Patent Document ID: 20170213062
Application ID: 15004142
Patent Status: 0

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 specific location by processing the image, wherein the optical marker indicates the specific location and the specific location is different than a location where the optical marker is positioned, and initiating the delivery drone to deliver the cargo at the specific location indicated by the optical marker.