公开(公告)号：US10049589B1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-14

申请号：US15260113

申请日：2016-09-08

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Scott Patrick Boyd ,  Chengwu Cui ,  Sarah Graber ,  Barry James O'Brien ,  Joshua John Watson ,  Scott Michael Wilcox

IPC: G08G5/02 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06T7/00 ,  H04N13/02 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H04N13/204

Abstract: Techniques for providing an object awareness guidance to clear a landing space may be provided. For example, during delivery an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may capture an image of a potential landing zone and identify one or more objects in the image that may impede or obstruct delivery of the item in the potential landing zone. The UAV may be configured to generate and provide instructions to a user device to move or remove the identified one or more objects from the potential landing zone thereby creating a safe and unobstructed landing zone to deliver the item.

公开(公告)号：US09840339B1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-12

申请号：US15138867

申请日：2016-04-26

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Barry James O'Brien ,  Joshua John Watson ,  Scott Michael Wilcox

IPC: B64D47/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/04 ,  B64D47/02 ,  B64C3/38

CPC classification number: B64D47/08 ,  B64C3/38 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  B64D47/02 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G05D1/0676

Abstract: Aerial vehicles may include one or more directional sensors embedded into wings, rudders, ailerons, flaps or other control surfaces. When the aerial vehicles are operating in modes that do not require the use of such surfaces, a surface having a directional sensor embedded therein may be repositioned or reoriented to align the directional sensor toward an area or axis of interest, and information may be gathered from the area or axis of interest using the directional sensor. One or more safety lights, running lights or other illuminators may cast light of a desired color, frequency or wavelength toward the area or axis of interest. The directional sensors may include cameras, radar or laser sensors, or any other reorientable sensors.