US 12,214,902 B2
Landing systems and methods for unmanned aerial vehicles
James Infanti, Waterloo (CA); Albert Pegg, New Dundee (CA); and Tomi Kanninen, Waterloo (CA)
Assigned to FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC, Vancouver (CA)
Filed by FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC, Vancouver (CA)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/966,559.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/273,126, filed on Oct. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0140387 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B64F 1/22 (2024.01); B64C 25/62 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC B64F 1/22 (2013.01) [B64C 25/62 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0202 (2013.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on a surface of a landing platform;
operating a positioning device disposed under the surface of the landing platform to locate the UAV; and
operating the positioning device disposed under the surface of the landing platform to move the UAV to a location and/or an orientation on the surface;
wherein the operating the positioning device to move the UAV comprises:
using a first magnet to attract the UAV; and
moving the first magnet below the surface to slide the UAV above the surface to the location and/or the orientation.