SHELVING AND PACKAGE LOCATING SYSTEMS FOR DELIVERY VEHICLES

摘要

A shelving and package locating system for delivery vehicles includes one or more shelves for storing packages within a package-delivery vehicle during delivery. Each package is associated with both a geographic delivery address and an assigned location on a particular shelf within the package-delivery vehicle. A GPS unit determines the location of the package-delivery vehicle during delivery, and a computer provides the shelf location of a particular package when that package's delivery-location information substantially corresponds to vehicle-location information.

主权项

1. A delivery-vehicle shelving system, comprising:
a vehicle for transporting packages; one or more shelves within the vehicle for storing packages during delivery of the packages; a GPS receiver for detecting the location of the delivery vehicle and transmitting corresponding vehicle-location information; and a computer in communication with the GPS receiver, the computer including a central processing unit and memory; wherein the computer's central processing unit is configured to receive (i) package-location information about packages that have been loaded onto the vehicle and (ii) vehicle-location information from the GPS receiver; and wherein, in response to vehicle-location information, the central processing unit is configured to identify package-location information.