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US 10,766,618 B2Granted
Drones convertible into personal computers
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsShantanu D. Kulkarni, Gavin Sung, Jeff Ku
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Abstract
Drones convertible into personal computers are disclosed, A disclosed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a body and rotors carried by the body. The rotors move relative to the body from a first position when the UAV is in a drone mode to a second position when the UAV is in a computer mode.
Claims22
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
- a body;
- a heatsink carried by the body, the heatsink to cool a heat generating device of the UAV;
- arms pivotable relative to the body;
- and
- rotors carried by the arms, the arms to pivot relative to the body to move the rotors from a deployed position in which the rotors are positioned to rotate and levitate the body when the UAV is in a drone mode to a folded position in which the rotors are positioned proximate the heatsink to rotate and move air toward the heatsink when the UAV is in a computer mode.
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A system comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) including:
- a body;
- a heatsink carried by the body, the heatsink to cool a device that generates heat within the body when the UAV is operable,
- arms pivotable relative to the body, and
- rotors carried by the arms, the arms pivotable relative to the body to move the rotors from a deployed position in which the rotors are positioned to rotate and levitate the body when the UAV is in a drone mode to a folded position in which the rotors are positioned proximate the heatsink to rotate and move air toward the heatsink when the UAV is in a computer mode;
- and
- a dock to receive the UAV when the UAV is in the computer mode.
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A system comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) including:
- a body;
- rotors carried by the body, the rotors to move relative to the body from a first position when the UAV is in a drone mode to a second position when the UAV is in a computer mode;
- and
- a dock to receive the UAV when the UAV is in the computer mode, the dock including an opening for a camera of the UAV when the UAV is positioned in the dock.
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A method comprising:
- determining whether arms carrying rotors of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are moved into a deployed position corresponding to a drone mode in which the rotors are positioned to levitate a body of the UAV or a folded position corresponding to a computer mode of the UAV in which the arms are pivoted to position the rotors proximate a heatsink carried by the body;
- and
- upon determining that the arms are in the folded position, spinning the rotors to move air toward the heatsink to cool the heatsink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.