US 11,929,802 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle communication
Feng Xue, Redwood City, CA (US); Mustafa Akdeniz, San Jose, CA (US); Seong-Youp John Suh, Portland, OR (US); Jingwen Bai, San Jose, CA (US); Shu-Ping Yeh, Campbell, CA (US); Rodrigo Aldana Lopez, Jal (MX); Eduardo Alban, Hillsboro, OR (US); David Arditti Ilitzky, Jal (MX); Philippe Auzas, Portland, OR (US); Jonathan Byrne, Ashbourne Meath (IE); Leobardo Campos Macias, Jal (MX); Mark Davis, Carlsbad, CA (US); Rafael De La Guardia Gonzalez, Jal (MX); David Gomez Gutierrez, Jalisco (MX); Timo Huusari, Hillsboro, OR (US); Bradley Alan Jackson, Hillsboro, OR (US); Ranganadh Karella, San Diego, CA (US); Sreenivas Kasturi, Hillsboro, OR (US); Mengkun Ke, Beaverton, OR (US); Ching-Yu Liao, Hillsboro, OR (US); Tiefeng Shi, San Jose, CA (US); Shilpa Talwar, Cupertino, CA (US); Daniel Tong, Beaverton, OR (US); and Candy Yiu, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/297,828
Filed by Feng Xue, Redwood City, CA (US); Mustafa Akdeniz, San Jose, CA (US); Seong-Youp John Suh, Portland, OR (US); Shu-Ping Yeh, Campbell, CA (US); Eduardo Alban, Hillsboro, OR (US); Philippe Auzas, Portland, OR (US); Jonathan Byrne, Ashbourne Meath (IE); Mark Davis, Carlsbad, CA (US); David Gomez Gutierrez, Jalisco (MX); Timo Huusari, Hillsboro, OR (US); Bradley Alan Jackson, Hillsboro, OR (US); Ranganadh Karella, San Diego, CA (US); Sreenivas Kasturi, Hillsboro, OR (US); Mengkun Ke, Beaverton, OR (US); Ching-Yu Liao, Hillsboro, OR (US); Tiefeng Shi, San Jose, CA (US); Daniel Tong, Beaverton, OR (US); and Candy Yiu, Portland, OR (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/063688
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/113062, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/772,182, filed on Nov. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0069876 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 19/18 (2006.01); H04B 7/26 (2006.01); B64U 10/00 (2023.01)
CPC H04B 7/0617 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); H01Q 1/28 (2013.01); H01Q 19/18 (2013.01); H04B 7/26 (2013.01); B64U 10/00 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
a modem comprising an antenna port;
antennas configured to generate a directional transmission pattern connected to the antenna port, the antennas including (a) an array of omni-directional antennas and (b) multiple directional antennas;
beam control circuitry to provide control signals to the antennas to control a direction of the directional transmission pattern;
first control circuitry to provide data to the modem indicating signals to be transmitted by the antennas; and
second control circuitry to identify a direction to which to provide the directional transmission pattern and provide data indicating the direction to the first control circuitry.