{
  "patent_number": "US 11511890",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Drones Test Their Balance While Flying",
  "original_title": "Flight status inspection system, flight status inspection method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing program",
  "summary": "A system for drones to shift their center of gravity during flight while simultaneously measuring how that change affects their stability and performance.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a drone equipped with an internal mechanism that physically shifts its center of gravity while in the air. An external inspection system sends commands to the drone to move this center of gravity while simultaneously changing flight parameters, such as speed or direction. The drone uses onboard sensors to record how it reacts to these combined maneuvers, sending that data back to the inspection system to determine if the drone is flying within safe, acceptable limits. This allows for real-time diagnostic testing of a drone's structural and aerodynamic integrity during active flight.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover drones that lack a dedicated mechanical device for shifting their center of gravity.",
    "Does not cover software-only simulations of flight stability that do not involve physical movement of the drone's center of mass.",
    "Does not cover standard flight control systems that only adjust motor speeds without actively moving internal components to change the center of gravity."
  ],
  "filed": "2019-02-07",
  "granted": "2022-11-29",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Honda Motor Co Ltd",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/honda-motor-co-ltd",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Yoshitaka MINAGAWA",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/yoshitaka-minagawa"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ayatoshi Yokokawa",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/ayatoshi-yokokawa"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hideo Murakami",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/hideo-murakami"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 1,
  "tags": [
    "aerospace",
    "mechanical",
    "consumer_electronics"
  ],
  "abstract": "A flight status inspection system, flight status inspection method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing program inspect the flight status of a flying object (drone) capable of flying through the air. The drone has a gravitational center movement device for moving the position of the gravitational center of the entire drone. In addition, the flight status inspection system has an inspection device for acquiring and storing information about the flight status when moving the position of the gravitational center of the drone during flight, or when changing the flight details during movement of the gravitational center of the drone.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11511890/starlink-user-terminal-dishy",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11511890/starlink-user-terminal-dishy/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US11511890",
  "relatedPatents": []
}