Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unmanned aircraft systems and methods
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Application No.: US15460578Application Date: 2017-03-16
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Publication No.: US10269255B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Donald R. High , David C. Winkle
- Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AR Bentonville
- Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Main IPC: B60L3/00
- IPC: B60L3/00 ; G08G5/00 ; B64C39/02 ; G05D1/00 ; G05D1/02 ; G05D1/10

Abstract:
Some embodiments provide a system to identify geographic zones into which unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are inhibited from flying. In some instances, the system detects, while the UAS is in flight and traveling along a flight path to a delivery location where the UAS is scheduled to deliver a package, a no fly zone (NFZ) into which the UAS is to avoid flying; obtains a revised flight path to the delivery location that includes a detour route around the no fly zone; directs the motor controller to control the motors to implement the revised flight path; and detects when the UAS is at a threshold distance from the delivery location and initiate delivery of the package.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170270803A1 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2017-09-21
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