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Flight monitoring system and method for monitoring flight of unmanned aerial vehicle

US9846436B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 2016
Grant dateDec 19, 2017
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB64U2201/104
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A flight monitoring system comprises a first set of flight-status detecting sensors comprising a first-type sensor A1 for providing a first-type measurement result and a second-type sensor A2 for providing a second-type measurement result; a second set of flight-status detecting sensors comprising a first-type sensor B1 for providing a first-type measurement result and a second-type sensor B2 for providing a second-type measurement result. The flight monitoring system further comprises a control module configured to perform: comparing a difference between the first-type measurement results from the first-type sensors A1 and B1 with a first predetermined threshold; if the difference is more than the first predetermined threshold, deciding a first-type sensor data of the first-type sensors as indefinite; and determining a value of the first-type sensor data by selecting one of the first-type measurement results from the first-type sensors A1 and B1 as the value of the first-type sensor data according to the second-type measurement results, and setting the first-type sensor data as definite after the selection.

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