公开(公告)号：US20230294848A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

申请号：US18124527

申请日：2023-03-21

Applicant: Skydio, Inc.

Inventor： Eyal Hochdorf ,  Ajay Pathak

IPC: B64U20/80

CPC classification number: B64U20/80 ,  B64U2201/20 ,  B64U2201/104

Abstract: Provided herein are various enhancements for unmanned aerial vehicles and operations. An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a wireless communication system configured to establish a wireless link for at least flight control information for the unmanned aerial vehicle. The wireless communication system is configured to monitor the flight control information using a first wireless channel having a first bandwidth and periodically tune away to a second wireless channel having a second bandwidth wider than the first bandwidth for transmission of a beacon frame that includes remote identification information corresponding to the unmanned aerial vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11726478B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US16674767

申请日：2019-11-05

Applicant: USIC, LLC

Inventor： Robert Tullman

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64D9/00 ,  B64D1/18 ,  H04W4/40 ,  G01V15/00 ,  H04W4/38 ,  H04W4/029 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G06V20/13 ,  G06V20/17 ,  H04W84/18 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U101/00 ,  B64U101/30

CPC classification number: G05D1/0094 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D1/18 ,  B64D9/00 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G01V15/00 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0276 ,  G05D1/101 ,  G06F16/285 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06V20/13 ,  G06V20/17 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/38 ,  H04W4/40 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U2101/00 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/10 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  B64U2201/20 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A marking maintenance system comprising a marking database, a drone, and a data network communicatively coupled to the marking database and drone. The marking database is arranged to store marking data associated with one or more markings. The marking data can include one or more marking locations within a geographic area and a type of infrastructure associated with each of the one or more marking. The drone is arranged to determine the location of the drone via one or more location sensors, receive data from the marking database, and deploy to each marking location within a portion of the geographic area. The drone is also arranged to determine whether each marking within the portion of the geographic area is sufficiently present using one or more marker sensors and repair each marking within the portion of the geographic area that is determined to not be sufficiently present.

公开(公告)号：US11708161B1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-25

申请号：US17408869

申请日：2021-08-23

Applicant: Flex Force Enterprises Inc.

Inventor： Cynthia Louise Archer ,  Jacob Ryan Sullivan ,  Gregory Edward Valentin

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06F16/00 ,  G06F16/9035 ,  B64U101/30

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/0033 ,  G06F16/9035 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  B64U2201/20

Abstract: The devices and methods described herein integrate security and/or recording mechanisms into unmanned vehicle interdiction devices to prevent unauthorized use and to record information related to operation of the unmanned vehicle interdiction device, identification of an unmanned vehicle, location of the unmanned vehicle, and operation of the unmanned vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11699348B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-11

申请号：US16883030

申请日：2020-05-26

Applicant: Class G Incorporated

Inventor： Jason J. Crist

IPC: G08G5/00 ,  G07B15/00 ,  H04N23/60 ,  G06F18/22 ,  B64U10/00

CPC classification number: G08G5/0013 ,  G07B15/00 ,  H04N23/60 ,  B64U10/00 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  G06F18/22

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing air traffic and tolling for a plurality of unmanned aircraft system. Various embodiments include terrestrial and unmanned aircraft system based tracking modules for tracking a plurality of unmanned aircraft systems and reporting flight data to a tolling entity for collection from operators.

公开(公告)号：US11693432B1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-04

申请号：US17881277

申请日：2022-08-04

Applicant: BlueHalo, LLC

Inventor： Alexis Henry Clark ,  David Beck

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  H04W4/42 ,  G05D1/10 ,  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：US11673666B1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US16882023

申请日：2020-05-22

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Gus Kaderly Lott, III

IPC: B64D1/02 ,  G01S1/08 ,  G01S5/10 ,  G01S1/04

CPC classification number: B64D1/02 ,  G01S1/047 ,  G01S1/08 ,  G01S5/10 ,  B64U2201/104

Abstract: Deployable navigation beacons can be deployed from a vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), in an event of a loss of position or orientation of the vehicle. After deployment of the navigation beacons, the vehicle may detect locations of the navigation beacon, which may define a surface that may include surface features. The vehicle may then perform control operations based on the resolved locations. For example, UAV may maneuver to land proximate to the navigation beacons after resolving locations of the navigation beacons as a continuous surface. The navigation beacons may output a visual signal (e.g., a light), a auditory signal (e.g., a sound), and/or a radio signal. In some embodiments, each navigation beacon may include a different or unique signal.

公开(公告)号：US11669054B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-06

申请号：US17734419

申请日：2022-05-02

Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Inventor： Guoxiu Pan ,  Renli Shi

IPC: G05B9/03 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D43/00 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G05D1/08 ,  H02P25/03 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B64D47/08 ,  H02P6/16

CPC classification number: G05B9/03 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D43/00 ,  G05D1/0077 ,  G05D1/08 ,  G05D1/10 ,  H02P25/03 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  B64U2201/20 ,  G05B2219/24182 ,  G05B2219/24196 ,  H02P6/16

Abstract: A method for operating a mobile platform includes detecting a malfunction in a first sensor communicating with a sensor controller associated with the mobile platform, and, in response to detecting the malfunction in the first sensor, eliminating the first sensor from a sensor data source for controlling the mobile platform, enabling a second sensor to be in the sensor data source, continuing to receive and evaluate data from the first sensor, and, in response to not detecting an anomaly in the data from the first sensor, restoring the first sensor back into the sensor data source.

公开(公告)号：US11662727B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-30

申请号：US16987583

申请日：2020-08-07

Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Inventor： Cindy Y. Fang ,  William D. Ross ,  Lauren L. White ,  Joseph Bari ,  William Cason ,  Donald Johnson ,  Christopher Bowen ,  Kyle Bojanowski ,  Victoria Dye

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G06V20/50 ,  G06V20/52 ,  G06T7/20 ,  G06V20/13 ,  G06T7/207 ,  G06T3/40 ,  B64U101/30

CPC classification number: G05D1/0094 ,  B64C39/022 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G06T3/4015 ,  G06T7/207 ,  G06V20/52 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  B64U2201/202 ,  G06V20/13

Abstract: A wide-area motion imaging system provides 360° persistent surveillance with a camera array that is small, light-weight, and operates at low power. The camera array is mounted on a tethered drone, which can hover at heights of up to 400′, and includes small imagers fitted with lenses of different fixed focal lengths. The tether provides power, communication, and a data link from the camera array to a ground processing server that receives, processes and stores the imagery. The server also collects absolute and relative position data from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) carried by the drone. The server uses this position data to correct the rolling shutter effect and to stabilize and georectify the final images, which can be stitched together and shown to a user live or in playback via a separate user interface.

公开(公告)号：US12106674B1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US18101429

申请日：2023-01-25

Applicant: SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS & RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.

Inventor： Jay B. Cleckler ,  Jesse L. Klang ,  Sheida Danesh ,  Mark E. Walker ,  James A. Wes ,  Robert Francis Dircks

IPC: G08G5/04 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G01S19/01 ,  G01V1/00 ,  G01W1/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  H04R1/40 ,  H04R3/00 ,  G01S3/80

CPC classification number: G08G5/04 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G01S19/01 ,  G01V1/001 ,  G01W1/00 ,  G05D1/101 ,  H04R1/406 ,  H04R3/005 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  H04R2499/13

Abstract: A terrestrial acoustic sensor array for detecting and preventing airspace collision with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a plurality of ground-based acoustic sensor installations, each of the acoustic sensor installations including a sub-array of microphones. The terrestrial acoustic sensor array may further include a processor for detecting an aircraft based on sensor data collected from the microphones of at least one of the plurality of acoustic sensor installations and a network link for transmitting a signal based on the detection of the aircraft to a control system of the UAV.

公开(公告)号：US12093879B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US15832245

申请日：2017-12-05

Applicant: United States Postal Service

Inventor： Ryan Luckay ,  Robert E Dixon, Jr. ,  Gregory Cooil

IPC: G06Q10/0832 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64U80/86 ,  B64U101/60 ,  G01C21/34 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G06Q10/0832 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G01C21/343 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0217 ,  G05D1/104 ,  B64U80/86 ,  B64U2101/60 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  G01C21/3469

Abstract: Methods and systems for autonomous item delivery and/or pick up are provided. IN some aspects, a mothership travels along an item route. One or more autonomous delivery vehicles may be dispatched from the mothership as the mothership progresses along the route. Each of the autonomous delivery vehicles may deliver and/or pick-up one or more items at one or more item locations. In addition, as the mothership progresses along its route, it may also stop to facilitate the manual delivery and/or pick-up of additional items via a human operator. Upon completing their delivery and/or pick up tasks, the autonomous delivery vehicles return to the mothership, either at the point at which they dispatched from the mothership, or at a different location along the item delivery route.