US 12,227,318 B1
Aerial vehicles with proximity sensors for safety
Assaf Bata, Netanya (IL); Gheorghe Panaghiu, Iasi (RO); and Yair E. Gheva, Zichron Yaakov (IL)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/477,141.
Int. Cl. B64U 20/30 (2023.01); B64U 20/60 (2023.01); B64U 20/83 (2023.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01)
CPC B64U 20/30 (2023.01) [B64U 20/60 (2023.01); B64U 20/83 (2023.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
a first motor;
a first propeller;
an integrated circuit component;
a controller;
a protective mesh disposed proximate the first propeller, wherein the protective mesh comprises first plastic and first metal coupled to the first plastic;
a first line coupling the first metal of the protective mesh to a first terminal of the integrated circuit component;
a capacitor;
a second line coupling the first terminal to the capacitor;
a third line coupling the capacitor to a second terminal of the integrated circuit component; and
one or more computer readable media storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed using one or more processors of the unmanned aerial vehicle, cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to perform operations comprising:
determining that a change in capacitance associated with the first metal has exceeded a threshold at a first time, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle is in a first position at the first time, and
in response to determining that the change in capacitance associated with the first metal has exceeded the threshold,
operating at least the first motor to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to move from the first position to a second position.