Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Gregory Jerard Wiese

Matthew J England

Hong-Bin Koh

Oleksii Krasnoshchok

Ismail Gungor

Anay Joshi

Grzegorz Rozek

A docking station for an aerial vehicle includes a frame having an upper rim or perimeter for providing support to the aerial vehicle and defining a depression or a cavity for accommodating portions of the aerial vehicle therein. The depression or cavity includes a plurality of visual markings arranged in a distinct pattern, along with receptacles for receiving landing extensions of an aerial vehicle therein. When an aerial vehicle attempts a docking evolution, a downward-oriented camera of the aerial vehicle captures images of the docking station and detects the plurality of visual markings in the distinct pattern depicted within such images. The aerial vehicle may then execute maneuvers to properly align itself with respect to the distinct pattern during a descent. The frame is formed at angles and from materials that are selected to enable landing extensions of an aerial vehicle to slide into receptacles and complete a docking evolution.

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Gregory Jerard Wiese