SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING A BACKUP NAVIGATIONAL TOOL FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES DELIVERING MERCHANDISE

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SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING A BACKUP NAVIGATIONAL TOOL FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES DELIVERING MERCHANDISE

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CANTRELL ROBERT L

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to delivering merchandise using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In some embodiments, there is provided a system including: a UAV having a motorized flight system, a storage area, a transceiver, an imaging, and a GPS tracking device; a memory device for storing position coordinates of the UAV; a flight simulator database including storing geographic and landscape features along the UAV's flight path; and a control circuit configured to: navigate the UAV using GPS, store position coordinates, capture image sequences of the geographic and landscape features, and if the GPS fails to provide accurate position information, communicate with the flight simulator database, calculate a predicted position for the UAV, compare the image sequences with images from the flight simulator database, and determine the actual position of the UAV if individual images in the image sequences match images from the flight simulator database.

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Title :

SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING A BACKUP NAVIGATIONAL TOOL FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES DELIVERING MERCHANDISE

Contributors:

CANTRELL ROBERT L (author)

Publication date :

2018-12-27

Type of media :

Patent

Type of material :

Electronic Resource

Language :

English

Classification :

IPC:

G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / G06V