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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Insitu, Inc., Bingen, WA (US);
Inventors:
Rolf Rysdyk, Bingen, WA (US);
Mohammad Ehsan Nasroullahi, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Insitu, Inc., Bingen, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64F 1/02 (2006.01); B64U 70/30 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/022 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/029 (2020.01); B64U 70/30 (2023.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to guide an unmanned aerial vehicle for recovery thereof are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a sensor at or proximate a tether line, the sensor to measure at least one parameter of an aircraft while the aircraft is in flight and provide sensor output corresponding to a position of the aircraft, and a transceiver to transmit data corresponding to the position to the aircraft for guiding the aircraft to engage the tether line for recovery of the aircraft or a payload carried by the aircraft.