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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.:

US 12423380 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2023

Unmanned aerial vehicle operated based on cost functions

Applicant:

Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hayk Martirosyan, San Francisco, CA (US);

Aaron Christopher Miller, San Francisco, CA (US);

Nathan Leo Bucki, San Mateo, CA (US);

Bradley Matthew Solliday, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ryan David Kennedy, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jack Louis Zhu, San Mateo, CA (US);

Teodor Tomic, Redwood City, CA (US);

Yixiao Sun, Stanford, CA (US);

Josiah Timothy Vandermey, Redwood City, CA (US);

Gareth Benoit Cross, San Carlos, CA (US);

Peter Benjamin Henry, San Francisco, CA (US);

Dominic William Pattison, Mountain View, CA (US);

Samuel Shenghung Wang, Mountain View, CA (US);

Kristen Marie Holtz, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Harrison Zheng, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Attorney:

Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Anne Marie Antonucci

Assistant Examiner:

Kyle S Park

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/00 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G05D 1/224 (2024.01); G05D 1/226 (2024.01); G05D 1/46 (2024.01); G05D 1/495 (2024.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01); G06F 17/11 (2006.01); G06F 17/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/18 (2006.01); G06V 10/75 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/16 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 10/00 (2023.01); G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0825 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G05D 1/2247 (2024.01); G05D 1/226 (2024.01); G05D 1/46 (2024.01); G05D 1/495 (2024.01); G06F 9/526 (2013.01); G06F 17/11 (2013.01); G06F 17/18 (2013.01); G06V 10/751 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/00 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01);
Abstract

A computer of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) accesses, from a memory unit, a problem definition comprising cost functions associated with travel of the UAV. The computer causes movement of the UAV based on the cost functions. The computer adjusts one or more of the cost functions during a flight of the UAV. The computer causes further movement of the UAV based on the adjusted one or more of the cost functions.

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