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Unmanned aerial vehicle charging station management

  • US 9,857,791 B2
  • Filed: 05/27/2016
  • Issued: 01/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) charging station, comprising:

  • receiving, in a processor, docking requests from UAVs;

    determining, by the processor, a priority of a first UAV and a priority of a second UAV for using a docking terminal of the UAV charging station based on an available power level of each of the first and second UAVs; and

    instructing the first UAV to undock from the docking terminal in response to determining that the priority of the second UAV is greater than the priority of the first UAV.

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