Systems and methods for coordination of entities and/or communicating location information
First Claim
1. A method for coordinating operations of a group of two or more entities, said method comprising:
- communicating location information derived from global positioning system (GPS) data corresponding to the geographic location of a first one of said entities of said group to at least a second one of said aerial vehicles of said group by transmitting a RF signal pulse from said first aerial vehicle to said second aerial vehicle at a time delayed relative to a time of a provided synchronized clock pulse, the value of said time delay being based on said location information; and
controlling a directional path of at least said second one of said entities of said group based at least partially on said communicated location information corresponding to the geographic location of said first one of said entities of said group relative to the geographic location of said second one of said entities of said group.
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Abstract
Systems and methods that may be employed to communicate location information between two or more aerial vehicles or other types of vehicles or other entities, and/or that may be used to facilitate coordinated operations of two or more such entities. In one example, an aerial vehicle may be kept aware of one or more location (e.g., longitude, latitude, etc.) and/or flight characteristics (e.g., altitude, directional heading, airspeed, attitude, etc.) of one or more other adjacent aerial vehicles, and each such aerial vehicle may use that location information to adjust its flight path to maintain a safe sphere of empty airspace around itself.
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1. A method for coordinating operations of a group of two or more entities, said method comprising:
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communicating location information derived from global positioning system (GPS) data corresponding to the geographic location of a first one of said entities of said group to at least a second one of said aerial vehicles of said group by transmitting a RF signal pulse from said first aerial vehicle to said second aerial vehicle at a time delayed relative to a time of a provided synchronized clock pulse, the value of said time delay being based on said location information; and controlling a directional path of at least said second one of said entities of said group based at least partially on said communicated location information corresponding to the geographic location of said first one of said entities of said group relative to the geographic location of said second one of said entities of said group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of communicating location information, comprising:
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obtaining location information from global positioning system (GPS) data, said location information comprising at least one value corresponding to a geographic location; providing a first synchronized clock pulse; and transmitting a RF signal pulse at a time delayed relative to a time said first synchronized clock pulse is received, the value of said time delay being based on said at least one value of said location information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for communicating location information, comprising:
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at least one processing component coupled to a transmitter, said transmitter being configured to transmit a first RF signal pulse; wherein said at least one processing component is configured to; obtain first location information from global positioning system (GPS) data, said first location information comprising at least one value corresponding to a first geographic location, determine a time delay value based on said at least one value of said location information corresponding to said first geographic location, and provide a signal to said transmitter to cause transmission of said first RF signal pulse at a time delayed relative to a time that a first synchronized clock pulse is produced, the value of said time delay being based on said at least one value of said first location information corresponding to said first geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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