Patent ID: 9651382
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G01C,H04B

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by at least one processor communicatively linked to a vehicle, information indicative of a desired location within a region for the vehicle to reside, the region being divided into a plurality of cells; determining, by the at least one processor, estimated cell locations that are able to be reached by the vehicle by following a wind at a given altitude; assigning, by the at least one processor, a cost value to a given cell of the plurality of cells based on a proximity of the estimated cell locations to a cell that includes the desired location; determining, by a navigation system communicatively linked to the at least one processor, an altitude for the vehicle to travel based on the assigned cost value for the given cell; and controlling, by a buoyancy system communicatively linked to the at least one processor, the vehicle to travel at the determined altitude.