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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2019
Ntt Docomo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Takefumi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Koumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Ebara, Tokyo, JP;
Youhei Oono, Toyko, JP;
Yuichiro Segawa, Toyko, JP;
Yukiko Nakamura, Toyko, JP;
Shinya Hanano, Toyko, JP;
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The location detection unit detects a destination location for delivery of an item by a drone. The release determination unit determines whether the drone transporting the item can release and place the item at the destination. Upon determination that the release and placement is not possible, a standby airspace determination unit determines a standby airspace within which the drone waits. The wait-time determination unit determines a wait-time for the drone in the determined standby airspace. The wait-time determination unit determines a wait-time by which the drone can arrive at a next destination by a scheduled arrival time following departure of the drone departs after standby. The standby instruction unit issues to the drone an instruction related to the standby.