US 11,806,879 B2
Shipping system and control system for secure package delivery
Daniel A. Spurgeon, Raytown, MO (US); and Vernon Hugh McGee, II, Clay Center, KS (US)
Assigned to DVW Holdings, LLC, Leawood, KS (US)
Filed by DVW Holdings, LLC, Leawood, KS (US)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/944,357.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/881,669, filed on Aug. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0031370 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1669 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 13/087 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); G06K 7/10297 (2013.01)] 35 Claims
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1. A control system configured to facilitate transfer of a package between a room in a building and a delivery vehicle outside the room associated with a shipment order, said control system for controlling a shiftable panel of the building to selectively provide a path into and out of the room and an autonomous vehicle configured to be advanced along the path to receive the package, said control system comprising:
a location sensor configured to sense package location data associated with a location of the package relative to the panel,
a vehicle sensor configured to sense vehicle location data associated with a location of the autonomous vehicle relative to the panel; and
a system processor configured to
receive package identification data associated with the package,
permit panel opening to allow room ingress and egress along the path based on the package identification data,
move the autonomous vehicle to a location adjacent the panel to receive the package, based on the vehicle location data, and
secure the panel closed to restrict the room ingress and egress along the path based on the package location data from the location sensor and corresponding to a determination that the package has been transferred into or out of the room via the path.