Autonomous aerial vehicle airspace claiming and announcing

• Main Authors: Cui, Zhi, Paige, Troy, Koch, Robert, Craine, Ari, Dowlatkhah, Sangar, Khan, Sameena
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.08.2023
• Subjects: AEROPLANES; AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONTROLLING; COSMONAUTICS; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; HELICOPTERS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SURVEYING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TESTING; TRANSPORTING

A processing system of an autonomous aerial vehicle including at least one processor may obtain mapping data describing at least a portion of a facility, navigate, via the mapping data, to a space within the facility to perform an assigned task, and collect spatial sensor data within the space. The processing system may then detect, from the spatial sensor data, at least one object within the space, define a reserved zone within the space to perform the assigned task, based upon the at least one object that is detected, and present at least one of an audible announcement or a visual announcement of the reserved zone.