Amazon wins new patent for drone express parcel: tag built-in parachute

According to GeekWire, Amazon has obtained a new patent for U.S. Patent Trademark Office drone express parcel "tag built-in parachute", which can help a soft landing of parcels in the air, or be used by Amazon in the future. Prime Air drone express service. It is reported that Amazon has been making efforts to promote the delivery of drones for several years. The patent was submitted by August senior technology project manager Jon Hanlon in August 2015. The approved patent related documents were recently disclosed.

The relevant patent documents show that this system can be built into the label of a drone express parcel, with built-in sensors and a folding parachute, detachable packaging, and a large parcel can also be installed with a number of tags built-in parachute, parachute bar code, QR Code, delivery address, coupon, etc.

When the drone approaches the delivery site, the express parcels of the built-in parachute can be directly controlled and released in the air, so that the delivery process can be completed automatically without the need for the delivery drone to land at the designated location, thereby improving the delivery delivery efficiency.

This patent application also shows that Amazon is considering other drone delivery plans, including drone delivery from a flying warehouse or connecting multiple drone delivery systems to create a super drone delivery system. . At the end of last year, Amazon began trial drone delivery service in the UK and completed the Prime Air drone delivery test for the first time in California in March this year. Amazon's drone delivery technology has also appeared in Super Bowl advertisements.