Patent ID: 11912438
Assignee: H3 DYNAMICS HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E  Y | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A storage unit for enclosing at least one unmanned vehicle, the storage unit comprising:
a container configured to enclose the at least one unmanned vehicle;
a first unmanned vehicle module configured to receive and cover the at least one unmanned vehicle, the first unmanned vehicle module comprising:
a landing platform comprising:
a landing area comprising:
a predetermined charging region;
a first charging plate; and
a second charging plate;
wherein the first charging plate and the second charging plate are positioned in the predetermined charging region;

an electrical energy storage device electrically connected to each of the first charging plate and the second charging plate, and
an unmanned vehicle alignment mechanism configured to move the at least one unmanned vehicle into the predetermined charging region, the unmanned vehicle alignment mechanism comprising:
a first beam,
a second beam,
a third beam,
a fourth beam, and
an actuation device configured to actuate at least two of the first beam, the second beam, the third beam, and the fourth beam to push the at least one unmanned vehicle into the charging region; and

a movable cover configured to cover the landing area and/or the first unmanned vehicle;

at least one second unmanned vehicle module configured to receive the at least one unmanned vehicle, the at least one second unmanned vehicle module being movable into and outside the container, the at least one second unmanned vehicle module comprising:
a landing platform comprising:
a landing area comprising:
a predetermined charging region;
a first charging plate; and
a second charging plate;
wherein the first charging plate and the second charging plate are positioned in the predetermined charging region;

an electrical energy storage device electrically connected to each of the first charging plate and the second charging plate, and
an unmanned vehicle alignment mechanism configured to move an unmanned vehicle into the predetermined charging region, the unmanned vehicle alignment mechanism comprising:
a first beam,
a second beam,
a third beam,
a fourth beam, and
an actuation device configured to actuate at least two of the first beam, the second beam, the third beam, and the fourth beam to push the unmanned vehicle into the charging region;

wherein the at least one second unmanned vehicle module is adapted to be stacked vertically, the first unmanned vehicle module being adapted to be vertically stacked on top of the at least one second unmanned vehicle module;
a camera configured to receive a beacon unit light signal from the unmanned vehicle and
an unmanned vehicle controller configured to:
select one unmanned vehicle module from a group consisting of the first unmanned vehicle module and the at least one second unmanned vehicle module,
generate an unmanned vehicle flight instruction for landing the unmanned vehicle on the selected unmanned vehicle module according to light signal data from the camera, and
send out the unmanned vehicle flight instruction to the unmanned vehicle.