Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drone noise cancellation using sound beams
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Application No.: US17659682Application Date: 2022-04-19
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Publication No.: US11990113B2Publication Date: 2024-05-21
- Inventor: George Michael Matus , Shawn Ray Nageli
- Applicant: UAVPatent Corp.
- Applicant Address: US NV Carson City
- Assignee: UAVPatent Corp.
- Current Assignee: UAVPatent Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Carson City
- Main IPC: G10K11/178
- IPC: G10K11/178 ; B64C39/02 ; B64D7/08 ; B64D47/08 ; B64U10/13 ; G05D1/00 ; G06T7/70 ; G06V20/17 ; G10L21/0216 ; G10L21/0232 ; G10L25/18 ; G10L25/51 ; H04R1/32 ; H04R1/40 ; H04R3/00 ; B64U101/30

Abstract:
A drone includes a motor, a noise receiver, a camera, a distance measurer, and a directed sound beam generator. The noise receiver is configured to detect a noise caused by the motor. The camera is configured to capture an image of an area when the drone is in the air. The distance measurer is configured to measure a distance between the drone and a particular point in the captured image. The directed sound beam generator is configured to emit a sound beam that is directed to a particular direction. The drone further includes a processor configured to analyze the detected noise to determine a frequency spectrum of the detected noise. The processor is further configured to analyze the captured image to identify a target, and cause the directed sound beam generator to emit a sound beam to actively cancel at least a portion of the noise directed to the target.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220343890A1 DRONE SOUND BEAM Public/Granted day:2022-10-27
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