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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Hon Wah Chin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bill Gross, Pasadena, CA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Robert C. Petroski, Seattle, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Described embodiments include an unmanned aerial vehicle and a method. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes an airframe and a rotary wing system coupled with the airframe and configured to aerodynamically lift the vehicle in the air. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a flight controller configured to control a movement of the vehicle while airborne. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a cleansing controller configured to manage a removal of a surface contaminant from a selected portion of a surface of an external object using an airflow generated by the rotary wing system.