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US 11,307,583 B2Granted
Drone with wide frontal field of view
AssigneePerformance Drone Works LLC
InventorsRyan Gury, Florent Arnoux
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Abstract
A drone includes a frame and a plurality of motors attached to the frame. Each motor of the plurality of motors is connected to a respective propeller located below the frame. A tail motor is attached to the frame. The tail motor is connected to a tail propeller located above the frame. Cameras are attached to the frame and located above the frame. The cameras have fields of view extending over the plurality of propellers.
Claims15
A drone comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of motors attached to the frame, each motor of the plurality of motors connected to a respective propeller of a plurality of propellers located below the motor and below the frame;
- a tail motor attached to the frame, the tail motor connected to a tail propeller located above the frame, the tail propeller and the plurality of propellers having fixed orientations with respect to the frame and with respect to each other;
- a plurality of cameras attached to the frame and located above the frame, the plurality of cameras includes at least a left-side stereoscopic camera mounted on the left side of the drone and a right-side stereoscopic camera mounted on the right side of the drone, the plurality of cameras having fields of view extending over the plurality of propellers;
- an Artificial Intelligence (AI) controller coupled to the plurality of cameras to receive video input from the plurality of cameras, the AI controller configured to generate flight control commands for autonomous flight according to the video input;
- and
- a protective cage attached to an upper side of the frame, the protective cage extending around the AI controller with openings for cooling airflow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.