公开(公告)号：US20190185161A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-20

申请号：US16323704

申请日：2017-08-08

Applicant: CLEO ROBOTICS INC.

Inventor： Omar ELERYAN ,  Szymon CZARNOTA

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64C13/16 ,  B64D47/08

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C13/16 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C29/00 ,  B64C39/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C39/028 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/08 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/162 ,  B64C2201/18 ,  B64C2201/20 ,  B64D47/08

Abstract: A lightweight, pocket-sized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can be held in an outstretched hand by a user for take-off and landing of the UAV. The UAV comprises a semi-toroidal or a substantially toroidal hollow body that defines a duct. The UAV further comprises a motor for rotating a fan that directs air into and out of the duct enabling the UAV to take flight. The UAV comprises a flight-control system that comprises at least two flight control surfaces that can alter the directed air as it flows through the duct for controlling the roll and pitch and optionally the yaw of the UAV during flight. The flight control system may be controlled by a microprocessor controller. The UAV further comprises a payload, with at least a wireless transmitter and receiver unit.

公开(公告)号：US20180281939A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15941133

申请日：2018-03-30

Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

Inventor： Steven K. Tayman

IPC: B64C27/50 ,  B64C27/10 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64C27/50 ,  B64C27/10 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/08 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/126 ,  B64C2201/18 ,  B64C2201/201

Abstract: An expendable rotary wing unmanned aircraft capable of storage in a cylindrical housing includes a longitudinally extending body having an upper end and a lower end; and a pair of counter-rotating coaxial rotors each located at respective ends of longitudinally-extending body, wherein each rotor includes two or more blades, each blade rotatably coupled to a remainder of the rotor at a hinged joint and thereby extending along a length of the body in a storage configuration and extending radially outward from the body in a flight configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20180129208A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-10

申请号：US15807191

申请日：2017-11-08

Applicant: Digital Aerolus, Inc.

Inventor： Thomas D. Williams ,  Ian J. McEwan ,  Jeffery J. Alholm

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G08G5/04

CPC classification number: G05D1/0088 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/08 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/145 ,  G05D1/0016 ,  G06F1/1694 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F2200/1637 ,  G06F2203/04105 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0052 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/045

Abstract: An autonomous or semi-autonomous device or vehicle, such as a drone, and method for controlling the same, the method including sensing a physical manipulation or an aspect of a physical manipulation of the autonomous or semi-autonomous device or vehicle, selecting an action and/or modifying an aspect of the action according to the sensed physical manipulation or physical manipulation aspect, and instructing the autonomous or semi-autonomous device or vehicle to perform the action.

公开(公告)号：US20180111682A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-26

申请号：US15793342

申请日：2017-10-25

Applicant: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Inventor： Seung Bum KIM

IPC: B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64C39/02 ,  B64C2201/08 ,  B64C2201/123 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64D19/02 ,  F42B10/14 ,  F42B10/16 ,  F42B10/58 ,  F42B30/006

Abstract: A non-motorized flying unit for observation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a body part which is mounted on a launcher, launched in a direction toward a preset target when the launcher operates, and falls, by its own weight, toward the ground from a position of a top dead point (TDP); a propeller unit which is coupled to the body part, and automatically generates rotational force by means of drag force applied to the body part when the body part falls so as to decrease a falling velocity of the body part; and an image capturing unit which is installed on the body part, and obtains image information in respect to the ground when the body part falls.

公开(公告)号：US09952022B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-24

申请号：US14668020

申请日：2015-03-25

Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.

Inventor： Yoshihiko Ueno ,  Shojiro Furuya

IPC: B64F1/12 ,  B64F1/22 ,  F41H7/04 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: F41H7/04 ,  B64C39/022 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/08 ,  B64C2201/122 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/148 ,  B64C2201/208 ,  B64F1/12 ,  B64F1/222 ,  G05D1/0094

Abstract: An armored vehicle includes: a basic armored vehicle having a predetermined basic external armor; a modularized armor structure exchangeably attached to the basic external armor; and an unmanned aerial vehicle loaded on the modularized armor structure. The modularized armor structure includes: an unmanned aerial vehicle loading section configured to load the unmanned aerial vehicle; an armoring material structure formed of armoring material; and an attaching section used to exchangeably attach the modularized armor structure to the basic armored vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US09938021B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-10

申请号：US14294073

申请日：2014-06-02

Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation

Inventor： Thomas William Smoker

IPC: B64F1/04 ,  B63G8/38 ,  F41F3/07 ,  F41F3/10 ,  B63G8/00 ,  B63G8/30

CPC classification number: B64F1/04 ,  B63G8/001 ,  B63G8/30 ,  B63G8/38 ,  B64C2201/08 ,  B64C2201/205 ,  F41F3/07 ,  F41F3/10

Abstract: A launch canister for ejection from a submerged launch platform, the launch canister being adapted for ejection in a direction substantially along a first axis of the launch canister and comprising: an enclosure for carrying a UAV; a nose cap releasably located in a launch opening at a forward end of the launch canister; a launch mechanism for driving a UAV carried in the enclosure out of the launch canister through the launch opening in a direction substantially along said first axis; and a water surface sensor for detecting when the nose cap of the canister broaches the surface of the water; wherein the launch canister is configured to, on the water surface sensor detecting that the nose cap of the canister has broached the surface of the water, immediately release the nose cap and initiate the launch mechanism to drive a UAV carried in the enclosure out of the launch canister through the launch opening.

公开(公告)号：US09870504B1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-16

申请号：US13547352

申请日：2012-07-12

Applicant: Dennis Bushmitch ,  Michael Badger

Inventor： Dennis Bushmitch ,  Michael Badger

IPC: G09G5/12 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H04N5/28 ,  H04N7/18 ,  G06T5/50

CPC classification number: G06K9/0063 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/08 ,  B64C2201/123 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  G06K9/00771 ,  G06K2009/2045 ,  G06T3/4038 ,  G06T3/4053 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06T7/33 ,  G06T7/38 ,  G06T11/60 ,  G06T2207/10032 ,  G06T2207/20221 ,  G06T2207/30181 ,  G06T2207/30212 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/23238 ,  H04N5/2624 ,  H04N5/28 ,  H04N7/185

Abstract: Various embodiments associated with a composite image are described. In one embodiment, a handheld device comprises a launch component configured to cause a launch of a projectile. The projectile is configured to capture a plurality of images. Individual images of the plurality of images are of different segments of an area. The system also comprises an image stitch component configured to stitch the plurality of images into a composite image. The composite image is of a higher resolution than a resolution of individual images of the plurality of images.

公开(公告)号：US09868548B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-16

申请号：US14955945

申请日：2015-12-01

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Enrique Emilio Serrot Hauke ,  Eduardo Gabriel Ferreyra ,  Jose Luis Lemus ,  Jose Antonio Blanco Del Alamo ,  Nieves Lapena Rey

IPC: B64F1/08 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64F1/08 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/08

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicles take-off system may include at least one winch, at least one towline, at least one dolly on which at least one aircraft is mounted, and at least one battery of the at least one winch. At least one micro-controller unit is connected to the at least one winch, wherein the at least one microcontroller unit is configured to control the activation/deactivation of the at least one winch. An unmanned aerial vehicle take-off method is also disclosed that includes operating the at least one winch by means of at least one microcontroller unit connected to said at least one winch.

公开(公告)号：US20170297706A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-19

申请号：US15338802

申请日：2016-10-31

Applicant: Ewatt Technology Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Guocheng ZHAO ,  Wei LUO

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64C25/58 ,  B64C1/06 ,  B64C5/02

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C1/00 ,  B64C1/06 ,  B64C3/00 ,  B64C5/02 ,  B64C25/58 ,  B64C39/028 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/08 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/162 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64C2201/187

Abstract: The invention discloses a hand-launched unmanned aerial vehicle, and belongs to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles. The hand-launched unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a body, a tail, at least one power source and a lens bin, wherein the body comprises a middle section, a first side section and a second side section; two sides of the middle section are respectively detachably connected with the first side section and the second side section correspondingly; the tail is fixed to the middle section; the power source is fixed to the middle section; and the lens bin is fixed to the middle section and provided with a flexible cushion. The invention overcomes the technical defects in the prior art that the body maintenance cost of the hand-launched unmanned aerial vehicle is high and the lens bin is very likely to be damaged due to collision between the lens bin of the hand-launched unmanned aerial vehicle and the ground.

公开(公告)号：US20170225802A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15518966

申请日：2015-10-13

Applicant: Systems Engineering Associates Corporation

Inventor： David A. Lussier ,  Andrew Delisle ,  Brian Charpentier

IPC: B64F1/22 ,  B60L11/18 ,  E04H12/18 ,  B63B35/50 ,  G01S19/03 ,  E04H12/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08

CPC classification number: B64F1/222 ,  B60L53/36 ,  B63B35/50 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/08 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  B64C2201/206 ,  B64C2201/208 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64F1/00 ,  B64F1/007 ,  B64F1/22 ,  E04H12/003 ,  E04H12/18 ,  G01S19/03 ,  H02J7/355 ,  Y02E10/766

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system provides for UAV deployment and remote, unattended operation with reduced logistics requirements. The system includes a launcher that can include one or more containers, or hangars, configured to house vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAVs. The system can further include a VTOL UAV orientation and charging module configured to mechanically position a UAV within a container and facilitate electrical mating and charging of a battery in the UAV. These operations, and others, can be performed by remote command that can initiate a series of pre-programmed steps. The UAV system can further include a power generation and storage subsystem, a security subsystem, a command and control subsystem and a communications subsystem. Command, control and communications can be provided between a remote station and the UAV.