US 12,148,989 B2
Aerial vehicle and control thereof
Ralf Schuh, Lund (SE); Sathya Narayana Venkatasubramanian, Upplands Väsby (SE); and Thomas Chapman, Solna (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/918,483
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Apr. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/060852
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/209153, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0145081 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B64U 20/80 (2023.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 60/50 (2023.01)
CPC H01Q 1/526 (2013.01) [B64U 20/80 (2023.01); H01Q 1/28 (2013.01); H04B 7/18504 (2013.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 60/50 (2023.01); B64U 2201/00 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerial vehicle, the aerial vehicle comprising:
a radio transceiver configured for radio transmission in a set of radiation directions;
a mechanical shield positioned to reduce power of the radio transmission in at least some of the radiation directions in the set of radiation directions; and
a controller configured to:
determine how to orient the mechanical shield upon obtaining an indication that the power of the radio transmission needs to be reduced in at least some of the radiation directions in the set of radiation directions; and
control, based on the determining, at least one of: movement of the aerial vehicle, movement of the mechanical shield, and radio communication of the aerial vehicle via the radio transceiver device.