Teradyne has been granted a patent for a system that includes a computing system, bins, and an autonomous vehicle. The system receives data from a user device to identify goods and generates information representing the goods. The bins are climate-controllable and hold the goods, while the autonomous vehicle transports the bins from a loading station to a pick-up station. The system also includes features such as determining volumes of goods, allocating bins based on volume, maintaining records of customer failures to pick up goods, and restricting access to goods for repeat failures. The autonomous vehicle can navigate to multiple loading stations before going to the pick-up station. GlobalData’s report on Teradyne gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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According to GlobalData’s company profile on Teradyne, Robot path planning was a key innovation area identified from patents. Teradyne's grant share as of September 2023 was 54%. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
Autonomous vehicle system for transporting and managing goods
A recently granted patent (Publication Number: US11769104B2) describes a system that involves a computing system, climate-controllable bins, and an autonomous vehicle. The system is designed to receive data from a user device, generate information representing goods based on the data, and allocate the goods to the appropriate bins. The autonomous vehicle then transports the bins from a loading station to a pick-up station.
The system also includes features such as maintaining a record of customer failures to pick up goods at scheduled times and restricting access to goods for customers who have repeatedly failed to pick up their items. Multiple loading stations can be utilized, and the autonomous vehicle can navigate to these stations to pick up goods before proceeding to the pick-up station.
Additional components of the system include a display device associated with the bins, a scanner to read graphical codes associated with the goods, a proximity reader to read data from a device, and a card reader to read information encoded on a physical card. These components enable the system to provide unique identifiers for goods, output data representing graphical codes or NFC tags to the user device, and control the bins to unlock based on the scanned codes or tags.
The system also incorporates climate control for the bins, allowing for different temperature settings to accommodate perishable and non-perishable goods. The bins may have doors with sensors to detect when they are closed, indicating that the goods have been released. Navigation from the loading station to the pick-up station can be performed using GPS or by referencing a map stored in computer memory.
Overall, this patented system offers a comprehensive solution for managing the transportation and storage of goods, ensuring efficient allocation, secure access, and climate control. It has potential applications in various industries, including retail, logistics, and delivery services.
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