Method and apparatus for allocation of air space for unmanned aerial vehicles
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsWilliam Gibbens REDMANN, Joel FOGELSON
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Abstract
A method for automatically managing air space for at least one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), includes receiving a request associated with the at least one UAV, the request having at least one associated characteristic associated with UAV operation, to access a defined air space having at least one associated requirement. A determination then occurs whether the at least defined air space to be accessed by the UAV is available and if the at least one characteristic of the at least one UAV matches the at least one requirement of the defined air space. If so, then a license is granted to the UAV to authorize to entry of the UAV into the defined air space.
Claims20
A method for automatically managing air space for at least one unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), comprising:
- receiving a request associated with the at least one UAV, the request having at least one characteristic associated with UAV operation, to access a defined air space having at least one associated requirement;
- determining if the at least defined air space to be accessed by the UAV is available and if the at least one characteristic of the at least one UAV matches the at least one requirement of the defined air space, and if so, then
- granting a license to the UAV to authorize to entry to the UAV into the defined air space.
A method for automatically managing air space for at least one unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), comprising:
- generating a request associated with the at least one UAV, the request having at least one characteristic associated with UAV operation, to access a defined air space having at least one associated requirement;
- receiving a license for entry of the UAV into the defined air space following a determination whether the defined air space to be accessed by the UAV is available and if the at least one characteristic of the at least one UAV matches the at least one requirement of the defined air space.
Apparatus automatically managing air space for at least one unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), comprising:
- a UAV management server configured to (a) receive a request associated with the at least one UAV, the request having at least one characteristic associated with UAV operation, to access a defined air space having at least one associated requirement;
- (b) determine if the at least defined air space to be accessed by the UAV is available by communicating with an Air Block License Server (ABLS) which manages air block license availability, (c) determine if the at least one characteristic of the at least one UAV matches the at least one requirement of the defined air space, and if so, then (d) request the ABLS grant a license to the UAV to authorize to entry to the UAV into the defined air space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.