公开(公告)号：US12025996B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US17322135

申请日：2021-05-17

申请人： AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.

发明人： Jinxin Huang

IPC分类号： G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/606 ,  G05D1/652 ,  G06T7/50 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G08G5/04 ,  B64U10/13

CPC分类号： G05D1/606 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/652 ,  G06T7/50 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G08G5/0021 ,  G08G5/0039 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/0086 ,  G08G5/045 ,  B64U10/13

摘要： Embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of robot control, and in particular, to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) path planning method and apparatus and a UAV. The UAV path planning method includes: acquiring a depth map of an environment in front of a UAV; acquiring a grid map centered on a body of the UAV according to the depth map; determining candidate flight directions for the UAV according to the grid map; determining an optimal flight direction for the UAV from the candidate flight directions; and controlling the UAV to fly in the optimal flight direction to avoid an obstacle in the environment in front of the UAV. In this way, the embodiments of the present application can accurately determine an obstacle that suddenly appears in an unknown environment and a dynamic environment, so as to achieve real-time path planning.

公开(公告)号：US20240353833A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18393887

申请日：2023-12-22

申请人： GoPro, Inc.

发明人： Benjamin Tankersley ,  Joseph Anthony Enke ,  Donald Allen Severns

IPC分类号： G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U101/30 ,  G03B15/00 ,  G05D1/222 ,  G05D1/223 ,  G05D1/652

CPC分类号： G05D1/0011 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G03B15/006 ,  G05D1/222 ,  G05D1/223 ,  G05D1/652 ,  B64U30/20 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/20

摘要： An unmanned aerial vehicle, including a camera, one or more sensors, one or more actuators, controllers, and a memory. The one or more sensors are configured to gather data. The one or more actuators are configured to control the aerial vehicle based on the data. The memory stores instructions. The instructions, when executed by one or more of the controllers, cause one or more of the controllers to determine an input of the unmanned aerial vehicle, generate one or more gain values based on the input, and change a gain value based on the input.

公开(公告)号：US20240246694A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US18437932

申请日：2024-02-09

申请人： BETA AIR, LLC

发明人： Vincent Moeykens ,  Alexander Hoekje List

IPC分类号： B64D45/00 ,  B64C29/00 ,  G05D1/222 ,  G05D1/652 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G07C5/08

CPC分类号： B64D45/00 ,  B64C29/0016 ,  G05D1/652 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G07C5/085 ,  B64D2045/0085 ,  G05D1/222

摘要： Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein describe a data verification of electrical electric components and software systems electronically or mechanically coupled to the electric aircraft by a novel process which starts an electric aircraft and receives physical and software information for each aircraft component or system and determines the status of the health of each of those components or systems. An embodiment may further include a monitoring system configured to measure a plurality of data from each aircraft component and a flight controller communicatively coupled to the monitoring system, wherein the data verification can be performed by the flight controller. Further embodiments may include the flight controller generating an output datum from the assessment produced by the data verification and displaying it to a pilot via an output device.

公开(公告)号：US20240241514A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-18

申请号：US18397371

申请日：2023-12-27

申请人： Textron Innovations Inc.

发明人： Maurice D. Griffin ,  Aaron M. Hitchcock

IPC分类号： G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/223 ,  G05D1/652 ,  G05D1/689 ,  G06T7/292 ,  G06V20/13 ,  G06V20/17 ,  G08G5/00

CPC分类号： G05D1/0011 ,  G05D1/223 ,  G05D1/652 ,  G05D1/689 ,  G06T7/292 ,  G06V20/13 ,  G06V20/17 ,  G08G5/0047

摘要： One embodiment is a navigation system for an aircraft including a positioning system to generate information related to a position of the aircraft, a group of cameras mounted to a body of the aircraft, each camera of the group of cameras to simultaneously capture images of a portion of an environment that surrounds the aircraft, and a processing component coupled to the positioning system and the group of cameras, the processing component to determine a current position of the aircraft based on the information related to the position of the aircraft and the images.

公开(公告)号：US20240282203A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-22

申请号：US18444653

申请日：2024-02-17

申请人： Reliable Robotics Corporation

发明人： Robert Rose ,  Michael Westenhaver ,  Ian Gulliver

IPC分类号： G08G5/00 ,  G05D1/221 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G05D1/652 ,  G05D1/654 ,  H04L9/40

CPC分类号： G08G5/0034 ,  G05D1/221 ,  G05D1/46 ,  G05D1/652 ,  G05D1/654 ,  H04L63/0435 ,  H04L63/0807

摘要： System and graphical user interface for managing communications between a remote terminal device operated by a remote pilot or other operator and an uncrewed aircraft. Specifically, the systems described herein can be used for secure and reliable generation and transmission of a flight path or route by a ground station located remote from an uncrewed aircraft. Using the generation and transmission schemes described herein, the flight path may be reliably transmitted from the ground station to the uncrewed aircraft and execution of operations corresponding to the generated flight path may be controlled by a ground-based pilot having a valid authentication data stored on a removable media.

公开(公告)号：US20240208648A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18448016

申请日：2023-08-10

申请人： Regent Craft Inc.

发明人： Michael Klinker ,  Daniel Cottrell ,  William Bryan Baker ,  Andrew Gregg ,  Andrew Levin

IPC分类号： B64C35/00 ,  B63B1/26 ,  B63B1/28 ,  B63B1/30 ,  G05D1/652

CPC分类号： B64C35/006 ,  B63B1/26 ,  B63B1/286 ,  B63B1/30 ,  B64C35/007 ,  G05D1/652

摘要： A craft comprises at least one hull; at least one wing configured to generate upwards aero lift as air flows past the at least one wing to facilitate wing-borne flight of the craft; a front hydrofoil connected to the at least one hull via a front hydrofoil strut and configured to generate upward hydrofoil lift as water flows past the front hydrofoil to facilitate hydrofoil-borne movement of the craft through the water; a rear hydrofoil connected to the at least one hull via a rear hydrofoil strut and configured to generate upward hydrofoil lift as water flows past the rear hydrofoil to facilitate hydrofoil-borne movement of the craft through the water; and a control system. While the craft is hydrofoil-borne, the control system is configured to facilitate transition of the craft from hydrofoil-borne operation to wing-borne operation via a process comprising: while the upwards aero lift generated by the at least one wing is below a threshold lift, controlling one or both of the front hydrofoil and the rear hydrofoil to generate a downward hydrofoil lift that causes the front hydrofoil and the rear hydrofoil to remain at least partially submerged in the water; and after the upwards aero lift generated by the at least one wing has increased above the threshold lift, transitioning the craft from hydrofoil-borne operation to wing-borne operation at least in part by controlling one or both of the front hydrofoil and the rear hydrofoil to switch from (a) generating the downward hydrofoil lift to (b) generating an upward hydrofoil lift that pushes the craft up and out of the water.

公开(公告)号：US20240152162A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18542543

申请日：2023-12-15

申请人： SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

发明人： Kai WANG ,  Peilu SI ,  Fu LI

IPC分类号： G05D1/654 ,  B64C27/54 ,  B64D17/80 ,  B64D45/04 ,  G05D1/224 ,  G05D1/652

CPC分类号： G05D1/6546 ,  B64C27/54 ,  B64D17/80 ,  B64D45/04 ,  G05D1/2244 ,  G05D1/652 ,  B64D2045/0085

摘要： An aircraft system includes an aircraft, which further includes at least one propeller to provide a flight power for the aircraft; a communication interface configured to communicate with a parachute; at least one storage medium, storing at least one set of instructions for controlling the aircraft system; and at least one processor in communication with the at least one memory. when the aircraft system is in operation, the at least processor executes the at least one set of instruction to: obtain a propeller locking instruction of the aircraft, and perform a corresponding operation based on the propeller locking instruction. The corresponding operation include a first operation. The first operation, corresponds to a scenario where the aircraft is in a flight state, includes: in response to the propeller locking instruction, the aircraft controlling the at least one propeller to stop and locking the at least one propeller, and deploying the parachute by the aircraft.

公开(公告)号：US20240272652A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18630205

申请日：2024-04-09

申请人： DENSO CORPORATION

发明人： Masato FUKUSHI ,  Shun Sugita

IPC分类号： G05D1/85 ,  G05D1/652 ,  G05D1/654 ,  G05D109/25

CPC分类号： G05D1/854 ,  G05D1/652 ,  G05D1/654 ,  G05D2109/254

摘要： A flight control device performs flight control processing for causing a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to fly. When a drive device abnormal occurs during vertical takeoff, the flight control device performs a takeoff processing in flight control processing. The flight control device performs an abnormal stop processing in the takeoff processing. In the abnormal stop processing, a processing for stopping the driving of the abnormal drive device is performed. The flight control device performs a correction increase processing. In the correction increase processing, the output of at least one normal drive device is increased. In the correction increase processing, for example, the output of an adjacent drive device among a plurality of normal drive devices is increased. The adjacent drive device is a normal drive device adjacent to the abnormal drive device in a circumferential direction of a yaw axis.

公开(公告)号：US20240231359A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18416727

申请日：2024-01-18

申请人： Merlin Labs, Inc.

发明人： Alexander Naiman ,  Cynthia Comer ,  Molly Connolly

IPC分类号： G05D1/00 ,  G01S13/933 ,  G01S17/933 ,  G05D1/228 ,  G05D1/652 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G10L15/16 ,  G10L15/19 ,  G10L15/22

CPC分类号： G05D1/0088 ,  G01S13/933 ,  G01S17/933 ,  G05D1/228 ,  G05D1/652 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0021 ,  G10L15/16 ,  G10L15/19 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L2015/223

摘要： The method can include: determining sensor information with an aircraft sensor suite; based on the sensor information, determining a flight command using a set of models; validating the flight command S130; and facilitating execution of a validated flight command. The method can optionally include generating a trained model. However, the method S100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable elements. The method can function to facilitate aircraft control based on autonomously generated flight commands. The method can additionally or alternatively function to achieve human-in-the-loop autonomous aircraft control, and/or can function to generate a trained neural network based on validation of autonomously generated aircraft flight commands.

公开(公告)号：US20240205648A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18427590

申请日：2024-01-30

申请人： Verity AG

发明人： Luca Gherardi ,  Raffaello D’Andrea ,  Markus Hehn ,  Markus Waibel

IPC分类号： H04W4/30 ,  G01S1/02 ,  G01S1/04 ,  G01S1/20 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/14 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/247 ,  G05D1/652 ,  H04B1/69 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/021 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W84/18

CPC分类号： H04W4/30 ,  G01S1/024 ,  G01S1/042 ,  G01S1/20 ,  G01S5/0284 ,  G01S5/0289 ,  G01S5/14 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/247 ,  G05D1/652 ,  H04B1/69 ,  H04W4/021 ,  H04W4/026 ,  H04W4/027 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： Localization systems and methods for transmitting timestampable localization signals from anchors according to one or more transmission schedules. The transmission schedules may be generated and updated to achieve desired positioning performance. For example, one or more anchors may transmit localization signals at a different rate than other anchors, the anchor transmission order can be changed, and the signals can partially overlap. In addition, different transmission parameters may be used to transmit two localization signals at the same time without interference. A self-localizing apparatus is able to receive the localization signals and determine its position. The self-localizing apparatus may have a configurable receiver that can select to receive one of multiple available localization signals. The self-localizing apparatuses may have a pair of receivers able to receive two localization signals at the same time. A bridge anchor may be provided to enable a self-localizing apparatus to seamlessly transition between two localization systems.