Anti-drone flight protection systems and methods
AssigneeETAK Systems, LLC
InventorsJoshua Godwin, Lee Priest
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Abstract
Systems and methods for preventing flight of one or more Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in no-fly zones include receiving one or more no-fly zones each defined as geo-fences with associated coordinates; preventing one or more UAVs from entering the one or more no-fly zones by one or more of: transmitting the geo-fences to the one or more UAVs, transmitting avoidance commands to the one or more UAVs from an avoidance device located at a no-fly zone, and disrupting radio communication to the one or more UAVs from the avoidance device.
Claims18
A method for preventing flight of one or more Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in no-fly zones, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more no-fly zones each defined as geo-fences with associated coordinates;
- preventing one or more UAVs from entering the one or more no-fly zones by transmitting the geo-fences to the one or more UAVs by an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for UAVs using one or more wireless networks to communicate to the one or more UAVs, wherein each UAV is constrained in flight based on cell coverage of the one or more wireless networks;
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- preventing the one or more UAVs from entering a specific no-fly zone by one of:
- transmitting avoidance commands to the one or more UAVs from an avoidance device located at the specific no-fly zone, and
- disrupting radio communication to the one or more UAVs from the avoidance device.
An avoidance device for preventing flight of one or more Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in no-fly zones, the avoidance device comprising:
- wireless interfaces;
- a processor communicatively coupled to the wireless interfaces;
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- memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to
- receive one or more no-fly zones each defined as geo-fences with associated coordinates;
- prevent one or more UAVs from entering the one or more no-fly zones by transmission of the geo-fences to the one or more UAVs by an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for UAVs using one or more wireless networks to communicate to the one or more UAVs, wherein each UAV is constrained in flight based on cell coverage of the one or more wireless networks;
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- prevent the one or more UAVs from entering a specific no-fly zone by one of:
- transmission of avoidance commands to the one or more UAVs located at the specific no-fly zone, and
- disruption of radio communication to the one or more UAVs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.