US 12,406,219 B1
Systems and methods for automating a delivery station
FNU Shashank Kumar, Bellevue, WA (US); Shivani Saklani, Issaquah, WA (US); Vishal Dipak Nathu, Franklin, KY (US); and Jeffrey Ken Smith, Fallatin, TN (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/181,245.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/083 (2024.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G08G 1/09 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/083 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G08G 1/09 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a controller including one or more processors and from one or more cameras provided within a loading area of a delivery station, an indication that one or more prior delivery vehicles have left the loading area;
emitting, by one or more light-emitting devices and to one or more first delivery vehicles within a queuing area of the delivery station, a first light providing an indication for the one or more first delivery vehicles to traverse into the loading area, wherein the first light is visible to delivery drivers within the one or more first delivery vehicles;
receiving, by the controller from the one or more cameras, images and/or videos of the loading area;
providing, by the controller, an indication of one or more packages in the delivery station to be loaded into the one or more first delivery vehicles;
determining, by the controller and based on the images and/or videos of the loading area, that the one or more first delivery vehicles have been loaded with the one or more packages from the delivery station;
determining, by the controller and based on the images and/or videos of the loading area, that all delivery drivers associated with the one or more first delivery vehicles are within the one or more first delivery vehicles;
sending, by the controller and to one or more light-emitting devices provided in the loading area, a signal to indicate for the one or more first delivery vehicles to traverse away from the loading area and proceed along one or more delivery routes to one or more delivery locations external to the delivery station; and
emitting, by the one or more light-emitting devices, a second light providing the indication for the one or more first delivery vehicles to traverse away from the loading area.