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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans-Juergen Schwaerzler, Taufkirchen, DE;
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 ; G06G 7/78 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 ; G06G 7/78 ;
Abstract
To avoid an uncontrolled flight of a remotely controlled unmanned air vehicle (UAV), upon loss of radio contact between a control station ( ) and the UAV ( ), the UAV ( ) flies on a preprogrammed safety route ( ), as required the UAV is guided to a flight path ( ) that is remote-controlled from the control station ( ), and, in the event of an interruption of the radio contact, the UAV will fly on a substitute route calculated with on-board equipment, without active intervention from the remote control station.