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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Wing Aviation Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Wing Aviation LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B66D 3/26 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/10 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); B64U 101/64 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/22 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B66D 3/26 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G06T 7/10 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64U 2101/64 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique for validating a presence of a package carried by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes: capturing an image of a scene below the UAV with a camera mounted to the UAV and oriented to face down from the UAV; analyzing the image to identify whether the package is present in the image; and determining whether the package is attached to the UAV, via a tether extending from an underside of the UAV, based at least on the analyzing of the image.