US 12,395,249 B2
Power/data transfer
Simon Bishop, Bournemouth (GB); and Carl Martin Matthews, Bournemouth (GB)
Assigned to BAE SYSTEMS plc, London (GB)
Appl. No. 18/031,214
Filed by BAE SYSTEMS PLC, London (GB)
PCT Filed Oct. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/052563
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 11, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/079411, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2016130 (GB), filed on Oct. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0388025 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 10/80 (2013.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 10/112 (2013.01)
CPC H04B 10/807 (2013.01) [B64U 50/34 (2023.01); H04B 7/18502 (2013.01); H04B 10/112 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transmitter unit for providing power and data to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the transmitter unit comprising:
a free-space optical transmitter configured to generate and transmit a spatially combined free-space optical beam comprising a power beam of a first wavelength and a data beam of a second wavelength where the first wavelength is different from the second wavelength; and
a controller for controlling generation and transmission of the spatially combined free-space optical beam by the free-space optical transmitter.