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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
May. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 19/00 (2006.01); G01C 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 19/00 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01C 5/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0204 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); B64C 39/022 (2013.01); B64C 2201/022 (2013.01); B64C 2201/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining a vehicle elevation height for launching an unmanned aerial vehicle may include performing a quantitative balancing analysis using baseline factors, establishing optimal values for operational goals of a vehicle based on the quantitative balancing analysis, determining a vehicle elevation height that achieves the established optimal values for the operational goals of the vehicle by evaluating vehicle delivery parameters using normalized values, and initiating on a winch system elevation of the unmanned aerial vehicle to the determined vehicle elevation height for launching.