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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Sohrab Emami, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Keangpo Ricky Ho, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ou Yang, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Sanghoek Kim, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Shi Cheng, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Stephen Bennett, Hillsboro, OR (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Various techniques are provided to efficiently detect the position and angular velocity of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of a UAV system including a transmitter antenna array and a receiver antenna array. In one example, a method includes establishing a wireless link between a UAV controller and a UAV using at least one transmitter antenna array and/or at least one receiver antenna array, communicating link state data corresponding to the established wireless link over the established wireless link, generating UAV operational data based, at least in part, on the link state data, wherein the UAV operational data is configured to control operation of the UAV, and controlling operation of the UAV using the UAV operational data.