Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method of managing a projectile module on a flying device
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Application No.: US17113655Application Date: 2020-12-07
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Publication No.: US11747113B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Eric Christopher Townsend , Matthew Elliott Argyle , Norman Fong
- Applicant: FORTEM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US UT Pleasant Grove
- Assignee: FORTEM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: FORTEM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US UT Pleasant Grove
- Main IPC: F41G7/00
- IPC: F41G7/00 ; B64C39/02 ; B64D1/04 ; F41G3/08 ; F41G3/22 ; F41G3/00

Abstract:
A flying vehicle is disclosed with a projectile module or component that contains a projectile for projecting at another flying device. The flying vehicle receives an identification of a target flying device and applies a projectile model which generates a determination that indicates whether a projectile, if fired from the projectile component, the projectile will hit the target flying device. The projectile model taking into account one or more of a wind modeling in an area around the flying vehicle based on an inference of wind due to a tilt of the flying vehicle, a projected path of the target device based on its identification and a drag on the projectile as it deploys from the projectile component. When the determination indicates that the projectile will hit the targeted device according to a threshold value, the flying vehicle fires the projectile at the targeted flying device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210116215A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING A PROJECTILE MODULE ON A FLYING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-04-22
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