公开(公告)号：US11673650B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US16940375

申请日：2020-07-27

申请人： Teledyne FLIR Detection, Inc.

发明人： Helen Greiner ,  Felipe Bohorquez ,  Alexey Zaparovanny ,  Kenneth D. Sebesta

IPC分类号： B64C15/02 ,  B64C27/20 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/10 ,  B64D1/22 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B60K1/00 ,  B64C15/00 ,  B64C1/30 ,  B64C29/00 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U30/10 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U101/30 ,  B64U101/60

CPC分类号： B64C15/02 ,  B64C27/20 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D1/22 ,  G05D1/102 ,  B60K1/00 ,  B64C1/30 ,  B64C15/00 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C29/0025 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U30/10 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2101/60 ,  B64U2201/10 ,  B64U2201/104

摘要： A method for unmanned delivery of an item to a desired delivery location includes receiving, at an unmanned vehicle, first data representative of an approximate geographic location of the desired delivery location, receiving, at the unmanned vehicle, second data representative of a fiducial expected to be detectable at the desired delivery location, using the first data to operate the unmanned vehicle to travel to the approximate geographic location of the desired delivery location, upon arriving at the approximate geographic location of the desired delivery location, using the second data to operate the unmanned vehicle to detect the fiducial; and upon detecting the fiducial, using the fiducial to operate the unmanned vehicle to deliver the item.

公开(公告)号：US11661187B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-30

申请号：US17520459

申请日：2021-11-05

申请人： FLIR DETECTION, INC.

发明人： Jason S. Walker ,  John W. Ware ,  Samuel A. Johnson ,  Andrew M. Shein

IPC分类号： B64F3/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  H02G11/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U80/60 ,  B64U80/70 ,  B64U80/86 ,  B64U101/30

CPC分类号： B64C39/022 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64F3/00 ,  H02G11/02 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U80/60 ,  B64U80/70 ,  B64U80/86 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/202

摘要： In an aspect, in general, a spooling apparatus includes a filament feeding mechanism for deploying and retracting filament from the spooling apparatus to an aerial vehicle, an exit geometry sensor for sensing an exit geometry of the filament from the spooling apparatus, and a controller for controlling the feeding mechanism to feed and retract the filament based on the exit geometry.

公开(公告)号：US20220334599A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17713196

申请日：2022-04-04

申请人： FLIR DETECTION, INC.

发明人： Samuel A. Johnson ,  Samir S. Mistry ,  Erika Tsutsumi ,  Chad Thomson ,  John Aleman ,  Bretton E. Anderson ,  Felipe Bohorquez ,  Terrance Bordelon ,  Ben Corman ,  Dion Gonano ,  Laura Major ,  Ben Minerd ,  Megan Mitchell

IPC分类号： G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G01S15/93 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G01S17/933

摘要： A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle within a flight operating space. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes one or more sensor arrays on each spar. The method includes determining, using a plurality of sensor arrays, a flight path for the unmanned aerial vehicle. The method also includes receiving, by at least one sensor array of the plurality of sensor arrays, sensor data identifying at least one object in the operating space. The sensor data is transmitted over a communications bus connecting components of the UAV. The method further includes determining, by one or more processors onboard the unmanned aerial vehicle, a flight path around the at least one object. The method also includes generating, by the one or more onboard processors, a first signal to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to navigate within the operating space around the at least one object.

公开(公告)号：US20220189319A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-16

申请号：US17549493

申请日：2021-12-13

申请人： FLIR Detection, Inc.

发明人： Sean Keating

IPC分类号： G08G5/00 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H04N5/232 ,  G08G5/04

摘要： Mobile surveillance systems (MSSs) and related techniques are provided to improve the safety and operational flexibility of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). An MMS includes an extendable mast and a modular sensor cluster couplable to the extendable mast. The MSS may also include a logic device configured to determine relative and/or absolute positions of UAVs within a selected airspace monitoring volume based, at least in part, on ranging sensor data provided by the modular sensor cluster, and to generate an airspace deconfliction display view corresponding to the selected airspace monitoring volume based, at least in part, on the determined relative and/or absolute positions of the UAVs and/or the selected airspace monitoring volume.

公开(公告)号：US11249010B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-15

申请号：US16802102

申请日：2020-02-26

申请人： FLIR Detection, Inc.

发明人： Chris Willis ,  Craig A. Aker

IPC分类号： G01N21/09 ,  G01N21/35 ,  G01N21/77 ,  G01N21/65 ,  C08L27/18 ,  C08L45/00 ,  C08K3/04 ,  C08L23/02

摘要： Various techniques are provided to implement, operate, and manufacture a chemical detection device. In one embodiment, a device includes a flow path comprising an analyte reporter configured to receive samples passed by the flow path. The device also includes an excitation source configured generate a response from the analyte reporter. The device also includes a detector configured to receive the response from the analyte reporter to determine whether the samples comprise a material of interest. The device also includes a support structure configured to position the flow path relative to the excitation source and the detector, wherein the support structure comprises a carbon filled polymer material. Additional devices, systems, and methods are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US11174021B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-16

申请号：US16088040

申请日：2017-03-24

申请人： FLIR DETECTION, INC.

发明人： Bretton E. Anderson ,  Felipe Bohorquez ,  Misha Filippov ,  Helen Greiner ,  Jason Jeffords ,  Sam Johnson ,  Kevin Michael Mcclure ,  Kim Salazar ,  Kenneth D. Sebesta ,  Andrew M. Shein ,  Perry Stoll ,  Chikyung Won ,  Alexey Zaparovanny

IPC分类号： B64C39/02 ,  B60L53/50 ,  B60L50/60 ,  B60L58/12 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64F3/02 ,  G05D1/10

摘要： Systems and methods are provided for powering and controlling flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicles can be used in a networked system under common control and operation and can be used for a variety of applications. Selected embodiments can operate while tethered to a portable control system. A high speed tether management system can be used to facilitate both mobile and static tethered operation. Modular components provide for both tethered and fully autonomous flight operations.

公开(公告)号：US11079362B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US16209107

申请日：2018-12-04

申请人： FLIR Detection, Inc.

发明人： Craig Aker ,  Steven Keen ,  Lara Wald ,  Mark Fisher

IPC分类号： G01N31/22 ,  F03G7/06 ,  F16K31/02 ,  F16K31/00

摘要： Various techniques are provided to secure a memory polymer component in a flow path. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a memory component in a rest state, performing a deformation operation to transition the component from the rest state to a deformed state, inserting the component into a flow path defined by interior side walls of a structure, and applying a stimulus to transition the component from the deformed state to an intermediate state in which the component abuts the side walls to secure the component in the flow path. Additional devices, systems, and related methods are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US11077558B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US16323417

申请日：2017-08-07

申请人： FLIR DETECTION, INC.

发明人： Timothy R. Ohm ,  Annan Michael Mozeika ,  Richard Therrien ,  James Lindsay

IPC分类号： B25J11/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B25J13/00 ,  B25J15/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  G05D1/00

摘要： Unmanned ground vehicles configured for compact manipulator stowing are disclosed. In some examples, an unmanned ground vehicle includes a main body and a drive system supported by the main body. The drive system includes right and left driven track assemblies mounted on right and left sides of the main body. A manipulator arm is pivotally coupled to the main body and configured to extend from a stowed position to an extended position, and the manipulator arm in the stowed position is contained entirely within a geometric volume of the right and left driven track assemblies.

公开(公告)号：USD916092S1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-13

申请号：US29707874

申请日：2019-10-01

申请人： FLIR Detection, Inc.

设计人： Matthew Szabo

公开(公告)号：US10906187B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-02

申请号：US16692748

申请日：2019-11-22

申请人： FLIR Detection, Inc.

发明人： Annan Michael Mozeika ,  Timothy R. Ohm ,  Christopher Thomas Brown

IPC分类号： B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J13/06 ,  B25J15/00 ,  B25J15/02 ,  B25J13/00 ,  B25J19/02

摘要： An unmanned ground vehicle includes a main body, a drive system supported by the main body, and a manipulator arm pivotally coupled to the main body. The drive system comprising right and left driven track assemblies mounted on right and left sides of the main body. The manipulator arm includes a gripper, a wrist motor configured for rotating the gripper, and an inline camera in a palm of the gripper. The inline camera is mechanically configured to remain stationary with respect to the manipulator arm while the wrist motor rotates the gripper.