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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2020
Applicant:

Motogo, Llc, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

David Brian Ruth, Austin, TX (US);

Yuan-Chang Lo, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Motogo, LLC, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/12 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B60P 3/06 (2006.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/12 (2013.01); B60P 3/06 (2013.01); G05D 1/0206 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); G05D 1/0295 (2013.01); G05D 1/104 (2013.01); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01);
Abstract

A vehicle to transport a first drone and a second drone includes a controller and a storage unit. The storage unit is configured to store a plurality of package containers. The controller is configured to initiate movement of a package container from the storage unit to the first drone and to initiate coupling of a first electromechanical interface of a plurality of electromechanical interfaces of the package container to the first drone. The controller is also configured to release the first drone from the vehicle with instructions for the first drone to move the package container to a package container reception point configured to couple to a second electromechanical interface of the plurality of electromechanical interfaces. The second drone is configured to provide data to the first drone. The data is related to a route from the vehicle to the package container reception point.


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