Expandable decoy unmanned aerial vehicles
AssigneeInsitu, Inc., a subsidiary of The Boeing Company
InventorDonald Calvin Harring, III
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Abstract
Expandable decoy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are disclosed. A disclosed example decoy UAV includes an expandable body at least partially defining an exterior of the expandable decoy UAV, an expander to expand the expandable body to a desired footprint, and a propulsion device operatively coupled to the expandable body, the propulsion device to move the expandable decoy UAV.
Claims21
An expandable decoy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
- an expandable body at least partially defining an exterior of the expandable decoy UAV;
- an expander to expand the expandable body to a desired footprint;
- and
- a propulsion device operatively coupled to the expandable body, the propulsion device to move the expandable decoy UAV.
A method of operating an expandable decoy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the method comprising:
- deploying the expandable decoy UAV;
- expanding, via an expander, an expandable body of the expandable decoy UAV to a desired footprint, the expandable body at least partially defining an exterior surface of the expandable decoy UAV;
- and
- directing, by executing an instruction with at least one processor, a propulsion device of the expandable decoy UAV to move the expandable decoy UAV.
A non-transitory machine readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause at least one processor to:
- cause an expandable decoy UAV to deploy;
- cause an expandable body of the expandable decoy UAV to expand to a desired footprint via an expander, the expandable body at least partially defining an exterior surface of the expandable decoy UAV;
- and
- direct a propulsion device to move the expandable decoy UAV.
An expandable decoy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
- means for supporting the expandable decoy UAV;
- means for expanding the means for supporting to a desired footprint;
- and
- means for moving the expandable decoy UAV.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.