Integrated Roofing Landing Nodes for UAV Navigation and Charging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current unmanned vehicle navigation and delivery systems face barriers such as charging, guidance, storage, distance from origination, relay, repair, notification, and tracking, which hinder their widespread deployment and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
Integration of unmanned vehicle infrastructure into roofing accessories, including antennas and computing modules, to create a communication network that enables navigation, landing, and take-off instructions, as well as storage and charging capabilities, forming a network of integrated roofing accessories across multiple roofs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If unmanned vehicle infrastructure is integrated into roofing accessories, then navigation and delivery efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple infrastructure functions (antenna for communication, computing module for processing, landing member for vehicle interaction) into a single integrated roofing accessory unit. This merging approach enables the roofing accessory to serve as a multi-functional node in the unmanned vehicle network, improving navigation and delivery efficiency while managing complexity through functional integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated roofing accessory is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as a communication antenna, a computing node for network messaging, a landing platform for unmanned vehicles, and a potential charging station. This multi-functionality allows a single device to address multiple barriers to unmanned vehicle deployment simultaneously, improving overall system productivity.
2Reliability
If a network of integrated roofing accessories is established across multiple roofs, then coverage and reliability are improved, but manufacturing and deployment cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the unmanned vehicle infrastructure into distributed, modular roofing accessory units that can be independently manufactured and deployed across multiple roofs. Each unit is a self-contained segment with standardized components, allowing for scalable deployment where the network reliability improves with each additional node while maintaining manageable manufacturing costs through modular production.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables replication of the integrated roofing accessory design across multiple locations. By creating identical or standardized copies of the accessory unit for deployment on different roofs, the system achieves widespread network coverage and redundancy, improving reliability while benefiting from economies of scale in manufacturing and deployment processes.
3Measurement precision
If electronic operating instructions are transmitted for landing and take-off, then vehicle navigation precision is improved, but communication energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transmission of electronic operating instructions for landing and take-off operations occurs periodically or event-driven rather than continuously. The roofing accessory computes and transmits navigation precision data only when relevant events occur (such as vehicle approach, landing preparation, or take-off initiation), thereby achieving precise vehicle navigation while minimizing unnecessary communication energy consumption.
Data Source
AI summary
In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides systems and methods enabling unmanned vehicle navigation and delivery including an integrated roofing accessory integrated into a roof, the integrated roofing accessory including at least one antenna and a computing module in communication with the at least one antenna, where the computing module, when software is executed, is configured to transmit, via the at least one antenna: electronic operating instructions to at least one unmanned vehicle, and network messages related to the at least one unmanned vehicle to at least one additional integrated roofing accessory. A landing member is on the roof and the electronic operating instructions comprise: at least one landing instruction configured to cause the at least one unmanned vehicle to land on the landing member, and at least one take-off instruction configured to cause the at least one unmanned vehicle to take off from the landing member.