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US 10,650,684 B2Granted
Guidance system and automatic control for vehicles
OwnerFrancesco Ricciinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and a method to guide and manage vehicles. These operations in total or partial absence of human intervention. The system developed through mobile radio systems appropriately specialized that oversee the operations with some appropriate control and safety features.
Claims23
A method for controlling vehicles in real time, the method comprises:
- monitoring, by a central control system, a progress of a vehicle;
- determining, by the central control system and based on the monitoring, whether the vehicle follows a predefined flight path authorized by the central control system;
- and
- responding, by the central control system, to an outcome of the determining;
- wherein the monitoring comprises verifying a location of the vehicle;
- wherein the verifying comprises comparing the predefined flight path to vehicle location information obtained by the vehicle via a satellite positioning system and vehicle location information based at least in part on interactions of one or more mobile telephone service providers through telephone networks with the vehicle having onboard a cellular-type hardware or one or more onboard subscriber identify modules registered to the one or more mobile telephone service providers;
- wherein the one or more mobile telephone service providers determine the position of the vehicle by a location based service;
- and
- wherein the one or more mobile telephone service providers inform the central control system about the position of the vehicle.
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A method for performing a mission by an unmanned aircraft system, the method comprises:
- receiving, by the unmanned aircraft system, mission information regarding a mission to be executed by the unmanned aircraft system, wherein the mission information comprises (a) information about a cargo to be conveyed by the unmanned aircraft system, and (b) flight path information about a predefined flight path authorized by a central control system, wherein the flight path information comprises timing constraints;
- retrieving the cargo;
- performing the flight path while communicating with the central control system and with a mobile telephone service provider associated with the unmanned aircraft system, wherein the communicating comprises transmitting unmanned aircraft system location information;
- and
- terminating the mission when instructed to do so by the central control system;
- wherein the step of performing the flight path comprises
- monitoring, by the central control system, a progress of the unmanned aircraft system, wherein the monitoring comprises verifying a location of the unmanned aircraft system, and
- determining, by the central control system and based on the monitoring, whether the unmanned aircraft system follows the predefined flight path authorized by the central control system;
- wherein the verifying comprises comparing the predefined flight path to location information obtained by the unmanned aircraft system via a satellite positioning system and location information based at least in part on interactions of one or more mobile telephone service providers through telephone networks with the unmanned aircraft system having onboard a cellular-type hardware or one or more subscriber identify modules registered to the one or more mobile telephone service providers;
- wherein the one or more mobile telephone service providers determine the position of the unmanned aircraft system by a location based service;
- and
- wherein the one or more telephone service providers inform the central control system about the position of the unmanned aircraft system.
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A central control system comprises computers and communication units that are configured to:
- monitor progress of a vehicle;
- determine, based on an outcome of the monitoring, whether the vehicle follows a predefined flight path authorized by the central control system;
- and
- respond to an outcome of the determining;
- wherein the monitoring comprises verifying a location of the vehicle;
- wherein the verifying comprises comparing the predefined flight path to vehicle location information obtained by the vehicle via a satellite positioning system and vehicle location information based at least in part on interactions of one or more mobile telephone service providers through telephone networks with the vehicle having onboard a cellular-type hardware or one or more onboard subscriber identify modules registered to the one or more mobile telephone service providers;
- wherein the one or more mobile telephone service providers determine the position of the vehicle by a location based service;
- and
- wherein the one or more mobile telephone service providers inform the central control system about the position of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.