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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2018
Applicant:

Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);

Inventors:

Amanda Kaufman, Needham, MA (US);

William Robert Bosworth, Somerville, MA (US);

James Donald Paduano, Boston, MA (US);

Riley C. Griffin, Cambridge, MA (US);

Sachin Jain, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); B64D 1/02 (2006.01); B64D 1/16 (2006.01); G01N 1/22 (2006.01); G01P 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/005 (2013.01); B64D 1/02 (2013.01); B64D 1/16 (2013.01); G01N 1/2273 (2013.01); G01P 13/00 (2013.01); B64C 2201/125 (2013.01); B64C 2201/126 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/14 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2279 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aircraft, system, and method for sensing and/or releasing chemical agents by an aircraft is disclosed. The aircraft, system, and method may employ a chemical sensor, a wind sensor, an imaging device for capturing environmental features, and/or a processor operably coupled therewith. The processor may be used for collecting data from the chemical sensor, the wind sensor, and the imaging device to identify a navigational waypoint and to provide commands to the chemical sensor or to the aircraft based at least in part on collected data.


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