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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Aerovironment, Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Inventor:
Carlos Thomas Miralles, Burbank, CA (US);
Assignee:
AEROVIRONMENT, INC., Arlington, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G 7/22 (2006.01); B64C 39/00 (2023.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); F41G 7/00 (2006.01); F41G 9/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64U 101/15 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G 7/2246 (2013.01); B64C 39/00 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); F41G 7/008 (2013.01); F41G 7/2206 (2013.01); F41G 7/2253 (2013.01); F41G 7/2293 (2013.01); F41G 9/002 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/12 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 2101/15 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01);
Abstract
A system comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to transition from a terminal homing mode to a target search mode, responsive to an uplink signal and/or an autonomous determination of scene change.