US 11,774,961 B2
System and apparatus for resource management
Kevin O'Sullivan, Middlesex (GB); Stephane Cheikh, Cointrin (CH); Rico Andreas Barandun, Meyrin (CH); and Andrew Eric Malinofsky, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to SITA Information Networking Computing USA, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 16/612,138
Filed by SITA Information Networking Computing USA, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed May 18, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/053523
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 8, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/211472, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 22, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/508,466, filed on May 19, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 1803429 (GB), filed on Mar. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0080945 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); G06F 16/25 (2019.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06N 5/02 (2023.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06Q 30/018 (2023.01); G06Q 50/14 (2012.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01)
CPC G05D 1/0027 (2013.01) [G01C 21/206 (2013.01); G06F 9/547 (2013.01); G06F 16/252 (2019.01); G06N 5/027 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0185 (2013.01); G06Q 50/14 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile drive apparatus for use at a transport hub, the apparatus comprising:
a drive motor or drive motors configured to drive the apparatus from a first location to a second location within the transport hub;
a wireless communication module and antenna configured to form a wireless communications link with one or more remote computers or servers, and receive data from each of the one or more remote computers or servers relating to the transport hub; and
a control processor coupled to the drive motor(s) and coupled to the wireless communication module and antenna;
a memory storing a plurality of predetermined paths through the transport hub between the first location and the second location within the transport hub;
wherein the control processor is configured to:
analyse the data received from each of the one or more remote computers or servers, and
determine whether the apparatus should be moved from the first location to the second location within of the transport hub;
and wherein, if the control processor determines that the apparatus should be moved to the second location, the control processor is further configured to issue a command instruction to the drive motor(s) to control the drive motor(s) to move the apparatus to the second location along a selected path of the plurality of predetermined paths stored in the memory; and
wherein if the mobile drive apparatus detects an obstruction on the selected path, the control processor is further configured to select an alternative path from the plurality of predetermined paths stored in the memory, and control the drive motor(s) to move the apparatus along the selected alternative path to the second location.