Drone systems and method include, in an air traffic control system configured to manage Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight in a geographic region, communicating to one or more UAVs over one or more wireless networks; responsive to a delivery request specifying a delivery location, determining whether the delivery location and a second pickup location for a second package are the same; and directing a UAV of a plurality of UAVs to deliver the first package to the delivery location, and pick up the second package at the pickup location, wherein the air traffic control system provides a flight plan to the UAV based on the delivery and pickup requests.
Drone Air Traffic Control over wireless networks for package pickup, delivery, and return
10.09.2020
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / G06Q Datenverarbeitungssysteme oder -verfahren, besonders angepasst an verwaltungstechnische, geschäftliche, finanzielle oder betriebswirtschaftliche Zwecke, sowie an geschäftsbezogene Überwachungs- oder Voraussagezwecke , DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES / H04W WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS , Drahtlose Kommunikationsnetze |
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