公开(公告)号：US20240192705A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18533060

申请日：2023-12-07

Applicant: Skydio, Inc.

Inventor： Shreetej Varakantam Reddy ,  Davide Falanga ,  Maximilian Joseph Halper Krogius ,  Eric Minor

IPC: G05D1/654 ,  B64D45/08 ,  B64F5/60 ,  B64U70/90 ,  G05D1/244 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06V20/17

CPC classification number: G05D1/654 ,  B64D45/08 ,  B64F5/60 ,  B64U70/90 ,  G05D1/2446 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06V20/17 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  G06T2207/10032 ,  G06T2207/30204

Abstract: Autonomous return to dock and docking procedures includes a dock and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The dock includes a first fiducial and second fiducial. The UAV includes a camera, one or more processors, and one or more memories. The one or more processors configured to execute instructions stored in the one or more memories to determine to use the dock for a landing operation by processing a first image depicting the first fiducial, to determine a UAV placement for the landing operation at the dock by processing a second image depicting the second fiducial, and to perform the landing operation to land the UAV at the dock according to the UAV placement.