Drone systems and methods for package pickup and delivery 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; directing a UAV to deliver the package to a delivery location, wherein the air traffic control system provides a flight plan to the UAV based on the delivery request; and directing the UAV, in transit to deliver the package, to cancel delivery of the package and perform one of (1) return the package to a location where the UAV originally picked up the package and (2) deliver the package to an updated delivery location.
Drone Air Traffic Control over wireless networks for package delivery cancelation
2020-08-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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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