AIML smart vertiport in a box autonomous multimodal physical and digital infrastructure

Abstract

A vertiport system for managing unmanned aerial vehicles in delivering goods or passengers from a source location to a destination location. The system comprises a plurality of unmanned vehicles for delivering a good from a source location to a destination location, wherein a flight planner is configured to select one of the plurality of unmanned vehicles and send a flight itinerary to deliver a good from the source location to the destination location. The system further comprises a vertiport in a box at the destination location for receiving the good of the user from the unmanned vehicle on to a smart landing pad. The smart landing pad determines a frequency o fa smart door bell of the user and connects to the smart doorbell for generating a delivery notification by ringing the smart doorbell. The system may further comprise a charging station for charging the unmanned aerial vehicle based on a determination of the depletion of charge level and a repair station for repairing the unmanned vehicle. The system may further comprise an authentication process from the user, which may comprise a biometric authentication or a pin code. The smart landing pad may further comprise a telescoping support tube, landing sensors, beacon lights, solar panels, a display device, and an input keypad. There is also disclosed an artificial intelligence or machine learning system for an unmanned vehicle management system.

Claims

l / We Claim:

1. A veriport system, comprising:a. a plurality of unmanned vehicles for delivering a good from a source location to a destination location, wherein a unmanned vehicle flight planner is configured to select one of the plurality of unmanned vehicles and send a flight itinerary to deliver a good from the source location to the destination location;b. a charging station for charging the unmanned vehicle based on the determination of the depletion of charge level of the unmanned vehicle;c. A repair station for reapiring the unmanned vehicle; andd. a vertiport-in-a-box at the destination location for receiving the good of a user from the unmanned vehicle on to a smart landing pad within the vertiport-in-a-box, wherein the smart landing pad determines a frequency of the smart doorbell and connects to the smart doorbell for generating a delivery notification to the user by ringing the smart doorbell.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein, the user can collect the good from the unmanned vehicle after going through an authentication process, Wherein, the authentication process includes but not limited to receiving a biometric authentication, pin code etc. from the user.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the smart landing pad further comprises: a node having a processor, memory, a storage device, and a network connection to one or more communications networks;a drone landing pad;an induced charging pad configured to recharge a battery within one of the one or more drones;one or more external webcams; anda package receiving area for accepting a delivered good.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the smart landing pad further comprises: a telescoping support tube;one or more landing sensors;one or more beacon lights;one or more solar panels;a display device; and an input keypad.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the node within the smart landing pad communicates with a network controller of the unmanned vehicle to receive authorization for a particular unmanned vehicle to land.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the node of the smart landing further comprises:a peripheral interface for connecting 3rd party devices for use by the node; and a blockchain processor of providing a blockchain harvesting, mining, logging, ledger and recording for use with other blockchain harvesting, mining, logging, ledgers, and recording, in other nodes within the drone unmanned system service network to provide a secure and redundant record of all deliveries and autonomous drone flights.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the blockchain processor is accessible by 3rd party nodes.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the multi-modal unmanned vehicle good delivery system further comprises at least one of the following: an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), an unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV), a vertical take-off and landing vehicle (VTOL), electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (EVTOL), a vertical short take-off and landing vehicle (VSTOL), a short take-off and landing vehicles (STOL), an electric take-off and landing vehicle (eSTOL), a conventional take-off and landing vehicle (CTOL), an electric take-off and landing vehicle (eCTOL), an autonomous vehicles (AV), a connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV), a passenger air vehicle (PAV), an electric passenger air vehicles (ePAV) or, a robotic UAV / UAS, autonomous ground transport vehicles or a ground robotic platform.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the user receives the notification over a user device which includes but not limited to a smart watch, a mobile device, a smart tv, a smart tablet, a laptop etc.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the user device further comprises:a. a display, wherein the display displays the application;b. a touch screen attached to the display for accepting inputs from the user through a user interface; andc. one or more electronic components for processing the authentication.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle flight planner is operable to continuously determine the optimal route during travel to the destination location.

12. A smart AI / ML veriport system for unmanned vehicle management, comprising:a. a plurality of unmanned vehicles for delivering a good from a source location to a destination location, wherein a unmanned vehicle flight planner is configured to select one of the plurality of unmanned vehicles and send a flight itinerary to deliver a good from the source location to the destination location;b. a charging station for charging the unmanned vehicle based on the determination of the depletion of charge level of the unmanned vehicle;c. a good delivery system for receiving an order from a user through a user device and initiate the selected unmanned vehicle for transporting a good from the source location to the destination location andd. a vertiport-in-a-box at the destination location for receiving the good of a user from the unmanned vehicle on to a smart landing pad within the vertiport in a box, wherein the smart landing pad determines a frequency of the smart doorbell and connects to the smart doorbell for generating a delivery notification to the user by ringing the smart doorbell.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of unmanned vehicles are fully autonomous, un-crewed, semi-autonomous, or partially controlled by a user.

14. The system according to claim 12, further comprising a GPS system configured to guide the plurality of unmanned vehicles to the destination location by the unmanned vehicle flight planner.

15. The system according to claim 12, wherein the smart landing further comprises a battery for use when solar panels and or inductive charging pads are not sufficient to support a node of the smart landing pad.

16. The system according to claim 12, wherein the smart landing pad further comprises a remote control device to operate the nodes of the smart drone mailbox landing pad and charging station.

17. The system according to claim 12, wherein the unmanned vehicle can be but not limited to a drone, an un-crewed vehicle, an autonomous vehicle, an autonomous robotic device etc.

18. The system according to claim 12, wherein the user needs to authenticate for identity verification in order to receive the delivered good, wherein the authentication is performed using a user device.

19. The system according to claim 12, the vehicle flight planner determines an optimal route based on weather condition information.

20. The system according to claim 12, the unmanned vehicle can charge at a nearby charging station within the route determined by the flight planner.AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN FILED AS FOLLOWS:CLAIMS1. A vertiport system for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) delivery, comprising:a. a plurality of unmanned vehicles for delivering a good from a source location to a destination location,10 wherein a unmanned vehicle flight planner is configured to select one of theplurality of unmanned vehicles and send a flight itinerary to deliver a good from the source location to the destination location;b. a charging station and a repair station integrated to support the delivery process by enabling on-site maintenance and recharging of the UAV; and15 c. A vertiport-in-a-box at the destination location for receiving the good of a userfrom the unmanned vehicle on to a smart landing pad within the vertiport-in-a-box, wherein the smart landing pad determines a communication frequency of a smart doorbell to establish a wireless connection notify the user of the delivery upon UAV arrival.05 09 252. The system according to claim 1, wherein, the user can collect the good from the unmanned vehicle after going through an authentication process, Wherein, the authentication process includes but not limited to receiving a biometric authentication, pin code etc. from the user.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the smart landing pad further comprises: a node having a processor, memory, a storage device, and a network connection to one or more communications networks;a drone landing pad;30 an induced charging pad configured to recharge a battery within one of the one ormore drones;one or more external webcams; anda package receiving area for accepting a delivered good.35 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the smart landing pad further comprises:05 09 255 a telescoping support tube;one or more landing sensors;one or more beacon lights;one or more solar panels;a display device; and10 an input keypad.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the node within the smart landing pad communicates with a network controller of the unmanned vehicle to receive authorization for a particular unmanned vehicle to land.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the node of the smart landing further comprises:a peripheral interface for connecting 3rd party devices for use by the node; and a blockchain processor of providing a blockchain harvesting, mining, logging, ledger and recording for use with other blockchain harvesting, mining, logging, ledgers, and recording, in other nodes within the drone unmanned system service network to provide a secure and redundant record of all deliveries and autonomous drone flights.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the blockchain processor is accessible by 3rd25 party nodes.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the multi-modal unmanned vehicle good delivery system further comprises at least one of the following: an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), an unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV), a vertical take-off and landing 30 vehicle (VTOL), electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (EVTOL), a vertical shorttake-off and landing vehicle (VSTOL), a short take-off and landing vehicles (STOL), an electric take-off and landing vehicle (eSTOL), a conventional take-off and landing vehicle (CTOL), an electric take-off and landing vehicle (eCTOL), an autonomous vehicles (AV), a connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV), a passenger air vehicle35 (PAV), an electric passenger air vehicles (ePAV) or, a robotic UAV / UAS, autonomousground transport vehicles or a ground robotic platform.05 09 255 9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the user receives the notification over a userdevice which includes but not limited to a smart watch, a mobile device, a smart tv, a smart tablet, a laptop etc.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the user device further comprises:ID a. a display, wherein the display displays the application;b. a touch screen attached to the display for accepting inputs from the user through a user interface; andc. one or more electronic components for processing the authentication.15 11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle flight planner is operable tocontinuously determine the optimal route during travel to the destination location.

12. A smart AI / ML vertiport system for unmanned vehicle management, comprising:a. a plurality of unmanned vehicles for delivering a good from a source location to a destination location,wherein a unmanned vehicle flight planner is configured to select one of the plurality of unmanned vehicles and send a flight itinerary to deliver a good from the source location to the destination location;b. an integrated charging station for charging the unmanned vehicle based on the25 determination of the depletion of charge level of the unmanned vehicle;c. a good delivery system for receiving an order from a user through a user device and initiate the selected unmanned vehicle for transporting a good from the source location to the destination location andd. a vertiport-in-a-box at the destination location for receiving the good of a user30 from the unmanned vehicle on to a smart landing pad within the vertiport-in-a-box, wherein the smart landing pad determines a communication frequency of the smart doorbell and wirelessly connects to the smart doorbell for generating a delivery notification to the user by ringing the smart doorbell.35 13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of unmanned vehicles are fullyautonomous, un-crewed, semi-autonomous, or partially controlled by a user.

14. The system according to claim 12, further comprising a GPS system configured to guide the plurality of unmanned vehicles to the destination location by the unmanned vehicle&05 09 25flight planner.

15. The system according to claim 12, wherein the smart landing further comprises a battery 10 for use when solar panels and or inductive charging pads are not sufficient to support anode of the smart landing pad.

16. The system according to claim 12, wherein the smart landing pad further comprises a remote control device to operate the nodes of the smart drone mailbox landing pad and 15 charging station.

17. The system according to claim 12, wherein the unmanned vehicle can be but not limited to a drone, an un-crewed vehicle, an autonomous vehicle, an autonomous robotic device etc.

18. The system according to claim 12, wherein the user needs to authenticate for identity verification in order to receive the delivered good, wherein the authentication is performed using a user device.

19. The system according to claim 12, the vehicle flight planner determines an optimal route based on weather condition information.

20. The system according to claim 12, the unmanned vehicle can charge at a nearby charging station within the route determined by the flight planner.3060

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