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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2015
Skycatch, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Samuel Giles Miller, Folsom, CA (US);
Christian Sanz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Behrooze Sirang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jonathan Shyaun Noorani, Orangevale, CA (US);
SKYCATCH, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for enabling autonomous landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle. For example, systems and methods described herein enable autonomous landing of the unmanned aerial vehicle by providing an unmanned aerial vehicle ground station with various guidance systems for guiding the autonomous landing. In some embodiments, the guidance systems enable autonomous landing by providing one or more LEDs. In other embodiments, the guidance systems enable autonomous landing by providing various types of transmitted energy waves. In at least one embodiment, the guidance systems enable autonomous landing by providing a two-stage landing system that includes two or more types of transmitted energy.