Described herein are methods and systems for picking up, transporting, and lowering a payload coupled to a tether of a winch system arranged on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). For example, the winch system may include a motor for winding and unwinding the tether from a spool, and the UAV's control system may operate the motor to lower the tether toward the ground so a payload may be attached to the tether. The control system may monitor an electric current supplied to the motor to determine whether the payload has been attached to the tether. In another example, when lowering a payload, the control system may monitor the motor current to determine that the payload has reached the ground and responsively operate the motor to detach the payload from the tether. The control system may then monitor the motor current to determine whether the payload has detached from the tether.

Described herein are methods and systems for picking up, transporting, and lowering a payload coupled to a tether of a winch system arranged on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). For example, the winch system may include a motor for winding and unwinding the tether from a spool, and the UAV's control system may operate the motor to lower the tether toward the ground so a payload may be attached to the tether. The control system may monitor an electric current supplied to the motor to determine whether the payload has been attached to the tether. In another example, when lowering a payload, the control system may monitor the motor current to determine that the payload has reached the ground and responsively operate the motor to detach the payload from the tether. The control system may then monitor the motor current to determine whether the payload has detached from the tether.

A method for providing monthly necessities for people with disabilities, wherein the method supplies to this specific community of those with disabilities to simplify obtaining necessities in a way that promotes humanity, equality and acceptance. The method embodies an online portal enabling the following process steps. Receiving, by way of a processor, a subscription container request from a user; receiving, by way of the processor, a user information data set from the user; aggregating, by way of the processor, data based on the user information data set; prompting, by way of the processor, the user with a list of items to include in the subscription container; and delivering the subscription container at a user-indicated frequency.

A method for providing monthly necessities for people with disabilities, wherein the method supplies to this specific community of those with disabilities to simplify obtaining necessities in a way that promotes humanity, equality and acceptance. The method embodies an online portal enabling the following process steps. Receiving, by way of a processor, a subscription container request from a user; receiving, by way of the processor, a user information data set from the user; aggregating, by way of the processor, data based on the user information data set; prompting, by way of the processor, the user with a list of items to include in the subscription container; and delivering the subscription container at a user-indicated frequency.

A luggage management system includes a specification unit that specifies personal identification information for identifying a user associated with first biometric information, an association unit that associates the specified personal identification information with luggage identification information of luggage and delivery destination information indicating the delivery destination of which the business type is different from that of the delivery source, a creation unit that creates delivery slip information that is to be used by the creation terminal to create a delivery slip to be attached to the luggage, based on the luggage identification information and the delivery destination information, a selection unit that selects the luggage identification information associated with second biometric information using the second biometric information that is acquired, and an output information creation unit that creates output information for outputting the selected luggage identification information to the output termina.

Systems and methods of delivering an item to a mobile delivery receptacle are disclosed. A method of delivering an item to a mobile delivery receptacle can include receiving from a mobile delivery receptacle a location of the mobile delivery receptacle. Based on a cross-referencing credential, the method can include verifying the location of the mobile delivery receptacle. The method may include identifying a mobile delivery unit and determining a position of the mobile delivery unit. The method can include calculating a delivery route from the position of the mobile delivery unit to the mobile delivery receptacle and passing the location of the delivery resource and the delivery route to the mobile delivery unit.

Systems and methods of delivering an item to a mobile delivery receptacle are disclosed. A method of delivering an item to a mobile delivery receptacle can include receiving from a mobile delivery receptacle a location of the mobile delivery receptacle. Based on a cross-referencing credential, the method can include verifying the location of the mobile delivery receptacle. The method may include identifying a mobile delivery unit and determining a position of the mobile delivery unit. The method can include calculating a delivery route from the position of the mobile delivery unit to the mobile delivery receptacle and passing the location of the delivery resource and the delivery route to the mobile delivery unit.

A logistics operation optimization apparatus computes, for each operation process, a deviation degree between turns of articles of overall optimum proposals indicated by an overall optimum proposal list and turns of the articles in each operation process, estimation operation time, and an error of the estimation operation time from the overall optimum proposal, and the number of combinations of turns that are defaulted from an overall optimum plan indicated by an overall optimum plan list in the past, evaluates the overall optimum proposal according to an evaluation expression of a weighted linear sum including the deviation degree, the estimation operation time, and the error of the estimation operation time from the overall optimum proposal, and the number of combinations of the turns that are defaulted, and creates an overall optimum plan list of the best overall optimum plan, from the overall optimum proposals indicated by the overall optimum proposal list.

A check-in system for an dispensing items includes a computing device having an application installed thereon. The computing device is configured to check in a customer to notify the kiosk of a time range during which an order of the customer is picked up. The kiosk is configured to receive a check-in message from the computing device, receive the location of the computing device, receive a message indicative of the arrival of the customer at the automated tower, retrieve information of the order from an order database stored on a remote server, assemble the order based on the check-in message and the information of the order, and move the assembled order close to a pick-up location of the automated tower to facilitate pick-up of the assembled order.

A method and apparatus for sign-bill return based on a blockchain, a device and a readable storage medium, through acquiring (S101) a sign-bill return request sent by a shipment terminal; acquiring (S102) pre-stored target sign-bill information according to the sign-bill return request; acquiring (S103) a target hash value corresponding to the target sign-bill information from the blockchain; and sending (S104) the target sign-bill information to the shipment terminal, when verifying that the target sign-bill information is correct by the target hash value, the tamper-proof blockchain storage of the target sign-bill information is achieved, which not only improves efficiency of the sign-bill return, but also improves reliability of the sign-bill return.