Managing detected obstructions in air traffic control systems for passenger drones
AssigneeETAK Systems, LLC
InventorLee Priest
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Abstract
Static obstruction detection and management systems and methods include, in an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for any flying vehicles including any of passenger drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), receiving monitored data from a plurality flying vehicles related to static obstructions; receiving external data from one or more external sources related to the static obstructions; analyzing the monitored data and the external data to populate and manage an obstruction database of the static obstructions; and transmitting obstruction instructions to the plurality of flying vehicles based on analyzing the obstruction database with their flight plan.
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A static obstruction detection and management method comprising:
- in an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for any flying vehicles including any of passenger drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), receiving monitored data from a plurality flying vehicles related to static obstructions;
- receiving external data from one or more external sources related to the static obstructions;
- analyzing the monitored data and the external data to populate and manage an obstruction database of the static obstructions;
- and
- transmitting obstruction instructions to the plurality of flying vehicles based on analyzing the obstruction database with their flight plan.
An air traffic control and monitoring system for static obstruction detection and management, the system comprising:
- a network interface and one or more processors communicatively coupled to one another;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive monitored data from a plurality of flying vehicles including any of passenger drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) related to static obstructions via the network interface;
- receive external data from one or more external sources related to the static obstructions via the network interface;
- analyze the monitored data and the external data to populate and manage an obstruction database of the static obstructions;
- and
- transmit obstruction instructions to the plurality of flying vehicles based on analyzing the obstruction database with their flight plan via the network interface.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform steps of:
- receiving monitored data from a plurality of flying vehicles including any of passenger drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) related to static obstructions;
- receiving external data from one or more external sources related to the static obstructions;
- analyzing the monitored data and the external data to populate and manage an obstruction database of the static obstructions;
- and
- transmitting obstruction instructions to the plurality of flying vehicles based on analyzing the obstruction database with their flight plan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.