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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2012
Avishay Guetta, Rehovot, IL;
Rafael Amber, Ramat Gan, IL;
Yuval Guetta, Ashdod, IL;
SHILAT IMAGING LTD., Rehovot, IL;
Abstract
An aerial balloon system comprising a payload platform suspended from an inflated balloon by means of a balloon cable, and an anchoring cable attaching the platform to an anchor point beneath it. The balloon cable and anchoring cable are attached to the payload platform by means of a connecting element pivotally attached to the platform. The platform may include a servo controlled pitch stabilizing system using the input from a pitch sensor mounted on the platform to control an angular actuator to change the angle which the platform makes with the pivoted connection element. Additionally, the platform may include a servo controlled orientation stabilizing system using the input from an orientation sensor mounted thereon to control the departure of the orientation of the platform from a predetermined orientation. This may be readily accomplished using a variable pitch rotor, the pitch being controlled by the orientation sensor signal.