US 12,136,349 B2
Virtual wall mapping for aerial vehicle navigation
Andreas Jäger, Zurich (CH)
Assigned to Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/238,740.
Application 18/238,740 is a continuation of application No. 17/959,041, filed on Oct. 3, 2022, granted, now 11,741,842.
Application 17/959,041 is a continuation of application No. 16/787,144, filed on Feb. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,462,115, issued on Oct. 4, 2022.
Application 16/787,144 is a continuation of application No. 15/621,656, filed on Jun. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,573,188, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/411,612, filed on Oct. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/411,611, filed on Oct. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0410669 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 5/006 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0202 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G08G 5/0052 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), the UAV comprising:
an electric speed controller interfaced with thrust motors of the UAV; and
a flight controller configured to:
determine a geographic location and a velocity of the UAV, wherein the velocity includes a first component and a second component;
determine a distance between the geographic location of the UAV and a closest segment of a no-fly zone;
determine a zone of deceleration, the zone of deceleration comprising a distal section and a proximal section; and
in response to the UAV crossing a switch point located at an intersection of the distal section and the proximal section, changing a deceleration rate of the UAV from a first deceleration rate to a second deceleration rate by the electric speed controller adjusting the thrust motors.