Aerial display system with floating projection screens
US8825225B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D2109/254
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for presenting an aerial display over an audience of spectators. The system includes a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and a plurality of flexible projection screens. Each of the screens is supportable in a display air space by the UAVs. The system includes a ground control system with a processor executing a fleet manager module and with memory storing a different flight plan for each of the UAVs. During operation during a display time period, the UAVs execute the flight plans to move and to position the flexible projection screens within the display air space. The flexible projection screens each may include a mesh body configured to have low wind resistance and to provide a projection surface for reflecting light. The system may include a projector projecting light onto the projection surface of at least one of the flexible projection screens during the display time period.
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