MOBILE PLATFORM SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MESH NETWORKS

    公开(公告)号:US20220350328A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17721894

    申请日:2022-04-15

    摘要: Systems and methods related to operating a mobile platform using mesh networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a control station may have a user interface that displays nodes participating in a mesh network. The control station may provide the positions of the nodes using position information broadcasted from the nodes and received by the control station. A user may select a node in the user interface and enter a command to have a mobile platform interact with the node. The control station may send the command to the mobile platform and cause the mobile platform to establish a wireless connection to the node, subscribe to position information corresponding to the node and received from the node by the wireless connection, and operate the mobile platform in response to the position information of the selected node, such as by following the node, image tracking the node, or landing near the node.

    Tether management systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11423790B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US17148500

    申请日:2021-01-13

    IPC分类号: G08G5/00

    摘要: Unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and related techniques are provided to improve the operation of unmanned mobile sensor or survey platforms. A tether management system includes a logic device configured to communicate with a communication module and an orientation sensor coupled to a tethered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), wherein the communication module is configured to establish a communication link with a base station associated with the tethered UAV, the orientation sensor is configured to provide headings of the tethered UAV as it maneuvers within a survey area. The logic device is configured to determine an accumulated twist of a tether coupled between the base station and the tethered UAV and generate a tether damage warning notification based, at least in part, on the determined accumulated twist and a maximum allowable accumulated twist associated with the tether coupled between the base station and the tethered UAV.

    TETHER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210241636A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-05

    申请号:US17148500

    申请日:2021-01-13

    IPC分类号: G08G5/00

    摘要: Unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and related techniques are provided to improve the operation of unmanned mobile sensor or survey platforms. A tether management system includes a logic device configured to communicate with a communication module and an orientation sensor coupled to a tethered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), wherein the communication module is configured to establish a communication link with a base station associated with the tethered UAV, the orientation sensor is configured to provide headings of the tethered UAV as it maneuvers within a survey area. The logic device is configured to determine an accumulated twist of a tether coupled between the base station and the tethered UAV and generate a tether damage warning notification based, at least in part, on the determined accumulated twist and a maximum allowable accumulated twist associated with the tether coupled between the base station and the tethered UAV.