Maintaining network connectivity of aerial devices during unmanned flight

G De Rosa, M Kosseifi, R Kiefer - US Patent 10,389,432, 2019 - Google Patents
Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture (eg, physical storage
media) to facilitate maintaining network connectivity of aerial devices during unmanned flight …

On-board backup and anti-spoofing GPS system

CW Raab, JW Glatfelter, KC Hill - US Patent 10,705,221, 2020 - Google Patents
Disclosed is an on-board backup and anti-spoofing GPS (“OBASG”) system for navigating a
vehicle through an environment with a GPS receiver. The GPS receiver is configured to …

Autonomous vehicle localization based on walsh kernel projection technique

Q Wang - US Patent 10,380,890, 2019 - Google Patents
Location of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) is determined with respect to a high
definition map. On-boards sensors of the ADV obtain a 3D point cloud of objects …

Flight Management and Control for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

MT Moran, J Lipman, DK Wyss… - US Patent App. 15 …, 2017 - Google Patents
A mechanism is described for facilitating flight management and control for unmanned aerial
vehicles according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein …

Backup navigation system for unmanned aerial vehicles

D Abeywardena, D Jourdan - US Patent 10,387,727, 2019 - Google Patents
Described is a method that involves operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to begin a
flight, where the UAV relies on a navigation system to navigate to a destination. During the …

Drone defense system

LJ Ziemba, DJ Ziemba, TJ Sinatra… - US Patent 10,339,818, 2019 - Google Patents
A drone defense system (DDS) beacon detects unmanned aerial systems (UAS) traffic and
transmits a broadcast signal over a transmission region indicating a no-fly zone in which …

Channel access method in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control and non-payload communication (CNPC) system

TC Hong, HW Kim, KJ Lim - US Patent 10,429,836, 2019 - Google Patents
A channel access method in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control and non-payload
communication (CNPC) system is provided. The channel access method may include setting …

System and method for mission planning and flight automation for unmanned aircraft

JD Lewis, JC Taylor, CD Reed… - US Patent 11,073,830, 2021 - Google Patents
A system and method for mission planning and flight automation for an unmanned aircraft
comprising generating an aerial imagery map of a capture area; generating a flight plan …

Maintaining network connectivity of aerial devices during unmanned flight

G De Rosa, M Kosseifi, R Kiefer - US Patent 11,184,083, 2021 - Google Patents
Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture (eg, physical storage
media) to facilitate maintaining network connectivity of aerial devices during unmanned flight …

Drone-based radio-over-fiber system

RT Morser, TM Schaefer - US Patent App. 15/591,044, 2018 - Google Patents
The drone-based radio-over-fiber system provides an unmanned aerial vehicle (AV),
preferably a multi-rotor drone, connected to a base station by a tether including an optical …