公开(公告)号：US20200326706A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-15

申请号：US16845611

申请日：2020-04-10

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： John Robert Hoare ,  Justin Foehner ,  Steven Robert Gray ,  Yewteck Tan

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B60K1/00 ,  B60R11/04 ,  B64D47/02 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G08G5/00

Abstract: A system includes at least one unmanned aerial vehicle and at least one unmanned vehicle communicatively coupled to the unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a propulsion system and an onboard pilot system configured to determine a flight path for the unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned vehicle includes a propulsion system and a localization system configured to determine a location of the unmanned aerial vehicle relative to the unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle further includes a communication component configured to transmit location information to the unmanned aerial vehicle. The onboard pilot system is configured to determine the flight path based on the location information provided by the unmanned vehicle.