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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Settle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Ben Lloyd Shapiro, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/08 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64F 1/20 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/08 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/20 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64D 2203/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Technologies for drone-based cameras to detect proper wind direction for landing are described. One aerial vehicle can determine that it is in a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) orientation and capture an image of a landing-pad device using the camera. The aerial vehicle can detect a visual marker in the image and can determine a wind direction, at a location of the landing page, from the visual marker. The wind direction is used by a propulsion subsystem to align the aerial vehicle into the wind direction for landing.