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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2015
Romotive, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew Chambers, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bryan Wade, Redwood City, CA (US);
Catalin Drula, Bucharest, RO;
David Halley, Los Osos, CA (US);
Igor Napolskikh, Mississauga, CA;
Keenan Wyrobek, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Keller Rinaudo, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nicholas Brake, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Ryan Oksenhorn, Pacifica, CA (US);
Ryan Patterson, Littleton, CO (US);
William Hetzler, San Mateo, CA (US);
Zipline International Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An Unmanned Aerial System configured to receive a request from a user and fulfill that request using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The Unmanned Aerial System selects a distribution center that is within range of the user, and deploys a suitable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to fulfill the request from that distribution center. The Unmanned Aerial System is configured to provide real-time information about the flight route to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle during its flight, and the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is configured to dynamically update its mission based on information received from the Unmanned Aerial System.