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Emergency shutdown and landing for unmanned aerial vehicles with air traffic control systems

  • US 10,074,284 B1
  • Filed: 03/03/2017
  • Issued: 09/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for emergency shutdown and landing by an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), the method comprising:

  • detecting an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is one of distressed and rogue;

    determining timing for a shutdown and a location for landing; and

    communicating the determined timing and the landing location to the UAV by the Air Traffic Control system via one or more wireless networks comprising at least one cellular network, wherein the UAV is constrained in flight based on cell coverage over the at least one cellular network.

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