Patents by Inventor Ryan Luckay

Ryan Luckay has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230267408
    Abstract: A receptacle for detecting delivery and retrieval events has a door sensor, an item sensor, a scanner, and a control unit for operating the sensors, and transmitting the sensor information for processing and analysis. A system can determine whether an event was a delivery or retrieval event based on sensor information and item tracking information. A system can further include an item configured to interact with a computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Robert E. Dixon, Ryan Luckay
  • Publication number: 20230206165
    Abstract: Methods and systems for autonomous item delivery and/or pick up are provided. IN some aspects, a mothership travels along an item route. One or more autonomous delivery vehicles may be dispatched from the mothership as the mothership progresses along the route. Each of the autonomous delivery vehicles may deliver and/or pick-up one or more items at one or more item locations. In addition, as the mothership progresses along its route, it may also stop to facilitate the manual delivery and/or pick-up of additional items via a human operator. Upon completing their delivery and/or pick up tasks, the autonomous delivery vehicles return to the mothership, either at the point at which they dispatched from the mothership, or at a different location along the item delivery route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan Luckay, Robert E. Dixon, JR., Gregory Cooil
  • Patent number: 11580488
    Abstract: A receptacle for detecting delivery and retrieval events has a door sensor, an item sensor, a scanner, and a control unit for operating the sensors, and transmitting the sensor information for processing and analysis. A system can determine whether an event was a delivery or retrieval event based on sensor information and item tracking information. A system can further include an item configured to interact with a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
    Inventors: Robert E. Dixon, Ryan Luckay
  • Patent number: 11238399
    Abstract: Methods and systems for on demand logistics management are disclosed. An on-demand logistics system includes an electronic hardware processor configured to receive an on-demand request, the request indicating an on-demand location for an on-demand transaction, determine locations of a plurality of vehicles on a plurality of delivery routes, determine whether the on-demand location is within a threshold distance of at least one of the plurality of delivery routes based on the vehicle locations and assign the on-demand transaction to a vehicle based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Robert E. Dixon, Ryan Luckay
  • Publication number: 20210192373
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes monitoring analytics data for a delivery item; accessing a user profile for a user associated with the delivery item; detecting the occurrence of an event trigger based on the analytics data and the user profile; and executing a proactive mitigating action based on detecting the occurrence of the event trigger. Associated systems and computer program products are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan LUCKAY, Robert E. DIXON, JR., Heather KELLY
  • Publication number: 20200167728
    Abstract: A receptacle for detecting delivery and retrieval events has a door sensor, an item sensor, a scanner, and a control unit for operating the sensors, and transmitting the sensor information for processing and analysis. A system can determine whether an event was a delivery or retrieval event based on sensor information and item tracking information. A system can further include an item configured to interact with a computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Robert E. Dixon, Ryan Luckay
  • Patent number: 10558941
    Abstract: A receptacle for detecting delivery and retrieval events has a door sensor, an item sensor, a scanner, and a control unit for operating the sensors, and transmitting the sensor information for processing and analysis. A system can determine whether an event was a delivery or retrieval event based on sensor information and item tracking information. A system can further include an item configured to interact with a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Robert E. Dixon, Ryan Luckay
  • Publication number: 20190019149
    Abstract: Methods and systems for on demand logistics management are disclosed. An on-demand logistics system includes an electronic hardware processor configured to receive an on-demand request, the request indicating an on-demand location for an on-demand transaction, determine locations of a plurality of vehicles on a plurality of delivery routes, determine whether the on-demand location is within a threshold distance of at least one of the plurality of delivery routes based on the vehicle locations and assign the on-demand transaction to a vehicle based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Robert E. Dixon, Ryan Luckay
  • Publication number: 20180158018
    Abstract: Methods and systems for autonomous item delivery and/or pick up are provided. IN some aspects, a mothership travels along an item route. One or more autonomous delivery vehicles may be dispatched from the mothership as the mothership progresses along the route. Each of the autonomous delivery vehicles may deliver and/or pick-up one or more items at one or more item locations. In addition, as the mothership progresses along its route, it may also stop to facilitate the manual delivery and/or pick-up of additional items via a human operator. Upon completing their delivery and/or pick up tasks, the autonomous delivery vehicles return to the mothership, either at the point at which they dispatched from the mothership, or at a different location along the item delivery route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Ryan Luckay, Robert E Dixon, JR., Gregory Cooil
  • Publication number: 20170278063
    Abstract: A receptacle for detecting delivery and retrieval events has a door sensor, an item sensor, a scanner, and a control unit for operating the sensors, and transmitting the sensor information for processing and analysis. A system can determine whether an event was a delivery or retrieval event based on sensor information and item tracking information. A system can further include an item configured to interact with a computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Robert E. Dixon, Ryan Luckay