US 11,912,517 B2
Pallet system for cargo transport
Philipp Haban, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Daniel Adam Kanitz, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to UATC, LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by c/o UATC, LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/712,602.
Application 17/712,602 is a continuation of application No. 16/103,164, filed on Aug. 14, 2018, granted, now 11,292,678.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/712,281, filed on Jul. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0227590 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 67/04 (2006.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); B65G 43/10 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 67/04 (2013.01) [B65G 43/10 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0267 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for transporting cargo using a first smart pallet, the method comprising:
determining receipt of a first cargo onto a platform of the first smart pallet at a first distribution hub;
generating one or more signals that control a loading of the first smart pallet and the first cargo onto a trailer located at the first distribution hub; and
generating one or more signals that move the first smart pallet from a first position inside the trailer to a second position inside the trailer while the trailer is in transit from a location at the first distribution hub to another location.
 
19. A system for transporting cargo using a first smart pallet, the system comprising:
a first smart pallet;
one or more processors; and
one or more tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media that store instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
determining receipt of a first cargo onto a platform of the first smart pallet at a first distribution hub;
generating one or more signals that control a loading of the first smart pallet and the first cargo onto a trailer located at the first distribution hub; and
generating one or more signals that move the first smart pallet from a first position inside the trailer to a second position inside the trailer while the trailer is in transit from a location at the first distribution hub to another location.