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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
James Carthew, Oakland, CA (US);
Zijian Wang, Stanford, CA (US);
Aditya Singh, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/32 (2006.01); B64D 1/12 (2006.01); E01F 3/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/32 (2013.01); B64D 1/12 (2013.01); E01F 3/00 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64C 2201/145 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for receiving a package from an unmanned aerial vehicle at a rooftop package receiving station and securely holding the package at the package receiving station. The recipient, using a computing device, may prompt the package receiving station to deliver the package from the rooftop to a delivery location.