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公开(公告)号：US20230141818A1
公开(公告)日：2023-05-11
申请号：US17521574
申请日：2021-11-08
申请人： WING Aviation LLC
发明人： Reia Cho , Kevin Jenkins , Damien Jourdan
CPC分类号： G05D1/101 , G05D1/0676 , G06K9/00637 , G06K9/2054 , G06Q10/02 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/127 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/18
摘要： A method for automated assignment of a staging pad to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes: launching the UAV from a launch location; tracking a drift of the UAV from the launch location; determining a subsequent position of the UAV after the launching based upon geofiducial navigation; calculating an estimated position of the launch location by offsetting the subsequent position by the drift; attempting to match the estimated position to an available staging pad of a plurality of staging pads; and assigning the UAV to the available staging pad when the estimated position successfully matches to the available staging pad.
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公开(公告)号：US20230034563A1
公开(公告)日：2023-02-02
申请号：US17850732
申请日：2022-06-27
申请人： Wing Aviation LLC
发明人： Jesse Blake , Andrè Prager , Eric Teller
摘要： Methods and systems for recipient-assisted recharging during delivery by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are disclosed herein. During a UAV transport task, a UAV determines that the UAV has arrived at a delivery location specified by a first flight leg of the transport task. The UAV responsively initiates a notification process indicating that a recipient-assisted recharging process should be initiated at or near the delivery location. When the UAV determines that the recipient-assisted recharging process has recharged a battery of the UAV to a target level, and also determines that a non-returnable portion of the payload has been removed from the UAV while a returnable portion of the payload is coupled to or held by the UAV, the UAV initiates a second flight segment of the transport task.
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公开(公告)号：US11511885B2
公开(公告)日：2022-11-29
申请号：US16818799
申请日：2020-03-13
申请人： WING Aviation LLC
发明人： Damien Jourdan , Anthony Sekine , Scott Velez , André Prager
摘要： An apparatus for visual navigation of a UAV includes a geo-fiducial mat and a plurality of geo-fiducials. The geo-fiducial mat includes a landing pad region that provides a location for aligning with a landing pad of a UAV and a survey point. The geo-fiducials are each specified for a unique directional and offset position in or about the landing pad region relative to the survey point. The geo-fiducials each includes a two-dimensional (2D) pattern that visually conveys an alphanumerical code. The 2D pattern has a shape from which a visual navigation system of the UAV can visually triangulate a position of the UAV.
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公开(公告)号：US11481720B2
公开(公告)日：2022-10-25
申请号：US16703170
申请日：2019-12-04
申请人： WING Aviation LLC
发明人： Dinuka Abeywardena , Jesse Blake , James R. Burgess , Marco Caflisch , Brandon Jones , Damien Jourdan , Kyle Krafka , James Schmalzried
摘要： A technique for validating a balcony to receive delivery of a parcel via a UAV includes obtaining a first identification of a general location of the balcony; generating a first image representing a building including the balcony where the first image is selected based upon the location identified; obtaining a second identification or a confirmation of a precise location of the balcony in the building where the second identification or the confirmation are received in response to an end-user interaction with the first image; determining a deliverability score based at least in part on the precise location of the balcony; and indicating an enrollment status to the end-user where the enrollment status is generated based upon the deliverability score.
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公开(公告)号：US11370555B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-28
申请号：US16729167
申请日：2019-12-27
申请人： Wing Aviation LLC
发明人： Kevin Jenkins , André Prager , Brandon Jones , John FitzSimons
摘要： A method is provided that includes causing an operational member of a system to move. The method includes driving a power or control signal through a conductive coupling member. The conductive coupling member is connected between a first terminal and a second terminal in a power circuit, and the coupling member secures the operational member to a structural member of the system. The method includes detecting an electrical disconnect between the first terminal and a second terminal. The method includes determining a mechanical break associated with the coupling member based on the electrical disconnect between the first terminal and the second terminal. The method includes causing the operational member of the system to stop moving based on determining the mechanical break associated with the coupling member.
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公开(公告)号：US20220135211A1
公开(公告)日：2022-05-05
申请号：US17577997
申请日：2022-01-18
申请人： Wing Aviation LLC
发明人： Andre Prager , Trevor Shannon
IPC分类号： B64C19/00 , B64D1/12 , B64D1/22 , B66D1/48 , G05D1/08 , B64C39/02 , B66D1/12 , B66D1/60 , G05D1/02
摘要： Described herein are methods and systems to dampen oscillations of a payload coupled to a tether of a winch system arranged on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). For example, the UAV's control system may dampen the oscillations by causing the UAV to switch to a forward flight mode in which movement of the UAV results in drag on the payload, thereby damping the oscillations. In another example, the control system may cause the UAV to reduce an extent flight stabilization along at least one dimension, thereby resulting in damping of the detected oscillations due to energy dissipation during movement of the UAV along the dimension. In this way, the control system could select and carry out one or more such techniques, and could do so during retraction and/or deployment of the tether.
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公开(公告)号：US11240062B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-01
申请号：US16506992
申请日：2019-07-09
申请人： Wing Aviation LLC
发明人： Parsa Dormiani , Brian Viele
摘要： An example embodiment includes a plurality of flight modules including a primary flight module and a secondary flight module. The embodiment includes a CAN controller, a second CAN controller, a first CAN bus configured to transmit primary control signals from the first CAN controller to the primary flight module and to the secondary flight module, and a second CAN bus configured to transmit secondary control signals from the second CAN controller to the primary flight module and the secondary flight module. The primary flight module is configured to perform functions responsive to receiving the primary control signals, and not in response to receiving the secondary control signals and the secondary flight module is configured to perform functions responsive to receiving the secondary control signals, and not in response to receiving the primary control signals.
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公开(公告)号：US20220027839A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-27
申请号：US17450648
申请日：2021-10-12
申请人： Wing Aviation LLC
发明人： André Prager , Gaurav Garg , Jonathan Lesser , Theran Cochran
摘要： Example implementations relate to a method of dynamically updating a transport task of a UAV. The method includes receiving, at a transport-provider computing system, an item provider request for transportation of a plurality of packages from a loading location at a given future time. The method also includes assigning, by the transport-provider computing system, a respective transport task to each of a plurality of UAVs, where the respective transport task comprises an instruction to deploy to the loading location to pick up one or more of the plurality of packages. Further, the method includes identifying, by the transport-provider system, a first package while or after a first UAV picks up the first package. Yet further, the method includes based on the identifying of the first package, providing, by the transport-provider system, a task update to the first UAV to update the respective transport task of the first UAV.
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公开(公告)号：US11176630B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-16
申请号：US15851690
申请日：2017-12-21
申请人： Wing Aviation LLC
发明人： André Prager , Gaurav Garg , Jonathan Lesser , Theran Cochran
摘要： Example implementations relate to a method of dynamically updating a transport task of a UAV. The method includes receiving, at a transport-provider computing system, an item provider request for transportation of a plurality of packages from a loading location at a given future time. The method also includes assigning, by the transport-provider computing system, a respective transport task to each of a plurality of UAVs, where the respective transport task comprises an instruction to deploy to the loading location to pick up one or more of the plurality of packages. Further, the method includes identifying, by the transport-provider system, a first package while or after a first UAV picks up the first package. Yet further, the method includes based on the identifying of the first package, providing, by the transport-provider system, a task update to the first UAV to update the respective transport task of the first UAV.
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公开(公告)号：US11155351B2
公开(公告)日：2021-10-26
申请号：US16162350
申请日：2018-10-16
申请人： Wing Aviation LLC
发明人： Clark Sopper , Adam Woodworth
IPC分类号： B64D1/08 , B64C39/02 , B64C27/08 , B65D77/22 , B65D81/38 , B65D65/46 , G08G5/00 , G06Q10/08 , B65D81/05
摘要： An inflatable package enclosure for use on an aerial vehicle including an inflatable exterior chamber, a first inner cavity positioned within the inflatable exterior chamber, an inflation valve positioned on the inflatable exterior chamber, and a handle on the inflatable exterior chamber for securing the inflatable package enclosure to the aerial vehicle, wherein when the inflatable exterior chamber is inflated and when a package is positioned in the first inner cavity, inner surfaces of the inflatable exterior chamber conform to outer surfaces of the package to secure the package within the inflatable exterior chamber.
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