Multifunctional motorized box and landing pad for automatic drone package delivery

Abstract

The invention consists of an actuated box and navigation aid for automatic delivery by unmanned vehicles (UAV) or drones. It also incorporates delivery information via the web linking orders, enclosure status, package specific drone homing signals, delivery confirmations and more. This system incorporates a novel and effective means for providing a standardized and predicable area for safe landing during delivery by functionalized drones. It also secures the package from theft, vandalism, animals and the weather and provides features necessary for air-traffic management.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A multifunctional box and landing pad network for monitoring an extended airspace, the multifunctional box and landing pad network comprising:
 a plurality of multifunctional box and landing pad configured for automatic package delivery using an unmanned aircraft vehicle, each one of the plurality of multifunctional box and landing pad being positioned in a specific spatial location and monitoring a corresponding local airspace, the sum of the local airspace of each one of the plurality of multifunctional box and landing pad defining the extended airspace, each one of the plurality of multifunctional box and landing pad comprising:
 a RF spectrum analyzer scanning a surrounding of the corresponding multifunctional box and landing pad to monitor a corresponding airspace thereof, the RF spectrum analyzer acquiring RF identifiers of identified unmanned aircraft vehicle and defining a RF power spectrum of the corresponding local airspace, the RF identifiers of identified unmanned aircraft vehicle and the RF power spectrum of the corresponding airspace defining RF spectrum data; and 
 a data communication system at least periodically transmitting the RF spectrum data to a remote central processing unit over a network; 
   wherein the remote central processing unit is configured to process the RF spectrum data from the plurality of multifunctional box and landing pad and to generate extended RF spectrum data of the extended airspace to perform air traffic regulation of the extended airspace in a centralized manner, based on the extended RF spectrum data.   
     
     
         2 . The multifunctional box and landing pad network of  claim 1 , wherein the RF spectrum analyzer of each one of the plurality of multifunctional box and landing pad comprises a wide band RF spectrum scanner. 
     
     
         3 . The multifunctional box and landing pad network of  claim 1 , wherein the RF spectrum analyzer of each one of the plurality of multifunctional box and landing pad is configured to acquire at least one of a standard ID of each identified unmanned aircraft vehicle and a RF power usage of each unidentified unmanned aircraft in the corresponding local airspace to define the RF spectrum data. 
     
     
         4 . The multifunctional box and landing pad network of  claim 3 , wherein the data communication system of each one of the plurality of multifunctional box and landing pad is configured to continuously transmit the RF spectrum data to the remote central processing unit over the network. 
     
     
         5 . The multifunctional box and landing pad network of  claim 4 , wherein the remote central processing unit is configured to acquire a signature of each identified unmanned aircraft vehicle and unidentified unmanned aircraft vehicle located in the extended airspace and determine the position of each unmanned aircraft vehicle by triangulation based on the extended RF spectrum data. 
     
     
         6 . An air traffic regulation system of an extended airspace for unmanned aircraft vehicle, the air traffic regulation system comprising:
 a central processing unit; and   a plurality of remote multifunctional box and landing pad configured for automatic package delivery using an unmanned aircraft vehicle each positioned in a specific spatial location associated to a local airspace, each multifunctional box and landing pad being in data communication with the central processing unit over a network and comprising;   a RF spectrum analyzer scanning the local airspace to acquire RF spectrum data including RF identifiers of identified unmanned aircraft vehicle and defining a RF power spectrum of the local airspace; and   a data communication system at least periodically transmitting the RF spectrum data to the central processing unit over the network;   wherein the remote central processing unit is configured to process the RF spectrum data from the plurality of remote multifunctional box and landing pad and to generate extended RF spectrum data of the extended airspace to perform air traffic regulation of the extended airspace in a centralized manner, based on the extended RF spectrum data.   
     
     
         7 . The air traffic regulation system of  claim 6 , wherein the RF spectrum analyzer of each one of the plurality of remote multifunctional box and landing pad comprises a wide band RF spectrum scanner. 
     
     
         8 . The air traffic regulation system of  claim 6 , wherein the RF spectrum analyzer of each one of the plurality of remote multifunctional box and landing pad is configured to acquire at least one of a standard ID of each identified unmanned aircraft vehicle and a RF power usage of each unidentified unmanned aircraft in the corresponding local airspace to define the RF spectrum data. 
     
     
         9 . The air traffic regulation system of  claim 8 , wherein the data communication system of each one of the plurality of remote multifunctional box and landing pad is configured to continuously transmit the RF spectrum data to the remote central processing unit over the network. 
     
     
         10 . The air traffic regulation system of  claim 9 , wherein the remote central processing unit is configured to acquire a signature of each identified unmanned aircraft vehicle and unidentified unmanned aircraft vehicle located in the extended airspace and determine the position of each unmanned aircraft vehicle by triangulation based on the extended RF spectrum data.