Methods and apparatus for reducing energy consumed by drones during flight

Methods and apparatus for reducing energy consumed by drones during flight are disclosed. A drone includes a housing, a motor, receiver circuitry carried by the housing, and a route manager. The receiver circuitry is to receive airborne drone-generated wind data from an airborne drone located in an...

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Hauptverfasser:	Yang, Songnan, De La Guardia Gonzalez, Rafael, Gomez Gutierrez, David, Abozaed, Muhammad, Wong, Hong W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AEROPLANES AIRCRAFT AVIATION CONTROLLING COSMONAUTICS DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING ORREPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLYADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFTCOMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR HELICOPTERS INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT MEASURING MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION,OR SHOCK PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS REGULATING SIGNALLING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TESTING TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods and apparatus for reducing energy consumed by drones during flight are disclosed. A drone includes a housing, a motor, receiver circuitry carried by the housing, and a route manager. The receiver circuitry is to receive airborne drone-generated wind data from an airborne drone located in an area within which a segment of a flight of the drone is to occur. The airborne drone-generated wind data is to be determined by an inertial measurement unit of the airborne drone. The route manager is to generate a route for the flight of the drone based on wind data, the wind data including the airborne drone-generated wind data. The route is to be followed by the drone during the flight. The route manager is to select at least one portion of the route to cause the drone to be at least partially propelled by wind to reduce energy consumed by the drone during the flight.