US 12,344,397 B2
Automatic drone positioning system
Marc Schwarzbach, Ottmarsheim (DE)
Assigned to Guideline Robotics GmbH, Besigheim (DE)
Appl. No. 18/249,132
Filed by Marc Schwarzbach, Ottmarsheim (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/078634
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/079254, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020006385.3 (DE), filed on Oct. 16, 2020; and application No. 102021001842.7 (DE), filed on Apr. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017858 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B64F 1/00 (2024.01); B64U 80/10 (2023.01); B64U 101/64 (2023.01); B64U 101/66 (2023.01)
CPC B64F 1/002 (2013.01) [B64U 80/10 (2023.01); B64U 2101/64 (2023.01); B64U 2101/66 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic drone positioning system, the system comprising:
a landing/take-off site comprising a landing area defined by an outer boundary;
a rope sling; and
a drone;
wherein the system is configured to position and align the drone, landed at any location on the landing area, at a predetermined position on the landing area,
wherein the rope sling, in its initial position, extends substantially along the outer boundary of the landing area, and the ends of which are connected to a rope winch located near or at the predetermined position so that the rope sling can be retracted when the rope winch is actuated, and
wherein the drone is provided with engagement means configured to be engageable with the rope sling when the rope sling is retracted, so that the drone is pulled to the predetermined position and is correctly aligned at the predetermined position upon further retraction of the rope sling.