Title:
CAMERA BALL TURRET HAVING HIGH BANDWIDTH DATA TRANSMISSION TO EXTERNAL IMAGE PROCESSOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/074173
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a fuselage, a gimbal-mounted turret having one or more degrees of freedom relative to the fuselage, a camera disposed in the gimbal- mounted turret for motion therewith in the one or more degrees of freedom, and a central video image processor disposed exteriorly of the gimbal-mounted turret, the central video image processor configured to receive and process image data from the camera.
Inventors:
OMER THOMAS (US)
SZAREK THOMAS (US)
MCBRIDE JEFFERSON C (US)
SZAREK THOMAS (US)
MCBRIDE JEFFERSON C (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/052725
Publication Date:
July 18, 2013
Filing Date:
August 28, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AEROVIRONMENT INC (US)
OMER THOMAS (US)
SZAREK THOMAS (US)
MCBRIDE JEFFERSON C (US)
OMER THOMAS (US)
SZAREK THOMAS (US)
MCBRIDE JEFFERSON C (US)
International Classes:
H04N3/16
Foreign References:
| US7747364B2 | 2010-06-29 | |||
| US20040026573A1 | 2004-02-12 | |||
| US20040173726A1 | 2004-09-09 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KREBS, Robert, E. et al. (P.O. Box 60610Palo Alto, California, US)
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