Identifying unmanned aerial vehicles for mission performance
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a device, capability information for one or more unmanned aerial vehicles;
assigning, by the device, one or more weights to the capability information;
identifying, by the device, the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles based on the one or more weights;
providing, by the device and based on identifying the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, flight path instructions and mission instructions to the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to permit the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to travel from a first geographical location to a second geographical location, via a flight path, and to perform one or more mission operations;
receiving, by the device and from the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, mission information,the mission information indicating that a sensor of a first unmanned aerial vehicle, of the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, is unable to perform a measurement;
determining, by the device and based on receiving the mission information, a problem associated with the first unmanned aerial vehicle; and
instructing, by the device and based on determining the problem, a second unmanned aerial vehicle of the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to perform an operation of the first unmanned aerial vehicle.
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Abstract
A device receives a request for a mission that includes traversal of a flight path from a first location to a second location and performance of mission operations, and calculates the flight path from the first location to the second location based on the request. The device determines required capabilities for the mission based on the request, and identifies UAVs based on the required capabilities for the mission. The device generates flight path instructions for the flight path and mission instructions for the mission operations, and provides the flight path/mission instructions to the identified UAVs to permit the identified UAVs to travel from the first location to the second location, via the flight path, and to perform the mission operations at the second location.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a device, capability information for one or more unmanned aerial vehicles; assigning, by the device, one or more weights to the capability information; identifying, by the device, the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles based on the one or more weights; providing, by the device and based on identifying the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, flight path instructions and mission instructions to the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to permit the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to travel from a first geographical location to a second geographical location, via a flight path, and to perform one or more mission operations; receiving, by the device and from the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, mission information, the mission information indicating that a sensor of a first unmanned aerial vehicle, of the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, is unable to perform a measurement; determining, by the device and based on receiving the mission information, a problem associated with the first unmanned aerial vehicle; and instructing, by the device and based on determining the problem, a second unmanned aerial vehicle of the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to perform an operation of the first unmanned aerial vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
one or more devices to; receive capability information for one or more unmanned aerial vehicles; assign one or more weights to the capability information; identify the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles based on the one or more weights; provide, based on identifying the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, flight path instructions and mission instructions to the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to permit the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to travel from a first geographical location to a second geographical location, via a flight path, and to perform one or more mission operations at the second geographical location; receive, from the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, mission information, the mission information indicating that a sensor of a first unmanned aerial vehicle, of the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, being unable to perform a function; determine, based on receiving the mission information, a problem associated with the first unmanned aerial vehicle; and instruct a second unmanned aerial vehicle of the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to perform a mission operation of the first unmanned aerial vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to; receive capability information for one or more unmanned aerial vehicles; assign one or more weights to the capability information; identify the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles based on the one or more weights; generate flight path instructions for a flight path and mission instructions for one or more mission operations; provide, based on identifying the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, the flight path instructions and the mission instructions to the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to permit the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to travel from a first geographical location to a second geographical location, via the flight path, and to perform the one or more mission operations at the second geographical location; receive, from the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, mission information, the mission information indicating that a sensor of a first unmanned aerial vehicle, of the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, being unable to perform a function; determine, based on receiving the mission information, a problem associated with the first unmanned aerial vehicle; and instruct a second unmanned aerial vehicle, of the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, to perform a mission operation of the first unmanned aerial vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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