US 11,858,626 B2
Autonomous air vehicle delivery system incorporating deployment
Diego Alejandro Saikin, Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Diego Alejandro Saikin, Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on May 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/302,512.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371729 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G05D 1/12 (2006.01); B64D 1/02 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [B64D 1/02 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G05D 1/12 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of delivering a payload for use in an autonomous air vehicle (AAV), the method comprising:
flying said AAV loaded with at least one payload held by a tether towards a target destination;
initiating performance of a deployment maneuver at some point before said AAV arrives at said target destination, said deployment maneuver includes maneuvering the AAV to induce swinging the at least one payload and the tether in a controlled and coordinated manner with the trajectory of the AAV;
as a result of said deployment maneuver touching down said payload at or near said target destination without the AAV needing to cease moving forward at any time; and
releasing said payload held by the tether at a point in its trajectory where relative velocity of said payload with respect to said target destination is at or near zero as a result of said deployment maneuver while the AAV maintains its trajectory.