# US 12,223,844 B2 · Method and apparatus for managing identification information of unmanned aerial vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,223,844 B2 - Document ID: US12223844B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/945,255 - Filed: 2022-09-15 - Published: 2023-03-30 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-09-29 - Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute - Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute - Inventors: Su Na Choi; Kyu Min Kang; Jae Cheol Park; Jin Hyung Oh; Dong Woo Lim; Sung Hyun Hwang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223844B2 ## CPC - G08G 5/22: located on the ground - G08G 5/26: Transmission of traffic-related information between aircraft and ground stations - G08G 5/53: for cruising - G08G 5/55: for a single aircraft - G08G 5/727: {from a ground station} - H04L 1/18: Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems - G08G 5/57: for unmanned aircraft - H04L 1/0084: {Formats for payload data} - H04L 1/1867: Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A method of managing identification information of a drone may include: generating an access message, wherein the access message includes an identifier for the ground identification device, which is a transmitter, an identifier for a receiver, an execution function command for classifying and defining a function to be performed, a serial number for transmitting information sequentially and retransmitting the information when transmission fails, data size information for informing a size of data to be transmitted, and transmission data; and transmitting the access message to an integrated management system corresponding to the identifier for the receiver. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of managing, by a ground identification device, identification information of a drone, the method comprising: generating an access message including an identifier for a transmitter that corresponds to an identifier for the ground identification device, which is the transmitter, wherein the access message further includes an identifier for a receiver, an execution function command for classifying and defining a function to be performed, a serial number for transmitting information sequentially and retransmitting the information when transmission fails, data size information for informing a size of data to be transmitted, and transmission data; and transmitting the access message to an integrated management system corresponding to the identifier for the receiver. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting other access message for requesting the identifier for the transmitter to the integrated management system before the generating of the access message; and receiving a response message for allocating the identifier for the transmitter in response to the other access message for the request from the integrated management system, wherein the identifier for the transmitter which is allocated by the integrated management system is used when a subsequent access message is configured. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising: receiving a third access message for an initialization request from the integrated management system; performing an initialization process in response to the third access message for the initialization request; and transmitting an initialization response message corresponding to the third access message for the initialization request to the integrated management system. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the access message includes setting an execution function command for transmitting operation state information of the ground identification device, generating data size information, and configuring transmission data including the operation state information of the ground identification device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the operation state information of the ground identification device includes location information including a location, a longitude, and an altitude, first information related to an operation state of the ground identification device, second information related to a communication method used for drone identification, and third information related to a communication frequency used for drone identification. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the access message includes setting an execution function command for transmitting the identification information of the drone, generating data size information, and configuring transmission data including the identification information of the drone. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the identification information of the drone includes an identifier for the drone, an operation state of the drone, location information including a location, a longitude, and an altitude of the drone, a moving speed of the drone, a moving direction of the drone, and an identification date and time of the drone. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving other access message for a restart request from the integrated management system; performing a restart process in response to the other access message for the restart request, wherein, in the restart process, integrated management information including the identifier for the ground identification device and an identifier for the integrated management system, which are allocated from the integrated management system, is maintained; and transmitting a restart response message corresponding to the other access message for the restart request to the integrated management system. ### Claim 9 A method of managing, by an integrated management system connected to a ground identification device through a network, identification information of a drone, the method comprising: receiving an access message from the ground identification device, wherein the access message includes an identifier for the ground identification device, which is a transmitter, an identifier for the integrated management system, which is a receiver, an execution function command for classifying and defining a function to be performed by the ground identification device, a serial number for transmitting information sequentially and retransmitting the information when transmission fails, data size information for informing a size of data to be transmitted, and transmission data; interworking with at least one of the ground identification device and a drone controller for drone identification on the basis of the information included in the access message; and receiving other access message including the identification information of the drone from at least one of the ground identification device and the drone controller, wherein the identification information of the drone includes an identifier for the drone, an operation state of the drone, location information including a location, a longitude, and an altitude of the drone, a moving speed of the drone, a moving direction of the drone, and an identification date and time of the drone. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: receiving a third access message for requesting identifier allocation from the ground identification device; allocating a first identifier for the ground identification device; and transmitting a response message including the first identifier to the ground identification device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising, after the transmitting of the response message to the ground identification device is performed, receiving a message including operation state information of the ground identification device from the ground identification device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the operation state information of the ground identification device includes location information including a location, a longitude, and an altitude, first information related to an operation state of the ground identification device, second information related to a communication method used for drone identification, and third information related to a communication frequency used for drone identification. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: transmitting a fourth access message for an initialization request to the ground identification device; and receiving an initialization response message corresponding to the fourth access message for the initialization request from the ground identification device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: transmitting a fifth access message for a restart request to the ground identification device; and receiving a restart response message corresponding to the fifth access message for the restart request from the ground identification device, wherein, in the restart process performed by the ground identification device in response to the fifth access message for the restart request, integrated management information including the identifier for the ground identification device and the identifier for the integrated management system, which are allocated from the integrated management system, is maintained. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving another access message including other identification information of the drone from a controller of the drone. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising: before the receiving of the another access message including other identification information of the drone from the controller is performed, receiving a sixth access message for a controller identifier check request from the controller; transmitting a controller identifier check response message corresponding to the sixth access message for the controller identifier check request to the controller; and receiving identification information of the controller from the controller. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the identification information of the controller includes an identifier for the controller, location information of the controller, and an identification date and time of the controller. ### Claim 18 An apparatus for managing identification information of a drone, the apparatus comprising: a ground identification device access device configured to access a ground identification device that receives a signal from the drone and transmit information; a controller access device configured to access a controller of the drone and transmit information; an identification information management device configured to manage the identification information of the drone, which is received through the ground identification device access device, the controller access device, or both the ground identification device access device and the controller access device; and a database configured to store the identification information, wherein the ground identification device access device allocates an identifier to the ground identification device in response to a request of the ground identification device to transmit the identifier for the ground identification device to the ground identification device, and receives an access message including operation state information of the ground identification device as transmission data from the ground identification device, the controller access device allocates an identifier to the controller in response to a request of the controller to transmit the identifier for the controller to the controller, and receives other access message including operation state information of the controller as transmission data from the controller, and the access message or the other access message includes an identifier for a transmitter, an identifier for a receiver, an execution function command for classifying and defining a function to be performed, a serial number for transmitting information sequentially and retransmitting the information when the transmission fails, data size information for informing a size of data to be transmitted, and transmission data. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the operation state information of the ground identification device includes location information including a location, a longitude, and an altitude, first information related to an operation state of the ground identification device, second information related to a communication method used for drone identification, and third information related to a communication frequency used for drone identification. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the identification information of the controller includes the identifier for the controller, location information of the controller, and an identification date and time of the controller.