公开(公告)号：EP3038914A2

公开(公告)日：2016-07-06

申请号：EP14863900.8

申请日：2014-08-25

申请人： Google Inc.

发明人： PATRICK, William Graham ,  BURGESS, James Ryan ,  CONRAD, Andrew

IPC分类号： B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/02 ,  B64D47/00

CPC分类号： B64D1/12 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/145 ,  B64D1/22

摘要： Embodiments described herein may help to provide medical support via a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). An illustrative UAV may include a housing, a payload, a line-deployment mechanism coupled to the housing and a line, and a payload-release mechanism that couples the line to the payload, wherein the payload-release mechanism is configured to release the payload from the line. The UAV may further include a control system configured to determine that the UAV is located at or near a delivery location and responsively: operate the line-deployment mechanism according to a variable deployment-rate profile to lower the payload to or near to the ground, determine that the payload is touching or is within a threshold distance from the ground, and responsively operate the payload-release mechanism to release the payload from the line.

摘要翻译： 本文描述的实施例可以帮助经由无人机（UAV）的车队提供医疗支持。 说明性UAV可以包括外壳，有效载荷，耦合到外壳和线路的线路部署机构以及将线路耦合到有效载荷的有效载荷释放机构，其中所述有效载荷释放机构被配置为释放所述有效载荷 从线上 UAV还可以包括被配置为确定UAV位于交付位置处或附近的响应的控制系统：根据可变部署速率简档操作线路部署机构以将有效载荷降低到地面或靠近地面， 确定有效载荷正在接触或处于距离地面的阈值距离内，并且响应地操作有效负载释放机构以从线路释放有效载荷。