Automated drone charging station
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsReza FARRAHI MOGHADDAM, Fereydoun FARRAHI MOGHADDAM, Yves LEMIEUX, Denis MONETTE
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Abstract
A drone charging station configured to receive at least one drone, the docking station including an elongated docking shaft sized to engage with the at least one drone, the docking shaft having a drone entrance end and a drone exit end opposite the drone entrance end; and a drone guiding thread helically disposed along the elongated docking shaft, the drone guiding thread configured to engage with a corresponding guiding region on the at least one drone to allow the at least drone to move along the drone guiding thread from the drone entrance end to the drone exit end.
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A drone docking station configured to receive at least one drone, the docking station comprising:
- an elongated docking shaft sized to engage with the at least one drone, the docking shaft having a drone entrance end and a drone exit end opposite the drone entrance end;
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- a drone guiding thread helically disposed along the elongated docking shaft, the drone guiding thread configured to engage with a corresponding guiding region on the at least one drone to allow the at least drone to move along the drone guiding thread from the drone entrance end to the drone exit end.
A system for charging at least one drone, the system comprising:
- a docking station, the docking station comprising:
- an elongated docking shaft sized to engage with the at least one drone, the docking shaft having a drone entrance end and a drone exit end opposite the drone entrance end;
- and
- a drone guiding thread helically disposed along the elongated docking shaft, the drone guiding thread configured to engage with a corresponding guiding region on the at least one drone to allow the at least drone to move along the drone guiding thread from the drone entrance end to the drone exit end;
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- at least one drone, each of the at least one drones comprising:
- a guiding region, the guiding region arranged to engage a corresponding portion of the drone guiding thread to allow the at least one drone to travel along the drone guiding thread from the drone entrance end to the drone exit end.
A drone docking station configured to receive at least one drone, the drone docking station comprising:
- a docking shaft sized to engage with the at least one drone, the docking shaft having a drone entrance end and a drone exit end opposite the drone entrance end;
- at least one drone guiding portion helically encircling an exterior portion of the docking shaft, the at least one drone guiding portion configured to engage with a corresponding at least one guiding portion on the at least one drone to allow the at least one drone to move along the at least one drone guiding portion of the docking shaft from the drone entrance end to the drone exit end;
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- at least one electrical charging transmitting element for transmitting a wireless charging signal to the at least one drone for charging the at least one drone when the at least one drone is within a range of the wireless charging signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.