Emergency shutdown and landing for unmanned aerial vehicles with air traffic control systems
US10074284B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 3, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/06
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for emergency shutdown and landing by an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) includes detecting an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is one of distressed and rogue; determining timing for a shutdown and a location for landing; and communicating the determined timing and the landing location to the UAV by the Air Traffic Control system via one or more wireless networks comprising at least one cellular network.
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