Abstract: An electric vehicle system includes a battery management system that optimizes the performance and useful life of vehicle batteries by selecting the optimal batteries in an inventory for each electric vehicle mission based on the mission energy requirements, the energy storage capacities of batteries, and the predicted performance degradation of batteries.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 1, 2015
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2019
Assignee:
ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC.
Inventors:
Keenan Wyrobek, James Laird Martz, III, Keller Rinaudo
Abstract: An unmanned aircraft system includes a testing and calibration system that enables automated testing of movable parts of an unmanned aircraft. The testing and calibration system uses a camera-based technique to determine the position and angle of movable parts, in order to establish whether or not those parts are moving in a manner consistent with correct function.
Abstract: An unmanned aircraft system includes an aircraft control system that enables the safe operation of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles in the same airspace, through the use of a decentralized air traffic management system. The decentralized air traffic management system is robust against loss of communication between the unmanned aerial vehicle and does not require a centralized ground control system to coordinate the vehicles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 11, 2015
Date of Patent:
June 12, 2018
Assignee:
ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC.
Inventors:
Andrew Chambers, Ryan Oksenhorn, Jeremy Schwartz, Keenan Wyrobek
Abstract: An autonomous vehicle system is configured to receive vehicle commands from one or more parties and to execute those vehicle commands in a way that prevents the execution of stale commands. The autonomous vehicle system includes a finite state machine and a command counter or stored vehicle timestamp, which are used to help reject invalid or stale vehicle commands.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 7, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 6, 2018
Assignee:
ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC.
Inventors:
Andrew Chambers, Keenan Wyrobek, Keller Rinaudo, Ryan Oksenhorn, William Hetzler
Abstract: An Unmanned Aerial System configured to receive a request from a user and fulfill that request using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The Unmanned Aerial System selects a distribution center that is within range of the user, and deploys a suitable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to fulfill the request from that distribution center. The Unmanned Aerial System is configured to provide real-time information about the flight route to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle during its flight, and the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is configured to dynamically update its mission based on information received from the Unmanned Aerial System.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 9, 2016
Date of Patent:
August 29, 2017
Assignee:
Zipline International Inc.
Inventors:
Andrew Chambers, Bryan Wade, Catalin Drula, David Halley, Igor Napolskikh, Keenan Wyrobek, Keller Rinaudo, Nicholas Brake, Ryan Oksenhorn, Ryan Patterson, William Hetzler
Abstract: An autonomous vehicle system is configured to receive vehicle commands from one or more parties and to execute those vehicle commands in a way that prevents the execution of stale commands. The autonomous vehicle system includes a finite state machine and a command counter or stored vehicle timestamp, which are used to help reject invalid or stale vehicle commands.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 14, 2015
Date of Patent:
November 8, 2016
Assignee:
Zipline International Inc.
Inventors:
Andrew Chambers, Keenan Wyrobek, Keller Rinaudo, Ryan Oksenhorn, William Hetzler
Abstract: An Unmanned Aerial System configured to receive a request from a user and fulfill that request using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The Unmanned Aerial System selects a distribution center that is within range of the user, and deploys a suitable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to fulfill the request from that distribution center. The Unmanned Aerial System is configured to provide real-time information about the flight route to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle during its flight, and the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is configured to dynamically update its mission based on information received from the Unmanned Aerial System.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 22, 2015
Date of Patent:
November 8, 2016
Assignee:
Zipline International Inc.
Inventors:
Andrew Chambers, Bryan Wade, Catalin Drula, David Halley, Igor Napolskikh, Keenan Wyrobek, Keller Rinaudo, Nicholas Brake, Ryan Oksenhorn, Ryan Patterson, William Hetzler