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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Michael Steven Feldmann, Rockford, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Dell'Anno, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Mauricio Castillo-Effen, Rexford, NY (US);
James Gerard Lopez, East Schodack, NY (US);
Frank Saggio, III, Byron Center, MI (US);
William J. Berendsen, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for positioning an unmanned aerial vehicle is provided including a position reference system including an electromagnetic radiation transmitter configured to modulate a transmission signal to encode location information associated with a coordinate system relative to the electromagnetic radiation transmitter. The system further includes an unmanned aerial vehicle including at least one control device configured to control a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle and an electromagnetic radiation receiver configured to receive the transmission signal. The unmanned aerial vehicle further includes a control system configured to control the at least one control device based at least in part on the location information received by the electromagnetic radiation receiver.