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公开(公告)号:US11465743B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-11
申请号:US16938458
申请日:2020-07-24
Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
IPC: B64C39/02 , H04N13/239 , G06T7/55 , G01C3/14 , G06T7/00 , H04N13/289 , G05D1/06 , G05D1/10 , G01C5/06 , G01C11/06 , G05D1/04 , H04N13/00
Abstract: A method for selecting an operation mode of a mobile platform includes detecting a height grade of the mobile platform and selecting an operation mode of the mobile platform according to a result of the detecting.
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公开(公告)号:US11449076B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-20
申请号:US16664803
申请日:2019-10-26
Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Inventor: Ketan Tang , Zhaoliang Peng , You Zhou
Abstract: A method for controlling palm landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) includes detecting a flight status of the UAV under a predetermined condition. The method also includes controlling the UAV to land on a palm of a user when the flight status is a hover state and when the palm is located under the UAV.
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公开(公告)号:US11383857B2
公开(公告)日:2022-07-12
申请号:US16323137
申请日:2017-07-05
Applicant: BEIJING JINGDONG SHANGKE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD. , BEIJING JINGDONG CENTURY TRADING CO., LTD.
Inventor: Song Han
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, a device and a system for guiding an unmanned aerial vehicle to land. A navigation equipment on the unmanned aerial vehicle sends a landing instruction to the ground, so that a landing platform receiving the landing instruction displays a landing pattern. The navigation equipment scans image of the ground to identify the landing pattern, and guides the unmanned aerial vehicle to land at the landing pattern and land on the landing platform eventually. The landing platform displays a landing pattern according to the received instruction, and the unmanned aerial vehicle lands at the landing pattern, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle lands quickly and conveniently without extensive calculation.
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公开(公告)号:US20220207932A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-30
申请号:US17135320
申请日:2020-12-28
Applicant: LOON LLC
Inventor: Sameera Sylvia Ponda , Salvatore J. Candido
Abstract: The technology relates to health and lifetime estimation for a lighter-than-air vehicle. A method for vehicle health and lifetime estimation may include receiving flight data inputs associated with a vehicle, determining a gas temperature based on the flight data inputs, estimating a gas amount remaining in a balloon envelope of the vehicle, estimating a gas leak rate based on the gas amount, estimating a component lifetime representing an estimated lifetime of a component of the vehicle, and determining a remaining lifetime output based on one or both of the gas leak rate or the component lifetime, the remaining lifetime output indicating a remaining lifetime estimate for the vehicle. The method also may include simulating a terminal event and causing the vehicle to take an action based on the remaining lifetime estimate.
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公开(公告)号:US11370540B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-28
申请号:US16560487
申请日:2019-09-04
Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Inventor: Ang Liu , Xiao Hu , Guyue Zhou , Xuyang Pan
Abstract: A system for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to switch between different flight modes during operation. The system includes one or more processors configured to determine, based on sensor data received from one or more sensors carried by the UAV, a change in environment of the UAV from a first environment type to a second environment type. In response to determining the change in environment, the one or more processors configured to switch a flight mode of the UAV from a first flight mode to a second flight mode, and effect operation of the UAV in accordance with a second set of operating rules for operating in the second environment type.
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公开(公告)号:US20220197307A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17456834
申请日:2021-11-29
Inventor: Rolf Rysdyk , Joseph Jackson , Jeffrey Decker
IPC: G05D1/04
Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for controlling landing of a vertical landing vehicle. In one illustrative example, a method controls landing of a vertical landing vehicle. A landing profile for landing the vertical landing vehicle is determined by the computer system using a third derivative of a position equation, an initial position, an initial speed, a final speed, and a touchdown point for the vertical landing vehicle. Landing of the vertical landing vehicle is controlled using the landing profile.
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公开(公告)号:US11360491B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-14
申请号:US15927482
申请日:2018-03-21
Applicant: Ohio University
Inventor: Jianchao Zhu , Yue Zhao
Abstract: A loss-of-control prevention and recovery automatic control system of an aircraft is provided having a plurality of flight control mode, including a nominal flight control mode, a loss-of-control prevention control mode, a loss-of-control arrest control mode, and a nominal flight restoration control mode, as well as a supervisory control system capable of monitoring the flight states and flight events of the aircraft and determining which flight control mode to activate.
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公开(公告)号:US11341860B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-24
申请号:US16783219
申请日:2020-02-06
Applicant: ETAK Systems, LLC
Inventor: Lee Priest
Abstract: Systems and methods for package pickup and delivery, in an air traffic control system configured to manage Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight in a geographic region, include communicating to one or more UAVs over one or more wireless networks; directing a UAV to pick up a package at a pickup location and to deliver the package to a delivery location, wherein; and directing the UAV to follow an outbound flight path including a plurality of locations to travel to, in a specific order, while outbound to deliver the package, and an inbound flight path including the plurality of locations to travel to, in an order reverse of the specific order, while inbound from delivering the package.
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公开(公告)号:US20220121222A1
公开(公告)日:2022-04-21
申请号:US17505016
申请日:2021-10-19
Applicant: DRONEUP, LLC
Inventor: John VERNON , Oleksii NABOICHENKO
Abstract: Unmanned autonomous vehicle (UAV) selection information identifying a UAV, flight path information, and a relative elevation difference value that is a difference between a first elevation value of a start location and a second elevation value of a drop location are received. Navigation of the UAV is initiated using the UAV selection information and the flight path information. A relative altitude difference value is obtained using a first altitude value of the UAV associated with the start location and a second altitude value of the UAV associated with the drop location. In response to a difference between the relative elevation difference value and the relative altitude difference value being outside a predefined threshold, UAV is caused to adjust the second altitude value such that an updated difference between the relative elevation difference value and an updated relative altitude difference value is within the predefined threshold.
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公开(公告)号:US11281905B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-22
申请号:US16568462
申请日:2019-09-12
Inventor: Oleg A. Yakimenko
Abstract: A computer-based system and method allows a user to automatically aerially inspect a selected runway/taxiway/tarmac surface for foreign object debris (FOD) using a plurality of UAVs equipped with electro-optical (EO) sensors. Live images of the runway surface captured by the EO sensors are transmitted from the UAVs during an inspection sweep of the runway surface and are compared with FOD-free reference images of the runway surface to determine whether candidate FOD are detected on the runway surface. Information about and images of candidate FOD are displayed to the user allowing the user to determine whether to send a team to remove the FOD from the runway.
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