ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,155, issued on Oct. 21.
"System for the management of loading and unloading operations of UAV" was invented by Francesco Ricci (Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for directing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with respect to virtual segregated areas to guarantee safety levels. A host platform, upon receiving a request for delivery of goods from merchant to customer, transmit delivery instructions to a UAV, which is configured, upon arriving at a specified loading area, to: maintain a minimum elevation above the loading area; perform a recognition hand-shake with a merchant device; direc...