公开(公告)号：US20210245860A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-12

申请号：US17219049

申请日：2021-03-31

Applicant: Skydio, Inc.

Inventor： Adam Parker Bry ,  Abraham Galton Bachrach ,  Kevin Patrick Smith O'Leary ,  Asher Mendel Robbins-Rothman ,  Zachary Albert West ,  Daniel Thomas Adams ,  Christopher Brian Grasberger ,  Enyu Luo ,  Benjamin Scott Thompson

IPC: B64C1/30 ,  B64C39/02

Abstract: The technology described herein relates to autonomous aerial vehicle technology and, more specifically, to environment illumination for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles. In some embodiments, a UAV includes upward-facing image capture devices, downward-facing image capture devices, one or more illumination sources, and a computer system. The computer system is configured to direct the one or more illumination sources to selectively emit light into a surrounding physical environment while the UAV is in flight, process images captured by any one or more of the plurality of upward-facing image capture devices or the plurality of downward-facing image capture devices to estimate a position and/or orientation of the aerial vehicle, generate a planned trajectory for the aerial vehicle through a physical environment based on the processing of the images, and control a propulsion system and/or flight surface of the aerial vehicle to cause the aerial vehicle to autonomously maneuver along the planned trajectory.