公开(公告)号：US20240310849A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18674175

申请日：2024-05-24

申请人： SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

发明人： Hanping CHEN ,  Yong YANG

IPC分类号： G05D1/46 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64U101/30 ,  G06F21/60 ,  H04L67/125 ,  H04L67/53 ,  H04L69/08 ,  H04W12/037

CPC分类号： G05D1/46 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G06F21/602 ,  H04L67/125 ,  H04L67/53 ,  H04L69/08 ,  H04W12/037 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64U2101/30

摘要： An aerial vehicle includes a body, a flight controller, and an adapter apparatus. The adapter apparatus includes a first communication interface through which the adapter apparatus is communicatively connected to the flight controller, a second communication interface through which the adapter apparatus is communicatively connected to a load device, at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the adapter apparatus to receive a control command sent by the flight controller for controlling the load device via the first communication interface, convert a first communication protocol between the flight controller and the adapter apparatus into a second communication protocol between the adapter apparatus and the load device, send the control command to the load device using the second communication protocol via the second communication interface.

公开(公告)号：US20240310185A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18673760

申请日：2024-05-24

申请人： Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company

发明人： Nathan Otenti ,  Joseph Chung ,  Jeffery Saunders

IPC分类号： G01C21/00 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G06F17/16 ,  G06F18/232 ,  G06V20/13

CPC分类号： G01C21/3826 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G06F17/16 ,  G06F18/232 ,  G06V20/13

摘要： A method of supporting robot(s) landing within a ground region is provided. The method includes accessing a map in which the ground region is tessellated into cells covering respective areas of the ground region. Each cell is classified as feasible to indicate a respective area is feasible for landing, or infeasible to indicate the respective area is infeasible for landing. The map is searched for clusters of adjoining cells that are classified as feasible, covering clusters of adjoining areas that define sub-regions within the ground region that are feasible for landing. The sub-regions are ranked according to a cost metric, and one of the sub-regions is selected according to the ranking. A geographic position of the selected sub-region is then output for use in at least one of guidance, navigation or control of the robot(s) to land at the selected sub-region within the ground region.

公开(公告)号：US20240192705A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18533060

申请日：2023-12-07

申请人： Skydio, Inc.

发明人： Shreetej Varakantam Reddy ,  Davide Falanga ,  Maximilian Joseph Halper Krogius ,  Eric Minor

IPC分类号： G05D1/654 ,  B64D45/08 ,  B64F5/60 ,  B64U70/90 ,  G05D1/244 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06V20/17

CPC分类号： G05D1/654 ,  B64D45/08 ,  B64F5/60 ,  B64U70/90 ,  G05D1/2446 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06V20/17 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  G06T2207/10032 ,  G06T2207/30204

摘要： Autonomous return to dock and docking procedures includes a dock and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The dock includes a first fiducial and second fiducial. The UAV includes a camera, one or more processors, and one or more memories. The one or more processors configured to execute instructions stored in the one or more memories to determine to use the dock for a landing operation by processing a first image depicting the first fiducial, to determine a UAV placement for the landing operation at the dock by processing a second image depicting the second fiducial, and to perform the landing operation to land the UAV at the dock according to the UAV placement.

公开(公告)号：US20240314436A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18673722

申请日：2024-05-24

申请人： SONY GROUP CORPORATION

发明人： Keisuke CHIDA ,  Takuro KAWAI

IPC分类号： H04N23/68 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64U101/30 ,  G05D1/46

CPC分类号： H04N23/687 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/46 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/20

摘要： Provided is a control device and method for enabling image capturing under optimum image-capturing conditions. A control section corrects preset image-capturing conditions on the basis of an analysis result of an image captured by an image capturing device included in a mobile body. A driving control section controls driving of the mobile body on the basis of the corrected image-capturing conditions. The present technique is applicable to a mobile-body control system that controls the mobile body.

公开(公告)号：US12085962B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-10

申请号：US18403503

申请日：2024-01-03

申请人： Northwestern Polytechnical University

发明人： Zhen Wang ,  Tao Zhang ,  Dengxiu Yu ,  Chao Gao ,  Xuelong Li

IPC分类号： G05D1/695 ,  B64D47/06 ,  G05D1/249 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G05D109/25 ,  G05D111/10 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G08G5/00 ,  H04N23/695

CPC分类号： G05D1/695 ,  B64D47/06 ,  G05D1/249 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G06T7/74 ,  G08G5/0008 ,  G08G5/0021 ,  G08G5/0052 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/0078 ,  H04N23/695 ,  B64D2203/00 ,  B64U2201/102 ,  G05D2109/254 ,  G05D2111/10 ,  G06T2207/10024 ,  G06T2207/10032

摘要： Disclosed is a nighttime cooperative positioning method based on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) group, falling within the technical field of aircraft navigation and positioning. According to the present disclosure, the cooperative visual positioning and the collision warning for UAVs are realized by means of light colors of the UAVs, respective two-dimensional turntable cameras and a communication topology network, without adding additional equipment and without relying on an external signal source, avoiding external interference. Compared with the positioning method in a conventional manner, in the present disclosure, the system is effectively simplified, and the cooperative positioning among the interiors of a UAV cluster can be realized relatively simply and at a low cost to maintain the formation of the UAV group.

公开(公告)号：US20240221509A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-04

申请号：US18442066

申请日：2024-02-14

申请人： BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.

发明人： Wei HONG

IPC分类号： G08G5/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G05D1/46 ,  H04W4/44 ,  H04W36/32

CPC分类号： G08G5/0013 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G05D1/46 ,  H04W4/44 ,  H04W36/32 ,  B64U2201/20

摘要： A method for determining information includes: receiving flight path information of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) reported by the UAV, wherein content of the flight path information includes at least one of: a path positioning point of the UAV, a flight speed of the UAV, a flight altitude of the UAV, a reporting time of the flight path information of the UAV, or a position and altitude of the UAV when the flight path information of the UAV is reported; and determining flight-related information according to the flight path information of the UAV, wherein the flight-related information includes at least one of a flight path of the UAV, an identification of a serving base station to which the UAV is to be handed over, or a handover duration; wherein the flight path information is carried by UE information response field of radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

公开(公告)号：US20240199204A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18546834

申请日：2022-02-17

申请人： ALAUDA AERONAUTICS PTY LTD

发明人： Matthew James PEARSON ,  Florian BREUT

IPC分类号： B64C29/00 ,  G01C21/16 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01S19/48 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G05D1/622

CPC分类号： B64C29/0016 ,  G01C21/165 ,  G01S7/4808 ,  G01S19/485 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G05D1/622

摘要： Some embodiments relate to a manned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial vehicle (AV) and to methods relating to such VTOL AVs. An example vehicle comprises: a body comprising a cockpit; a propulsion system carried by the body to propel the body during flight; pilot-operable controls accessible from the cockpit; a sensing system configured to generate sensor data associated with a region around the manned VTOL AV; a control system configured to enable control of the manned VTOL AV to be shared between a pilot and an autonomous piloting system, wherein the control system may utilise the sensor data; and a three-dimensional model of the region; and program instructions to: determine a state estimate and a state estimate confidence metric; generate a three-dimensional point cloud of the region; generate a plurality of virtual particles within the three-dimensional model; compute a plurality of scores, each score being associated with one of the plurality of virtual particles; and update the state estimate based at least in part on the computed scores, thereby determining an updated state estimate.

公开(公告)号：US20240166363A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-23

申请号：US18225565

申请日：2023-07-24

申请人： Volo Alto, LLC

发明人： Nicholas R. Guida

IPC分类号： B64D45/00 ,  B64C15/00 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G07C5/00 ,  G07C5/08

CPC分类号： B64D45/00 ,  B64C15/00 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G07C5/008 ,  G07C5/085 ,  B64D2045/0085

摘要： A flight augmentation system with optical sensors to capture information from aircraft instruments. The system may determine a status of the aircraft based on the captured information and provide guidance to an operator. The system may collect long term data and determine an operational history of a pilot or an aircraft. The system may provide instruction based on the data or provide to interested third parties.

公开(公告)号：US20240345585A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18600040

申请日：2024-03-08

申请人： GoPro, Inc.

发明人： Benjamin Tankersley

IPC分类号： G05D1/00 ,  B64U10/14 ,  B64U20/87 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U101/30 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G05D1/683 ,  G05D1/686 ,  G05D1/689 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H04N23/695

CPC分类号： G05D1/101 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G05D1/683 ,  G05D1/686 ,  G05D1/689 ,  H04N7/185 ,  H04N23/695 ,  B64U10/14 ,  B64U20/87 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/10 ,  B64U2201/20

摘要： Disclosed is a configuration of an autonomous vehicle for autonomously following a moving subject based on a radius of a virtual sphere surrounding the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may be an unmanned ground vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle, which autonomously follows the subject (e.g., a device, a live entity, or any object) based on the virtual sphere. The radius of the virtual sphere may be dynamically configured according to a velocity of the autonomous vehicle or configurations of a camera coupled to the autonomous vehicle. Accordingly, the autonomous vehicle can follow the subject along a smooth trajectory, and capture images of abrupt movements of the subject in a cinematically pleasing manner.

公开(公告)号：US20240294248A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18656359

申请日：2024-05-06

申请人： SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

发明人： Canlong LIN

IPC分类号： B64C13/18 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D45/04 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G05D1/654

CPC分类号： B64C13/18 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D45/04 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G05D1/654

摘要： A takeoff control method for an aircraft, includes detecting whether a takeoff indication signal is received, controlling the aircraft to automatically takeoff in a pre-set takeoff mode in response to the takeoff indication signal being received, detecting whether a takeoff control signal sent by a user is received, in response to the takeoff control signal sent by the user being received, modifying the pre-set takeoff mode according to the takeoff control signal to determine a modified takeoff mode, and resuming the pre-set takeoff mode in response to the takeoff control signal being discontinued.