公开(公告)号：US09817396B1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-14

申请号：US14587091

申请日：2014-12-31

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Leila Takayama ,  Brandon Alexander ,  Roger William Graves ,  Justin Sadowski ,  Abraham Bachrach

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/12 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B64C27/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0088 ,  B64C27/00 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  G05D1/0038 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G05D1/0202 ,  G06K9/00637 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/025

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is disclosed that may allow for supervisory control interaction by a remote operator to assist with navigation to a target location. The UAV may navigate to a target area and capture and send an image of the target area to the remote operator. The remote operator can then provide a user input that indicates a target location within the target area. Upon receiving an indication of the target area, the UAV can then autonomously navigate to the target location. In some examples, after reaching the target location, the UAV may initiate delivery of a payload at the target location using a retractable delivery system while the UAV hovers above.

公开(公告)号：US20180095464A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15727119

申请日：2017-10-06

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Leila Takayama ,  Brandon Alexander ,  Roger William Graves ,  Justin Sadowski ,  Abraham Bachrach

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B64C27/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0088 ,  B64C27/00 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  G05D1/0038 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G05D1/0202 ,  G06K9/00637 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/025

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is disclosed that may allow for supervisory control interaction by a remote operator to assist with navigation to a target location. The UAV may navigate to a target area and capture and send an image of the target area to the remote operator. The remote operator can then provide a user input that indicates a target location within the target area. Upon receiving an indication of the target area, the UAV can then autonomously navigate to the target location. In some examples, after reaching the target location, the UAV may initiate delivery of a payload at the target location using a retractable delivery system while the UAV hovers above.

公开(公告)号：US10023323B1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-17

申请号：US14699058

申请日：2015-04-29

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Richard Joseeph William Roberts ,  Joshua John Bialkowski ,  Justin Sadowski ,  John Roberts

IPC: B64D43/00 ,  B64C39/02

Abstract: Embodiments are described for determining wind by an airborne aerial vehicle without reliance on direct measurements of airspeed by the vehicle. Instead, wind may be computationally estimated using disclosed techniques for utilizing measurements of only ground-speed and heading, or only measurements of forces experienced by the airborne aerial vehicle during flight. In one technique, samples of ground-speed measurements and corresponding heading measurements of an airborne vehicle are used in a mathematical optimization of a wind-driven hypothesis of deviations between the two types of measurement at each of multiple sampling times. In another technique, an aerodynamic model of an aerial vehicle can be used to adjust parameters of a wind hypothesis in order to achieve a best-fit between predicted and measured forces on the aerial vehicle during flight.