Aerial display system with floating pixels
First Claim
1. A system for providing an aerial display, comprising:
- a plurality of UAVs each including a propulsion device and a display payload; and
a ground station system with a processor executing a fleet manager module and with memory storing a different flight plan and a set of display controls for each of the UAVs,wherein, during a display time period, the UAVs concurrently execute the flight plans through operation of the propulsion devices and operate the display payloads based on the display controls.
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Abstract
A system for performing an aerial display. The system includes a plurality of UAVs each including a propulsion device and a display payload, and the system includes a ground station system with a processor executing a fleet manager module and memory storing a different flight plan and a set of display controls for the UAVs. Then, wherein, during a display time period, the UAVs concurrently execute the flight plans through operation of the propulsion devices and operate the display payloads based on the display controls. The display payloads each include a lighting assembly and a light controller. The output light is one of a two or more colored light streams, and each of the display payloads further may include a light diffuser with the output light being directed onto a surface of the light diffuser. The light diffuser may include a light diffusing screen extending about the lighting assembly.
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1. A system for providing an aerial display, comprising:
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a plurality of UAVs each including a propulsion device and a display payload; and a ground station system with a processor executing a fleet manager module and with memory storing a different flight plan and a set of display controls for each of the UAVs, wherein, during a display time period, the UAVs concurrently execute the flight plans through operation of the propulsion devices and operate the display payloads based on the display controls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A flight control 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, controlling a display payload supported by each of the multicopters 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 lighting assembly supported by the multicopter; and a light diffuser supported by the multicopter and positioned with a surface receiving output light from the lighting assembly, wherein the lighting assembly includes a light controller and a light source operable to provide color the output light at least two different colors, wherein the light controller operates to change the color during operation of the apparatus to provide the aerial display, wherein the multicopter includes a communication mechanism for communicating with another of the multicopters and including logic determining an identity of the other multicopter, and wherein the light controller operates to select the color based on the identity of the other multicopter. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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