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Determining delivery areas for aerial vehicles

  • US 10,219,112 B1
  • Filed: 08/16/2017
  • Issued: 02/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A delivery system comprising:

  • a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, wherein the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles comprises a first unmanned aerial vehicle and a second unmanned aerial vehicle;

    at least one memory component; and

    at least one computer processor,wherein the at least one computer processor is configured to at least;

    receive, from the first unmanned aerial vehicle, a first set of coordinates of the first unmanned aerial vehicle during a first delivery of at least a first item to a location at a first time;

    identify a geolocation corresponding to the location;

    determine a first level of uncertainty associated with at least one of the first unmanned aerial vehicle at the first time or the first set of coordinates;

    determine a first geoscan comprising a first Gaussian distribution having a first mean location at the first set of coordinates and the first level of uncertainty;

    define a first region at the location based at least in part on the first geoscan and the geolocation, wherein the first region comprises a second Gaussian distribution having the first mean location at the first set of coordinates and the first level of uncertainty;

    store information regarding the first region in at least one data store;

    receive a request for a second delivery of at least a second item to the location;

    identify at least one attribute of at least one of the second delivery or the second item based at least in part on the request;

    determine that the first region is suitable for the second delivery based at least in part on the at least one attribute;

    determine a path from an origin to the first region; and

    transmit, to a second unmanned aerial vehicle, an instruction to deliver at least the second item from the origin to the first region along the path.

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