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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2021
Applicant:
United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Jerome Ferguson, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G01C 21/005 (2013.01); G05B 13/027 (2013.01); G05D 1/102 (2013.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01);
Abstract
In various aspects, a first set of attributes associated with a target location are determined. The target location is a location that one or more items are to be delivered to by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The first set of attributes are compared with a second set of attributes. The second set of attributes indicate attributes of each UAV of a plurality of UAVs. Based on the comparing, a UAV, of the plurality of UAVs, is recommended to deliver the one or more items to the target location.