Container method and system for automated end-to-end package delivery

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11981508
APP PUB NO 20220297939A1
SERIAL NO

17207369

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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.

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FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC330 TOWN CENTER DRIVE SUITE 800 DEARBORN MI 48126

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Chen, Yifan Ann Arbor, US 160 1953
Horowitz, Geoffrey Farmington Hills, US 14 12
Lundeen, Kurt Wixom, US 8 12
Madhavan, Pavithra Windsor, CA 9 31
Panigrahi, Smruti Farmington Hills, US 27 42

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