Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autonomous transport navigation to a shipping location using elements of a wireless node network
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Application No.: US15207545Application Date: 2016-07-12
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Publication No.: US09949228B2Publication Date: 2018-04-17
- Inventor: Ole-Petter Skaaksrud
- Applicant: FedEx Corporate Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Collierville
- Assignee: FEDEX CORPORATION SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee: FEDEX CORPORATION SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Collierville
- Agency: Withers & Keys, LLC
- Main IPC: H04W64/00
- IPC: H04W64/00 ; H04W12/06 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W4/00 ; G01C21/00 ; H04W52/04 ; G06F19/00 ; G06K7/10 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06Q30/02 ; H04L29/08 ; G06Q20/14 ; G06Q20/22 ; H04W76/02 ; H04W12/08 ; B65B25/02 ; G06K19/07 ; H04H20/61 ; H04H20/71 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W8/18 ; H04B1/3822 ; H04W24/10 ; G06Q20/32 ; G06Q20/40 ; G08B21/02 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/26 ; H04L12/707 ; H04W8/24 ; H04W52/02 ; G01C21/34 ; G01C21/36 ; G05D1/00 ; G05D1/02

Abstract:
Methods, media, and node-enabled autonomous transport vehicles are described for navigating to a shipping location using a plurality of nodes in a wireless node network. A node associated with the autonomous transport vehicle, such as a mobile master node, detects a signal broadcast from an ID node associated with the shipping location, and instructs the ID node to lower a power level of the broadcast signal. The mobile master node identifies the signal broadcast from the ID node with the lowered power level, and determines a direction of the ID node relative to the mobile master node based upon the detected signal with the lowered power level. The mobile master node then navigates to the ID node associated with the shipping location based upon the determined direction, which may involve providing the determined direction to an input for the vehicle's control system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160320773A1 AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORT NAVIGATION TO A SHIPPING LOCATION USING ELEMENTS OF A WIRELESS NODE NETWORK Public/Granted day:2016-11-03
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