US 11,726,494 B2
Automated vehicle for autonomous last-mile deliveries
Harrison Shih, San Francisco, CA (US); Jeff Ning Han, San Francisco, CA (US); Thomas Scott Stephens, San Francisco, CA (US); Dan Michael Babcock, San Francisco, CA (US); and Cody Duane Aughney, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to DoorDash, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by DoorDash, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/664,399.
Application 17/664,399 is a continuation of application No. 16/705,071, filed on Dec. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,372,426.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/775,663, filed on Dec. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0283594 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01)
CPC G05D 1/0274 (2013.01) [B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated vehicle comprising:
a body including a storage compartment for storing goods;
a sensor module comprising one or more sensor arrays for receiving data for navigating the automated vehicle, wherein the sensor module is positioned above the body on a support structure;
an onboard computer system configured to process the data to navigate the automated vehicle along motor vehicle routes and pedestrian routes;
one or more headlights positioned at a forward position of the body; and
a moveable platform configured to lift out of the storage compartment to interface with an automated locker system to retrieve or deposit the goods, wherein the moveable platform is sized to fit at least partially within a storage location of the automated locker system.