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Airborne data farming

US11001379B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 5, 2018
Grant dateMay 11, 2021
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Expiry dateNov 14, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY04S40/18
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An airborne computational facility uses an energy collection system to provide energy for operation. An airborne balloon is provided with a photovoltaic collector array, and uses energy generated by the photovoltaic collector array to power an on-board computational facility. Data for computation is received by a communication module and computational results are transmitted by the communication module.

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