US 12,236,806 B2
Logistics driving simulator
Andrew Hafford, Atlanta, GA (US); and Tim Smith, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/987,714.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/280,435, filed on Nov. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0196941 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G09B 9/05 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01)
CPC G09B 9/05 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a logistics vehicle;
one or more components coupled to the logistics vehicle, the one or more components including at least one of: a seatbelt, a handrail, a steering wheel, a brake pedal, a mobile device, a mobile device cradle, a key fob, a parking brake, a horn, a turn signal lever, a bulkhead door, an ignition component, or a control button;
a monitor coupled to a windshield frame of the logistics vehicle, the monitor representing at least a portion of a windshield of the logistics vehicle;
a conversion module communicatively coupled to the one or more components and configured to perform operations comprising:
detecting an engagement of at least one component of the one or more components of the logistics vehicle, and
at least partially in response to detecting the engagement of the at least one component, converting the engagement into a ground signal;
a keyboard emulator communicatively coupled to the conversion module and configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving the ground signal, and
mapping the ground signal to a keystroke;
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the monitor and the keyboard emulator; and
one or more computer storage devices storing computer-useable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving the keystroke,
mapping the keystroke to a display function, and
executing the display function to cause display, at the monitor, of indicia comprising an instruction for a user to perform a logistics operation.