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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Teledyne Flir Defense, Inc., Stillwater, OK (US);
Inventors:
Bretton E. Anderson, Westford, MA (US);
Philip N. Lafountain, South Hamilton, MA (US);
Alexey Zaparovanny, Westford, MA (US);
Misha Filippov, Framingham, MA (US);
Samir S. Mistry, Billerica, MA (US);
Chikyung Won, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Kevin Michael McClure, Danvers, MA (US);
Caroline Ekchian, Danvers, MA (US);
Assignee:
Teledyne FLIR Defense, Inc., Stillwater, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64F 3/02 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0866 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 3/02 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for powering and controlling flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle are provided. The unmanned aerial vehicles can be used in a networked communication system. A tether management system can be used to facilitate both mobile and static tethered operation to provide power and/or voice and data communication.