Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detection of multi-rotors using electromagnetic signatures
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Application No.: US15134082Application Date: 2016-04-20
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Publication No.: US10416270B2Publication Date: 2019-09-17
- Inventor: Alberto Daniel Lacaze , Karl Nicholas Murphy
- Applicant: Alberto Daniel Lacaze , Karl Nicholas Murphy
- Applicant Address: US MD Gaithersburg
- Assignee: Robotic Research, LLC
- Current Assignee: Robotic Research, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Gaithersburg
- Agent Radha Narayanan
- Main IPC: G01B7/14
- IPC: G01B7/14 ; G01N27/02 ; G01S5/00

Abstract:
Multi-rotors use multiple electric motors to drive propellers that allow the multi-rotor to fly, turn, bank, etc. The multiple motors and the associated control device produce EM signals that can be used to detect multi-rotors and distinguish them from other devices with electric motors. To drive a brushless motor, the ESC takes DC from the battery and turns it into three phase AC (sinusoidal or trapezoidal wave), and then measures back EMF pulses (sensorless). This allows one to ensure that the three phase AC is being generated at the proper frequency to turn the motor (timing). For each propeller in the multi-rotor there are usually four different correlated signals at multiple frequencies that are used for detection and false alarm rejection.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160305758A1 DETECTION OF MULTI-ROTORS USING ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNATURES Public/Granted day:2016-10-20
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