MANAGEMENT OF DRONE OPERATIONS AND SECURITY IN A PERVASIVE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

• US 20170278407A1
• Filed: 04/07/2017
• Published: 09/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lens Ventures LLC
• Original Assignee: Lens Ventures LLC
• Inventors: Lemmey, Tara, Vonog, Stanislav
• Granted Patent: US 10,839,089 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 47/08 Arrangements of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/30 for imaging, photography or videography
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0077 using redundant signals or controls
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/102 specially adapted for vertical take-off of aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/188 Electronic negotiation
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/006 in accordance with predefined flight zones, e.g. to avoid prohibited zones
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/045 Navigation or guidance aids, e.g. determination of anti-collision manoeuvers radar or analogous systems specially adapted for anti-collision between aircraft G01S13/933
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

A method to provide negotiation control to data such that a person or entity can negotiate the use of data gathered beyond what is needed for a particular use by a third party transaction. The method also provides negotiation for the control and operation of autonomous vehicles such as drones operating in non-public space.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method for a server to change a route of an aerial drone during flight, the method comprising:

receiving, by the server, navigational data from the aerial drone, the navigational data indicating that the aerial drone is traveling upon a first route resulting in the aerial drone approaching a first property along the first route;

determining, by the server, that the aerial drone is unable to capture image data within the first property;

determining, by the server, that the aerial drone is able to capture image data within a second property; and

instructing, by the server, the aerial drone to switch traveling upon the first route to a second route to avoid the first property and enter the second property based on the determinations that the aerial drone is unable to capture image data within the first property and that the aerial drone is able to capture image data within the second property.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the image data corresponding to the second property is used to proceed via the second route through the second property.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the second property is adjacent to the first property.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein determining that the aerial drone is unable to capture image data within the first property includes:

receiving site use parameters representing requirements for capturing the image data within the first property; and

determining that the requirements cannot be achieved, wherein switching the aerial drone from traveling upon the first route to the second route to avoid the first property is based on the determination that the requirements cannot be achieved.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein determining that the aerial drone is able to capture image data within the second property includes:

receiving site use parameters representing requirements for capturing the image data within the second property; and

determining that the requirements can be achieved, wherein switching the aerial drone from traveling upon the first route to the second route to avoid the first property is based on the determination that the requirements can be achieved.

26. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

determining that the aerial drone is approaching another aerial drone;

determining a type of aerial drone corresponding to the other aerial drone; and

instructing the aerial drone to adjust characteristics of its travel based on the type of aerial drone corresponding to the other aerial drone.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the characteristics of the travel of the aerial drone include a speed of travel along the first route or the second route.

28. The method of claim 21, wherein the first route includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the first portion traveled by the aerial drone before switching to the second route, the second portion corresponding to a part of the first route within the first property that the aerial drone is to avoid, and the second route joins the third portion of the first route to allow the aerial drone to rejoin the first route.

29. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions such that the processor and memory are configured to;

receive navigational data from a drone, the navigational data indicating that the drone is traveling upon a first route resulting in the drone approaching a first property along the first route;

determine that the drone is unable to capture image data corresponding to the first property;

determine that the drone is able to capture image data corresponding to a second property; and

cause the drone to adjust traveling upon the first route approaching the first property to traveling upon a second route approaching the second property along the second route.

30. The electronic device of claim 29, wherein the drone is caused to adjust traveling based on the determinations that the aerial drone is unable to capture image data corresponding the first property and that the aerial drone is able to capture image data corresponding a second property.

31. The electronic device of claim 29, wherein the drone enters the second property, and wherein the drone does not enter the first property upon adjusting traveling to the second route.

32. The electronic device of claim 29, wherein determining that the drone is unable to capture image data corresponding the first property includes:

determine site use parameters representing requirements for capturing the image data corresponding to the first property; and

determine that the requirements cannot be achieved, wherein adjusting the traveling of the drone from traveling upon the first route to the second route is based on the determination that the requirements cannot be achieved, wherein the drone does not enter the first property as it travels upon the second route.

33. The electronic device of claim 29, wherein determining that the drone is able to capture image data corresponding the second property includes:

receive site use parameters representing requirements for capturing the image data corresponding to the second property; and

determine that the requirements can be achieved, wherein adjusting the traveling of the drone from traveling upon the first route to the second is based on the determination that the requirements can be achieved, wherein the drone does nto enter the first proper as it travels upon the second route.

34. The electronic device of claim 29, wherein the first route corresponds to the drone entering the first property and not entering the second property, and the second route corresponds to the drone entering the second property and not the first property.

35. The electronic device of claim 29, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions such that the processor and memory are configured to:

determine that the drone is approaching another drone;

determine a type of drone corresponding to the other drone; and

instruct the drone to adjust characteristics of its traveling based on the type of drone corresponding to the other drone.

36. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions such that the processor and memory are configured to;

determine that a drone is approaching a site;

determine site use restrictions for the drone, wherein the determining includes comparing a first set of parameters indicating how the drone intends to use information collected regarding the site and a second set of parameters indicating restrictions to activities of drones within the site; and

instruct the drone to enter the site based on the determination of the site use restrictions.

37. The electronic device of claim 36, wherein the information collected regarding the site includes image data of the site captured by the drone.

38. The electronic device of claim 36, wherein the drone is instructed to enter the site and behave in accordance with the site use restrictions.

39. The electronic device of claim 38, wherein the site use restrictions indicate more restrictive behavior for the drone than the first set of parameters indicating how the drone intends to use the information collected regarding the site.

40. The electronic device of claim 39, wherein the site use restrictions indicate less restrictive behavior than the second set of parameters indicating restrictions to activities of drones within the site.

41. A method, comprising:

determining, by a server, that a drone is approaching a site;

determining, by the server, a first set of parameters indicating how the drone intends to use information collected while it is within the first site or approaching the site;

determining, by the server, a second set of parameters indicating restrictions to activities of drones within the site;

determining, by the server, behavior of the drone within the site based on the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters; and

instructing the drone to comply with the determined behavior while it is within the site or approaching the site.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein determining the behavior of the drone within the site is based on a comparison of the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters.

43. The method of claim 41, wherein the determined behavior of the drone is more restrictive behavior than behavior corresponding to the first set of parameters indicating how the drone intends to use the information collected regarding the site.

44. The method of claim 43, wherein the determined behavior of the drone is less restrictive than behavior corresponding to the second set of parameters indicating restrictions to activities of drones within the site.

45. The method of claim 41, wherein the information that the drone intends to use includes image data corresponding to the site.

46. A drone, comprising:

a camera;

one or more processors;

memory storing instructions, wherein the one or more processor are configured to execute the instructions such that the one or more processors and memory are configured to;

determine that the drone is approaching a first property along a first route that the drone is traveling upon;

provide navigational data to a server, the navigational data indicating that the drone is approaching the first property along the first route;

receive navigational adjustment data indicating that the drone is to switch from traveling upon the first route to a second route avoiding the first property based upon the drone being unable to provide image data corresponding to the first property to navigate along the first route;

generate image data corresponding to the second property using the camera; and

navigate along the second route through the second property based on the image data corresponding to the second property.

47. The drone of claim 46, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions such that the processor and memory are configured to:

determine that the drone is approaching another drone;

determine a type of drone corresponding to the other drone; and

instruct the drone to adjust characteristics of its navigating along the second route based on the type of drone corresponding to the other drone.

48. The drone of claim 47, wherein the characteristics of the navigating of the drone include a speed of travel along the second route.

49. The drone of claim 46, wherein the second route includes the drone not navigating through the first property.

50. The drone of claim 46, wherein the image data is generated while drone is within the second property.