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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Zijian Wang, Stanford, CA (US);
James Carthew, Oakland, CA (US);
Weifeng Xiong, Fremont, CA (US);
Mohsen Lakehal-ayat, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to a multi-drone automotive system that includes a first drone configured to carry one or more detachable drones. The first drone, which may be referred to as a carrier drone, may be mounted upon an automobile and operated in a tethered mode of flight. The detachable drones may be launched from the carrier drone to carry out untethered flight. The carrier drone and/or the detachable drones may be used for various applications. In one example application, the carrier drone may use a first camera that is mounted upon the carrier drone, to capture a first set of images during the tethered mode of flight. A detachable drone may be launched from the carrier drone in an untethered mode of flight in order to capture a second set of images by using a second camera mounted upon the detachable drone.