公开(公告)号：US11749122B1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-05

申请号：US16712958

申请日：2019-12-12

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Gur Kimchi ,  Michael Daniel Piedmonte

IPC: G05D1/06 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G08G5/00

CPC classification number: G08G5/0039 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/0676 ,  B64C2201/12 ,  B64C2201/14

Abstract: Described is a system and apparatus that provides redundant flight control for an aerial vehicle without the use of independent and dedicated redundant flight control boards and processors. Additional compute resources available on processors of other device boards of an aerial vehicle may be used to execute redundant flight control programs. The device boards and/or those redundant flight control programs monitor the operability of the various flight controllers. If any of the flight controllers is determined to be inoperable, one of the redundant flight control programs assumes the role of the inoperable controller.

公开(公告)号：US11634226B1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US17030189

申请日：2020-09-23

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Daniel Piedmonte ,  Cyriel Notteboom

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/10 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  G06Q10/087

Abstract: Modular units having one or more bays or compartments are installed into openings of aerial vehicles that are sized and configured to accommodate the modular units. Multiple items may be loaded into the respective bays or compartments of the modular unit, which is installed into an opening of an aerial vehicle, and carried by the aerial vehicle to locations where the items are to be delivered. Hatches or coverings of the bays or compartments are selectively operated to deploy the items therefrom at the designated locations. A modular unit may be selected for use in a mission based on a number of bays or compartments therein, or any other features of the modular unit, and installed in any number of aerial vehicles having appropriately sized and configured openings.