MICRO UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROL THEREFOR
    82.
    发明申请
    MICRO UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROL THEREFOR 有权
    微型无人驾驶航空器及其控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150314870A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-05

    申请号:US14738467

    申请日:2015-06-12

    Inventor: Barry Davies

    Abstract: A micro unmanned aerial vehicle or drone (“UAV”) 10 is remotely controlled through an HMI, although this remote control is supplemented by and selectively suppressed by an on-board controller. The controller operates to control the generation of a sonar bubble that generally encapsulates the UAV. The sonar bubble, which may be ultrasonic in nature, is produced by a multiplicity of sonar lobes generated by specific sonar emitters associated with each axis of movement for the UAV. The emitters produce individual and beamformed sonar lobes that partially overlap to provide stereo or bioptic data in the form of individual echo responses detected by axis-specific sonar detectors. In this way, the on-board controller is able to interpret and then generate 3-D spatial imaging of the physical environment in which the UAV is currently moving or positioned. The controller is therefore able to plot relative and absolute movement of the UAV through the 3-D space by recording measurements from on-board gyroscopes, magnetometers and accelerometers. Data from the sonar bubble can therefore both proactively prevent collisions with objects by imposing a corrective instruction to rotors and other flight control system and can also assess and compensate for sensor drift.

    Abstract translation: 微型无人驾驶飞行器或无人驾驶飞机(“UAV”)10通过HMI进行远程控制,尽管该遥控器由车载控制器补充并选择性地抑制。 控制器用于控制通常封装无人机的声纳气泡的产生。 本质上可能是超声波的声纳气泡由与用于UAV的每个运动轴相关联的特定声纳发射器产生的多个声纳波瓣产生。 发射器产生单个和波束形成的声纳波瓣,其部分重叠以提供以轴特定声纳探测器检测的单独回波响应形式的立体声或生物数据。 以这种方式,车载控制器能够解释然后生成UAV当前正在移动或定位的物理环境的三维空间成像。 因此,控制器能够通过记录来自车载陀螺仪,磁力计和加速度计的测量值来绘制UAV通过3-D空间的相对和绝对运动。 因此,来自声纳气泡的数据可以通过对转子和其他飞行控制系统施加纠正指令来主动防止与物体的碰撞,并且还可以评估和补偿传感器漂移。

    APPARATUS FOR USE ON UNMANNED VEHICLES
    83.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS FOR USE ON UNMANNED VEHICLES 有权
    用于无人驾驶车辆的装置

    公开(公告)号:US20140222249A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-07

    申请号:US14129195

    申请日:2012-06-20

    Abstract: An apparatus, and a method performed by the apparatus, are disclosed wherein the apparatus can be mounted on an unmanned vehicle and arranged to act upon a payload. The payload can be mounted on the unmanned vehicle and, under an action of the apparatus, is able to be activated. The method can include receiving an activation instruction from an entity remote from the unmanned vehicle; determining whether or not the received activation instruction is valid by performing a validation process; and in response to determining that the received activation instruction is valid, activating the payload. In response to determining that the received activation instruction is not valid, activation of the payload may be prevented or opposed.

    Abstract translation: 公开了一种装置和由该装置执行的方法,其中该装置可以安装在无人驾驶车辆上并被布置成作用在有效载荷上。 有效载荷可以安装在无人驾驶车辆上,并且在装置的作用下能够被激活。 该方法可以包括从远程无人驾驶车辆的实体接收激活指令; 通过执行验证过程来确定所接收到的激活指令是否有效; 并且响应于确定所接收到的激活指令是有效的,激活有效载荷。 响应于确定接收到的激活指令无效,可以防止或反对有效载荷的激活。

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