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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sebastian Thrun, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Benjamin Otto Berry, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/52 (2006.01); G05D 1/04 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/20 (2006.01); B64C 27/08 (2006.01); B64C 27/48 (2006.01); B64C 27/32 (2006.01); B64F 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/046 (2013.01); B64C 27/08 (2013.01); B64C 27/20 (2013.01); B64C 27/32 (2013.01); B64C 27/48 (2013.01); B64C 27/52 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64D 1/00 (2013.01); B64C 2201/104 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/162 (2013.01); B64F 1/0295 (2020.01);
Abstract
In response to a change in a state of at least some part of a vehicle, a control signal associated with countering the change in the state while the vehicle is in an occupant change state is generated. The control signal is sent to a rotor in the vehicle while the vehicle is in the occupant change state, wherein the control signal causes the rotor to move in a manner that is counter to the change in the state and the rotor rotates about a substantially vertical axis of rotation and enables the vehicle to perform vertical takeoffs and landings.