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Unmanned aerial vehicle physical metrics acquisition

  • US 9,656,749 B1
  • Filed: 06/09/2015
  • Issued: 05/23/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system configured to determine distribution of weight associated with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the system comprising:

  • an array of load cells aligned adjacent to one another to create a load cell grid, each of the load cells outputting a signal representative of a force exerted against each load cell, each of the load cells each having a unique identifier associated with a position of each load cell in the load cell grid; and

    a central processor configured to;

    receive the signal and the unique identifier from at least some of the load cells;

    determine that a first UAV is in contact with a first subset of the load cells;

    determine a first type of the first UAV based at least in part on known footprints associated with the first UAV and the signal associated with each of the first subset of the load cells;

    calculate a first total weight of the first UAV based on the signal associated with each of the first subset of the load cells; and

    calculate a first center of mass of the first UAV based at least in part on the signal, the first type of the first UAV, and the unique identifier associated with each of the first subset of the load cells.

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