公开(公告)号：WO2021262325A2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：PCT/US2021/030929

申请日：2021-05-05

Applicant: ASTRALOFT, LLC

Inventor： WATTERS, David ,  WYE, Lauren ,  RENNICH, Patrick ,  WATTERS, Matthew ,  RICE, Christian, Vincent

IPC: B64B1/08 ,  B64B1/32 ,  B64B1/44 ,  B64B1/62 ,  B64C2201/022 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/101 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/122 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/16 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D2211/00 ,  G05D1/046 ,  G05D1/104

Abstract: An airship comprising an envelope having a shape, a volume, and a frontal area. A lifting gas within the envelope. A propulsion system. A volume change mechanism arranged to change the shape of the envelope, wherein the change in shape of the envelope changes the volume of the envelope, the change in volume of the envelope causes a change in the buoyancy of the airship, and the change in shape of the envelope causes the frontal area of the envelope to change proportionally to the change in volume of the envelope.

公开(公告)号：WO2021194612A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：PCT/US2021/013428

申请日：2021-01-14

Applicant: LOON LLC

Inventor： PONDA, Sameera Sylvia ,  CANDIDO, Salvatore J.

IPC: G06Q10/04 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  B64C2201/16 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  G05D1/1062 ,  G06Q10/047 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0026 ,  G08G5/0034 ,  G08G5/0039 ,  G08G5/0043 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/0091

Abstract: The technology relates to service dispatchers for fleet management and flight planning systems. A method for dispatching vehicles for service includes receiving, by a service dispatcher, a first input comprising a plurality of state data of a fleet of aerial vehicles and a second input comprising a service objective; determining, using the first input, that one or more aerial vehicles in the fleet meets a set of criteria associated with performing the service objective; submitting a bid on the one or more aerial vehicles, the bid configured to induce a vehicle allocator to allocate the one or more aerial vehicles to the service dispatcher; receiving an allocation of some or all of the one or more aerial vehicles; generating a plan to use the allocation to perform the service objective; and dispatching the allocation according to the plan.