公开(公告)号：US20150158587A1

公开(公告)日：2015-06-11

申请号：US13975590

申请日：2013-08-26

Applicant: Google Inc.

Inventor： William Graham Patrick ,  James Ryan Burgess ,  Andrew Conrad

IPC: B64D1/12 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64D1/12 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/145 ,  B64D1/22

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may help to provide medical support via a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). An illustrative UAV may include a housing, a payload, a line-deployment mechanism coupled to the housing and a line, and a payload-release mechanism that couples the line to the payload, wherein the payload-release mechanism is configured to release the payload from the line. The UAV may further include a control system configured to determine that the UAV is located at or near a delivery location and responsively: operate the line-deployment mechanism according to a variable deployment-rate profile to lower the payload to or near to the ground, determine that the payload is touching or is within a threshold distance from the ground, and responsively operate the payload-release mechanism to release the payload from the line.

Abstract translation: 本文描述的实施例可以帮助经由无人机（UAV）的车队提供医疗支持。 说明性的UAV可以包括外壳，有效载荷，耦合到外壳和线路的线路部署机构，以及将线路耦合到有效载荷的有效载荷释放机构，其中所述有效载荷释放机构被配置为释放所述有效载荷 从线上 UAV还可以包括被配置为确定UAV位于交付位置处或附近的响应的控制系统：根据可变部署速率简档操作线路部署机构以将有效载荷降低到地面或靠近地面， 确定有效载荷正在接触或处于距离地面的阈值距离内，并且响应地操作有效负载释放机构以从线路释放有效载荷。

公开(公告)号：US08948935B1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-03

申请号：US13732958

申请日：2013-01-02

Applicant: Google Inc.

Inventor： Eric Peeters ,  Eric Teller ,  William Graham Patrick ,  Sergey Brin

IPC: G06Q10/00 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64D1/22 ,  A61B5/0002 ,  A61B5/7465 ,  A61B50/31 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/145 ,  G05D1/102 ,  G06F19/3418

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may relate to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigating to a medical situation in order to provide medical support. An illustrative method involves a UAV (a) housing a medical-support device, (b) determining a target location associated with at least one individual in need of medical assistance, (c) navigating the UAV from a remote location to the target location, (d) the computing system making a determination that the UAV is located at the target location, and (e) in response to the determination that the UAV is located at the target location, delivering by a delivery mechanism the medical-support device for providing medical assistance for the at least one individual in need of medical assistance.

Abstract translation: 本文描述的实施例可以涉及导航到医疗情况以便提供医疗支持的无人驾驶飞行器（UAV）。 一种说明性方法涉及UAV（a）容纳医疗支持装置，（b）确定与需要医疗援助的至少一个个体相关联的目标位置，（c）将UAV从远程位置导航到目标位置， （d）所述计算系统确定所述UAV位于所述目标位置，以及（e）响应于所述UAV位于所述目标位置的确定，通过传送机构传送用于提供的所述医疗支持设备 至少需要医疗援助的个人提供医疗援助。