Immersive Delivery Route Augmentation with 360-Degree Visual Guidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing demand for online retail has led to logistical challenges such as difficulty in finding delivery locations, resulting in delays, stress, and unsafe driving scenarios for delivery personnel due to inadequate navigation tools.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that augment delivery routes by providing delivery personnel with a remote system that determines and displays the delivery route on a device, including images of the environment and location, allowing for efficient navigation and easy location identification through a combination of driving and walking portions, using mapping applications, historical data, and real-time image capture from cameras.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional navigation tools are used for delivery, then basic route guidance is provided, but delivery personnel experience difficulty locating delivery locations, resulting in delays and increased stress
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D map-based navigation to 360-degree immersive visual guidance that displays real-time panoramic views of the delivery location. This dimensional enhancement allows delivery personnel to visually recognize and locate delivery points from multiple angles and perspectives, eliminating the confusion associated with conventional flat maps and significantly improving location accuracy and speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system captures and displays real-time 360-degree images of the actual delivery location, creating a visual copy of the environment that delivery personnel can view before arrival. This visual copying technique allows workers to mentally prepare and recognize the delivery point by comparing the live panoramic view with their surroundings, dramatically reducing location time and stress.
2Measurement precision
If detailed navigation instructions are provided to ensure accurate delivery location identification, then delivery personnel can locate points more accurately, but cognitive load and stress increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex textual navigation instructions and manual interpretation processes with automated 360-degree visual guidance systems. Instead of requiring delivery personnel to read, interpret, and mentally process detailed turn-by-turn directions, the system provides immersive panoramic views that intuitively guide workers to the delivery location, maintaining high accuracy while dramatically reducing cognitive burden.
Solution Approach 2:
The navigation system automatically captures, processes, and displays 360-degree images of the delivery location without requiring manual input or interpretation from delivery personnel. The system self-generates visual guidance content based on real-time location data, allowing workers to simply observe and follow the visual cues rather than actively processing complex navigation information.
3Productivity
If real-time visual guidance is provided through 360-degree images, then delivery efficiency and safety are improved, but system complexity and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a multi-functional navigation system that combines 360-degree image capture, real-time rendering, route guidance, and location identification into a single integrated platform. This universal system serves multiple delivery personnel simultaneously, provides both navigation and location recognition functions, and can be deployed across various delivery scenarios, thereby justifying the increased system complexity through enhanced productivity and versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer that captures raw 360-degree images, processes and renders them in real-time, and presents optimized visual guidance to delivery personnel. This intermediary layer manages the complexity by abstracting the computational burden from individual devices and coordinating resource allocation across the delivery network, enabling high productivity without overwhelming individual system components.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and/or methods receive an indication associated with a delivery to an address and determine a route associated with the delivery. The systems and/or methods determine a threshold distance to the address associated with displaying images of an environment along the route. As a device associated with a delivery personnel travels within the threshold, the device displays the image(s) of the environment. Additional image(s) are presented based on arriving at the address. The additional image(s) represent a structure associated with the address. The route is displayed along with the additional image(s) to allow the delivery personnel to efficiently make the delivery.