Providing automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast data for unmanned aerial vehicles
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsX, Jonathan EVANS, Matt FANELLI
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Abstract
A device can be configured to receive flight data from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), where the flight data indicates at least one of an identifier that identifies the UAV, a location of the UAV, an altitude of the UAV, a bearing of the UAV, or a speed of the UAV. The device can be further configured to convert at least a portion of the flight data from a first format to a second format; generate automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data based on the converted flight data; and perform an action associated with the ADS-B data.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a device, flight data for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the flight data indicating a location of the UAV and an identifier that identifies the UAV;
- converting, by the device, the location of the UAV from a first location format to an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) location format, wherein the first location format comprises a global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinate format;
- determining a Mode select (Mode S) identifier for the UAV based on the identifier that identifies the UAV, the Mode S identifier identifying at least one of an operator of the UAV or a type of the UAV, and wherein the Mode S identifier is associated with a plurality of UAVs;
- generating, by the device, ADS-B data based on the flight data of the UAV, the ADS-B data including the location of the UAV in the ADS-B location format and the Mode S identifier;
- and
- performing, by the device, an action associated with the ADS-B data.
A device, comprising:
- one or more memories;
- and
- one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
- receive flight data from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the flight data indicating a location of the UAV and an identifier that identifies the UAV;
- convert the location of the UAV from a first location format to an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) location format, wherein the first location format comprises a global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinate format;
- determine a Mode select (Mode S) identifier for the UAV based on the identifier that identifies the UAV, the Mode S identifier identifying at least one of an operator of the UAV or a type of the UAV, and wherein the Mode S identifier is associated with a plurality of UAVs;
- generate ADS-B data based on the flight data of the UAV, the ADS-B data including the location of the UAV in the ADS-B location format and the Mode S identifier;
- and
- perform an action associated with the ADS-B data.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to:
- receive flight data from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the flight data indicating a location of the UAV and an identifier that identifies the UAV;
- convert the location of the UAV from a first location format to an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) location format, wherein the first location format comprises a global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinate format;
- determine a Mode select (Mode S) identifier for the UAV based on the identifier that identifies the UAV, the Mode S identifier identifying at least one of an operator of the UAV or a type of the UAV, and wherein the Mode S identifier is associated with a plurality of UAVs;
- generate ADS-B data based on the flight data of the UAV, the ADS-B data including the location of the UAV in the ADS-B location format and the Mode S identifier;
- and
- perform an action associated with the ADS-B data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.