Patent ID: 11961408
Assignee: METAL RAPTOR INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H  B | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for delivering a package using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
communicating with the UAV via one or more wireless networks;
maintaining data in association with a flight of the UAV during delivery of the package;
controlling the UAV based on the maintained data, air traffic, and a signal strength between the UAV and the one or more networks, and adjusting a flight path of the UAV in response to at least one of signal degradation and signal loss between the UAV and the one or more wireless networks;
obtaining at least one image chosen from a photograph and a video of a delivery location;
selecting a delivery technique based on the at least one image obtained, wherein the delivery technique causes the UAV to deliver the package via a tether; p1 determining a delivery zone within the delivery location to deliver the package based on the at lesat one image obtained; and
delivering the package to the delivery zone using the delivery technique selected.