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Systems and methods to communicate with persons of interest

  • US 10,446,149 B2
  • Filed: 10/05/2017
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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