Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Operation of an aerial drone inside an exclusion zone
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Application No.: US15082176Application Date: 2016-03-28
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Publication No.: US10657830B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Michael S. Gordon , James R. Kozloski , Ashish Kundu , Peter K. Malkin , Clifford A. Pickover
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Law Office of Jim Boice
- Main IPC: G08G5/00
- IPC: G08G5/00 ; B64C39/02 ; G05D1/00 ; G05D1/10 ; G06F21/00
Abstract:
A method, system, and/or computer program product controls operations of an aerial drone within a predetermined airspace. A drone controller device detects a presence of an aerial drone. The drone controller device and the aerial drone negotiate permission to fly within a predetermined airspace under a predefined aerial drone state. In response to successfully negotiating the permission, the drone controller device enables a drone on-board computer to operate the aerial drone within the predetermined airspace in accordance with the predefined aerial drone state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170278404A1 OPERATION OF AN AERIAL DRONE INSIDE AN EXCLUSION ZONE Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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