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System and method for automated traffic management of intelligent unmanned aerial vehicles

  • US 9,847,032 B2
  • Filed: 07/15/2015
  • Issued: 12/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A drone traffic management system comprising a computer comprising:

  • memory means for storingorigin coordinates indicating an origin location of a drone,destination coordinates indicating a destination of the drone, andtraffic management factors located between the origin location of the drone and the destination of the drone, the traffic management factors comprising a flight path of a second drone; and

    processing means for controlling a flight path of the drone bycalculating an initial flight path for the drone to fly automatically from the origin location to the destination location without manual intervention,sending the initial flight path to the drone,continuously revising the flight path of the drone by repeating, until the drone reaches its destination, the steps of;

    receiving location data of the drone as it travels from the origin location to the destination,receiving location data of the second drone as the second drone travels along its the flight path,calculating a revised flight path of the drone as a function of the location data of the drone and the location data of the second drone, andsending the revised flight path to the dronewherein the processing means is adapted to control the flight of a plurality of drones, and wherein one of the plurality of drones is a roving sector drone, and wherein the computer is located onboard the roving sector drone.

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