公开(公告)号：US11180249B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-23

申请号：US16691235

申请日：2019-11-21

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： B64C39/02 ,  H02G11/02 ,  B64F3/00 ,  B64D47/08

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：US10507914B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-17

申请号：US15041211

申请日：2016-02-11

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： B64C39/02 ,  H02G11/02 ,  B64F3/00 ,  B64D47/08

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：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：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.