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Mitigating noise exposure to unmanned aerial vehicles

  • US 10,515,557 B2
  • Filed: 12/20/2017
  • Issued: 12/24/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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