METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE OR AUTONOMOUS CUTTING A TREE TRUNK

    公开(公告)号:WO2021239924A2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:PCT/EP2021/064300

    申请日:2021-05-27

    Applicant: AIRFORESTRY AB

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for remote and/or autonomous cutting at least a portion of a harvested tree trunk, at least a portion of a tree trunk to be harvested, at least a portion of a tree trunk during harvesting or at least a portion of a tree trunk during transporting, said system comprising: a remotely and/or autonomously controlled Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (100), UAV, means (116) for cutting at least a portion of a tree trunk attachable to said UAV (100), means for detecting at least a portion of a tree (135), means for detecting at least one tree parameter of at least a portion of a tree (135) and/or at least one growing condition of at least a portion of a tree (tree), a base station (120) for communication with said UAV (100), and means configured for selecting at least one cutting position on at least a portion of a tree trunk depending on the at least one detected tree parameter and/or the at least one detected growing condition of at least a portion of a tree (135).

    UAV ENABLED VEHICLE PERIMETERS
    13.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2022103776A2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-19

    申请号:PCT/US2021/058685

    申请日:2021-11-09

    Inventor: HAMM, Mark

    Abstract: The technical description relates to perimeters for vehicles. Specific examples relate to vehicle perimeters established by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), such as autonomous drones, for a variety of vehicle types, including manually-driven, partially autonomous, and fully autonomous vehicles. Perimeter devices, vehicles, including autonomous vehicles and human-controlled vehicles, UAVs, and related systems and methods are described. Perimeter devices respond to triggering events, such as vehicle-immobilizing events, GPS-based events, and environment-based events, to establish a perimeter adjacent a vehicle such that observers can visually detect the presence of a signal member, such as a warning triangle having a reflective surface. An example vehicle includes a tractor unit, a trailer connected to the tractor unit, a storage enclosure associated with the tractor unit, and a plurality of perimeter devices disposed in the chamber. Each perimeter device of the plurality of perimeter devices includes a triangular signal member, a base member, and a UAV. Each perimeter device is adapted to deploy from the chamber and establish a perimeter by the vehicle in response to a triggering event, such as parking of the vehicle in a location for which a perimeter must be established, impact of the vehicle with another object, such as during a traffic accident, rollover of the vehicle, or mechanical and/or electrical failure of the vehicle.

    AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE DRONE AND METHOD
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2022003309A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:PCT/GB2021/000065

    申请日:2021-06-08

    Inventor: KIMBER, Paul

    Abstract: An aerial reconnaissance drone having a dragonfly format (elongate fuselage and flapping wings) with two cameras 4', 4" having respective diagonal fields of view 5', 5", arranged at respective ends of the fuselage, both pointing forwards, wherein the second camera has a diagonal field 5" of view that is at most half that 5' of the first camera 4'. This has the advantage of providing a drone that can capture enhanced imagery when required, by performing a half turn and switching which camera is being used. Since this avoids placing two cameras in the same location both can have a clear view of surroundings yet it helps avoid off balance caused by placing too much mass in any particular off-centre location.

    METHOD OF FLIGHT PLAN OPTIMIZATION OF A HIGH ALTITUDE LONG ENDURANCE AIRCRAFT

    公开(公告)号:WO2020263393A2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-30

    申请号:PCT/US2020/029654

    申请日:2020-04-23

    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including: at least one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (101); at least one flight control computer (FCC) (110) associated with each UAV, where the FCC controls movement of each UAV; at least one computing device (108) associated with a ground control station (104); where the at least one FCC maintains a first flight pattern (103) of a respective UAV of the at least one UAV above the ground control station; where the at least one computing device is configured to transmit a transition signal (168) to the at least one FCC to transition the respective UAV of the at least one UAV from the first flight pattern to a second flight pattern (105) in response to a wind speed exceeding a set threshold relative to a flight speed of the respective UAV of the at least one UAV.

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