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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Javier Alonso Lopez, Edmonds, WA (US);
Pragyana K. Mishra, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A reliability map is generated by superimposing or associating populations or other intrinsic data is superimposed or associated with a geographic map of a region, which is divided into a grid having cells of uniform size. Densities of towns, cities or other geospatial areas are determined and assigned to cells of the grid, which have sizes corresponding to minimum dimensions of a corridor required for travel by an aerial vehicle. When a mission requiring travel from an origin to a destination within the region is identified, one or more paths of a safe route between the origin and the destination are selected based on the reliability map. The safe route is selected to avoid areas of high population density or locations of critical infrastructure such as schools, hospitals or public safety buildings.