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US 10,884,432 B2Granted
Aerial system and a method of controlling an aerial system
AssigneeCity University of Hong Kong
InventorsYi-Hsuan Hsiao, Pakpong Chirarattananon
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Abstract
An aerial system includes an energy source arranged to power a propulsion unit to operate the system at a flight level, wherein the propulsion unit is in communications with a control device arranged to detect an aerodynamic interaction between the system and a surface proximate to the flight level and control the propulsion unit by use of the detected aerodynamic interaction.
Claims24
An aerial system, comprising
- an energy source arranged to power a propulsion unit to operate the system at a flight level,
- wherein the propulsion unit is in communications with a control device arranged to detect, when the aerial system is operating at the flight level, an aerodynamic interaction between the system and a ceiling surface proximate to and above the flight level of the system and control the propulsion unit by use of an uplifting thrust force generated by the detected aerodynamic interaction.
A method of controlling an aerial system, comprising the steps of:
- operating the system at a flight level by a propulsion unit;
- detecting an aerodynamic interaction between the system and a ceiling surface proximate to and above the flight level of the system by a control device when the aerial system is operating at the flight level;
- communicating the propulsion unit with the control device;
- and
- controlling the propulsion unit by use of an uplifting thrust force generated by the detected aerodynamic interaction.
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An aerial system, comprising
- an energy source arranged to power a propulsion unit to operate the system at a flight level, and
- protection means extended upward and beyond the propulsion unit for preventing the propulsion unit from collision with a ceiling surface proximate to and above the flight level of the system,
- wherein the propulsion unit is in communications with a control device arranged to detect, when the aerial system is operating at the flight level, an aerodynamic interaction between the system and the ceiling surface and to control the flight level and the propulsion unit by use of an uplifting thrust force generated by the detected aerodynamic interaction between the system and the ceiling surface.
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