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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Hoverfly Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Alfred D. Ducharme, Oviedo, FL (US);
Daniel Burroughs, Casselberry, FL (US);
Lucas C. Whitaker, Orlando, FL (US);
Assignee:
Hoverfly Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/08 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0866 (2013.01); B64C 39/022 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01);
Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle has a substrate. A tether sensor is mounted on the substrate. The tether sensor determines an orientation of the tether relative to the substrate. A micro controller, receiving the measured orientation from the tether sensor, determines an orientation of the tether relative to the substrate, and as a function of the orientation, determines a corrective value and outputs the corrective value to the unmanned aerial vehicle as at least one of a roll output and a pitch output control signal.