Abstract: A guidance system for a drone is described, said system comprising: a plurality of poles fixed to the ground and associated with a private or public electric power grid; a plurality of devices fixed to the poles and powered by the electric power grid, said devices being interconnected in a wireless network and comprising a radio communication module for communicating with the drone; a controller connected to the wireless network and intended to program a flight path of the drone between two or more poles by transmitting configuration commands to the respective devices of the wireless network, for configuring the radio communication modules, wherein the radio communication module of one pole in the flight path is configured to guide the drone towards the radio communication module of a following pole in the flight path.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 15, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 31, 2019
Assignees:
PARADOX ENGINEERING SA, SUPSI (SCOULA UNIVERSITARIA PROFESSIONALE DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA)
Inventors:
Alessandro Giusti, Luca Maria Gambardella, Giovanni Minetti, Jérôme Guzzi
Abstract: A guidance system for a drone is described, said system comprising: a plurality of poles fixed to the ground and associated with a private or public electric power grid; a plurality of devices fixed to the poles and powered by the electric power grid, said devices being interconnected in a wireless network and comprising a radio communication module for communicating with the drone; a controller connected to the wireless network and intended to program a flight path of the drone between two or more poles by transmitting configuration commands to the respective devices of the wireless network, for configuring the radio communication modules, wherein the radio communication module of one pole in the flight path is configured to guide the drone towards the radio communication module of a following pole in the flight path.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 15, 2016
Publication date:
January 18, 2018
Applicant:
Paradox Engineering SA
Inventors:
Alessandro Giusti, Luca Maria Gambardella, Giovanni Minetti, Jérôme Guzzi