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Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2018
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:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/02 (2006.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/025 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G06K 9/0063 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (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);
Abstract

Techniques for providing an object awareness guidance to clear a landing space may be provided. For example, during delivery an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may capture an image of a potential landing zone and identify one or more objects in the image that may impede or obstruct delivery of the item in the potential landing zone. The UAV may be configured to generate and provide instructions to a user device to move or remove the identified one or more objects from the potential landing zone thereby creating a safe and unobstructed landing zone to deliver the item.


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