Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Geographic survey system for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS)
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Application No.: US15841042Application Date: 2017-12-13
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Publication No.: US10534372B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Christopher Eugene Fisher , Jason Sidharthadev Mukherjee , William Arden Lott
- Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Simi Valley
- Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
- Current Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Simi Valley
- Agency: Brooks Acordia IP Law, PC
- Agent Michael Zarrabian; Eric Aagaard
- Main IPC: G05D1/00
- IPC: G05D1/00 ; G05D1/10 ; G06F16/29 ; G08G5/00 ; G08G5/02 ; B64C29/02 ; B64C39/02 ; B64D47/08 ; B64F1/00 ; G06Q30/00
Abstract:
A method of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operation, including: receiving from a customer a first data request, the first data request having: a first geographic coverage area; and a refresh rate for the first geographic coverage area; planning a first plurality of flight missions to accomplish the first data request; uploading flight missions data representing the first plurality of flight missions into a UAV pod; and deploying the UAV pod.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180101182A1 GEOGRAPHIC SURVEY SYSTEM FOR VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING (VTOL) UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS) Public/Granted day:2018-04-12
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