Patent Document ID: 9898638
Application ID: 15004142
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: processing at least one image captured by an image capture device of a delivery drone to identify at least one optical marker contained in the image, the optical marker displaying at least one machine readable optical label, or alphanumeric characters, indicating a cargo recipient; responsive to identifying the optical marker contained in the image, performing, using a processor, image processing on the image to generate data corresponding to the machine readable optical label or alphanumeric characters; determining whether the data corresponding to the machine readable optical label or alphanumeric characters corresponds to an intended cargo recipient of a cargo being carried by the delivery drone; and responsive to determining that the data corresponding to the machine readable optical label or alphanumeric characters corresponds to the intended cargo recipient of the cargo being carried by the delivery drone, determining a first specific location at a general location by processing the image, wherein the optical marker indicates the first specific location and the first specific location is different than a second specific location where the optical marker is positioned at the general location, and initiating the delivery drone to deliver the cargo at the first specific location indicated by the optical marker.