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Patent No.:

US 11866198 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2019

Long-duration, fully autonomous operation of rotorcraft unmanned aerial systems including energy replenishment

Applicant:

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);

Inventors:

Roland Brockers, Pasadena, CA (US);

Stephan Michael Weiss, Lenzburg, CH;

Danylo Malyuta, Seattle, WA (US);

Christian Brommer, Werne, DE;

Daniel Robert Hentzen, Zurich, CH;

Assignee:

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);

Attorney:

Gates & Cooper LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jelani A Smith

Assistant Examiner:

Davin Seol

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/36 (2017.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 1/362 (2013.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.02); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01);
Abstract

A method and system provide the ability to autonomously operate an unmanned aerial system (UAS) over long durations of time. The UAS vehicle autonomously takes off from a take-off landing-charging station and autonomously executes a mission. The mission includes data acquisition instructions in a defined observation area. Upon mission completion, the UAS autonomously travels to a target landing-charging station and performs an autonomous precision landing on the target landing-charging station. The UAS autonomously re-charges via the target landing-charging station. Once re-charged, the UAS is ready to execute a next sortie. When landed, the UAS autonomously transmits mission data to the landing-charging station for in situ or cloud-based data processing.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Brockers, Roland. (2024). Long-duration, fully autonomous operation of rotorcraft unmanned aerial systems including energy replenishment (U.S. Patent No. 11866198). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11866198

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