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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
May. 06, 2019
Searete, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lawrence F. Arnstein, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Arnitz, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey A. Bowers, Bellevue, WA (US);
Joseph A. Hagerty, Seattle, WA (US);
Guy S. Lipworth, Seattle, WA (US);
David R. Nash, Arlington, WA (US);
Matthew S. Reynolds, Seattle, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Searete LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described herein for providing wireless power to a mobile device, such as an aerial mobile device like an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A navigational constraint model may prescribe a navigation path along which a wireless power transmission system can provide wireless power to the mobile device. Deviations from the prescribed path may require the mobile device to self-power. The prescription of a navigation path allows for the use of reduced-complexity wireless power transmitters that are fully capable of servicing the prescribed path. Multiple embodiments of prescribed paths with various limitations and features are set forth herein, along with multiple embodiments of wireless power transmission systems of reduced complexity and functionality to fully service the various embodiments of prescribed paths.