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US 10,239,613 B2Granted
Solar power tethered drone
AssigneeAmeristar Solar, LLC
InventorSidney William Boyk
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Abstract
A mobile, powered monitoring system includes an array of solar panels, a battery bank of at least one battery electrically connected to the array of solar panels, a landing and connection platform electrically connected to the battery bank, a cable electrically connected to the landing and connection platform, a drone electrically and mechanically connected to the cable, the drone having at least one camera, and a transmitter to allow images captured by the camera to be sent to a base station.
Claims19
A mobile, powered monitoring system, comprising:
- an array of solar panels;
- a battery bank of at least one battery electrically connected to the array of solar panels;
- a landing and connection platform electrically connected to the battery bank;
- a cable electrically connected to the landing and connection platform;
- a drone electrically and mechanically connected to the cable, the drone having at least one camera;
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- a transmitter to allow images captured by the camera to be sent to a base station.
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