Patent ID: 9540121
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A47G,B64C,B64D,B64F,G06Q,H05K

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: instructing, by a controller, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) docked to a landing perch to perform a pre-flight test operation of a pre-flight test routine; receiving, at the controller, sensor data associated with the pre-flight test operation from one or more force sensors of the landing perch, in response to the UAV performing the pre-flight test operation; receiving, at the controller, data indicative of an acceptable range for the sensor data associated with the pre-flight test operation; determining, by the controller, whether the sensor data associated with the pre-flight test operation is within the acceptable range; and causing, by the controller, the UAV to launch from the landing perch based in part on a determination that UAV has passed the pre-flight test routine.