Ruggedized autonomous helicopter platform
AssigneeAnduril Industries, Inc.
InventorsPalmer F. Luckey, Julian Hammerstein, Joseph Chen
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Abstract
A system comprises an interface, a processor, and a memory. The interface is configured to receive a command to find a stationary location to continue surveillance using an unmanned helicopter. The processor is configured to determine whether the unmanned helicopter is to stay outside a current field of view of an object and in response to determining that the unmanned helicopter is to stay outside the current field of view of the object, determine a suitable location outside the current field of view and a route to the suitable location. The memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
Claims18
A system, comprising:
- an interface configured to:
- receive a command to find a stationary location to continue surveillance using an unmanned helicopter;
- a processor configured to:
- determine whether the unmanned helicopter is to stay outside a current field of view of an object;
- in response to determining that the unmanned helicopter is to stay outside the current field of view of the object, determine a suitable location outside the current field of view and a route to the suitable location;
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- a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a command to find a stationary location to continue surveillance using an unmanned helicopter;
- determining, using a processor, whether the unmanned helicopter is to stay outside a current field of view of an object;
- in response to determining that the unmanned helicopter is to stay outside the current field of view of the object, determining a suitable location outside the current field of view and a route to the suitable location.
A computer program product for controlling an unmanned helicopter, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving a command to find a stationary location to continue surveillance using an unmanned helicopter;
- determining, using a processor, whether the unmanned helicopter is to stay outside a current field of view of an object;
- in response to determining that the unmanned helicopter is to stay outside the current field of view of the object, determining a suitable location outside the current field of view and a route to the suitable location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.