US 12,291,334 B2
Multi-media parcel transportation systems and methods
Camilo Ordonez, Tallahassee, FL (US); and Christian Hubicki, Tallahassee, FL (US)
Assigned to THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Tallahassee, FL (US)
Filed by The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc., Tallahassee, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/184,930.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/320,507, filed on Mar. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294830 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); B64U 101/64 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 1/22 (2013.01) [B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 80/86 (2023.01); G05D 1/0607 (2013.01); G05D 1/0808 (2013.01); B64U 2101/64 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-media parcel delivery system comprising:
an aerial vehicle;
a cable having a first end connected to the aerial vehicle and second end configured to connect to and support a parcel suspended therefrom, the aerial vehicle being configured to drag the parcel, via the cable, through air and through water; and
a control system configured to determine a transport trajectory for the parcel through air and through a body of water,
wherein the control system is configured to control operating parameters including (i) velocity, altitude, and pose of the aerial vehicle, and (ii) a length and orientation of the cable extending between the aerial vehicle and the parcel.