公开(公告)号：US20240150018A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US17983989

申请日：2022-11-09

Applicant: Lucas Trenshaw

Inventor： Lucas Trenshaw

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  A62C3/02 ,  B64D7/02

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  A62C3/0228 ,  B64D7/02 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/128

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aerial drone with a central passage and a rotating frame. A payload moves within a central passage through the drone body into a deployed position. The payload engages with the rotating frame and can be rotated into a desired orientation below the drone.

公开(公告)号：US20240067340A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US17896564

申请日：2022-08-26

Applicant: WING Aviation LLC

Inventor： Ali Shoeb ,  Ivan Qiu

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B66D3/26 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G06T7/10 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06V20/17

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64D1/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B66D3/26 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G05D1/101 ,  G06T7/10 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06V20/17 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  G06T2207/10032 ,  G06T2207/20021

Abstract: A technique for validating a presence of a package carried by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes: capturing an image of a scene below the UAV with a camera mounted to the UAV and oriented to face down from the UAV; analyzing the image to identify whether the package is present in the image; and determining whether the package is attached to the UAV, via a tether extending from an underside of the UAV, based at least on the analyzing of the image.

公开(公告)号：US20240020876A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US17813188

申请日：2022-07-18

Applicant: Wing Aviation LLC

Inventor： Ali Shoeb

IPC: G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/50 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G01S19/48

CPC classification number: G06T7/74 ,  G06T7/50 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/101 ,  G01S19/485 ,  G06T2207/10032 ,  G06T2207/20081 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/042

Abstract: A method includes receiving a two-dimensional (2D) image captured by a camera on a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and representative of an environment of the UAV. The method further includes applying a trained machine learning model to the 2D image to produce a semantic image of the environment and a depth image of the environment, where the semantic image comprises one or more semantic labels. The method additionally includes retrieving reference depth data representative of the environment, wherein the reference depth data includes reference semantic labels. The method also includes aligning the depth image of the environment with the reference depth data representative of the environment to determine a location of the UAV in the environment, where the aligning associates the one or more semantic labels from the semantic image with the reference semantic labels from the reference depth data.

公开(公告)号：US20230331384A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-19

申请号：US17725990

申请日：2022-04-21

Applicant: Workhorse Group Inc.

Inventor： Rich Parraga ,  James Wagner ,  Phil McDermott ,  Gio Trovato ,  Joseph Sams ,  Mark Beaulieu ,  Wei Wei

IPC: B64D1/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B66D1/60 ,  B66D1/48

CPC classification number: B64D1/08 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B66D1/60 ,  B66D1/485 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/128

Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present application relate to an unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising a chassis, a control system mounted to the chassis, at least one rotor operable to generate lift under control of the control system, a spool having a wound portion of a line wound thereon, the line including a free portion, an attachment device secured to the free portion of the line and configured to facilitate attachment of a parcel to the line, a motor operable to rotate the spool under control of the control system such that the control system is operable to raise the attachment device to a raised position and lower the attachment device from the raised position, and a spring positioned between the chassis and the attachment device such that the spring is engaged between the chassis and the attachment device when the attachment device is in the raised position.

公开(公告)号：US20230296361A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

申请号：US17700260

申请日：2022-03-21

Applicant: Hazim Mohaisen ,  Khaled Ahmed Essam Abdel-Rahman

Inventor： Hazim Mohaisen ,  Khaled Ahmed Essam Abdel-Rahman

IPC: F42B12/56 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: F42B12/56 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C2201/128

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a system and method for transportation of goods, service, marketable securities or other valuable payloads optionally utilizing a carrier or smart carrier to contain a payload and using artillery for transporting the payload relatively longer distances, whereby more conventional transportation systems may bring a payload to the artillery mechanism and then retrieve the payload from the artillery mechanism. The system consists of a modified military artillery projectile, optionally containing a self-monitoring smart carrier or a standard carrier, transportation shells for various transportation methods and when smart carriers are employed, goods and services and in some embodiments, people, on land, air and water through a connected ecosystem, may be monitored and safely transported. Modified military artillery is used to propel goods to discrete distance remote stations, alongside, in some examples, torpedoes, sniper rifles, and other long rage apparatuses, such as drones, mortars, and howitzers. The selection of what artillery to use is a function of availability and desired distance and performance, and the interaction with non-ballistic delivery systems, to and from the artillery or ballistic legs of the desired delivery pathway, are ones of optimal design and performance choice of a user of the present invention.

公开(公告)号：US20230294851A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

申请号：US17655128

申请日：2022-03-16

Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Inventor： Fadhel Asfoor ,  Aziz Rehman ,  Fadl Abdellatif

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/10

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G05D1/102 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/127

Abstract: A method of inspecting a curved surface using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) by activating a plurality of sensors having at least respective portions disposed on the curved surface, the method including flying the UAV to a proximity of a first of the plurality of sensors; activating the first sensor by an activation device coupled to the UAV; attaching at least one magnetic leg of the UAV to a ferromagnetic surface proximate the first sensor, the at least one magnetic leg having a magnet, moving the activation device coupled to the UAV towards the first sensor while the at least one magnetic leg is attached to the ferromagnetic surface; and, when the activation device is positioned in proximity of the first sensor, receiving first sensor data from the activated first sensor via the activation device.

公开(公告)号：US20230267402A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US17652304

申请日：2022-02-24

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Inventor： Venkata Vara Prasad Karri ,  Saraswathi Sailaja Perumalla ,  Sarbajit K. Rakshit

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  G07C5/00 ,  G07C5/08 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G06Q10/0832 ,  G06Q10/20 ,  G07C5/006 ,  G07C5/0808 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/141

Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system coordinate a robot-based delivery system. The method includes receiving performance information associated with a delivery robot indicative of operational parameters. The method includes determining maintenance tasks and a time required therefor prior to a delivery task assigned to the delivery robot based on the performance information. The method includes determining a location on a delivery arrangement based on the maintenance tasks and the time. The delivery arrangement includes a package conveyor on which the package is placed and moved therealong and a delivery robot conveyor on which the delivery robot is to be placed and moved therealong. The method includes transmitting an instruction to the delivery robot to land on the delivery robot conveyor at the location such that the one or more maintenance tasks being performed is synchronized with the delivery robot being prepared for the delivery task.

公开(公告)号：US20230192449A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US17555058

申请日：2021-12-17

Applicant: Wing Aviation LLC

Inventor： Jesse Blake ,  Evan Twyford ,  Ivan Qiu ,  Jasper Lewin

IPC: B64D1/10 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64D1/10 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/128

Abstract: A package coupling apparatus for securing a package to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is provided. The package coupling apparatus includes a support plate configured to be secured to an upper surface of the package and a handle extending up from the support plate. The handle includes a handle opening and a bridge that extends over the handle opening, wherein the bridge is configured to be secured by a component of the UAV.

公开(公告)号：US11667384B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-06

申请号：US17061586

申请日：2020-10-02

Applicant: Wing Aviation LLC

Inventor： Andre Prager ,  Trevor Shannon

IPC: B64D1/22 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/12 ,  G06Q10/083

CPC classification number: B64D1/22 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64D1/12 ,  G06Q10/083 ,  B64C2201/128

Abstract: A payload coupling apparatus is provided including a housing, wherein the housing is adapted for attachment to a first end of a tether, a slot extending downwardly from an outer surface of the housing towards a center of the housing thereby forming a lower lip on the housing beneath the slot, and wherein the slot is adapted to receive a handle of a payload.

公开(公告)号：US20230159192A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-25

申请号：US17532247

申请日：2021-11-22

Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Inventor： Julio Gil ,  Thomas Ramsager ,  Jeff Walp

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/08 ,  B64F1/32

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64D1/08 ,  B64F1/32 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/027

Abstract: A drone delivery system hub and method for sending for take-off and receiving for landing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The drone delivery system hub includes a center shaft frame, a parcel-conveying system supported by the center shaft frame, structural arms coupled to and extending outward from the center shaft frame in a spoke-like configuration, drone-conveying systems each supported by one of the structural arms, and a linking conveyor span. The drone-conveying system conveys the UAVs along a length of a correspond one of the structural arms toward and away from the center shaft frame. The linking conveyor span selectably rotates to different orientations between different pairs of the structural arms, selectively conveying a UAV thereon between any two of the structural arms. The linking conveyor span is located above the parcel-conveying system such for the UAV thereon to deposit and retrieve parcels from the parcel-conveying system.