Drone flight operations
AssigneeDroneSense LLC
InventorChristopher Eyhorn
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for sending a flight plan for execution by a drone, where the flight plan is adapted to a flight controller of the drone. Receiving flight data from the drone while the drone is executing the flight plan. Determining a modification to the flight plan based on the flight data received from the drone. Sending the modification to the flight plan to the drone while the drone is executing the flight plan, such that the drone executes the flight plan as modified by the modification.
Claims19
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- defining, within a geographic location, a plurality of drone approach corridors, wherein each drone approach corridor is a different volume of airspace above the geographic location and wherein each drone approach corridor is defined by boundary data comprising:
- geographical coordinates of an entry point to the drone approach corridor, and
- geographical boundaries of the drone approach corridor that provide a flight path within the drone approach corridor;
- and
- coordinating entry, by one or more drones, into each drone approach corridor by:
- determining whether the drone approach corridor is available for a requesting drone to enter;
- and
- sending, by the one or more processors, a response that grants or denies permission for the requesting drone to enter the drone approach corridor based on the determination of whether the drone approach corridor is available for the drone to enter.
A computer-implemented method executed by one or more processors, the method comprising:
- defining, by the one or more processors and within a geographic location, a plurality of drone approach corridors, wherein each drone approach corridor is a different volume of airspace above the geographic location and wherein each drone approach corridor is defined by boundary data comprising:
- geographical coordinates of an entry point to the drone approach corridor, and
- geographical boundaries of the drone approach corridor that provide a flight path within the drone approach corridor;
- and
- coordinating entry, by one or more drones, into each drone approach corridor by:
- determining whether the drone approach corridor is available for a requesting drone to enter;
- and
- sending, by the one or more processors, a response that grants or denies permission for the requesting drone to enter the drone approach corridor based on the determination of whether the drone approach corridor is available for the drone to enter.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and one or more data stores coupled to the one or more processors having instructions to coordinate drone operations stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- defining, within a geographic location, a plurality of drone approach corridors, wherein each drone approach corridor is a different volume of airspace above the geographic location and wherein each drone approach corridor is defined by boundary data comprising:
- geographical coordinates of an entry point to the drone approach corridor, and
- geographical boundaries of the drone approach corridor that provide a flight path within the drone approach corridor;
- and
- coordinating entry, by one or more drones, into each drone approach corridor by:
- determining whether the drone approach corridor is available for a requesting drone to enter;
- and
- sending, by the one or more processors, a response that grants or denies permission for the requesting drone to enter the drone approach corridor based on the determination of whether the drone approach corridor is available for the drone to enter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.