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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2024
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Larry Joe Robb, Mount Juliet, TN (US);
Christopher Semanda Musoke, Cambridge, MA (US);
Dianne Anderson, Aubrey, TX (US);
Kristina Freismuth, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Described is an aerial vehicle landing pad configured to capture various metrics regarding landing of an aerial vehicle thereon. The landing pad may be formed of layers, such as one or more sensors layers enclosed in protective layers. The landing pad may include elements with force sensors to sense a force of a landing of an aerial vehicle on the landing pad. The landing pad may include elements with pressure sensors to determine elements subject to pressure from landing structures of the aerial vehicle on the landing pad. Locations of the elements that indicate a pressure signal may be used determine a location of the aerial vehicle on the landing pad, an orientation of the aerial vehicle, and/or a type of aerial vehicle.