公开(公告)号：US12131656B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US18377241

申请日：2023-10-05

申请人： Singularity University

发明人： Andreas Raptopoulos ,  Darlene Damm ,  Martin Ling ,  Ido Baruchin

IPC分类号： G08G5/00 ,  G01S5/00 ,  G01S13/933 ,  G01S13/935 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06Q10/083 ,  G08G5/02 ,  G08G5/04 ,  H04B7/185

CPC分类号： G08G5/0069 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/104 ,  G06Q10/083 ,  H04B7/18506 ,  G01S5/0009 ,  G01S13/933 ,  G01S13/935 ,  G08G5/0086 ,  G08G5/025 ,  G08G5/045

摘要： Embodiments described herein include a delivery system having unmanned aerial delivery vehicles and a logistics network for control and monitoring. In certain embodiments, a ground station provides a location for interfacing between the delivery vehicles, packages carried by the vehicles and users. In certain embodiments, the delivery vehicles autonomously navigate from one ground station to another. In certain embodiments, the ground stations provide navigational aids that help the delivery vehicles locate the position of the ground station with increased accuracy.

公开(公告)号：US20240317395A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US17365512

申请日：2021-07-01

申请人： BETA AIR, LLC

发明人： Collin Freiheit ,  David L. Churchill ,  Hamid-Reza Ossareh ,  Nicholas Moy

IPC分类号： B64C29/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G08G5/02

CPC分类号： B64C29/00 ,  B64C29/0025 ,  B64C29/0033 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G08G5/025

摘要： A system for pilot-controlled position guidance configured for use in a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, the system including a VTOL aircraft. The system including a graphical user interface (GUI) coupled to the VTOL aircraft, where the GUI is configured to receive an objective from a user as a function of the user's interaction with the GUI, transmit the objective to a controller, receive a control input from the controller, and display the control input to the user. The system also including a controller where the controller is configured to receive the objective for the GUI, calculate a control input as a function of the objective, and transmit the control input to the GUI.

公开(公告)号：US12020585B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US18331437

申请日：2023-06-08

申请人： Garmin International, Inc.

发明人： Scott K. Haskins ,  Noel J. Duerksen ,  Benjamin N. Patel ,  Eric Tran ,  Joseph R. Lombardo ,  Clayton E. Barber

IPC分类号： G08G5/02 ,  B64C13/18 ,  B64D25/00 ,  B64D45/04 ,  G01S13/91 ,  G01S19/15 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G08G5/06

CPC分类号： G08G5/025 ,  B64C13/18 ,  B64D25/00 ,  B64D45/04 ,  G01S13/913 ,  G01S19/15 ,  G05D1/0676 ,  G08G5/0039 ,  G08G5/0056 ,  G08G5/0086 ,  G08G5/02 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0021 ,  G08G5/0078 ,  G08G5/0091 ,  G08G5/06

摘要： Autoland systems and processes for landing an aircraft without pilot intervention are described. In implementations, the autoland system includes a memory operable to store one or more modules and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor is operable to execute the one or more modules to identify a plurality of potential destinations for an aircraft. The processor can also calculate a merit for each potential destination identified, select a destination based upon the merit; receive terrain data and/or obstacle data, the including terrain characteristic(s) and/or obstacle characteristic(s); and create a route from a current position of the aircraft to an approach fix associated with the destination, the route accounting for the terrain characteristic(s) and/or obstacle characteristic(s). The processor can also cause the aircraft to traverse the route, and cause the aircraft to land at the destination without requiring pilot intervention.

公开(公告)号：US20240166350A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-23

申请号：US18513252

申请日：2023-11-17

申请人： Matternet, Inc.

发明人： Andreas RAPTOPOULOS ,  Ido BARUCHIN ,  Christopher Winson HINKLE ,  Derek X. MA ,  James Standish O'SULLIVAN

IPC分类号： B64C39/02 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U80/86 ,  B64U101/60 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G08G5/02

CPC分类号： B64C39/024 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/025 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U50/19 ,  B64U80/86 ,  B64U2101/60

摘要： An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for transporting a payload is provided. The UAV comprises a body and one or more propellers rotatably connected to the body. The UAV further comprises a battery mounted to the body. The battery is releasable from the bottom of the UAV. The UAV further comprises a payload container mounted to the body. The payload container is releasable from the bottom of the UAV to a landing platform associated with a UAV station.

公开(公告)号：US20240160209A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-16

申请号：US18353489

申请日：2023-07-17

申请人： SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

发明人： Xumin WU ,  Guang YAN ,  Zhuang FENG ,  Meng HU ,  Zefei LI ,  Mingxi WANG ,  Renli SHI

IPC分类号： G05D1/00 ,  B64C1/16 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/16 ,  G01C23/00 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G08G5/02 ,  B64U101/60

CPC分类号： G05D1/0202 ,  B64C1/16 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D1/16 ,  G01C23/00 ,  G08G5/0034 ,  G08G5/0039 ,  G08G5/0056 ,  G08G5/006 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/0086 ,  G08G5/025 ,  B64U2101/60 ,  B64U2201/10

摘要： A method for supporting aerial operation includes obtaining a real-time location of an aircraft, obtaining a location of a supply station, obtaining a location of a next waypoint, and controlling the aircraft based on a status parameter related to a flight status of the aircraft associated with the real-time location of the aircraft. Controlling the aircraft includes controlling, in response to the status parameter satisfying a first preset condition, the aircraft to fly to the next waypoint; and controlling, in response to the status parameter satisfying a second preset condition, the aircraft to fly to the supply station.

公开(公告)号：US11935420B1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-19

申请号：US16673725

申请日：2019-11-04

申请人： Sean Patrick Suiter ,  Richard Andrew Kruse

发明人： Sean Patrick Suiter ,  Richard Andrew Kruse

IPC分类号： G08G5/00 ,  B64D45/08 ,  G08G5/02

CPC分类号： G08G5/0056 ,  B64D45/08 ,  G08G5/0021 ,  G08G5/003 ,  G08G5/0039 ,  G08G5/0091 ,  G08G5/025 ,  G08G5/0013

摘要： A system and apparatus assists pilots and flight crews in determining the best course of action at any particular point inflight for any category of emergency. The system monitors a plurality of static and dynamic flight parameters including atmospheric conditions along the flight path, ground conditions and terrain, conditions aboard the aircraft, and pilot/crew data. Based on these parameters, the system may provide continually updated information to the pilot or crew about the best available landing sites or recommend solutions to aircraft configuration errors. In case of emergency, the system may provide the pilot with procedure sets associated with a hierarchy of available emergency landing sites (or execute these procedure sets via the autopilot system) depending on the specific nature of the emergency.

公开(公告)号：US20240062664A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-22

申请号：US17821027

申请日：2022-08-19

申请人： HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.

发明人： Zuowei He

IPC分类号： G08G5/02 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G08G5/06

CPC分类号： G08G5/025 ,  G08G5/0021 ,  G08G5/003 ,  G08G5/0047 ,  G08G5/065 ,  G08G5/0013

摘要： Methods and systems are provided for assisting operation of an aircraft by automatically using a specified value contained in a message. One method involves obtaining a first set of one or more attributes associated with a runway from a first data source, obtaining status information associated with the aircraft from a second data source, obtaining, over a network, a message relevant to the runway from an external data source, analyzing the message to automatically identify a second set of one or more attributes associated with a condition of the runway, determining a location of a reference point associated with the runway based at least in part on the status information in a manner that is influenced by the second set of one or more attributes from the message, and providing, on a display device, an indication influenced by the location of the reference point.

公开(公告)号：US20240021088A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18364191

申请日：2023-08-02

申请人： The MITRE Corporation

发明人： Steven L. ESTES ,  John R. Helleberg ,  Kevin M. Long ,  Matthew E. Pollack ,  Marco Quezada ,  Jeffrey Stein

IPC分类号： G08G5/00 ,  G08G5/02

CPC分类号： G08G5/0021 ,  G08G5/025 ,  G08G5/0078 ,  G08G5/0065 ,  G08G5/003 ,  G08G5/0034 ,  G08G5/0039 ,  G08G5/0013

摘要： The present disclosure is directed to providing pilots with timely information to allow for better decision making and improved safety during the piloting of a flight. The systems and methods described herein can employ a collection of algorithms that can take disparate information, process it, and synthesize it into meaningful information for a pilot, flight crew, other flight systems, and/or other algorithms to consume.

公开(公告)号：US20240021087A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US17863170

申请日：2022-07-12

申请人： THE BOEING COMPANY

发明人： Samantha A. SCHWARTZ

IPC分类号： G08G5/00 ,  G08G5/02 ,  B64D45/08 ,  H04W4/42

CPC分类号： G08G5/0021 ,  G08G5/025 ,  G08G5/003 ,  G08G5/0078 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0091 ,  B64D45/08 ,  H04W4/42 ,  B64D2045/0075

摘要： The present disclosure describes systems and methods for providing real-time holding and diversion information to a pilot of an aircraft. In one aspect, the pilot uses an electronic flight bag (EFB) or a flight management computer (FMC) to display in a GUI the holding and diversion information. For example, the EFB can receive ADS-B data that can be used to determine the location of the aircraft in the holding queue (i.e., the aircraft's queue position) and predict the amount of time before the aircraft will be able to land. The EFB or FMC can also display diversion information regarding one or more alternate locations (e.g., alternate airports) in the GUI. In one aspect, the EFB or FMC calculate a bingo fuel and the time until reaching the bingo fuel and the pilot must divert.

公开(公告)号：US20230410670A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-21

申请号：US18214819

申请日：2023-06-27

申请人： Drone Delivery Canada Corp.

发明人： Paul Di Benedetto ,  Gregory Colacitti

IPC分类号： G08G5/00 ,  G08G5/02 ,  A61N1/39 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/00

CPC分类号： G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/0026 ,  G08G5/0013 ,  G08G5/0034 ,  G08G5/006 ,  G08G5/025 ,  A61N1/39 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  A61N1/3904 ,  B64U2101/60

摘要： An emergency or medical package comprising has: a body; attachment fittings, for attachment to complementary fittings of a UAV; and a plurality of compartments for housing medical or emergency supplies, including a compartment for a headset, providing two-way communication between a user of a headset and a person remote from the package, wherein the headset includes at least one camera, providing a video feed, that is sent to a remote person. A method of delivering these supplies and providing control over the use of the supplies provides two-way audio and visual communication between a remote person and the user wearing the headset, whereby the remote person can provide instructions and directions to the user. A method of planning a route for the delivery of a medical or emergency package by UAV, and a method for providing for a delivery of a priority package are also provided.