US 12,703,506 B2 · Mastless aerial lighting system

Abstract

An aerial lighting system includes: two or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) each including a corresponding high-powered LED array arranged to illuminate an area beneath the UAVs when the UAVs are airborne; a base station configured to retain the UAVs when not airborne, wherein the base station includes a controller for controlling the UAVs; and a plurality of cables for transferring power and data, including: (i) a first cable detachably coupled between the base station and a first UAV, wherein the first UAV receives power from the base station and communicates with the controller via the first cable, and (ii) a second cable detachably coupled between the first UAV and a second UAV, wherein the second UAV receives power from the base station and communicates with the controller via the second cable.

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Dependent claims

A lighting system comprising:

two or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including:
(i) a first UAV having a first high-powered light emitting diode (LED) array, and (ii) a second UAV having a second high-powered LED array;
a base station that comprises a controller for controlling the first UAV and the second UAV;
and
a plurality of magnetically coupled cables for transferring power and data, including:
(i) a first cable detachably coupled between the base station and the first UAV, and (ii) a second cable detachably coupled between the first UAV and the second UAV,
wherein the two or more UAVs are configured to detect a detachment of one of the plurality of magnetically coupled cables when the two or more UAVs are airborne, and
wherein one of the first UAV and second UAV detects the detachment performs a self-healing operation to reconnect the detached cable.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mastless aerial lighting system

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