Package management system for robotic vehicles
First Claim
1. A package management system for operating a robotic vehicle configured to transport consumer items selected by a human shopper from a consumer shopping environment and placed in the robotic vehicle, the package management system comprising:
- circuitry for recognizing an individual human shopper;
circuitry for receiving data indicative of a location of the individual human shopper in the consumer shopping environment; and
circuitry for routing the robotic vehicle to the location of the individual human shopper in the consumer shopping environment.
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Abstract
Described embodiments include a system, method, and apparatus. A system includes a package management system for operating a robotic vehicle configured to transport consumer items selected by a human shopper from a consumer shopping environment and placed in the robotic vehicle. The package management system includes circuitry for recognizing an individual human shopper. The system includes circuitry for receiving data indicative of a location of the individual human shopper in the consumer shopping environment. The system includes circuitry for routing the robotic vehicle to the location of the individual human shopper in the consumer shopping environment. In an embodiment, the package management system includes circuitry for issuing an alarm upon detection of an unauthorized removal or attempted unauthorized removal of a consumer item from the secure portion of the robotic vehicle.
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37 Claims
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1. A package management system for operating a robotic vehicle configured to transport consumer items selected by a human shopper from a consumer shopping environment and placed in the robotic vehicle, the package management system comprising:
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circuitry for recognizing an individual human shopper; circuitry for receiving data indicative of a location of the individual human shopper in the consumer shopping environment; and circuitry for routing the robotic vehicle to the location of the individual human shopper in the consumer shopping environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computationally-implemented method of operating a robotic vehicle configured to transport consumer items selected by a human shopper from a consumer shopping environment and placed in the robotic vehicle, the method comprising:
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recognizing an individual human shopper placing a consumer item in the robotic vehicle; receiving data indicative of a location of the individual human shopper in the consumer shopping environment; and routing the robotic vehicle to the location of the individual human shopper in the consumer shopping environment. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An article of manufacture for operating a robotic vehicle configured to transport consumer items selected by a human shopper from a consumer shopping environment and placed in the robotic vehicle, the article of manufacture comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage media bearing; one or more instructions for recognizing an individual human shopper placing a consumer item in the robotic vehicle; one or more instructions for receiving data indicative of a location of the individual human shopper in the consumer shopping environment; and one or more instructions for routing the robotic vehicle to the location of the individual human shopper in the consumer shopping environment. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. A system in the form of a machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter for operating a robotic vehicle configured to transport consumer items selected by a human shopper from a consumer shopping environment and placed in the robotic vehicle, the system comprising:
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a user recognition module configured to recognize an individual human shopper placing a consumer item in the robotic vehicle; a receiver module configured to electronically receive data indicative of a location of the individual human shopper in the consumer shopping environment; and a tracking module configured to route the robotic vehicle to the location of the individual human shopper in the consumer shopping environment.
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