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Unmanned aerial vehicle authorization and geofence envelope determination

  • US 9,406,237 B2
  • Filed: 01/22/2016
  • Issued: 08/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system, comprising:

  • one or more processors and one or more computer storage media storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

    monitoring information associated with the UAV, including;

    estimated fuel remaining,estimated fuel consumption,information associated with wind affecting the UAV that indicates a direction of the wind;

    determining, using the monitored information, an estimated flight time remaining for a current flight path that includes a plurality of waypoints; and

    determining that the estimated fuel remaining, after the estimated flight time, would be below a threshold, and selecting one or more waypoints included in the current flight path to be excluded from the current flight path based, at least in part, on the direction of the wind.

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