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Systems and methods for execution of recovery actions on an unmanned aerial vehicle

US9938008B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Kespry, Inc. · US

Inventors

Benjamin Stuart Stabler · Los Angeles, US
Robert Parker Clark · Palo Alto, US
Nathaniel Hall-Snyder · Redwood City, US
Paul Doersch · Rancho Cordova, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 22, 2015
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 1, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64U2201/20
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Provided herein are systems and methods for providing reliable control of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A system for providing reliable control of the UAV can include a computing device that can execute reliable and unreliable programs. The unreliable programs can be isolated from the reliable programs by virtue of executing one or more of the programs in a virtual machine client. The UAV can initiate a recovery action when one or more of the unreliable programs fail. The recovery action can be performed without input from one or more of the unreliable programs.

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