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US 11,111,017 B2Granted
Unmanned aerial vehicles
OwnerIain Matthew Russellinventor
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Abstract
Various measures (for example methods, UAVs, controllers and computer programs) are provided in relation to controlling a UAV. The UAV is caused to provide energy to and receive energy from a given vehicle. The received energy is used to provide power to at least one component of the UAV.
Claims18
An unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, configured to:
- provide energy to and receive energy from a given vehicle;
- and
- use the received energy to power at least one component of the UAV,
- wherein the UAV is configured to provide the provided energy to the given vehicle before receiving the received energy from the given vehicle.
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An unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, configured to:
- provide energy to and receive energy from a given vehicle;
- and
- use the received energy to power at least one component of the UAV,
- wherein the UAV is configured to provide the provided energy to the given vehicle after receiving the received energy from the given vehicle.
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An unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, configured to:
- provide energy to and receive energy from a given vehicle;
- and
- use the received energy to power at least one component of the UAV,
- wherein the UAV is configured to provide the provided energy to the given vehicle and/or to receive the received energy from the given vehicle while the UAV is physically engaged with the given vehicle, and
- wherein the UAV is configured to physically disengage from the given vehicle between the provided energy being provided to the given vehicle and the received energy being received from the given vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.