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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2024
Aerovironment, Inc., Simi Valley, CA (US);
William S. Bowman, Melbourne, FL (US);
Mark B. Moffett, Grant, FL (US);
Daniel R. Hedman, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Michael E. Bowman, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Bryce Korte, Austin, TX (US);
Matthew D. Summer, Melbourne, FL (US);
AeroVironment, Inc., Simi Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are described herein for predicting collisions between uncrewed vehicles and preventing those collisions. A collision prevention system may generate collision spheroids for a multitude of uncrewed vehicles. Those collision spheroids may represent a plurality of three-dimensional points around each uncrewed vehicle. When the collision prevention system determines that collision spheroids corresponding to two uncrewed vehicles intersect, the collision prevention system may determine that a collision is imminent and may attempt to prevent the collision by causing one or both uncrewed vehicles to change velocity.