Abstract:
Unmanned aerial vehicles ("UAVs") (400) which fly to destinations (e.g., for delivering items) may land on transportation vehicles (e.g., delivery trucks, etc.) (201) for temporary transport. An agreement with the owner of the transportation vehicles (e.g., a shipping carrier) may be made for obtaining consent and determining compensation for landings, and the associated transportation vehicles that are available for landings may be identified by markers on the roof or other identification techniques. The routes of the transportation vehicles (201) may be known and utilized to determine locations where UAVs (400) will land on and take off from the transportation vehicles (201), and in cases of emergencies (e.g., due to low batteries, mechanical issues, etc.) the UAVs (400) may land on the transportation vehicles (201) for later retrieval.
Abstract:
A landing platform (20) for an unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising a plurality of substantially funnel-shaped centering housings (22) configured so as to cooperate with a corresponding plurality of projections of the aerial vehicle for reaching a predetermined landing position. The platform could be provided with means for recharging the battery of the aerial vehicle and/or with an arrangement for serial data transfer.
Abstract:
A mobile self-leveling landing platform vehicle is disclosed that includes a landing surface and one or more wheel assemblies. Each wheel assembly includes a wheel, a control arm coupled with the wheel and the body of the landing platform vehicle, and an actuator coupled with the control arm and the body of the platform vehicle. Methods for self-leveling the landing platform vehicle are also disclosed.
Abstract:
An unmanned flying device including a body; a first blade and at least a second blade; a coupling assembly for coupling the first blade and the at least second blade to the body, wherein the coupling assembly urges the collapsing of the first blade and the at least second blade towards the body; and wherein both the first blade and the at least second blade are rotatable about the body, and wherein the first blade and the at least second blade are deployable away from the body via rotation of the first and the at least second blades about the body.
Abstract:
A rotorcraft and an automatic landing system and method thereof are provided in the present disclosure. The automatic landing system of the rotorcraft includes a controller, a laser emitter, a camera, an electronic governor and a motor configured to drive a propeller of the rotorcraft to rotate. The laser emitter and the camera are both locate in a bottom portion of an airframe of the rotorcraft. The laser emitter has two emission heads, laser beams emitted from the two emission heads respectively are symmetrical about a central axis, the central axis is perpendicular to a horizontal plane of a ground, and an angle between each laser beam and the central axis is an acute angle. Simply with an operation of the laser emitter, the camera and the controller, the flight speed and displacement of the rotorcraft can be controlled to realize automatic landing in the present disclosure.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a configuration to control automatic return of an aerial vehicle. The configuration stores a return location in a storage device of the aerial vehicle. The return location may correspond to a location where the aerial vehicle is to return. One or more sensors of the aerial vehicle are monitored during flight for detection of a predefined condition. When a predetermined condition is met a return path program may be loaded for execution to provide a return flight path for the aerial vehicle to automatically navigate to the return location.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (200), a UAV landing control device (100) and method. The UAV landing control method includes: receiving a trigger command; starting to monitor under control of the trigger command and outputting monitoring information based on a landing platform below the UAV (200), where the UAV (200) has one or more rotors; and determining whether to control the one or more rotors of the UAV (200) to stop rotation based on the monitoring information.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a system for recovering an unmanned aircraft (10), the system comprising a landing platform and an unmanned aircraft (10), wherein the unmanned aircraft (10) is a vertical-landing unmanned aircraft (10) and the landing platform has a grid (20). The invention further relates to a method for recovering an unmanned aircraft (10) on a landing platform using a system according to the invention for recovering an unmanned aircraft (10).
Abstract:
An unmanned flying device including a body; a first blade and at least a second blade; a coupling assembly for coupling the first blade and the at least second blade to the body, wherein the coupling assembly urges the collapsing of the first blade and the at least second blade towards the body; and wherein both the first blade and the at least second blade are rotatable about the body, and wherein the first blade and the at least second blade are deployable away from the body via rotation of the first and the at least second blades about the body.
Abstract:
A landing platform for an unmanned aerial vehicle, including a plurality of substantially funnel-shaped centering housings configured to cooperate with a corresponding plurality of projections of the aerial vehicle for reaching a predetermined landing position. The platform can include a mechanism for recharging the battery of the aerial vehicle and/or with an arrangement for serial data transfer.