Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing systems and methods
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Application No.: US15806987Application Date: 2017-11-08
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Publication No.: US10429838B2Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Inventor: Millie Irene Sterling , Matthew B. Hendrian , Cash Neil Johnson , Jeremy Richards
- Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group, LLC
- Agent Joseph M. Butscher
- Main IPC: G05D1/00
- IPC: G05D1/00 ; G08G5/00 ; B64C39/02
Abstract:
A system for landing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at a destination includes a landing coordination control unit that is configured to switch the UAV from a normal operating mode to a landing mode in response to the UAV entering a regulated airspace in relation to the destination. The normal operating mode includes normal instructions for flying and navigating to the destination. The landing mode includes landing instructions for a landing sequence into a landing zone at the destination.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190137997A1 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) LANDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2019-05-09
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