Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Corporation

Yong San Co., Ltd.

Hong Kwon Moon

Dong Eun Cha

Sang Heon Lee

Sang Hoon Lee

Jin Ho Hwang

Choon Taik Kim

A drone docking station for a vehicle includes: a transfer device configured to have a cargo loaded on a drone or to vertically move the cargo transferred by the drone; a guide device including a guide panel provided on a roof of the vehicle and connected to an upper end portion of the transfer device to have the drone accommodated on an upper portion of the guide panel, wherein the guide panel is disposed to surround the transfer device and provided to move inward or outward or to be rotated around a center portion of the transfer device; and a control unit electrically connected to the guide device and configured to rotate or move the guide panel so that the drone corresponds to the cargo positioned in the transfer device when the drone is accommodated on the guide panel.

Drone docking station for vehicle and method for controlling the same

A freight vehicle on which a drone is docked, may include: a transfer device provided in the vehicle and configured to move up and down between an internal space of the vehicle and a roof to receive freight from the drone through the roof of the vehicle or transfer freight to the drone; and a loadspace separated, as a portion of the internal space of the vehicle, from a space where the transfer device is provided and including an open portion formed on a side or a rear of the vehicle, and onto which the freight is loaded.

Freight vehicle on which drones are docked and method of controlling logistics system using same

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Cheonan-Si, South Korea

Hong Kwon Moon