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JP2023100258A |
To provide fuel receptacle position/pose estimation for aerial refueling (derived from aircraft position and pose estimation).A video frame (200), showing an aircraft (110) to be refueled, is received from a single camera. An initial pos...
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JP2023100259A |
To provide fuel receptacle position estimation for aerial refueling (derived from aircraft position estimation).A video stream 200, comprising a plurality of video frames 200a each showing an aircraft 110 to be refueled, is received from...
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JP7259055B2 |
A method of operating a supply aircraft for in-flight recharging comprises: transmitting a deploy command signal from a communication unit of the supply aircraft to a communication unit of a receiver aircraft, to cause a line and drogue ...
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JP7234026B2 |
A system is provided. The system includes a camera on a refueling aircraft to obtain an image of a receiver aircraft having a receptacle for refueling the receiver aircraft. The system also includes a processor on the refueling aircraft ...
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JP2022133258A |
To provide a method of autonomous maneuver generation to mate connectors.A method includes providing an image of feature data on the basis of a feature extraction model of connector mating. The image depicts a first portion of a first de...
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JP7129220B2 |
To provide a high-altitude reaching device that allows an object to reach a high-altitude region without causing any restriction in flight time of a drone.A high-altitude reaching device includes: a top drone 1 connected to an object 11;...
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JP2022106671A |
To provide fuel receptacle and boom tip position and pose estimation for aerial refueling.A video frame is received in which aircraft keypoints for an aircraft to be refueled are determined. Based on at least the aircraft keypoints, a po...
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JP2022067511A |
To provide a charge control device, a flight object, a charge control system, and a charge control method capable of efficiently charging an electric vehicle.A charge control device according to the embodiment includes an acquisition uni...
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JP7021423B2 |
An aerial refueling system for refueling a receiver aircraft in flight comprises a hose reel assembly mounted onto a fuel supply aircraft's fuselage. The hose reel assembly has a rotatable drum defined by an outside diameter. A hose is w...
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JP7010705B2 |
In an example, an indication system (134) includes a plurality of light sources (236) communicatively coupled with a control system (370). The indication system (134) can be used with a refueling system (120), including a hose (122) for ...
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JP6980808B2 |
Capture assemblies and compliant extension assemblies may be utilized for insertion into a nozzle of a liquid engine of a spacecraft. The capture assembly may include an apparatus such as a probe for insertion into the nozzle and an asse...
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JP2021160706A |
To provide a system and a method for deploying and stowing a refueling boom of an aircraft.Deploying a refueling boom (110) includes: lowering a refueling boom structure (116) with a hoist (114) while a boom aerodynamic control surface (...
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JP6884941B2 |
An in-flight battery changing method for multicopters according to an aspect of the present invention is provided with: a first step of securing a supply path for supplying a battery between both multicopters while both a supply-side mul...
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JP6830187B2 |
To provide an electric rotary blade-type unmanned aircraft of a multiple aircraft connection method that can secure electricity for work and work hours for an unmanned aircraft for work and unmanned aircrafts for supplying electricity by...
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JP6801949B2 |
Aerial positioning systems and methods include a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) device mounted to a hub and one or more reflectors attached to a portion of an aircraft and configured to encode information scanable by the LIDAR devic...
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JP6801402B2 |
To provide an antenna direction adjustment system capable of performing advance verification with ease even at a position where installation of a directional antenna is difficult.An antenna direction adjustment system comprises: an unman...
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JPWO2019168052A1 |
To provide a drone having high safety. Flight means 101-1a, 101-1b, 101-2a, 101-2b, 101-3a, 101-3b, 101-4a, 101-4b, and a flight control unit 23 for operating the flight means. , A crash determination unit 251 that detects a crash, an ai...
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JP6714668B2 |
Provided is a flying body comprising an antenna for forming a communication area by a beam irradiated toward the ground to provide wireless communication service for a user terminal in the communication area; and an attachment/detachment...
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JP2019166965A |
To provide a system capable of transporting an object to a high place without causing any restriction on flight time of a drone.A system includes: a top drone 1 to be connected to an object 11; a wired cable 4 connected to the top drone ...
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JP6584743B2 |
A method of projecting into space, from a first object, a plurality of modulated lines to form a grid defining a first relative reference frame, the method includes projecting polarized light having a first orientation to form a horizont...
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JP6571739B2 |
A method for transporting liquid with a UAV transport that includes docking the UAV transport with a first station and supplying the UAV transport with liquid from the first station. The UAV transport undocks from the first station and f...
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JPWO2018185939A1 |
The image pickup control device is imaged in a state where the first image included in the first image captured in the state where the image pickup surface and the lens are in the first positional relationship and the image pickup surfac...
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JP6492065B2 |
An aerial refueling assembly includes, for example, a pressure transducer, a processor, and one or more light sources. The processor is coupled to the pressure transducer. The one or more light sources are coupled to the processor. The p...
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JP6282421B2 |
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JP6215605B2 |
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JP6055181B2 |
A refueling drogue coupling system is provided. The system includes a fluid passage extending from a coupling inlet to a coupling outlet, the fluid passage comprising a valve seat circumscribing the fluid passage proximate the coupling o...
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JP5592394B2 |
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JP5479338B2 |
A system and method for refueling unmanned aerial vehicles. The system is adapted to refuel a first unmanned aerial vehicle from a second unmanned aerial vehicle and includes an arrangement for flying the first and second vehicles to pro...
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JP5369090B2 |
A method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for planning refueling. In one advantageous embodiment, the apparatus includes an air refueling plug-in application capable of calculating air refueling routes for a formation of airc...
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JP2012112738A |
To determine a control mode from a fluctuation value of relative position posture relation between a tracking antenna loaded on a flight vehicle and a ground antenna and mutual position relation, to generate a tracking antenna target val...
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JP4931832B2 |
An aerial refueling system including a refueling drogue assembly (100) including a refueling drogue and a refueling hose (110) in captive relation with the refueling drogue and a drogue positioning system. The drogue positioning system i...
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JP4695649B2 |
A connection device for in-flight connecting an aircraft to a refueling device of a tanker airplane has a support structure carrying a hollow connecting boom that is fixed to the fuselage structure. The support structure has a tubular cy...
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JP2011507755A |
A command and control system (100) for vessel includes a distributed control system utilizing bi-directional fiber optics to connect a control computer to various controls, including valves, pumps, and lights. A touch screen (102) allows...
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JP2010208623A |
To provide a tether continuous energy feeding system for an unmanned aircraft.The tether continuous energy feeding system has a ground station 14; a ground station energy system 16; a spool 18 connected to the ground station energy syste...
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JP2009528940A |
A system for effecting automatic identifying of a receiving aircraft receiving fuel from a fuel delivery apparatus in a delivering aircraft during an airborne fueling operation includes: (a) a first unit coupled with the receiving aircra...
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JP4289795B2 |
The airspeed limiting performance envelope of a helicopter is converted to a groundspeed envelope by factoring-in the wind speed and direction. A groundspeed command for an unmanned helicopter is provided as a function of the range to th...
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JP4176718B2 |
The invention is a variable displacement hydraulic motor-controlled hose reel drive system ( 10 ) for aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft. The system includes a variable displacement hydraulic motor ( 26 ), a t...
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JP2008506898A |
A coupling assembly (1) for releasably interconnecting fluid passages. A female coupling member (3) has a first end (10) arranged for connection to a first fluid passage, and a second end comprising a socket (12) extending along a first ...
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JP2008500927A |
A refueling drogue adapted to connect to a refueling hose extending from a refueling aircraft. The drogue may include an active stabilization system adapted to effectively stabilize the refueling drogue via control surfaces on the refuel...
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JP2007515329A |
Pilot Director Lights (PDLs) mounted on the exterior of a refueling tanker aircraft ( 10 ) utilize light emitting diodes (LEDs) ( 213 ) as a light source to provide visual information to the pilot of an approaching aircraft ( 30 ). The P...
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JP2006103481A |
To provide a system for performing air refueling in a short time by controlling a boom and an oil feeding hose in the air refueling by using position information.The air refueling is performed from a tanker aircraft 1 to an aircraft 2 to...
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JP2004533958A |
A navigation and guidance computer system using navigation sensors to determine aircraft position, and automatically control the aircraft to fly from an initial position to intercept and follow a crew-selected rendezvous orbit in accorda...
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JP2002531314A |
(57) [Summary] For example, a deployable probe assembly for refueling comprises a proximal tubing portion (18) supported by a flexible mounting consisting of inner and outer spherical supports (28, 30), respectively. The outer device (30...
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JP3098036B2 |
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JP2000509343A |
The invention relates to the in-flight refuelling of aircraft.To facilitate coupling between a refuelling line carried by an orientable boom at the rear of a tanker aircraft and a coupling receptacle on a receiving aircraft, means of aut...
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JPH072190A |
PURPOSE: To perform lower-cost and more rapid air transportation with a large quantity, to provide advantages for enviromnent protection, and to reduce an amount of consumed fuel by using an automatic inflight refueling airplane at a dis...
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JPH05193588A |
PURPOSE: To eliminate the need for installing complex and costly automated systems in an unmanned aircraft to be refueled by providing apparatuses, by which a manned in-flight refueling aircraft performs the rendezvous and probe- drogue ...
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JPH0211494A |
PURPOSE: To carry out smooth refueling and to miniaturize a device by providing a reel winding a line member around it in the inside of a refueling system main body free to rotate and providing a means to put the line member in and out b...
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JPS6456299A |
PURPOSE: To accomplish refueling safely by diffusing to the rear a plurality of frequency waves from a microwave landing gear provided on the tail end of a tanker aircraft to an aircraft to be refueled so that frequency waves may not be ...
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JPS579830B2 |
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