UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE OPERATOR IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM

• US 20170170972A1
• Filed: 08/25/2016
• Published: 06/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nuvoton Technology Corporation (Winbond Electronics Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nuvoton Technology Corporation (Winbond Electronics Corporation)
• Inventors: WU, CHI-FENG, SHEN, TZU-LAN
• Application Number:
  US15/246,935
• Publication Number:
  US 20170170972A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/0051 by monitoring passengers or crew on aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/20 Remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/19 using electrically powered motors
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/805 Lightweight hardware, e.g. radio-frequency identification [RFID] or sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/84 Vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0894 Escrow, recovery or storing of secret information, e.g. secret key escrow or cryptographic key storage
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3226 using a predetermined code, e.g. password, passphrase or PIN network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using passwords in a packet data network H04L63/083
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3263 involving certificates, e.g. public key certificate [PKC] or attribute certificate [AC]; Public key infrastructure [PKI] arrangements network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using certificates in a packet data network H04L63/0823

Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle operator identity authentication system is provided, including a flight control module and a license certificate module connected with each other. The flight control module includes a first encryption and decryption unit for generating a random number code, and a first storage unit for storing a license register table. The license certificate module includes a second storage unit for storing a license certificate identifier, and a second encryption and decryption unit for encrypting the received random number code and the license certificate identifier, and transmitting the encrypted data to the first encryption and decryption unit. After decryption, if the first encryption and decryption unit determines that the decrypted random number code is the same as the original random number code, and the decrypted license certificate identifier exists in the license register table, the operator identity authentication is completed and the UAV can be actuated.

Claims

1. An unmanned aerial vehicle operator identity authentication system, comprising:

a flight control module configured to control the UAV and comprising;

a first encryption and decryption unit configured to generate a random number code; and

a first storage unit configured to store at least one key, the random number code and a license register table which records a plurality of valid certificate identifiers; and

a license certificate module electrically connected to the flight control module through a connection interface, and comprising;

a second storage unit configured to store a license certificate identifier representing an operator'"'"'s identity; and

a second encryption and decryption unit configured to receive the random number code, encrypt the random number code and the license certificate identifier, and transmit the encrypted random number code and license certificate identifier to the first encryption and decryption unit;

wherein the first encryption and decryption unit uses the at least one key to decrypt the encrypted random number code and license certificate identifier, and the unmanned aerial vehicle is activated only when the first encryption and decryption unit confirms that the decrypted random number code is the same as the random number code originally generated by the first encryption and decryption unit and the license certificate identifier is matched with one of the valid certificate identifiers.

2. The unmanned aerial vehicle operator identity authentication system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one key comprises a master public key and a master private key, the first encryption and decryption unit transmits the master public key and the random number code to the second encryption and decryption unit, and the second encryption and decryption unit uses the master public key to encrypt the random number code and the license certificate identifier, and then transmit the encrypted random number code and the license certificate identifier to the first encryption and decryption unit, and the encryption and decryption unit uses the master private key to decrypt the encrypted random number code and the license certificate identifier, so as to obtain the random number code and the license certificate identifier.

3. The unmanned aerial vehicle operator identity authentication system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one key comprises a master public key and a master private key, the first encryption and decryption unit uses the master public key to encrypt the random number code, and transmits the encrypted random number code to the second encryption and decryption unit.

4. The unmanned aerial vehicle operator identity authentication system according to claim 3, wherein the second storage unit is configured to store the master public key and a first private key, the second encryption and decryption unit uses the master public key to encrypt the license certificate identifier, and uses the first private key to encrypt the random number code, and then transmits the encrypted license certificate identifier and the encrypted random number code to the first encryption and decryption unit, and the first encryption and decryption unit uses the master private key to decrypt the encrypted license certificate identifier, and from the first storage unit searches a second private key corresponding to the first private key, and uses the second private key to decrypt the encrypted random number code.

5. The unmanned aerial vehicle operator identity authentication system according to claim 1, wherein the connection interface comprises a USB interface, a serial peripheral interface or an inter-integrated circuit bus interface.

6. The unmanned aerial vehicle operator identity authentication system according to claim 1, further comprising a global position system module configured to detect a location area code.

7. The unmanned aerial vehicle operator identity authentication system according to claim 6, wherein the first storage unit is configured to store at least one area code indicative of an area where the UAV is allowed to fly legally, and the flight control module activates the UAV only when the location area code detected by the global position system is matched with the at least one area code.

8. The unmanned aerial vehicle operator identity authentication system according to claim 7, wherein the license certificate identifier comprises a licensing area code, and the flight control module activates the UAV only when the location area code is matched with the licensing area code.

9. The unmanned aerial vehicle operator identity authentication system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a license certificate server configured to record at least one valid operator and the license certificate identifier thereof.

10. The unmanned aerial vehicle operator identity authentication system according to claim 9, wherein the first storage unit is linked with the license certificate server to update the plurality of valid certificate identifiers recorded in the license register table.