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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Aerovironment, Inc., Simi Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Eugene Fisher, Leo, IN (US);
Jason Sidharthadev Mukherjee, Simi Valley, CA (US);
William Arden Lott, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
AEROVIRONMENT, INC., Arlington, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01); B64C 29/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64F 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/102 (2013.01); B64C 29/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64F 1/005 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); G08G 5/0056 (2013.01); G08G 5/0065 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); G08G 5/0078 (2013.01); G08G 5/0091 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01); B64C 2201/021 (2013.01); B64C 2201/088 (2013.01); B64C 2201/123 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64C 2201/201 (2013.01); G06Q 30/016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operation, including: receiving from a customer a first data request, the first data request having: a first geographic coverage area; and a refresh rate for the first geographic coverage area; planning a first plurality of flight missions to accomplish the first data request; uploading flight missions data representing the first plurality of flight missions into a UAV pod; and deploying the UAV pod.