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Determining available capacity in a transportation mechanism

  • US 9,463,808 B2
  • Filed: 03/10/2015
  • Issued: 10/11/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a sensor;

    a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor;

    a memory that stores code executable by the processor, the code comprising;

    code that identifies one or more objects within a transportation mechanism based on input received from the sensor;

    code that determines an amount of capacity within the transportation mechanism that is utilized by each of the one of more objects;

    code that determines a buffer area for each of the one or more identified objects, the buffer area comprising an additional amount of capacity utilized by each of the one or more objects;

    code that determines an available capacity of the transportation mechanism as a function of the utilized capacity and the buffer area for each of the one or more identified objects; and

    code that services a call request in response to the available capacity satisfying a predetermined threshold.

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