Patents by Inventor Dave KROETSCH

Dave KROETSCH 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).

  • Method and system for directing unmanned vehicles
    Patent number: 8521339
    Abstract: A method of remotely controlling an aerial vehicle within an environment, including providing a control station in communication with the aerial vehicle, providing a map of the environment, receiving target world coordinates for the aerial vehicle within the environment, determining a desired velocity vector to direct the aerial vehicle to the target world coordinates at a speed proportional to the distance between the aerial vehicle and the target world coordinates, and directing the aerial vehicle along the desired velocity vector until the aerial vehicle reaches the target world coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Aeryon Labs Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Gariepy, Dave Kroetsch, Steffen Lindner, Mike Peasgood
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECTING UNMANNED VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20100084513
    Abstract: A method of remotely controlling an aerial vehicle within an environment, including providing a control station in communication with the aerial vehicle, providing a map of the environment, receiving target world coordinates for the aerial vehicle within the environment, determining a desired velocity vector to direct the aerial vehicle to the target world coordinates at a speed proportional to the distance between the aerial vehicle and the target world coordinates, and directing the aerial vehicle along the desired velocity vector until the aerial vehicle reaches the target world coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: AERYON LABS INC.
    Inventors: Ryan GARIEPY, Dave KROETSCH, Steffen LINDNER, Mike PEASGOOD