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Unmanned air vehicle interoperability agent

US8918540B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

David E. Corman · Creve Coeur, US
Thomas Herm · Bärnau, DE
Steven A. Dorris · Saint Peters, US
Eric Martens · Kirkwood, US
James Louis Paunicka · Bellerive Acres, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 26, 2005
Grant date	Dec 23, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 18, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/125
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of coordinating communications between a plurality of Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) operating in connection with differing communication languages. A common language is provided which includes common language commands and common language data objects. Common language commands are communicated from a user to a plurality of UAVs through a UAV Interoperability Agent (UIA), which converts the common language commands to UAV-specific commands which can be understood by the specific UAV. Additionally, UAVs send data in a native platform format to the UIA, which converts the native platform data to common language format for collection and interpretation by the user.

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