US 12,246,866 B2
Drone port
Toru Kojima, Tokyo (JP); Satoshi Mori, Tokyo (JP); Shinya Kunii, Aichi (JP); Shinichi Maki, Aichi (JP); Katsumi Takagi, Tokyo (JP); and Tetsuya Nagasawa, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/037,686
Filed by MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 20, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/050451
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 18, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/107114, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-193602 (JP), filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017859 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B64U 70/93 (2023.01); B64U 10/17 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 70/95 (2023.01); B64U 70/99 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC B64U 70/99 (2023.01) [B64U 10/17 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 70/93 (2023.01); B64U 70/95 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drone port that is portable to be disposed on a landing surface for a drone, the drone port comprising:
a covering section configured to cover the landing surface and provided with a first marker and a second marker,
wherein the covering section includes:
a restraining section configured to restrain the drone on the covering section;
covering pieces that are divided; and
a coupling member which couples at least two of the covering pieces,
wherein:
the second marker is larger than the first marker;
the first marker is disposed on a single one of the covering pieces; and
the second marker is defined by at least two of the covering pieces.