Global Patent Index - EP 2655185 A1

EP 2655185 A1 20131030 - APPARATUS FOR UNMANNED VEHICLES

Title (en)

APPARATUS FOR UNMANNED VEHICLES

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG FÜR UNBEMANNTE FAHRZEUGE

Title (fr)

ÉQUIPEMENT POUR VÉHICULES SANS PILOTE

Publication

EP 2655185 A1 20131030 (EN)

Application

EP 11807659 A 20111214

Priority

  • GB 201021960 A 20101223
  • EP 2011072723 W 20111214

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2012084635A1] Apparatus and a method performed by the apparatus, the apparatus being wholly or partially mounted on an unmanned vehicle (e.g. an unmanned air vehicle) and arranged to act upon a payload (e.g. a lethal effector), the payload being mounted on the unmanned vehicle and, under an action of the apparatus, able to be changed from being in a first state to being in a second state, the method comprising: receiving an instruction that the unmanned vehicle, with the payload mounted thereon, is to travel to a location; determining that the payload is in the first state; and responsive to the step of determining that the payload is in the first state: opposing the payload being changed to being in the second state; and providing, for an entity remote from the unmanned vehicle, an indication that the payload is in the first state.

IPC 8 full level

B64C 39/02 (2006.01); F42B 12/36 (2006.01); F42C 15/42 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F42B 12/365 (2013.01); F42C 15/42 (2013.01); B64U 2101/18 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2012084635 A1 20120628; EP 2655185 A1 20131030; GB 201021960 D0 20110817

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2011072723 W 20111214; EP 11807659 A 20111214; GB 201021960 A 20101223