On the afternoon of January 27th, Beijing time, Google’s secret drone distribution project will include a component that can safely save packages.
The company's patent application filed in the United States on Tuesday described a "distribution container" that can be installed on "airfare equipment" for safe storage of parcels.
The container will use an infrared beacon to connect to the aerial drone and then direct the drone to deliver the package.
Patent documents show that the courier container will then send the package to a safe place such as a garage. However, this patent document does not disclose the nature of the dispensing container.
A Google X department spokesperson declined to comment.
The patent gives the outside world a glimpse into a plan that Google has explored since 2012. The project's head, Dave Vos, said in November that the company would begin delivering packages in 2017.
The project, called Project Wing, was first announced in August 2014 through a YouTube video that showed the company's field test in Australia. In the United States, the company also conducted tests with the NASA Ames Research Center.
Both Google's parent companies Alphabet and Amazon are trying to use drones to deliver, but they still have to wait for the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue final rules for commercial drones. It is expected that these regulations will be announced this year.
The FAA's drone special team has introduced a registration system for amateur drones, requiring drones weighing between 0.5 and 55 pounds to be registered. By the beginning of January this year, a total of 181,610 drones had been registered.
Voss said at the CES earlier this month that the current regulations are sufficient to allow drone operations.
“I think the need to add additional regulatory measures is small,†he said. “We don’t need new regulations, just allow drones to go to heaven.â€
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