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Managing unmanned vehicles

  • US 9,671,791 B1
  • Filed: 06/10/2015
  • Issued: 06/06/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • detecting, by a computer system associated with a facility, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is located within a controlled airspace of the facility, the controlled airspace having an outer boundary defined around at least a portion of the facility and associated with at least one of a UAV throughput within the controlled airspace or a UAV energy usage within the controlled airspace, the UAV configured to perform an autonomous operation within the controlled airspace;

    computing, by the computer system, a four dimensional trajectory for the UAV to follow within the controlled airspace, the four dimensional trajectory specifying three dimensional spatial points within the controlled airspace and time points corresponding to the three dimensional spatial points, the computing based at least in part on data associated with the UAV, data associated with a plurality of other UAVs located within the controlled airspace, data associated with an environment of the controlled airspace, the UAV throughput and the UAV energy usage, the data associated with the UAV at least identifying a mission of the UAV, the mission comprising a portion outside of the outer boundary of the controlled airspace and being different from another mission of another UAV of the plurality of UAVs; and

    causing, by the computer system, the UAV to autonomously follow the three dimensional spatial points according to the time points based at least in part on providing the four dimensional trajectory to the UAV.

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