US 12,434,836 B2
Delivery drop points for autonomous delivery vehicles
Ryan M. Luckay, Vienna, VA (US); Robert E. Dixon, Jr., Haymarket, VA (US); and Gregory Cooil, Arlington, VA (US)
Assigned to United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/930,849.
Application 17/930,849 is a division of application No. 15/861,191, filed on Jan. 3, 2018, granted, now 11,453,497.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/441,878, filed on Jan. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0109266 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B64F 1/32 (2006.01); B64D 1/12 (2006.01); B64U 70/95 (2023.01); B64U 101/64 (2023.01); B65G 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06Q 10/0836 (2023.01); B64D 1/02 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 101/69 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 1/12 (2013.01) [B64F 1/32 (2013.01); B65G 1/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0836 (2013.01); B64D 1/02 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 70/95 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 2101/64 (2023.01); B64U 2101/69 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B65G 2209/04 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous delivery receptacle comprising:
a proxy sensor disposed on the autonomous delivery receptacle comprising a plurality of storage receptacles, the proxy sensor configured to:
communicate information related to the autonomous delivery receptacle to an autonomous delivery vehicle;
receive a recipient identifier from the autonomous delivery vehicle;
identify a storage receptacle of the plurality of storage receptacles corresponding to the received recipient identifier; and
instruct the autonomous delivery vehicle to deposit an item for delivery into the identified receptacle;
a delivery inlet configured to accept the item; and
a storage receptacle configured to store the item; and
an access port to allow access to the item within the storage receptacle.