Safety system for operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle
AssigneeAeroVironment, Inc.
InventorsThaddeus Benjamin Matuszeski, William Arden Lott, Derek Lisoski
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for a safety system including: selecting an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) command on a controller, the controller comprising a first processor with addressable memory; presenting a first activator and a second activator on a display of the controller for the selected UAV command, wherein the second activator is a slider; and sending the UAV command to a UAV if the first activator and the second activator are selected, the UAV comprising a second processor with addressable memory.
Claims20
A system for operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
- a UAV having a processor and addressable memory, the processor configured to:
- determine a remaining battery state of charge needed by the UAV to return to and land at a launch location based on a location of the UAV determined by at least one sensor;
- command the UAV to return to and land on the launch location if the determined remaining battery state of charge is within a set limit;
- and
- command the UAV to return to and land on the launch location if a first activator and a second activator on a display of a controller are selected simultaneously.
A method for operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
- presenting a first activator and a second activator on a display of a controller, the controller comprising a first processor with addressable memory, wherein the second activator is a slider;
- generating a UAV command for a UAV based on a direction of movement of a button in the slider of the second activator, wherein the direction of movement corresponds to an action of the UAV;
- and
- transmitting a UAV command to the UAV via a transmitter of the controller if the first activator and the second activator are selected, the UAV comprising a second processor with addressable memory and a receiver configured to receive the transmitted command.
A system for operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
- a controller having a processor and addressable memory, wherein the controller is configured to:
- present a first activator and a second activator on a display of a controller, the controller comprising a first processor with addressable memory, wherein the second activator is a slider;
- generate a UAV command for a UAV based on a direction of movement of a button in the slider of the second activator, wherein the direction of movement corresponds to an action of the UAV;
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- transmit a UAV command to the UAV via a transmitter of the controller if the first activator and the second activator are selected, the UAV comprising a second processor with addressable memory and a receiver configured to receive the transmitted command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.