Privacy shield for unmanned aerial systems
AssigneeAeroVironment, Inc.
InventorsGabriel E. Torres, Steven B. Chambers, Carlos Augusto Coronado, Gordon Bryan Hudson, Peter De Baets
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Abstract
A system having: a processor and addressable memory, where the processor is configured to: receive a geographic data defining a selected geographical area; receive an operating mode associated with the selected geographical area, where the received operating mode restricts at least one of: a viewing of a UAV data and a recording of the UAV data by at least one user device; and broadcast the UAV data to the at least one user device based on the selected geographical area and the received operating mode.
Claims22
A system comprising:
- a processor and addressable memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive a geographic data defining a selected geographical area;
- receive an operating mode associated with the selected geographical area, wherein the received operating mode restricts at least one of:
- a viewing of a UAV data and a recording of the UAV data by at least one user device when a field of view of a UAV imager is within the selected geographical area, and wherein the UAV imager is located outside of the selected geographical area;
- and
- broadcast the UAV data to the at least one user device based on the selected geographical area and the received operating mode.
A method comprising:
- selecting, by an operator of a Ground Control System (GCS) having a processor and addressable memory, a geographical area;
- selecting, by the operator of the GCS, an operating mode to associate with the geographical area;
- sending, by the operator of the GCS, the selected geographical area and selected operating mode to a processor of a UAV having addressable memory;
- determining, by the processor of the UAV, a field of view of a UAV imager;
- and
- broadcasting, by the processor of the UAV, a UAV data defining the selected geographical area, the selected operating mode, and the field of view of the UAV imager to at least one user device;
- wherein the selected operating mode restricts at least one of:
- a viewing of the UAV data and a recording of the UAV data by the least one user device when the field of view of the UAV imager is within the selected geographical area, and wherein the UAV imager is located outside of the selected geographical area.
A system comprising:
- a processor and addressable memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive, from at least one database, metadata containing information on one or more geographical areas where at least one UAV imager has at least one of:
- viewed the one or more geographical areas and recorded the one or more geographical areas;
- receive, by a user, a geographic data defining a selected geographical area;
- determine if the selected geographical area was at least one of:
- viewed and recorded based on the received metadata on one or more geographical areas;
- receive, by the user, a request to prevent at least one of:
- viewing the selected geographical area and recording the selected geographical area by the at least one UAV imager;
- and
- update the at least one database with the received request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.