Commanding autonomous vehicles using multi-link satellite networks
AssigneeNavyx Corporation
InventorKenda Maleh
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Abstract
A multi-link satellite processor is described that provides command or control information to a vehicle via multi-link satellite downlink signals. Embodiments of the invention provide an Earth-based multi-link satellite processor that process information to generate the command information and to transmit the command information to commercial satellite or low-Earth orbit and satellites. The command information is provided to a vehicle via the multi-link satellite downlink signal in which one or more commercial satellites and at least one low-Earth orbiting satellite are used to generate the multi-link satellite downlink signal.
Claims19
A method for generating vehicle command signals from a multi-link satellite processor, the method comprising:
- transmitting a first signal from a vehicle to a first low-Earth orbiting satellite, the first signal comprising a code that uniquely identifies the vehicle and the vehicle location, timing and speed;
- receiving a second signal from a second low-Earth orbiting satellite, the second signal being generated from a third signal received at the second low-Earth orbiting satellite from a commercial satellite;
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- wherein the second signal comprises command information for the vehicle based on an analysis of a geofenced area surrounding the vehicle, the geofenced area being identified after transmission of the first signal to the first low-Earth orbiting satellite.
A method for controlling a multi-link satellite processor system that communicates command information to a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a first signal at a multi-link satellite processor from a first commercial satellite or the first low-Earth orbit satellite, the first signal comprising a code that uniquely identifies a vehicle and its location, timing and speed;
- processing the first signal and requesting from a low-Earth orbit satellite a geofence around the vehicle;
- generating command information by analyzing information related to a plurality of objects within the geofenced area, the command information related to control of the vehicle;
- transmitting a second signal to a second commercial satellite, the second signal comprising the command information;
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- wherein the second signal is provided to the vehicle via a multi-link downlink satellite signal, the multi-link downlink satellite signal being transmitted by the second commercial satellite and proximate low-Earth orbiting satellites.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.