This week in patents: Hover engines, drones and no more delivery drivers

This week, the US patent office issued 5,373 patents. Each patent adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. As we cannot list all five thousand, the PatentYogi team has selected the six most interesting patents.
Google just killed the need for delivery men
The patent reveals that these trucks would be fitted with a series of lockers that can be unlocked with a PIN code sent to the person waiting for the delivery before the truck arrives at their location.
A cool holograph display
Patent Number – US 20160042572
Always tip your waiter
Feel confused while tipping? Ebay has patented an intelligent tilling technique that provides statistics (such as average tip, standard tip, etc.) regarding how much consumers usually tip at a particular service provider place based on similar demographics, similar spending patterns, similar number of visits to the merchant, etc.
The service provider can also indicate that the gratuity or portion of the gratuity will be donated to charity.
Indoor GPS
Patent Number – US 9,258,681
Hover engines
Disney’s drone program
Patent Number – US 20160039541
Earlier patents from Disney disclosed Disney’s plans to provide light shows using drones at Disneyland. Watch a video showing how the technology works.
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