Inventor
MELLINGER III DANIEL WARREN
US22 patents
Patents
22 patentsUS10783796B2Sep 22, 2020
Collision management for a robotic vehicle
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US11325606B2May 10, 2022
Methods and systems for establishing cooperative driving engagements with vehicles having varying levels of autonomy
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US9977434B2May 22, 2018
Automatic tracking mode for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle
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US11383722B2Jul 12, 2022
Methods and systems for managing interactions between vehicles with varying levels of autonomy
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US10852364B2Dec 1, 2020
Interference mitigation in magnetometers
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US10472090B2Nov 12, 2019
Environmentally aware status LEDs for use in drones
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US10017237B2Jul 10, 2018
Unmanned aerial vehicle structures and methods
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US10778967B2Sep 15, 2020
Systems and methods for improving performance of a robotic vehicle by managing on-board camera defects
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US11807247B2Nov 7, 2023
Methods and systems for managing interactions between vehicles with varying levels of autonomy
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US11449072B2Sep 20, 2022
Intelligent and adaptive traffic control system
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US11185207B2Nov 30, 2021
Managing cleaning robot behavior
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US10720070B2Jul 21, 2020
Adjustable object avoidance proximity threshold of a robotic vehicle based on presence of detected payload(s)
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US11531336B2Dec 20, 2022
Systems and methods for automatically customizing operation of a robotic vehicle
QUALCOMM INC0 citations61
US11188075B2Nov 30, 2021
Controlling a robotic vehicle following flight controller signal loss
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US10838415B2Nov 17, 2020
Systems and methods for automatically customizing operation of a robotic vehicle
QUALCOMM INC1 citations61
US10386189B2Aug 20, 2019
Utilizing processing units to control temperature
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US10803759B2Oct 13, 2020
Adjustable object avoidance proximity threshold based on presence of propeller guard(s)
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US10719705B2Jul 21, 2020
Adjustable object avoidance proximity threshold based on predictability of the environment
QUALCOMM INC0 citations51
US10636314B2Apr 28, 2020
Adjusting flight parameters of an aerial robotic vehicle based on presence of propeller guard(s)
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US10041792B2Aug 7, 2018
Pressure tap structures for barometric altimeters for unmanned aerial vehicles
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US12488682B2Dec 2, 2025
Message broadcasting for vehicles
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US10717435B2Jul 21, 2020
Adjustable object avoidance proximity threshold based on classification of detected objects
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