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US 2016/0101856 A1Published application
Wearable unmanned aerial vehicles, and associated systems and methods
AssigneeNixie Labs, Inc.
InventorChristoph Kohstall
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Abstract
Wearable unmanned aerial vehicles and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative unmanned aerial vehicle includes a wearable, flyable support structure, and a propulsion system carried by the support structure. The propulsion system can include a power source and a plurality of propellers. In particular embodiments, the support structure can include a wrist band.
Claims26
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
- a wearable, flyable support structure;
- and
- a propulsion system carried by the support structure, the propulsion system including:
- a power source;
- and
- a plurality of propellers.
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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
- a wearable, flyable support structure having a central portion and four boom portions depending from the central portion, with each boom portion being changeable between a first configuration in which the boom portion extends outwardly from the central portion in a first direction, and a second configuration in which the boom portion curves away from the central portion in a second direction different than the first direction, the four boom portions together forming a wrist band when in the second configuration;
- a battery carried by the central portion;
- a camera carried by the central portion and coupled to the battery;
- a flight controller carried by the central portion and coupled to the battery;
- four motors, each carried by a corresponding one of the boom portions;
- and
- four propellers, each carried by a corresponding one of the motors.
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A method for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
- wearing the UAV;
- taking the UAV off;
- launching the UAV on a flight path;
- retrieving the UAV;
- and
- putting the UAV back on.
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A method for directing use of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
- instructing a user to:
- wear the UAV;
- take the UAV off;
- launch the UAV on a flight path;
- retrieve the UAV;
- and
- put the UAV back on.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.