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US 12,008,911 B2Granted
Method of distribution and/or update of a no fly zones database for UAV vehicles, and vehicle thereof
AssigneePatmos, Unipessoal LDA
InventorDario Pennisi
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Abstract
Method of distribution and/or update of a No Fly Zones database stored aboard UAV vehicles. The distribution and/or update utilize the satellite infrastructure and the receivers installed aboard said UAV vehicles in order to establish a one-way communication channel that allows the NFZ database, or a portion thereof, to be periodically sent to the UAV vehicles.
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A method of distribution or update of a No Fly Zones (NFZ) database stored aboard UAV vehicles, the method comprising:
- utilizing a satellite infrastructure and receivers installed aboard said UAV vehicles in order to establish a one-way communication channel with said UAV vehicles;
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- periodically sending to said UAV vehicles, through said one-way communication channel, data of said NFZ database, or a portion thereof, to update said NFZ database stored aboard said UAV vehicles,
- wherein said satellite infrastructure comprises GNSS satellites, said receivers on said UAV vehicles comprise GNSS receivers, and said communication channel utilizes the GNSS satellite infrastructure to periodically send said data of said NFZ database, or a portion thereof, to said UAV vehicles,
- wherein said communication channel is established by modulating said data of said NFZ database onto a signal that is carrying positioning data of said GNSS satellite infrastructure to said UAV vehicles to thereby generate a modulated signal, the modulated signal including a positioning data portion and a data of said NFZ database portion.
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A method of distribution or update of a No Fly Zones (NFZ) database stored aboard UAV vehicles, the method comprising:
- utilizing a satellite infrastructure and receivers installed aboard said UAV vehicles in order to establish a one-way communication channel with said UAV vehicles;
- and
- periodically sending to said UAV vehicles, through said one-way communication channel, data of said NFZ database, or a portion thereof, to update said NFZ database stored aboard said UAV vehicles,
- wherein said satellite infrastructure comprises SBAS satellites, said receivers on said UAV vehicles comprise SBAS receivers, and said communication channel utilizes the SBAS satellite infrastructure to periodically send said data of said NFZ database, or a portion thereof, to said UAV vehicles,
- wherein said communication channel is established by modulating said data of said NFZ database onto a signal that is carrying positioning data of said SBAS satellite infrastructure to said UAV vehicles to thereby generate a modulated signal, the modulated signal including a positioning data portion and a data of said NFZ database portion.
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