Aerial vehicle delivery of items available through an E-commerce shopping site

US10403155B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Gur Kimchi · Bellevue, US
• Daniel Buchmueller · Seattle, US
• Scott A. Green · Ponte Vedra, US
• Brian C. Beckman · Newcastle, US
• Scott Isaacs · Sammamish, US
• Amir Navot · Seattle, US
• Fabian Hensel · Seattle, US
• Avi Bar-Zeev · Oakland, US
• Severan Sylvain Jean-Michel Rault · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 28, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 3, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 28, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64U2101/64
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

This disclosure describes an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) configured to autonomously deliver items of inventory to various destinations. The UAV may receive inventory information and a destination location and autonomously retrieve the inventory from a location within a materials handling facility, compute a route from the materials handling facility to a destination and travel to the destination to deliver the inventory.