Hybrid stabilizer with optimized resonant and control loop frequencies

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9300872
APP PUB NO 20150264262A1
SERIAL NO

14159360

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A hybrid stabilizer isolates a payload from vibrations across six degrees of freedom using an underdamped passive stabilizer in series with an active stabilizer that is mounted to the foundation, thereby improving isolation. In a first aspect, the passive stabilizer is one or more underdamped springs that reduce high frequency vibrations and in some embodiments the passive stabilizer is tuned to a resonant frequency at most half the control loop frequency of the active stabilizer. The active stabilizer is a six-axis motion platform that reduces or eliminates low frequency vibrations, particularly around the resonant frequency of the passive stabilizer. In a second aspect, the hybrid stabilizer isolates one or more cameras and is mounted to a vehicle, reducing motion blur and improving camera tracking, thereby enhancing the quality of images captured by the cameras.

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TOLO INC1318 HOLLY AVE LOS ALTOS CA 94024

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
McClatchie, Iain Richard Tyrone Los Altos, US 27 231

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