PROPELLER SAFETY FOR AUTOMATED AERIAL VEHICLES

To provide an automated aerial vehicle (AAV) and a system for automatically reducing or avoiding contact or imminent contact between a propeller of the AAV and an object (e.g., human, pet, or other animal).SOLUTION: Contact of an object with a propeller of an AAV is detected, and rotation of the pro...

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Main Authors DANIEL BUCHMUELLER, AMIR NAVOT, KIMCHI GUR, BRANDON WILLIAM PORTER, BRIAN C BECKMAN, JEFFREY P BEZOS, FREDERIK SCHAFFALITZKY
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published 30.05.2019
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
COSMONAUTICS
DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
ELECTRICITY
EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
FLYING SUITS
GENERATION
HELICOPTERS
PARACHUTES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
SIGNALLING
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:To provide an automated aerial vehicle (AAV) and a system for automatically reducing or avoiding contact or imminent contact between a propeller of the AAV and an object (e.g., human, pet, or other animal).SOLUTION: Contact of an object with a propeller of an AAV is detected, and rotation of the propeller is stopped to avoid harming the object. Likewise, an object detection component stops the rotation of the propeller upon detecting an object that is nearing a propeller, and/or the object detection component is used to navigate the AAV away from the detected object.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6 【課題】自動航空機（ＡＡＶ）及びＡＡＶのプロペラと物体（例えば人間、ペット、若しくは他の動物）との間の接触または差し迫った接触を自動的に削減または回避するためのシステムを提供する。【解決手段】物体によるＡＡＶのプロペラとの接触を検出し、プロペラの回転は物体に危害を加えることを避けるために停止される。同様に、物体検出構成部品は、プロペラに近づいてくる物体を検出すると、プロペラの回転を停止する。及び／または物体検出構成部品は、検出された物体から離れてＡＡＶを航行させるために使用される。【選択図】図６
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20190002274