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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Pramita Mitra, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
David Melcher, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Abhishek Sharma, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Prashant Rao, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Amanuel Zeryihun, Pinole, CA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for simulations of vehicle-based item delivery. In some examples, a method can include generating a simulation of at least a portion of an environment in which items are to be delivered by a delivery vehicle; determining delivery locations associated with at least one delivery route for the delivery vehicle in the environment within the simulation; determining delivery location groups for the delivery location based on a delivery range of drones associated with the delivery vehicles; and determining waypoints for the delivery vehicle on the delivery route based on a minimum travel time associated with at least one drone of the drones.