Invention Application
- Patent Title: Enhanced Accuracy for Tracking Tethered Airborne Vehicles
- Patent Title (中): 跟踪绑定机载车辆的增强精度
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Application No.: US14325187Application Date: 2014-07-07
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Publication No.: US20160005159A1Publication Date: 2016-01-07
- Inventor: Kurt Hallamask , Brian Hachtmann , Rob Nelson , Corwin Hardham , Kenny Jensen , Elias Wolfgang Patten
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Main IPC: G06T7/00
- IPC: G06T7/00 ; B64F1/02

Abstract:
Wind energy systems, such as an Airborne Wind Turbine (“AWT”), may be used to facilitate conversion of kinetic energy to electrical energy. An AWT may include an aerial vehicle that flies in a path to convert kinetic wind energy to electrical energy. The aerial vehicle may be tethered to a ground station with a tether that terminates at a tether termination mount system. In one aspect, the tether termination mount system may include a tether termination unit configured in one or more gimbals that allow for the tether termination unit to rotate about one or more axes while tracking the aerial vehicle in flight. In a further aspect, the tether termination mount system may include an imaging device configured for imaging the aerial vehicle during flight in order to enhance tracking accuracy over that which is performed by angular motion of the tether termination unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US09214022B1 Enhanced accuracy for tracking tethered airborne vehicles Public/Granted day:2015-12-15
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