Drone with target tracking and signal output
AssigneeAirbus Defence and Space GmbH
InventorMarcus Klettke
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Abstract
An unmanned aircraft is described. The unmanned aircraft includes a signal output unit and a control unit. The control unit receives at least one signal to be output by the signal output unit. The control unit transmits at least a first signal to the signal output unit, so that the signal output unit outputs the first signal. The unmanned aircraft may be used stand-alone or autonomous as a movable signal output device, but it may also be coupled with a carrier vehicle to meet the function of a signal output device at the carrier vehicle.
Claims18
An unmanned aircraft that is configured to be coupled with a vehicle, comprising:
- a signal output unit;
- a controller comprising a processor and a memory module;
- wherein the controller is configured to receive at least one signal that is to be output by the signal output unit;
- wherein the controller is configured to transmit a first signal, of the at least one signal, to the signal output unit, and wherein the signal output unit is configured to output the first signal;
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- a coupling unit which enables coupling of the unmanned aircraft to a base of the vehicle, the coupling unit configured to couple the unmanned aircraft to the base electrically and mechanically, and wherein the coupling unit is configured to enable data transfer between the base and the unmanned aircraft;
- wherein while the unmanned aircraft is coupled to the base of the vehicle, the signal output unit is configured to be controlled directly from the vehicle;
- wherein while the unmanned aircraft is coupled to the base of the vehicle, the signal output unit is configured to act as a signaling device of the vehicle;
- wherein while the unmanned aircraft is coupled to the base of the vehicle, the signaling device is configured for outputting optical or acoustic signals.
A system, comprising:
- a vehicle, in particular a land vehicle;
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- an unmanned aircraft, comprising:
- a signal output unit;
- a controller comprising a processor and a memory module;
- wherein the controller is configured to receive at least one signal that is to be output by the signal output unit;
- wherein the controller is configured to transmit a first signal, of the at least one signal, to the signal output unit, and wherein the signal output unit is configured to output the first signal;
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- a coupling unit which enables coupling of the unmanned aircraft to a base of the vehicle, so that the unmanned aircraft is coupled electrically and mechanically with the base and furthermore enables a data transfer between the base and the unmanned aircraft;
- wherein while the unmanned aircraft is coupled to the base of the vehicle, the signal output unit is configured to be controlled directly from the vehicle;
- wherein while the unmanned aircraft is coupled to the base of the vehicle, the signal output unit is configured to act as a signaling device of the vehicle;
- wherein while the unmanned aircraft is coupled to the base of the vehicle, the signaling device is configured for outputting optical or acoustic signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.