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Multi-part navigation process by an unmanned aerial vehicle for navigating to a medical situatiion

  • US 8,930,044 B1
  • Filed: 12/28/2012
  • Issued: 01/06/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:

  • a navigation module that provides both a first and a second navigation process to generate flight-control signals for a UAV, wherein the first navigation process generates first flight-control signals based on a predetermined location of a medical situation, and wherein the second navigation process generates second flight-control signals based on a real-time localization process that locates the medical situation in real-time; and

    a control system configured to;

    determine an approximate target location associated with the medical situation;

    use the first navigation process to navigate the UAV from a remote location to the approximate target location of the medical situation;

    make a determination that the UAV is located at the approximate target location of the medical situation; and

    in response to the determination that the UAV is located at the approximate target location of the medical situation, switch to use of the second navigation process to locate, and navigate the UAV to, the medical situation.

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