Inventor

David C. Winkle

Inventor

Bella Vista, AR, US

Overview

2017–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 82 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Qprimary

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes5%

G05DSystems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables5%

G08GTraffic control systems4%

G06FElectric digital data processing3%

G05BControl or regulating systems in general3%

G01CMeasuring distances, levels or bearings3%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general3%

G06KGraphical data reading3%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television3%

H04WWireless communication networks3%

PatentTitleYear

11,117,663Apparatus and method for unmanned flight2021 11,079,242System and method for determining autonomous vehicle location using incremental image analysis2021 11,074,545Systems and methods for delivering products via unmanned aerial vehicles to delivery locations designated by customers2021 11,062,612Systems and methods to allocate unmanned aircraft systems2021 11,046,562Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods2021 11,004,345Systems and methods for generating and monitoring flight routes and buffer zones for unmanned aerial vehicles2021 10,955,373Systems, devices, and methods for object quality monitoring2021 10,875,752Systems, devices and methods of providing customer support in locating products2020 10,669,140Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to detect and handle incorrectly placed items2020 10,661,311Automated tote routing system and methods2020 10,639,956Temperature-controlled UAV storage system2020 10,631,169Unmanned retail delivery vehicle protection systems and methods of protection2020 10,625,941Distributed autonomous robot systems and methods2020 10,614,274Distributed autonomous robot systems and methods with RFID tracking2020 10,614,503Apparatus and method for surveying premises of a customer2020 10,611,614Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to drive movable item containers2020 10,597,270Shopping facility track system and method of routing motorized transport units2020 10,591,306Systems and methods for delivery vehicle monitoring2020 10,586,202Systems and methods for validating products to be delivered by unmanned aerial vehicles2020 10,577,103Systems and methods for dispensing an insecticide via unmanned vehicles to defend a crop-containing area against pests2020 10,582,190Virtual training system2020 10,570,000Shopping facility assistance object detection systems, devices and methods2020 10,552,792Systems and methods for residual inventory management with mobile modular displays2020 10,549,969Systems, devices and methods for monitoring modular compliance in a shopping space2020 10,546,505Systems and methods for providing emergency alerts at emergency landing areas of unmanned aerial vehicles2020 10,520,953Geographic area monitoring systems and methods that balance power usage between multiple unmanned vehicles2019 10,520,938Geographic area monitoring systems and methods through interchanging tool systems between unmanned vehicles2019 10,514,691Geographic area monitoring systems and methods through interchanging tool systems between unmanned vehicles2019 10,515,555System and method for managing a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles2019 10,515,335Secured delivery locker2019 10,507,918Systems and methods to interchangeably couple tool systems with unmanned vehicles2019 10,508,010Shopping facility discarded item sorting systems, devices and methods2019 10,504,343Systems and methods of tracking products during transport2019 10,495,722System and method for automatic determination of location of an autonomous vehicle when a primary location system is offline2019 10,494,180Systems and methods for distributed autonomous robot interfacing using live image feeds2019 10,488,081Apparatuses and methods for providing temperature controlled portable container2019 10,488,095Evaporative cooling systems and methods of controlling product temperatures during delivery2019 10,486,883Systems and methods for delivering climate controlled product2019 10,486,951Trash can monitoring systems and methods2019 10,474,982Systems and methods utilizing nanotechnology insulation materials in limiting temperature changes during product delivery2019 10,477,404System and method for autonomous vehicle intrusion counter-measures2019 10,457,393Apparatuses and methods for receiving aerial vehicle delivery2019 10,435,279Shopping space route guidance systems, devices and methods2019 10,423,169Geographic area monitoring systems and methods utilizing computational sharing across multiple unmanned vehicles2019 10,399,775Autonomous locker delivery2019 10,358,326Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods2019 10,360,528Product delivery unloading assistance systems and methods2019 10,351,400Apparatus and method of obtaining location information of a motorized transport unit2019 10,351,399Systems, devices and methods of controlling motorized transport units in fulfilling product orders2019 10,347,095Systems and methods of tracking products during transport2019 10,336,592Shopping facility assistance systems, devices, and methods to facilitate returning items to their respective departments2019 10,332,407Systems and methods for providing emergency alerts at emergency landing areas of unmanned aerial vehicles2019 10,315,897Systems, devices and methods for determining item availability in a shopping space2019 10,293,938Unmanned aircraft systems with a customer interface system and methods of delivery utilizing unmanned aircraft systems2019 10,296,005Apparatus and method for monitoring a field2019 10,280,054Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods2019 10,273,001Apparatus and method for unmanned flight2019 10,274,952Geographic area monitoring systems and methods through interchanging tool systems between unmanned vehicles2019 10,269,255Unmanned aircraft systems and methods2019 10,254,766Autonomous ganged vehicles2019 10,246,187Systems and methods to interchangeably couple tool systems with unmanned vehicles2019 10,239,740Shopping facility assistance system and method having a motorized transport unit that selectively leads or follows a user within a shopping facility2019 10,240,846Systems and methods for delivering perishable items2019 10,239,739Motorized transport unit worker support systems and methods2019 10,235,651Secured delivery locker2019 10,227,178Autonomous locker delivery2019 10,229,605Systems and methods to allocate unmanned aircraft systems2019 10,216,175Conveyors including sensors for detecting error conditions associated with products traveling on the conveyors2019 10,189,691Shopping facility track system and method of routing motorized transport units2019 10,189,642Systems and methods for distributed autonomous robot interfacing using live image feeds2019 10,130,232Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods2018 10,126,746Autonomous drone and tool selection and delivery2018 10,081,525Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to address ground and weather conditions2018 10,071,892Apparatus and method of obtaining location information of a motorized transport unit2018 10,071,893Shopping facility assistance system and method to retrieve in-store abandoned mobile item containers2018 10,071,891Systems, devices, and methods for providing passenger transport2018 9,994,434Overriding control of motorize transport unit systems, devices and methods2018 9,908,760'Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to drive movable item containers'2018 9,896,315'Systems, devices and methods of controlling motorized transport units in fulfilling product orders'2018 9,875,503Method and apparatus for transporting a plurality of stacked motorized transport units2018 9,801,517'Shopping facility assistance object detection systems, devices and methods'2017 9,654,734'Virtual conference room'2017

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2017–2018Patents assigned to WAL MART STORES INC (11)· patent assignee history

2017–2021Based in Bella Vista, AR, US· patent location history

2018–2021Patents assigned to WALMART APOLLO LLC (75)· patent assignee history

2019Patents assigned to WALMART APOLO LLC (1)· patent assignee history

2019Based in Bentonville, AR, US· patent location history

2021Based in Leesburg, FL, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
WALMART APOLLO LLC	75	2018–2021
WAL MART STORES INC	11	2017–2018
WALMART APOLO LLC	1	2019

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Bella Vista, AR, US	80	2017–2021
Leesburg, Florida, US	1	2021
Bentonville, AR, US	1	2019