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Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2024
Applicant:

Wing Aviation Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Martin Kubie, San Francisco, CA (US);

Dinuka Abeywardena, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Wing Aviation LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/74 (2025.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/222 (2024.01); G05D 1/225 (2024.01); G05D 1/689 (2024.01); G08G 5/55 (2025.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/74 (2025.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G05D 1/0044 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/222 (2024.01); G05D 1/225 (2024.01); G05D 1/689 (2024.01); G08G 5/55 (2025.01); G08G 5/57 (2025.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/104 (2023.01);
Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a propulsion system, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) sensor, a camera and a controller. The controller includes logic that, in response to execution by the controller, causes the UAV to in response to detecting a loss of tracking by the GNSS sensor determine an estimated location of the UAV on a map based on a location image captured by the camera, determine a route to a destination using tracking parameters embedded in the map, wherein the map is divided into a plurality of sections and the tracking parameters indicate an ease of determining a location of the UAV using images captured by the camera with respect to each section, and control the propulsion system to cause the UAV to follow the route to the destination.


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