AUTONOMOUS DELIVERY OF ITEMS
First Claim
1. An autonomous vehicle for delivering an item to a recipient at a delivery location in a trusted manner, the autonomous vehicle comprising:
- a sensor system adapted to detect, while the autonomous vehicle is travelling to the delivery location, a value of a property of at least one of;
the autonomous vehicle, and the item;
a data store adapted to store authentication data for verifying the trustworthiness of the item, the authentication data being based on at least the value detected by the sensor system;
a recipient verification unit adapted to verify the identity of the recipient and to generate a verification signal indicative of whether the identity of the recipient is verified;
a communication unit adapted to communicate stored authentication data to an authentication system for verification; and
wherein the autonomous vehicle is adapted to control the communication unit to communicate stored authentication data to the authentication system based on the generated verification signal.
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Abstract
Proposed is an autonomous vehicle (AV) for delivering an item to a recipient at a delivery location in a trusted manner. The AV includes: a sensor system adapted to detect, while the autonomous vehicle is travelling to the delivery location, a value of a property of at least one of: the autonomous vehicle, and the item. The AV further includes a data store adapted to store authentication data for verifying the trustworthiness of the item, the authentication data being based on the value detected. The AV further includes a recipient verification unit adapted to verify the identity of the recipient and to generate a verification signal indicative of whether the identity of the recipient is verified. The AV further includes a communication unit adapted to communicate stored authentication data to an authentication system for verification.
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18 Claims
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1. An autonomous vehicle for delivering an item to a recipient at a delivery location in a trusted manner, the autonomous vehicle comprising:
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a sensor system adapted to detect, while the autonomous vehicle is travelling to the delivery location, a value of a property of at least one of;
the autonomous vehicle, and the item;a data store adapted to store authentication data for verifying the trustworthiness of the item, the authentication data being based on at least the value detected by the sensor system; a recipient verification unit adapted to verify the identity of the recipient and to generate a verification signal indicative of whether the identity of the recipient is verified; a communication unit adapted to communicate stored authentication data to an authentication system for verification; and wherein the autonomous vehicle is adapted to control the communication unit to communicate stored authentication data to the authentication system based on the generated verification signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An automated delivery system for delivering an item to a recipient at a delivery location in a trusted manner, the automated delivery system comprising:
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an autonomous vehicle; and an authentication system adapted to receive authentication data from the autonomous vehicle and to verify the trustworthiness of the item based on the received authentication data. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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16. A computer program product for controlling an autonomous vehicle for delivering an item to a recipient at a delivery location in a trusted manner, the computer program product comprising:
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one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising; program instructions to detect, while the autonomous vehicle is travelling to the delivery location, a value of a property of at least one of;
the autonomous vehicle, and the item;program instructions to store, in a data store of the autonomous vehicle, authentication data for verifying the trustworthiness of the item, the authentication data being based on at least the value detected; program instructions to verify the identity of the recipient; program instructions to generate a verification signal indicative of whether the identity of the recipient is verified; and based on the generated verification signal, program instructions to communicate the stored authentication data to an authentication system for verification. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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Specification