Uninhabited airborne vehicle and method of controlling the same

    公开(公告)号:US09834311B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-05

    申请号:US15065963

    申请日:2016-03-10

    Inventor: Shunji Sugaya

    Abstract: The present invention is to prevent an uninhabited airborne vehicle from crashing due to fall impact and from being damaged and to protect an object and a living being at the fall point. The uninhabited airborne vehicle 100 includes a rotary wing 10 and a buffer 111 that reduces impact on the airframe when crashed. The battery charge remaining measurement module 122 and the distance measurement module 123 measure the battery charge remaining and the distance to an object, respectively, and compare the measurement with the respective thresholds. If the measurement is less than the respective thresholds, the buffer module 111 is driven by the drive module 121.

    Inflatable parachute airbag system
    78.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09611045B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-04

    申请号:US14850642

    申请日:2015-09-10

    Applicant: Indemnis, Inc.

    Abstract: A system and method for resisting an uncontrolled descent or uncontrolled flight condition of an aerial vehicle. The system includes a control system, sensors, an inflation device, and a deployable, inflatable assembly. The control system detects an uncontrolled condition using the sensors, and subsequently initiates the inflation device to inflate the inflatable assembly. The assembly includes an inflatable cage stored on and deployed from the aerial vehicle upon detection of an uncontrolled condition. The inflatable cage includes a hub, a perimeter tube, and support tubes connected between the hub and perimeter tube. Fill tubes enable inflation of the support and perimeter tubes. The assembly includes a parachute-material enclosure connected to the inflatable cage and structured to create drag to reduce a velocity of the aerial vehicle when the inflatable assembly is deployed. The assembly includes weight distribution straps physically coupled between the vehicle and the enclosure or inflatable cage.

    UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE RECOVERY SYSTEM
    79.
    发明申请
    UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE RECOVERY SYSTEM 审中-公开
    无人机营运车辆恢复系统

    公开(公告)号:US20160347462A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-01

    申请号:US14723897

    申请日:2015-05-28

    Applicant: Kespry, Inc.

    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a closely integrated emergency recovery and operation systems for an unmanned aerial vehicle with built-in levels of redundancy and independence to maximize the likelihood of a controlled velocity landing. The unmanned aerial vehicle may include multiple processors and multiple state estimating modules such as inertial measurement units to independently determine the operational and error status of the unmanned aerial vehicle. Base on predictive or projected computations, the emergency recovery system may determine a suitable time for a recovery action, such as parachute deployment, and execute the recovery action.

    Abstract translation: 无人机包括紧凑的紧急恢复和操作系统,用于具有内置冗余度和独立性的无人驾驶飞行器,以最大限度地发挥受控速度着陆的可能性。 无人驾驶飞行器可以包括多个处理器和多个状态估计模块,例如惯性测量单元,以独立地确定无人驾驶飞行器的操作和错误状态。 基于预测或预计计算,紧急恢复系统可以确定恢复动作(例如降落伞部署)的合适时间,并执行恢复动作。

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