Navigation assistance data and route planning for drones

US10163357B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Sai Pradeep Venkatraman · Santa Clara, US
• Ju-Yong Do · Palo Alto, US
• Aditya Srivastava · Fremont, US
• Weihua Gao · San Jose, US
• Benjamin A. Werner · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 24, 2016
• Grant date: Dec 25, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 24, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64U2201/20
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for determining a flight route for a flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are presented. The flight-specific route for the UAV is determined dynamically during the flight or in advance before the flight, using navigation assistance data that includes flight-specific navigation assistance data for a plurality of geographic zones determined based on flight-specific information. The flight-specific navigation assistance data includes flight-specific ranking data for the plurality of geographic zones that can be used by the UAV or a server to determine the flight route.