Apparatus and method for providing unmanned delivery vehicles with expressions

• Main Authors: Noah Ryan Kapner, Donald R High
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.03.2022
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for an unmanned delivery vehicle system. A delivery vehicle system comprises a locomotion system of an unmanned ground vehicle configured to transport items to customer locations for deliveries, a context sensor configured to collect data of a surrounding of the unmanned ground vehicle, an indicator system on an exterior of the unmanned ground vehicle, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to retrieve a task profile for a delivery trip, determine a context based on data from the context sensor during the delivery trip, select an expression based on the task profile and the context, and cause the indicator system to convey the expression.