ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,489, issued on June 9, was assigned to DoorDash Inc. (San Francisco).
"Hybrid autonomy system for autonomous and automated delivery vehicle" was invented by Harrison Shih (San Francisco) and Mishel George (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are various systems and processes for improving last-mile delivery of real-time, on-demand orders for perishable goods. In one aspect, a method for operating an autonomous vehicle comprises receiving real-time perception data at a planner module located on the autonomous vehicle, and generating an initial motion plan based on the real-time perception data. The autonomous vehicle ...