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US 12,371,138 B2Granted
Relocation based coverage area enhancement system
AssigneeKyndryl, Inc.
InventorsCaleb Miles, Shikhar Kwatra, Vijay Ekambaram, Padmanabha Venkatagiri Seshadri
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Abstract
A system includes: a platform; a payload extending from a platform; an adjustable tether connecting the payload to the platform; and a sail extending from the payload. The system further includes a computer program that is executable to relocate the platform to the area of interest based on a threshold based decision which may include providing a tether and sail configuration.
Claims18
A system, comprising:
- a payload extending from a platform;
- an adjustable tether connecting the payload to the platform;
- a sail extending from the payload;
- and
- a computing device comprising a processor configured to:
- estimate an energy expended to move the payload to an area of interest;
- estimate an energy expended to move to a location which covers the area of interest with a certain sweep of the payload;
- estimate an energy expended to perform the certain sweep given known environmental conditions;
- perform a threshold based decision using the estimates;
- and
- relocate the platform to the area of interest based on the threshold based decision.
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A method comprising:
- estimating, by a computing device, an energy expended to move a payload to an area of interest, wherein the payload extends from a platform;
- estimating, by the computing device, an energy expended to move to a location which covers the area of interest with a certain sweep of the payload;
- estimating, by the computing device, an energy expended to perform the certain sweep given known environmental conditions;
- performing, by the computing device, a threshold based decision using the estimates;
- and
- relocating, by the computing device, the platform to the area of interest based on the threshold based decision.
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A system comprising:
- a relocation based coverage area enhancement system comprising a payload attached to a platform;
- and
- a processor, a computer readable memory, one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions executable to:
- estimate an energy expended to move a payload of the relocation based coverage area enhancement system to an area of interest;
- estimate an energy expended to move the relocation based coverage area enhancement system to a location that covers the area of interest with a certain sweep of the payload;
- estimate an energy expended to perform the certain sweep given known environmental conditions;
- and
- relocate the payload to the area of interest based on the estimates.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.