Patent ID: 11932397
Assignee: VERITY AG
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 17:
18. An aerial vehicle comprising,
one or more propellers;
one or more motors which are configured to be selectively operable to drive the one or more propellers to rotate, wherein the one or more propellers generate a thrust force when rotated;
a sensor mounted on the aerial vehicle, wherein the sensor is selectively operable to take a measurement of an object other than the aerial vehicle; and
a controller which is configured to operate the one or more motors and said sensor so as to carry out the steps of,
operating the one or more motors to rotate the one or more propellers at a speed that is sufficient to cause the vehicle to fly;
at a first time instant, slowing down said one or more motors so as to reduce the speed at which said one or more propellers rotate, in response to detection that a predefined condition is fulfilled;
at a second time instant accelerating in a direction in which the vehicle is losing altitude for a time duration;
during said time duration while the vehicle is accelerating in a direction in which the vehicle is losing altitude, taking a measurement of said object, using said sensor;
detecting when the sensor has taken said measurement;
at a third time instant, which is after the measurement has been taken by the sensor, operating the one or more motors again to rotate the one or more propellers at a speed that is sufficient to cause the vehicle to fly, in response to detecting that the sensor has taken said measurement.