Adaptively disrupting unmanned aerial vehicles
US10044465B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 3, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 3, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/125
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique for adaptively disrupting UAVs detects a target UAV using a camera, monitors the target UAV's communications using a directional antenna aligned with the camera, and attempts to communicate with the target UAV to request that it land, fly away, or return to launch. With the camera trained on the UAV, the directional antenna detects down-link signals from the UAV, which the UAV may employ to communicate with a ground-based controller. Control circuitry analyzes the down-link signals and generates a disrupting signal based thereon. The disrupting signal shares characteristics with the down-link signal, such as its protocol, bit rate, and/or packet length. The directional antenna transmits the disrupting signal back toward the UAV to affect the UAV's flight.
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