Patent ID: 11915172
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 13:
14. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory for storing instructions, the processor executing the instructions to:
dispatch a delivery vehicle and delivery robot to a delivery location, the delivery location comprising a first parking location for the delivery vehicle that allows for deployment of the delivery robot on a delivery mission;
determine an occupancy of the first parking location, the delivery vehicle parking at the first parking location at an initial point in time when the first parking location is unoccupied, the delivery robot being deployed upon parking of the delivery vehicle;
instruct the delivery vehicle to leave the first parking location, thereby allowing another vehicle to occupy the first parking location after the delivery vehicle leaves the first parking location and while the delivery robot is delivering a package; and
determine an occupancy of a second parking location different than the first parking location, the delivery vehicle or another delivery vehicle parking at the second parking location at a later point in time based on an estimated time of arrival of the delivery robot after the delivery mission, in order to retrieve the delivery robot at the second parking location.