Patents by Inventor Adam Parker Bry
Adam Parker Bry has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11970287Abstract: An introduced autonomous aerial vehicle can include multiple cameras for capturing images of a surrounding physical environment that are utilized for motion planning by an autonomous navigation system. In some embodiments, the cameras can be integrated into one or more rotor assemblies that house powered rotors to free up space within the body of the aerial vehicle. In an example embodiment, an aerial vehicle includes multiple upward-facing cameras and multiple downward-facing cameras with overlapping fields of view to enable stereoscopic computer vision in a plurality of directions around the aerial vehicle. Similar camera arrangements can also be implemented in fixed-wing aerial vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Scott Thompson, Adam Parker Bry, Asher Mendel Robbins-Rothman, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Yevgeniy Kozlenko, Kevin Patrick Smith O'Leary, Patrick Allen Lowe, Daniel Thomas Adams, Justin Michael Sadowski, Zachary Albert West, Josiah Timothy VanderMey
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Publication number: 20240083605Abstract: A method includes: establishing wireless connection between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a user interface; generating, via the user interface, a flight path for the unmanned aerial vehicle; generating, via the user interface, a flight schedule for the unmanned aerial vehicle, the flight schedule being associated with the flight path and include one or more designated times; and initiating, via the user interface, autonomous operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle for the unmanned aerial vehicle to autonomously fly the flight path at the one or more designated timesType: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Jack Louis Zhu, Christopher Brian Grasberger, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry, Hayk Martirosyan, Gareth Benoit Cross
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Patent number: 11921500Abstract: Technology for generating and displaying a graphical user interface for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is disclosed herein that generates and updates a representation of a spline flight path. In various implementations, a graphical user interface detects user interactions with a remote control device directing the flight control subsystem of the UAV to record keyframes and to compute a spline based on the keyframes during flight. The graphical user interface displays a real-time perspective of the UAV with a representation of the spline and the keyframes overlaying the view. The graphical user interface continually updates the representation as the UAV flies and when the spline is updated as the keyframes are updated.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Thomas Beaudouin-Lafon, Saumya Pravinbhai Shah, Kristen Marie Holtz, James Anthony Ferrandini, Hayk Martirosyan, Matthew Joseph Donahoe, Charles VanSchoonhoven Wood, Clara Kelley, Adam Parker Bry, Jack Louis Zhu
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Publication number: 20240067334Abstract: An autonomous vehicle that is equipped with image capture devices can use information gathered from the image capture devices to plan a future three-dimensional (3D) trajectory through a physical environment. To this end, a technique is described for image-space based motion planning. In an embodiment, a planned 3D trajectory is projected into an image-space of an image captured by the autonomous vehicle. The planned 3D trajectory is then optimized according to a cost function derived from information (e.g., depth estimates) in the captured image. The cost function associates higher cost values with identified regions of the captured image that are associated with areas of the physical environment into which travel is risky or otherwise undesirable. The autonomous vehicle is thereby encouraged to avoid these areas while satisfying other motion planning objectives.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Ryan David Kennedy, Peter Benjamin Henry, Hayk Martirosyan, Jack Louis Zhu, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry
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Publication number: 20240062663Abstract: A technique for user interaction with an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. In an example embodiment, perception inputs from one or more sensor devices are processed to build a shared virtual environment that is representative of a physical environment. The sensor devices used to generate perception inputs can include image capture devices onboard an autonomous aerial vehicle that is in flight through the physical environment. The shared virtual environment can provide a continually updated representation of the physical environment which is accessible to multiple network-connected devices, including multiple UAVs and multiple mobile computing devices. The shared virtual environment can be used, for example, to display visual augmentations at network-connected user devices and guide autonomous navigation by the UAV.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry, Matthew Joseph Donahoe, Hayk Martirosyan
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Publication number: 20240053750Abstract: Sports and fitness applications for an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are described. In an example embodiment, a UAV can be configured to track a human subject using perception inputs from one or more onboard sensors. The perception inputs can be utilized to generate values for various performance metrics associated with the activity of the human subject. In some embodiments, the perception inputs can be utilized to autonomously maneuver the UAV to lead the human subject to satisfy a performance goal. The UAV can also be configured to autonomously capture images of a sporting event and/or make rule determinations while officiating a sporting event.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry, Matthew Joseph Donahoe, Hayk Martirosyan, Tom Moss
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Patent number: 11861896Abstract: Autonomous aerial navigation in low-light and no-light conditions includes using night mode obstacle avoidance intelligence, training, and mechanisms for vision-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) navigation to enable autonomous flight operations of a UAV in low-light and no-light environments using infrared data.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Shenghung Wang, Vladimir Nekrasov, Ryan David Kennedy, Gareth Benoit Cross, Peter Benjamin Henry, Kristen Marie Holtz, Hayk Martirosyan, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry
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Patent number: 11861892Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for tracking objects in a physical environment using visual sensors onboard an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In certain embodiments, images of the physical environment captured by the onboard visual sensors are processed to extract semantic information about detected objects. Processing of the captured images may involve applying machine learning techniques such as a deep convolutional neural network to extract semantic cues regarding objects detected in the images. The object tracking can be utilized, for example, to facilitate autonomous navigation by the UAV or to generate and display augmentative information regarding tracked objects to users.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Saumitro Dasgupta, Hayk Martirosyan, Hema Koppula, Alex Kendall, Austin Stone, Matthew Donahoe, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry
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Patent number: 11858628Abstract: An autonomous vehicle that is equipped with image capture devices can use information gathered from the image capture devices to plan a future three-dimensional (3D) trajectory through a physical environment. To this end, a technique is described for image-space based motion planning. In an embodiment, a planned 3D trajectory is projected into an image-space of an image captured by the autonomous vehicle. The planned 3D trajectory is then optimized according to a cost function derived from information (e.g., depth estimates) in the captured image. The cost function associates higher cost values with identified regions of the captured image that are associated with areas of the physical environment into which travel is risky or otherwise undesirable. The autonomous vehicle is thereby encouraged to avoid these areas while satisfying other motion planning objectives.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Ryan David Kennedy, Peter Benjamin Henry, Hayk Martirosyan, Jack Louis Zhu, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry
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Patent number: 11829139Abstract: A technique is described for developing and using applications and skills with an autonomous vehicle. In an example embodiment, a development platform is provided that enables access to a developer console for developing software modules for use with an autonomous vehicle. Using the developer console, a developer user can specify instructions for causing an autonomous vehicle to perform one or more operations. For example, to control the behavior of an autonomous vehicle, the instructions can cause an executing computer system at the autonomous vehicle to generate calls to an application programming interface (API) associated with an autonomous navigation system of autonomous vehicle. Such calls to the API can be configured to adjust a parameter of a behavioral objective associated with a trajectory generation process performed by the autonomous navigation system that controls the behavior of the autonomous vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Roshan Neel Jobanputra, Jeffrey Robert DeCew, Matthew Joseph Donahoe, Mark Edward Rubin, Adam Parker Bry, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Jack Louis Zhu, Kristen Marie Holtz
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Publication number: 20230373663Abstract: A dock assembly includes a docking station and a stand or mount coupled to the docking station. The dock assembly may be configured for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The docking station may include a landing surface configured to interface with the UAV, an extended portion coupled to the landing surface and extending from the landing surface, and a fiducial located on the extended portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Yevgeniy Kozlenko, Benjamin Scott Thompson, Jack Zi Qi Ye, Christopher Brian Grasberger, Gareth Benoit Cross, Jack Louis Zhu, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry, Hayk Martirosyan
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Publication number: 20230373668Abstract: A battery configured to power an unmanned aerial vehicle. The battery includes an enclosure configured to house a power module of the battery. The battery also includes one or more conducting contacts located on the enclosure configured to contact one or more pogo pins of a battery charger located on a docking station of the unmanned aerial vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Yevgeniy Kozlenko, Benjamin Scott Thompson, Jack Zi Qi Ye, Christopher Brian Grasberger, Gareth Benoit Cross, Jack Louis Zhu, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry, Hayk Martirosyan
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Patent number: 11818463Abstract: Embodiments are described for a stabilization system configured, in some embodiments, for stabilizing image capture from an aerial vehicle (e.g., a UAV). According to some embodiments, the stabilization systems employs both active and passive stabilization means. A passive stabilization assembly includes a counter-balanced suspension system that includes an elongated arm that extends into and is coupled to the body of a vehicle. The counter-balanced suspension system passively stabilizes a mounted device such as an image capture device to counter motion of the UAV while in use. In some embodiment the counter-balanced suspension system passively stabilizes a mounted image capture assembly that includes active stabilization means (e.g., a motorized gimbal and/or electronic image stabilization). In some embodiments, the active and passive stabilization means operate together to effectively stabilize a mounted image capture device to counter a wide range of motion characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: David Kalinowski, Stephen R. McClure, Patrick Allen Lowe, Daniel Thomas Adams, Benjamin Scott Thompson, Adam Parker Bry, Abraham Galton Bachrach
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Patent number: 11787543Abstract: An autonomous vehicle that is equipped with image capture devices can use information gathered from the image capture devices to plan a future three-dimensional (3D) trajectory through a physical environment. To this end, a technique is described for image-space based motion planning. In an embodiment, a planned 3D trajectory is projected into an image-space of an image captured by the autonomous vehicle. The planned 3D trajectory is then optimized according to a cost function derived from information (e.g., depth estimates) in the captured image. The cost function associates higher cost values with identified regions of the captured image that are associated with areas of the physical environment into which travel is risky or otherwise undesirable. The autonomous vehicle is thereby encouraged to avoid these areas while satisfying other motion planning objectives.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Ryan David Kennedy, Peter Benjamin Henry, Hayk Martirosyan, Jack Louis Zhu, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry
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Publication number: 20230280746Abstract: Methods and systems are described for new paradigms for user interaction with an unmanned aerial vehicle (referred to as a flying digital assistant or FDA) using a portable multifunction device (PMD) such as smart phone. In some embodiments, a user may control image capture from an FDA by adjusting the position and orientation of a PMD. In other embodiments, a user may input a touch gesture via a touch display of a PMD that corresponds with a flight path to be autonomously flown by the FDA.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry, Matthew Joseph Donahoe
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Patent number: 11749124Abstract: A technique for user interaction with an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. In an example embodiment, perception inputs from one or more sensor devices are processed to build a shared virtual environment that is representative of a physical environment. The sensor devices used to generate perception inputs can include image capture devices onboard an autonomous aerial vehicle that is in flight through the physical environment. The shared virtual environment can provide a continually updated representation of the physical environment which is accessible to multiple network-connected devices, including multiple UAVs and multiple mobile computing devices. The shared virtual environment can be used, for example, to display visual augmentations at network-connected user devices and guide autonomous navigation by the UAV.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry, Matthew Joseph Donahoe, Hayk Martirosyan
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Patent number: 11740630Abstract: Sports and fitness applications for an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are described. In an example embodiment, a UAV can be configured to track a human subject using perception inputs from one or more onboard sensors. The perception inputs can be utilized to generate values for various performance metrics associated with the activity of the human subject. In some embodiments, the perception inputs can be utilized to autonomously maneuver the UAV to lead the human subject to satisfy a performance goal. The UAV can also be configured to autonomously capture images of a sporting event and/or make rule determinations while officiating a sporting event.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry, Matthew Joseph Donahoe, Hayk Martirosyan, Tom Moss
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Publication number: 20230257116Abstract: An autonomous vehicle that is equipped with image capture devices can use information gathered from the image capture devices to plan a future three-dimensional (3D) trajectory through a physical environment. To this end, a technique is described for image-space based motion planning. In an embodiment, a planned 3D trajectory is projected into an image-space of an image captured by the autonomous vehicle. The planned 3D trajectory is then optimized according to a cost function derived from information (e.g., depth estimates) in the captured image. The cost function associates higher cost values with identified regions of the captured image that are associated with areas of the physical environment into which travel is risky or otherwise undesirable. The autonomous vehicle is thereby encouraged to avoid these areas while satisfying other motion planning objectives.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Ryan David Kennedy, Peter Benjamin Henry, Hayk Martirosyan, Jack Louis Zhu, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry
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Publication number: 20230257115Abstract: An autonomous vehicle that is equipped with image capture devices can use information gathered from the image capture devices to plan a future three-dimensional (3D) trajectory through a physical environment. To this end, a technique is described for image-space based motion planning. In an embodiment, a planned 3D trajectory is projected into an image-space of an image captured by the autonomous vehicle. The planned 3D trajectory is then optimized according to a cost function derived from information (e.g., depth estimates) in the captured image. The cost function associates higher cost values with identified regions of the captured image that are associated with areas of the physical environment into which travel is risky or otherwise undesirable. The autonomous vehicle is thereby encouraged to avoid these areas while satisfying other motion planning objectives.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Skydio, Inc.Inventors: Ryan David Kennedy, Peter Benjamin Henry, Hayk Martirosyan, Jack Louis Zhu, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Adam Parker Bry
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Publication number: 20230239575Abstract: In some examples, a computing device receives, from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a first image from a first camera on the UAV and a plurality of second images from a plurality of second cameras on the UAV. The plurality of second cameras may be positioned on the UAV for providing a plurality of different fields of view in a plurality of different directions around the UAV. Further, the first camera has a longer focal length than the second cameras. The computing device presents, on a display, a composite image including at least a portion of the first image within a merged image generated from the plurality of second images. The presented composite image enables a user to at least one of: zoom out from the at least one first image to the merged image, or zoom in from the merged image to the at least one first image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Peter Benjamin HENRY, Hayk MARTIROSYAN, Abraham Galton BACHRACH, Clement GODARD, Adam Parker BRY, Ryan David KENNEDY