# US 2026/0065682 A1 · Identifying, tracking, and disrupting unmanned aerial vehicles

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- Number: US 2026/0065682 A1
- Document ID: US20260065682A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/379,395
- Filed: 2025-11-04
- Published: 2026-03-05
- Earliest claimed: 2016-11-08
- Assignees: Dedrone Holdings, Inc.
- Applicants: Dedrone Holdings, Inc.
- Inventors: Alexander Morrow; Zachary Schmid; Joe Price; Mitch Meverden; Rene Seeber
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260065682A1

## CPC

- G06V 20/52: Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69)
- B64D 1/02: Dropping, ejecting, or releasing articles (jettisonable fuel reservoirs B64D37/12)
- G06T 7/11: Region-based segmentation
- G06V 10/25: Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI]
- G08G 5/22: located on the ground
- G08G 5/26: Transmission of traffic-related information between aircraft and ground stations
- G08G 5/55: for a single aircraft
- G08G 5/57: for unmanned aircraft
- G08G 5/59: in accordance with predefined flight zones, e.g. to avoid prohibited zones
- G08G 5/727: {from a ground station}
- B64C 39/024: {of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV}
- B64U 2101/30: for imaging, photography or videography
- G06T 7/194: involving foreground-background segmentation
- G06T 2207/10016: Video; Image sequence
- G06T 2207/10024: Color image
- G06T 2207/20104: Interactive definition of region of interest [ROI]
- G06T 2207/30212: Military
- G06T 2207/30232: Surveillance
- G06V 2201/07: Target detection
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})
- B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
- B64U: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR

## Abstract

Systems, methods, and apparatus for identifying, tracking, and disrupting UAVs are described herein. A tracking system can identify an object in a particular airspace as a UAV based on sensor data associated with the object. A countermeasure device can generate one or more disruption signals toward the UAV. The tracking system can track and monitor the UAV based on additional sensor data.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method comprising:
identifying, via a central system comprising one or more computing device, an object in a particular airspace as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on sensor data associated with the object;
generating, via a countermeasure device, at least one disruption signal;
transmitting the at least one disruption signal from the countermeasure device toward the UAV; and
monitoring, via at least one of the central system and the countermeasure device, the UAV based on additional sensor data.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the at least one disruption signal comprises transmitting the at least one disruption signal on at least one targeted frequency band selected to reduce a likelihood of reception of the at least one disruption signal by non-targeted devices.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining the additional sensor data after transmitting the at least one disruption signal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting one or more communication signal containing at least one of the data and the additional data from the central system to the countermeasure device via at least one signal repeater to extend a range of the communication signal transmitted.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the tracking system communicates with the countermeasure device via at least one bilateral communication link.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor data is captured by the countermeasure device.

### Claim 7

A system, comprising
a central system, comprising:
a memory; and
at least one computing device communicably coupled to the memory, the at least one computing device being configured to identify an object in a particular airspace as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on sensor data associated with the object; and
a countermeasure device, comprising:
a signal generator configured to generate at least one disruption signal; and
at least one antenna configured to transmit the at least one disruption signal toward the UAV;
wherein at least one of the central system and the countermeasure device is further configured to monitor the UAV based on additional sensor data.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the countermeasure device is further configured to transmit the at least one disruption signal on at least one targeted frequency band selected to reduce a likelihood of reception of the at least one disruption signal by non-targeted devices.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein at least one of the central system and the countermeasure device is further configured to obtain the additional sensor data after the at least one disruption signal has been transmitted.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the countermeasure device is configured to obtain the additional sensor data.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the central system is configured to transmit one or more communication signal containing at least one of the data and the additional data toward the countermeasure device, the system further comprising at least one signal repeater configured to extend a range of the communication signal transmitted.

### Claim 12 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one computing device communicates with the countermeasure device via at least one bilateral communication link.

### Claim 13 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the sensor data is captured by the countermeasure device.

### Claim 14

At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying one or more program that, when executed by at least one first computing device of a central system and at least one second computing device of a countermeasure device, causes:
the central system to:
identify an object in a particular airspace as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on sensor data associated with the object;
the countermeasure device to:
generate at least one disruption signal; and
transmit the at least one disruption signal toward the UAV; and
at least one of the central system and the countermeasure device to:
monitor the UAV based on additional sensor data.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more program further causes the countermeasure device to transmit the at least one disruption signal on at least one targeted frequency band to reduce a likelihood of reception of the at least one disruption signal by non-targeted devices.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more program further causes at least one of the central system and the countermeasure device to obtain the additional sensor data after the at least one disruption signal is transmitted.

### Claim 17 (depends on 14)

The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more program, when executed by the at least one first computing device, further causes the at least one first computing device to communicate with the at least one second computing device via at least one signal repeater to extend a range of a communication signal transmitted.

### Claim 18 (depends on 14)

The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more program, when executed by the at least one first computing device, further causes the at least one first computing device to communicate with the at least one second computing device via at least one bilateral communication link.

### Claim 19 (depends on 14)

The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the sensor data is captured by the countermeasure device.

### Claim 20 (depends on 14)

The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the at least one disruption signal comprises at least one command to the UAV based on a type of radio frequency (RF) signal being used by the UAV.