Risk assessment for unmanned aerial vehicles

US11482117B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• A^3 by Airbus · US

Inventors

• Peter R. Sachs · New Windsor, US
• Richard Golding · San Francisco, US
• Joseph Polastre · San Francisco, US
• Karthik Balakrishnan · Houston, US
• Ryan Rodriguez · Rancho Santa Margarita, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 24, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2022
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/70
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Data associated with a flight, including a flight plan, a vehicle, and/or a pilot is processed via a risk assessment platform to obtain one of more numerical risk values, for example a ground risk value and an air risk value. Based on the processed data, a matrix of risk assessment decisions is generated containing risk related information (such as risk remediation information). Accordingly, based on a consistent set of risk relation information, a predictable and repeatable flight decision (such as a decision whether to fly, or an adjustment to a flight route) can be made. In some instances, the data to be processed is quantitative data collected from one or more third party systems, such as sensor data or geospatial data. The risk assessment platform includes toolkits or services to be used in the processing and transformation of this data to reach a risk assessment decision.