Controlled powerup sequence for an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav)
AssigneeInsitu, Inc., a subsidiary of The Boeing Company
InventorsJeffrey P. Decker, Joseph B. Jackson
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Abstract
A controlled power up sequence for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is disclosed. A disclosed example controlled power up sequence for a UAV includes a remote user terminal, and a power sequence control interface including a transceiver communicatively coupled to the remote user terminal, a user-operated switch of the UAV, and a power controller to electrically couple a power source of the UAV to a propulsion system of the UAV in response to the user-operated switch being toggled on and the power sequence control interface receiving, via the transceiver, a power on signal from the remote user terminal.
Claims20
A system for controlling a power up sequence of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the system comprising:
- a remote user terminal;
- and
- a power sequence control interface including:
- a transceiver communicatively coupled to the remote user terminal;
- a user-operated switch of the UAV, and
- a power controller to electrically couple a power source of the UAV to a propulsion system of the UAV in response to the user-operated switch being toggled on and the power sequence control interface receiving, via the transceiver, a power on signal from the remote user terminal.
An apparatus for controlling a power up sequence of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the apparatus comprising:
- a switch verifier to determine whether a user-operated switch has been toggled on;
- a signal analyzer to determine whether a power on signal has been received from a remote user terminal;
- and
- a power controller to electrically couple a propulsion system of the UAV to a power source of the UAV in response to the user-operated switch being toggled on and the power on signal being received from the remote user terminal.
A method comprising:
- determining, by executing instructions with at least one processor, that a user-operated switch of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been toggled on;
- determining, by executing instructions with the at least one processor, that a power on signal has been received from a remote user terminal;
- and
- in response to the user-operated switch being toggled on and receiving the power on signal from the remote user terminal, electrically coupling, by executing instructions with the at least one processor, a power source of the UAV to a propulsion system of the UAV.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least:
- determine that a user-operated switch of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been toggled on;
- determine that a power on signal has been received from a remote user terminal;
- and
- in response to the user-operated switch being toggled on and receiving the power on signal from the remote user terminal, enable electrically coupling of a power source of the UAV to a propulsion system of the UAV.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.