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US 11,887,042 B2Granted
System and method for delivery service using drone
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsSang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha
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Abstract
A system for a delivery service includes a server having delivery information on a delivery, drone information on a drone to be used for the delivery, and vehicle information on a vehicle that the drone is to board. The server is configured to control the drone through the delivery information, the drone information, and the vehicle information to board and travel on the vehicle, to pick up a package to be delivered or to depart the vehicle to deliver the package to a delivery destination.
Claims13
A system comprising:
- a server, comprising a computing system, configured to:
- store delivery information on a delivery, drone information regarding a drone to be used for the delivery, and vehicle information regarding a vehicle that the drone is to board;
- control the drone, through the delivery information, the drone information, and the vehicle information, to board and travel on the vehicle, or to depart the vehicle;
- make a request for paying a delivery deposit upon receiving a delivery request from a designated user terminal of a customer;
- control the drone aboard the vehicle to fly to a delivery origin after the delivery deposit is paid;
- use image data and weight data respectively collected by a camera and a weight sensor of the drone to calculate a delivery cost of a package, wherein the image data comprise information whether the package, based on its size, is deliverable by the drone;
- request to repack the package when it is determined that the drone is unable to deliver the package based on the collected image data and the collected weight data;
- and
- control the drone to return without returning the delivery deposit to the customer, according to a first implementation, when it is determined that the customer refuses to allow repacking or that the delivery request is cancelled.
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