US 11,993,407 B2
Method and system for remote or autonomous ligno transportation
Markus Romar, Uppsala (SE); Olle Gelin, Alunda (SE); and Mauritz Andersson, Uppsala (SE)
Assigned to AIRFORESTRY AB, Uppsala (SE)
Appl. No. 17/920,184
Filed by AIRFORESTRY AB, Uppsala (SE)
PCT Filed May 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/064301
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/239925, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2050611-9 (SE), filed on May 27, 2020; application No. 2051335-4 (SE), filed on Nov. 16, 2020; and application No. PCT/EP2021/063844 (WO), filed on May 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0159190 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 23/00 (2006.01); A01G 23/083 (2006.01); A01G 23/095 (2006.01); B64U 10/16 (2023.01); B64U 101/40 (2023.01)
CPC B64U 10/16 (2023.01) [A01G 23/003 (2013.01); A01G 23/083 (2013.01); A01G 23/095 (2013.01); B64U 2101/40 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for remote and/or autonomous transporting at least a portion of a ligno trunk, said system comprising:
a remotely and/or autonomously controlled Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), comprising at least one means for holding at least a portion of a ligno trunk and being configured for transporting said portion of the ligno trunk away from the original location thereof,
means for detecting said portion of the ligno trunk to be transported,
means for detecting at least one ligno parameter of said portion of the ligno trunk and/or at least one growing condition of said portion of the ligno trunk,
a base station for communication with said UAV, and
means configured for directing said remotely and/or autonomously controlled UAV with said portion of the ligno trunk to a final destination a certain point in time where said final destination and/or said certain point in time is depending on at least one detected ligno parameter and/or at least one detected growing condition of said transported portion of the ligno trunk and/or of a remaining portion of a ligno from which said transported portion of the ligno trunk was removed and/or of at least one ligno grown within a predetermined distance from said transported portion of the ligno trunk.