US 11,748,688 B2
Drone based delivery system using vehicles
Shmuel Ur, Shorashim (IL)
Assigned to Shmuel Ur Innovation LTD, Shorashim (IL)
Filed by SHMUEL UR INNOVATION LTD, Shorashim (IL)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/324,211.
Application 17/324,211 is a continuation of application No. 16/536,795, filed on Aug. 9, 2019, abandoned.
Application 16/536,795 is a continuation of application No. 16/295,916, granted, now 10,789,567, issued on Sep. 29, 2020, previously published as PCT/IL2017/051071, filed on Mar. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/405,275, filed on Oct. 7, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0279678 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0835 (2023.01); G06Q 10/047 (2023.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G06Q 10/047 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08355 (2013.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a delivery of a package in a route from an origin to a destination, the method configured to execute transporting the package in accordance with the route, wherein the method comprises:
operating, by a central server, a first drone to transport the package in a first leg of the route to a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is capable of transporting the package that is deposited and collected autonomously by one or more drones without intervention of the vehicle or a person riding the vehicle;
transporting the package in a second leg of the route, independently of any drone, wherein said transporting the package in the second leg is performed by the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is not actively participating in the delivery of the package, wherein the vehicle is performing another task that is independent from the delivery of the package; and
operating, by the central server, a second drone to transport the package in a third leg of the route, from the vehicle;
wherein the central server is remote from the first drone and the second drone.