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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Gary McGrath, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/08 (2006.01); G01C 23/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/24 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0808 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64G 1/244 (2019.05); G01C 23/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/0875 (2013.01); G05D 1/0891 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments involve controlling rotational maneuvers of a robotic vehicle (e.g., an unmanned aerial vehicle or UAV) so that commanded changes in vehicle attitude (e.g., pitch, roll, and/or yaw) may be performed as rotations about a center of sensing of a sensor instead of the vehicle's center of gravity. Maneuvers performed according to various embodiments may reduce or eliminate translational movements in the sensor output that occur when the robotic vehicle rotates about the center of gravity and the sensor is mounted some distance from the center of gravity.