Rebecca Morey Jordan

US Patent:

20180079531, Mar 22, 2018

Filed:

Nov 27, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/823257

Inventors:

ANDREW BENNETT - Belmont MA, US
Shivali Chandra - Morris Plains NJ, US
Rebecca Phoebe Jordan - Needham MA, US
Devynn Nicole Diggins - Arlington MA, US

International Classification:

B64F 1/12
B64F 1/00
B64C 39/02
B60L 11/18
G05D 1/00
G05D 1/10

Abstract:

This document describes a system and method through which unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other vehicles (e.g., unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), also known as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), unmanned water-surface vehicles (USVs), unmanned ground-surface vehicles (UGVs) and vehicles with the attributes and/or characteristics of more than one such category of vehicles (such as amphibious vehicles)), can be docked, with a device that can secure such vehicles, and information can be transmitted to and from such vehicles. The vehicles are secured through the use of magnetic fields produced by toggling magnets. The system also includes a means for transmitting information between the docking system itself, the vehicles and/or between the docking system and a command center, which may be a notable distance from the docking system, or among the docking system, the vehicle(s) and the command center.