Amazon patent reveals its delivery drones could have facial and gesture recognition
https://www.techradar.com/news/amazon-patent-reveals-delivery-drones-could-have-facial-and-gesture-recognition
Amazon would probably like to just parachute packages to you from a safe distance. But the company's latest patent suggests it thinks it might be safer to just fly drones directly in front of customers instead of risking broken Amazon Fire tablets (or concussions).
To potentially aid in this, the retail giant has filed a patent for a package delivery drone with a sensor system for registering both “visible” and “audible” gestures. Drones will communicate with a gesture database that will help it to recognize what you’re trying to get it to do, like “Fly over there!” or “Back off!”
Amazon patent reveals its delivery drones could have facial and gesture recognition
Mar 23, 2018, 2:14am UTC
https://www.techradar.com/news/amazon-patent-reveals-delivery-drones-could-have-facial-and-gesture-recognition
>Amazon would probably like to just parachute packages to you from a safe distance. But the company's latest patent suggests it thinks it might be safer to just fly drones directly in front of customers instead of risking broken Amazon Fire tablets (or concussions).
>To potentially aid in this, the retail giant has filed a patent for a package delivery drone with a sensor system for registering both “visible” and “audible” gestures. Drones will communicate with a gesture database that will help it to recognize what you’re trying to get it to do, like “Fly over there!” or “Back off!”