US 12,187,427 B2
Retransmission of signals using aerial vehicles
Brant Candelore, Poway, CA (US); Adam Goldberg, Fairfax, VA (US); and Fred W Ansfield, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/869,685.
Prior Publication US 2024/0025544 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64F 1/36 (2024.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); B64U 101/20 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [B64F 1/364 (2013.01); G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); H04B 7/18504 (2013.01); B64U 2101/20 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a controller configured to:
receive speed information of a vehicle from a data communication system of the vehicle;
determine, based on the speed information, an expected position of a first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with respect to a position of the vehicle;
determine a current position of the first UAV:
determine a difference between the current position and the expected position is above a first threshold; and
control, based on the determination that the difference between the current position and the expected position is above the first threshold, a movement of the first UAV to reduce the difference between the current position and the expected position,
wherein the first UAV is within a signal coverage area of a remote transmitter;
a receiver circuitry mountable on the first UAV, wherein
the receiver circuitry is configured to receive a first signal from the remote transmitter based on the first UAV that is within the signal coverage area of the remote transmitter, and
the first signal corresponds to a first wireless communication standard;
a signal processor configured to process the received first signal to obtain a second signal; and
a transmission circuitry configured to control one or more antennas of the first UAV to transmit a beam of the second signal to an electronic device that includes one or more receivers, wherein
the electronic device is one of mountable inside or mountable over the vehicle, and
the second signal corresponds to a second wireless communication standard which is same as or different from the first wireless communication standard.