公开(公告)号：US11822349B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US17648563

申请日：2022-01-21

Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY

Inventor： Bryan Kashawlic ,  Bryan C.H. Chu ,  Russell Enns ,  Alex Salem Bourreza ,  Stephen Alexander Mohammed ,  Erik Bellandi

IPC: G05D1/10 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/104 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/0061 ,  G05D1/1064 ,  B64U2201/102

Abstract: An aircraft and method of operating an aircraft include a flight formation control unit configured to automatically transition the aircraft into an automatic flight formation mode in response to the aircraft being within one or both of a predetermined speed or a predetermined range in relation to at least one other aircraft flying within the automatic flight formation mode. The flight formation control unit can be further configured to automatically transition the aircraft out of the automatic flight formation mode in response to detection of a control signal received from one or more flight controls of the aircraft. The flight formation control unit can be further configured to automatically cycle the aircraft and the at least one other aircraft to different positions during the automatic flight formation mode.

公开(公告)号：US12130639B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US17605942

申请日：2020-04-23

Applicant: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.

Inventor： Derek Lisoski ,  Bart Dean Hibbs

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/104 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/042 ,  G05D1/0653 ,  B64U2201/102

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for a fleet of three or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), where each UAV of the fleet of UAVs comprise a respective flight control computer (FCC); at least one computing device at a ground control station, where each computing device is in communication with each FCC, and where each computing device is associated with at least one operator; where the fleet of UAVs above the threshold altitude are in communication with the first computing device monitored by at least one operator such that a ratio of operators to UAVs above the threshold altitude exceeds a 1:1 ratio; and where the first UAV below the threshold altitude is in communication with the second computing device monitored by at least one operator such that a ratio of operators to UAVs below the threshold altitude does not exceed the 1:1 ratio.

公开(公告)号：US12099373B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-24

申请号：US18112447

申请日：2023-02-21

Applicant: Tybalt, LLC

Inventor： Steve Shattil

IPC: G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  H04B7/02 ,  H04B7/024 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W24/02 ,  B64U101/20

CPC classification number: G05D1/104 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  H04B7/024 ,  H04B7/18504 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W24/02 ,  B64U2101/20 ,  B64U2201/102 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  B64U2201/20

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) uses a first baseband processor to establish a first communication link with a ground station of a wireless network and a second baseband processor that establishes a second communication link with a user device. Communication data is routed between the user device and the core network through the first communication link and the second communication link. The UAV receives control commands from a ground-based UAV controller that direct the UAV to travel according to a flight trajectory that is proximate to the user device.

公开(公告)号：US12085959B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-10

申请号：US17440553

申请日：2020-01-14

Applicant: BEIJING JINGDONG QIANSHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Inventor： Bo Zhang ,  Hang Ba ,  Chengxian Sha ,  Longfei Zheng ,  Yunan Chen

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64U80/70

CPC classification number: G05D1/104 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/102 ,  B64U80/70 ,  B64U2201/102

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle cluster system, a method, apparatus, and system of launching, and a readable medium. The unmanned aerial vehicle cluster includes a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles located in a launch area. The method of launching the unmanned aerial vehicle cluster includes: acquiring (S210) launch positions for the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles in the launch area; acquiring (S220) an assembly area which corresponds to the launch area and includes a plurality of target positions; determining (S230) a target position for each unmanned aerial vehicle of the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles according to the launch positions for the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles and the plurality of target positions; and launching (S240) the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles according to the launch position for each unmanned aerial vehicle of the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles and the target position for each unmanned aerial vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US12080024B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-03

申请号：US17838082

申请日：2022-06-10

Applicant: NETDRONES, INC.

Inventor： Matthew Laurence Arksey ,  Deon Blaauw ,  Lucas Thomas Hahn ,  John Gordon McQueen ,  Satoshi Nakajima ,  Guy David Byron Shefner ,  Richard Chia Tsing Tong

IPC: G06T7/73 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G01C15/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06T17/10 ,  G06V20/17 ,  G08G5/00 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W28/24 ,  H04W64/00 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U80/86 ,  B64U101/20 ,  B64U101/30 ,  H04W84/04 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: G06T7/73 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G01C15/002 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  G05D1/104 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06T17/10 ,  G06V20/17 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0026 ,  G08G5/0039 ,  G08G5/0043 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  H04B7/18504 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04W4/025 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W28/24 ,  H04W64/003 ,  H04W64/006 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U80/86 ,  B64U2101/20 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/102 ,  G05D1/042 ,  H04W84/047 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: A method comprising receiving a plurality of images of a scene captured by at least one drone; identifying features within the plurality of images; identifying similar images of the plurality of images based on the features identified within the plurality of images; comparing the similar images based on the features identified within the similar images to determine a proportion of features shared by the similar images; selecting a subset of the plurality of images that have a proportion of shared features that meets a predetermined range; generating a first 3D model of the scene from the subset of images using a first 3D model building algorithm; generating a second 3D model of the scene from the subset of images using a second 3D model building algorithm; computing errors for the first and second 3D models; and selecting as the model of the scene the first or second 3D model.

公开(公告)号：US20240272650A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18403503

申请日：2024-01-03

Applicant: Northwestern Polytechnical University

Inventor： Zhen Wang ,  Tao Zhang ,  Dengxiu Yu ,  Chao Gao ,  Xuelong Li

IPC: G05D1/695 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/249 ,  G05D1/43 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G08G5/04 ,  H04N23/695

CPC classification number: G05D1/695 ,  B64D47/06 ,  G05D1/249 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G06T7/74 ,  G08G5/0008 ,  G08G5/0021 ,  G08G5/0052 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/0078 ,  H04N23/695 ,  B64D2203/00 ,  B64U2201/102 ,  G05D2109/254 ,  G05D2111/10 ,  G06T2207/10024 ,  G06T2207/10032

Abstract: Disclosed is a nighttime cooperative positioning method based on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) group, falling within the technical field of aircraft navigation and positioning. According to the present disclosure, the cooperative visual positioning and the collision warning for UAVs are realized by means of light colors of the UAVs, respective two-dimensional turntable cameras and a communication topology network, without adding additional equipment and without relying on an external signal source, avoiding external interference. Compared with the positioning method in a conventional manner, in the present disclosure, the system is effectively simplified, and the cooperative positioning among the interiors of a UAV cluster can be realized relatively simply and at a low cost to maintain the formation of the UAV group.

公开(公告)号：US12025992B1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US18143922

申请日：2023-05-05

Applicant: BlueHalo, LLC

Inventor： Alexis Henry Clark ,  David Beck

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/04 ,  G05D1/10 ,  H04W4/42 ,  B64U50/19

CPC classification number: G05D1/104 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/1064 ,  H04W4/42 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U2201/102 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  B64U2201/20

Abstract: A system and method for autonomously controlling a set of unmanned aerial vehicles is provided. The autonomous ground control system may include a communications module and a fleet configuration module in communication with one or more user interface applications. The autonomous ground control system may receive one or more flight commands and generate fleet configuration instructions and safety information. The autonomous ground control system may provide the fleet configuration instructions to each unmanned aerial vehicle in the set in order to carry out the fleet configuration instructions in real time.

公开(公告)号：US11984034B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-14

申请号：US16584978

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Dibyendu Ghosh ,  Vinayak Honkote ,  Kerstin Johnsson ,  Venkatesan Nallampatti Ekambaram ,  Ganeshram Nandakumar ,  Vasuki Narasimha Swamy ,  Karthik Narayanan ,  Alexander Pyattaev ,  Feng Xue

IPC: G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G08G5/02 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04W4/42 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U101/20 ,  B64U101/30 ,  B64U101/60 ,  H04W84/00

CPC classification number: G08G5/0008 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/101 ,  G08G5/025 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04W4/42 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U2101/20 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2101/60 ,  B64U2201/102 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  B64U2201/20 ,  H04W84/005

Abstract: Various methods and devices for positioning autonomous agents including verifying a reported agent location using physical attributes of the received signal; improving agent formation for iterative localization; selecting agents for distributed task sharing; intelligent beacon-placement for group localization; relative heading and orientation determination utilizing time of flight; and secure Instrument Landing System (ILS) implementation for unmanned agents.

公开(公告)号：US11958602B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US16938915

申请日：2020-07-25

Applicant: Jianfei Ye

Inventor： Jianfei Ye

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64U80/86 ,  B64U101/00 ,  B64U101/60

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64U80/86 ,  B64U2101/00 ,  B64U2101/60 ,  B64U2201/102

Abstract: An integrated engineering system including multiple drones and an Electro-Mechanical drone transportation system for a new method of aviation flight transportation by the drones. These drones can be used either for passenger transportation or for parcel delivery. These drones may fly to land onto or fly to attach to carriers of the Electro-Mechanical drone transportation system then travel a distance with the carriers as unified objects. This integrated engineering system facilitates a novel method of aviation flight transportation by drones by uplifting a limit of maximum travel distance of the drones, hence making those drones a more practical tool for future aviation transportation within a city or between the cities. The Electro-Mechanical drone transportation system may include multiple routes to form a complicated transportation network to increase the number of potential destinations for the drones.

公开(公告)号：US11874658B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-16

申请号：US16688617

申请日：2019-11-19

Applicant: NeoScience Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Akira Johmori

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G01R33/09 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G01V3/17 ,  G01R33/00 ,  G01V3/40

CPC classification number: G05D1/0027 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G01R33/0094 ,  G01V3/17 ,  G01V3/40 ,  B64U2201/102

Abstract: A transmitter loop is carried by a first aircraft. A receiver sensor is carried by a second aircraft. The first aircraft and the second aircraft fly away from each other. The transmitter loop transmits a primary magnetic field. The transmitted primary magnetic field induces a current in the earth. The induced current generates a secondary magnetic field in the air. The receiver sensor receives the generated secondary magnetic field, and detects strength of the received secondary magnetic field.