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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2019
Applicant:

X Development Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Martin Friedrich Schubert, Mountain View, CA (US);

Michael Jason Grundmann, San Jose, CA (US);

Clifford Biffle, Berkeley, CA (US);

Philip Edwin Watson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Assignee:

X Development LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06N 7/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/06 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/106 (2019.05); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01C 21/005 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G05D 1/0044 (2013.01); G05D 1/0676 (2013.01); G06N 7/005 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G08G 5/0026 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example method may include receiving, from a client computing device, an indication of a target drop-off spot for an object within a first virtual model of a first region of a delivery destination. A second virtual model of a second region of the delivery destination may be determined based on sensor data received from one or more sensors on a delivery vehicle. A mapping may be determined between physical features represented in the first virtual model and physical features represented in the second virtual model to determine an overlapping region between the first and second virtual models. A position of the target drop-off spot within the second virtual model may be determined based on the overlapping region. Based on the position of the target drop-off spot within the second virtual model, the delivery vehicle may be navigated to the target drop-off spot to drop off the object.


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