公开(公告)号：AU2014353522A1

公开(公告)日：2016-02-18

申请号：AU2014353522

申请日：2014-08-25

Applicant: GOOGLE INC

Inventor： PATRICK WILLIAM GRAHAM ,  BURGESS JAMES RYAN ,  CONRAD ANDREW

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/02 ,  B64D47/00

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may help to provide medical support via a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). An illustrative UAV may include a housmg, a payload, a line-deployment mechanism coupled to the housing and a line, and a payload-release mechanism that couples the line to the payload, wherein the payload -release mechanism is configured to release the payload from the line. The UAV may further include a control system configured to determine that the UAV is located at or near a delivery location and responsively: operate the line-deployment mechanism according to a variable deployment- rate profile to lower the payload to or near to the ground, determine that the payload is touching or is within a threshold distance from the ground, and responsively operate the payload-release mechanism to release the payload from the line.

公开(公告)号：WO2015076886A3

公开(公告)日：2015-07-30

申请号：PCT/US2014052553

申请日：2014-08-25

Applicant: GOOGLE INC

Inventor： PATRICK WILLIAM GRAHAM ,  BURGESS JAMES RYAN ,  CONRAD ANDREW

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/02 ,  B64D47/00

CPC classification number: B64D1/12 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/145 ,  B64D1/22

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may help to provide medical support via a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). An illustrative UAV may include a housmg, a payload, a line-deployment mechanism coupled to the housing and a line, and a payload-release mechanism that couples the line to the payload, wherein the payload -release mechanism is configured to release the payload from the line. The UAV may further include a control system configured to determine that the UAV is located at or near a delivery location and responsively: operate the line-deployment mechanism according to a variable deployment- rate profile to lower the payload to or near to the ground, determine that the payload is touching or is within a threshold distance from the ground, and responsively operate the payload-release mechanism to release the payload from the line.

Abstract translation: 这里描述的实施例可以帮助经由无人驾驶飞行器（UAV）的舰队提供医疗支持。 说明性的UAV可以包括外壳，有效载荷，耦合到外壳和线路的线路部署机制以及将线路耦合到有效载荷的有效载荷释放机构，其中有效载荷释放机构被配置为释放有效载荷 从行。 所述UAV还可以包括控制系统，所述控制系统被配置为确定所述UAV位于交付位置处或附近并响应于：根据可变部署速率分布图操作所述线部署机制以将所述有效载荷降至地面或接近地面， 确定有效载荷正在接触或在距离地面的阈值距离内，并且响应地操作有效载荷释放机构以释放来自线路的有效载荷。