Patent ID: 8483891

Claim:
A method, comprising: delivering a parafoil into the sky, said parafoil comprising: at least one control unit comprising a method for automatically guiding a parafoil and electronic circuitry for controlling one or more control motors based on said method for automatically guiding a parafoil; at least one or more control motors for operating one or more parafoil trailing lines; and one or more parafoil trailing lines for controlling a descent of the parafoil; releasing said parafoil so that said parafoil falls into a flight path under the directional guidance of the control unit; performing the following method for automatically guiding a parafoil with said parafoil's control unit said method for automatically guiding a parafoil comprising: wirelessly receiving at said parafoil a description of a moving target's vehicle type; calculating a desired landing location for said parafoil, said desired landing location corresponding to said moving target, said calculating including using a term representative of said moving target's velocity; determining a planned flight path to said desired landing location; controlling said one or more control motors to operate said one or more parafoil trailing lines, said operation of said one or more parafoil trailing lines controlling said parafoil's flight path; and, controlling said parafoil's flight path so as to follow said planned flight path.