Mitigating noise exposure to unmanned aerial vehicles
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method of distributing noise exposures to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over a neighborhood, the method comprising:
- receiving a flight routing request to fly a first UAV of the UAVs over the neighborhood;
accessing a noise exposure map stored in a noise exposure database in response to the flight routing request, wherein the noise exposure map includes noise exposure values indexed to locations within the neighborhood, and wherein each of the noise exposure values quantifies a cumulative noise exposure of a corresponding one of the locations due at least in part to historical flight paths of the UAVs over the neighborhood; and
generating a new flight path for the first UAV over the neighborhood that load levels additional noise exposures that the new flight path will contribute to the noise exposure map.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method of distributing noise exposures to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over a neighborhood includes: receiving flight routing requests to fly the UAVs over the neighborhood; accessing a noise exposure map stored in a noise exposure database in response to the flight routing requests; and generating new flight paths for the UAVs over the neighborhood that load level additional noise exposures that the new flight paths will contribute to the noise exposure map. The noise exposure map includes noise exposure values indexed to properties within the neighborhood. The noise exposure values quantify cumulative noise exposures of the properties due to historical flight paths of the UAVs over the neighborhood.
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1. A computer implemented method of distributing noise exposures to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over a neighborhood, the method comprising:
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receiving a flight routing request to fly a first UAV of the UAVs over the neighborhood; accessing a noise exposure map stored in a noise exposure database in response to the flight routing request, wherein the noise exposure map includes noise exposure values indexed to locations within the neighborhood, and wherein each of the noise exposure values quantifies a cumulative noise exposure of a corresponding one of the locations due at least in part to historical flight paths of the UAVs over the neighborhood; and generating a new flight path for the first UAV over the neighborhood that load levels additional noise exposures that the new flight path will contribute to the noise exposure map. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for distributing noise exposures to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over a neighborhood, the system comprising:
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a noise exposure database storing a noise exposure map for the neighborhood, wherein the noise exposure map includes noise exposure values indexed to properties within the neighborhood, and wherein the noise exposure values quantify cumulative noise exposures of the properties due at least in part to historical flight paths of the UAVs over the neighborhood; a flight routing system coupled to the noise exposure database, wherein the flight routing system includes instructions stored on a memory, that when executed by the flight routing system, cause the flight routing system to perform operations including; receiving a flight routing request to fly a first UAV of the UAVs over the neighborhood; and generating a new flight path for the first UAV, in response to the flight routing request, that load levels additional noise exposures that the new flight path will contribute to the noise exposure map; and a noise exposure updater coupled to the noise exposure database to update the noise exposure values in response to the first UAV flying the new flight path over the neighborhood. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. At least one machine-accessible storage medium that provides instructions that, when executed by a machine, will cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a flight routing request to fly a first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of a plurality of UAVs over a neighborhood; accessing a noise exposure map stored in a noise exposure database in response to the flight routing request, wherein the noise exposure map includes noise exposure values indexed to locations within the neighborhood, and wherein each of the noise exposure values quantifies a cumulative noise exposure of a corresponding one of the locations due at least in part to historical flight paths of the UAVs over the neighborhood; and generating a new flight path for the first UAV over the neighborhood that load levels additional noise exposures that the new flight path will contribute to the noise exposure map.
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