Unmanned aerial vehicle camera calibration as part of departure or arrival at a materials handling facility

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PATENT NO 9972212
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15188904

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This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for automating the verification of aerial vehicle sensors as part of a pre-flight, flight departure, in-transit flight, and/or delivery destination calibration verification process. At different stages, aerial vehicle sensors may obtain sensor measurements about objects within an environment, the obtained measurements may be processed to determine information about the object, as presented in the measurements, and the processed information may be compared with the actual information about the object to determine a variation or difference between the information. If the variation is within a tolerance range, the sensor may be auto adjusted and operation of the aerial vehicle may continue. If the variation exceeds a correction range, flight of the aerial vehicle may be aborted and the aerial vehicle routed for a full sensor calibration.

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AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INCPO BOX 8102 RENO NV 89507

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Barash, Benji Hertfordshire, GB 2 37
Buchmueller, Daniel Seattle, US 80 2648
Schoenberg, Yves Albers Cambridge, GB 5 41
Sperindeo, Samuel Cambridge, GB 4 55

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