US 11,966,221 B2
Method for handling goods by collaboration of autonomous objects
Youngjoon Kim, Incheon (KR); and Seung Han Lim, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to PABLO AIR Co., Ltd., Incheon (KR); and PABLO AIR International, INC., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by PABLO AIR Co., Ltd., Incheon (KR); and PABLO AIR International, INC., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,391.
Application 17/812,391 is a continuation of application No. 17/519,015, filed on Nov. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,415,981.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0028671 (KR), filed on Mar. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0357739 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60P 1/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01)
CPC G05D 1/0027 (2013.01) [B60P 1/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A method for handling goods in collaboration of an autonomous vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle, the method comprising:
identifying, by the autonomous vehicle, a location that provides a flat area greater than or equal to a floor area required for unloading the goods, based on the size of the goods to be taken over from the unmanned aerial vehicle;
determining, by the autonomous vehicle, the identified location as a goods handing over point;
providing, by the autonomous vehicle, information of the goods handing over point to the unmanned aerial vehicle; and
receiving, by the autonomous vehicle, the goods from the unmanned aerial vehicle at the goods handing over point,
wherein, the goods handing over point is determined using a peripheral gradient measured by the autonomous vehicle, and the size of the flat area is determined based on the size of the goods and the number of other autonomous vehicles.