公开(公告)号：US20230141818A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US17521574

申请日：2021-11-08

Applicant: WING Aviation LLC

Inventor： Reia Cho ,  Kevin Jenkins ,  Damien Jourdan

IPC: G05D1/10 ,  G05D1/06 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/20 ,  G06Q10/02 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/101 ,  G05D1/0676 ,  G06K9/00637 ,  G06K9/2054 ,  G06Q10/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/18

Abstract: A method for automated assignment of a staging pad to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes: launching the UAV from a launch location; tracking a drift of the UAV from the launch location; determining a subsequent position of the UAV after the launching based upon geofiducial navigation; calculating an estimated position of the launch location by offsetting the subsequent position by the drift; attempting to match the estimated position to an available staging pad of a plurality of staging pads; and assigning the UAV to the available staging pad when the estimated position successfully matches to the available staging pad.

公开(公告)号：US20240419180A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18741364

申请日：2024-06-12

Applicant: Wing Aviation LLC

Inventor： Marcus Hammond ,  Jeremie Gabor ,  Reia Cho

IPC: G05D1/244 ,  G05D1/246 ,  G05D109/20 ,  G06T7/73

Abstract: An uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) may be configured to hover above a particular charging pad within a portion of a cluster of charging pads for UAVs. The cluster may include the charging pads arranged in a layout and fiducial markers distributed at positions across the layout. While hovering above the particular charging pad, the UAV may capture an aerial image of the portion of the cluster. The UAV may derive cluster-portion observation data from the image, the cluster-portion observation data including information indicating a position of the particular charging pad, and positions of one or more fiducial markers within the portion of the cluster relative to the particular charging pad. The UAV may send the cluster-portion observation data to a computing system in an infrastructure support network for UAVs, and thereafter receive, from the computing system, location information indicating that UAV's geolocation is a geolocation of the particular charging pad.

公开(公告)号：US11971730B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-30

申请号：US17521574

申请日：2021-11-08

Applicant: WING Aviation LLC

Inventor： Reia Cho ,  Kevin Jenkins ,  Damien Jourdan

IPC: G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64U70/00 ,  B64U101/30 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/06 ,  G06Q10/02 ,  G06V10/22 ,  G06V20/10

CPC classification number: G05D1/101 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/0676 ,  G06Q10/02 ,  G06V10/22 ,  G06V20/176 ,  B64U70/00 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/10

Abstract: A method for automated assignment of a staging pad to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes: launching the UAV from a launch location; tracking a drift of the UAV from the launch location; determining a subsequent position of the UAV after the launching based upon geofiducial navigation; calculating an estimated position of the launch location by offsetting the subsequent position by the drift; attempting to match the estimated position to an available staging pad of a plurality of staging pads; and assigning the UAV to the available staging pad when the estimated position successfully matches to the available staging pad.