SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A DRONE AND A HANDHELD DEVICE

• US 20160342934A1
• Filed: 05/20/2016
• Published: 11/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Peter Michalik
• Original Assignee: Peter Michalik
• Inventors: Michalik, Peter
• Application Number:
  US15/161,156
• Publication Number:
  US 20160342934A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/60 for transporting passengers; for transporting goods other than weapons
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/64 for parcel delivery or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/30 Supply or distribution of electrical power
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0069 specially adapted for an unmanned aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a process for delivering a package comprising the following steps: purchasing a package, providing an address for the package, paying for the package; delivering the package to the address via a drone. The process can also include the steps of providing at least one short range signal, reading the short range signal by the drone; and then delivering the package to the short range signal.

Claims

1. A process for delivering a package comprising the following steps:

a) purchasing a package;

b) providing an address;

c) paying for said package;

d) delivering said package to said address via a drone;

e) providing at least one short range signal;

f) reading via said drone said short range signal;

g) matching said short range signal with a key; and

h) delivering said package to said short range signal.

2. The process as in claim 1, wherein said drone is a flying drone.

3. The process as in claim 1, wherein said short range signal is a light.

4. The process as in claim 3, wherein said step of reading said short range signal comprises reading said light sent from a portable electronic device.

5. The process as in claim 1, wherein said step of providing at least one short range signal comprises providing at least one strobing light in a form of a pattern.

6. The process as in claim 1, wherein said step of reading via said drone said short range signal comprises reading via a camera on said drone said short range signal.

7. The process as in claim 6, wherein said step of delivering said package to said short range signal comprises identifying said short range signal as an identity signal of a party to receive the package.

8. The process as in claim 1, further comprising the step of transmitting a code for controlling a transmission of at least one short range signal.

9. The process as in claim 1 further comprising the step of notifying the purchaser of a time, date and location of a delivery by the drone.

10. The process as in claim 1, further comprising the step of opening an application on a user'"'"'s portable device so as to initiate a production of at least one short range signal.

11. The process as in claim 1, further comprising the step of determining a location of a user'"'"'s device.

12. The process as in claim 11, wherein the step of determining the location of a user'"'"'s device comprises determining via at least one of the following methods:

via triangulation of the user'"'"'s device via cellular communication, via GPS location, via WIFI location, and via visible light location.

13. The process as in claim 12 wherein the step of determining the location of a user'"'"'s device comprises determining at least two of the following methods, triangulation of the user'"'"'s device via cellular communication, via GPS location, via WIFI location, and via visible light location.

14. The process as in claim 1, further comprising the step of determining a location of a drone via at least one of the following methods:

via triangulation of a user'"'"'s device via cellular communication, via GPS location, via WIFI location, and via visible light location.

15. The process as in claim 1, wherein the step of determining a location of the drone comprises determining via at least two of the following methods:

triangulation of a user'"'"'s device via cellular communication, via GPS location, via WIFI location, and via visible light location.

16. A system for delivering goods comprising:

a. at least one GPS tracking system;

b. at least one data network;

c. at least one drone for delivering at least one good; and

d. at least one portable handheld device configured to communicate with at least one drone to signal said drone an exact area that the drone is to deliver any particular goods.

17. The system as in claim 16, further comprising a plurality of cellular towers, wherein said at least one data network in combination with the system is configured to determine a location of said portable handheld device via at least one of the following methods:

triangulation of a user'"'"'s device via cellular communication,

location via GPS location,

location via WIFI location, and

location via visible light location.

18. The system as in claim 16 further comprising a plurality of cellular towers, wherein said at least one data network in combination with the system is configured to determine a location of said drone via at least one of the following methods:

triangulation of a user'"'"'s device via cellular communication, via GPS location, via WIFI location, and via visible light location.

19. The system as in claim 16, wherein said at least one portable handheld device further comprises a strobe light configured to provide a flashing light beacon to said drone to communicate a key to said drone.

20. The system as in claim 16, wherein the system further comprises a server and wherein said drone further comprises at least one distance sensor configured to determine the distance that the drone is located from another object, wherein the drone is configured to communicate this distance information to said at least one server.