Aerial display system with floating projection screens
First Claim
1. A system for providing an aerial display, comprising:
- a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs);
a plurality of flexible projection screens, each supportable off the ground in a display air space by one or more of the UAVs; and
a ground control system with a processor executing a fleet manager module and with memory storing a different flight plan for each of the UAVs, wherein, during a display time period, the UAVs execute the flight plans to move and to position the flexible projection screens within the display air space.
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Abstract
A system for presenting an aerial display over an audience of spectators. The system includes a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and a plurality of flexible projection screens. Each of the screens is supportable in a display air space by the UAVs. The system includes a ground control system with a processor executing a fleet manager module and with memory storing a different flight plan for each of the UAVs. During operation during a display time period, the UAVs execute the flight plans to move and to position the flexible projection screens within the display air space. The flexible projection screens each may include a mesh body configured to have low wind resistance and to provide a projection surface for reflecting light. The system may include a projector projecting light onto the projection surface of at least one of the flexible projection screens during the display time period.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing an aerial display, comprising:
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a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); a plurality of flexible projection screens, each supportable off the ground in a display air space by one or more of the UAVs; and a ground control system with a processor executing a fleet manager module and with memory storing a different flight plan for each of the UAVs, wherein, during a display time period, the UAVs execute the flight plans to move and to position the flexible projection screens within the display air space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An aerial display method, comprising:
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at a plurality of multicopters, receiving a flight plan unique to each of the multicopters; concurrently operating the multicopters to execute the flight plans within an air space; and during the operating of the multicopters, supporting with the multicopters a plurality of projection screens to generate a visual display in the air space. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for use in an aerial display, comprising:
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a multicopter, a display element, with a projection surface, supported and selectively positioned by the multicopter within a display air space; and a projector assembly projecting light onto the projection surface while the display element is flying through the display air space. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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