Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drone air traffic control over wireless networks for package pickup and delivery in an order defined by coordinates
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Application No.: US16783219Application Date: 2020-02-06
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Publication No.: US11341860B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Lee Priest
- Applicant: ETAK Systems, LLC
- Applicant Address: US NC Huntersville
- Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
- Current Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Huntersville
- Agency: Clements Bernard Baratta
- Agent Lawrence A. Baratta, Jr.; Jacob P. Beers
- Main IPC: B64C39/02
- IPC: B64C39/02 ; G05D1/04 ; G08G5/00 ; G06Q10/08 ; B64C27/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods for package pickup and delivery, in an air traffic control system configured to manage Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight in a geographic region, include communicating to one or more UAVs over one or more wireless networks; directing a UAV to pick up a package at a pickup location and to deliver the package to a delivery location, wherein; and directing the UAV to follow an outbound flight path including a plurality of locations to travel to, in a specific order, while outbound to deliver the package, and an inbound flight path including the plurality of locations to travel to, in an order reverse of the specific order, while inbound from delivering the package.
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