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Methods and systems for determining altitudes for a vehicle to travel

  • US 9,651,382 B1
  • Filed: 09/15/2014
  • Issued: 05/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by at least one processor communicatively linked to a vehicle, information indicative of a desired location within a region for the vehicle to reside, the region being divided into a plurality of cells;

    determining, by the at least one processor, estimated cell locations that are able to be reached by the vehicle by following a wind at a given altitude;

    assigning, by the at least one processor, a cost value to a given cell of the plurality of cells based on a proximity of the estimated cell locations to a cell that includes the desired location;

    determining, by a navigation system communicatively linked to the at least one processor, an altitude for the vehicle to travel based on the assigned cost value for the given cell; and

    controlling, by a buoyancy system communicatively linked to the at least one processor, the vehicle to travel at the determined altitude.

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