US 11,977,380 B2
Safety system for operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle
Thaddeus Benjamin Matuszeski, Pasadena, CA (US); William Arden Lott, Simi Valley, CA (US); and Derek Lisoski, Simi Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to AEROVIRONMENT, INC., Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by AeroVironment, Inc., Simi Valley, CA (US)
Filed on May 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/316,100.
Application 17/316,100 is a continuation of application No. 16/241,341, filed on Jan. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,029,684.
Application 16/241,341 is a continuation of application No. 15/808,783, filed on Nov. 9, 2017, granted, now 10,209,707, issued on Feb. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/421,163, filed on Nov. 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0325879 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 70/80 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0055 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); B64U 10/10 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 70/80 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01); H04N 7/185 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system for operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
a controller having a first processor and a first addressable memory, wherein the controller is configured to:
present a first activator and a second activator on a display of the controller, wherein the first activator is presented as a first user interface (UI) element comprising a button and the second activator is presented as a second UI element comprising a slider;
select the first activator and the second activator, wherein the selection of the second activator is subsequent to the selection of the first activator; and
transmit a UAV command to control the UAV via a transmitter of the controller based on the selection of the first activator and the second activator, wherein the UAV comprises a second processor with a second addressable memory and a receiver configured to receive the transmitted UAV command, wherein the transmitted UAV command is a wireless signal, and wherein the transmitted UAV command is based on a direction of movement of the button in the slider of the second activator.