Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Delivery System

Patent No. EP3060885 (titled "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Delivery System") was filed by Amazon on Sep 30, 2014. The application was issued on Sep 20, 2023.

Patent Summary

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) autonomously delivers items to user-specified locations by retrieving inventory from a source location, computing a route, and aerially transporting the item to the delivery location. The UAV receives delivery parameters, communicates with other UAVs for route planning, and considers environmental factors such as weather and traffic. The UAV continuously updates the delivery location based on the user's current location, determined through periodic GPS data retrieval from the user's mobile device.

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EP3060885

AMAZON
Application Number
EP14855338A
Filing Date
Sep 30, 2014
Status
Patent Maintained As Amended
Aug 18, 2023
Publication Date
Sep 20, 2023