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US 2022/0055745 A1Published application
Spooler for unmanned aerial vehicle system
AssigneeFLIR Detection, Inc.
InventorsJason S. WALKER, John W. WARE, Samuel A. JOHNSON, Andrew M. SHEIN
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Abstract
In an aspect, in general, a spooling apparatus includes a filament feeding mechanism for deploying and retracting filament from the spooling apparatus to an aerial vehicle, an exit geometry sensor for sensing an exit geometry of the filament from the spooling apparatus, and a controller for controlling the feeding mechanism to feed and retract the filament based on the exit geometry.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a mobile vehicle;
- and
- a spooling apparatus mounted on the mobile vehicle and comprising:
- a filament feeding mechanism for deploying and retracting a filament from the spooling apparatus to an aerial vehicle;
- an exit geometry sensor for sensing an exit geometry of the filament from the spooling apparatus;
- and
- a controller for controlling the filament feeding mechanism to feed and retract the filament based on the exit geometry.
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A spooling apparatus comprising:
- a filament feeding mechanism for deploying and retracting a filament from the spooling apparatus to an aerial vehicle;
- an exit geometry sensor for sensing an exit geometry of the filament from the spooling apparatus;
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- a controller for controlling the filament feeding mechanism to feed and retract the filament based on the exit geometry when the aerial vehicle is controlled to fly at a predefined position relative to the spooling apparatus.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- sensing an exit geometry of a filament from a spooling apparatus by an exit geometry sensor;
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- deploying and retracting a filament from the spooling apparatus to an aerial vehicle based on the exit geometry under control of a controller, wherein the controller and the spooling apparatus are mounted on a mobile vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.