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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2024
Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Anurag Makineni, San Jose, CA (US);
Kristen Marie Holtz, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gareth Benoit Cross, San Carlos, CA (US);
Hayk Martirosyan, San Francisco, CA (US);
SKYDIO, INC., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
In some examples, an aerial vehicle may determine, based on sensor information received from at least one onboard sensor, that an amount of light fails to satisfy a light threshold. Based at least in part on determining that the amount of light fails to satisfy the light threshold, the aerial vehicle is caused to takeoff at a specified trajectory and a specified acceleration for enabling navigation via an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and a satellite positioning system. Further, the aerial vehicle is directed to navigate an environment based at least on determining a relative heading of the aerial vehicle from information received from the IMU and information received from the satellite positioning system.