Delivery system and method for low visibilty conditions
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1. A system for delivering a package, comprising a transport vehicle for transporting said package to a destination, said transport vehicle comprising a first transceiver and a computer system;
- and an electronic positioning system for navigating said transport vehicle to said destination under a low-visibility condition.
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Abstract
An inventive system for delivering a package (e.g., plurality of packages) includes a transport vehicle for transporting the package to a destination, the transport vehicle including a first transceiver and a computer system, and an electronic positioning system for navigating the transport vehicle to the destination under a low-visibility condition.
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1. A system for delivering a package, comprising
a transport vehicle for transporting said package to a destination, said transport vehicle comprising a first transceiver and a computer system; - and
an electronic positioning system for navigating said transport vehicle to said destination under a low-visibility condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for delivering packages, comprising:
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a transport vehicle comprising;
a first transceiver; and
a computer system;
an electronic tag associated with at least one of said packages, comprising;
a signaling device which activates when a package arrives at a destination; and
a second transceiver, for wirelessly communicating with said transport vehicle; and
an electronic positioning system for navigating said transport vehicle to said destination according to an optimum delivery route. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for low-visibility package delivery, comprising:
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a transport vehicle comprising;
a first transceiver; and
a computer system; and
an electronic positioning system for navigating said transport vehicle to said destination according to an optimum delivery route, wherein a low-visibility condition causes a location of said destination to be hardly visible to a person making a delivery. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A method for delivering packages, comprising:
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transporting said package to a destination using a transport vehicle; and
navigating said transport vehicle to said destination under a low-visibility condition, using an electronic positioning system.
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27. A method for delivering packages, comprising:
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associating said packages with electronic tags;
inputting a destination address to a computer system to determine an optimum delivery route;
placing said packages on a transport vehicle; and
navigating said transport vehicle to a destination using an electronic positioning system. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A programmable storage medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform a method for delivering packages, said method comprising:
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transporting said package to a destination using a transport vehicle; and
navigating said transport vehicle to said destination under a low-visibility condition, using an electronic positioning system.
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