

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  G06F21/33 ,  G06Q10/08

CPC classification number: H04L63/08 ,  G06F21/33 ,  G06Q10/083 ,  G06Q10/0838

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for facilitating cross-platform authentication. The apparatus may include at least one memory and at least one processor configured to detect that a visual token includes data indicating one or more authentication credentials for accessing a communication device in response to scanning the visual token. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to communicate the authentication credentials of the detected visual token to the communication device to request the communication device to determine whether the authentication credentials are valid for a user. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to enable access to the communication device in response to receiving an indication from the communication device that the authentication credentials of the detected visual token are valid. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20170337510A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-23

申请号：US15600069

申请日：2017-05-19

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Sumeet Pradeep Shroff ,  Kenny Takano Takahashi ,  Jeffrey J. Horne ,  Thomas V. Hoffmann ,  Michael J. Donohue ,  Ferdinand So ,  Julian Pulfrey ,  Michael Kerr ,  Larry Augsburger ,  Todd Brown ,  Susan Ruggles ,  Shane Hennessy ,  John Brelesky

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  H04W4/04 ,  G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06Q10/0833 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/9537 ,  G06Q10/0832 ,  G11B27/28 ,  H04W4/021 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/40

Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities for tracking an item delivery are provided. In one embodiment, an item is associated with a vehicle (e.g., manned or unmanned terrestrial vehicle, nautical vehicle, and/or aerial vehicle) by updating item data in a database. An item tracking session is then generated based on the item data. Upon the determination that session availability trigger has occurred, access to the item tracking session is provided to a user. Data representing an updated location of the delivery vehicle is then used to update the item data to indicate the current location of the item as the updated location of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US09811951B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-07

申请号：US15040486

申请日：2016-02-10

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： John A. Olsen, III ,  David L. Bradley ,  Matthew S. Hendrix

IPC: G07C5/08 ,  G07C5/02 ,  G01M15/05 ,  G07C5/00 ,  G05B23/02 ,  G06Q50/22 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G06F17/10 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G01M17/00 ,  G06F7/00 ,  G06F15/00 ,  B64F5/60

CPC classification number: G07C5/0808 ,  A61B5/00 ,  B64F5/60 ,  G01M15/05 ,  G01M17/00 ,  G05B23/0235 ,  G05B23/0283 ,  G06F7/00 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G06F17/10 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06Q50/22 ,  G07C5/008 ,  G07C5/02 ,  G07C5/08 ,  G07C5/085

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for managing fault codes triggered by one or more vehicles during operation. In general, various embodiments of the invention involve recording and analyzing fault codes triggered during a particular time period while a vehicle is in operation. As a result of the analysis, various embodiments of the invention may set a state for each of the identified fault codes, the state indicating a level of action to address the identified fault code. In particular embodiments, the states may be one of a caution state indicating one or more components or sub-systems of the vehicle should be monitored, a critical state indicating one or more components or sub-systems of the vehicle should be repaired, or an environmental state indicating failure or potential failure of one or more components or sub-systems of the vehicle may affect one or more environmental conditions.

公开(公告)号：US20170316701A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-02

申请号：US15582187

申请日：2017-04-28

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Julio Gil ,  Andrew Cooper ,  Jeffrey Cooper

IPC: G08G5/02 ,  G01S19/42 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64F1/22 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  B64D9/00

Abstract: Systems and methods include UAVs that serve to assist carrier personnel by reducing the physical demands of the transportation and delivery process. A UAV generally includes a UAV chassis including an upper portion, a plurality of propulsion members configured to provide lift to the UAV chassis, and a parcel carrier configured for being selectively coupled to and removed from the UAV chassis. UAV support mechanisms are utilized to load and unload parcel carriers to the UAV chassis, and the UAV lands on and takes off from the UAV support mechanism to deliver parcels to a serviceable point. The UAV includes computing entities that interface with different systems and computing entities to send and receive various types of information.

公开(公告)号：US09739596B1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-22

申请号：US15427877

申请日：2017-02-08

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Piotr Janicki

IPC: G01B11/04 ,  G06K9/78 ,  B65G15/32 ,  G01B11/02 ,  H04N5/247

CPC classification number: B65G43/08 ,  B07C1/04 ,  B07C3/08 ,  B07C3/14 ,  B07C5/10 ,  B07C5/36 ,  B65G15/30 ,  B65G15/32 ,  B65G2203/0233 ,  B65G2203/041 ,  G01B11/00 ,  G01B11/02 ,  G01B11/022 ,  G01B11/04 ,  G01B11/14 ,  G06K9/78 ,  G06T7/0004 ,  G06T7/70 ,  H04N5/247 ,  H04N7/181

Abstract: Various embodiments provide an improved conveyor belt comprising: a visible surface having a primary axis oriented in a machine direction; a plurality of first stripes having a first visible appearance, each of the plurality of first stripes at least in part defining the visible surface and being oriented perpendicular to the primary axis; and a plurality of second stripes having a second visible appearance, each of the plurality of second stripes at least in part defining the visible surface and being oriented perpendicular to the primary axis, wherein: the second visible appearance provides a contrasting appearance relative to the first visible appearance; and each of the plurality of second stripes are located intermediate two of the plurality of first stripes such that the plurality of first and second stripes collectively define an alternating contrasting pattern on the visible surface of the improved conveyor belt.

公开(公告)号：US20170228846A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15017050

申请日：2016-02-05

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Douglas K. Mohr ,  Anthony Michael Celmer ,  Kristina M. McGowan ,  Keith Alan Ware ,  James Murphy ,  Chi-yin Cheng ,  Lee Anthony Mitchell ,  Jessica Myers

IPC: G06Q50/28 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G01C21/34

CPC classification number: G06Q50/28 ,  G01C21/3407 ,  G06Q10/08355 ,  G06Q10/1097

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer program products are provided. In an example embodiment, a method is provided comprising receiving input identifying load information corresponding to a load to be inserted into a transportation plan. The transportation plan comprises a plurality of transportation schedules, each schedule comprising a plurality of transportation movements. The method further comprises identifying an available movement network comprising portions of transportation schedules having open capacity, each portion of a transportation schedule having open capacity being a potential leg of a path from the origin location to the destination location; determining potential solutions for transporting the load from the origin location to the destination location by combining one or more legs to determine a path of open capacity movements from the origin location to at least part way to the destination location; and providing one or more potential solutions for display via a user interface.