公开(公告)号：US09688400B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US14526790

申请日：2014-10-29

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Donald Bolden Hutson

IPC: B64C37/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B60F5/02 ,  F41H11/12 ,  F41H11/28

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B60F5/02 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/126 ,  B64C2201/162 ,  F41H11/12 ,  F41H11/28

Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicles and methods for providing the same are disclosed. The unmanned aerial vehicles may have various configurations related to a support frame. The unmanned aerial vehicles may have various configurations with a continuous track for ground propulsion. The unmanned aerial vehicles may have various configurations related to payload clamps.

公开(公告)号：US20170174338A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US14975236

申请日：2015-12-18

Applicant: Amazon Technologies,, Inc.

Inventor： Brian C. Beckman ,  Gur Kimchi ,  Allan Ko

IPC: B64C27/467 ,  B64C27/473 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C11/00

CPC classification number: B64C27/467 ,  B64C11/008 ,  B64C11/18 ,  B64C21/10 ,  B64C23/06 ,  B64C27/473 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/22 ,  B64C2220/00 ,  B64C2230/14 ,  B64C2230/28 ,  Y02T50/162 ,  Y02T50/166 ,  Y02T50/66

Abstract: Sounds are generated by an aerial vehicle during operation. For example, the motors and propellers of an aerial vehicle generate sounds during operation. Disclosed are systems, methods, and apparatus for actively adjusting the position of one or more propeller blade treatments of a propeller blade of an aerial vehicle during operation of the aerial vehicle. For example, the propeller blade may have one or more propeller blade treatments that may be adjusted between two or more positions. Based on the position of the propeller blade treatments, the airflow over the propeller is altered, thereby altering the sound generated by the propeller when rotating. By altering the propeller blade treatments on multiple propeller blades of the aerial vehicle, the different sounds generated by the different propeller blades may effectively cancel, reduce, and/or otherwise alter the total sound generated by the aerial vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20170174321A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US15276549

申请日：2016-09-26

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Emilia Sorana Buneci ,  Brian C. Beckman ,  Gur Kimchi ,  Allan Ko

IPC: B64C11/20 ,  B64C27/473 ,  B64C27/14

CPC classification number: B64C11/20 ,  B64C11/18 ,  B64C21/10 ,  B64C27/467 ,  B64C27/473 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2220/00 ,  B64C2230/14 ,  B64C2230/26

Abstract: Sounds are generated by an aerial vehicle during operation. For example, the motors and propellers of an aerial vehicle generate sounds during operation. Described are sound dampening materials and other propeller blade treatments that may be included in a propeller blade to alter and/or reduce the sound generated by the propeller blade as it rotates.

公开(公告)号：US09682774B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-20

申请号：US14507313

申请日：2014-10-06

Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation

Inventor： James Donald Paduano ,  Paul Nils Dahlstrand ,  John Brooke Wissler ,  Adam Woodworth

IPC: B64C13/16 ,  B64C27/52 ,  B64C29/04 ,  B64C29/02 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C29/00 ,  B64C3/42 ,  B64C5/02 ,  B64C9/00 ,  B64C25/10 ,  B64D27/02 ,  B64D43/00

CPC classification number: B64C27/52 ,  B64C3/42 ,  B64C5/02 ,  B64C9/00 ,  B64C13/16 ,  B64C25/10 ,  B64C29/00 ,  B64C29/0033 ,  B64C29/0091 ,  B64C29/02 ,  B64C29/04 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/088 ,  B64C2201/102 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/162 ,  B64C2201/187 ,  B64D27/02 ,  B64D43/00

Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a fuselage, an empennage having an all-moving horizontal stabilizer located at a tail end of the fuselage, a wing having the fuselage positioned approximately halfway between the distal ends of the wing, wherein the wing is configured to transform between a substantially straight wing configuration and a canted wing configuration using a canted hinge located on each side of the fuselage. The VTOL aircraft may further includes one or more retractable pogo supports, wherein a retractable pogo support is configured to deploy from each of the wing's distal ends.

公开(公告)号：US09676480B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US14982000

申请日：2015-12-29

Applicant: Wen-Chang Hsiao

Inventor： Wen-Chang Hsiao

IPC: B64C39/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/10 ,  B64C27/06 ,  B64C27/08

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C27/06 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/145 ,  G05D1/102 ,  Y02E10/47

Abstract: A flying machine capable of blocking light autonomously includes a machine body with a flight direction control module, a light sensor for detecting a sunshine angle, a position sensor for detecting the position of a moving object, and a flight movement adjuster to control the machine body to autonomously fly to a position linearly aligned with the sunlight and the moving object, so that the flying machine blocks between the sunlight and the moving object.

公开(公告)号：US20170158352A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-08

申请号：US15434722

申请日：2017-02-16

Applicant: Hood Technology Corporation

Inventor： Andreas H. von Flotow ,  Corydon C. Roeseler

IPC: B64F1/04 ,  B64D3/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/26 ,  B64C27/32

CPC classification number: B64C27/32 ,  B64C1/30 ,  B64C11/48 ,  B64C25/10 ,  B64C27/26 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/082 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/182 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  B64C2201/206 ,  B64D3/00 ,  B64D5/00 ,  B64D2221/00 ,  B64F1/02 ,  B64F1/04

Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a multicopter-assisted launch and retrieval system generally including: (1) a multi-rotor modular multicopter attachable to (and detachable from) a fixed-wing aircraft to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; (2) a storage and launch system usable to store the modular multicopter and to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; and (3) an anchor system usable (along with the multicopter and a flexible capture member) to retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from wing-borne flight.

公开(公告)号：US20170154618A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-01

申请号：US15237446

申请日：2016-08-15

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Brian C. Beckman ,  Gur Kimchi

IPC: G10K11/178 ,  G06N99/00 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G10K11/178 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2220/00 ,  G01S19/13 ,  G05D1/101 ,  G05D19/02 ,  G05D27/02 ,  G06N99/005 ,  G10K11/17823 ,  G10K11/17853 ,  G10K11/17873 ,  G10K2210/1281 ,  G10K2210/30231 ,  G10K2210/30351 ,  G10K2210/3038 ,  G10K2210/3045

Abstract: Noises that are to be emitted by an aerial vehicle during operations may be predicted using one or more machine learning systems, algorithms or techniques. Anti-noises having equal or similar intensities and equal but out-of-phase frequencies may be identified and generated based on the predicted noises, thereby reducing or eliminating the net effect of the noises. The machine learning systems, algorithms or techniques used to predict such noises may be trained using emitted sound pressure levels observed during prior operations of aerial vehicles, as well as environmental conditions, operational characteristics of the aerial vehicles or locations of the aerial vehicles during such prior operations. Anti-noises may be identified and generated based on an overall sound profile of the aerial vehicle, or on individual sounds emitted by the aerial vehicle by discrete sources.

公开(公告)号：US20170152033A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-01

申请号：US14954294

申请日：2015-11-30

Applicant: Cloud Cap Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Michael J. Allen

IPC: B64C27/57

CPC classification number: B64C27/57 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  B64D31/02 ,  G05D1/0072 ,  G05D1/0858

Abstract: A method for controlling each rotor on a multirotor aircraft includes receiving one or more sensed states of the multirotor aircraft, and determining a control scheme dynamically using the sensed one or more states of the multirotor aircraft. Receiving one or more sensed states can include receiving one or more of a rotational rate or acceleration of the aircraft, or any other suitable aircraft state.

公开(公告)号：US09665098B1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-30

申请号：US15045171

申请日：2016-02-16

Applicant: GOPRO, INC.

Inventor： Pablo Lema ,  Shu Ching Ip

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0088 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  G05D1/0011 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  H04N21/251

Abstract: Consumption information associated with a user consuming video segments may be obtained. The consumption information may define user engagement during a video segment and/or user response to the video segment. Sets of flight control settings associated with capture of the video segments may be obtained. The flight control settings may define aspects of a flight control subsystem for the unmanned aerial vehicle and/or a sensor control subsystem for the unmanned aerial vehicle. The preferences for the flight control settings of the unmanned aerial vehicle may be determined based upon the first set and the second set of flight control settings. Instructions may be transmitted to the unmanned aerial vehicle. The instructions may include the determined preferences for the flight control settings and being configured to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to adjust the flight control settings to the determined preferences.

公开(公告)号：US20170146344A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US15360681

申请日：2016-11-23

Applicant: Kespry, Inc.

Inventor： Robert Parker Clark

IPC: G01C7/04 ,  H04N7/18 ,  G06K9/00 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G01C7/04 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/123 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64D31/06 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G06K9/0063 ,  G08G5/0034 ,  G08G5/0039 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  H04N7/183

Abstract: Topology based adaptive data gathering is disclosed herein. Payload data gathering by an unmanned aerial vehicle can be adjusted based on topological or topographical characteristics of the area of flight by the unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle collects payload data over an area and may scale up the rate of payload data gathering or slow down the flight as the unmanned aerial vehicle flies over a high or complex structure. Conversely, the unmanned aerial vehicle may advantageously scale down the rate of payload data gathering or speed up the flight as the unmanned aerial vehicle flies over a simple structure or an empty area.