EP 3892959 A1 20211013 - TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

Title (en)

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

Title (de)

VERKEHRSMANAGEMENTSYSTEME UND VERFAHREN FÜR UNBEMANNTE LUFTFAHRZEUGE

Title (fr)

SYSTÈMES DE GESTION DE TRAFIC ET PROCÉDÉS POUR VÉHICULES AÉRIENS SANS PILOTE

Publication

EP 3892959 A1 20211013 (EN)

Application

EP 21166796 A 20210401

Priority

IN 202011015104 A 20200406
US 202016894126 A 20200605

Abstract (en)

Systems and methods are disclosed for traffic management for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The systems and methods define a network of waypoint computing devices having traffic corridors connecting the waypoint computing devices. Systems and methods receive suspend calls and initiate calls from waypoint computing devices and dynamically update the network so as to include additional waypoint computing devices and traffic corridor connections based on the initiate calls and to remove from the network waypoint computing devices and associated traffic corridors based on the suspend calls. The systems and methods determine a flight plan for the UAV in response to a request based on the updated network. The flight plan includes a plurality of traffic corridors connecting source and destination global coordinates included in the request. The systems and methods provide a response to the UAV including the flight plan.

IPC 8 full level

G01C 21/24 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01); G08G 5/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0026 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); G08G 5/0056 (2013.01); G08G 5/006 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); G08G 5/0082 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01); G08G 5/045 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[IY] US 2014032034 A1 20140130 - RAPTOPOULOS ANDREAS [GB], et al
[Y] US 2019340934 A1 20191107 - VILLA IAN ANDREAS [US], et al
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[Y] US 2016012730 A1 20160114 - JARRELL JOHN A [US]
[A] US 2017278405 A1 20170928 - YAKAN MEDHAT RAMZI [CA]

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3892959 A1 20211013; EP 3892959 B1 20231213

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 21166796 A 20210401