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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11697499 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2020

Method for transporting a rescue device from an aerial vehicle to a person to be rescued, rescue system for rescuing a person to be rescued, and unmanned aerial vehicle for transporting a rescue device from an aerial vehicle to a person to be rescued

Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Peter Dürr, Stuttgart, DE;

Henrik Schäfer, Stuttgart, DE;

Bi Wang, Stuttgart, DE;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Xsensus LLP

Primary Examiner:

Peter D Nolan

Assistant Examiner:

Peter Y Ning

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/00 (2006.01); B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64D 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/04 (2006.01); B64F 1/20 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G05D 1/12 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 70/20 (2023.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/22 (2013.01); B64C 27/04 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 5/00 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64F 1/20 (2013.01); G05D 1/106 (2019.05); G05D 1/12 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); B64U 70/20 (2023.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01);
Abstract

A method for transporting a rescue device from an aerial vehicle to a person to be rescued includes launching an unmanned aerial vehicle from the aerial vehicle having an end portion releasable attached to the unmanned aerial vehicle via a first connection and a second connection. The method further includes enabling the person to be rescued to reach the end portion of the rescue device. and determining whether the end portion of the rescue device is released from the first connection. If the rescue device is released determining at the unmanned aerial vehicle whether the person to be rescued is safely attached to the rescue device. If so, the method comprises either releasing the rescue device from the second connection, or deactivating the unmanned aerial vehicle such that the unmanned aerial vehicle remains attached to the rescue device via the second connection.

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