Window-Mounted Drone Platform for Indoor Package Retrieval
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current drone delivery systems require customers to leave their buildings to receive or send packages, which is inconvenient, especially for those living in multi-story buildings.
Innovation Solution
A drone delivery system that includes a drone with docking devices for a standard box, which can dock with a platform installed adjacent to a building window, allowing for package delivery and retrieval without the customer needing to leave the building.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the drone drops the package in the front yard of the house, then the delivery can be completed, but the customer is required to depart from the inside of the house to receive the package which gives inconvenience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a platform as an intermediary component installed at the building's window. The drone delivers the package to the platform, which then transfers it to the customer inside the building. This intermediary structure eliminates the need for the customer to leave the building while maintaining the delivery function, directly resolving the contradiction between delivery completion and customer convenience.
2Ease of operation
If a platform is installed adjacent to the window for drone docking, then the customer can receive packages inside the building, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The docking system is segmented into three independent components: the drone with its docking device, the standard box with docking interfaces, and the platform with docking mechanism. This segmentation allows each component to be designed and implemented separately with standardized interfaces, reducing overall system complexity while enabling the customer to receive packages inside the building.
Solution Approach 2:
The standard box serves multiple functions: it acts as a container for the package, provides a docking interface for the drone, and interfaces with the platform. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining the ability to deliver packages inside the building.
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AI summary
A drone delivery system provides to send or to receive the package conveniently and safely without going out of the building by using the platform installed at the vicinity of the window. The drone delivery system includes the drone having a first docking device, a standard box having a second docking device corresponding to the first docking device and a third docking device and a platform having a fourth docking device corresponding to the third docking device.