Amazon
is clearly not giving up on their plans to launch their Drone Deliver Service PrimeAir,
despite the restrictive rules laid down by the FAA (Federal Aviation Authority)
as noted in my blog
article entitled “ FAA's
Regulations for Drones - How UAS Benefit American Economy despite Restrictive
FAA Regulations by 2016”.
A
recent
Patent Application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office by
Amazon reveals their vision for Amazon PrimeAir, which involves Drones
delivering packages to you within thirty (30) minutes as noted in the article “Amazon
Drone patent application imagines delivery that comes to you with one click”,
published May 12, 2015 by Rene Marsh, CNN.
I
already understood what Amazon PrimeAir envisioned in a previous blog article
entitled “Amazon
plans to launch Amazon PrimeAir, their 30 minute Drone Package Delivery Service
for Amazon Prime users - Playing Catch-up as Mailpak launches DealBug in
Jamaica”; delivery of 5Kg Packages in under 30 minutes to your home.
But
as Amazon is getting closer and closer to receiving permission from the FAA to
test out the Drones that are a part of Amazon PrimeAir, the patent files with
the U.S. Patent and Trademark office reveals a very ambitious Drone Delivery
systems as detailed in the article “Amazon’s
Drones revealed in patent”, published May 10, 2015 by Michael Rundle, Ars Technica.
Amazon’s Patent for Amazon
PrimeAir – How Swarm Intelligence will pilot Semi-Autonomous Drones
For
one, their autonomous Drone System would deliver packages to you not just at
your home, but anywhere you happen to be under thirty (30) minutes, even if
that location if out at sea.
The
customer would select to have that option, called “Bring It To Me” on their
smartphone and the Amazon Drone would then leave the fulfillment center with
your package.
It
would then navigate its way to you, using the GPS data from your smartphone, drawing on information from a fleet
of other Amazon PrimeAir Drones, specially designed to carry out specialized flying
tasks. The special Drones, which would be area, would be able to relay weather
and wind conditions as well as other obstacles and dangers in the area.
It
would also use technology such as LIDAR, Sonar and Radar to detect moving
objects and avoid collisions, making decisions as it flies, very similar to the
Drones being tested under Google X Labs
Project Wing a described in my blog article
entitled “Google
X Labs Project Wing - How to own a Global Satellite based Semi-Autonomous VTOL Drone
Delivery Service”.
This
is basically Swarm Artificial Intelligence, similar to the logic used by Ants,
in which the Drones constantly update a server via a Wireless Network on the
conditions around them. The Server then routes that data to the other Amazon PrimeAir
Drone that are a part of the Swarm Network, allowing them to coordinate their
flight patterns.
Thus,
each Drone benefits from the knowledge from the others, allowing the Amazon PrimeAir
System of Drones to fly safely and without incident.
Amazon PrimeAir up
close – Personal Touch with Call Center Agent via Private White Space Network
According
to the Patent
Filing, once the Drones is close to you, it'll hand over control to a
remote entity controller who will pilot the Drone close enough to the person to
make the delivery. More interestingly, a Call Center Agent may be patched
though to the Drone, possibly using White Space Frequencies to speak to the
persons directly.
This
feature is reminiscent of Delft University of Technology's Alec Momont and how
his Rapid Ambulance Drone works as noted in my blog article
entitled “Rapid
Response Ambulance Drone developed by Delft University of Technology's Alec
Momont - How a Flying Tricopter with a Defibrillator can save lives”.
If
this is Amazon's idea for PrimeAir, it is certainly more ambitious than
Alibaba's PR stunt to deliver Green Tea to residents in Shanghai as reported in
my blog article
entitled “Alibaba
and Drones Deliveries – Three day Ginger Tea Taobao Drone Delivery Test of AI Drones
in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou”.
Technically
speaking, if I’m reading this Patent
Application right, Amazon PrimeAir will basically stalk you and find you
and deliver your package to you, no matter where you are as noted in the
article “Amazon
Drones Find You Anywhere to Deliver Package”, published MAY 12, 2015 BY
GLENN MCDONALD, Discovery.
But
not only that, Amazon may also be ready to launch their own Telecom Network, as
in order to maintain control of their Drones out of sight of the operators in a
central NOC and patch through to a Call Center Agent, they’d have to have their
own Private Network.
Most
likely, they’ll be using a Network based on White Space Frequencies, which are
in the process of being liberalized in the US of A as well as in England as
reported in my blog
article entitled “OfCom
approves White Spaces usage in Britain - Why Digital Switch Over in Jamaica is
Necessary for Unlicensed White Space Frequencies”.
Amazon
will soon be testing in the US of a once the FAA give them permission, allowing
them to take their testing thus far in Canada to the US of A.
Hopefully,
before 2015 had ended, Drone Deliveries will be a part of Amazon's system,
making a Call Center's Agent's promise to an Amazon Prime customer of a
delivery within 1 day or less a promise that the EMC3 (Earth Most
Customer Centric Company) can swear by.
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