VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND LANDING AUTONOMOUS/SEMIAUTONOMOUS/REMOTE CONTROLLED AERIAL AGRICULTURAL SENSOR PLATFORM
First Claim
1. A multi-rotor autonomous, semiautonomous and remotely piloted unmanned aerial vehicle capable of vertical takeoff and landing comprising:
- a center section consisting of two plates with an internal clamping system which bind body plates creating a rigid structural sandwich where the internal clamping system also holds rotor supporting frame shafts which extend out from in-between the plates in order to hold multiple rotors.
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Abstract
The invention provides for a vertical takeoff and landing capable aerial vehicle with multiple rotors that is designed to carry agricultural sensors and telemetry allowing for real time control of agricultural equipment in accord with sensor data. The ability to carry a suite of agricultural sensors combined with multiple rotors will allow the craft to operate quickly in hovering and longitudinal flight over rows of farm fields and other vegetation and use an NDVI imager and other sensors to take data readings and real time imagery which will allow farmers and other personnel to determine vegetation type, need for chemical applications, plant fertilization, irrigation requirements, and other vegetation features including types of vegetation present. This will allow for precision agricultural, vegetation, and crop management and for farmers it will increase the efficiency of precision agriculture operations.
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19 Claims
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1. A multi-rotor autonomous, semiautonomous and remotely piloted unmanned aerial vehicle capable of vertical takeoff and landing comprising:
- a center section consisting of two plates with an internal clamping system which bind body plates creating a rigid structural sandwich where the internal clamping system also holds rotor supporting frame shafts which extend out from in-between the plates in order to hold multiple rotors.
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- 2. An aerial vehicle capable of vertical takeoff and landing comprised of a center section consisting of a central hub with an internal structure holding multiple frame shafts which extend out from the central hub and hold independent electric motor driven rotors at their tips.
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