US 11,835,561 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle electromagnetic avoidance and utilization system
Fabien Blanc-Paques, San Francisco, CA (US); Bernard J. Michini, San Francisco, CA (US); and Mark Patrick Bauer, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on May 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/314,838.
Application 17/314,838 is a continuation of application No. 15/598,204, filed on May 17, 2017, granted, now 11,029,352.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/338,291, filed on May 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0341527 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01R 29/08 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/04 (2006.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC G01R 29/085 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); G08G 5/045 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); G08G 5/0086 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining an altitude at which an electromagnetic field of a structure affects an unmanned aerial vehicle while the unmanned aerial vehicle navigates about the structure according to a flight plan;
determining a standoff distance from the structure based on the altitude;
updating the flight plan according to the standoff distance; and
navigating the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the updated flight plan.