Airborne data farming
AssigneesRobert Matthew Panas, Philip Rettger
InventorsRobert Matthew Panas, Philip Rettger, Cynthia Panas, Jonathan Harrington, Matthew Offenbacher
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Abstract
An airborne computational facility uses an energy collection system to provide energy for operation. An airborne balloon is provided with a photovoltaic collector array, and uses energy generated by the photovoltaic collector array to power an on-board computational facility. Data for computation is received by a communication module and computational results are transmitted by the communication module.
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An airborne vehicle for providing computational data farming, the airborne vehicle comprising:
- a balloon structure comprising a lighter than air envelope structure;
- a photovoltaic collector array generating energy by conversion of received solar energy;
- a computational facility receiving energy generated by the photovoltaic collector array;
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- a communication module providing a capability of receiving data for computation by the computational facility and transmitting computational results from the computational facility.
An method for providing computational data farming by using an airborne vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a balloon structure comprising a lighter than air envelope structure, having a photovoltaic collector array receiving solar energy, a computational facility operating on energy generated by the photovoltaic collector array, and a communication module providing a capability of receiving data for computation by the computational facility and transmitting computational results from the computational facility;
- receiving data for processing from an external source as a wireless communication;
- parsing the data and providing the data to the computational facility, with the parsing performed either before providing the data to the computational facility or by the computational facility;
- using the computational facility to process the data;
- converting the data output for communication;
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- wirelessly transmitting the data output as converted for communication to an external recipient.
An airborne vehicle for providing computational data farming, the airborne vehicle comprising:
- a balloon structure comprising a lighter than air envelope means;
- means for photovoltaic collection of solar energy;
- computational means;
- means for providing energy the collected solar energy to the computational means;
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- communication means capable of receiving data for computation by the computational means and transmitting computational results provided by the computational means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.