Patent ID: 11884406
Assignee: GEOSAT AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions that is executable by one or more processors of an apparatus to cause the apparatus to perform operations for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) parachute landing, the operations comprising:
determining whether to open a parachute of a UAV when the UAV is at a low voltage greater than zero and equal to or lower than a predetermined voltage;
responsive to a determination to open the parachute of the UAV,
stopping a motor of the UAV that spins a propeller of the UAV, wherein stopping the motor includes:
reducing a height of the UAV until the UAV reaches a predetermined height; and
stopping the motor of the UAV that spins the propeller of the UAV when the UAV reaches the predetermined height;

waiting for a predetermined period after stopping the motor; and
opening the parachute of the UAV at the end of the predetermined period.