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公开(公告)号:US11027833B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-08
申请号:US16553649
申请日:2019-08-28
发明人: Lei Zhang , Hanqing Guo , Zhaozhe Wang , Tong Zhang , Mengqiu Wang
摘要: An aerial vehicle including a housing, an outrunner motor including a stator mechanically coupled to the housing and a rotor rotationally coupled to the stator, and a propeller removably coupled to the rotor, the propeller including a hub and a plurality of propeller blades. A rotor, a propeller including a hub and a propeller blade, a radial alignment mechanism, a rotational retention mechanism, and an axial retention mechanism.
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公开(公告)号:US11008095B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-18
申请号:US16243593
申请日:2019-01-09
发明人: Zhaozhe Wang
摘要: An aerial vehicle is described herein. The aerial vehicle includes a lift mechanism that includes a rotor blade assembly coupled to a motor assembly. The rotor blade assembly includes a plurality of rotor blades that are pivotably coupled to a rotor blade clamping mechanism. The rotor blade clamping mechanism includes an upper paddle clamp that is coupled to a lower paddle clamp. The upper paddle clamp includes a center protrusion and a plurality of blade support protrusions extending outwardly from the lower outer surface. The center protrusion includes a center shaft aperture sized and shaped to receive a motor shaft therein. Each blade support protrusion is sized and shaped to be inserted through a corresponding positioning aperture of a corresponding rotor blade. The lower paddle clamp includes a central recess to receive the center protrusion therein and a plurality of blade recesses to receive a corresponding blade support protrusion therein.
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公开(公告)号:US10979615B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-13
申请号:US16448535
申请日:2019-06-21
发明人: Mengqiu Wang , Lixin Liu , Tong Zhang , Jia Lu
IPC分类号: H04N5/232 , G01S3/786 , H04N7/18 , G01S17/89 , G01S17/86 , B64C39/02 , B64D47/08 , G01S17/02 , G05D1/00 , G06K9/00
摘要: An aerial system, including a processing system, an optical system, an actuation system and a lift mechanism, includes an autonomous photography and/or videography system 70, implemented, at least in part, by the processing system 22, the optical system 26, the actuation system 28 and the lift mechanism 32. The autonomous photograph and/or videography system performs the steps of establishing a desired flight trajectory, detecting a target, controlling the flight of the aerial system as a function of the desired flight trajectory relative to the target using the lift mechanism and controlling the camera to capture pictures and/or video.
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公开(公告)号:US10974825B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-13
申请号:US16156109
申请日:2018-10-10
发明人: Wei Sun , Zheng Qu , Tong Zhang
摘要: A frame assembly for an aerial system includes a body and first and second rotor assemblies. The first and second rotor assemblies are coupled to the body by respective hinges. The first and second rotor assemblies are movable between a deployed position and a stowed position. Each rotor assembly includes a shaft assembly coupled to the hinge at one end and having a rotor assembly mounted to an opposite end. A rotary actuator is coupled between the rotor assembly and the shaft assembly and is configured to controllably rotate the rotor assembly relative to the shaft assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US20200269978A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-27
申请号:US16646520
申请日:2019-08-20
发明人: Zhaozhe WANG , Tong ZHANG
摘要: An assembly for an aerial system includes a wing support foldably connected to a first and second side of a body of the aerial system, a protection structure coupled to the wing support and disposed over propellers coupled to the wing support, wherein at least one of the protection structure and the wing support includes at least one of a positioning hook and a positioning groove, wherein the protection structure and wing support are fixed relative to each other with the at least one of the positioning hook and the positioning groove.
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公开(公告)号:US10528049B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-07
申请号:US15907532
申请日:2018-02-28
发明人: Mengqiu Wang , Lixin Liu , Pengxiang Jin , Jia Lu , Tong Zhang
摘要: A method for controlling an aerial system with a rotor enclosed by a housing, including: operating the rotor in a flight mode, detecting a grab event indicative of the aerial system being grabbed, and automatically operating the rotor in a standby mode. A method for controlling an aerial system including a central axis extending normal to a lateral plane of the aerial system, including: generating a first aerodynamic force with a set of rotors enclosed by a housing, detecting that an acute angle between the central axis and a gravity vector is greater than a threshold angle, and operating each rotor of the set of rotors to cooperatively generate a second aerodynamic force less than the first aerodynamic force with the set of rotors.
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公开(公告)号:US20190068041A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-28
申请号:US16078580
申请日:2017-02-21
发明人: Tong ZHANG , Qicheng LI , Mengqiu WANG , Wei SUN , Lixin LIU
IPC分类号: H02K41/035 , H02K11/33 , G03B17/56
CPC分类号: H02K41/0354 , G03B17/561 , H02K11/33 , H02K41/031 , H02K2201/18
摘要: Disclosed herein are methods for a multiple degree-of-freedom (DOF) motor system with reduced number of electromagnet control phases. The motor system includes a first body that is able to move relative to a second body along multiple DOFs. The first body has at least one magnetic positioner attached. The second body has a plurality of controlled electromagnets. Control signals, the total number of phases of which is less than half the total number of electromagnets, energize at least one of the controlled electromagnets to create magnetic interaction with at least one magnetic positioner on the first body, and to control the movement of the first body relative to the second body along designated dimension(s).
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公开(公告)号:US20190033854A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-31
申请号:US16055540
申请日:2018-08-06
发明人: Zheng Qu , Pengxiang Jin , Tong Zhang
IPC分类号: G05D1/00 , B64C39/02 , G05D1/02 , G06F3/01 , G06F3/0488
摘要: An aerial device includes a body, an optical system having gimbal supporting a camera, a lift mechanism coupled to the body, a haptic sensor coupled to the body and configured to generate haptic data, and a processing system disposed in the body and in data communication with the haptic sensor. The processing system is configured to process the haptic data to understand an intended position of the aerial device and/or an intended orientation of the gimbal and convert the intended position to a target position of the aerial device and/or the intended orientation to a target orientation of the gimbal utilizing said processed data irrespective of an initial position of said aerial device and an initial orientation of said gimbal. Also disclosed is a method for controlling the aerial device.
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公开(公告)号:US20180288303A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-04
申请号:US15637954
申请日:2017-06-29
发明人: Mengqiu Wang , Lixin Liu , Tong Zhang , Jia Lu
CPC分类号: H04N5/23203 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/127 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/146 , B64D47/08 , G01S3/7864 , G01S17/02 , G01S17/023 , G01S17/89 , G05D1/0011 , G05D1/0088 , G05D1/0094 , G06K9/00255 , G06K9/0063 , G06K9/00805 , G06K2209/21 , H04N5/232 , H04N5/23216 , H04N7/185
摘要: An aerial system, including a processing system, an optical system, an actuation system and a lift mechanism, includes an autonomous photography and/or videography system 70, implemented, at least in part, by the processing system 22, the optical system 26, the actuation system 28 and the lift mechanism 32. The autonomous photograph and/or videography system performs the steps of establishing a desired flight trajectory, detecting a target, controlling the flight of the aerial system as a function of the desired flight trajectory relative to the target using the lift mechanism and controlling the camera to capture pictures and/or video.
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公开(公告)号:US20180231970A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-16
申请号:US15893991
申请日:2018-02-12
发明人: Zheng Qu , Pengxiang Jin , Tong Zhang
IPC分类号: G05D1/00 , G05D1/02 , G06F3/01 , B64C39/02 , G06F3/0488
CPC分类号: G05D1/005 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/108 , B64C2201/127 , B64C2201/146 , G05D1/0061 , G05D1/0202 , G06F3/016 , G06F3/04883 , G06F2203/04808
摘要: An aerial device includes a body, an optical system having gimbal supporting a camera, a lift mechanism coupled to the body, a haptic sensor coupled to the body and configured to generate haptic data, and a processing system disposed in the body and in data communication with the haptic sensor. The processing system is configured to process the haptic data to understand an intended position of the aerial device and/or an intended orientation of the gimbal and convert the intended position to a target position of the aerial device and/or the intended orientation to a target orientation of the gimbal utilizing said processed data irrespective of an initial position of said aerial device and an initial orientation of said gimbal. Also disclosed is a method for controlling the aerial device.
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