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Modular autonomous drone

US11409291B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

8References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Performance Drone Works LLC · US

Inventors

Jordan Restifo · New Haven, US
Ryan Gury · New York, US
Vedran Skarica · Zagreb, HR

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 21, 2019
Grant date	Aug 9, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 28, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64U2201/20
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An autonomous quadcopter has four motors, each motor coupled to a corresponding propeller and a flight controller coupled to the four motors to provide input to the four motors to control flight. The autonomous quadcopter also has a plurality of cameras and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) controller coupled to the plurality of cameras to receive input from the plurality of cameras, determine a flightpath for the autonomous quadcopter according to the input from the plurality of cameras, and provide commands to the flight controller to direct the flight controller to follow the flightpath.

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