Patents Assigned to CyPhy Works, Inc.
  • FIXED ROTOR THRUST VECTORING
    Publication number: 20180065736
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle includes a body having a center and a number of spatially separated thrusters. The spatially separated thrusters are statically coupled to the body at locations around the center of the body and are configured to emit thrust along a number of thrust vectors. The thrust vectors have a number of different directions with each thruster configured to emit thrust along a different one of the thrust vectors. One or more of the thrust vectors have a component in a direction toward the center of the body or away from the center of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: CyPhy Works, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth D. SEBESTA
  • Spooler for unmanned aerial vehicle system
    Patent number: 9290269
    Abstract: In an aspect, in general, a spooling apparatus includes a filament feeding mechanism for deploying and retracting filament from the spooling apparatus to an aerial vehicle, an exit geometry sensor for sensing an exit geometry of the filament from the spooling apparatus, and a controller for controlling the feeding mechanism to feed and retract the filament based on the exit geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: CYPHY WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason S. Walker, John W. Ware, Samuel A. Johnson, Andrew M. Shein
  • SPOOLER FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140263852
    Abstract: In an aspect, in general, a spooling apparatus includes a filament feeding mechanism for deploying and retracting filament from the spooling apparatus to an aerial vehicle, an exit geometry sensor for sensing an exit geometry of the filament from the spooling apparatus, and a controller for controlling the feeding mechanism to feed and retract the filament based on the exit geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: CyPhy Works, Inc.
    Inventors: JASON S. WALKER, JOHN W. WARE, SAMUEL A. JOHNSON, ANDREW M. SHEIN
  • Imaging based stabilization
    Patent number: 8736676
    Abstract: An image-based sensor system for a mobile unit makes use of light emitters and imagers to acquire illumination patterns of emitted light impinging on the floor and/or walls surrounding the unit. The illumination pattern is used to estimate location and/or orientation of the unit. These estimates are used for one or more functions of stabilization, calibration, localization, and mapping of or with respect to the unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Cyphy Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Johnson, Helen Greiner, Andrew Shein
  • IMAGING BASED STABILIZATION
    Publication number: 20120249774
    Abstract: An image-based sensor system for a mobile unit makes use of light emitters and imagers to acquire illumination patterns of emitted light impinging on the floor and/or walls surrounding the unit. The illumination pattern is used to estimate location and/or orientation of the unit. These estimates are used for one or more functions of stabilization, calibration, localization, and mapping of or with respect to the unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: CyPhy Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Johnson, Helen Greiner, Andrew Shein