公开(公告)号：US11866198B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US16667655

申请日：2019-10-29

Applicant: California Institute of Technology

Inventor： Roland Brockers ,  Stephan Michael Weiss ,  Danylo Malyuta ,  Christian Brommer ,  Daniel Robert Hentzen

IPC: B64F1/36 ,  B60L53/12 ,  B60L53/14 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B64F5/60 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U101/00 ,  B64U101/30

CPC classification number: B64F1/362 ,  B60L53/12 ,  B60L53/14 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64F5/60 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  B60L2200/10 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U2101/00 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/10

Abstract: A method and system provide the ability to autonomously operate an unmanned aerial system (UAS) over long durations of time. The UAS vehicle autonomously takes off from a take-off landing-charging station and autonomously executes a mission. The mission includes data acquisition instructions in a defined observation area. Upon mission completion, the UAS autonomously travels to a target landing-charging station and performs an autonomous precision landing on the target landing-charging station. The UAS autonomously re-charges via the target landing-charging station. Once re-charged, the UAS is ready to execute a next sortie. When landed, the UAS autonomously transmits mission data to the landing-charging station for in situ or cloud-based data processing.