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Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2019
Applicant:

Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., Lod, IL;

Inventor:

Moshe Sabato, Yishuv Hashmonayim, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G08G 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/006 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/104 (2013.01); G05D 1/1064 (2019.05); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); G08G 5/045 (2013.01); B64C 2201/143 (2013.01);
Abstract

The presently disclosed subject matter includes an active proximity system (APS) mountable on an unmanned autonomous vehicle (UxV), the APS comprising: one or more proximity sensors and a processing circuitry; the one or more proximity sensors are configured to sense one or more proximity signals, each of the signals is indicative of the presence of a respective emitter in proximity to the UxV; the processing circuitry is configured, responsive to a sensed proximity signal, to repeatedly: generate maneuvering instructions dedicated for causing the UxV to move and increase the distance between the UxV and the respective emitter; and then generate maneuvering instructions dedicated for causing the UxV to move and decrease the distance between the UxV and the respective emitter; and thereby maintain the UxV within a certain range from the respective emitter defined by the sensed proximity signal.


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