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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2015
Applicant:

Skycatch, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christian Sanz, San Francisco, CA (US);

Samuel Giles Miller, Folsom, CA (US);

Jonathan Shyaun Noorani, Orangevale, CA (US);

Behrooze Sirang, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

SKYCATCH, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/02 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); B64C 25/00 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01); B64C 2201/18 (2013.01); B64C 2201/182 (2013.01); B64C 2201/201 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for autonomously landing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In particular, systems and methods described herein enable a UAV to land within and interface with a UAV ground station (UAVGS). In particular, one or more embodiments described herein include systems and methods that enable a UAV to conveniently interface with and land within a UAV ground station (UAVGS). For example, one or more embodiments include a UAV that includes a landing base and landing frame that interfaces with a landing housing of a UAVGS.


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