Patent ID: 9704409
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B64C,B64D,B64F,G06Q,G08G

Claim:
1. A method of operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising: determining, by a processor of the UAV, whether to dock on a vehicle to reach a UAV destination; identifying, by the processor, one or more candidate vehicles for docking in response to determining to dock on the vehicle; determining, by the processor, travel profile characteristics of the one or more candidate vehicles, wherein the travel profile characteristics of each of the one or more candidate vehicles identify at least a vehicle destination of a respective candidate vehicle or a vehicle route to the vehicle destination; selecting, from among the one or more candidate vehicles, a first vehicle having the vehicle destination or the vehicle route that is compatible with the UAV destination or a UAV route to the UAV destination, respectively; and docking the UAV with the first vehicle.