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公开(公告)号:US12207081B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-21
申请号:US17527709
申请日:2021-11-16
Applicant: Insitu, Inc.
Inventor: Edward W. Lee
IPC: H04W12/069 , H04W12/03 , H04W72/0453 , H04W84/06
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for aircraft communication configuration. An example apparatus includes memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to decrypt a first message received from a first radio of an aircraft, the first radio using a first communication protocol, the aircraft including a second radio to be configured for a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol, and, in response to a determination that the first message includes radio configuration information associated with the second radio, configure a third radio to transmit a second message to the second radio based on the radio configuration information.
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公开(公告)号:US12112642B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US17698711
申请日:2022-03-18
Applicant: INSITU, INC.
Inventor: Darcy Davidson , John M. Benton , Kelly Watermeyer , Kendrick Trowbridge , Pamela Macy , Cameron Legleiter
IPC: G08G5/00
CPC classification number: G08G5/0021 , G08G5/0013
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for collaborative aircraft checklists. An example apparatus includes at least one memory including instructions and at least one processor to execute the instructions to at least launch actions of a checklist on a user interface of a first client device, the actions including a first action to be completed in sequence to execute a flight stage of a flight project, the flight project to be accessed by the first, second, and third client devices, in response to an update of the first action by the first client device, generate a first message including the update, in response to the second client device validating the update, distribute a second message including the update to the third client device to update the checklist on the third client device, and cause the aircraft to execute the flight stage based on the update.
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公开(公告)号:US11926444B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-12
申请号:US17459698
申请日:2021-08-27
Inventor: Bryan G. Munro , Danny R. Nalley , Joel M. Reiter , Harold A. Brown , Ovidiu C. Mihai
IPC: B64U20/40 , B64C1/26 , B64U30/14 , B64U30/292 , B64C39/02 , B64U10/10 , B64U10/25 , B64U30/10 , B64U30/20 , B64U50/13
CPC classification number: B64U20/40 , B64C1/26 , B64U30/14 , B64U30/292 , B64C39/024 , B64C2211/00 , B64U10/10 , B64U10/25 , B64U30/10 , B64U30/20 , B64U50/13
Abstract: Modular unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are disclosed. A disclosed example UAV includes a fuselage that extends along a longitudinal axis, a wing support frame extending from the fuselage and along a wingspan of the UAV. The wing support frame includes distal ends to support a releasably couplable wing, the releasably couplable wing to extend along the wingspan when coupled to the wing support frame, and a motor boom that extends parallel to the longitudinal axis, the motor boom to support a motor that is oriented to generate lift for the UAV.
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公开(公告)号:US11828302B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-28
申请号:US17521492
申请日:2021-11-08
Applicant: Insitu, Inc.
Inventor: Robert Sauer
CPC classification number: F04F5/461 , F04D9/06 , F04F5/10 , F04F5/50 , F16K11/0716
Abstract: A jet valve includes a valve body, a juncture operatively coupled to the valve body. The juncture having a first fluid connection fluidly coupled to a header tank and a second connection fluidly coupled to a storage tank. A spool is movably disposed within the valve body. A jet pump is fluidly coupled to a fuel pump of the header tank via a bleed line. Operation of the fuel pump pressurizes the bleed line and moves the spool to a first position to (i) close a first fluid path between the header tank and the storage tank and (ii) provide a second fluid path between the header tank and the storage tank, the second fluid path through the aperture. Depressurization of the bleed line enables the spring to move the spool to a second position to close the second fluid path and open the first fluid path.
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公开(公告)号:US11772815B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-03
申请号:US17365560
申请日:2021-07-01
Inventor: Benjamin T. Brown , Alice E. Fockele , Jesse D. Kiewit , Jacob S. Allen , John R. Wong , Kelly A. Comstock , Daniel L. Shaw
CPC classification number: B64F1/0295 , B64C31/06 , B64C39/022
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to recover an aircraft includes a mast extending from a base, a boom extending from the mast at a first end of the boom to a second end of the boom opposite the first end, a tether line extending between the mast to the base and guided by the boom, a portion of the tether line extending between the second end of the boom and the base, and a mount to operatively coupled the a kite to the tether line, the kite to support the tether line as the aircraft contacts the portion for recovery thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US11656670B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-23
申请号:US16218428
申请日:2018-12-12
Applicant: Insitu, Inc.
Inventor: David Rathbun , Douglas Allyn Miller , Kenneth Hillen , Brian Fix
IPC: G06F1/30 , G06F1/3203 , G06F1/28 , G06F1/26 , G06F9/455 , B64C39/02 , B64U101/00
CPC classification number: G06F1/3203 , B64C39/024 , G06F1/266 , G06F1/28 , G06F9/45558 , B64D2221/00 , B64U2101/00 , G06F2009/45595
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for controlling unmanned systems (UMSs), such as unmanned aircraft, are provided. A UMS can include core systems, auxiliary systems, a payload, a physical computer, a network, and a power system. The network can enable the physical computer to communicate with the auxiliary systems using a second communications tier and with the payload using a third communications tier. The network and the physical computer can logically separate the second and third communications tiers. The power system can provide a first, second, and third power domains respectively for the core systems, the auxiliary systems, and for the payload. The power system can include circuitry that inhibits an overcurrent fault in the third power domain from causing an electrical fault in the first and second power domains and that inhibits an overcurrent fault in the second power domain from causing an electrical fault in the first power domain.
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公开(公告)号:US20230091849A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-23
申请号:US17482258
申请日:2021-09-22
Inventor: John Richard Wong , Derek Suggs
Abstract: Delivery systems for aerial vehicles include a plurality of securement straps configured to secure a package during flight of an aerial vehicle, at least one retaining strap, and a release mechanism. A proximal end region of each securement strap and a first end region of the at least one retaining strap are coupled to the aerial vehicle. A distal end region of each securement strap is coupled to the release mechanism such that when the release mechanism is actuated the release mechanism releases the distal end region of at least one securement strap of the plurality of securement straps, thereby delivering the package. The release mechanism remains coupled to a second end region of the at least one retaining strap when the release mechanism is actuated such that the securement straps, release mechanism, and retaining strap all may be pulled up and away from the package after delivery.
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公开(公告)号:US11455500B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-27
申请号:US16720793
申请日:2019-12-19
Applicant: Insitu, Inc.
Inventor: Ben Wiltshire
Abstract: A method of identifying one or more objects in an image file that includes receiving an image file at a first classifier, wherein the image file comprises image metadata that identifies characteristics of the image file. The method includes determining whether the first classifier is trained to identify at least one object in the image file based on a first set of training metadata associated with the first classifier, wherein the first set of training metadata defines a set of characteristics for which the first classifier is trained to identify the at least one object. The method includes identifying the one or more objects in the image file using the first classifier responsive to determining that the first classifier is trained to identify the at least one object.
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公开(公告)号:US11436495B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-06
申请号:US16149925
申请日:2018-10-02
Inventor: Ben Wiltshire
Abstract: A method for detecting change in a pair of sequential images. The method includes training a feature descriptor based on a generated training set of matching and non-matching image pairs. An imaging subsystem captures a pair of substantially sequential images of a field of view. The pair of captured images is aligned and then transformed into corresponding arrays of patches. A matching and non-matching probability is determined for each pair of adjacent patches based on the feature descriptor. Each pair of patches is classified as matching or non-matching based on a comparison of the matching and non-matching probability. A mask is generated identifying the pairs of patches that indicate change and then displayed overlaid on at least one of the sequential images to indicate change on a user interface.
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公开(公告)号:US11377207B2
公开(公告)日:2022-07-05
申请号:US16149920
申请日:2018-10-02
Inventor: Jeffrey David Lydecker , Rolf Rysdyk
Abstract: Methods and apparatus to recover rotorcraft are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a rotor of a vehicle, a rotatable hub to support the rotor, and a rotor hook disposed on the rotor. The rotor hook has a groove to receive a recovery line. The rotor is to contact the recovery line when the vehicle is flown toward the recovery line.
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