Various embodiments include methods for operating a photovoltaic-powered drone having a photovoltaic surface on one side of at least one of wing and/or body of the drone. Various embodiments may include flying the drone in a first drone attitude that directs the photovoltaic surface on the one side of the drone to face in a first direction toward a first source of light. Various embodiments may also include inverting the drone in flight to a second drone attitude that directs the photovoltaic surface toward a second direction toward a second source of light different from the first source of light. The artificial light may be transmitted from a ground-based beam emitter.
Invertible Drone for Selective Power Capture
2019-01-10
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / H02S GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES , Erzeugung elektrischer Energie durch Umwandlung von Infrarot-Strahlung, sichtbarem Licht oder ultraviolettem Licht, z.B. unter Verwendung von Photovoltaik [PV]-Modulen |
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