TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH CLIENT ASSISTANCE TO HAND-DELIVER A PACKAGE

摘要

A transport system (10) includes vehicle-controls (18) for automated-control of a host-vehicle (12), a communication-device (20) to receive destinations (22) for the host-vehicle (12) and convey fees to a client (16), and a controller-circuit (30) in communication with the vehicle-controls (18) and the communication-device (20). The controller-circuit (30) is configured to receive a first-destination (22A) of a package (14), receive a second-destination (22B) of the client (16), convey a base-fee (40) to the client (16) for transportation to the second-destination (22B) without stopping at the first-destination (22A), convey a reduced-fee (42) to the client (16) for transportation to the second-destination (22B) that includes stopping proximate to the first-destination (22A) and the client (16) delivering the package (14) to the first-destination (22A). If the client (16) agrees, the system (10) operates the vehicle-controls (18) of the host-vehicle (12) to transport the client (16) and stop at a location (58) proximate to the first-destination (22A), then wait while the client (16) hand-delivers the package (14) to the first-destination (22A), and then transport the client (16) to the second-destination (22B).