US 2017/0285627 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE

Abstract

A system for positioning an unmanned aerial vehicle is provided including a position reference system including an electromagnetic radiation transmitter configured to modulate a transmission signal to encode location information associated with a coordinate system relative to the electromagnetic radiation transmitter. The system further includes an unmanned aerial vehicle including at least one control device configured to control a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle and an electromagnetic radiation receiver configured to receive the transmission signal. The unmanned aerial vehicle further includes a control system configured to control the at least one control device based at least in part on the location information received by the electromagnetic radiation receiver.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A positioning system for positioning an unmanned aerial vehicle, said positioning system comprising:

a position reference system comprising an electromagnetic radiation transmitter configured to modulate a transmission signal to encode location information associated with a coordinate system relative to said electromagnetic radiation transmitter;
and
an unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
at least one control device configured to control a position of said unmanned aerial vehicle;
an electromagnetic radiation receiver configured to receive said transmission signal;
and
a control system configured to control said at least one control device based at least in part on said location information received by said electromagnetic radiation receiver.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/087,015Filed 31 Mar 2016

Published

5 Oct 2017

Term ends

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Classification16 codes

H04B 7/1851
Space-based or airborne stations; Stations for satellite systems: systems using a satellite or space-based relay
B64U 40/10
On-board mechanical arrangements for adjusting control surfaces or rotors; On-board mechanical arrangements for in-flight adjustment of the base…:…
B64U 50/35
In-flight charging: by wireless transmission, e.g. by induction
G05D 1/0022
Associated with a remote control arrangement: characterised by the communication link

System and method for positioning an unmanned aerial vehicle

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System and method for positioning an unmanned aerial vehicle

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Abstract

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