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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2021
Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Yevgeniy Kozlenko, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jack Zhu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gareth Cross, San Carlos, CA (US);
Teodor Tomic, Redwood City, CA (US);
Adam Bry, Redwood City, CA (US);
Abraham Galton Bachrach, Redwood City, CA (US);
Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are systems for automated docking of an unmanned aerial vehicle. For example, some systems include an unmanned aerial vehicle including a propulsion mechanism, a battery, and a processing apparatus; and a dock including a landing surface with a funnel geometry shaped to fit a bottom surface of the unmanned aerial vehicle at a base of the funnel, wherein tapered sides of the funnel form corners at the base of the funnel, and a battery charger configured to charge the battery of the unmanned aerial vehicle while the unmanned aerial vehicle is on the landing surface, wherein conducting contacts of the battery charger are on the landing surface, positioned at the bottom of the funnel.