US Patent Issued to Federal Express on Aug. 5 for "Methods and apparatus for providing enhanced automated access to a dispatched personal delivery device operative to transport a shipment item" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,754, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Federal Express Corp. (Memphis, Ind.).

"Methods and apparatus for providing enhanced automated access to a dispatched personal delivery device operative to transport a shipment item" was invented by Christine Joanpui Lau (Frisco, Texas) and Ryan William Hamilton (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatus, and methods are described for providing enhanced automated access to a dispatched personal delivery device that can transport a shipment item within the device according to a dispatched logistics transaction. External sensors (e.g., cameras, proximity sensors, microphones) ...