公开(公告)号：US09734723B1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-15

申请号：US14800204

申请日：2015-07-15

Applicant: Exelis Inc.

Inventor： Ronald Bruno ,  James Mathew Keller ,  Christian Ramsey

IPC: G08G5/00 ,  G01C21/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/04 ,  G08G5/04 ,  G05D1/10 ,  B64C19/00

CPC classification number: G08G5/003 ,  B64C19/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  G01C21/00 ,  G01C21/005 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/042 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G08G5/0034 ,  G08G5/0039 ,  G08G5/0052 ,  G08G5/0056 ,  G08G5/006 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  G08G5/0086 ,  G08G5/0091 ,  G08G5/025 ,  G08G5/04

Abstract: A registration authority (RA) server registers unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their owners/operators (O/O). A UAV is maintained in a flight lock state until a flight plan request from the O/O is approved by the RA, which sends an key-signed approval to unlock the UAV's flight lock. The RA server evaluates a UAV's proposed flight plan based on the attributes of the O/O and UAV, the location and time of the requested flight plan, and a set of flight rules and exclusion zones that are developed in view of privacy assurance, security assurance, flight safety assurance, and ground safety assurance. The flight plan key-signed approval supplied to the UAV by the RA server specifies an inclusion zone that corresponds to a flight plan trajectory to be followed. Once in flight, the UAV maintains real-time knowledge of its position and time to ensure its flight remains within the approved inclusion zone.