Automated docking of unmanned aerial vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11873116
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16991122

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Described herein are systems for automated docking of an unmanned aerial vehicle. For example, some systems include an unmanned aerial vehicle including a propulsion mechanism, an image sensor, and processing apparatus; and a dock including a landing surface configured to hold the unmanned aerial vehicle and a fiducial on the landing surface, wherein the processing apparatus is configured to: control the propulsion mechanism to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly to a first location in a vicinity of the dock; access one or more images captured using the image sensor; detect the fiducial in at least one of the one or more images; determine a pose of the fiducial based on the one or more images; and control, based on the pose of the fiducial, the propulsion mechanism to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to land on the landing surface.

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SKYDIO INC114 HAZEL AVENUE REDWOOD CITY CA 94061

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bachrach, Abraham Galton Redwood City, US 73 611
Bry, Adam Redwood City, US 42 1093
Cross, Gareth Benoit San Carlos, US 15 58
Kozlenko, Yevgeniy Mountain View, US 34 170
Tomic, Teodor Redwood City, US 14 86
Zhu, Jack San Francisco, US 36 178

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