Teal Drones, Inc.

Uavpatent Corp.

George Michael Matus

Samuel Chase Weiss

William Kent McGuire, Jr

Seth Bradley Porter

Shawn Ray Nageli

A drone includes a motor, a noise receiver, a camera, a distance measurer, and a directed sound beam generator. The noise receiver is configured to detect a noise caused by the motor. The camera is configured to capture an image of an area when the drone is in the air. The distance measurer is configured to measure a distance between the drone and a particular point in the captured image. The directed sound beam generator is configured to emit a sound beam that is directed to a particular direction. The drone further includes a processor configured to analyze the detected noise to determine a frequency spectrum of the detected noise. The processor is further configured to analyze the captured image to identify a target, and cause the directed sound beam generator to emit a sound beam to actively cancel at least a portion of the noise directed to the target.

Drone noise cancellation using sound beams

Drone body

Drone arm

Drone ground station

Drone battery pack

A computer system for mapping the movement of a user to the controls of a drone generates, with a mixed-reality device, a simultaneous localization and mapping coordinate system of a user environment. The system then receives, from sensors within the mixed-reality device, a movement variable that comprises an indication that the user has moved a first distance in a particular direction with respect to the simultaneous localization and mapping coordinate system. The system communicates, to the drone, a movement command to move a second distance and particular direction based upon information within the movement variable.

Controlling a drone through user movement

A rotor-based remote flying vehicle platform includes a vehicle body. The vehicle body includes a processing unit that receives positional sensor data and provides flight controls based upon the received positional sensor data. The vehicle body also includes a first frame connection interface that is configured to interface with a plurality of different arm types. The first frame connection interface comprises a physical connection and an electronic connection. Additionally, the rotor-based remote flying vehicle platform includes a first arm, of a rotor-based remote flying vehicle platform, that is selectively connectable to the vehicle body through the first frame connection interface. The first arm comprises a first arm connection interface that is selectively connectable to the first frame connection interface. Additionally, the first arm comprises a first motor mounted to the first arm.

Modular arms on a rotor-based remote vehicle

A drone receives an initiation signal which indicates that flight and/or navigation components of the drone are to be activated. Once activated, the drone then determines its initial position using a position-identifying radio signal. The drone then retrieves, from storage, dimensions of a drone-relative geofence. The drone can then calculate, using a processor, the drone-relative geofence having the dimensions with at least a specified floor and a specified radius. The drone adjusts the motor controller inputs to prevent the drone from exiting the calculated drone-relative geofence.

Drone-relative geofence

Quadrotor

A rotor-based remote flying vehicle platform comprises a central frame with a control center that is configured to control motors mounted to the vehicle platform. A first arm is connected to the central frame and extends outward. A first motor is mounted to the first arm. The first motor is in communication with the control center. Further, a first tilt actuator is configured to tilt the first motor within a first plane.

Thrust vectoring on a rotor-based remote vehicle

Embodiments are directed to a rotor-based remote flying vehicle platform such as a quadrotor, and to methods for controlling intra-flight dynamics of such rotor-based remote flying vehicles. In one case, a rotor-based remote flying vehicle platform is provided that includes a central frame. The central frame has a control center that is configured to control motors mounted to the vehicle platform. The central frame also has a communication port configured to interface with functionality modules. The communication port is communicably connected to the control center. The rotor-based remote flying vehicle platform further includes at least a first arm that is connected to the central frame and extends outward, as well as a first motor mounted to the first arm, where the first motor is in communication with the control center. The method for controlling intra-flight dynamics may be performed on such a rotor-based remote flying vehicle.

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George Michael Matus