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Window unit for UAV delivery

  • US 10,543,936 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2019
  • Issued: 01/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for aerial delivery of a package to a window of a building, the method comprising:

  • providing a window unit adjacent the window, the window unit including a frame and a net;

    moving the window unit from a stored position to a deployed position;

    sensing the package is aligned within a boundary of the window unit;

    communicating the package is aligned within the boundary of the window unit with an aerial vehicle;

    lowering a delivery mechanism of the aerial vehicle, the delivery mechanism coupled to the package;

    sensing a temperature or motion below the window unit and pausing delivery of the package until the temperature or motion confirms no person or animal is located beneath the window unit;

    releasing the package from the delivery mechanism;

    moving the package toward the window; and

    retrieving the package from the window unit.

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