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公开(公告)号:US20210039779A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-11
申请号:US16850243
申请日:2020-04-16
Applicant: VTRUS INC.
Abstract: Indoor mapping and modular control for UAVs and other autonomous vehicles, and associated systems and methods. A representative unmanned aerial vehicle system includes a body, a propulsion system carried by the body, a sensor system carried by the body, and a controller carried at least in part by the body and operatively coupled to the propulsion system and the sensor system. The controller is programmed with instructions that, when executed, operate in a first autonomous mode and a second autonomous mode. In the first autonomous mode, the instructions autonomously direct the propulsion system to convey the body along a first route within an indoor environment. While the body travels along the first route, the instructions receive inputs from the sensor system corresponding to features of the indoor environment. The features are stored as part of a 3-D map. In the second autonomous mode, the instructions direct the propulsion system to convey the body along a second route within the indoor environment, based at least in part on the 3-D map, and direct performance of an operation on the second route.
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公开(公告)号:US10649469B2
公开(公告)日:2020-05-12
申请号:US15875347
申请日:2018-01-19
Applicant: VTRUS INC.
Abstract: Indoor mapping and modular control for UAVs and other autonomous vehicles, and associated systems and methods. A representative unmanned aerial vehicle system includes a body, a propulsion system carried by the body, a sensor system carried by the body, and a controller carried at least in part by the body and operatively coupled to the propulsion system and the sensor system. The controller is programmed with instructions that, when executed, operate in a first autonomous mode and a second autonomous mode. In the first autonomous mode, the instructions autonomously direct the propulsion system to convey the body along a first route within an indoor environment. While the body travels along the first route, the instructions receive inputs from the sensor system corresponding to features of the indoor environment. The features are stored as part of a 3-D map. In the second autonomous mode, the instructions direct the propulsion system to convey the body along a second route within the indoor environment, based at least in part on the 3-D map, and direct performance of an operation on the second route.
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公开(公告)号:US20180217614A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-02
申请号:US15875347
申请日:2018-01-19
Applicant: VTRUS, INC.
CPC classification number: G05D1/101 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/027 , B64C2201/108 , B64C2201/123 , B64C2201/141 , B64D47/08 , G01C21/00 , G01C21/206 , G05D1/0088 , G05D1/102
Abstract: Indoor mapping and modular control for UAVs and other autonomous vehicles, and associated systems and methods. A representative unmanned aerial vehicle system includes a body, a propulsion system carried by the body, a sensor system carried by the body, and a controller carried at least in part by the body and operatively coupled to the propulsion system and the sensor system. The controller is programmed with instructions that, when executed, operate in a first autonomous mode and a second autonomous mode. In the first autonomous mode, the instructions autonomously direct the propulsion system to convey the body along a first route within an indoor environment. While the body travels along the first route, the instructions receive inputs from the sensor system corresponding to features of the indoor environment. The features are stored as part of a 3-D map. In the second autonomous mode, the instructions direct the propulsion system to convey the body along a second route within the indoor environment, based at least in part on the 3-D map, and direct performance of an operation on the second route.
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公开(公告)号:US20180208070A1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-26
申请号:US15875375
申请日:2018-01-19
Applicant: VTRUS, INC.
CPC classification number: B60L53/30 , B60L53/14 , B60L53/35 , B60L53/80 , B60L2200/10 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/027 , B64C2201/042 , B64C2201/108 , B64C2201/141 , G05D1/042 , Y02T10/7005
Abstract: Automated battery servicing, including charging and/or replacement, for unmanned aerial vehicles, and associated systems and methods. A representative system includes a landing structure, at least one positioning element located proximate to the landing structure and movable relative to the landing structure to re-position an unmanned aerial vehicle at the landing structure, and a battery service device positioned proximate to the landing structure. The battery service device is configured to (a) charge a battery carried by the unmanned aerial vehicle at the landing structure, or (b) remove and replace the battery carried by the unmanned aerial vehicle at the landing structure, or (c) both (a) and (b).
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