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US 20170073070A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2017/0073070 A1 Xing (43) Pub. Date: Mar. 16, 2017 (54) AMPHIBIOUS VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND GOSD L/00 (2006.01) LANDING UNMANNED DEVICE WITH B60F 5/02 (2006.01) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND B60F 3/00 (2006.01) METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A B64D 47/08 (2006.01) CRISIS ENVIRONMENT AND (52) U.S. Cl. CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE TARGETS CPC .......... B64C39/024 (2013.01); B60F 3/0061 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G05D (71) Applicant: Zhou Tian Xing, Tiburon, CA (US) I/0088 (2013.01); B60F 5/02 (2013.01); B64D 7/00 (2013.01); B64C 2203/00 (2013.01); (72) Inventor: Zhou Tian Xing, Tiburon, CA (US) B64D 2211/00 (2013.01); B64C 2201/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/021 (2013.01); B64C (21) Appl. No.: 15/362,118 220.1/042 (2013.01); B64C 220.1/066 (22) Filed: Nov. 28, 2016 (2013.01); B64C 220 1/141 (2013.01); B64C 220 1/127 (2013.01); B64C 220 1/12 (2013.01) Related U.S. Application Data (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 29/572.722, (57) ABSTRACT filed on Jul. 29, 2016, Continuation-in-part of appli An amphibious vertical takeoff and landing unmanned cation No. 29/567,712, filed on Jun. 10, 2016, Con device with artificial intelligence (AI) system and method tinuation-in-part of application No. 14/940,379, filed for managing a crisis environment and controlling one or on Nov. 13, 2015, now Pat. No. 9,493,235, Contin more targets through an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). uation-in-part of application No. 14/957,644, filed on The device includes a camera unit and a first plurality of Dec. 3, 2015, now Pat. No. 9,489,671, which is a tranquilizer guns. The camera unit captures an image of one continuation-in-part of application No. 14/815,988, or more targets. The first communication unit integrated filed on Aug. 1, 2015, now Pat. No. 9,342.829, which with the camera unit to receive the image of the target. The is a continuation-in-part of application No. 13/760, GPS unit configured with the first communication unit to 214, filed on Feb. 6, 2013, now Pat. No. 9,016,565. track geographical location of the one or more targets, and further tracks the itinerary of the unmanned aerial vehicle. Publication Classification The crisis detection unit to analyze the crisis environment. (51) Int. C. The first plurality of tranquilizer guns to receive the ana B64C39/02 (2006.01) lyzed data from the crisis detection unit and initiates an B64D 700 (2006.01) action in order to sedate one or more targets. O Patent Application Publication Mar. 16, 2017. Sheet 1 of 14 US 2017/0073070 A1 {}{}} Patent Application Publication Mar. 16, 2017. 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Sheet 13 of 14 US 2017/0073070 A1 Leuluol?eleppezÁleueeubulaleoexi] ol! 00? Patent Application Publication Mar. 16, 2017. Sheet 14 of 14 US 2017/0073070 A1 †- US 2017/0073070 A1 Mar. 16, 2017 AMPHIBIOUS VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND The copyright and trademark owner(s) has no objection to LANDING UNMANNED DEVICE WITH the facsimile reproduction by any of the patent disclosure, as ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office files or records, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A but otherwise reserves all copyright and trademark rights CRISIS ENVIRONMENT AND whatsoever. CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE TARGETS TECHNICAL FIELD RELATED PATENT APPLICATION AND 0008. The presently disclosed embodiments are related, INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE in general, to an apparatus that corresponds to an unmanned 0001. This is a utility application and is a continuation in aerial vehicle (UAV). More particularly, the presently dis part of application Ser. No. 15/345.308 Confirmation Num closed embodiments are related to UAVs for managing a ber 6610 titled “An amphibious vertical take off and landing crisis environment and controlling one or more targets. unmanned device with AI data processing apparatus' filed Nov. 7, 2016: BACKGROUND 0002 This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. 0009 Traditionally available unmanned aerial vehicle application Ser. No. 29/572/722, entitled “Amphibious vtol, (UAV) able to stay in the air for much longer as it is not hover, backward, leftward, rightward, turbojet, turbofan, constrained by a human's physical limits. Existing UAVs rocket engine, ramjet, pulse jet, afterburner, and Scramjet may perform precise, repetitive and hard tasks over a long single/dual all in one jet engine (fuel/electricity) with period which would be too hard, repetitively boring or need onboard self computer based autonomous module gimbaled to much precision for an on-board pilot to perform. The swivel propulsion (GSP) system device, same as ducted aforementioned UAVs do not put the operator in danger So fan(fuel/electricity)', filed Jul. 29, 2016. may fly in extreme and hostile climates as the operator may 0003. This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. be stationed the other side of the world. Due to current application Ser. No. 29/567,712, entitled “Amphibious vtol, uncertain social environment, it has become imperative to hover, backward, leftward, rightward, turbojet, turbofan, step up the development of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), rocket engine, ramjet, pulsejet, afterburner, and scramjet all protected remote control vehicle and robotics in aircraft. in one jet engine (fuel/electricity) with onboard self com 0010 Thus, there is a need in the art for methods and puter based autonomous gimbaled Swivel propulsion system systems for managing a crisis environment and controlling device' filed Jun. 10, 2016. one or more target through an unmanned aerial vehicle. 0004. This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. 0011 Further limitations and disadvantages of conven application Ser. No. 14/940,379, entitled “AMPHIBIOUS tional and traditional approaches will become apparent to VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING UNMANNED one of skill in the art, through comparison of described SYSTEMAND FLYING CAR WITH MULTIPLE AERIAL systems with Some aspects of the present disclosure, as set AND AQUATIC FLIGHT MODES FOR CAPTURING forth in the remainder of the present application and with PANORAMIC VIRTUAL REALITY VIEWS, INTERAC reference to the drawings. TIVE VIDEO AND TRANSPORTATION WITH MOBILE AND WEARABLE APPLICATION filed Nov. 13, 2015. SUMMARY 0005. This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/957,644 (publication no. 2016/0086, 0012. According to embodiments illustrated herein, there 161), entitled “SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE may be provided an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for APPLICATION, WEARABLE APPLICATION, TRANS managing a crisis environment and controlling one or more ACTIONAL MESSAGING, CALLING, DIGITAL MUL target. The UAV includes a camera unit, a first communi TIMEDIA CAPTURE AND PAYMENT TRANSAC cation unit, a GPS unit, a crisis detection unit, and a first TIONS'', filed Dec. 3, 2015; which is continuation-in-part of plurality of tranquilizer gun. The camera unit captures an U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/815,988 (publication no. image of one or more target. The first communication unit 2015/0371,215), entitled “SYSTEMS AND METHODS integrated with the camera unit to receive the image of the FOR MOBILE APPLICATION, WEARABLE APPLICA target. The GPS unit configured with the first communica TION, TRANSACTIONAL MESSAGING, CALLING, tion unit to track geographical location of the one or more DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA CAPTURE AND PAYMENT target, and further tracks the itinerary of the unmanned aerial TRANSACTIONS' filed Aug. 1, 2015; which is continua vehicle. The crisis detection unit to analyze the crisis envi tion-in-part of Ser. No. 13/760,214 filed Feb. 6, 2013, which ronment. The first plurality of tranquilizer guns to receive in turn is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 10/677,098 the analyzed data from the crisis detection unit and initiates which claims priority to Provisional Application Ser. No. an action in order to sedate one or more target. The crisis 60/415,546, filed on Oct. 1, 2002, the content of which is detection unit includes a processing unit, a sensor unit, and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. a second communication unit. The processing unit to control 0006 Moreover, the inventor(s) incorporate herein by the movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the reference any and all patents, patent applications, and other received geographical location data of the target and itiner documents hard copy or electronic, cited or referred to in ary data from the GPS unit. The sensor unit having pre this application. stored instructions to sense the threat pertaining to the captured one or more target, and further the sensor unit COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICE programmed in order to initiate at least one of a semi autonomous decision, and an autonomous decision.