SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRONE NAVIGATION
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for navigation of a drone through a geographical air space, the method comprising:
- identifying a drone within or in proximity to a geographical air space;
receiving from the drone, flight data representing a certain flight path of the drone through the geographical air space;
evaluating the flight data based on a flight risk map to determine the flight risk of the certain flight path of the drone through the geographical air space, wherein the flight risk map of the geographical air space includes a plurality of zones, each zone being associated with a certain flight safety score; and
at least one member of the group consisting of;
approving the certain flight path when the flight risk of the drone is within an acceptable risk threshold,blocking the certain flight path when the flight risk of the drone is outside the acceptable risk threshold, andobtaining external control of navigation of the drone to navigate the drone through at least one zone having the acceptable risk threshold.
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Abstract
There is provided a method for navigation of a drone through a geographical air space, comprising: identifying a drone within or in proximity to a geographical air space; receiving flight data representing a certain flight path through the geographical air space; evaluating the flight data based on a flight risk map to determine the flight risk through the geographical air space, wherein the flight risk map includes zones, each zone being associated with a certain flight safety score; and one or more of: approving the certain flight path when the flight risk of the drone is within an acceptable risk threshold, blocking the certain flight path when the flight risk of the drone is outside the acceptable risk threshold, and obtaining external control of navigation of the drone to navigate the drone through at least one zone having the acceptable risk threshold.
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26 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for navigation of a drone through a geographical air space, the method comprising:
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identifying a drone within or in proximity to a geographical air space; receiving from the drone, flight data representing a certain flight path of the drone through the geographical air space; evaluating the flight data based on a flight risk map to determine the flight risk of the certain flight path of the drone through the geographical air space, wherein the flight risk map of the geographical air space includes a plurality of zones, each zone being associated with a certain flight safety score; and at least one member of the group consisting of; approving the certain flight path when the flight risk of the drone is within an acceptable risk threshold, blocking the certain flight path when the flight risk of the drone is outside the acceptable risk threshold, and obtaining external control of navigation of the drone to navigate the drone through at least one zone having the acceptable risk threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for navigation of a drone through a geographical air space, the system comprising:
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a drone communication interface configured to transmit data to at least one drone and receive data transmitted by the at least one drone; a central drone control server in communication with the drone interface, the server configured to; identify a drone within or in proximity to a geographical air space; receive from the drone, flight data representing a certain flight path of the drone through the geographical air space; evaluate the flight data based on a flight risk map to determine the flight risk of the certain flight path of the drone through the geographical air space, wherein the flight risk map of the geographical air space includes a plurality of zones, each zone being associated with a certain flight safety score; and performing at least one member of the group consisting of; send a message to the drone indicating approval of the certain flight path when the flight risk of the drone is within an acceptable risk threshold, send the message to the drone indicating blockage of the certain flight path when the flight risk of the drone is outside the acceptable risk threshold, and obtain external control of navigation of the drone to navigate the drone through at least one zone having the acceptable risk threshold. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer implemented method for generating a flight risk map of a geographical air space for navigation of a drone through the geographical air space, the method comprising:
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generating a model dividing a geographical air space into a plurality of zones; assigning a certain flight safety score to each respective zone of the plurality of zones in the model, the certain flight safety score designated from a plurality of flight safety scores based on at least one object within the respective zone and a set of rules mapping the at least one object to the certain flight safety score; monitoring for dynamic changes to at least one of the set of rules and the at least one object; updating at least one of the set of rules and the at least one object; repeating the generating and the assigning; and outputting a dynamically updated flight map based on the model. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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