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US 10,371,935 B1Granted
Unmanned aerial vehicle beam redirection system and method
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorMitesh Patel
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Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a beam redirection system, and a method for redirecting a laser beam using one or more UAVs are provided. The UAV includes a housing, a beam deflector, and a vehicle controller. The beam deflector is mounted to the housing. The vehicle controller is configured to control an angular orientation of the beam deflector to redirect a laser beam that is received from an off-board laser source.
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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
- a housing;
- a beam deflector mounted to the housing;
- and
- a vehicle controller configured to control an angular orientation of the beam deflector to redirect a laser beam that is received from an off-board laser source.
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A beam redirection system comprising:
- a network of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) disposed at different tactical positions within a working environment, each of the UAVs including a beam deflector,
- wherein the beam deflector of a first UAV of the UAVs is configured to redirect a laser beam received from an off-board laser source towards a second UAV of the UAVs, and the beam deflector of the second UAV is configured to redirect the laser beam received from the first UAV towards at least one of a third UAV or a target.
A method comprising:
- controlling multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to fly to different corresponding tactical positions within a working environment;
- angularly orienting beam deflectors of the UAVs relative to one another;
- receiving a laser beam from an off-board laser source at a first UAV of the UAVs;
- and
- redirecting the laser beam, via the beam deflector of the first UAV, to a second UAV of the UAVs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.