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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
David Scarlatti, Madrid, ES;
David Esteban Campillo, Madrid, ES;
Enrique Juan Casado Magana, Madrid, ES;
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/042 (2013.01); B64C 2201/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of extending the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is disclosed. The method comprises detecting that an energy storage device on board the UAV is depleted below a threshold level, landing the UAV at a base station, and initiating operation of the base station to cause a replacement mechanism thereof to remove the energy storage device on board the UAV from the UAV and to replace this with another energy storage device.