SURVEY MIGRATION SYSTEM FOR VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING (VTOL) UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS)

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20240059167A1
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18386209

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A method of migrating unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations between geographic survey areas, including: uploading a first plurality of flight missions into a first UAV pod; deploying the UAV pod; autonomously launching the UAV from the UAV pod a plurality of times to perform the first plurality of flight missions; providing first survey data from the UAV to the UAV pod; autonomously migrating the UAV from the first UAV pod to a second UAV pod; receiving a second plurality of flight missions in a second UAV pod; providing the UAV with one of the second plurality of flight missions from the second UAV pod; autonomously launching the UAV from the second UAV pod a plurality of times to perform the second plurality of flight missions; and providing a second survey data from the UAV to the second UAV pod; where the autonomous migrating of the UAV to accomplish the first and second survey data happens autonomously and without active human intervention.

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AEROVIRONMENT INC900 INNOVATORS WAY SIMI VALLEY CA 93065

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Aagaard, Eric James Los Angeles, US 16 85
Fisher, Christopher Eugene Leo, US 34 632
Lott, William Arden Simi Valley, US 28 475
Mukherjee, Jason Sidharthadev Simi Valley, US 20 526

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