Unmanned aerial vehicle delivery system
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1. A system for aerial delivery of items comprising:
- a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, each of the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles configured to aerially transport items;
a management system, including;
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor and storing program instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processors to at least;
receive from a device a request to order an item for aerial delivery, the item available for purchase through an e-commerce shopping site;
determine a plurality of potential destination locations for delivery of the item, wherein at least one of the plurality of potential destination locations is determined based at least in part on a location of the device;
receive a selection of a destination location from the plurality of potential destination locations; and
send to an unmanned aerial vehicle of the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, delivery parameters identifying a source location that includes the item and the destination location;
wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle, in response to receiving the delivery parameters, is further configured to at least;
navigate to the source location;
engage the item located at the source location;
navigate a navigation route to the destination location; and
disengage the item at the destination location.
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Abstract
This disclosure describes an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) configured to autonomously deliver items of inventory to various destinations. The UAV may receive inventory information and a destination location and autonomously retrieve the inventory from a location within a materials handling facility, compute a route from the materials handling facility to a destination and travel to the destination to deliver the inventory.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for aerial delivery of items comprising:
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a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, each of the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles configured to aerially transport items; a management system, including; a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor and storing program instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processors to at least; receive from a device a request to order an item for aerial delivery, the item available for purchase through an e-commerce shopping site; determine a plurality of potential destination locations for delivery of the item, wherein at least one of the plurality of potential destination locations is determined based at least in part on a location of the device; receive a selection of a destination location from the plurality of potential destination locations; and send to an unmanned aerial vehicle of the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, delivery parameters identifying a source location that includes the item and the destination location; wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle, in response to receiving the delivery parameters, is further configured to at least; navigate to the source location; engage the item located at the source location; navigate a navigation route to the destination location; and disengage the item at the destination location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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under control of one or more computing systems configured with executable instructions, receiving from a device a request to order an item for aerial delivery, the item available for purchase through an e-commerce shopping site; determining, based at least in part on a location of the device, a destination location for delivery of the item; selecting an unmanned aerial vehicle; sending delivery parameters to the selected unmanned aerial vehicle; and causing a delivery of the item from a source location to the destination location with the selected unmanned aerial vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for aerial transport of items using unmanned aerial vehicles, comprising:
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a first system configured to at least; receive from a device a request to order an item for aerial delivery, the item available for purchase through an e-commerce shopping site; determine a plurality of potential destination locations for delivery of the item; receive a selection of a destination location from the plurality of potential destination locations; and determine a source location of the item; a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, each of the unmanned aerial vehicles configured to at least; wirelessly receive information from an unmanned aerial vehicle management system; selectively engage and disengage inventory items; and aerially navigate between a source location and the destination location along a navigation path; and an aerial vehicle management system configured to wirelessly communicate with each of the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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