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Unmanned aerial vehicle detector | https://lens.org/003-431-109-145-136 | Method of detecting and tracking an unmanned aerial vehicle, the method comprising, at a detector unit (300a) comprising a first microphone and a second microphone: monitoring for a sound associated with the presence of the unmanned aerial vehicle (505) in the vicinity of the detector unit; in response to the monitorin... |
Motor control optimizations for unmanned aerial vehicles | https://lens.org/174-118-811-845-554 | A method comprising: communicating signals and transmitting the signals. communicating the signals from an operation system to a motor controller of an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav). transmitting the signals from the motor controller to motors of the uav. applying a smoothing filter to the signals transmitted from the ... |
User interaction paradigms for a flying digital assistant | https://lens.org/182-578-483-365-910 | Methods and systems are described for new paradigms for user interaction with an unmanned aerial vehicle (referred to as a flying digital assistant or fda) using a portable multifunction device (pmd) such as smart phone. in some embodiments, a user may control image capture from an fda by adjusting the position and ori... |
Device verification | https://lens.org/070-187-253-022-307 | An apparatus comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform: cause to request, from at least one server, location based information based, at ... |
Surveying and mapping method and device | https://lens.org/025-836-709-312-157 | A surveying and mapping system. said system comprises: a control terminal and an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) for surveying and mapping; the control terminal is configured to: determine surveying and mapping parameters matching a surveying and mapping area, and send the surveying and mapping parameters to the uav for ... |
Method and apparatus for providing voice assistant service | https://lens.org/079-447-406-198-027 | A method, performed by an electronic device, of providing a voice assistant service may include: obtaining voice data including an input of a voice of a user; according to a performance level based on performance state information of the electronic device, identifying a processing path for obtaining a response correspo... |
Property damage assessment system | https://lens.org/106-374-335-174-791 | A property damage assessment system may include a drone. the drone may include imaging equipment and a controller. the controller may include a device processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executable by the device processor to perform the following steps: receiving imagery data ... |
Detachable power cable for unmanned aerial vehicle | https://lens.org/096-885-231-199-621 | A surveillance drone system is provided herein generally including an uav, a base power station, and, a tether for connecting the uav to the base power station to provide electrical power to the uav when airborne. the base power station may include a cable take-up assembly for releasing and taking up the tether. a plug... |
Re-usable intercept drone, drone engagement system and method therefor | https://lens.org/132-014-657-450-019 | A re-usable intercept drone 104 comprises an elongate fuselage 200 having first and second wings 202 & 206 operably coupled thereto. first and second propulsion units 210 & 212 are operably coupled to the wings. third and fourth propulsion units 214 & 218 are operably coupled to the fuselage. the propulsion units 210, ... |
Autonomous mobile device and control method therefor | https://lens.org/103-179-238-979-421 | An autonomous mobile device and a control method therefor, which relate to the technical field of smart homes, and are used for solving the technical problem that an autonomous mobile device is difficult to determine its own working state when the autonomous mobile device is located below an obstacle (60). the autonomo... |
Aircraft (drone) | https://lens.org/022-410-451-850-400 | The present invention relates to the field of heavier-than-air aircraft, such as airplanes and unmanned aerial vehicles (uav) and, in particular, to emergency rescue systems. the technical objective is accomplished by providing an aircraft, such as a drone, including a powerplant, a parachute, and a body. in particular... |
Drones with sensors used in insurance applications | https://lens.org/188-452-134-813-978 | Drones are engineered with sensors for use in insurance applications. after locating an object of interest, a drone performs an investigation by probing the object of interest. sensors receive feedback from the object of interest. an electronic fingerprint of the drone is produced. afterward, perils are computed based ... |
Unmanned aerial vehicle authentication and authorization by unmanned aerial system traffic management over user plane | https://lens.org/135-718-375-987-074 | An unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) authentication and authorization may be performed by a third-party service provider (e.g., an unmanned aerial system traffic management (utm) over a user plane (up)). an uav may be configured to send an uav id to a network. the uav may receive, from the network, security information tha... |
System and method for providing autonomous photography and videography | https://lens.org/033-068-077-683-486 | An aerial system, including a processing system, an optical system, an actuation system and a lift mechanism, includes an autonomous photography and/or videography system 70 , implemented, at least in part, by the processing system 22 , the optical system 26 , the actuation system 28 and the lift mechanism 32 . the aut... |
Autonomous robotic device and associated control method | https://lens.org/140-265-540-674-816 | An autonomous device and method for controlling an autonomous device are disclosed. the autonomous device is configured for performing at least one task, selected from a household task, a commercial task and an industrial task. the autonomous device comprises at least one spatial sensor for generating location informat... |
Gesture recognition system for autonomous vehicle traffic control | https://lens.org/088-680-447-245-341 | An autonomous vehicle (an av, or manual vehicle in an autonomous or semi-autonomous mode) includes the ability to sense a command from a source external to the vehicle and modify the behavior of the vehicle in accordance with the command. for example, the vehicle may visualize a police officer or other person associate... |
Lock and method for operating same | https://lens.org/131-852-566-027-289 | A method for operating a lock. a wireless command is received from a trusted device in a proximity range of the lock to enable a proximity mode. the proximity range is selectable by a user of the trusted device via an application. the proximity mode is enabled, and while enabled, a command is received to activate or de... |
System and method for robotic ticket scratching via live remote mobile interface | https://lens.org/164-966-992-202-177 | A controller is configured to obtain, from a first camera associated with a ticket machine, a first image stream; transmit the first image stream to an application server; receive, from the application server, a first command for the ticket machine; cause the ticket machine to provide, based on the first command, a tic... |
Autonomous placement of an aerially-mountable electronic device | https://lens.org/082-423-657-795-573 | An autonomous placement device for securing an electronic device to and/or removing an electronic device from an object (such as, for example, a utility pole or a streetlight luminaire optionally forming a part thereof) includes a repository and a remove-and-place system. the repository is arranged to store at least on... |
Method and apparatus for positioning an inspection drone with respect to a structure | https://lens.org/010-932-987-084-831 | A method (700) for use in positioning a drone (102) with respect to a structure (101). the drone comprises a camera (103) having an optical system and an image sensor configured to produce an image (190) having a height and a width. the method includes obtaining (s702) a height value, ht, indicating an estimated height... |
Noise modulation for unmanned aerial vehicles | https://lens.org/164-402-168-203-047 | Various mechanisms and methods for altering sound output from an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) are disclosed. the uav can have a drive system comprising a motor or a plurality of motors, and a processor operatively coupled to the drive system to control operation of the drive system. the uav can further have a pluralit... |
Integrated intelligent sprinkler irrigation robot for open space | https://lens.org/029-277-235-504-452 | Described is an integrated intelligent sprinkler irrigation robot for open space, which can be used in cooperation with a uav, comprising: a walking system, a balance system, an irrigation system and a control system. in the present invention, through wireless connection between the controller and the uav, a specific d... |
Control and navigation device for an autonomously moving system and autonomously moving system | https://lens.org/067-717-730-334-707 | The invention relates to a control and navigation device for an autonomously moving system, which comprises the following: a sensor device, which is configured to acquire sensor data, and for this purpose a lidar sensor installation, which is configured for 360-degree acquisition; a fisheye camera installation, which i... |
Navigable 3d view of a premises alarm event | https://lens.org/150-794-689-702-439 | A control device for a premises security system is provided. the control device includes processing circuitry configured to receive a plurality of video streams associated with the plurality of image capture devices, stitch together at least a portion of the plurality of video streams to generate a three-dimensional (3... |
Unmanned firefighting drone | https://lens.org/042-406-568-633-075 | The invention discloses an unmanned, firefighting drone (100) comprising at least one propulsion unit (101), and a gyroscopic frame (200) which frame (200) carries a launching unit (300), wherein the launching unit (300) is adapted to receive fire retarding material, and is rotatable, in use, independently of the propu... |
Robot, robot control method, and recording medium | https://lens.org/096-129-249-885-44X | A robot is equipped with a processor. the processor detects external appearance or audio of a living being, and by controlling the robot, causes the robot to execute an operation in accordance with liking data indicating preferences of the robot regarding external appearance or audio and the detected external appearanc... |
Systems and methods for communicating with third parties external to autonomous vehicles | https://lens.org/015-561-776-133-180 | An apparatus and method for communicating with third parties external to autonomous vehicles are disclosed. in one aspect, the apparatus may be configured to receive a signal from a first user interface mounted to an exterior of an autonomous vehicle, establish a two way communication between the first user interface a... |
Quadcopter sensor noise and camera noise recording and simulation | https://lens.org/181-273-180-105-704 | A method of simulating a quadcopter includes recording camera output for one or more video cameras under constant conditions and subtracting a constant signal from the recorded camera output to obtain a camera noise recording. simulated camera noise is generated from the camera noise recording and is added to a plurali... |
Drone | https://lens.org/036-072-239-301-876 | A drone including a front section, a wing structure supported by a rotor located behind the front section, and a propeller at the rear. the wing structure including two wings rotating the rotor, the wing structure being able to move between a flight configuration, in which the rotor is immobile relative to the front se... |
Unmanned aerial vehicle remote identification, command and control | https://lens.org/149-495-048-728-65X | A method may include receiving an identifier (id) from a first unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) prior to a flight, storing the id and receiving telemetry information from the first uav during the flight. the method may also include storing the telemetry information, receiving a request from a user device for information a... |
Automatic building system control restrictions based on physical presence defined by access control event information and knowledge base system | https://lens.org/088-941-999-364-624 | A method of controlling a building system is provided. the method comprising: receiving an action request to adjust a building device from a user device; obtaining a token from a previous action request from the user device to adjust the building device when a token exists from a previous action request; transmitting t... |
Unmanned aerial vehicle delivery system | https://lens.org/077-140-489-433-248 | This disclosure describes an unmanned aerial vehicle ("uav") configured to autonomously deliver items of inventory to various destinations. the uav may receive inventory information and a destination location and autonomously retrieve the inventory from a location within a materials handling facility, compute a route f... |
Map including data for routing aerial vehicles during gnss failure | https://lens.org/079-904-135-383-087 | An unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) includes a propulsion system, a global navigation satellite system (gnss) sensor, a camera and a controller. the controller includes logic that, in response to execution by the controller, causes the uav to in response to detecting a loss of tracking by the gnss sensor determine an esti... |
Unmanned aerial vehicle | https://lens.org/031-977-341-525-037 | An unmanned aircraft (100) according to the present disclosure is equipped with a flight propeller (2) and includes a main body (1), a locomotion unit having an aquatic locomotion mechanism and a terrestrial locomotion mechanism independent of the flight propeller, and a connector that connects the main body and the lo... |
Autonomously motile device with speech commands | https://lens.org/030-020-424-003-253 | An autonomously motile device may be controlled by speech received by a user device. a first speech-processing system associated with the user device may determine that audio data includes a representation of a command; a second speech-processing system associated with the autonomously motile device may determine that ... |
Variable condition motor controller | https://lens.org/147-547-575-002-796 | An aerial vehicle, comprising: one or more motors, one or more sensors, and a flight sub-system. the one or more sensors configured to detect data. the flight sub-system includes an attitude controller module; a rate controller module; and a compensator module. the compensator module is configured to: determine a maxim... |
Unmanned aerial vehicle control method and system based on moving base | https://lens.org/146-849-358-195-605 | An unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) control method includes a takeoff process, a following process and a landing process, wherein the takeoff process includes the following steps: unlocking the uav, and detecting the current horizontal position of the uav in the horizontal direction and the current altitude of the uav in ... |
Stations for unmanned aerial vehicles | https://lens.org/142-623-844-616-391 | Stations for a drone are described as well as a monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property using one or more drones. the drone is launched from a docking station and configured to navigate the property to perform operations to monitor the property. the docking station is located at an area of the proper... |
Power line inspection vehicle | https://lens.org/098-077-657-757-800 | An exemplary unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) mountable to a conductor of an aerial power transmission line system includes a body having a rotor system, a motivation system attached to the body to motivate the uav along the conductor, a battery carried by the body and electrically connected to at least one of the rotor s... |
Autonomous robot | https://lens.org/050-172-238-204-260 | A robot in a location interacts with a user. the robot includes a camera, an image recognition processor, a microphone and a loudspeaker, a voice assistant, and a wireless transceiver. the robot moves around and creates a model of the location, and recognizes changes. it recognizes objects of interest, beings, and situ... |
Air mobility and control method thereof | https://lens.org/090-543-826-158-118 | An air mobility includes a global navigation satellite system (gnss) receiver, an antenna array, and a controller electrically connected to the gnss receiver and the antenna array. the controller is configured to identify a first location of the air mobility including an altitude of the air mobility based on an output ... |
Unmanned following vehicle | https://lens.org/199-957-985-298-794 | An unmanned following vehicle includes a controller that controls the unmanned following vehicle to move in parallel with a moving object by following the moving object on a left side or a right side of the moving object. for example, the controller adjusts a moving speed of the unmanned following vehicle according to ... |
Autonomous base station and network for unmanned vehicles | https://lens.org/018-989-073-892-101 | An autonomous base station for unmanned aerial vehicles (‘uavs’) is disclosed, which includes a landing surface for a uav, configured with at least one power transfer bus for supplying power to a power source of a uav thereon. the base station further includes a networking module and data processing means operably conn... |
Unmanned aerial vehicle with protective outer cage | https://lens.org/003-680-756-758-454 | Unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) including an inner frame, an inner flight propulsion system mounted on the inner frame, an outer frame, a gimbal system comprising at least two rotational couplings coupling the inner propulsion system to the outer frame, a control system, a power source, and an outer frame actuation syste... |
Unmanned aerial vehicle flight control for chasing a moving target equipped with a trackable beacon | https://lens.org/119-414-922-415-735 | An unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a flight control system and an electromechanical system directed by the flight control system. the flight control system is configured to track a position of a beacon that is in motion and monitor a difference between an actual position of the unmanned aerial vehicle and a desired p... |
Autonomous mobile body control device, autonomous mobile body, and autonomous mobile body control method | https://lens.org/198-397-519-863-718 | An autonomous mobile body control device includes a control unit that is capable of executing a first movement control that controls movement of an autonomous mobile body on the basis of a main map, and a second movement control that controls the movement of the autonomous mobile body on the basis of a local map. in th... |
Aerial camera device, systems, and methods | https://lens.org/076-664-300-951-019 | Systems and techniques may be used to operate an aerial camera device. an example method may include using a mobile device for controlling an aerial device. the method may include receiving a sensor data, for example from the mobile device or the aerial device, establishing a centered position for the mobile device or ... |
System and method for ground objects manipulation using a drone | https://lens.org/084-871-900-879-729 | The present invention relates to a system and method for ground object manipulation using a drone (uav). the drone is configured with the camera(s) facing downwards to capture a real-time video feed of a top view of an aoi, which is then transmitted to the display screen of the mobile device associated with a user. the... |
Drone for measuring data representative of amounts of at least two gases present in the atmosphere away from the ground and associated method | https://lens.org/034-856-870-457-007 | This drone comprises a sensor for measuring representative data, comprising at least one measurement cell that is open to the atmosphere, at least a first laser source configured to inject, into the measurement cell, a first laser beam at a first wavelength characteristic of a first gas to be detected and a second lase... |
Video integration with home assistant | https://lens.org/095-760-643-781-153 | Methods, devices, systems, and means for video integration with a home assistant device are described herein. the home assistant device interacts with a person in a video stream by capturing, using a network-enabled outdoor video camera, a video stream of an outdoor location of a premises at which the person is present... |
Systems and methods for operating drones in response to an incident | https://lens.org/063-934-450-223-67X | A response system may be provided. the response system may include a security system and an autonomous drone. the security system includes a security sensor and a controller. the drone includes a processor, a memory in communication with the processor, and a drone sensor. the processor may be programmed to receive the ... |
Lock apparatus and related methods for use with drones | https://lens.org/153-604-464-432-035 | Lock apparatus and related methods for use with drones are disclosed. a disclosed drone assembly includes a wing, a keel-beam, an adapter positioned on an end of the keel-beam, and a lock configured to receive the adapter. the lock includes a first lock portion coupled to the wing and a second lock portion rotatable re... |
Method of navigating an unmanned aerial vehicle for streetlight maintenance | https://lens.org/039-045-622-378-601 | An unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) includes a body that supports one or more rotors, the one or more rotors each driven by a motor and configured to provide lift to the body. the uav further includes a parts handler coupled to the body, the parts handler configured to grasp a payload, and rotate the payload with respect ... |
Managing engagement methods of a digital assistant while communicating with a user of the digital assistant | https://lens.org/199-559-644-472-287 | A method for interacting by a digital assistant with a user of the digital assistant, comprising: determining by the digital assistant an action to be executed by the digital assistant, wherein the action is determined based on at least a sensed current state of the user and a sensed current state of an environment nea... |
Autonomous aerial vehicle hardware configuration | https://lens.org/111-014-913-854-759 | An introduced autonomous aerial vehicle can include multiple cameras for capturing images of a surrounding physical environment that are utilized for motion planning by an autonomous navigation system. in some embodiments, the cameras can be integrated into one or more rotor assemblies that house powered rotors to free... |
Systems and methods for performing remote maintenance | https://lens.org/097-696-618-317-411 | Various embodiments provide systems and/or methods for automated maintenance, delivery, retrieval, and/or communications using drones. |
Photographing control method, apparatus, and control device | https://lens.org/081-527-003-471-801 | A method for an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) includes: identifying a target object in a photographed image to track the target object; determining, based on a location of the target object in the photographed image, a location of the uav, and an altitude of a gimbal of the uav, a location of the target object to conti... |
Enhanced drone vehicle integration and controls | https://lens.org/115-263-957-351-89X | Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for drone vehicle integration and controls. a vehicle device for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) may receive an input indicating a request to deploy the uav from a vehicle. the vehicle device may determine that one or more deployment conditions ar... |
Autonomous vehicle | https://lens.org/119-212-272-180-042 | An autonomous vehicle that can perform limp home control for causing a vehicle to autonomously take refuge includes an ecu configured to perform the limp home control, limp-home usable sensors configured to detect an external environment of the autonomous vehicle, the limp-home usable sensors being used for the limp ho... |
Rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle | https://lens.org/087-959-767-604-173 | A rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) includes an elongate body 12 having a top end 14 and a bottom end 16 with a plurality of flat sides extending therebetween and defining an internal cavity 30. an exhaust opening 32 and lift propeller 34 are provided at the bottom end 16 of the body 12. the uav 10 further incl... |
Aerial vehicle delivery location | https://lens.org/069-732-842-112-269 | This disclosure describes an unmanned aerial vehicle (“uav”) configured to autonomously deliver items of inventory to various destinations. the uav may receive inventory information and a destination location and autonomously retrieve the inventory from a location within a materials handling facility, compute a route f... |
Methods and systems for drone based assistance | https://lens.org/117-384-128-661-587 | A technique is directed to methods and systems for providing drone-based assistance to a user. drones may be utilized to aid users in performing tasks, such as assisting a user during an activity. the assistance can include providing a cooling flow of air, spraying a cooling mist of liquid, playing music, providing gui... |
Keyword detection using motion sensing | https://lens.org/067-666-594-555-435 | Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. in one embodiment, data is received from a motion sensor, for instance, recording the motion of a user as the user utters a spoken input. a determination is made whether a portion of the motion data matches reference data for a set of ... |
Dynamic operation of a voice controlled device | https://lens.org/127-627-755-287-076 | A voice-controlled device is operated in a location. when a mobile device enters the location, audio outputted by the mobile device is stored. if a voice command is received at the voice-controlled device, the stored audio outputted by the mobile device is accessed. if it is determined that the voice command originated... |
Authorizing and configuring pairing of unmanned aerial system | https://lens.org/022-885-785-112-394 | Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for authorizing and configuring pairing of unmanned aerial system. an apparatus includes a transceiver that receives, at a first network function of a mobile wireless communication network, a first authorization of unmanned aerial vehicle (“uav”) operations and a second a... |
Information processing device, mobile device, information processing system, method, and program | https://lens.org/066-112-404-310-744 | To realize a configuration enabling processing of displaying a flight path of a drone on a live-action image of the drone and the like. a data processing unit of a user terminal sets a real object included in a camera-captured image as a marker, generates marker reference coordinates with a configuration point of the s... |
Scheduling and control system for autonomous robots | https://lens.org/108-197-014-363-565 | An autonomous cleaning robot including a drive configured to move the cleaning robot across a floor surface in an area to be cleaned and a controller. the controller is configured to receive data representing an editable mission timeline including data representing a sequence of rooms to be cleaned, navigate the cleani... |
Voice control system for recreational vehicles | https://lens.org/082-363-378-464-120 | A voice control system for recreational vehicles controls safe operation of deployable components of the rv, such as an antenna, awning or room extension. a voice recognition system is employed to interpret voice commands and control operation of the deployable components in response. a control system monitors the stat... |
Mobile aerial drone early warning privacy breach detect, intercept, and defend systems and methods | https://lens.org/157-901-683-053-824 | Systems and methods for aerial unmanned vehicle (for example, drone) early warning privacy breach detection, interception, and defense are disclosed. the system detects drones within a threshold distance of an individual or configurable location, notifies the individual of the drones' existence, tracks the drones, and ... |
Remote control system for a crane | https://lens.org/129-995-508-342-666 | A handheld remote control for a crane includes a wireless transceiver, an input device, a display screen, and processing circuitry. the wireless transceiver is configured to wirelessly communicate with a controller of the crane. the input device is configured to receive a user input. the display screen is configured to... |
Marker based smart landing pad | https://lens.org/175-466-455-712-647 | A smart landing pad comprises a flexible display that shows images or patterns, and a protective layer over the display. the protective layer allows a uav to land without damaging the display. locator and range finder devices, coupled to the display, communicate with the uav. the display is operative for wireless commu... |
Aerial surveillance for premises security systems | https://lens.org/014-638-713-497-063 | A method implemented by a system for security comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) and an analytics device configured to communicate with a remote monitoring system and the uav is provided. media data from the uav is received at an analytics device, where the media data includes surveillance information correspo... |
Handicap accessibility assistance device | https://lens.org/084-029-283-742-940 | A handicap accessibility assistance device includes a drone. the drone has a wedge mechanism at a first end. a controller is configured to cause the drone to approach a door, wedge the wedge mechanism under the door, shift the drone to an opening end of the door, and push the door open. |
Package coupling apparatus with attachment plate for securing a package to a uav and method of securing a package for delivery | https://lens.org/033-858-495-702-287 | A package coupling apparatus for securing a package to an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) is provided. the package coupling apparatus includes a support plate configured to be secured to an upper surface of the package and a handle extending up from the support plate. the handle includes a handle opening and a bridge tha... |
Autonomous mobile device and control method thereof | https://lens.org/117-870-704-492-130 | An autonomous mobile device and a control method are disclosed. the autonomous mobile device includes a main body and an imaging device, a detecting device, a light source assembly, and a controller disposed at the main body. the imaging device is configured to acquire image information in a predetermined direction of ... |
Emergency incident detection, response, and mitigation using autonomous drones | https://lens.org/174-286-339-160-000 | A system may be configured to detect an emergency condition at a premises; dispatch one or more autonomous drones to a location associated with the emergency condition; receive from the one or more autonomous drones, sensor data associated with the emergency condition; generate, based on the sensor data, a plan identif... |
Perching uav with releasable crawler | https://lens.org/142-337-501-945-591 | An unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) a fixed frame and a rotating arm pivotably coupled to the fixed frame at a central axis. the fixed frame includes peripheral propellers and corresponding motors for flying the uav, and a central electronics enclosure for housing electronics used to control the uav. the rotating arm is b... |
Device and method of anti-unmanned aerial vehicle based on multi-camera tracking and positioning | https://lens.org/018-611-247-940-536 | A device and a method of anti-unmanned aerial vehicle based on multi-camera tracking and positioning, including: a bracket, defined a center, a circumference surrounding the center and a central axis passing through the center; at least three cameras, the cameras are evenly distributed and inclined outwardly on the cir... |
Unmanned vehicle control and operation in a marine environment | https://lens.org/000-646-525-780-031 | Many different types of systems are utilized or tasks are performed in a marine environment. the present invention provides various configurations of unmanned vehicles, or drones, that can be operated and/or controlled for such systems or tasks. one or more unmanned vehicles can be integrated with a dedicated marine el... |
Navigation of autonomous mobile robots | https://lens.org/051-320-486-743-296 | An autonomous cleaning robot includes a controller configured to execute instructions to perform one or more operations. the one or more operations includes operating a drive system to move the cleaning robot in a forward drive direction along a first obstacle surface with a side surface of the cleaning robot facing th... |
Objective-based control of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle | https://lens.org/054-651-138-364-500 | Techniques are described for controlling an autonomous vehicle such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) using objective-based inputs. in an embodiment, the underlying functionality of an autonomous navigation system is exposed via an application programming interface (api) allowing the uav to be controlled through spec... |
Method and device for setting drone flight path | https://lens.org/013-862-056-742-371 | Provided are a method and device for setting a flight path reflecting an air space of a drone. the method may include receiving flight data collected by the drone; calculating a path error score indicating an extent of deviation of the drone from a planned flight path by comparing the received flight data with the plan... |
Information processor, information processing method, and program | https://lens.org/109-074-740-241-665 | An information processor including: an operation control unit that controls a motion of an autonomous mobile body acting on the basis of recognition processing, in a case where a target sound that is a target voice for voice recognition processing is detected, the operation control unit moving the autonomous mobile bod... |
Drone apparatus and method for deploying drone working zone | https://lens.org/039-949-147-871-967 | A drone apparatus and a method for deploying a drone working zone are provided. the drone apparatus includes an aircraft body, a communication device, a positioning device and a flight controller. the flight controller is configured to: set edge rules of a working zone unit used to construct a working zone for the dron... |
Control device and control method for controlling aerial vehicle | https://lens.org/003-658-731-827-790 | The control device is configured to control an aerial vehicle that carries a carrying object and includes a sensor capable of measuring a ground surface temperature during flight. the control device acquires a ground surface temperature in an area where the carrying object is planned to be released, the ground surface ... |
High-altitude airborne remote sensing | https://lens.org/105-611-488-073-545 | An unmanned aerial vehicle capable of vertical takeoff and landing carries a remote sensing platform to a high altitude cruising altitude and flies over a target area, collecting remote sensing imagery before returning to earth. instead of being piloted remotely, the vehicle employs an autonomous flight control system. |
Unmanned vehicle maintenance | https://lens.org/182-959-358-039-04X | An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a blade that is configured to rotate relative to a body of the unmanned aerial vehicle to enable the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly. the blade defines at least one cavity. the blade includes a power source and an auxiliary rotor configured to use the power source to rotate relative t... |
Unmanned aerial vehicles and methods of operating unmanned aerial vehicles | https://lens.org/157-977-702-867-622 | A method of operating an unmanned aerial vehicle, uav is provided. the method comprises transmitting signals to a wireless communications network or to a communications device configured to communicate via the wireless communications network, the signals being transmitted via a wireless access interface between the uav... |
Systems and methods for uav interactive instructions and control | https://lens.org/176-544-726-198-406 | A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) includes receiving, by a processor of the uav, a plurality of images captured by an imaging device coupled to the uav, identifying, by the processor, a target in at least one image of the plurality of images, determining, by the processor, whether the target is ... |
Controller, control method using controller, and control system | https://lens.org/007-571-735-861-471 | A controller for controlling an operation of a machine or a robot for handling an object by includes: a sensor signal acquisition unit that acquires a signal from a sensor that outputs three-dimensional point cloud data and a corresponding camera image of an imaging subject; a region acquisition unit that acquires a re... |
Unmanned aerial vehicle sensor activation and correlation system | https://lens.org/063-647-574-273-503 | Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a sensor activation and correlation system. one of the methods includes obtaining information describing a flight plan for implementation. a trigger associated with activating a camera included in an unmanned aerial vehi... |
System, devices and methods for tele-operated robotics | https://lens.org/072-275-040-442-984 | The system, devices and methods herein enable autonomous and tele-operation of tele-operated robots for maintenance of a property around known and unknown obstacles. a method may include using an unmanned aerial vehicle for obtaining additional data relating to the property and obstacles within the property and plan a ... |
Control apparatus, control system and control method | https://lens.org/076-804-587-172-646 | A control device mounted in a first mobile body that includes a camera and an antenna includes: the camera configured to operate such that a direction of an optical axis of the camera and an oriented direction of the antenna are linked to each other; an identification unit configured to identify a second mobile body th... |
Stirling powered unmanned aerial vehicle | https://lens.org/071-058-761-846-797 | An unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) (103) is provided which includes a radioactive fuel source (111), and an external combustion engine (107) powered by said radioactive fuel source. |
Drone-assisted sensor mapping | https://lens.org/125-095-610-235-446 | Methods, systems, and apparatus for drone-assisted sensor mapping are disclosed. a method includes detecting a sensor in a detection area of a drone; based on detecting the sensor in the detection area of the drone, detecting the drone in sensor data captured by the sensor; determining a detection area of the sensor ba... |
Voice enabled iot using second line service | https://lens.org/129-187-840-702-015 | Enablement of a voice channel being established between an iot device and a controller through the use of a voice-line service system. |
Power system, power system control method, uav and uav control method | https://lens.org/180-280-200-437-730 | A power system, a power system control method, an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) and a uav control method are disclosed. the power system includes an engine, a motor, and a battery. the engine includes an engine body and an engine output shaft. the motor includes a stator, a rotor, and a stator connector for connecting ... |
Aerial delivery of chemicals for swimming pools and spas | https://lens.org/099-124-691-678-386 | Airborne unmanned autonomous vehicles (uavs) may be used to hover over swimming pools or spas and dispense chemicals (or other materials or devices) directly thereinto. uavs alternatively or additionally may include sensors designed to identify certain characteristics of pools or spas or of the water therein. the uavs ... |
Unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) systems and methods for maintaining continuous uav operation | https://lens.org/044-006-962-957-537 | An unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) system for maintaining uav flight continuity, includes a ground station, a first uav, a second uav, a processor, and a memory. the memory contains instructions thereon, which, when executed by the processor in response to receiving a remaining battery charge signal from the first uav, s... |
Backup navigation system for unmanned aerial vehicles | https://lens.org/137-978-338-683-083 | Described is a method that involves operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) to begin a flight, where the uav relies on a navigation system to navigate to a destination. during the flight, the method involves operating a camera to capture images of the uav's environment, and analyzing the images to detect features in... |
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