System for and method of detecting drones
AssigneeRockwell Collins, Inc.
InventorsJohn W. Borghese, Arlen E. Breiholz
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Abstract
An apparatus and method can provide a warning of a drone or unmanned aerial vehicle in the vicinity of an airport. The apparatus can include at least one antenna directionally disposed at an along the approach or departure path and a detector configured to provide a warning of a presence of sense an unmanned aerial or drone. The warning can be provided in response to a radio frequency signal received by the at least one of the antenna being in a frequency band associated with a transmission frequency for the unmanned aerial vehicle or drone or in a frequency band associated with interaction from receive circuitry of the unmanned aerial vehicle or drone.
Claims20
An apparatus for detecting at least one unmanned aerial vehicle or drone in an area associated with a runway, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one antenna;
- and
- a detector in communication with the antenna configured to receive a radio frequency signal from the antenna associated with an unmanned aerial vehicle or drone, the radio frequency signal being in a frequency band associated with a transmission frequency for the unmanned aerial vehicle or drone or in a frequency band associated with interaction from receive circuitry of the unmanned aerial vehicle or drone.
A method of sensing an unmanned aerial vehicle or drone in an approach or departure path of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- receiving radio frequency signal from a plurality of antennas directionally disposed along the approach or departure path;
- and
- processing the radio frequency signal to sense the unmanned aerial vehicle or drone, the radio frequency signal being in a frequency band associated with a transmission frequency for the unmanned aerial vehicle or drone or in a frequency band associated with interaction from receive circuitry of the unmanned aerial vehicle or drone.
A runway system, comprising:
- a plurality of antennas directionally disposed along an approach or departure path;
- and
- a detector configured to provide a warning of a presence of an unmanned aerial vehicle or drone in response to a radio frequency signal received by at least one of the antennas being in a frequency band associated with a transmission frequency for the unmanned aerial vehicle or drone or in a frequency band associated with interaction from receive circuitry of the unmanned aerial vehicle or drone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.