Drone Patents — November 2015
U.S. Pat. No. 9,193,451
Aircraft using Turbo-Electric Hybrid Propulsion System for Multi-Mode Operation
The following drone patents were granted in November 2015:
| PAT. NO. | Title |
|---|---|
| 9,196,164 | Pedestrian notifications |
| 9,195,938 | Methods and systems for determining when to launch vehicles into a fleet of autonomous vehicles |
| 9,195,914 | Construction zone sign detection |
| 9,195,256 | Control system for a remote vehicle |
| 9,195,236 | Road flare detection |
| 9,195,233 | General purpose robotics operating system |
| 9,195,232 | Methods and systems for compensating for common failures in fail operational systems |
| 9,194,678 | Modular rocket system |
| 9,194,326 | Method for controlling the start-up of a vehicle comprising an engine start-stop system |
| 9,193,451 | Aircraft using turbo-electric hybrid propulsion system for multi-mode operation |
| 9,193,442 | Predictable and required time of arrival compliant optimized profile descents with four dimensional flight management system and related method |
| 9,193,355 | Construction zone sign detection using light detection and ranging |
| 9,193,313 | Methods and apparatuses involving flexible cable/guidewire/interconnects |
| 9,190,304 | Dynamic storage and transfer system integrated with autonomous guided/roving vehicle |
| 9,189,961 | Method and system for autonomous tracking of a following vehicle in the lane of a leading vehicle |
| 9,189,689 | Robust scale estimation in real-time monocular SFM for autonomous driving |
| 9,188,986 | Computer-implemented method and system for dynamically positioning a vehicle relative to another vehicle in motion for on-the-fly offloading operations |
| 9,188,985 | Suggesting a route based on desired amount of driver interaction |
| 9,188,981 | Vehicle system, a vehicle and a method for autonomous road irregularity avoidance |
| 9,188,246 | Methods and apparatus for recovery of damaged subsea pipeline sections |
| 9,187,189 | System, apparatus, and method for active debris removal |
| 9,187,184 | Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable rf transparent launch tube |
| 9,187,182 | Method of controlling operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle |
| 9,187,173 | Towable autogyro having a re-positionable mast |
| 9,187,161 | Weapon clearance appliance for clearing weapons, such as underwater mines, under water, unmanned underwater vehicle having a weapon clearance appliance of this kind, and method for this purpose |
| 9,187,117 | Autonomous lane control system |
| 9,187,095 | Method and arrangement for entering a preceding vehicle autonomous following mode |
| 9,187,091 | Collision detection system with a plausibiity module |
| 9,187,088 | Distribution decision trees |
| 9,185,639 | Discovery and acquisition methods for directional networking |
| 9,184,582 | Fail operational power system with single energy storage |
| 9,182,761 | Autonomous driving control system for vehicle |
| 9,180,967 | Configurable pod structure and store stowage and deployment system and method |
| 9,180,882 | Avoiding blind spots of other vehicles |
| 9,179,393 | Intelligent communication mobile transponder |
| 9,178,258 | Split-block construction of waveguide channels for radar frontend |
| 9,177,481 | Semantics based safe landing area detection for an unmanned vehicle |
| 9,176,500 | Consideration of risks in active sensing for an autonomous vehicle |
| 9,176,076 | Cargo inspection system |
| 9,175,977 | Method for arbitrating between multiple vehicle navigation systems |
| 9,175,934 | Auto-injector countermeasure for unmanned aerial vehicles |
| 9,174,733 | Payload-release device and operation thereof |
| 9,174,713 | Unmanned underwater vehicle |
| 9,174,676 | Method for executing an at least semi-autonomous parking process of a vehicle and parking assistance system for a vehicle |
| 9,174,642 | Motor vehicle having a driver assistance device and method for operating a motor vehicle |
Drone Patent Applications — November 2015
The following drone patent applications were published in November 2015:
| PUB. APP. NO. | Title |
|---|---|
| 20150341540 | PORTABLE DEVICE CONTROLLING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR |
| 20150339933 | CONFIGURABILITY OPTIONS FOR INFORMATION, AIRSPACE, AND PROPERTY UTILIZED BY AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PLATFORM |
| 20150339931 | FLIGHT CONTROL FOR FLIGHT-RESTRICTED REGIONS |
| 20150339928 | Using Autonomous Vehicles in a Taxi Service |
| 20150339912 | Security Monitoring and Control |
| 20150339826 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC OPERATION USING VIDEO IMAGERY |
| 20150339589 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING ROBOTS UTILIZING GAZE-BASED SALIENCY MAPS |
| 20150338855 | CONTROLLING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AS A FLOCK TO SYNCHRONIZE FLIGHT IN AERIAL DISPLAYS |
| 20150338852 | Sharing Autonomous Vehicles |
| 20150338280 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTION WITH THERMAL DETECTORS |
| 20150336741 | RACK STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING IT |
| 20150336677 | IN-FLIGHT REFUELLING DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC STORAGE SYSTEM AND AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE |
| 20150336671 | METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE MISSION EXECUTION ON AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE |
| 20150336670 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND FUSELAGE THEREOF AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE FUSELAGE |
| 20150336669 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE NETWORK-BASED RECHARGING |
| 20150336668 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE FLIGHT PATH DETERMINATION, OPTIMIZATION, AND MANAGEMENT |
| 20150336667 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PLATFORM |
| 20150336646 | AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE FOR MARINE SEISMIC SURVEYS |
| 20150336645 | AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE MARINE SEISMIC SURVEYS |
| 20150336576 | UNMANNED VEHICLE DRIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE |
| 20150336575 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE WITH STATIC TARGETS IN NARROW SPACES |
| 20150336502 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND EXTERNAL OBSERVERS |
| 20150336014 | ENHANCED INTERACTIVITY IN AN AMUSEMENT PARK ENVIRONMENT USING PASSIVE TRACKING ELEMENTS |
| 20150334768 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF MULTIPLE AUTONOMOUS MOBILE NODES BASED ON DYNAMIC SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DATA |
| 20150334562 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC KEY PROVISIONING AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH MOBILE DEVICES |
| 20150334545 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN EMERGENCY LOCATION INFORMATION SERVICE (E-LIS) FROM AUTOMATED VEHICLES |
| 20150332523 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED AUTONOMOUS INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING |
| 20150332153 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS AND DETECTING AREAS OF INTEREST |
| 20150332125 | AUTOMATED FEATURE ANALYSIS, COMPARISON, AND ANOMALY DETECTION |
| 20150332083 | OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM |
| 20150331711 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXT-AWARE APPLICATION CONTROL |
| 20150331426 | ASSISTED TAKEOFF |
| 20150331422 | Autonomous Vehicle Interface System |
| 20150330033 | TRACK MAINTENANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD |
| 20150329218 | LAUNCH AND RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES |
| 20150329205 | AIRCRAFT DEPLOYMENT AND RETRIEVAL OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES |
| 20150329204 | Vertical Takeoff Winged Multicopter |
| 20150329182 | HULL-MOUNT LAUNCH AND RECOVERY OF WATERCRAFT |
| 20150329107 | TRAFFIC LIGHT ANTICIPATION |
| 20150327302 | SKYPOINT FOR MOBILE HOTSPOTS |
| 20150327136 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HAND-OVER IN DRONE NETWORK |
| 20150325064 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AUTHORIZATION AND GEOFENCE ENVELOPE DETERMINATION |
| 20150324920 | Real-Time Insurance Estimate Based on Limited Identification |
| 20150323932 | AUTONOMOUS CARGO DELIVERY SYSTEM |
| 20150323931 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AUTHORIZATION AND GEOFENCE ENVELOPE DETERMINATION |
| 20150323930 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AUTHORIZATION AND GEOFENCE ENVELOPE DETERMINATION |
| 20150323699 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS |
| 20150321759 | ROTARY-WING DRONE OF THE QUADRICOPTER TYPE, PROVIDED WITH REMOVABLE BUMPERS FOR PROTECTING THE PROPELLERS |
| 20150321758 | UAV deployment and control system |
| 20150321755 | COLLAPSIBLE MULTI-ROTOR UAV |
Definitions
Since drones use a very wide range of technologies (please see our drone technology article), we do not attempt to include every patent or application that could be applied to drones. As we use it here, the term “drone” includes any autonomous vehicle. Please let us know if we have missed any important patents.
Drone patent applications are applications that have been filed with and published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Although most applications are published, a small percentage (about 7% nation wide) are not published for various reasons. Patent applications are generally published 18 months after the first priority date of the application. Published applications have not necessarily been examined and some applications will be abandoned after publication. Once an application is examined and approved and all fees and formalities have been satisfied, the Patent Office grants a patent.
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