Apparatus for controlling unmanned aerial vehicles and passenger drones via an air traffic control system
AssigneeETAK Systems, LLC
InventorLee Priest
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Abstract
A flying vehicle that is one of a passenger drone and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) includes a plurality of rotors disposed to a body and configured for flight; a processing device any of integrated with, disposed on, and associated with the body; wireless interfaces including hardware and antennas any of integrated with, disposed on, and associated with the body; and a control apparatus communicatively coupled to the processing device, wherein the control apparatus is configured to provide an interface between the wireless interfaces and an air traffic control system for control and/or monitoring of the flying vehicle by the air traffic control system.
Claims20
A flying vehicle that is one of a passenger drone and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), the flying vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of rotors disposed to a body and configured for flight;
- a processing device any of integrated with, disposed on, and associated with the body;
- wireless interfaces including hardware and antennas any of integrated with, disposed on, and associated with the body;
- and
- a control apparatus communicatively coupled to the processing device, wherein the control apparatus is configured to provide an interface between the wireless interfaces and an air traffic control system for control and/or monitoring of the flying vehicle by the air traffic control system.
A control apparatus comprising:
- an interface configured to connect to a processing device associated with a flying vehicle that is one of a passenger drone and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), wherein the flying vehicle includes a processing device and wireless interfaces;
- a processor communicatively coupled to the interface;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to
- configure the wireless interfaces to communicate on one or more wireless networks;
- interface between the wireless interfaces and an air traffic control system;
- and
- enable control and/or monitoring of the flying vehicle by the air traffic control system.
A method comprising:
- obtaining a flying vehicle that is one of a passenger drone and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), wherein the flying vehicle includes i) a processing device any of integrated with, disposed on, and associated with a body of the flying vehicle and ii) wireless interfaces including hardware and antennas any of integrated with, disposed on, and associated with the body;
- installing a control apparatus that is connected to the processing device, wherein the control apparatus is configured to provide an interface between the wireless interfaces and an air traffic control system;
- and
- monitoring and/or controlling the flying device via the air traffic control system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.