公开(公告)号：US20240233453A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18366094

申请日：2023-08-07

Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)

Inventor： Andreas NILSSON ,  Jonas FRIDÉN ,  Fredrik HARRYSSON ,  Lars MANHOLM

IPC: G07C5/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64F5/60 ,  G07C5/08 ,  G08B25/10

CPC classification number: G07C5/008 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64F5/60 ,  G07C5/0816 ,  G08B25/10 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  B64U2201/20

Abstract: A method performed in a network node is provided for alerting about failure of an unmanned aerial vehicle. The method comprises receiving a failure report from an unmanned aerial vehicle, obtaining an estimated crash point for the unmanned aerial vehicle, and sending, based on the obtained estimated crash point, warning signals to communication devices residing within a defined area. Methods in an unmanned aerial vehicle and in a network entity, and a network node, unmanned aerial vehicle, network entity, computer programs and computer program products are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US12025992B1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US18143922

申请日：2023-05-05

Applicant: BlueHalo, LLC

Inventor： Alexis Henry Clark ,  David Beck

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/04 ,  G05D1/10 ,  H04W4/42 ,  B64U50/19

CPC classification number: G05D1/104 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/1064 ,  H04W4/42 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U2201/102 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  B64U2201/20

Abstract: A system and method for autonomously controlling a set of unmanned aerial vehicles is provided. The autonomous ground control system may include a communications module and a fleet configuration module in communication with one or more user interface applications. The autonomous ground control system may receive one or more flight commands and generate fleet configuration instructions and safety information. The autonomous ground control system may provide the fleet configuration instructions to each unmanned aerial vehicle in the set in order to carry out the fleet configuration instructions in real time.

公开(公告)号：US11999480B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US17781832

申请日：2020-12-03

Applicant: TOPCON Corporation ,  Tierra S.p.A

Inventor： Riccardo Loti ,  Kaoru Kumagai

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G01C15/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B64U101/30

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G01C15/002 ,  G05D1/101 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/104

Abstract: A flight control system for an unmanned aerial vehicle comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle on which a reflector is mounted and a total station for tracking the reflector and for acquiring measurement data including three-dimensional coordinates of the reflector, wherein the total station comprises a tracking module for tracking the reflector, a TS-data transmitting module having an optical axis parallel or approximately parallel to a tracking optical axis of the tracking module and for emitting a TS-data transmitting light, and a TS-arithmetic control module, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle has a photodetector for receiving the TS-data transmitting light and for emitting a photodetecting signal and a UAV-arithmetic control module for controlling a flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and wherein the TS-arithmetic control module is configured to superimpose the measurement data on the TS-data transmitting light, and the UAV-arithmetic control module is configured to separate the measurement data from the photodetecting signal and obtains a flight position of the unmanned aerial vehicle in real time.

公开(公告)号：US20240177619A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-30

申请号：US18404697

申请日：2024-01-04

Applicant: WING Aviation LLC

Inventor： Martin Kubie ,  Dinuka Abeywardena

IPC: G08G5/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64U101/30 ,  G05D1/222 ,  G05D1/225 ,  G05D1/689 ,  H04W4/029

CPC classification number: G08G5/0069 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/222 ,  G05D1/225 ,  G05D1/689 ,  H04W4/029 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/104

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a propulsion system, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) sensor, a camera and a controller. The controller includes logic that, in response to execution by the controller, causes the UAV to in response to detecting a loss of tracking by the GNSS sensor determine an estimated location of the UAV on a map based on a location image captured by the camera, determine a route to a destination using tracking parameters embedded in the map, wherein the map is divided into a plurality of sections and the tracking parameters indicate an ease of determining a location of the UAV using images captured by the camera with respect to each section, and control the propulsion system to cause the UAV to follow the route to the destination.

公开(公告)号：US11984034B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-14

申请号：US16584978

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Dibyendu Ghosh ,  Vinayak Honkote ,  Kerstin Johnsson ,  Venkatesan Nallampatti Ekambaram ,  Ganeshram Nandakumar ,  Vasuki Narasimha Swamy ,  Karthik Narayanan ,  Alexander Pyattaev ,  Feng Xue

IPC: G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G08G5/02 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04W4/42 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U101/20 ,  B64U101/30 ,  B64U101/60 ,  H04W84/00

CPC classification number: G08G5/0008 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/101 ,  G08G5/025 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04W4/42 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U2101/20 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2101/60 ,  B64U2201/102 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  B64U2201/20 ,  H04W84/005

Abstract: Various methods and devices for positioning autonomous agents including verifying a reported agent location using physical attributes of the received signal; improving agent formation for iterative localization; selecting agents for distributed task sharing; intelligent beacon-placement for group localization; relative heading and orientation determination utilizing time of flight; and secure Instrument Landing System (ILS) implementation for unmanned agents.

公开(公告)号：US11983659B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-14

申请号：US17418911

申请日：2020-02-05

Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation

Inventor： Hikaru Takizawa

IPC: G06Q10/083 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/10 ,  B64D45/00 ,  B65G61/00 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U101/60

CPC classification number: G06Q10/083 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D1/10 ,  B64D45/00 ,  B65G61/00 ,  B64D2045/008 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U2101/60 ,  B64U2201/104

Abstract: The present invention realizes a medical material transport system that is low-cost, stable, and safe, the medical material transport system being such that even if a failure occurs in an individual specimen transport device, the failure does not extend to the system as a whole. Collection of a specimen is requested from a specimen collection request terminal 107, and a management unit (108) issues a reception command 110 for the specimen. A drone 101 that has received the reception command 110 for the specimen departs from a standby dock 105 on the basis of the received information and flies to a specimen recovery location 106, and a specimen tray for placing the specimen is taken out from a specimen holder 102. A specimen container is contained in the specimen tray, and the specimen tray is returned to the specimen holder 102 and locked using a lock mechanism. The drone 101 flies to an arrival station 104, and after arriving, uses an unlocking key, and the specimen tray is disengaged from the specimen holder 102. After the specimen container in the specimen tray is collected, the specimen tray is placed in the specimen holder 102, and the drone 101 returns to the standby dock 105.

公开(公告)号：US11884393B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US18145529

申请日：2022-12-22

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Robert Roy Champagne, Jr. ,  Gur Kimchi ,  Louis Leroi LeGrand, III ,  Nicholas Hampel Roberts ,  Ricky Dean Welsh

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/08 ,  B64U10/10 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U50/13 ,  B64U101/60

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/0858 ,  B64U10/10 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U50/13 ,  B64U2101/60 ,  B64U2201/10 ,  B64U2201/104

Abstract: This disclosure describes an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), which includes a plurality of maneuverability propulsion mechanisms that enable the aerial vehicle to move in any of the six degrees of freedom (surge, sway, heave, pitch, yaw, and roll). The aerial vehicle may also include a lifting propulsion mechanism that operates to generate a force sufficient to maintain the aerial vehicle at an altitude.

公开(公告)号：US11846946B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-19

申请号：US16325017

申请日：2017-08-17

Applicant: TEVEL AEROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

Inventor： Yaniv Maor

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  A01D46/253 ,  B64D1/22 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G06V20/10 ,  A01D46/30 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B64U10/13 ,  A01G3/08 ,  A01G25/16 ,  G06F16/587 ,  B64D47/00 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64U101/00 ,  B64U101/30 ,  B64U101/60

CPC classification number: G05D1/0094 ,  A01D46/253 ,  A01D46/30 ,  A01G3/085 ,  A01G25/16 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64D47/00 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/104 ,  G05D1/106 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/587 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06V20/188 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/0073 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U2101/00 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2101/60 ,  B64U2201/10 ,  B64U2201/102 ,  B64U2201/104

Abstract: The present invention provides a computerized system for mapping an orchard, and a method for producing precise map and database with high resolution and accuracy of all trees in an orchard.

公开(公告)号：US11820504B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US16076529

申请日：2016-02-09

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Jason C. Marcath ,  Daniel Paul Roberts ,  Leslie James Lindeman

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64F1/10 ,  B64F1/00 ,  B64U10/10 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U80/86 ,  B64U101/60 ,  B60R9/00 ,  B64F1/22

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64F1/007 ,  B64F1/10 ,  B60R9/00 ,  B64F1/222 ,  B64U10/10 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U80/86 ,  B64U2101/60 ,  B64U2201/104

Abstract: A delivery system includes a processor programmed to construct a route so as to include predefined segments traveled by carriers configured to taxi the vehicle and charge a battery thereof such that a state of charge of the battery remains above a target for a duration of the route, and forward the route to the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11798423B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US17020813

申请日：2020-09-15

Applicant: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation

Inventor： Cheng-Shen Lee ,  Chih-Neng Tseng ,  Kuan-Chou Ko

IPC: G08G5/00 ,  H04B17/318 ,  B64C39/02 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04L5/00 ,  B64U50/19

CPC classification number: G08G5/0013 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W24/02 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  B64U2201/20

Abstract: A drone and a positioning method thereof, a drone communication system and an operation method thereof are provided. The positioning method of the drone is applicable for a drone to cruise in a flight field. The positioning method includes the following steps: flying according to a destination coordinate in the flight field; sensing a plurality of base stations via a first wireless communication module to obtain a plurality of first radio wave signals of the plurality of base stations; positioning according to the plurality of first radio wave signals to determine a current coordinate of the drone; and flying toward the destination coordinate in the flight field according to the current coordinate. In this way, the drone is capable of reliably positioning to effectively perform automatic flight missions.