Obstacle awareness based guidance to clear landing space
US10049589B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 8, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N13/271
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for providing an object awareness guidance to clear a landing space may be provided. For example, during delivery an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may capture an image of a potential landing zone and identify one or more objects in the image that may impede or obstruct delivery of the item in the potential landing zone. The UAV may be configured to generate and provide instructions to a user device to move or remove the identified one or more objects from the potential landing zone thereby creating a safe and unobstructed landing zone to deliver the item.
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