Method and system for teaming manned and unmanned aerial vehicles
US10665112B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 15, 2015 |
| Grant date | May 26, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G5/723
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of teaming a manned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle includes inputting to a controller in a manned vehicle coordinates for an area of interest, plotting a course to the area of interest in a navigation computer operatively connected to the controller, identifying one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) near the area of interest, communicating to a ground controller rendezvous coordinates for one of the one or more UAVs, and negotiating a control hand-off of the one of the one or more UAVs from the ground controller to the controller.
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