公开(公告)号：US20230034563A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17850732

申请日：2022-06-27

Applicant: Wing Aviation LLC

Inventor： Jesse Blake ,  Andrè Prager ,  Eric Teller

IPC: B64F1/36 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  H02J7/00

Abstract: Methods and systems for recipient-assisted recharging during delivery by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are disclosed herein. During a UAV transport task, a UAV determines that the UAV has arrived at a delivery location specified by a first flight leg of the transport task. The UAV responsively initiates a notification process indicating that a recipient-assisted recharging process should be initiated at or near the delivery location. When the UAV determines that the recipient-assisted recharging process has recharged a battery of the UAV to a target level, and also determines that a non-returnable portion of the payload has been removed from the UAV while a returnable portion of the payload is coupled to or held by the UAV, the UAV initiates a second flight segment of the transport task.

公开(公告)号：US11803804B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-31

申请号：US17850732

申请日：2022-06-27

Applicant: Wing Aviation LLC

Inventor： Jesse Blake ,  Andrè Prager ,  Eric Teller

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  H02J7/00 ,  B64F1/36 ,  G06Q10/083

CPC classification number: G06Q10/083 ,  B64F1/362 ,  H02J7/0048

Abstract: Methods and systems for recipient-assisted recharging during delivery by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are disclosed herein. During a UAV transport task, a UAV determines that the UAV has arrived at a delivery location specified by a first flight leg of the transport task. The UAV responsively initiates a notification process indicating that a recipient-assisted recharging process should be initiated at or near the delivery location. When the UAV determines that the recipient-assisted recharging process has recharged a battery of the UAV to a target level, and also determines that a non-returnable portion of the payload has been removed from the UAV while a returnable portion of the payload is coupled to or held by the UAV, the UAV initiates a second flight segment of the transport task.