Drone alerting and reporting system
First Claim
1. An airborne system to identify and report drone flight operations, the system disposed on an aircraft and comprising:
- a surveillance subsystem configured to identify a drone operating in an airspace adjacent the aircraft;
an imaging subsystem configured to acquire at least one image of the drone;
a triggering subsystem interconnected with the surveillance subsystem and configured to activate the imaging subsystem;
a navigational subsystem configured to provide aircraft state data associated with the at least one image of the drone; and
a communication subsystem configured to transmit the at least one image of the drone and the associated aircraft state data to a receiving station;
wherein the at least one image of the drone and the associated aircraft state data are transmitted to the receiving station.
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Abstract
A system and method to alter pilots of the presence of drone aircraft and to document or report errant drone flight operations, in particular to alert and report drone aircraft which may present a hazard to a piloted aircraft and/or are operating outside governing regulations. In one embodiment, the system comprises a surveillance subsystem configured to identify a drone operating in an airspace adjacent the aircraft; an imaging subsystem configured to acquire at least one image of the drone; a triggering subsystem interconnected with the surveillance subsystem and configured to activate the imaging subsystem; a navigational subsystem configured to provide aircraft state data associated with the at least one image; and a communication subsystem configured to transmit the at least one image and the associated aircraft state data to a receiving station; wherein the at least one image and the associated aircraft state data are transmitted to the receiving station.
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20 Claims
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1. An airborne system to identify and report drone flight operations, the system disposed on an aircraft and comprising:
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a surveillance subsystem configured to identify a drone operating in an airspace adjacent the aircraft; an imaging subsystem configured to acquire at least one image of the drone; a triggering subsystem interconnected with the surveillance subsystem and configured to activate the imaging subsystem; a navigational subsystem configured to provide aircraft state data associated with the at least one image of the drone; and a communication subsystem configured to transmit the at least one image of the drone and the associated aircraft state data to a receiving station; wherein the at least one image of the drone and the associated aircraft state data are transmitted to the receiving station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of locating and reporting an airborne drone from an airborne aircraft, the method comprising:
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providing a system disposed on the airborne aircraft, the system comprising a surveillance subsystem, an imaging subsystem, a navigational subsystem and a communication subsystem; identifying, by the surveillance subsystem, an airborne drone operating in an airspace adjacent the airborne aircraft; imaging, by the imaging subsystem, the airborne drone wherein at least one image of the airborne drone is acquired; obtaining, by the navigational subsystem, an aircraft state data associated with the at least one image of the airborne drone; and broadcasting, by the communication subsystem, the at least one image of the airborne drone and the associated aircraft state data to a receiving station. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A drone reporting system for use during airborne flight operations, the system disposed on an aircraft and comprising:
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a surveillance module configured to scan and identify a drone operating in an airspace adjacent the aircraft; an imaging module comprising a camera configured to acquire at least one image of the drone; a triggering subsystem interconnected with the surveillance module and configured to activate the imaging module; a navigation module configured to provide aircraft state data associated with the at least one image of the drone; and a communication module configured to transmit the at least one image of the drone and the associated aircraft state data to a receiving station; wherein the drone operating in the airspace adjacent the aircraft is identified, at least one image of the drone is acquired and transmitted to the receiving station, and the at least one image of the drone is transmitted with the associated aircraft state data. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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