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公开(公告)号:US20240154689A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-09
申请号:US17982783
申请日:2022-11-08
申请人: Wing Aviation LLC
发明人: Alex Handley , Daniel Peirano , Jonathan Lesser , André Prager
CPC分类号: H04B7/18504 , H04W76/10 , H04W84/12
摘要: An example method carried out by an uncrewed vehicle (UV) is disclosed. The method may involve establishing a wireless cellular connection with a wireless cellular network via a wireless cellular communications interface of the UV. The wireless cellular network may be communicatively connected with one or more data servers via a data backhaul network. The example method may further involve exchanging operational data between the one or more data servers and a data storage device of the UV via the wireless cellular connection with the wireless cellular network, establishing a wireless local area network (WLAN) network connection with one or more uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) via a WLAN communications interface of the UV, and exchanging the operational data between the data storage device and at least one of the one or more UAVs over the WLAN network connection.
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公开(公告)号:US20240150016A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-09
申请号:US17980513
申请日:2022-11-03
申请人: Wing Aviation LLC
发明人: André Prager , Ivan Qiu
CPC分类号: B64D1/22 , B64C39/022 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/128
摘要: A payload receiver apparatus including a base configured to receive a payload suspended from an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV), an extending member having an upper end positioned above the base, a first tether engager that extends in a first direction from the extending member, wherein the base includes a payload platform positioned below the first tether end of the channel and configured to receive a payload thereon, wherein the first tether engager is adapted to guide a tether having a first end attached to the UAV and a second end attached to a payload coupling apparatus to a position above the payload platform.
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公开(公告)号:US20240141672A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-02
申请号:US18404358
申请日:2024-01-04
申请人: WING Aviation LLC
发明人: Jesse Blake , James Schmalzried , Evan Twyford
CPC分类号: E04H6/44 , B60L53/30 , B64U70/90 , B64U80/10 , B64U80/25 , B64U80/40 , E04H6/12 , G08G5/0069 , B64U80/70
摘要: A modular housing structure for housing a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) includes a plurality of housing segments and a plurality of landing pads. The plurality of housing segments are shaped to mechanically join together to define an interior of the modular housing structure. The individual housing segments have a common structural shape that repeats when assembled to form the modular housing structure. The plurality of landing pads are positioned within the individual housing segments, each of the landing pads sized to physically support and charge a corresponding one of the UAVs.
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公开(公告)号:US20240140587A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-02
申请号:US17979548
申请日:2022-11-02
申请人: Wing Aviation LLC
发明人: Jasper Lewin , Jesse Blake
CPC分类号: B64C1/22 , B64C39/024 , B64D1/22 , B64C2201/128
摘要: A UAV having a fuselage body including a cavity that forms a cargo bay for transporting a payload, and a lower access opening providing an exit for the payload from the cargo bay, the lower access opening including a lower cargo bay door, an actuator positioned in the fuselage body, a linkage assembly connected to the actuator and connected to the lower cargo bay door, wherein the actuator and linkage assembly are operable to open and/or close the lower cargo bay door, wherein a first horn is mounted to the actuator, and wherein the linkage assembly includes a first linkage member having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first linkage member pivotally attached to the first horn and the second end of the first linkage member pivotally attached to the cargo bay door.
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公开(公告)号:US11967091B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-23
申请号:US18098588
申请日:2023-01-18
申请人: WING Aviation LLC
发明人: Ali Shoeb , Dinuka Abeywardena
IPC分类号: G06T7/246 , B64C39/02 , G06T7/174 , B64U101/30 , B64U101/60
CPC分类号: G06T7/248 , B64C39/024 , G06T7/174 , B64U2101/30 , B64U2101/60 , G06T2207/10028 , G06T2207/10032 , G06T2207/20081
摘要: A technique for detecting an environmental change to a delivery zone via an unmanned aerial vehicle includes obtaining an anchor image and an evaluation image, each representative of the delivery zone, providing the anchor image and the evaluation image to a machine learning model to determine an embedding score associated with a distance between representations of the anchor image and the evaluation image within an embedding space, and determining an occurrence of the environmental change to the delivery zone when the embedding score is greater than a threshold value.
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公开(公告)号:US20240094721A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-21
申请号:US17932920
申请日:2022-09-16
申请人: Wing Aviation LLC
发明人: Martin Kubie , Devan Dutta
CPC分类号: G05D1/0027 , B64C39/024 , G05B17/02 , G05D1/0044 , G05D1/104 , B64C2201/127 , B64C2201/128 , B64C2201/146
摘要: A method includes receiving configuration data for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) simulation system, the configuration data indicating at least one base location specification, at least one aircraft specification, and at least one virtual vehicle specification and determining an aircraft record comprising, for each of the at least one aircraft to be simulated, aircraft mission data associated with an aircraft identifier of the at least one aircraft to be simulated. The method further includes configuring the UAV simulation system so that each of the at least one aircraft has a corresponding base location as specified by the at least one base location specification and a corresponding vehicle software version as specified by the at least one virtual vehicle specification and executing a simulation of the at least one aircraft carrying out flying missions by using the configured UAV simulation system and updating the aircraft mission data in the aircraft record.
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公开(公告)号:US11908331B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-20
申请号:US17356240
申请日:2021-06-23
申请人: WING AVIATION LLC
发明人: Fan Zhang
IPC分类号: G08G5/00 , G05D1/10 , G06F3/04817 , G06F3/0482
CPC分类号: G08G5/0026 , G05D1/104 , G06F3/04817 , G08G5/0039 , G06F3/0482
摘要: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method of managing a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is provided. A fleet management computing system receives telemetry information from a plurality of UAVs. The fleet management computing system generates a map interface having a plurality of UAV icons based on the telemetry information. The fleet management computing system receives a selection of an initial group of UAV icons via the map interface, wherein the initial group of UAV icons includes two or more UAV icons. The fleet management computing system receives a de-selection of one or more UAV icons from the initial group of UAV icons to create a final selected group of UAV icons. The fleet management computing system transmits a command to UAVs associated with the UAV icons of the final selected group of UAV icons.
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公开(公告)号:US11891164B1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-06
申请号:US17957750
申请日:2022-09-30
申请人: WING Aviation LLC
发明人: Adam Woodworth , Giulia Pantalone , Michelle Suen , Luis Prado
CPC分类号: B64C19/02 , B64C3/32 , B64C5/08 , B64C9/18 , B64C39/024 , B64U10/25 , B64U2101/60 , B64U2201/10
摘要: A technique of operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) adapted for a package delivery mission includes: powering distributed propulsion units during takeoff and landing segments of the package delivery mission and idling at least a portion of the distributed propulsion units while powering a pair of outboard propulsion units during a cruise segment of the package delivery mission. The distributed propulsion units are mounted below fixed wings of the UAV and have first propellers mounted fore of the fixed wings. The outboard propulsion units are each mounted to a corresponding one of the fixed wings outboard of the distributed propulsion units. The outboard propulsion units include outboard propellers having a larger diameter than the first propellers.
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公开(公告)号:US20240017827A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-18
申请号:US17865078
申请日:2022-07-14
申请人: Wing Aviation LLC
发明人: Jesse Blake , Andre Prager , Evan Twyford , Ivan Qiu , Jasper Lewin
CPC分类号: B64D1/10 , B64C39/024 , B64D1/22 , B64C2201/128 , B64C2201/021
摘要: A unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a fuselage including a top, a bottom, a cavity that forms a cargo bay between the top and the bottom, and a lower access opening in the bottom for lowering a payload from the cargo bay. A movable stage is coupled to the fuselage and adjustable between an upper position in which the stage is above the cargo bay and a lower position in which the stage is at the bottom of the fuselage, the stage including an opening extending through the stage. The UAV also includes a winch disposed in the fuselage and a tether coupled to the winch. The winch is configured to be secured to the payload and is movable through the opening in the stage so as to raise or lower the payload.
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公开(公告)号:US11854412B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-26
申请号:US18104994
申请日:2023-02-02
申请人: WING Aviation LLC
发明人: Shirley Kozler , Brandon L. Jones
IPC分类号: G08G5/00
CPC分类号: G08G5/0043 , G08G5/003 , G08G5/006 , G08G5/0013 , G08G5/0069 , G08G5/0082
摘要: In some embodiments, techniques are provided for verifying operability of an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) receiver included in a first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which includes receiving ADS-B data representative of ADS-B messages broadcast by traffic within a reception range of the ADS-B receiver during a first period of time, estimating a traffic environment for a service area spanning, at least in part, a first operating area of the first UAV during the first period of time, determining an expected observed traffic of the first UAV during the first period of time based on the estimated traffic environment, and verifying operability of the ADS-B receiver of the first UAV based on a comparison between the expected observed traffic of the first UAV and the traffic associated with the ADS-B data received by the ADS-B receiver of the first UAV.
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