Obstacle awareness based guidance to clear landing space
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, by a computer system, an indication that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has arrived at a location associated with an order for an item;
receiving, by a computer system and from the UAV, one or more images of an area associated with the location, the area including a landing marker;
identifying, by the computer system, a presence of an object in the area using the one or more images;
determining, by the computer system, an alternate location to move the landing marker and dimensions required to generate a landing zone within the area based at least in part on identifying the presence of the object and the one or more images; and
transmitting, by the computer system and to a user device, instructions for moving the landing marker to the determined landing zone.
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Abstract
Techniques for providing an object awareness guidance to clear a landing space may be provided. For example, during delivery an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may capture an image of a potential landing zone and identify one or more objects in the image that may impede or obstruct delivery of the item in the potential landing zone. The UAV may be configured to generate and provide instructions to a user device to move or remove the identified one or more objects from the potential landing zone thereby creating a safe and unobstructed landing zone to deliver the item.
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving, by a computer system, an indication that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has arrived at a location associated with an order for an item; receiving, by a computer system and from the UAV, one or more images of an area associated with the location, the area including a landing marker; identifying, by the computer system, a presence of an object in the area using the one or more images; determining, by the computer system, an alternate location to move the landing marker and dimensions required to generate a landing zone within the area based at least in part on identifying the presence of the object and the one or more images; and transmitting, by the computer system and to a user device, instructions for moving the landing marker to the determined landing zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
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an image capture component, a set of propellers associated with a propulsion system configured to provide propulsion for the UAV; and a computing system configured to manage the propulsion system during a flight associated with a delivery of a payload and further configured to instruct the UAV to; receive, by the computing system, an indication that the UAV has arrived at a location associated with an order for the payload; obtain, by the computing system and the image capture component, one or more images of an area associated with the location, the area including a landing marker; identify, by the computing system, a presence of an object in the area using the one or more images; determine, by the computing system, an alternate location to move the landing marker and dimensions required to generate a landing zone within the area based at least in part on identifying the presence of the object and the one or more images; and transmit, by the computing system and to a user device, instructions for moving the landing market to the determined landing zone. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer system, configure the computer system to perform operations comprising:
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receiving an indication that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has arrived at a location associated with an order for an item; receiving, from the UAV, one or more images of an area associated with the location, the area including a landing marker; identifying a presence of an object in the area using the one or more images; determining an alternate location to move the landing marker and dimensions required to generate a landing zone within the area based at least in part on identifying the presence of the object and the one or more images; and transmitting, to a user device, instructions for moving the landing marker to the determined landing zone. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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