Patent ID: 11858626
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 7:
8. An apparatus for delivering a payload for use in an autonomous air vehicle (AAV), comprising:
an onboard flight computer operative to receive data from a plurality of onboard sensors and control flying of said AAV loaded with at least one payload held by a tether towards a target destination;
an optimizer operative to generate said deployment maneuver whereby said deployment maneuver includes maneuvering the AAV to induce swinging the at least one payload and the tether in a controlled and coordinated manner with the trajectory of the AAV and the at least one payload touches down at or near said target destination and is released at a point in its trajectory where relative velocity of said at least one payload is at or near zero with respect to said target destination without the AAV needing to cease moving forward at any time; and
a scheduler operative to control said deployment maneuver procedure including initiating execution thereof at some point before said AAV arrives at said target destination.