Wing Aviation LLC

Theran Cochran

André Prager

Jonathan Lesser

Gaurav Garg

Matthew Nubbe

Kevin Jenkins

Example implementations relate to a method of dynamically updating a transport task of a UAV. The method includes receiving, at a transport-provider computing system, an item provider request for transportation of a plurality of packages from a loading location at a given future time. The method also includes assigning, by the transport-provider computing system, a respective transport task to each of a plurality of UAVs, where the respective transport task comprises an instruction to deploy to the loading location to pick up one or more of the plurality of packages. Further, the method includes identifying, by the transport-provider system, a first package while or after a first UAV picks up the first package. Yet further, the method includes based on the identifying of the first package, providing, by the transport-provider system, a task update to the first UAV to update the respective transport task of the first UAV.

Dynamic UAV transport tasks for pickup and delivery of non-specifically assigned packages

A computer system obtains a raster cell of terrain data from a database, a query shape corresponding to a planned flight segment of a UAV that intersects with the raster cell, and a range of acceptable terrain elevation values for the planned flight segment. The raster cell comprises a minimum terrain elevation value, a maximum terrain elevation value, and links to sub-cells of the raster cell. The computer system determines whether the minimum and maximum terrain elevation values of the raster cell are within the range of acceptable terrain elevation values for the planned flight segment and validates the planned flight segment with respect to the raster cell based at least in part on whether the minimum and maximum terrain elevation values of the raster cell are within the range of acceptable terrain elevation values for the planned flight segment.

Efficient raster data range query for planned UAV flight segments

Dynamic UAV transport tasks

Disclosed herein are methods and systems that can help an aerial transport service provider (ATSP) determine how to distribute and redistribute unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) amongst a plurality of UAV deployment stations located throughout a geographic area. In accordance with example embodiments, the ATSP system can take one or more performance metrics for item providers into account when determining how much UAV transport capacity to allocate to different item providers for a given time period. The ATSP can then determine how to distribute UAVs amongst different UAV nests in advance of and/or during the given time period, such that each item provider's allocated UAV transport capacity is available from the UAV nest or nest(s) that serve each item provider during the given time period.

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Theran Cochran