Multicopter three-phase precision auto-landing
AssigneeSunflower Labs Inc.
InventorsAlexander S. Pachikov, Christian Eheim, Nicolas de Palezieux
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AssigneeSunflower Labs Inc.
InventorsAlexander S. Pachikov, Christian Eheim, Nicolas de Palezieux
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A multicopter landing platform includes a base portion, a bottom portion, disposed in the base portion, that accepts a protruding portion of the multicopter, and walls of the base portion that are sloped toward the bottom portion. The walls of the base portion may form a conic-shape. The multicopter landing platform may also include a GPS device that sends RTK corrections to a different GPS device on the multicopter. The multicopter landing platform may also include a beacon that guides the multicopter to cause the multicopter to contact the walls of the base station. The beacon may be disposed in the bottom portion. The beacon may provide a signal that is detected by the multicopter. The beacon may provide a light signal that is detected by a camera on the multicopter to guide the multicopter toward the base portion. A charging ring may be disposed in the bottom portion.
A landing platform for a multicopter, comprising:
A method of landing a multicopter on a landing platform, comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing software that lands a multicopter on a landing platform, the software comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.