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公开(公告)号:US10800521B1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-13
申请号:US15362557
申请日:2016-11-28
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Taylor David Grenier , Gur Kimchi , Louis LeRoi LeGrand, III , Ricky Dean Welsh , Richard Philip Whitlock , Dominic Timothy Shiosaki
Abstract: Described are apparatus and processes for reconfiguring aerial vehicles, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) during navigation of the aerial vehicle between a maneuverability configuration and an efficiency configuration. When an aerial vehicle needs to be able to quickly maneuver in any direction (vertical, horizontal, pitch, roll, yaw) it is operating in a maneuverability configuration. When configured to operate in the maneuverability configuration, the primary function of the aerial vehicle configuration is to increase maneuverability of the aerial vehicle. When the aerial vehicle is navigating in a direction that is substantially horizontal, for example when navigating between locations, it may be configured to operate in an efficiency configuration. When configured to operate in the efficiency configuration, the primary function of the aerial vehicle configuration is to increase efficiency of the aerial vehicle and reduce power consumption.
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公开(公告)号:US20180077350A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-15
申请号:US15265793
申请日:2016-09-14
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Taylor David Grenier , Louis LeRoi LeGrand, III , Barry James O'Brien , Joshua John Watson , Ricky Dean Welsh
CPC classification number: H04N13/243 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/027 , B64C2201/127 , B64D47/08 , H04N5/247 , H04N13/239 , H04N2213/001
Abstract: Described is an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), that includes a plurality of sensors, such as stereo cameras, mounted along a perimeter frame of the aerial vehicle and arranged to generate a scene that surrounds the aerial vehicle. The sensors may be mounted in or on winglets of the perimeter frame. Each of the plurality of sensors has a field of view and the plurality of optical sensors are arranged and/or oriented such that their fields of view overlap with one another throughout a continuous space that surrounds the perimeter frame. The fields of view may also include a portion of the perimeter frame or space that is adjacent to the perimeter frame.
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公开(公告)号:US11284056B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-22
申请号:US17015997
申请日:2020-09-09
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Taylor David Grenier , Louis Leroi LeGrand, III , Barry James O'Brien , Joshua John Watson , Ricky Dean Welsh
IPC: H04N5/247 , H04N13/243 , B64C39/02 , B64D47/08 , H04N13/239 , B64C29/00 , B64C27/26 , B64C27/20
Abstract: Described is an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), that includes a plurality of sensors, such as stereo cameras, mounted along a perimeter frame of the aerial vehicle and arranged to generate a scene that surrounds the aerial vehicle. The sensors may be mounted in or on winglets of the perimeter frame. Each of the plurality of sensors has a field of view and the plurality of optical sensors are arranged and/or oriented such that their fields of view overlap with one another throughout a continuous space that surrounds the perimeter frame. The fields of view may also include a portion of the perimeter frame or space that is adjacent to the perimeter frame.
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公开(公告)号:US10723440B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-28
申请号:US15194484
申请日:2016-06-27
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Brian C. Beckman , John Raymond Brodie , Vedran Coralic , Taylor David Grenier , Gur Kimchi , Dominic Timothy Shiosaki , Ricky Dean Welsh , Richard Philip Whitlock
IPC: B64C11/48 , B64C11/50 , B64C27/80 , B64C39/02 , B64C29/00 , B64C11/30 , B64C11/00 , B64C3/14 , B64C3/54 , B64C11/28
Abstract: Sounds are generated by an aerial vehicle during operation. For example, the motors and propellers of an aerial vehicle generate sounds during operation. Systems, methods, and apparatus may actively adjust the position and/or configuration of one or more propeller blades of a propulsion mechanism to generate different sounds and/or lifting forces from the propulsion mechanism.
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公开(公告)号:US10165256B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-25
申请号:US15265793
申请日:2016-09-14
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Taylor David Grenier , Louis LeRoi LeGrand, III , Barry James O'Brien , Joshua John Watson , Ricky Dean Welsh
IPC: H04N13/243 , H04N5/247 , B64C39/02 , B64D47/08 , H04N13/239
Abstract: Described is an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), that includes a plurality of sensors, such as stereo cameras, mounted along a perimeter frame of the aerial vehicle and arranged to generate a scene that surrounds the aerial vehicle. The sensors may be mounted in or on winglets of the perimeter frame. Each of the plurality of sensors has a field of view and the plurality of optical sensors are arranged and/or oriented such that their fields of view overlap with one another throughout a continuous space that surrounds the perimeter frame. The fields of view may also include a portion of the perimeter frame or space that is adjacent to the perimeter frame.
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公开(公告)号:US10526070B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-07
申请号:US15194473
申请日:2016-06-27
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Brian C. Beckman , John Raymond Brodie , Vedran Coralic , Taylor David Grenier , Gur Kimchi , Dominic Timothy Shiosaki , Ricky Dean Welsh , Richard Philip Whitlock
IPC: B64C11/48 , B64C11/00 , B64C39/02 , B64C11/28 , B64C11/30 , B64C27/80 , B64C3/14 , B64C3/46 , B64C3/54
Abstract: Sounds are generated by an aerial vehicle during operation. For example, the motors and propellers of an aerial vehicle generate sounds during operation. Systems, methods, and apparatus may actively adjust the position and/or configuration of one or more propeller blades of a propulsion mechanism to generate different sounds and/or lifting forces from the propulsion mechanism.
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公开(公告)号:US10115555B1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-30
申请号:US14969716
申请日:2015-12-15
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Taylor David Grenier , Liam Stewart Cavanaugh Pingree , Walker Chamberlain Robb , Richard Philip Whitlock
Abstract: A switch for switching power to a load of a vehicle may be described. In an example, the switch may include a number of members configured to move between switch positions in a predefined order such that a load and a power source are electrically coupled or electrically decoupled via the switch based on the predefined order. In particular, a first member may be configured to move to a first switch position and form a first electrically conductive path having a first electrical property. A second member may be configured to move to a second switch position and form a second electrically conductive path having a second electrical property different from the first electrical property. A third member may be configured to move the second member based on movement of the first member to the first switch position such that movement of the second member to the second switch position may occur based on the movement of the first member to the first switch position.
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公开(公告)号:US20170274982A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-28
申请号:US15194468
申请日:2016-06-27
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Brian C. Beckman , John Raymond Brodie , Vedran Coralic , Taylor David Grenier , Gur Kimchi , Dominic Timothy Shiosaki , Ricky Dean Welsh , Richard Philip Whitlock
Abstract: Sounds are generated by an aerial vehicle during operation. For example, the motors and propellers of an aerial vehicle generate sounds during operation. Disclosed are systems, methods, and apparatus for actively adjusting the position and/or configuration of one or more propeller blades of a propulsion mechanism to generate different sounds and/or lifting forces from the propulsion mechanism.
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公开(公告)号:US11305874B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-19
申请号:US15194480
申请日:2016-06-27
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Brian C. Beckman , John Raymond Brodie , Vedran Coralic , Taylor David Grenier , Gur Kimchi , Dominic Timothy Shiosaki , Ricky Dean Welsh , Richard Philip Whitlock
IPC: B64C39/02
Abstract: Sounds are generated by an aerial vehicle during operation. For example, the motors and propellers of an aerial vehicle generate sounds during operation. Disclosed are systems, methods, and apparatus for actively adjusting the position and/or configuration of one or more propeller blades of a propulsion mechanism to generate different sounds and/or lifting forces from the propulsion mechanism.
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公开(公告)号:US10778960B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-15
申请号:US16191820
申请日:2018-11-15
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Taylor David Grenier , Louis Leroi LeGrand, III , Barry James O'Brien , Joshua John Watson , Ricky Dean Welsh
IPC: H04N13/243 , H04N5/247 , B64C39/02 , B64D47/08 , H04N13/239 , B64C29/00 , B64C27/26 , B64C27/20
Abstract: Described is an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), that includes a plurality of sensors, such as stereo cameras, mounted along a perimeter frame of the aerial vehicle and arranged to generate a scene that surrounds the aerial vehicle. The sensors may be mounted in or on winglets of the perimeter frame. Each of the plurality of sensors has a field of view and the plurality of optical sensors are arranged and/or oriented such that their fields of view overlap with one another throughout a continuous space that surrounds the perimeter frame. The fields of view may also include a portion of the perimeter frame or space that is adjacent to the perimeter frame.
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