FlySpy Patent Liabilities Analysis Team 12 – Daeho Hong FlySpy Patent Liabilities Analysis
Overview The FlySpy project is an autonomous aircraft that flies to waypoints given by GPS coordinates. While at these coordinates, the aircraft will be capable of taking photographs of the location with an onboard camera.
Similar Patent #1 Programmable Autopilot System United States Patent - 7302316 UAV flight control by Accurate measurement by multiple sensors for one variable (ex: 3 gyros, 2 pressure, 3 accelerometers) [Claim 1] Aircraft navigation by GPS [Claim2-7] Error handling Landing and taking off I read reports of people getting up to 100Kb/second using the SPI interface to a file. Depending on the clock we use will determine our speed but I am sure we can achieve the require rate to output the XML format.
Similar Patent #1 Programmable Autopilot System
Similar Patent #2 Precision Approach Control United States Patent Application - 20080071431 Aircraft control system for taking a photograph when the plane is close to the objected GPS coordinate. I read reports of people getting up to 100Kb/second using the SPI interface to a file. Depending on the clock we use will determine our speed but I am sure we can achieve the require rate to output the XML format.
Similar Patent #2 Precision Approach Control Similarity GPS guided UAV that controls airplane’s surface and throttle[Claim4-6] Difference Range finder and camera parts are used to measure the distance and angle. Solution Using the camera for photograph only I read reports of people getting up to 100Kb/second using the SPI interface to a file. Depending on the clock we use will determine our speed but I am sure we can achieve the require rate to output the XML format.
Similar Patent #3 Anti-hijacking system United States Patent Application - 20040079837 In an anti-hijacking system for autopilot equipped aircraft, a transceiver communicates with at least one remote guidance facility. A panic button is activated by flight crew in case of hijacking. I read reports of people getting up to 100Kb/second using the SPI interface to a file. Depending on the clock we use will determine our speed but I am sure we can achieve the require rate to output the XML format.
Similar Patent #3 Anti-hijacking system Similarity One button to change the control authority Difference Panic button is on the remote controller in our project The full equations for calculating distances and needed heading with GPS coordinates are costly with trig function. We have found other scaled downed equations that are only accurate within a certain range. Based on the microcontroller clock, will let us know if we may fit all of these calculations within a specific amount of time. The official accelerometer equations for pitch and roll need trig functions to retrieve a correct reading. We may be able to minimize the workload by making lookup tables for specific readings. An example of the GPS functions are here (http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/new-ardupilot-pocket ).