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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2019
Applicant:

Top Flight Technologies, Inc., Malden, MA (US);

Inventors:

Paul A. DeBitetto, Concord, MA (US);

Long N. Phan, Winchester, MA (US);

Scott Rasmussen, Andover, MA (US);

Sanjay Sarma, Malden, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/101 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 27/02 (2013.01); G01C 21/005 (2013.01); B64C 2201/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 2201/044 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01); B64D 2027/026 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

This document describes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to navigate an unmanned aerial vehicle highway. The UAV includes a navigation system that includes a sensor, configured to gather environmental data, and a computing system configured to navigate the UAV. The computing system compares the environmental data to a specified data signature in the one or more spectra and determines a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle in the unmanned aerial vehicle highway. The UAV includes a hybrid generator system including an engine configured to generate mechanical energy and a generator motor coupled to the engine and configured to generate electrical energy from the mechanical energy generated by the engine. The UAV includes a rotor motor configured to drive a propeller to rotate. The navigation system is powered by the electrical energy generated by the generator motor.


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