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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Zhenyu Zhou, Detroit, MI (US);
Yanchao Liu, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 70/90 (2023.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64U 70/90 (2023.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64U 80/25 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01);
Abstract
A smart landing platform system includes a flat and rigid platform for landing a drone and having a geometrical center, a center of gravity and a weight, a digital scale disposed beneath the platform for providing measurements of a weight distribution of the platform and the drone, and a control unit connected to the digital scale for instantaneous data collection and storing logic including a statistical inference algorithm based on a nonlinear least squares model to perform automated pre-flight safety check for the drone.