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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2017
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Amir Navot, Seattle, WA (US);
Gur Kimchi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brandon William Porter, Yarrow Point, WA (US);
Avi Bar-Zeev, Oakland, CA (US);
Daniel Buchmueller, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Described is an airborne monitoring station ('AMS') for use in monitoring a coverage area and/or unmanned aerial vehicles ('UAVs') positioned within a coverage area of the AMS. For example, the AMS may be an airship that remains at a high altitude (e.g., 45,000 feet) that monitors a coverage area that is within a line-of-sight of the AMS. As UAVs enter, navigate within and exit the coverage area, the AMS may wirelessly communicate with the UAVs, facilitate communication between the UAVs and one or more remote computing resources, and/or monitor a position of the UAVs.