Patent ID: 11887048
Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A system for shifting objects inside a vehicle during transit, the system comprising:
a plurality of object-support structures, each one of the plurality of object-support structures comprising a plurality of support elements, a track-engaging structure, and a wheeled base;
a shifting mechanism that comprises a track, is located in the vehicle, and is operable to move a first object-support structure of the plurality of object-support structures to a first location inside the vehicle while the vehicle is in transit by guiding the track-engaging structure for the first object-support structure to move the first object-support structure along the track and cause the wheeled base of the first object-support structure to roll along a surface; and
an object-shifting apparatus adjacent the first location and configured to:
locate and identify, via an object-detection component, an object positioned on a first support element of the plurality of support elements for the first object-support structure,
shift, based at least in part on locating and identifying the object positioned on the first support element, an object-shifting mechanism to the first support element;
engage and shift the object from the first support element to the object-shifting mechanism,
shift the object-shifting mechanism to a second support element of the plurality of support elements for a second object-support structure of the plurality of object-support structures, and
engage and shift the object from the object-shifting mechanism to the second support element.