Patent ID: 11919635
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system comprising:
a UAV;
a charging mechanism operatively coupled to a body of the UAV, the charging mechanism configured to connect to power transmission lines deployed near an air space in which the UAV is airborne and operating, the charging mechanism configured to draw power from the power transmission lines to power a flight of the UAV;
an electric circuit onboard the UAV, the electric circuit configured to generate, based on the power drawn from the power transmission lines, charging currents to power the flight of the UAV while the UAV is airborne;
a plurality of wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) routers, each mounted to a respective power transmission line, each Wi-Fi router configured to wirelessly exchange data signals with the UAV while the UAV is airborne in a vicinity of each Wi-Fi router.