Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Authorization And Geofence Envelope Determination

Abstract: methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for unmanned aerial vehicle authorization and geofence envelope determination. one of the methods includes determining, by an electronic system in an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav), an estimated fuel remaining in the uav. an estimated fuel consumption of the uav is determined. estimated information associated with wind affecting the uav is determined using information obtained from sensors included in the uav. estimated flights times remaining for a current path, and one or more alternative flight paths, are determined using the determined estimated fuel remaining, determined estimated fuel consumption, determined information associated wind, and information describing each flight path. in response to the electronic system determining that the estimated fuel remaining, after completion of the current flight path, would be below a first threshold, an alternative flight path is selected.

Inventor(s): Jonathan Downey, Bernard J. Michini, Joseph Moster, Donald Curry Weigel, James Ogden

CPC Classification: G08G5/34 (TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic ; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals ; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control , , ; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes , , }))

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