Landing of unmanned aerial vehicles in moving transportation vehicles for transportation

摘要

An unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) (400) flying to a destination (eg, to deliver goods) arrives at a transport vehicle (eg, delivery truck, etc.) (201) for temporary transport. Good. A contract with the owner of the transport vehicle (eg, shipping carrier) may be concluded to obtain consent for landing and to determine compensation for landing associated and available for landing Transportation vehicles may be identified by markers on the roof or other identification techniques. The route of the transport vehicle (201) may be known and may be utilized to determine where the UAV (400) will land on the transport vehicle (201) and take off from the transport vehicle (201) (e.g., In an emergency (due to low battery level, mechanical issues, etc.), the UAV (400) may land on the transport vehicle (201) for later retrieval. [Selection] Figure 8