Patent ID: 11859986
Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 9:
10. An autonomous delivery system to deliver items to a customer user using an autonomous vehicle, the autonomous delivery system comprising:
a delivery assembly, wherein the delivery assembly is secured in and transported by the autonomous vehicle;
a plurality of cubbies located in the delivery assembly, wherein each of the plurality of cubbies can store one or more items to be delivered to the customer user; and
a user interface implemented by one or more processors, to:
determine a location of the delivery assembly based on sensor data collected by an onboard sensor suite of the autonomous vehicle; and
determine a current use case of the user interface based on the location of the delivery assembly and to select and use one of a plurality of configurations, including a point of origination configuration, a mid-point destination configuration, a customer user configuration, that corresponds to a current use case of the user interface;

wherein:
the point of origination configuration allows a retail user to, via the user interface, access and load one or more items into a specific cubby of the cubbies of the delivery assembly, wherein the specific cubby stores the one or more items within a secured space during the transport of the delivery assembly by the autonomous vehicle;
the mid-point destination configuration allows a further retail user to, via the user interface, access and load one or more additional items into the specific cubby of the delivery assembly; and
the customer user configuration allows the customer user to, via the user interface, access and unload the one or more items from the specific cubby of the delivery assembly.