Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for hurricane surveillance from the eye
- Patent Title (中): 从眼睛进行飓风监视的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11937053Application Date: 2007-11-08
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Publication No.: US08210467B2Publication Date: 2012-07-03
- Inventor: Wesley H. Hubbell , Victor G. Nastasi
- Applicant: Wesley H. Hubbell , Victor G. Nastasi
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP
- Main IPC: B64C1/00
- IPC: B64C1/00 ; B64C3/00 ; B64C5/00 ; B64C7/00 ; B64C13/20

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to provide an aerial vehicle having an eyewall sensor to enable the aerial vehicle to stay within the eye of a hurricane and transmit weather information to a remote location. In one embodiment, the aerial vehicle is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launched into the eye of the hurricane.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110004368A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HURRICANE SURVEILLANCE FROM THE EYE Public/Granted day:2011-01-06
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