公开(公告)号：US20170129605A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-11

申请号：US15241715

申请日：2016-08-19

Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd .

Inventor： Xumin Wu ,  Zhuang Feng ,  Jiyuan Ao

IPC: B64D1/18 ,  A01M7/00 ,  B05B12/12 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B05B12/00 ,  B05B12/02

CPC classification number: B64D1/18 ,  A01M7/00 ,  A01M7/0089 ,  B05B9/0413 ,  B05B12/004 ,  B05B12/02 ,  B05B12/081 ,  B05B12/126 ,  B05B13/005 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  G01S19/00 ,  G01S19/14

Abstract: Systems and methods can determine a liquid flow in a spraying system. An amount of liquid that is output from the spraying system during a pump cycle is determined. A number of pump cycles that occur within a given amount of time are measured. The number of pump cycles are measured using an electronic speed controller (ESC). Additionally, the ESC indicates the number of pump cycles within a given amount of time within a threshold of precision. The amount of liquid flow in the spraying system is calculated based on the measured number of pump cycles and the determined amount of liquid that is output from the spraying system.

公开(公告)号：US20170113787A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-27

申请号：US14997510

申请日：2016-01-16

Applicant: Kim F. Hein

Inventor： Kim F. Hein

IPC: B64C15/02 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64C39/022 ,  A62C31/03 ,  A62C31/05 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/10 ,  B64C2201/12

Abstract: A hydraulically propelled drone is provided for delivering firefighting fluid to an elevated location. The drone comprises a housing having a primary inlet configured to receive the distal end of a fire hose, a primary outlet configured to receive the inlet end of a primary nozzle, a central passageway configured to conduct fluid from the primary inlet to the primary outlet, and at least one secondary outlet communicating with the central passageway. At least one lift nozzle communicates with the secondary outlet and is configured to direct fluid in a generally downward direction so as to produce an upward thrust on the drone housing, and at least one valve is contained within the housing and configured to control the flow of said fluid through the primary nozzle and the at least one lift nozzle nozzle.

公开(公告)号：US20170096222A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-06

申请号：US14873399

申请日：2015-10-02

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Charles B. Spinelli ,  John Lyle Vian

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C33/00 ,  B64F1/22 ,  B64F1/00

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  A01B79/005 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C33/00 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/123 ,  B64C2201/182 ,  B64C2201/208 ,  B64F1/007 ,  B64F1/222

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a base vehicle, a takeoff and landing system, a rack system, a refueling system associated with the base vehicle, and a controller. The rack system comprises a group of racks with slots in which the slots receive unmanned aerial vehicles, provide refueling connections that facilitate refueling of the unmanned aerial vehicles located in the slots, and provide data connections that facilitate data transmission with the unmanned aerial vehicles located in the slots. The refueling system refuels an unmanned aerial vehicle located in a slot using a refueling connection in the refueling connections. The controller communicates with the unmanned aerial vehicle using a data connection and control the refueling of the unmanned aerial vehicles by the refueling system while the unmanned aerial vehicle is in the slot, enabling exchanging data with the unmanned aerial vehicle and the refueling of the unmanned aerial vehicle simultaneously.

公开(公告)号：US20170088261A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US14869531

申请日：2015-09-29

Applicant: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH

Inventor： Melwyn F. Sequeira ,  Mohammad Mohiuddin

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G01S13/02 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G01S13/0209 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  G01S13/888 ,  G01S13/90 ,  G01S2013/0245 ,  G05D1/104 ,  G08G5/00

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having at least one sensor for detecting the presence of a survivor in a search and rescue area. The at least one sensor is preferably an ultra-wide band (UWB) transceiver sensor. The UAV includes a UAV data link transceiver for wirelessly communicating information concerning the survivor to a command center.

公开(公告)号：US20170088259A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US15376651

申请日：2016-12-12

Applicant: X DEVELOPMENT LLC

Inventor： Erik Christopher Chubb ,  Damon Vander Lind

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  F03D5/00 ,  F03D13/20 ,  G05D1/08

CPC classification number: B64C39/022 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/148 ,  F03D5/00 ,  F03D9/25 ,  F03D13/20 ,  F05B2240/921 ,  G05D1/0866 ,  Y02E10/70 ,  Y02E10/728

Abstract: A method involves operating an aerial vehicle in a hover-flight orientation. The aerial vehicle is connected to a tether that defines a tether sphere having a radius based on a length of the tether, and the tether is connected to a ground station. The method involves positioning the aerial vehicle at a first location that is substantially on the tether sphere. The method involves transitioning the aerial vehicle from the hover-flight orientation to a forward-flight orientation, such that the aerial vehicle moves from the tether sphere. And the method involves operating the aerial vehicle in the forward-flight orientation to ascend at an angle of ascent to a second location that is substantially on the tether sphere. The first and second locations are substantially downwind of the ground station.

公开(公告)号：US09605926B1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-28

申请号：US15260844

申请日：2016-09-09

Applicant: DuckDrone, LLC

Inventor： Grady Means ,  Thor Sigvaldason

IPC: F41G3/26 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G01S19/13 ,  F41J5/14 ,  F41J2/00 ,  A63F13/216 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/837 ,  A63F13/25

CPC classification number: F41G3/26 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/216 ,  A63F13/25 ,  A63F13/837 ,  A63F2300/8076 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/145 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  F41G3/2655 ,  F41J2/00 ,  F41J5/14 ,  F41J9/08 ,  G01S19/13 ,  G01S19/14 ,  G01S19/42 ,  G01S19/53

Abstract: In a target-shooting simulation system, a master control unit issues flight control instructions to a flight-capable drone to cause the drone to fly along a predetermined flight path and receives GPS coordinates transmitted by a control unit of the drone as the drone flies along the predetermined flight path. The master control unit additionally obtains GPS coordinates, orientation and motion information with respect to a replica firearm, detects actuation of a trigger of the replica firearm and, in response to detecting actuation of the trigger, determines, based on the GPS coordinates of the drone and the GPS coordinates, orientation and motion information with respect to the replica firearm, whether a trajectory of a theoretical shot fired by the replica firearm at time of the trigger actuation will intercept the drone as it flies along the predetermined flight path.

公开(公告)号：US09587915B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-07

申请号：US14505754

申请日：2014-10-03

Applicant: MBDA Deutschland GmbH

Inventor： Thomas Hagen ,  Franz Geidek

IPC: H01S3/00 ,  F41H13/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  H04B10/25

CPC classification number: F41H13/005 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  F41H13/0062 ,  H04B10/25

Abstract: An airborne laser weapon system is divided into a ground-based unit and an airborne unit. The relatively heavy components of the laser weapon system, such as the generator, cooling elements with cooling fluid, accumulators, pump diodes, beam couplers and the control station for an operator, are concentrated and/or arranged in the ground-based part. The relatively lightweight components and/or those that ultimately determine the quality of the laser beam, such as active laser element(s), in particular the output stage(s) thereof, the focusing drive, the telescope and the necessary sensors, may be provided on the airborne platform and may be connected by means of a relatively long, e.g. multiple kilometers, optical waveguide to the ground-based part.

Abstract translation: 机载激光武器系统分为地面单元和机载单元。 激光武器系统（例如发电机，具有冷却流体的冷却元件，蓄能器，泵二极管，光束耦合器）和用于操作者的控制站的相对较重的部件被集中和/或布置在基于地面的部件中。 相对较轻的部件和/或最终确定激光束的质量（例如主动激光元件，特别是其输出级，聚焦驱动器，望远镜和必需的传感器）的质量可以是 提供在机载平台上，并且可以通过相对较长的连接 多公里，光波导到地面部分。

公开(公告)号：US09582002B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-28

申请号：US14994485

申请日：2016-01-13

Applicant: RowBot Systems LLC

Inventor： Kent Cavender-Bares

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  A01C7/00 ,  A01B69/04 ,  A01B79/00 ,  A01C21/00 ,  A01C7/08 ,  A01C15/00 ,  A01C23/02 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0088 ,  A01B51/02 ,  A01B69/008 ,  A01B79/005 ,  A01C7/00 ,  A01C7/004 ,  A01C7/06 ,  A01C7/085 ,  A01C15/00 ,  A01C21/002 ,  A01C23/008 ,  A01C23/024 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/0011 ,  G05D1/0231 ,  Y10S901/01

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle platform and system for selectively performing an in-season management task in an agricultural field while self-navigating between rows of planted crops, the autonomous vehicle platform having a vehicle base with a width so dimensioned as to be insertable through the space between two rows of planted crops, the vehicle base having an in-season task management structure configured to perform various tasks, including selectively applying fertilizer, mapping growth zones and seeding cover crop within an agricultural field.

Abstract translation: 一种自主车辆平台和系统，用于在农业领域中选择性地执行季节性管理任务，同时在各行种植作物之间自行进行，所述自主车辆平台具有车辆基座，该车辆基座的宽度尺寸被设计成能够通过第 两排种植作物，车辆基地具有季节性任务管理结构，其被配置为执行各种任务，包括选择性地施用肥料，测绘生长区和播种覆盖作物在农业领域内。

公开(公告)号：US20170041978A1

公开(公告)日：2017-02-09

申请号：US15333497

申请日：2016-10-25

Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.

Inventor： Ratheesh Radhakrishnan

IPC: H04W76/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64D47/08 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/122 ,  H04B7/18504 ,  H04W16/26 ,  H04W84/047

Abstract: A remote worksite monitoring system is provided. The remote worksite monitoring system includes a machine operating at a worksite, The remote worksite monitoring system also includes an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) associated with the machine. The UAV includes a control module and a sensor module. The UAV is adapted to fly to a location proximate to an area at which the machine is present. The UAV is adapted to directly communicate with the machine over a first communication network to at least one of receive machine data from the machine and transfer data to the machine when direct communication between the machine and a remote control station cannot be established. Further, the UAV is adapted to transmit the machine data received from the machine to the remote control station over a second communication network.

Abstract translation: 提供远程工作现场监控系统。 远程工地监控系统包括在工地工作的机器。远程工地监控系统还包括与机器相关的无人机（UAV）。 无人机包括控制模块和传感器模块。 UAV适于飞行到靠近机器所在区域的位置。 无人机适于在机器和远程控制站之间的直接通信不能建立时，直接通过第一通信网络与机器通信到来自机器的接收机器数据中的至少一个并将数据传送到机器。 此外，UAV适于通过第二通信网络将从机器接收的机器数据发送到远程控制站。

公开(公告)号：US09555886B1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-31

申请号：US14692125

申请日：2015-04-21

Applicant: Oubada Hawass

Inventor： Oubada Hawass

IPC: A62C13/62 ,  B64D1/16

CPC classification number: B64D1/16 ,  A62C3/0242 ,  B64C39/04 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/12

Abstract: A multi-modular aerial firefighting control method and apparatus for use by firefighters to control fire. The multi-modular aerial firefighting control method and apparatus generally includes multi-modular units that are held together to form an aerial firefighting system. The modular units may work together or independently. The multi-modular system comprises more than one modular unit, fluid, fluid conduit, reservoir, air flow generator, multi-modular unit support structure, aerial suspension system and aerial lift system.

Abstract translation: 消防员用于控制火灾的多机组空中消防控制方法和装置。 多模块化空中消防控制方法和装置通常包括多模块单元，其组合在一起以形成空中消防系统。 模块化单元可以一起工作或独立工作。 多模块系统包括多个模块化单元，流体，流体导管，储存器，气流发生器，多模块单元支撑结构，空中悬挂系统和升降系统。