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Electronic landing marker

  • US 10,395,544 B1
  • Filed: 08/29/2016
  • Issued: 08/27/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to guide an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) delivering a package to a delivery location, the method comprising:

  • receiving a signal from a central control at an electronic marker that a package has been scheduled for delivery at a delivery time at a delivery location associated with the electronic marker;

    displaying a message to a user, at a notification time which is prior to the delivery time, on a screen of the electronic marker to place the electronic marker in a first location proximate a landing zone;

    identifying one or more conditions in the landing zone with one or more sensors on the electronic marker;

    providing a message to the user with the electronic marker to place the electronic marker in a second location proximate to the landing zone to remedy at least one adverse condition of the one or more conditions in the landing zone;

    displaying one or more symbols on the screen of the electronic marker to provide information related to the one or more conditions in the landing zone to the UAV, wherein the UAV is configured to detect the one or more symbols and approach the landing zone based at least in part on the one or more symbols; and

    determining, with the one or more sensors, that at least one of the UAV and the package has landed on or near the electronic marker.

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