# US 2023/0367334 A1 · Rotorcraft landing device

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- Number: US 2023/0367334 A1
- Document ID: US20230367334A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/349,776
- Filed: 2023-07-10
- Published: 2023-11-16
- Earliest claimed: 2018-01-05
- Assignees: Aeronext Inc.
- Applicants: Aeronext Inc.
- Inventors: Youichi SUZUKI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230367334A1

## CPC

- G05D 1/0676: {specially adapted for landing}
- A47G 29/14: Deposit receptacles for food, e.g. breakfast, milk {, or large parcels}; Similar receptacles for {food or} large parcels with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles {, i.e. food or large parcels}
- B64C 13/20: using radiated signals
- B64D 1/12: Releasing
- B64D 45/04: Landing aids; Safety measures to prevent collision with earth's surface
- B64F 1/32: for handling freight
- B64U 10/10: Rotorcrafts
- B64U 10/13: Flying platforms
- B64U 30/21: Rotary wings
- B64U 50/30: Supply or distribution of electrical power
- G05D 1/102: {specially adapted for vertical take-off of aircraft}
- G05D 1/654: Landing (docking at a base station G05D1/661)
- G05D 1/6545: {during descent or approach phase}
- G08G 5/54: for approach or landing
- G08G 5/55: for a single aircraft
- G08G 5/57: for unmanned aircraft
- A47G 2029/1221: {comprising means to detect or prevent a terrorist attack, e.g. to detect anthrax-laced letters}
- B64U 2101/30: for imaging, photography or videography
- B64U 2101/64: for parcel delivery or retrieval
- B64U 2201/10: autonomous, i.e. by navigating independently from ground or air stations, e.g. by using inertial navigation systems [INS]
- B64U 2201/20: Remote controls
- G06Q 10/0832: Special goods or special handling procedures, e.g. handling of hazardous or fragile goods
- G06Q 10/08355: {Routing methods}
- G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)
- B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
- B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
- B64F: GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B64U: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})
- 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

## Abstract

A drone loaded with a package takes off from a takeoff device and uses a GPS system to fly to a user house that is a delivery destination of the package as the destination. Further, when the drone approaches the user house that is the destination, the flight of the drones is switched from autonomous navigation using the GPS system to remote control performed by a landing device and an in-house control device installed in the user house. The drone lands on the landing device by remote control from the landing device and the in-house control device, separates the package, and then returns to the warehouse using the GPS system and lands on the takeoff device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A delivery system using a flying object, comprising;
a management system; and
an in-warehouse control device provided at the destination,
wherein the management system acquires information regarding delivery requests for packages and sends delivery notifications to the in-warehouse control device based on the delivery requests,
wherein the in-warehouse control device acquires response information pertaining to the response to the delivery notification and transmits it to the management system,
wherein the delivery notification includes a drone ID identifying the flying object,
wherein the in-warehouse control device receives information pertaining to the drone ID transmitted by the flying object, which is the drone carrying the packages, enters the area within a threshold distance of the destination; and transmits a signal to the flying object based on the received information indicating the switch of control over the flying object to be controlled by the in-warehouse control device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The delivery system according to claim 1,
wherein the management system comprises a route database that contains route data indicating the route from the warehouse, which is the departure point of the flying object, to the user house, which is the destination; and, when the delivery request is received, calculates the route data based on the route database and updates the route database.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The delivery system according to claim 2, further comprising:
a weather database that contains weather data sent from the destination.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The delivery system according to claim 1,
wherein the in-warehouse control device displays information contained in the received delivery notification on a display device at the user house.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The delivery system according to claim 1,
wherein the in-warehouse control device transmits the information contained in the received delivery notification to the user's mobile device and displays the information on the mobile device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The delivery system according to claim 1,
wherein the landing device is installed at the destination; and
wherein the flying object lands on the landing device through remote control from the in-warehouse control device.

### Claim 7

A delivery method using a flying object, comprising;
a management system; and
an in-warehouse control device provided at the destination,
wherein the management system acquires information regarding delivery requests for packages and sends delivery notifications to the in-warehouse control device based on the delivery requests,
wherein the in-warehouse control device acquires response information pertaining to the response to the delivery notification and transmits it to the management system,
wherein the delivery notification includes a drone ID identifying the flying object,
wherein the in-warehouse control device receives information pertaining to the drone ID transmitted by the flying object, which is the drone carrying the packages, enters the area within a threshold distance of the destination; and transmits a signal to the flying object based on the received information indicating the switch of control over the flying object to be controlled by the in-warehouse control device.