Unmanned aerial vehicle recharging system

A method for recharging an onboard battery of an aerial vehicle upon arrival at a recharging station, wherein said recharging station is separate from the aerial vehicle and includes a landing platform having multiple conductive regions, and a power supply, said method;

• comprising:
• receiving two polarized contacts from the aerial vehicle, each at a respective one of the multiple conductive regions of the recharging station;
• and coupling a positively polarized one of the two polarized contacts of the aerial vehicle to a positive terminal of the power supply, and a negatively polarized one of the two polarized contacts of the recharging station to a negative terminal of the power supply, thereby allowing said onboard battery to be recharged by said power supply, wherein the charge sensor further comprises:
• a first plurality of switches, each interconnected between the positive terminal and a respective one of the conductive regions of the multiple conductive regions;
• and a second plurality switches, each interconnected between the negative terminal and a respective one of the conductive regions of the multiple conductive regions.

A recharging system comprising:

• multiple conductive regions adapted to be disposed on a landing platform;
• a power supply including a positive terminal and a negative terminal;
• and a charge sensor electrically interconnected between the multiple conductive regions and the power supply, the charge sensor configured, upon receipt of two polarized contacts from an aerial vehicle by different conductive regions, to electrically couple the positive terminal to a positively polarized contact and the negative terminal to a negatively polarized contact to allow a battery source from the aerial vehicle to the recharged, and wherein the aerial vehicle is separate from said recharging system, wherein the charge sensor further comprises:
• a first plurality of switches, each interconnected between the positive terminal and a respective one of the conductive regions of the multiple conductive regions;
• and a second plurality switches, each interconnected between the negative terminal and a respective one of the conductive regions of the multiple conductive regions.