Multi-drone systems and methods
AssigneeUAVPatent Corp.
InventorsGeorge MATUS, Manuel LÓPEZ, Allan EVANS
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Abstract
A system may include a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the plurality of UAVs including a first UAV and a second UAV. The system may include at least one recharging station and a ground station configured to, during a mission: autonomously coordinate replacement of the first UAV by the second UAV. A method may be performed during a mission by an unmanned aerial system (UAS) including a plurality of UAVs and at least one recharging station. The method may include, without human assistance: causing a first UAV flying the mission to be replaced by a second UAV; and causing the first UAV to fly to a particular recharging station of the at least one recharging station.
Claims81
An unmanned aerial system (UAS), comprising:
- a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the plurality of UAVs including a first UAV and a second UAV;
- at least one recharging station;
- and
- a ground station configured to, during a mission:
- autonomously coordinate replacement of the first UAV by the second UAV.
A method performed during a mission by an unmanned aerial system (UAS) comprising a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and at least one recharging station, the method comprising, without human assistance:
- causing a first UAV flying the mission to be replaced by a second UAV;
- and
- causing the first UAV to fly to a particular recharging station of the at least one recharging station.
The method of claim wherein causing the first UAV flying the mission to be replaced by the second UAV comprises:
- verifying that the second UAV is in position to replace the first UAV, and
- switching a feed from the first UAV to the second UAV.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.