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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2018
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Chuo-Ku, Osaka, JP;
Dilinur Wushour, Clayton, CA (US);
Jacek Joseph Matysiak, Concord, CA (US);
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods relating generally to on-demand printing are disclosed. In such a system, a client device has an ordering application. A mothership has a container vending machine, a container loader, a printer, an unmanned aerial vehicle ('drone'), and a communications server. The communications server is in communication with a network and configured to receive a print order from the ordering application via the network. The communications server is in communication with the printer to provide a print job to the printer responsive to the print order. The printer is configured to generate and provide a printed result for the print job into a container. The drone is configured to obtain and hold the container for airborne delivery of the printed result to an address associated with the print order.