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US 2026/0277214 A1Published application
Systems and Methods for Locating a UAV on a Holding System
AssigneeWing Aviation LLC
InventorsDinuka Malin Wickramasinghe Abeywardena, Marcus Hammond, James Ryan Burgess
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Abstract
A method includes navigating, by a UAV, onto a first track of a UAV holding system, where the first track has a length sufficient to hold a plurality of UAVs. The method also includes determining, by the UAV, a location of the UAV along the first track based on a locating component associated with the UAV holding system. The method also includes performing, by the UAV, a control operation based on the determined location of the UAV along the first track.
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A method comprising:
- navigating, by a UAV, onto a first track of a UAV holding system;
- determining, by the UAV, a location of the UAV along the first track based on a locating component associated with the UAV holding system;
- and
- performing, by the UAV, a control operation based on the determined location of the UAV along the first track.
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A holding system for uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), the holding system comprising:
- a track including a first track section and a second track section;
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- a first locating component adjacent to the first track section, wherein the first locating component is detectable by a UAV to determine a first location of the UAV along the track;
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- a second locating component adjacent to the second track section, wherein the second locating component is detectable by the UAV to determine a second location of the UAV along the track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.