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Process and system to register and regulate unmanned aerial vehicle operations

  • US 9,734,723 B1
  • Filed: 07/15/2015
  • Issued: 08/15/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of establishing and using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight plan, comprising:

  • receiving, by a registration authority (RA) server, a flight plan request comprising a proposed flight plan for a UAV, the UAV having an onboard flight lock that is initially turned on to prevent the UAV from flying;

    building, by the RA server, a flight plan trajectory from the flight plan request;

    determining, by the RA server, whether the flight plan trajectory conflicts with exclusion zones that restrict operation of the UAV;

    sending from the RA server an approved flight plan that is destined for the UAV, the approved flight plan conveying to the UAV an authority to fly in a defined inclusion zone in a defined time window;

    receiving, by the UAV, the approved flight plan;

    determining, by the UAV, whether the received approved flight plan meets criteria to turn off the flight lock; and

    if the criteria are met, by the UAV, turning off the flight lock to enable the UAV to fly.

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