# US 12,223,462 B2 · Drone delivery device for use with a drone delivery service and methods for use therewith > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,223,462 B2 - Document ID: US12223462B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/544,642 - Filed: 2023-12-19 - Published: 2024-05-02 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2014-02-17 - Applicants: Bruce E. Stuckman; Judith Lynn Stuckman; Katherine C. Stuckman - Inventors: Bruce E. Stuckman; Judith Lynn Stuckman; Katherine C. Stuckman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223462B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/0832: Special goods or special handling procedures, e.g. handling of hazardous or fragile goods - G01S 1/00: Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmitters; Receivers co-operating therewith (position fixing by co-ordinating a plurality of determinations of direction or position lines G01S5/00) - G01S 1/02: using radio waves (G01S19/00 takes precedence) - G01S 1/0428: {Signal details} - G01S 1/68: Marker, boundary, call-sign, or like beacons transmitting signals not carrying directional information - G01S 1/7034: {Mounting or deployment thereof} - G01S 1/7038: {Signal details} - G01S 5/0284: {Relative positioning} - G01S 19/14: specially adapted for specific applications - G06Q 10/083: Shipping - G06Q 10/0833: Tracking - G06Q 10/0835: Relationships between shipper or supplier and carriers - G06Q 30/0609: {Qualifying participants for shopping transactions (payment transaction verification G06Q20/401)} - G06Q 30/0619: {Neutral agent} - G06T 19/006: {Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00)} - H04N 23/63: by using electronic viewfinders - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - G01S 19/485: {whereby the further system is an optical system or imaging system} - G01S 2201/01: adapted for specific applications or environments - H03M 13/1102: {Codes on graphs and decoding on graphs, e.g. low-density parity check [LDPC] codes} - H04L 9/3226: {using a predetermined code, e.g. password, passphrase or PIN (network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using passwords in a packet data network H04L63/083)} - H04N 21/2542: {for selling goods, e.g. TV shopping (payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12)} - H04N 21/478: Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H03M: CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL (using fluidic means F15C4/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F7/00; coding, decoding or code conversion, specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. G01D, G01R, G06F, G06T, G09G, G10L, G11B, G11C, H04B, H04L, H04M, H04N; ciphering or deciphering for cryptography or other purposes involving the need for secrecy G09C) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A system can be used with a drone delivery service that facilitates a service delivery via at least one drone delivery device. The system includes a code generator configured to generate beacon data that identifies a subscriber. A beacon generator is configured to generate a wireless homing beacon that indicates the beacon data, wherein the wireless homing beacon is detectable by the at least one drone delivery device to facilitate the service delivery to the subscriber by the drone delivery device at a location selected by the subscriber and a network interface is configured to communicate via a network. The system receives delivery image data captured after the service delivery by the drone delivery device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A drone delivery device for use with a drone delivery service that facilitates a service delivery, the drone delivery device comprising: an aerial drone structure configured for service delivery via autonomous flight; a beacon receiver configured to receive a wireless homing beacon transmitted from a beacon device as a radio frequency (RF) signal that designates a desired delivery location at a service address selected by a subscriber, wherein the wireless homing beacon is modulated by beacon data that identifies the subscriber and includes a pseudo random code sequence generated by a code generator that is recognized by the drone delivery device to authenticate the delivery; and wherein the wireless homing beacon is received by the beacon receiver to facilitate the service delivery to the subscriber by the drone delivery device at the desired delivery location at the service address selected by the subscriber; an image capture device configured to generate delivery image data captured after the service delivery; and a transmitter configured to transmit the delivery image data captured after the service delivery. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The drone delivery device of claim 1, wherein the code generator includes a linear feedback shift register that generates the pseudo random code sequence. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The drone delivery device of claim 1, wherein the code generator includes a security token module that generates a rolling sequence of encryption codes and wherein the beacon data includes at least one of the rolling sequence of encryption codes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The drone delivery device of claim 1, wherein the beacon data further includes a low density parity check code. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The drone delivery device of claim 1, wherein the wireless homing beacon uniquely indicates the subscriber. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The drone delivery device of claim 1 wherein the beacon receiver includes a directional beam antenna that is utilized to home in on a location of the beacon device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The drone delivery device of claim 6, wherein the beacon receiver utilizes the directional beam antenna to home in on the location of the beacon device based on an estimate of distance and direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The drone delivery device of claim 1, where the drone delivery device is guided by the wireless homing beacon to a delivery mat. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The drone delivery device of claim 1, wherein the drone delivery device sends the delivery image data to an access point at the service address that forwards the delivery image data received from the drone delivery device to a client device associated with the subscriber. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The drone delivery device of claim 1, wherein the delivery image data includes an image of a package at the location corresponding to the service delivery. ### Claim 11 A method for use with a drone delivery device associated with a drone delivery service that facilitates a service delivery for service delivery via autonomous flight, the method comprising: receiving, via a beacon receiver, receive a wireless homing beacon transmitted from a beacon device as a radio frequency (RF) signal that designates a desired delivery location at a service address selected by a subscriber, wherein the wireless homing beacon is modulated by beacon data that identifies the subscriber and includes a pseudo random code sequence generated by a code generator that is recognized by the drone delivery device to authenticate the delivery; and wherein the wireless homing beacon is received by the beacon receiver to facilitate the service delivery to the subscriber by the drone delivery device at the desired delivery location at the service address selected by the subscriber; capturing, via an image capture device, delivery image data after the service delivery; and transmitting, via a transmitter, the delivery image data captured after the service delivery. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the code generator includes a linear feedback shift register that generates the pseudo random code sequence. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the code generator includes a security token module that generates a rolling sequence of encryption codes and wherein the beacon data includes at least one of the rolling sequence of encryption codes. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the beacon data further includes a low density parity check code. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the wireless homing beacon uniquely indicates the subscriber. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the beacon receiver includes a directional beam antenna that is utilized to home in on a location of the beacon device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the beacon receiver utilizes the directional beam antenna to home in on the location of the beacon device based on an estimate of distance and direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, where the drone delivery device is guided by the wireless homing beacon to a delivery mat. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the drone delivery device sends the delivery image data to an access point at the service address that forwards the delivery image data received from the drone delivery device to a client device associated with the subscriber. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the delivery image data includes an image of a package at the location corresponding to the service delivery.