Donald High,Eric Welch,Michael D. Atchley,David Winkle
申请号：
GB201613519
公开号：
GB2542905A
申请日:
2016.08.05
申请国别(地区):
GB
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
A customer or user sends a ride request to a central computer system, which wirelessly instructs one of the motorized transport units 850 to travel to a passenger carrier 810, mechanically couple to the carrier, and travel through a shopping space to the customer to provide transportation. The transport units may provide locomotion to the carriers, which may not themselves be motorised. The ride request may be a reservation made by the customer prior to their arrival. The location of the customer may be determined using a user device associated with the customer, and the instructions sent to the transport unit may include this information. One or more additional transport units 852 may be instructed to couple to and drive the carrier. The computer system may be configured to verify the identity of the customer boarding the carrier before transporting them. The transport unit may have an audio input device.
