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Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Scott Patrick Boyd, Seattle, WA (US);

Chengwu Cui, Redmond, WA (US);

Sarah Graber, Seattle, WA (US);

Barry James O'Brien, Seattle, WA (US);

Joshua John Watson, Seattle, WA (US);

Scott Michael Wilcox, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64C 39/022 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G06F 17/30241 (2013.01); G06K 7/10861 (2013.01); G06K 9/6202 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); G06T 7/004 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.05); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01); G06T 7/0085 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for verifying a location and identification of a landing marker to aid an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to deliver a payload to a location may be provided. For example, upon receiving an indication that a UAV has arrived to a delivery location, a server computer may process one or more images of an area that are provided by the UAV and/or a user interacting with a user device. A landing marker may be identified in the image and a representation of the landing marker along with instructions to guide the UAV to deliver the payload to the landing marker may be transmitted to the UAV and implemented by the UAV.


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