Airborne unmanned aerial vehicle monitoring station
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1. An unmanned aerial vehicle monitoring system, comprising:
- an aerial monitoring station (“
AMS”
), the AMS;
including an airship that maintains the AMS at an altitude above a commercial airspace;
including a plurality of image capture devices; and
configured to monitor positions of each of a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (“
UAVs”
) located within an AMS coverage area;
wherein, for each of the plurality of UAVs, the AMS is configured to receive respective position information, and the AMS is configured to orient a respective image capture device in a direction indicated by respective position information of a respective one of the plurality of UAVs; and
a remote computing resource in wireless communication with the AMS.
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Abstract
Described is an airborne monitoring station (“AMS”) for use in monitoring a coverage area and/or unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”) positioned within a coverage area of the AMS. For example, the AMS may be an airship that remains at a high altitude (e.g., 45,000 feet) that monitors a coverage area that is within a line-of-sight of the AMS. As UAVs enter, navigate within and exit the coverage area, the AMS may wirelessly communicate with the UAVs, facilitate communication between the UAVs and one or more remote computing resources, and/or monitor a position of the UAVs.
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1. An unmanned aerial vehicle monitoring system, comprising:
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an aerial monitoring station (“
AMS”
), the AMS;including an airship that maintains the AMS at an altitude above a commercial airspace; including a plurality of image capture devices; and configured to monitor positions of each of a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (“
UAVs”
) located within an AMS coverage area;wherein, for each of the plurality of UAVs, the AMS is configured to receive respective position information, and the AMS is configured to orient a respective image capture device in a direction indicated by respective position information of a respective one of the plurality of UAVs; and a remote computing resource in wireless communication with the AMS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer implemented method, comprising:
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under control of one or more computing systems configured with executable instructions; detecting an unmanned aerial vehicle (“
UAV”
) within a coverage area of an aerial monitoring station (“
AMS”
), wherein the AMS includes an airship positioned at an altitude above a UAV navigation space;monitoring at the AMS a position of the UAV, wherein the monitoring includes; receiving position information from the UAV indicating the position of the UAV; and orienting a camera associated with the AMS in a direction corresponding to the position information; sending the position information indicating the position of the UAV from the AMS to a remote computing resource; receiving at the AMS an instruction for the UAV; and sending the instruction from the AMS to the UAV. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An aerial monitoring station (“
- AMS”
) apparatus, comprising;an airship configured to maintain the AMS at an altitude above an AMS coverage area; a plurality of sensors located on the airship and oriented to monitor a respective portion of the AMS coverage area, the plurality of sensors including a plurality of cameras; and a communication component located on the airship and configured to wirelessly communicate with each of a plurality of UAVs positioned within the AMS coverage area and wirelessly communicate with a remote computing resource; and wherein, for each of the plurality of UAVs, the AMS is configured to receive respective position information, and the AMS is configured to orient a respective camera of the plurality of cameras in a direction indicated by respective position information of a respective one of the plurality of UAVs. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
- AMS”
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