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Unmanned aerial vehicle payload delivery

  • US 9,650,136 B1
  • Filed: 06/15/2015
  • Issued: 05/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system associated with using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to deliver a package associated with an electronic marketplace, the system comprising:

  • a frame;

    a severing mechanism associated with the frame and comprising an electrical conductor contact surface;

    a cable associated with the frame; and

    a computing system associated with the UAV and comprising one or more processors and one or more memories, wherein the one or more memories store computer-readable instructions that upon execution by the one or more processors configure the computing system to instruct the UAV to;

    fly to a location associated with the delivery of the package, the package including an item ordered from the electronic marketplace;

    release the package from a compartment of the UAV based at least in part on detecting that the UAV has arrived to the location;

    lower the package at a controlled speed based at least in part on extending the cable from the UAV, the cable coupling the package to the UAV;

    operate, based at least in part on detecting that the package has been lowered by a distance, the severing mechanism of the UAV to sever the cable, the cable severed based at least in part on a thermoelectric effect applied to the cable, severing the cable causing the delivery of the package and of at least a portion of the cable; and

    fly away from the location without the package and the at least a portion of the cable based at least in part on the severing of the cable.

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