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Taxi of unmanned aerial vehicles during package delivery

A technology of unmanned aerial vehicles and delivery systems, applied in the field of taxiing of unmanned aerial vehicles during package delivery, which can solve the problems of inefficiency and impracticality in hand-delivered or picked-up

Active Publication Date: 2018-11-23
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC
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However, depending on the pick-up and delivery location, such hand delivery or pickup may be inefficient or impractical

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[0010] Embodiments of the disclosure are described herein. It should be understood, however, that the disclosed embodiments are merely examples and that other embodiments may take various forms and alternative forms. The figures are not necessarily to scale; some features may be exaggerated or minimized to show details of particular components. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present invention. As will be understood by persons of ordinary skill in the art, various features shown and described with reference to any one figure may be combined with features shown in one or more other figures to create embodiments not explicitly shown or described . Combinations of features shown provide representative implementations for typical applications. However, various combinations and modifications of the features...

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A delivery system includes a processor programmed to construct a route so as to include predefined segments traveled by carriers configured to taxi the vehicle and charge a battery thereof such that astate of charge of the battery remains above a target for a duration of the route, and forward the route to the vehicle.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in package delivery systems. Background technique [0002] Vehicles transport packages or parcels between locations around the world. Packaged shipments may require hand delivery or pickup. However, depending on the pickup and delivery location, such hand delivery or pickup may be inefficient or impractical. Contents of the invention [0003] A delivery system may include a processor programmed to construct a route to include a predefined segment traveled by a vehicle configured to taxi an aircraft. The processor may construct the route in response to a request for the route to the destination. The processor may be programmed to charge a battery of the UAV such that the state of charge of the battery remains above a target for the duration of the route. The route may be forwarded to the aircraft. [0004] The processor may be programmed to construct the route such that the in-...

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IPC IPC(8): B64F1/04
CPCB64U2201/104B64U80/86B64U2101/64B64U80/25B64U10/70B64U50/39G06Q10/047G06Q50/60B64F1/10B64U10/10B64U10/13B64U50/19B64U2101/60B64C39/024B60R9/00B64F1/007B64F1/222
Inventor 贾森·C·马尔卡思丹尼尔·保罗·罗伯茨莱斯利·詹姆斯·林德曼
Owner FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC