US 12,266,270 B2
Autonomous aerial vehicle system
Dushan Kandasamy, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/251,788
Filed by Dushan Kandasamy, London (GB)
PCT Filed Jun. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/054926
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 12, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/239355, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1809765 (GB), filed on Jun. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0217318 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01)
CPC G08G 5/0043 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64U 2201/104 (2023.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous aerial vehicle system, comprising:
a plurality of autonomous aerial vehicles, each of the plurality of autonomous aerial vehicles comprising at least two propellers configured to rotate in 360-degree;
a management server in communication with the plurality of autonomous aerial vehicles via a wireless network, including:
a memory for storing data of each of the plurality of autonomous aerial vehicles, and
a processor coupled to the memory, configured to:
schedule a flight plan for the plurality of autonomous aerial vehicles;
communicate flight plan data of the flight plan to the autonomous aerial vehicles, receive notification from each of the plurality of autonomous aerial vehicles on successful communication of the flight plan data;
wherein each of the plurality of autonomous aerial vehicles comprises:
a control module in communication with the management server configured to receive the flight plan data,
a memory module in communication with the control module configured to store the flight plan data,
a plurality of sensors in communication with the control module configured to receive position data of the respective autonomous aerial vehicle,
a power module comprising a battery assembly configured to check a battery status and send the status to the control module, wherein the battery assembly has high battery capacity and is configured to act as a mobile charging station, wherein at least one different one of the plurality of autonomous aerial vehicles is configured to magnetically couple with the mobile charging station for charging batteries, and wherein the battery assembly is configured to wirelessly charge in a stationary charging station, wherein when the battery status is battery depleted, the control module is configured to control the respective autonomous aerial vehicle to detect one of the plurality of autonomous aerial vehicles in close proximity to charge the battery assembly, and to communicate with the management server to detect if the stationary charging station is in a closer proximity than the one of the plurality of autonomous aerial vehicles to charge the battery assembly, and
a camera module in communication with the control module configured to rotate in 360 degrees and capture aerial photographs;
wherein the control module of each of the plurality of autonomous aerial vehicles is configured to:
awake the respective autonomous aerial vehicle from a low power mode,
communicate with at least one other one of the plurality of autonomous aerial vehicles to check for updates of the flight plan data,
store the flight plan data in the memory module of the respective autonomous aerial vehicle, and
operates the respective autonomous aerial vehicle according to the flight plan data.