Patent ID: 11905014
Assignee: WING AVIATION LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 23:
24. A method for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating at a terminal area from which the UAVs are staged, the method comprising:
charging a plurality of the UAVs on charging pads disposed in a staging array at the terminal area, wherein merchant facilities adapted for preparing packages for delivery by the UAVs are disposed peripheral to the staging array along one or more sides of the staging array;
relocating the UAVs under their own propulsion from interior charging pads of the charging pads in the staging array to peripheral loading pads of the staging array as the peripheral loading pads are deemed available to receive the UAVs and the UAVs reach one or more threshold charge levels associated with readiness for delivery missions;
in response to one of the merchant facilities indicating that a first package of the packages is deemed ready for delivery, identifying a first UAV of the UAVs disposed on one of the peripheral loading pads, wherein the first UAV is assigned to accept the first package for delivery; and
synchronizing a takeoff of the first UAV with an approach of a merchant attendant that loads the first UAV with the first package.