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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Goodrich Lighting Systems Gmbh, Lippstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Anil Kumar Jha, Lippstadt, DE;
Andreas Ueberschaer, Guetersloh, DE;
Assignee:
GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH, Lippstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 47/06 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); F21W 107/30 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 47/06 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0055 (2013.01); G05D 1/1064 (2019.05); B64D 2203/00 (2013.01); F21W 2107/30 (2018.01);
Abstract
A method of indicating a flight direction of an aerial vehicle, having a vehicle body and a plurality of rotors supported by the vehicle body, includes: on the basis of a momentary flight direction of the aerial vehicle, controlling a matrix of light sources, in particular a matrix of LEDs, which are mounted to the vehicle body of the aerial vehicle, to provide an illumination pattern to an observer of the aerial vehicle, with the illumination pattern comprising a flight direction indication, indicative of the momentary flight direction of the aerial vehicle.