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公开(公告)号:US20180239350A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-23
申请号:US15877949
申请日:2018-01-23
Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Inventor: Robert L. Cantrell
CPC classification number: G05D1/0022 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/128 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/146 , B64D45/04 , G05D1/0027 , G05D1/0038 , G05D1/0088 , G05D1/0094 , G05D1/0676 , G05D1/101 , G06Q10/00 , G08G5/00 , G08G5/0043 , G08G5/0069 , G08G5/025
Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to deliver merchandise to landing locations. In some embodiments, there is a provided a system including: a remote navigational control system operable by a human pilot to control a flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with the UAV including: a two-way communication unit; a sensor configured to capture images; and a control circuit. The UAV control circuit is configured to: autonomously navigate the UAV along a first flight path to a navigational waypoint according to autonomous operation; communicate with the control system when the UAV arrives at the navigational waypoint; await instructions from the control system for landing the UAV; transmit images of the landing location to the control system; and guide the UAV along a second flight path to the landing location based on human pilot navigation instructions.
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公开(公告)号:US20180237276A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-23
申请号:US15955388
申请日:2018-04-17
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor: Joshua John Bialkowski , John Roberts , Abraham Bachrach
CPC classification number: B66D1/485 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/128 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/146 , B64D1/22 , B66C13/06 , G05D1/0858
Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) including a winch system, wherein the winch system includes a single winch line, wherein a payload is suspended from a first end of the winch line, and the winch system is controllable to vary the rate of ascent of the payload to the UAV, and a control system including a processor and program instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by the processor to control the winch, the control system configured to (a) receive data regarding oscillations of the payload, and (b) operate the winch system to vary a retraction rate of the winch line to damp oscillations of the payload during ascent of the payload to the UAV.
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公开(公告)号:US20180234859A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-16
申请号:US15955750
申请日:2018-04-18
Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
Inventor: Branko Djordjevic , Torsten Dudda , Wojciech Potentas
CPC classification number: H04W16/26 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/122 , B64C2201/141 , G08G1/202 , G08G5/0043 , G08G5/0069 , H04B7/18504 , H04W16/32 , H04W24/02 , H04W88/08
Abstract: A plurality of mobile robots provide a radio coverage area of a wireless communication network. Each mobile robot comprises a radio base station of the wireless communication network. A mobile robot of the plurality of mobile robots moves to a geographical position to deploy as part of a daisy chain loop of the mobile robots upon receiving instruction from a maintenance base. Upon receiving further instruction from the maintenance base, the mobile robot moves to a further geographical position as part of a circular shift operation performed by the mobile robots deployed to the daisy chain loop to maintain the radio coverage area and send a further mobile robot of the mobile robots deployed to the daisy chain loop to the maintenance base.
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公开(公告)号:US20180233050A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-16
申请号:US15944545
申请日:2018-04-03
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Ernesto VALLS HERNÁNDEZ , Francisco A. NAVARRO FÉLIX , David SÁNCHEZ TAMARGO , Carlos QUEREJETA MASAVEU , Jesús CUADRADO SÁNCHEZ
CPC classification number: G08G5/006 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/141 , G01C21/20 , G08G5/0052 , G08G5/0069
Abstract: Methods and systems for autonomous generation of shortest lateral paths for unmanned aerial systems are described. An example system includes memory storing code and at least one processor to execute the code to cause the at least one processor to access an initial scenario including a source point, a target point, and a no flight zone, determine a computation time for identifying a lateral path for an aircraft to traverse that avoids the no flight zone, determine whether the determined computation time satisfies a threshold of a reference computation time, change the first number of vertices to a second number of vertices when the reference computation time is not satisfied, determine a buffer area surrounding the no flight zone, construct a visibility graph including lateral paths, and identify one of the lateral paths as being shorter than others of the lateral paths.
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公开(公告)号:US20180229834A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-16
申请号:US15947650
申请日:2018-04-06
Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
Inventor: Tao Wang , Tao Zhao , Shaojie Chen , Zhigang Ou
CPC classification number: B64C27/08 , A63H27/12 , B64C1/30 , B64C25/06 , B64C25/32 , B64C27/00 , B64C27/54 , B64C39/024 , B64C2025/325 , B64C2201/024 , B64C2201/027 , B64C2201/042 , B64C2201/108 , B64C2201/12 , B64C2201/123 , B64C2201/127 , B64C2201/128 , B64C2201/14 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/20 , B64D31/14 , B64D43/00 , G01R33/0047 , G01V3/16 , G05D1/00 , Y10T29/49117
Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with improved reliability. According to one aspect of the invention, interference experienced by onboard sensors from onboard electrical components is reduced. According to another aspect of the invention, user-configuration or assembly of electrical components is minimized to reduce user errors.
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公开(公告)号:US20180217591A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-02
申请号:US15883466
申请日:2018-01-30
Applicant: Bennett Aerospace, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew Wiggins , Julia Bennett , Douglas Bennett , Mackenzie Dougherty , Willis Herweyer
CPC classification number: G05D1/0038 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/042 , B64C2201/108 , B64C2201/12 , B64C2201/127 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/146 , G05D1/0094 , G08B13/1965 , G08B13/19697 , G08B15/00 , H04B7/18506 , H04N5/23216 , H04N7/14 , H04N7/185
Abstract: A method of operating a drone security and entertainment system includes: engaging a drone with a base; receiving signals from at least one sensor remote from the drone vehicle and base; detecting activity; disengaging the drone vehicle from the base; traveling by the drone vehicle; collecting, by the drone vehicle, data including at least one of video, audio, and sensor data; and transmitting, by the drone, the collected data. A security system includes: a base configured to house and charge a drone vehicle; a drone vehicle configured to engage with the base; and at least one sensor in electrical communication with the drone vehicle, wherein the drone is configured for: receiving signals from the at least one sensor; detecting activity; disengaging from the base; traveling; collecting data including at least one of video, audio, and sensor data; and transmitting the collected data.
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公开(公告)号:US10039031B2
公开(公告)日:2018-07-31
申请号:US14744642
申请日:2015-06-19
Applicant: Fortinet, Inc.
Inventor: Pankajkumar V. Chechani
IPC: H04W24/02 , H04W28/08 , H04W28/02 , B64C39/02 , G05D1/10 , H04W16/22 , H04B7/185 , H04W24/04 , H04W84/12 , H04W16/18 , H04W88/08
CPC classification number: H04W28/08 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/024 , B64C2201/027 , B64C2201/122 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/145 , G05D1/104 , H04B7/18504 , H04W16/18 , H04W16/22 , H04W24/02 , H04W24/04 , H04W28/021 , H04W28/0289 , H04W84/12 , H04W88/08
Abstract: Systems and methods are described for an automatically deployed wireless network. According to one embodiment, an access point controller (AC) determines the existence of a network anomaly at a position of a wireless network that is managed by the AC. Responsive thereto, the AC causes an unmanned vehicle that carries a movable access point (AP) to carry the movable AP to the position or proximate thereto and causes the movable AP to provide wireless network service to an area encompassing the position by sending a dispatch command to the unmanned vehicle. The dispatch command instructs the unmanned vehicle to move to the position or proximate thereto.
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公开(公告)号:US20180210465A1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-26
申请号:US15875967
申请日:2018-01-19
Applicant: Hangzhou Zero Zero Technology Co., Ltd
Inventor: Zheng Qu , Pengxiang Jin , Tong Zhang
CPC classification number: G05D1/102 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/146 , G06T7/74 , G06T2207/30241 , G06T2207/30261 , H04N5/247 , H04N7/181 , H04N7/185
Abstract: A method for operating a system including a plurality of cameras, the method including: selecting a subset of the cameras, determining a subset of pixels captured by the camera subset, determining a pixel depth associated with each pixel of the pixel subset, and controlling system operation based on the pixel depth.
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公开(公告)号:US20180204585A1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-19
申请号:US15849841
申请日:2017-12-21
Applicant: AIRSHARE, Inc.
Inventor: Richard Jonathan Whittaker , Tariq Sigouin
CPC classification number: G10L21/0232 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/027 , B64C2201/108 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/146 , G10K11/002 , G10K2200/10 , G10L21/0208 , G10L25/51 , G10L2021/02085 , H04R1/028 , H04R1/08 , H04R3/00 , H04R2410/05 , H04R2499/13
Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing background noise captured by a UAV acoustic sensor are disclosed. The background noise may be reduced by incorporating a known UAV acoustic signature corresponding to a determined flight parameter into an adaptive filter coupled to the acoustic sensor.
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公开(公告)号:US20180203470A1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-19
申请号:US15407650
申请日:2017-01-17
Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.
Inventor: Mark Anthony Pattison , Gavin Francis Warner , John Steven Orisich
CPC classification number: G05D1/12 , B60Q2400/40 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/12 , B64C2201/127 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/208 , B64D47/04 , B64D47/08 , G05D1/0016 , G05D1/0094 , G05D1/0202 , G05D1/102 , G08G5/0013 , G08G5/006 , G08G5/0069 , H04W4/00 , H04W4/02 , H04W4/021 , H04W4/40 , H04W4/90
Abstract: A drone aircraft for personal assistance or protection. When a driver's car is located in a parking lot at night, the driver can summon a drone stored in the vehicle which flies to the driver and leads the driver to the vehicle by projecting a spot of light onto the ground. The drone makes a video recording of events occurring at this time and transmits the recording to a remote storage location.
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