RU2734927C1 - System for accurate delivery by drones with identification of a recipient's personality - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: transportation.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to logistics, namely, to systems for delivering cargoes to a recipient using drones and using smartphones for identification of a recipient's personality. Container delivery system using a drone, including container dispatching center, drone equipped with navigation module, direction-finding module, accurate landing sensor and container fastening device, smartphone with installed on it application, mobile radio beacon of circular radiation with built-in wireless communication system for interaction with smartphone and drone. Drone can be directed along the satellite system using a navigation module and can detect the radio beacon and land on it using the direction-finding module.

EFFECT: providing fast and accurate delivery of containers to a recipient by using a radio beacon, as well as identification of a recipient's identity by telephone number.

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Description

The invention relates to the field of logistics, namely to systems for delivering goods to the recipient using drones and using smartphones to identify the identity of the recipient.

From the prior art, there is a known delivery method using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) -Prime Air, implemented by Amazon (https://habr.com/ru/company/pochtoy/blog/455194/.). The method generally describes delivery using UAVs, where first the user ID is fixed, then the place in the yard to which the parcel or goods will be delivered is determined, and after receiving the order from the user, the UAV is sent using the navigation system. The described method is not suitable for use in a large city with apartment buildings, since most urban residents do not have their own land plot, and therefore, delivery to a resident of an apartment building in the described way becomes impossible.

A known container delivery system using a drone (RU 2646689, IPC В64С 39/02, published 03/06/2018), containing drones, distribution centers, points of delivery in the form of automated post stations located at a distance from the distribution center corresponding to the flight path of the drone without recharging, as well as a control center with software for setting and optimizing flight routes for the drone and monitoring the location of the drone.

A known delivery system using a drone (US 2016185466, IPC В64С 39/02, published on June 30, 2016), which contains many docking stations and many UAVs - drones. The drone is in touch with the docking station, delivers the package to its destination, receives the package from the point of delivery, charges the drone across the entire docking station network. Logistics software controls delivery and surveillance. The wireless device provides communication between the drone and the docking station. Indicator lights show the status of the package and the operational status of the UAV. A motion detector detects UAVs to regulate access for loading / unloading and docking.

However, the known technical solutions are guided by GPS coordinates when delivering cargo to the recipient, which is extremely difficult to implement in large cities or wooded areas. Due to a GPS error of about 10 m, it is extremely difficult to deliver the goods to a specific recipient's door. Also, the recipient will not be able to receive the goods online. To do this, he will have to look for the nearest pick-up point.

The objective of the invention is to create a convenient in operation system for the delivery of containers with cargo.

The technical result of the claimed invention is to ensure fast and accurate delivery of containers to the recipient through the use of a radio beacon, as well as identification of the recipient's identity by phone number.

The specified technical result is achieved by a container delivery system using a drone, including a container dispatch center, a drone equipped with a navigation module, a direction finding module, a precision landing sensor and a container fastening device, a smartphone with an application installed on it, a mobile circular radiation beacon with a built-in wireless communication system for interaction with a smartphone and a drone, and the drone is made with the possibility of orientation by the satellite system using the navigation module and with the ability to detect the radio beacon and land on it using the direction finding module.

The essence of the invention is illustrated by drawings, where FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a container delivery system; FIG. 2 shows the interaction of the drone with a radio beacon.

The container delivery system (Fig. 1) contains a dispatch center 1 interacting with a drone 2, which is connected via a satellite navigation system, for example GPS, GLONASS, to the container delivery place. At the delivery point, a radio beacon 3 with a built-in wireless communication system is installed to interact with a smartphone 4 and send a positioning signal to the drone. Smartphone 4, through the application installed on it, is also connected to the dispatch center 1.

The dispatch center can be a shop, cafe, warehouse, etc. The drone is equipped with a device for attaching a container with cargo. The radio beacon can be made in the form of a device installed in the case, which includes a circular radiation module, a wireless communication module, a battery, and an on / off button.

In general, all the blocks included in the system can be implemented according to known technical solutions that do not require fundamental revision.

The proposed system delivers a container as follows.

1. The recipient, using the application installed on the smartphone 4, makes an order to the dispatch center 1.

2. The operator of the dispatch center sends to the recipient's smartphone 4 the activation code of the radio beacon 3.

3. The recipient, using the application, activates the radio beacon that he has, which will begin to emit a certain code that matches the code of the drone's direction finding module, and installs it on a level ground, while the recipient is identified in the sending center.

4. The operator of the dispatch center sends the container 3 by drone 2 to the recipient at the address or coordinates received by the satellite navigation system.

5. The drone flies to the recipient at the address or specified coordinates using the navigation module installed on it.

6. When the drone reaches the intermediate position 5 (Fig. 2), the direction finding module installed on the drone detects the radio beacon 3 and fixes its position in area 6, determined taking into account the navigation system error (5-10 m).

7. The drone lands on the radio beacon using a precision landing sensor, and due to the connection of the smartphone through the application installed on it with the dispatch center 1 and the radio beacon 3, the recipient's smartphone number is identified.

Examples of specific implementation of the invention.

1. It is necessary to deliver to the consumer a container with food from the dispatch center of his choice (cafe, restaurant). The consumer uses the application installed on his smartphone to place an order and make a payment. At the same time, its location is automatically recorded through the application, the coordinates of which are sent to the cafe. The café then sends the beacon activation code to the recipient. The recipient activates the beacon and places it on a level area near their location, such as a park bench. A cafe employee fixes a container with food on the drone, sets the recipient's coordinates to the navigation module installed on the drone, and gives the command to send the drone. The drone flies on the satellite navigation system to the specified coordinates. Upon reaching the specified coordinates, the drone, using the direction finding module, detects a radio beacon, fixes its position and lands on it. The container is automatically disconnected, after which the drone flies away.

2. It is necessary to deliver the victim's blood to the accident site for transfusion from the blood transfusion station. An ambulance doctor, equipped with a radio beacon, uses an application on a smartphone to order blood of the required group. At the same time, its location is automatically recorded through the application, the coordinates of which are sent to the blood transfusion station. The employee of the blood transfusion station sends the activation code of the radio beacon to the smartphone through the application installed on it. The doctor turns on the radio beacon, activates it using the received code and sets it on a level spot near his location. At the blood transfusion station, a container with blood is fixed on the drone, the coordinates of the doctor are assigned to the navigation module installed on the drone, and a command is given to send the drone. The drone flies on the satellite navigation system to the specified coordinates. Upon reaching the specified coordinates, the drone, using the direction finding module, detects a radio beacon, fixes its position and lands on it. The container with blood is automatically disconnected, after which the drone flies away.

Thus, the claimed invention allows for fast and accurate delivery of the container with the cargo to the recipient, as well as for the identification of the recipient's identity by phone number. This makes the proposed container delivery system easy to operate.

Claims (1)

A container delivery system using a drone, including a container dispatch center, a drone equipped with a navigation module, a direction finding module, a precision landing sensor and container attachment device, a smartphone with an application installed on it, a mobile circular radiation beacon with a built-in wireless communication system for interacting with a smartphone and a drone, and the drone is configured to orientate along a satellite system using a navigation module and to detect a radio beacon and land on it using a direction finding module.

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