公开(公告)号：US20170255198A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-07

申请号：US15449165

申请日：2017-03-03

Applicant: ANIMUSOFT CORPORATION

Inventor： DANIEL RODRIGUEZ

IPC: G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0088 ,  B63B2035/006 ,  B63G2008/002 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  G05D1/0274

Abstract: A system may be configured to manage at least one robotic device. The system may comprise one or more databases and one or more processors in communication with the one or more databases. The one or more processors may be configured to provide an operating system for the at least one robotic device, control motion of the at least one robotic device, configure at least one sensor removably coupled to the at least one robotic device, process data collected by the at least one sensor, and/or perform localization and/or area mapping for the at least one robotic device by comparing data collected by the at least one sensor with data in the one or more databases to generate localization and/or area mapping data.

公开(公告)号：US09751625B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-05

申请号：US15202771

申请日：2016-07-06

Applicant: Top Flight Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Long N. Phan ,  Sanjay Emani Sarma ,  Cody Miles Wojcik ,  Eli M. Davis ,  Benjamin Arthur Sena ,  Julian Lemus

IPC: B64D41/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D27/02 ,  B64C27/00 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64D33/08 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D1/08 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64F3/02 ,  G05D1/10

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C27/001 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/044 ,  B64C2201/063 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64D1/08 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64D27/02 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D33/08 ,  B64D2027/026 ,  B64D2221/00 ,  B64F3/02 ,  G05D1/101 ,  Y02T50/44 ,  Y02T50/64

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising at least one rotor motor. The rotor motor is powered by a micro hybrid generation system. The micro hybrid generator system comprises a rechargeable battery configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor, a small engine configured to generate mechanical power, a generator motor coupled to the small engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical power generated by the small engine, a bridge rectifier configured to convert the AC power generated by the generator motor to DC power and provide the DC power to either or both the rechargeable battery and the at least one rotor motor, and an electronic control unit configured to control a throttle of the small engine based, at least in part, on a power demand of at least one load, the at least one load including the at least one rotor motor.

公开(公告)号：US20170248647A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-31

申请号：US15427498

申请日：2017-02-08

Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.

Inventor： Takatoshi MATSUSHITA ,  Keisuke OTA ,  Osamu HASEGAWA ,  Kengo IMAOKA ,  Koji FUKAMI

IPC: G01R31/02 ,  F03D1/06 ,  B64C39/02 ,  F03D17/00

CPC classification number: G01R31/026 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  F03D1/0633 ,  F03D1/0675 ,  F03D17/00 ,  F03D80/30 ,  F05B2240/221 ,  F05B2260/83 ,  Y02E10/721

Abstract: A method of testing a receptor of a wind turbine includes a step of moving an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) close to the receptor of a wind turbine blade mounted to a hub of the wind turbine, and performing an electric continuity test on the receptor.

公开(公告)号：US20170247110A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-31

申请号：US15595758

申请日：2017-05-15

Applicant: Dana Robert CHAPPELL

Inventor： Dana Robert CHAPPELL

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64D1/10

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B60Q5/00 ,  B64C27/52 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64D1/10 ,  B64D47/06 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64D2211/00 ,  Y02T50/55

Abstract: Embodiments of unmanned aerial systems are disclosed, which may comprise: a frame; a landing member attached to the frame; a propulsion system support member attached to the frame; a propulsion system attached to the propulsion system support member; a shroud having a paraboloid surface attached to the frame; a external equipment carrier attached to the frame; a sensor system; a sealed equipment container attached to the frame and located beneath the shroud; an electronic control system within the sealed equipment container and configured to control the propulsion system and the sensor system; and a power source within the sealed equipment container and configured to power the electronic control system.

公开(公告)号：US20170247098A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-31

申请号：US15439892

申请日：2017-02-22

Applicant: PARROT DRONES

Inventor： Thierry SANLAVILLE ,  Maxime DUCLOUX ,  Flavien MORRA

IPC: B64C1/06 ,  B64C25/20 ,  B64C25/52 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/08

CPC classification number: B64C1/063 ,  B64C25/20 ,  B64C25/52 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/20

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a rotary-wing drone that includes a drone body with two front linking arms and two rear linking arms extending from the drone body with a propulsion unit located on a distal end of the linking arms. The points of fixation of the front linking arms and the points of fixation of the rear linking arms are located at different respective heights with respect to the horizontal median plane of the drone body. The two front linking arms of the drone may form a first angle of inclination with respect to the horizontal median plane of the drone body and the two rear linking arms may form a second angle of inclination. Additionally, the linking arms of the drone may further be adapted to be folded over along the drone body.

公开(公告)号：US20170240289A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-24

申请号：US15594342

申请日：2017-05-12

Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.

Inventor： Matthew Todd Keennon ,  Karl Robert Klingebiel

IPC: B64D31/06 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B64C27/473 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/12

CPC classification number: B64D31/06 ,  B64C11/20 ,  B64C11/32 ,  B64C27/04 ,  B64C27/06 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C27/12 ,  B64C27/473 ,  B64C27/59 ,  B64C29/0033 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C39/028 ,  B64C2027/4733 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/126 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64D31/00 ,  G05D1/0038 ,  G05D1/005

Abstract: A rotorcraft including a fuselage, one or more motor-driven rotors for vertical flight, and a control system. The motors drive the one or more rotors in either of two directions of rotation to provide for flight in either an upright or an inverted orientation. An orientation sensor is used to control the primary direction of thrust, and operational instructions and gathered information are automatically adapted based on the orientation of the fuselage with respect to gravity. The rotors are configured with blades that invert to conform to the direction of rotation.

公开(公告)号：US20170231213A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-17

申请号：US15045285

申请日：2016-02-17

Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation

Inventor： MICHAEL S. GORDON ,  JAMES R. KOZLOSKI ,  ASHISH KUNDU ,  PETER K. MALKIN ,  CLIFFORD A. PICKOVER

IPC: A01M7/00 ,  A01M25/00 ,  A01M19/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: A01M7/0089 ,  A01M19/00 ,  A01M25/00 ,  A01M2200/01 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/123 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  G05D1/0094

Abstract: An aerial drone includes a pest sensor, an environmental sensor, a drone on-board computer, and a pest abatement mechanism. The pest sensor senses a pest based on emissions from the pest. The environmental sensor detects an environment of the pest. The drone on-board computer identifies a pest type of the pest based on the emission from the pest, and establishes a risk level posed by the presence of the pest based on the pest type and the environment of the pest. The pest abatement mechanism performs a pest abatement of the pest based on the pest type and the risk level posed by the presence of the pest.

公开(公告)号：US20170225799A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15121014

申请日：2016-02-10

Applicant: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.

Inventor： Gary S. Selwyn ,  Chris B. Cooper ,  Luther Wilburn Cox

IPC: B64F1/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C29/02

CPC classification number: B64F1/005 ,  B64C29/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/088 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  G05D1/0011 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/102 ,  G08G5/0091

Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) storage and launch system includes a UAV pod (108) having a UAV pod processor (114) and a UAV (102) selectively enclosed in the UAV pod (108), the UAV (102) having only two rotors (202).

公开(公告)号：US20170225796A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15495645

申请日：2017-04-24

Applicant: Hangzhou Zero Zero Technology Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Wei Sun ,  Tong Zhang ,  Mengqiu Wang

IPC: B64D33/08 ,  B64D47/08 ,  H01L23/367 ,  H05K7/20 ,  H01L23/467 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C15/12

CPC classification number: B64D33/08 ,  B64C15/12 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  B64C2201/182 ,  B64D47/08 ,  H01L23/3675 ,  H01L23/467 ,  H05K7/20154 ,  H05K7/20209

Abstract: An aerial vehicle including a set of rotors, a processor configured to configured to control the set of rotors for aerial vehicle flight, and a housing defining a plurality of cooling channels, wherein, for each rotor of the set, a projection of the processor and the cooling channels onto the respective rotor plane does not intersect the swept area of the rotor, and a distance from the rotor axis of a first rotor of the set to a cooling channel is less than 75% of a rotor diameter of the first rotor. A method for aerial vehicle operation, including providing an aerial vehicle including a rotor, a processor, and a housing, flying the aerial vehicle, and, while flying the aerial vehicle, actively cooling the processor, including, at the rotor, forcing airflow toward the processor.

公开(公告)号：US20170225784A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15269597

申请日：2016-09-19

Applicant: Insitu, Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Royds Hayes ,  James Statelar McGrew ,  Wayne David Goodrich ,  Jeffrey Hugh Knapp ,  Charles Lawrence Guthrie ,  Bradley Louis Schrick ,  Darcy Lynn Davidson ,  Peter Josef Kunz ,  Rolf Theodoor Rysdyk

IPC: B64D5/00 ,  B63B21/50 ,  B64C29/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/08

CPC classification number: B64D5/00 ,  B63B21/50 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C29/0025 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C39/026 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/082 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64C2201/182

Abstract: Aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods. A representative method for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system includes directing a first, multi-rotor carrier aircraft to carry a second, carried aircraft aloft, and release the second aircraft for flight, while powering the first aircraft with an on-board battery. The method can further include directing the first aircraft to position a capture line in a flight path of the second aircraft to capture the second aircraft.