US 12,423,664 B2
Money transportation robot
Alicia Y. Moore, San Ramon, CA (US); Miranda C. Hill, Seattle, WA (US); and Susan Symons, Mooresville, NC (US)
Assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on May 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/307,344.
Application 17/307,344 is a continuation of application No. 16/723,915, filed on Dec. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,030,592.
Application 16/723,915 is a continuation of application No. 15/864,747, filed on Jan. 8, 2018, granted, now 10,607,198.
Application 15/864,747 is a continuation of application No. 15/388,067, filed on Dec. 22, 2016, granted, now 11,030,591.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/317,227, filed on Apr. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0272080 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06Q 40/02 (2023.01); G07D 11/16 (2019.01)
CPC G06Q 20/1085 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G06Q 40/02 (2013.01); G07D 11/16 (2019.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robotic device comprising:
a counter configured to count physical money received by the robotic device at a first location;
a storage vault connected to the counter and configured to store the physical money;
a drive system coupled to the storage vault; and
a control circuit configured to:
determine a planned destination for the physical money;
control the drive system of the robotic device to drive the robotic device from the first location to the planned destination in response to the robotic device not receiving money for an amount of time exceeding a threshold, wherein the first location and the planned destination are located remotely from each other; and
control the storage vault to:
prevent opening of the storage vault before the robotic device reaches the planned destination; and
allow opening of the storage vault in response to a determination that the robotic device arrived at the planned destination to permit unloading of the physical money from the storage vault at the planned destination.