Systems and methods to communicate with persons of interest
First Claim
1. An autonomous product delivery system to communicate with a person during product delivery, comprising:
- an autonomous ground vehicle (“
AGV”
) on a product delivery route, configured to transport a retail product to a delivery location to a recipient via the product delivery route, comprising;
a control circuit;
a sensor in electrical communication with the control circuit and configured to communicate sensor data to the control circuit; and
an emitter in electrical communication with the control circuit;
wherein the control circuit is configured to;
detect, based on sensor data, the presence of the person when the person is positioned within a threshold distance relative to the AGV on the product delivery route, wherein the person is not the recipient;
determine, based on occurrence of a communication from a mobile computing device, whether the person is a person of interest (PoI) or a pedestrian; and
if the communication is received from the mobile computing device,determine that the person is a PoI, andcause the emitter to transmit a personalized message to the PoI; and
if the communication is not received from the mobile computing device,determine that the person is a pedestrian, andcause the emitter to emit a non-personalized audible notification.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided herein useful to communicate with a person of interest (“PoI”) via an autonomous ground vehicle (“AGV”) on a product delivery route. In some embodiments, autonomous product delivery systems are provided to enable communications with a PoI, comprises: an AGV on a product delivery route that includes one or more control circuits, one or more sensors in electrical communication with the one or more control circuits and configured to communicate sensor data to the one or more control circuits, and one or more emitters in electrical communication with the one or more control circuits. The control circuit uses sensor data to detect the presence of PoIs when they are positioned within a threshold distance relative to the AGV on the product delivery route, and in response thereof, cause the emitters to transmit a personalized message to the detected PoIs.
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20 Claims
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1. An autonomous product delivery system to communicate with a person during product delivery, comprising:
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an autonomous ground vehicle (“
AGV”
) on a product delivery route, configured to transport a retail product to a delivery location to a recipient via the product delivery route, comprising;a control circuit; a sensor in electrical communication with the control circuit and configured to communicate sensor data to the control circuit; and an emitter in electrical communication with the control circuit; wherein the control circuit is configured to; detect, based on sensor data, the presence of the person when the person is positioned within a threshold distance relative to the AGV on the product delivery route, wherein the person is not the recipient; determine, based on occurrence of a communication from a mobile computing device, whether the person is a person of interest (PoI) or a pedestrian; and if the communication is received from the mobile computing device, determine that the person is a PoI, and cause the emitter to transmit a personalized message to the PoI; and if the communication is not received from the mobile computing device, determine that the person is a pedestrian, and cause the emitter to emit a non-personalized audible notification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of communicating with a person via an autonomous product delivery system during product delivery, comprising:
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detecting, through an autonomous ground vehicle (AGV) on a product delivery route, the presence of the person positioned within a threshold distance relative to the AGV on the product delivery route, the AGV configured to transport a retail product to a delivery location to a recipient via the product delivery route; and determining, based on occurrence of a communication from a computing device, whether the person is a person of interest (PoI) or a pedestrian; and if the communication is received from the mobile computing device, determining that the person is a PoI, and causing the emitter to transmit a personalized message to the PoI; and if the communication is not received from the mobile computing device, determining that the person is a pedestrian, and causing the emitter to emit a non-personalized audible notification, wherein the step of detecting the presence of the person is based on sensor data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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