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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2022
Applicant:

Verity Ag, Zürich, CH;

Inventors:

Markus Hehn, Zürich, CH;

Luciano Beffa, Zürich, CH;

Assignee:

Verity AG, Zürich, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 19/02 (2006.01); B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/04 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 11/00 (2013.01); B64C 19/02 (2013.01); B64C 27/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/042 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to the present invention there is provided a method of taking a measurement using a sensor mounted on an aerial vehicle, the aerial vehicle having one or more propellers and one or more motors which are selectively operable to drive the one or more propellers to rotate to cause the vehicle to fly, and a sensor mounted on the aerial vehicle, the method comprising the steps of, operating the one or more motors to drive the one or more propellers to cause the vehicle to fly; at a first time instant, slowing down or turning off said one or more motors; while the one or more motors are slowed down or turned off, taking a measurement using said sensor; at a second time instant, which is after the measurement has been taken using the sensor, operating the one or more motors again to drive the one or more propellers to cause the vehicle to fly. There is further provided a corresponding aerial vehicle.


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