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Damage avoidance system for unmanned aerial vehicle

  • US 9,613,539 B1
  • Filed: 09/29/2014
  • Issued: 04/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • under control of one or more computing systems configured with executable instructions,determining a risk of damage resulting from an impact between an unmanned aerial vehicle and an object;

    determining that the risk of damage exceeds a threshold;

    determining an orientation of the unmanned aerial vehicle relative to the object;

    selecting a protection element, from a plurality of protection elements, for deployment based at least in part on the determined orientation; and

    deploying from the unmanned aerial vehicle, prior to the impact, the protection element configured to reduce a damage to at least one of the object or the unmanned aerial vehicle caused by the impact between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the object.

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