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Title:
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) DELIVERY WITH DROP BEACON
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/011690
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for drone delivery. One of the methods includes: receiving, at the UAV, information about a location of a drop beacon comprising GPS coordinates of a location of a drop beacon; navigating the UAV towards the location based on the information using GPS coordinates of the drop beacon; when reaching a proximity of the drop beacon, transmitting a first radio signal from the UAV with information relatable by the drop beacon; receiving, at the UAV, a second radio signal from the drop beacon; identifying, at the UAV, a line-of-sight signal from the drop beacon; navigating the UAV to the drop beacon based on the line-of-sight signal; and delivering, from the UAV, the goods to the location of the drop beacon.

Inventors:
BORNSKI MATTHEW (US)
FERTIK MICHAEL (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2020/042185
Publication Date:
April 01, 2021
Filing Date:
July 15, 2020
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Assignee:
LANDR INC (US)
International Classes:
G01S1/04; G01S1/68; G06K9/00; G08G5/00; G08G5/02; H04W12/06
Foreign References:
US20160068264A12016-03-10
US20180092484A12018-04-05
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BOWLEY, Chris, C. (US)
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