Machine vision enabled swarm guidance technology
US10073454B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 17, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/07
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for controlling a swarm of UAVs that are stored on and released from an airborne platform, fly to and destroy a target, where the UAVs download target information from the airborne platform before being released therefrom, do not communicate with each other or the airborne platform while in flight, and do not depend of the presence of GPS. Each UAV includes a vision sensor that provides image data, a navigation module that receives the image data and causes the UAV to navigate and fly towards the target, and a target destruction module that receives the image data and causes the UAV to destroy the target.
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