SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE MOVEMENT IN A PARKING LOT

    公开(公告)号:US20240294087A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-05

    申请号:US18177984

    申请日:2023-03-03

    IPC分类号: B60L53/65 B60L53/35 G08G1/14

    摘要: A method includes obtaining parking lot data associated with the parking lot, where the parking lot data indicates an availability of a plurality of parking spaces of the parking lot and obtaining vehicle data associated with the plurality of vehicles, where the vehicle data includes one or more physical characteristics of each of the plurality of vehicles, one or more electrical charging characteristics of each of the plurality of vehicles, or a combination thereof. The method includes dynamically defining one or more parking characteristics of the parking lot based on the vehicle data and the parking lot data and controlling a movement of the plurality of vehicles via the exit lane, the entry lane, and the one or more charging lanes based on the vehicle data and the one or more parking characteristics of the parking lot.

    Modular autonomous robot distributed control

    公开(公告)号:US11951627B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17540946

    申请日:2021-12-02

    摘要: A distributed control system for an autonomous modular robot (AMR) vehicle includes a top module processor disposed in communication with a lower module processor, and memory for storing executable instructions of the top module processor and the lower module processor. The instructions are executable to cause the top module processor and the lower module processor to navigate a bottom module, via the bottom module processor, the AMR vehicle to a target destination. The instructions are further executable to determine, via the bottom module processor, that the AMR vehicle is localized at a target destination, transmit a request for a cargo unloading instruction set, and receive, via a top module processor, a response to a cargo unloading instruction set sent from the bottom module processor. The instructions further cause the top module processor to unload the cargo to a target destination surface via an unloading mechanism associated with the top module.

    Systems and methods for delivery vehicle reconfigurable on-board package sorting

    公开(公告)号:US11731170B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-22

    申请号:US17490551

    申请日:2021-09-30

    IPC分类号: B07C3/08 B07C3/00 B60P3/00

    CPC分类号: B07C3/08 B07C3/008 B60P3/007

    摘要: The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for a reconfigurable on-board package sorting system for a delivery vehicle including an enclosed storage compartment with a horizontal plane, a plurality of bins for holding packages, each bin including a computer readable identifier, a set of correlated conveyor belts on each horizontal plane, the correlated conveyors belts sized as a function of the bins, including at conveyor belts linearly oriented on the horizontal plane, mixing conveyors, each oriented adjacent to each convey belt to provide directional transition to a next conveyor belt, wherein the correlated conveyor belts provide directional movement of the bins in a loop on the horizontal plane by selective rotation of each conveyor belt, and a computer including a processor and memory to receive data from each identifier, the processor including instructions to: identify a location of bin and direct the operation of the correlated conveyor belts.

    SIMULATION-BASED CORRIDOR DESIGN FOR CONNECTED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20220382926A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17334115

    申请日:2021-05-28

    IPC分类号: G06F30/13 G06F30/20

    摘要: A method for generating an infrastructure management plan is described. The method may include determining, via a Regional Traffic Simulation (RTS) model, an opportunity area for connected and automated vehicle (CAV) integrated traffic flow. Generating a regional key performance indicator associated with the opportunity area and modeling a regional KPI associated with local traffic in the opportunity area using a Local Traffic Simulation (LTS) model. The method may further include determining a local KPI associated with the opportunity area, generating a tentative traffic solution associated with the opportunity area, connecting the LTS model to the RTS model using an outer feedback loop, and determining a ripple effect of the tentative traffic solution via the RTS model. The method concludes with generating the infrastructure management plan comprising the change to the LTS model responsive to confirming an improvement to the regional KPI and the local KPI.

    NOVEL CONTAINER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED END-TO-END PACKAGE DELIVERY

    公开(公告)号:US20220297939A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-22

    申请号:US17207369

    申请日:2021-03-19

    IPC分类号: B65G1/137 B65G67/04 B65G67/24

    摘要: Disclosed is an end-to-end delivery system that uses standard containers designed for autonomous vehicle (AV) goods delivery, a purpose-built AV cargo management system, a purpose-built robot to load and unload packages, and software to coordinate the various tasks involved. The standard containers may include a hardware locking interface for locking to a carrying robot. The cargo management system may include a programmable conveyor system installed on each floor of a multi-floor cargo space within the AV. For example, the floor may include a roller surface to allow omnidirectional routing of packages. An elevator shaft may be used for receiving and off-loading containers. The software may identify a target container anywhere within the multi-floor cargo space, and determine how to rearrange the containers within a grid in the AV so that the target container may be moved to the elevator shaft for unloading.

    Systems And Methods For Interacting With A Digital Map

    公开(公告)号:US20220236859A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-28

    申请号:US17159035

    申请日:2021-01-26

    IPC分类号: G06F3/0484 G06N5/02 G09B29/10

    摘要: Systems and methods interacting with a digital map are provided herein. A system includes a display that is configured to display a digital map. The digital map includes a number of targets with which a user can interact and a number of actions that are available for each target. The system is configured to update a table of an individual profile account when the user performs an actions at one of the targets, use a role prediction model to predict a role based on the table of the individual profile account, and update the table of the individual account based on a table of a role profile account associated with the predicted role.

    AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TRAFFIC SIMULATION AND ROAD NETWORK MODELING

    公开(公告)号:US20220229954A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17574240

    申请日:2022-01-12

    IPC分类号: G06F30/20

    摘要: A method for improving computational speed of a vehicle modeling processor, includes discretizing a continuous space road map by generating a first graph node associated with a first infrastructure feature and a first area and generating a second graph node associated with a second infrastructure feature and a second area. The system determines a first graph node area associated with the first graph node, determines a second graph node area associated with the second graph node, and determines a connecting link type that connects the first graph node to the second graph node, and computing a set of probabilities for nodes occupied by a vehicle agent of a plurality of vehicle agents. The system generates a simulation that models a vehicle agent driving action based on set of driving actions probabilities. Processing performance of the modeling computer is improved by omitting computations for non-occupied nodes using cellular automata rules.