Terminal area operation of UAVs for package delivery system
US11905014B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 21, 2020 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/70
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A technique for operating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a terminal area from which the UAVs are staged includes charging a plurality of the UAVs on charging pads disposed in a staging array at the terminal area. Merchant facilities for preparing packages for delivery by the UAVs are disposed about a periphery of the staging array. The UAVs are relocated under their own propulsion from interior charging pads to peripheral loading pads of the staging array as the peripheral loading pads become available and the UAVs are deemed sufficiently charged and ready for delivery missions.
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