US 2019/0196423 A1 · MANAGING POWER OF AERIAL VEHICLES

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing power of an aerial vehicle, an illustrative system including an aerial vehicle including a power storage module and a plurality of components, and a computing device communicatively coupled to the aerial vehicle, the computing device including a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to receive data indicating a state of charge of the power storage module, receive data indicating a rate of power consumption of the plurality of components, receive a goal, generate, based on at least one of the state of charge of the power storage module, the rate of power consumption of the plurality of components, and the goal, a power command, and transmit the power command to the aerial vehicle.

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Dependent claims

A system for managing power of an aerial vehicle, the system comprising:

an aerial vehicle including:
a power storage module, and
a plurality of components;
and
a computing device communicatively coupled to the aerial vehicle, the computing device including a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to:
receive data indicating a state of charge of the power storage module,
receive data indicating a rate of power consumption of the plurality of components,
receive a goal,
generate a power command based on at least one of the state of charge of the power storage module, the rate of power consumption of the plurality of components, or the goal, and
transmit the power command to the aerial vehicle.

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Managing power of aerial vehicles

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