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公开(公告)号：EP2802512A1
公开(公告)日：2014-11-19
申请号：EP13735722.4
申请日：2013-01-07
申请人： Google Inc.
摘要： A balloon that includes an envelope with a gas contained within the envelope, as well as a payload connected to the envelope wherein the envelope has a first portion that has a first absorptive or reflective property with respect to allowing solar energy to be transferred to the gas within the envelope, and a second portion that has a second absorptive or reflective property with respect to allowing solar energy to be transferred to the gas within the envelope where the second absorptive or reflective property is different than the first absorptive or reflective property, and wherein the envelope is rotatable to allow a preferred ratio of the first and second portions of the envelope to be positioned facing the sun.
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公开(公告)号：EP2803150A1
公开(公告)日：2014-11-19
申请号：EP13736374.3
申请日：2013-01-07
申请人： Google Inc.
CPC分类号： H04B10/1129 , H04B7/18504
摘要： A balloon may include an optical-communication component, which may have a pointing axis. A pointing mechanism could be configured to adjust the pointing axis. The optical-communication component could be operable to communicate with a correspondent balloon via a free-space optical link. For example, the optical-communication component could include an optical receiver, transmitter, or transceiver. A positioning system could be configured to acquire a first location, which could be based on the location of the balloon. A controller could be configured to acquire a second location, which could be based on a location of the correspondent balloon. The controller may determine an approximate target axis based on the first location and the second location. The controller may control the pointing axis of the optical-communication component within a scanning range based on the approximate target axis to establish the free-space optical link with the correspondent balloon.
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3.发明公开BALLOON NETWORK WITH FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SUPER-NODE BALLOONS AND RF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SUPER-NODE AND SUB-NODE BALLOONS 审中-公开用光学空间通信的超级节点，气球和RF通信与超节点和SUB-NODE-气球之间气球网络
公开(公告)号：EP2803149A1
公开(公告)日：2014-11-19
申请号：EP13736223.2
申请日：2013-01-08
申请人： Google Inc.
CPC分类号： H04B10/11 , H04B7/18504 , H04B10/1129 , H04B10/2575 , H04W84/005
摘要： Exemplary embodiments may involve hierarchical balloon networks that include both optical and radio frequency links between balloons. An exemplary network system may include: (a) a plurality of super-node balloons, where each super-node balloon comprises a free-space optical communication system for data communications with one or more other super-node balloons and (b) a plurality of sub-node balloons, where each of the sub-node balloons comprises a radio-frequency communication system that is operable for data communications. Further, at least one super-node balloon may further include an RF communication system that is operable to transmit data to at least one sub-node balloon, where the RF communication system of the at least one sub-node balloon is further operable to receive the data transmitted by the at least one super-node balloon and to transmit the received data to at least one ground-based station.
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4.发明公开USING PREDICTED MOVEMENT TO MAINTAIN OPTICAL-COMMUNICATION LOCK WITH NEARBY BALLOON 审中-公开使用预测移动到保持与NEAR位于气球光学沟通障碍
公开(公告)号：EP2803148A1
公开(公告)日：2014-11-19
申请号：EP13735953.5
申请日：2013-01-07
申请人： Google Inc.
CPC分类号： H04B7/18504 , B64B1/40 , G05D1/0094 , H04B10/1123 , H04B10/1129 , H04B10/118
摘要： A balloon may include an optical-communication component, which may have a pointing axis. A pointing mechanism could be configured to adjust the pointing axis. The optical-communication component could be operable to communicate with a correspondent balloon via a free-space optical link. For example, the optical-communication component could include an optical receiver, transmitter, or transceiver. A controller could be configured to determine a predicted relative location of the correspondent balloon. The controller may control the pointing mechanism to adjust the pointing axis of the optical-communication component based on the predicted relative location so as to maintain the free-space optical link with the correspondent balloon.
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公开(公告)号：EP2856664A1
公开(公告)日：2015-04-08
申请号：EP13797239.4
申请日：2013-05-29
申请人： Google Inc.
CPC分类号： H04B7/18504 , H04B7/18502
摘要： Disclosed embodiments may help a balloon network to provide substantially continuous service in a given geographic area. An example method may be carried out at a balloon that is at a location associated with the first geographic area in a balloon network that includes a plurality of geographic areas. The balloon may determine that it should update its balloon-state in accordance with a balloon-state profile for the first geographic area. Then, in response, the balloon may determine the balloon-state profile for the first geographic area, which may include one or more state parameters for balloons operating in the first geographic area. The balloon may then operate according to the balloon-state profile for the first geographic area.
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6.发明公开
公开(公告)号：EP2802953A1
公开(公告)日：2014-11-19
申请号：EP13735769.5
申请日：2013-01-07
申请人： Google Inc.
CPC分类号： B64B1/40 , B64B1/44 , G05D1/104 , G05D1/105 , H04B7/18504
摘要： The positions of balloons in a communication network of balloons, such as a mesh network of high-altitude balloons, may be adjusted relative to one another in order to try to maintain a desired network topology. In one approach, the position of each balloon may be adjusted relative to one or more neighbor balloons. For example, the locations of a target balloon and one or more neighbor balloons may be determined. A desired movement of the target balloon may then be determined based on the locations of the one or more neighbor balloons relative to the location of the target balloon. The target balloon may be controlled based on the desired movement. In some embodiments, the altitude of the target balloon may be controlled in order to expose the target balloon to ambient winds that are capable of producing the desired movement of the target balloon.
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