Granted Patent B2

US 12,406,220 · App. 16/227,780 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Inventors: Samuel DeSimone (Kennett Square, PA); Dennis Shaulis (Kennett Square, PA)

Assignee: Constellation Energy Generation, LLC

G06Q10/0833G06Q10/0832G06Q10/0875G08G1/205

Abstract

Claims (56)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a first device, an indication of a scheduled delivery, wherein the indication of the scheduled delivery comprises one or more delivery parameters;

sending, to a second device, a delivery schedule comprising the indication of the scheduled delivery;

receiving, from a third device, based on location information of the third device and one or more beacon devices communicating with one or more access points along a route of a vehicle and based on one or more estimated drive times associated with the vehicle associated with the third device, a delivery update adjusting at least one of the one or more delivery parameters, wherein the third device determines the one or more estimated drive times based on location information received via a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor of the third device;

receiving, from the second device, one or more images comprising the vehicle or cargo to be delivered captured by a camera of the second device;

updating, based on the delivery update, the delivery schedule;

determining status information associated with the updated delivery schedule, wherein the status information comprises an estimated arrival time of the vehicle at one or more locations based on the status information, indicia of one or more security actions, and one or more indicators associated with the vehicle;

generating an augmented reality overlay comprising the status information, a first interface element that is configured to cause a visual interface to swap between the augmented reality overlay and a scanner based on an interaction with the first interface element, and a second interface element that is configured to cause the one or more security actions to be performed based on an interaction with the second interface element;

generating, based on combining the one or more images with the augmented reality overlay, a visual interface;

sending, to the second device, the visual interface, wherein the second device displays the visual interface; and

causing, based on the updated delivery schedule and one or more tamper indicating devices associated with the one or more delivery parameters, the one or more security actions to be performed on the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more delivery parameters comprise one or more of a scheduled delivery time, information regarding the vehicle, information regarding a scheduled delivery driver, or information regarding a delivery work order.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more delivery parameters comprise information regarding the one or more tamper indicating devices installed on the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more security actions are based on the one or more tamper indicating devices on the vehicle matching the information regarding the one or more tamper indicating devices.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, to the first device, one or more security guidelines for securing cargo prior to delivery, wherein the one or more security guidelines are related to the one or more security actions.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing the one or more security actions to be performed comprises causing the second device to output, via the visual interface, indicia of the one or more security actions.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the indicia of the one or more security actions comprise instructions for performing a search according to Nuclear Regulatory Commission guidelines.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprises sending, from the second device to one or more additional devices, an indication that the one or more security actions have been performed on the vehicle.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more delivery parameters comprises an estimated delivery time, and wherein receiving, from the third device, the delivery update adjusting at least one of the one or more delivery parameters comprises receiving an updated estimated delivery time based at least in part on the location information of the third device.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing the second device to display, via the visual interface, the updated delivery schedule.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory having embodied thereon processor executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:

receive, from a first device, an indication of a scheduled delivery, wherein the indication of the scheduled delivery comprises one or more delivery parameters;

send, to a second device, a delivery schedule comprising the indication of the scheduled delivery;

receive, from a third device, based on location information of the third device and one or more beacon devices communicating with one or more access points along a route of a vehicle and based on one or more estimated drive times associated with the vehicle associated with the third device, a delivery update adjusting at least one of the one or more delivery parameters, wherein the third device determines the one or more estimated drive times based on location information received via a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor of the third device;

receive, from the second device, one or more images comprising the vehicle or cargo to be delivered captured by a camera of the second device;

update, based on the delivery update, the delivery schedule;

determine status information associated with the updated delivery schedule, wherein the status information comprises an estimated arrival time of the vehicle at one or more locations based on the status information, indicia of one or more security actions, and one or more indicators associated with the vehicle;

generate an augmented reality overlay comprising the status information, a first interface element that is configured to cause a visual interface to swap between the augmented reality overlay and a scanner based on an interaction with the first interface element and a second interface element that is configured to cause the one or more security actions to be performed based on an interaction with the second interface element;

generate, based on combining the one or more images with the augmented reality overlay, a visual interface;

send, to the second device, the visual interface, wherein the second device displays the visual interface; and

cause, based on the updated delivery schedule and one or more tamper indicating devices associated with the one or more delivery parameters, the one or more security actions to be performed on the vehicle.

12. A method comprising:

receiving, from a first device, an indication of a scheduled delivery, wherein the indication of the scheduled delivery comprises one or more delivery parameters;

sending, to a second device, a delivery schedule comprising the indication of the scheduled delivery;

receiving, from a third device, based on location information of the third device and one or more beacon devices communicating with one or more access points along a route of a vehicle and based on one or more estimated drive times associated with the vehicle associated with the third device, a delivery update adjusting at least one of the one or more delivery parameters, wherein the third device determines the one or more estimated drive times based on location information received via a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor of the third device;

receiving, from the second device, one or more images comprising the vehicle or cargo to be delivered captured by a camera of the second device;

updating, based on the delivery update, the delivery schedule;

determining status information associated with the updated delivery schedule, wherein the status information comprises an estimated arrival time of the vehicle at one or more locations based on the status information, indicia of one or more security actions, and one or more indicators associated with the vehicle;

generating an augmented reality overlay comprising the status information, a first interface element that is configured to cause a visual interface to swap between the augmented reality overlay and a scanner based on an interaction with the first interface element and a second interface element that is configured to cause the one or more security actions to be performed based on an interaction with the second interface element;

generating, based on combining the one or more images with the augmented reality overlay, a visual interface;

sending, to the second device, the visual interface, wherein the second device displays the visual interface;

causing, based on the updated delivery schedule and one or more tamper indicating devices associated with the one or more delivery parameters, the second device to output, via the visual interface, indicia of the one or more security actions;

causing the second device to emphasize the indicia of the one or more security actions; and

causing, based on the indicia and based on the updated delivery schedule, the one or more security actions to be performed on the vehicle.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the one or more delivery parameters comprise one or more of a scheduled delivery time, information regarding the vehicle, information regarding a scheduled delivery driver, or information regarding a delivery work order.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein, based on an interaction with the second interface element, the one or more security actions are caused to be performed.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second device is caused to emphasize, via the visual interface, the indicia by one or more of:

circling the indicia;

altering a color of the indicia; or

highlighting the indicia.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the one or more delivery parameters comprise information regarding the one or more tamper indicating devices installed on the vehicle.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the one or more security actions are based on the one or more tamper indicating devices on the vehicle matching the information regarding the one or more tamper indicating devices.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the indicia of the one or more security actions comprise instructions for performing a search according to Nuclear Regulatory Commission guidelines.

19. The method of claim 12 , further comprises transmitting, from the second device to one or more additional devices, an indication that the one or more security actions have been performed on the vehicle.

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