Management System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

A method and apparatus for managing a flight of an aircraft. Conditions in an environment around the aircraft are monitored during the flight of the aircraft. In response to detecting a number of changes in the environment around the aircraft, determining whether the changes affect a current route....

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors SPINELLI, CHARLES B, GADLER, DANIEL J, MCIVER, JOHN L, BRUCE, ALAN E
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 14.09.2016
Subjects
CONTROLLING
GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING
MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS
NAVIGATION
PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
PHYSICS
REGULATING
SURVEYING
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
TESTING
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:A method and apparatus for managing a flight of an aircraft. Conditions in an environment around the aircraft are monitored during the flight of the aircraft. In response to detecting a number of changes in the environment around the aircraft, determining whether the changes affect a current route. If so, a determination is then made as to whether the aircraft has the capability to make changes to the route in response to the number of changes in the environment. In response to a determination that the aircraft has the capability to make changes to the route, making changes to the route using a route analysis and planning process and a resource allocation process before returning to the monitoring step.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20110181017