Unmanned aerial vehicle entry into a geofenced area
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorRajat Agrawal
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Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a propulsion system, a processor, a transmitter and a receiver coupled to the processor, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory includes instructions executable by the processor to perform operations. The operations include, in response to a determination that the unmanned aerial vehicle is near a boundary of a geofenced area associated with a destination location of the unmanned aerial vehicle, sending an access request, via the transmitter, to an access controller associated with the geofenced area. The operations include receiving, via the receiver in response to the access request, access permission. The operations also include, responsive to receiving the access permission, engaging the propulsion system to proceed across the boundary.
Claims20
An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
- a propulsion system;
- a processor;
- a transmitter coupled to the processor;
- a receiver coupled to the processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising instructions executable by the processor to:
- in response to a determination that the unmanned aerial vehicle is near a boundary of a geofenced area associated with a destination location of the unmanned aerial vehicle, send an access request and first identification information associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle, via the transmitter, to an access controller associated with the geofenced area, wherein the access request includes a passcode associated with a service to be performed by the unmanned aerial vehicle, second identification information associated with a service provider, and third identification information associated with a provider of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and wherein the access controller determines whether to grant access based on the passcode, the first identification information associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle, the second identification information associated with the service provider, and the third identification information associated with the provider of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
- receive, via the receiver, access permission to the geofenced area;
- and
- responsive to receipt of the access permission, engage the propulsion system to proceed across the boundary.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by one or more processors of an unmanned aerial vehicle to:
- in response to a determination that the unmanned aerial vehicle is near a boundary of a geofenced area associated with a destination location of the unmanned aerial vehicle, cause a transmitter to send an access request and first identification information associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle to an access controller associated with the geofenced area, wherein the access request includes a passcode associated with a service to be performed by the unmanned aerial vehicle, second identification information associated with a service provider, and third identification information associated with a provider of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and wherein the access controller determines whether to grant access based on the passcode, the first identification information associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle, the second identification information associated with the service provider, and the third identification information associated with the provider of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
- receive access permission to the geofenced area;
- and
- in response to receipt of the access permission, engage a propulsion system of the unmanned aerial vehicle to proceed across the boundary.
A method comprising:
- receiving, at an access controller associated with a geofenced area, first identification information broadcast by an unmanned aerial vehicle;
- receiving, at the access controller, an access request from the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the access request includes a passcode associated with a service to be performed by the unmanned aerial vehicle, second identification information associated with a service provider, and third identification information associated with a provider of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
- determining, by the access controller based on the passcode, the first identification information broadcast by the unmanned aerial vehicle, the second identification information associated with the service provider, and the third identification information associated with the provider of the unmanned aerial vehicle, whether to grant the unmanned aerial vehicle access to the geofenced area;
- and
- sending, from the access controller to the unmanned aerial vehicle, access permission based on the determination to grant access.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.