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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.

Patent No.:

US 9949228 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2016

Autonomous transport navigation to a shipping location using elements of a wireless node network

Applicant:

Fedex Corporate Services, Inc., Collierville, TN (US);

Inventor:

Ole-Petter Skaaksrud, Germantown, TN (US);

Assignee:

FEDEX CORPORATION SERVICES, INC., Collierville, TN (US);

Attorney:

Withers & Keys, LLC

Primary Examiner:

John Olszewski

Assistant Examiner:

David P Merlino

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/04 (2009.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); G06Q 20/22 (2012.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); B65B 25/02 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); H04H 20/61 (2008.01); H04H 20/71 (2008.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04B 1/3822 (2015.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/003 (2013.01); B65B 25/02 (2013.01); G01C 21/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G01C 21/3453 (2013.01); G01C 21/362 (2013.01); G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); G06F 19/322 (2013.01); G06F 19/323 (2013.01); G06F 19/3418 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 19/0712 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0835 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0836 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0838 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08355 (2013.01); G06Q 20/14 (2013.01); G06Q 20/22 (2013.01); G06Q 20/325 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0267 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0269 (2013.01); G08B 21/0261 (2013.01); G08B 21/0269 (2013.01); H04B 1/3822 (2013.01); H04H 20/61 (2013.01); H04H 20/71 (2013.01); H04L 41/026 (2013.01); H04L 41/0813 (2013.01); H04L 41/0823 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/303 (2013.01); H04L 67/42 (2013.01); H04W 4/006 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 52/0212 (2013.01); H04W 52/04 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04W 76/02 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
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.

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