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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2022
Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Tazume, Tokyo, JP;
Daiki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The article transportation system S acquires first sensing information obtained by sensing a peripheral area around a user including a release candidate place with an optical sensorof a user terminaland the position information of the user terminal. Then, the article transportation system S determines whether the release candidate place satisfies one or more application conditions on the basis of the first sensing information, and in a case where it is determined that the release candidate place satisfies the one or more application conditions, sets a release place suitable for releasing an article from an UAVon the basis of the release candidate place and the position information of the user terminal