公开(公告)号：US11858611B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US16388374

申请日：2019-04-18

Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY

Inventor： John Jian Dong ,  Michael James Duffy ,  Douglas C. Cameron ,  Naveed Moayyed Hussain

IPC: B64C13/24 ,  G05D1/08 ,  B64C27/32 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64U30/20

CPC classification number: B64C13/24 ,  B64C27/32 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/0808 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U2201/00

Abstract: A multi-rotor vehicle includes a plurality of electric motors and edge computing systems (ECSs). The electric motors are operatively coupled to respective rotors, and cause the respective rotors to rotate relative to the airframe. The ECSs are independent, distinct and distributed to the electric motors, each operatively coupled to a respective electric motor and thereby a respective rotor. Each ECS is configured to acquire and process sensor data for the respective rotor to determine rotor status information, and execute motor commands to control the respective electric motor and thereby the respective rotor. Each ECS is configured as an integrated flight computer and motor controller.

公开(公告)号：US20230393588A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18302543

申请日：2023-04-18

Applicant: Joby Aero, Inc.

Inventor： Alex Stoll ,  Gregor Veble Mikic

IPC: G05D1/08 ,  G05D1/06 ,  B64U10/20

CPC classification number: G05D1/0808 ,  G05D1/0669 ,  G05D1/0676 ,  B64U10/20 ,  B64U2201/00

Abstract: A method for controlling an aircraft includes accessing input data indicative of at least airspeed of the aircraft and determining trim values based at least in part on the input data. The trim values includes an angle of attack trim value for the aircraft. The method also includes accessing data indicative of the trim values by a flight controller and controlling, using the flight controller, operation of the aircraft based at least in part on the trim values.

公开(公告)号：US11837102B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-05

申请号：US17073412

申请日：2020-10-19

Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher E. Fisher ,  Thomas Robert Szarek ,  Justin B. McAllister ,  Pavel Belik

IPC: G08G5/02 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/06 ,  B64D31/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B64U10/25 ,  B64U30/10 ,  B64U50/13 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U70/00 ,  B64U101/30

CPC classification number: G08G5/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D31/00 ,  G05D1/0011 ,  G05D1/0676 ,  B64U10/25 ,  B64U30/10 ,  B64U50/13 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U70/00 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/00 ,  B64U2201/20

Abstract: An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station; and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation.

公开(公告)号：US11816998B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-14

申请号：US17024914

申请日：2020-09-18

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： X ,  Jonathan Evans ,  Andrew McCollough ,  Dana Maher ,  Jake Nylund ,  Eric Miller ,  Chase Fiedler

IPC: H04L67/12 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06Q40/08 ,  G07C5/00

CPC classification number: G08G5/0043 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  G06Q40/08 ,  G07C5/008 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/0082 ,  G08G5/0086 ,  G08G5/0091 ,  H04L67/12 ,  B64U2201/00 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G08G5/0034

Abstract: An Aerial Robotics Network (ARN) Management Infrastructure (MI) (also referred to as ARNMI) that provides a mechanism for the management of aerobots.

公开(公告)号：US11815913B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-14

申请号：US16960877

申请日：2018-05-15

Applicant: ARGOSDYNE CO. LTD.

Inventor： Seung Ho Jeong

IPC: G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/00 ,  H04N5/38 ,  H04N7/18 ,  G06V20/10 ,  H04N23/695 ,  H04W88/02 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U101/30 ,  H04N23/661

CPC classification number: G05D1/101 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G06V20/10 ,  H04N5/38 ,  H04N7/183 ,  H04N23/661 ,  H04N23/695 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/00 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: A mutual recognition method between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a wireless terminal, includes: when an image of the UAV is positioned in a predetermined section of an imaging surface of an image sensor in the wireless terminal, receiving, by a server, first state information about the wireless terminal including information about a direction of an external magnetic field of the wireless terminal from the wireless terminal.

公开(公告)号：US11756437B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US17451868

申请日：2021-10-22

Applicant: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Dongguang Zhou

IPC: G08G5/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G01C21/20

CPC classification number: G08G5/0069 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G08G5/0047 ,  B64U2201/00

Abstract: Method, system, and user terminal are disclosed for splicing a flight route splicing m. Various embodiments may includes: obtaining a first flight route and a second flight route of an unmanned aerial vehicle; extracting a flight height of a highest waypoint having a greatest flight height in the first flight route and the second flight route and ground elevations of a series of waypoints between a termination waypoint of the first flight route and a start waypoint of the second flight route; obtaining a flight height of an intermediate flight route; determining the intermediate flight route; and splicing the first flight route and the second flight route according to the intermediate flight route to generate a spliced flight route.

公开(公告)号：US11720124B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US16943414

申请日：2020-07-30

Applicant: Volocopter GmbH

Inventor： Jan Zwiener ,  Burak Yuksel

IPC: G05D1/10 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64U30/20 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/102 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/0072 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U2201/00

Abstract: A method of controlling an actuator system including a plurality of k actuators. Each of the actuators-receives a control input ui, wherein index i denotes a particular actuator, which control input ui is determined depending on a weight matrix W including a weighting factor wi for each actuator and depending on at least a physical maximum control limit uimax for each of the actuators. The weighting factors wi and/or physical maximum control limit uimax are actively changed during operation if a first comparison of the control input ui or a function f(ui) thereof with a set first threshold value yields that the control input ui or function f(ui) thereof exceeds the set first threshold value. The first comparison is repeated during operation, and a new control input ui is determined from the adjusted weighting factor wi and/or the adjusted physical maximum control limit uimax and applied to the actuators.

公开(公告)号：US20230236610A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-27

申请号：US18003610

申请日：2020-11-25

Applicant: Sang Hyun LEE

Inventor： Sang Hyun LEE

IPC: G05D1/08 ,  B64U10/14 ,  B64U50/13 ,  B64C27/52 ,  B64D27/24

CPC classification number: G05D1/0808 ,  B64U10/14 ,  B64U50/13 ,  B64C27/52 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64U2201/00 ,  B64U2101/30

Abstract: Provided is a control method of a drone with a multiple DOF flight mode according to the present invention. The drone may include a fuselage in which a battery is mounted and a forward direction is set in an x-axis, a plurality of rotors disposed about the fuselage in four or more, each rotational axis of which is aligned in a z-axis direction, an x-axis tilting mechanism unit formed to tilt the plurality of rotors about an axis parallel to the x-axis, a y-axis tilting mechanism unit formed to tilt the plurality of rotors about an axis parallel to the y-axis, a first drive motor unit driving the y-axis tilting mechanism unit, a second drive motor unit guiding the x-axis tilting mechanism unit, and a control unit configured to implement a plurality of flight modes by controlling the first rotor, the second rotor, the third rotor, the fourth rotor, the first drive motor unit, and the second drive motor unit.

公开(公告)号：US11691729B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-04

申请号：US17346318

申请日：2021-06-14

Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Inventor： Ketan Tang ,  Guyue Zhou ,  Zhuo Guo

IPC: G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06V40/20 ,  G06V10/56 ,  G06V20/64 ,  G06V40/10

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/0016 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G05D1/101 ,  G06V10/56 ,  G06V20/64 ,  G06V40/20 ,  G06V40/28 ,  B64U2201/00 ,  G06V40/113

Abstract: Methods and associated systems and apparatus for controlling a moveable device are disclosed herein. The moveable device includes an image-collection component and a distance-measurement component. A representative method includes generating an image corresponding to the operator and generating a first set of distance information corresponding to the operator. The method identifies a portion of the image in the generated image and then retrieves a second set of distance information from the first set of distance information based on the identified image portion corresponding to the operator. The method then identifies a gesture associated with the operator based on the second set of distance information. The method then further generates an instruction for controlling the moveable device based on the gesture.

公开(公告)号：US11657722B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US17587037

申请日：2022-01-28

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： X ,  Jonathan Evans ,  Matt Fanelli

IPC: G08G5/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G08G5/04

CPC classification number: G08G5/0069 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G08G5/0008 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0026 ,  G08G5/0082 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64U2201/00 ,  G08G5/045

Abstract: A device can be configured to receive flight data from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), where the flight data indicates at least one of an identifier that identifies the UAV, a location of the UAV, an altitude of the UAV, a bearing of the UAV, or a speed of the UAV. The device can be further configured to convert at least a portion of the flight data from a first format to a second format; generate automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data based on the converted flight data; and perform an action associated with the ADS-B data.