US 12,394,324 B2
Aerial vehicle delivery location
Gur Kimchi, Seattle, WA (US); Daniel Buchmueller, Seattle, WA (US); Scott A. Green, North Bend, WA (US); Brian C. Beckman, Newcastle, WA (US); Scott Isaacs, Bellevue, WA (US); Amir Navot, Seattle, WA (US); Fabian Hensel, Seattle, WA (US); Avi Bar-Zeev, Oakland, CA (US); and Severan Sylvain Jean-Michel Rault, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/355,174.
Application 18/355,174 is a continuation of application No. 17/518,988, filed on Nov. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,749,125.
Application 17/518,988 is a continuation of application No. 16/522,211, filed on Jul. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,195,422, issued on Dec. 7, 2021.
Application 16/522,211 is a continuation of application No. 15/393,144, filed on Dec. 28, 2016, granted, now 10,403,155, issued on Sep. 3, 2019.
Application 15/393,144 is a continuation of application No. 14/502,707, filed on Sep. 30, 2014, granted, now 9,573,684, issued on Feb. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/901,431, filed on Nov. 7, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/896,065, filed on Oct. 26, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0161636 A1, May 16, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 5/55 (2025.01); B64D 1/12 (2006.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 101/64 (2023.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06Q 10/083 (2024.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01)
CPC G08G 5/55 (2025.01) [B64D 1/12 (2013.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G05D 1/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01); B64U 2101/64 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for aerial delivery of items, comprising:
a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, each of the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles configured to aerially transport items; and
a management system, including:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor and storing program instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to at least:
receive a request for aerial delivery of an item to a destination location;
determine a source location associated with the item;
select, from the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, an unmanned aerial vehicle to deliver the item along a route from the source location to the destination location;
determine that a relay location is to be included along the route;
select, from a plurality of relay locations, the relay location to include along the route;
instruct the unmanned aerial vehicle to transport the item from the source location to the relay location;
instruct power replenishment of the unmanned aerial vehicle at the relay location; and
instruct the unmanned aerial vehicle to deliver the item from the relay location to the destination location.