Mobile display array
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1. A system including a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the system comprising:
- a first UAV comprising;
a first airframe comprising a first coupling mechanism, wherein the first coupling mechanism comprises a removable connector that, when installed, is configured to couple to a second coupling mechanism;
a first display screen coupled to the first airframe;
a third coupling mechanism coupled to the first display screen;
a first propulsion system coupled to the first airframe;
a first control management system coupled to the first airframe and configured to send first signals to the first propulsion system to maintain a first flight plan, wherein the first control management system is further configured to receive sensor data from a sensor of a second UAV to stabilize a flight of the fleet of UAVs; and
a first display management system coupled to the first airframe and configured to process data and cause a first part of an image to be displayed on the first display screen; and
the second UAV comprising;
a second airframe comprising the second coupling mechanism;
the sensor, coupled to the second airframe, configured to collect the sensor data and transmit the sensor data to the first UAV, the sensor comprising one or more of an accelerometer or a gyroscope;
a second display screen coupled to the second airframe;
a fourth coupling mechanism coupled to the second display screen, the fourth coupling mechanism configured to couple to the third coupling mechanism;
a second propulsion system coupled to the second airframe;
a second control management system coupled to the second airframe and configured to send second signals to the second propulsion system to maintain a second flight plan; and
a second display management system coupled to the second airframe and configured to process data and cause a second part of the image to be displayed on the second display screen.
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Abstract
A plurality of UAVs may be operated in a fleet, each of the UAVs in the fleet being configured to work collectively to achieve one or more functions, such as to create a display or implement an antenna array. The fleet of UAVs may operate individually and/or may be coupled to one another to operate as a collective unit. In some embodiments, one or more UAVs in the fleet may operate individually, while two or more UAVs in the fleet may be connected to one another. In such embodiments, the individual UAVs and the connected UAVs may together comprise the fleet.
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1. A system including a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the system comprising:
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a first UAV comprising; a first airframe comprising a first coupling mechanism, wherein the first coupling mechanism comprises a removable connector that, when installed, is configured to couple to a second coupling mechanism; a first display screen coupled to the first airframe; a third coupling mechanism coupled to the first display screen; a first propulsion system coupled to the first airframe; a first control management system coupled to the first airframe and configured to send first signals to the first propulsion system to maintain a first flight plan, wherein the first control management system is further configured to receive sensor data from a sensor of a second UAV to stabilize a flight of the fleet of UAVs; and a first display management system coupled to the first airframe and configured to process data and cause a first part of an image to be displayed on the first display screen; and the second UAV comprising; a second airframe comprising the second coupling mechanism; the sensor, coupled to the second airframe, configured to collect the sensor data and transmit the sensor data to the first UAV, the sensor comprising one or more of an accelerometer or a gyroscope; a second display screen coupled to the second airframe; a fourth coupling mechanism coupled to the second display screen, the fourth coupling mechanism configured to couple to the third coupling mechanism; a second propulsion system coupled to the second airframe; a second control management system coupled to the second airframe and configured to send second signals to the second propulsion system to maintain a second flight plan; and a second display management system coupled to the second airframe and configured to process data and cause a second part of the image to be displayed on the second display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) comprising:
a first group of UAVs comprising; a first UAV comprising; a first airframe comprising a first coupling mechanism, wherein the first coupling mechanism is configured to couple to a second coupling mechanism of a second airframe of the fleet of UAVs; a first display screen coupled to the first airframe; a third coupling mechanism coupled to the first display screen; a first propulsion system coupled to the first airframe; and a first control management system configured to send first signals to the first propulsion system to maintain a first collective flight plan, to send second signals to a second UAV of the first group of UAVs to share battery power data or flight duration data, and to receive sensor data from a sensor of the second UAV to stabilize a flight of the first group of UAVs wherein the first collective flight plan is based at least in part on the first group of UAVs flying proximate to one another such that each individual ones of display screens create a first display array; and the second UAV comprising; the second airframe comprising the second coupling mechanism; the sensor, coupled to the second airframe, configured to collect the sensor data and transmit the sensor data to the first UAV, the sensor comprising one or more of an accelerometer or a gyroscope; a second display screen; a fourth coupling mechanism coupled to the second display screen, the fourth coupling mechanism configured to couple to the third coupling mechanism; a second propulsion system; and a second control management system configured to send third signals to the second propulsion system to maintain a second collective flight plan and to send fourth signals to at least the first UAV to share one of battery power data or flight duration data. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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maintaining a first distance between a first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a second UAV, the first distance being a distance in which a first display on the first UAV and a second display on the second UAV combine for a visual effect of a first display array; coupling the first UAV to the second UAV by extending a first coupling mechanism of the first UAV to an extended position such that a first connector of the first coupling mechanism couples to a second connector of a second coupling mechanism of the second UAV; coupling the first display of the first UAV to the second display of the second UAV by coupling a third coupling mechanism of the first UAV to a fourth coupling mechanism of the second UAV; presenting a first portion of an image on the first display; presenting a second portion of the image on the second display, wherein the first portion of the image and the second portion of the image combine to create a presentation of the image on the first display array; causing sensor data captured by a sensor of the second UAV to be sent from the second UAV to the first UAV, the sensor comprising one or more of an accelerometer or a gyroscope; determining, based at least in part on the sensor data, a flight adjustment to maintain a flight plan; causing, based at least in part on the flight adjustment, a stabilization of a flight of the first UAV and the second UAV; and sending, from the first UAV to the second UAV, a signal to instruct the second UAV, the signal comprising at least one of malfunction data, battery power data, or flight duration data associated with the first UAV. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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