发明名称 |
USING PREDICTED MOVEMENT TO MAINTAIN OPTICAL-COMMUNICATION LOCK WITH NEARBY BALLOON |
摘要 |
A balloon may include an optical-communication component, which may have a pointing axis. A pointing mechanism could be configured to adjust the pointing axis. The optical-communication component could be operable to communicate with a correspondent balloon via a free-space optical link. For example, the optical-communication component could include an optical receiver, transmitter, or transceiver. A controller could be configured to determine a predicted relative location of the correspondent balloon. The controller may control the pointing mechanism to adjust the pointing axis of the optical-communication component based on the predicted relative location so as to maintain the free-space optical link with the correspondent balloon. |
申请公布号 |
EP2803148(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.11.19 |
申请号 |
EP20130735953 |
申请日期 |
2013.01.07 |
申请人 |
GOOGLE INC. |
发明人 |
DEVAUL, RICHARD, WAYNE;TELLER, ERIC;BIFFLE, CLIFFORD, L.;WEAVER, JOSH |
分类号 |
H04B10/11;B64B1/40;G05D1/00;H04B10/112;H04B10/118;H04B10/40 |
主分类号 |
H04B10/11 |
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