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US 12,205,481 B2Granted
Supervisory safety system for controlling and limiting unmanned aerial system (UAS) operations
AssigneeAeroVironment, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Joseph Thurling, Joseph Frank Mohos
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for determining, by a processor, an unmanned aerial system (UAS) position relative to at least one flight boundary; and effecting, by the processor, at least one flight limitation of a UAS if the determined UAS position crosses the at least one flight boundary.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining, by a processor of a flight limiting device (FLD) having addressable memory, an error in a trajectory of an unmanned aerial system (UAS) that will cross at least one flight boundary within a set time, wherein the error is determined based on a position of the UAS;
- and
- effecting, by the processor of the FLD, at least one flight limitation based on the determined error in the trajectory, wherein the effected at least one flight limitation prevents the UAS from entering a prohibited flight area.
A system comprising:
- a highly reliable flight limiting device (FLD) configured to be detachably attached to a low operational reliability unmanned aerial system (UAS), the FLD comprising:
- a processor having addressable memory, the processor of the FLD configured to:
- determine an error in a trajectory of the UAS that will cross at least one flight boundary within a set time, wherein the error is determined based on a position of the UAS;
- and
- effect at least one flight limitation of the UAS based on the determined error in the trajectory, wherein the effected at least one flight limitation prevents the UAS from entering a prohibited flight area.
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A method comprising:
- attaching a highly reliable flight limiting device (FLD) to a first unmanned aerial system (UAS) having a processor and addressable memory, wherein the highly reliable FLD is detachably attached to the first UAS;
- detaching the highly reliable FLD from the first UAS;
- attaching the highly reliable FLD to a second UAS having a processor and addressable memory, wherein the highly reliable FLD is detachably attached to the second UAS;
- determining, by a processor of the highly reliable FLD having an addressable memory, an error in a trajectory of the second UAS that will cross the at least one flight boundary within a set time, wherein the error is determined based on a position of the FLD;
- and
- effecting, by the processor of the highly reliable FLD, at least one flight limitation based on the determined error in the trajectory, wherein the effected at least one flight limitation prevents the second UAS from entering a prohibited flight area.
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