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Surface cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle

US9993852B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Elwha LLC · US

Inventors

Hon Wah Chin · Palo Alto, US
Bill Gross · Pasadena, US
Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
Jordin T. Kare · Seattle, US
Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
Robert C. Petroski · Seattle, US
Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 20, 2014
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 8, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/50
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Described embodiments include an unmanned aerial vehicle and a method. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes an airframe and a rotary wing system coupled with the airframe and configured to aerodynamically lift the vehicle in the air. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a flight controller configured to control a movement of the vehicle while airborne. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a cleansing controller configured to manage a removal of a surface contaminant from a selected portion of a surface of an external object using an airflow generated by the rotary wing system.

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