Patent ID: 9616997
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B60F,B63G,B64C,F42B

Claim:
1. An unmanned submersible aerial vehicle comprising: an airframe; at least one electrical storage battery; one or more propellers to propel the unmanned submersible aerial vehicle in both an airborne environment and in an underwater environment; one or more motors, each of said one or more motors being operatively coupled to at least one of said one or more propellers via a gearbox configured to selectively rotate said at least one of said one or more propellers in a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction, wherein the second rotational direction is opposite that of the first rotational direction; a processor to selectively control a speed and rotational direction of each of said one or more motors; a transceiver electrically coupled to the processor, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a navigational control signal from a remote device and to communicate the navigational control signal to the processor so as to selectively adjust the speed of the propellers; and a camera to capture images or video, the camera being coupled to the airframe and communicatively coupled with the processor, wherein each of the at least one electrical storage battery, the one or more motors, the processor, the camera, and the transceiver are sealed to prevent water damage.