公开(公告)号：US20180053139A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-22

申请号：US15798949

申请日：2017-10-31

Applicant: Ingar LLC

Inventor： Nicolaas STOMAN

IPC: G06Q10/08

CPC classification number: G06Q10/083 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/18 ,  G05D1/0676

Abstract: An aerial drone parcel delivery/transfer management server (ADPTMS) is configured for facilitating flexible management of aerial drone parcel deliveries to or transfers between aerial drone landing pads (ADLPs). Each ADLP has a corresponding ADLP address that includes a unique ADLP identifier (e.g., a manufacturing serial number); current or most-recently known ADLP geolocation data (e.g., 2D or 3D geospatial coordinates); and possibly current or most-recently known ADLP elevation data. The ADPTMS can communicate with order management/fulfillment servers associated with online stores, which can communicate with aerial drone parcel delivery/transfer services for dispatching aerial drones to particular ADLP addresses as part of fulfilling online orders. An ADLP can present a machine readable code such as a quick response (QR) code thereon (e.g., on a landing mat) that can be captured by an aerial drone and processed to verify the ADLP's identity. An ADLP can output local RF guiding signals and/or local optical guiding signals (e.g., infrared signals) to aid aerial drone navigation to the ADLP.