Intelligent pod management and transport
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Oct 15, 2019
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Nov 8, 2018
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Jul 5, 2018
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Sep 9, 2016
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An exchange station has openings for drones, a passenger check-in/check-out bay for processing passengers, a drone connect/release bay, having apparatus adapted to manage passenger pods mounted on smart chassis, and a computerized control system in wireless communication with control circuitry in the drones and smart chassis, guiding smart chassis with mounted passenger pods and drones, to make the exchange of pods from the smart chassis to drones. A passenger entering the passenger check-in bay is loaded into a pod mounted on a smart chassis, the pod with passenger is transported to the drone-connect/release bay, and the pod is there joined to a bare drone and disconnected from the smart chassis, the drone leaving with the passenger pod to a destination, and the smart chassis traveling away from the drone connect-release bay.
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- H02J:CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR D....
- B64F:GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS
- B62D:MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
- B60P:VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRA....
- B61B:RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE ....
- B60L:ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-P....
- E04H:BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOS....
- B60M:POWER SUPPLY LINES, OR DEVICES ALONG RAILS, FOR EL....
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