Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Techniques for intelligent balloon/airship launch and recovery window location
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Application No.: US14757426Application Date: 2015-12-23
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Publication No.: US10403160B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Gerald Mark Knoblach
- Applicant: SPACE DATA CORPORATION
- Agency: Dave Law Group, LLC
- Agent Raju Dave
- Main IPC: G08G5/04
- IPC: G08G5/04 ; B64B1/40 ; G08G5/00 ; H04B7/185 ; G05D1/10

Abstract:
Devices, methods and systems for minimizing the probability of a collision between an aircraft and a floating platform are described. The device may include a processor in communication with a memory. The processor is configured to obtain a flight-path vector of an aircraft; determine a probability related to a plurality of flight-paths of a floating platform over a period of time based on operating parameters for the floating platform and weather data; and determine, based on the flight-path vector and the probability related to the plurality of flight-paths of the floating platform, a time and/or a location for launch or recovery of the floating platform that minimizes a probability of a collision between the aircraft and the floating platform while the floating platform is in flight.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160196757A1 Techniques for intelligent balloon/airship launch and recovery window location Public/Granted day:2016-07-07
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