480results about "Portable landing pads" patented technology

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle parking garage and belongs to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle landing assistance. The unmanned aerial vehicle parking garage comprisesa controller, a parking apron and an automatic charging device controlled by the controller. The automatic charging device comprises a pair of clamping pressing components. Each clamping pressing component comprises multiple clamping claws for clamping and pressing transverse rods or supporting feet of an unmanned aerial vehicle undercarriage, a walking mechanism driving the clamping claws to move, an actuator driving the walking mechanism to move so as to move the clamping claws between clamping pressing charging positions and releasing positions and charging electrodes fixedly arranged on the clamping claws. By the adoption of the provided unmanned aerial vehicle parking garage, landing assistance is provided for an unmanned aerial vehicle, and meanwhile, the unmanned aerial vehicle canbe safely and automatically charged at a high speed in a wired mode.

A lift-fan airplane lands vertically on dirt, kicking up debris but bringing a landing pad for use by others. The landing pad comprises many long slats hinged to each other at the sides. The slats are of generally increasing widths for rolling up into a tight spiral. This compact state allows low-drag air transport. After landing, the spiral is unrolled. A central slat has two stub axles sticking out the ends. Two men place a large wheel onto each stub axle, then push on the wheels to unroll the landing pad on the ground. An upturned wall at the end of the pad deflects upward the downwash from landing lift-fan VTOL airplanes, creating a shadow zone free of flying debris. This creates safe parking for massed operations. Inflated balloons, wedge-shaped to streamline necessary protuberances, detach and fill any large potholes under the landing pad.

Some embodiments relate to a system and method of automatically transporting cargo from a loading station to an unloading station using a vehicle. Loading and unloading of cargo may be accomplished automatically without the need for human operators of either the loading station, the unloading station, or the vehicle. The unloading and loading station each comprise guide rails and a plurality of directional signal sources used by the vehicle to control its current position so that it may retrieve and deliver a target load. The vehicle comprises at least one sensor for detecting modulated directional signals and a controller to control the current position of the vehicle based on the received signals.

An Automatic Service Station Facility (ASSF) for replenishing various motivational energy sources onboard different types of AUV, Drones, and Remotely Controlled (RC) or robotic vehicles is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the automatic service station facility includes a rack, replaceable fuel tanks, a service module, and an electronic computer control system. The replaceable fuel tanks are stocked on the rack and substantially filled with various fluids which are utile as motivational energy sources within fuel-operated vehicles. The service module is mounted on the rack, and the electronic computer control system is connected in electrical communication with the service module. In this configuration, the service module is controllably operable to receive a depleted replaceable fuel tank from a fuel-operated vehicle and also selectively deliver one of the filled replaceable fuel tanks onboard the vehicle. In another embodiment, the service station facility may also stock replaceable batteries for selective delivery onboard battery-operated vehicles. In another embodiment, the ASSF is self-propelled, remotely controlled, and solar powered, being able to move long distances to remote locations which may be hazardous to humans, such as disaster zones or battle fields, where the ASSF can service AUV, Drones, and Remotely Controlled (RC) or robotic vehicles needed for the particular applications. Alternatively, the solar powered ASSF can be made to move continuously and service vehicles continuously for long duration operations like herding cattle for example.

Systems and methods are provided for swapping the battery on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV may be able to identify and land on an energy provision station autonomously. The UAV may take off and / or land on the energy provision station. The UAV may communicate with the energy provision station. The energy provision station may store and charge batteries for use on a UAV.

An embodiment of the invention provides a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) as well as a UAV landing control method and device. The UAV landing control method comprises the following steps: receiving a trigger instruction; starting monitoring under control of the trigger instruction and outputting monitoring information according to a landing platform below the UAV; judging whether rotors of the UAV are controlled to stop rotating according to the monitoring information. According to the UAV as well as the UAV landing control method and device, the UAV can be landed on a hand or another landing platform at a preset height in a preset position according to the requirement of a user, and the landing operation is simplified. The UAV is landed directly on the landing platform instead of the ground, so that whether the ground is clean and flat and other questions are not needed to be considered any more, dust raised by the rotors when the UAV gets close to the ground is avoided, the user is not needed to stoop down to pick up the UAV, and the user experience is improved.