公开(公告)号：US09940842B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-10

申请号：US14929858

申请日：2015-11-02

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： Venson Shaw ,  Zhi Cui ,  Sangar Dowlatkhah

IPC: G08G5/00 ,  H04W28/02 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G08G5/0043 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/162 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0034 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/0082 ,  H04W28/0247

Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to intelligent drone traffic management via a radio access network (“RAN”). As disclosed herein, a RAN node, such as an eNodeB, can receive, from a drone, a flight configuration. The flight configuration can include a drone ID and a drone route. The RAN node can determine whether capacity is available in an airspace associated with the RAN node. In response to determining that capacity is available in the airspace associated with the RAN node, the RAN node can add the drone ID to a queue of drones awaiting use of the airspace associated with the RAN node. When the drone ID is next in the queue of drones awaiting use of the airspace associated with the RAN node, the RAN node can instruct the drone to fly through at least a portion of the airspace in accordance with the drone route.

公开(公告)号：US20180086452A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-29

申请号：US15279133

申请日：2016-09-28

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Simon Hunt ,  Neeta Srivastava

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G06Q10/08

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  B64C2201/205 ,  B64C2201/206 ,  B64C2201/208 ,  G06Q10/0835

Abstract: In an example, there is disclosed a drone operator computing apparatus having: a network interface; and one or more logic elements providing a broker agent to: communicatively couple to a drone brokerage engine via the network interface; send a carrier request comprising a request for a carrier to carry a drone through a prohibitive zone; receive a brokered carrier response comprising an engage point; and dispatch the drone to the engage point. There is also disclosed a drone having a navigation engine to proceed to the engage point and engage a carrier. There is also disclosed a brokerage engine to broker a carrier request from the drone operator, receive a carrier response from a carrier operator, and broker the carrier response.

公开(公告)号：US20180057163A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-01

申请号：US15245546

申请日：2016-08-24

Applicant: PRINCESS SUMAYA UNIVERSITY FOR TECHNOLOGY

Inventor： Belal Hussein Sababha ,  Hamzeh Mahmoud Alzu'bi ,  Osamah Ahmad Rawashdeh

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C17/06

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/14

Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing (“VTOL”) unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) system and a method of controlling the same, wherein such method controls the stability and maneuverability of the VTOL UAV by manipulating the speeds of the propellers at each rotor. The VTOL UAV includes a body with three extending arms, wherein each of such arms is aligned and fixed at a certain angle from a central axis passing through the body. Each extending arm is equipped with a rotor with propellers. The rotors are sufficient to control the yaw of the UAV, and there is no need for coaxial rotors or an extra servo-motor in order to control the yaw of the UAV, thus reducing the cost and the weight of the UAV.

公开(公告)号：US20180044016A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-15

申请号：US15415969

申请日：2017-01-26

Applicant: UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)

Inventor： WOONGKI BAEK ,  SEONG BEOM PARK

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/14 ,  B64C27/08

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C27/14 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  B64C2201/165

Abstract: The present invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle that can maintain stability by changing positions of rotating rotors when one of the rotating rotors malfunctions, and a method for controlling stability of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes: a main body; a plurality of support bars that are arranged while forming an angle with each other along a circumferential direction of the main body and extended to an outer side from the main body; a plurality of rotating rotors that are respectively provided to the support bars and generate thrust; motors that are respectively connected to the rotating rotors to drive the rotating rotors; drivers that change positions of the respective rotating rotors along the circumferential direction of the main body by moving the support bars with respect to the main body; and a controller that maintains horizontal stability of the main body by controlling the drivers.

公开(公告)号：US09886863B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-06

申请号：US15434112

申请日：2017-02-16

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Inventor： Shunsuke Kuhara

IPC: G08B23/00 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G08G5/0069 ,  B64C13/18 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/123 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G05D1/0016 ,  G05D1/0033 ,  G05D1/0044 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0026 ,  G08G5/0034 ,  G08G5/006

Abstract: A method for generating a flight route includes receiving an unconfirmed flight route of a drone, displaying a visually observable area based on a position of an observer who visually observes the drone, confirming, if the unconfirmed flight route is entirely included in the visually observable area, the unconfirmed flight route as a confirmed flight route, and displaying, if at least a part of the unconfirmed flight route is not included in the visually observable area, a warning message indicating that the unconfirmed flight route is not confirmed.

公开(公告)号：US09862489B1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-09

申请号：US15017651

申请日：2016-02-07

Applicant: Lee Weinstein ,  Jay Gainsboro

Inventor： Lee Weinstein ,  Jay Gainsboro

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64F1/02 ,  G01S13/06 ,  G01S15/06 ,  G01S17/06 ,  B64D1/18

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/126 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  B64C2201/182 ,  B64D1/18 ,  B64F1/02 ,  G01S13/06 ,  G01S15/06 ,  G01S17/06

Abstract: A preferred embodiment of a method and apparatus for detection and disablement of an unidentified aerial vehicle (UAV) includes arrays of antenna elements receiving in two modalities (for instance radio frequency (RF) and acoustic modalities, or RF and optical modalities). Signal processing of outputs from multiple antenna arrays locates a potential UAV at specific coordinates within a volume of space under surveillance, and automatically aims video surveillance and a short-range projectile launcher at the UAV, and may automatically fire the projectile launcher to down the UAV.

公开(公告)号：US09835709B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-05

申请号：US15013589

申请日：2016-02-02

Applicant: Bao Tran

Inventor： Bao Tran ,  Ha Tran

IPC: G01S1/68 ,  H04W12/02 ,  G05B15/02 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G01S1/70 ,  H04K3/00 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: G01S1/68 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  G01S1/70 ,  G05B15/02 ,  H04K3/90 ,  H04K3/92 ,  H04W12/02

Abstract: A system to provide privacy from third party vehicles includes a radio circuit configured to send a privacy indication in a beacon frame; and a movable device including a radio circuit to receive the beacon frame and a motor actuator controlled to comply with the privacy indication.

公开(公告)号：US20170344026A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-30

申请号：US15198073

申请日：2016-06-30

Applicant: ZEROTECH (SHENZHEN) INTELLIGENCE ROBOT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jianjun YANG ,  Lin YANG

IPC: G05D1/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0808 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  B64C2201/145 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  G05D1/0016 ,  G05D1/0858

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a UAV flight control method and device. The method includes: monitoring a current flight state of the UAV; correcting a flight attitude of the UAV to a preset attitude when the current flight state of the UAV is not consistent with a target flight state; and controlling the flight attitude of the UAV to be a natural hovering attitude when the flight attitude of the UAV fails to be corrected to the preset attitude under a first preset condition.

公开(公告)号：US20170337219A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-23

申请号：US15657668

申请日：2017-07-24

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Gurpreet UBHI ,  Ashok N. SRIVASTAVA ,  Douglas M. PASKO ,  Hani BATLA ,  Igor KANTOR

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04W36/14

CPC classification number: G06F16/29 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  G06Q10/083 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0026 ,  G08G5/0034 ,  G08G5/0039 ,  G08G5/0043 ,  G08G5/0056 ,  G08G5/006 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/0082 ,  G08G5/0086 ,  G08G5/0091 ,  H04B7/18504 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04W36/14

Abstract: A device receives a request for a flight path, for a UAV, from a first location to a second location, and calculates the flight path based on the request for the flight path. The device determines network requirements for the flight path based on the request, and determines scores for multiple networks with coverage areas covering a portion of the flight path. The device selects a particular network, from the multiple networks, based on the network requirements for the flight path and based on the scores for the multiple networks. The device causes a connection with the UAV and the particular network to be established, and generates flight path instructions for the flight path. The device provides, via the connection with the particular network, the flight path instructions to the UAV to permit the UAV to travel from the first location to the second location via the flight path.

公开(公告)号：US20170320574A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-09

申请号：US15661859

申请日：2017-07-27

Applicant: James Sommerfield Richardson

Inventor： James Sommerfield Richardson

IPC: B64D1/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B63C9/01 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64D1/02 ,  B63C9/01 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  G05D1/0011

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention comprise systems for providing a lifesaving apparatus to a distressed individual. Such systems may comprise an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to selectably support a lifesaving apparatus. The UAV may comprise a release mechanism configured to release the lifesaving apparatus when proximate a distressed person. The system may additionally comprise a control device configured to wirelessly communicate with the UAV such that a user can pilot the UAV from a distance and deliver the lifesaving apparatus to a distressed person. Methods of using the same may comprise piloting the UAV proximate a distressed person, providing a signal to the UAV to release the lifesaving apparatus by operating the release mechanism, and then pulling the lifesaving apparatus and the distressed person to safety via a control line secured to the lifesaving apparatus.