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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2005
William Kress Bodin, Austin, TX (US);
Jesse Redman, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Derral Charles Thorson, Austin, TX (US);
William Kress Bodin, Austin, TX (US);
Jesse Redman, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Derral Charles Thorson, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Navigating UAVs in formation, including assigning pattern positions to each of a multiplicity of UAVs flying together in a pattern; identifying a waypoint for each UAV in dependence upon the UAV's pattern position; piloting the UAVs in the pattern toward their waypoints in dependence upon a navigation algorithm, where the navigation algorithm includes repeatedly comparing the UAV's intended position and the UAV's actual position and calculating a corrective flight vector when the distance between the UAV's actual and intended positions exceeds an error threshold. The actual position of the UAV may be taken from a GPS receiver on board the UAV.