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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Liquid Robotics, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Roger G. Hine, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Derek L. Hine, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
LIQUID ROBOTICS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 35/50 (2006.01); B63H 19/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64F 1/04 (2006.01); B64F 1/22 (2006.01); B63B 35/00 (2020.01); B64C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 35/50 (2013.01); B63B 35/00 (2013.01); B63H 19/02 (2013.01); B64C 19/00 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/04 (2013.01); B64F 1/221 (2013.01); B64C 2201/021 (2013.01); B64C 2201/08 (2013.01); B64C 2201/084 (2013.01); B64C 2201/102 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64C 2201/201 (2013.01); B64C 2201/205 (2013.01); Y02T 70/5236 (2013.01);
Abstract
Equipment and methods that combine the use of wave powered vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones). A UAV can be launched from a wave-powered vehicle, observe another vessel, and report the results of its observation to the wave-powered vehicle, and the wave-powered vehicle can report the results of the observation to a remote location. The UAV can land on water and can then be recovered by the wave-powered vehicle.