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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Avi Bar-Zeev, Oakland, CA (US);
Brian C. Beckman, Newcastle, WA (US);
Steven Gregory Dunn, Bothell, WA (US);
Atishkumar Kalyan, Seattle, WA (US);
Amir Navot, Seattle, WA (US);
Frederik Schaffalitzky, Kirkland, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for delivery of items using an unmanned aerial vehicle ('UAV'). A user may be provided with a delivery location identifier ('DLI') that is to be placed at a delivery location within a delivery destination to identify where a UAV is to position an item as part of a delivery to the delivery destination. For example, the delivery destination may be a user's home. Within the deliver destination of the user's home, the user may select a delivery location, such as a spot in the back yard wherein the UAV is to position the ordered item as part of the delivery. To aid the UAV in navigating to the delivery location, the user places the DLI at the delivery location. The UAV detects the DLI and positions the item at or near the DLI as part of the item delivery.