Counter-Drone Net Capture UAV for Autonomous Aerial Interception
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing threat of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) posing risks due to their speed, maneuverability, and ability to carry payloads, which makes them potential hazards for collisions or attacks on critical infrastructure, necessitating an effective countermeasure for neutralization.
Innovation Solution
A counter-attack UAV system equipped with a flight body, flight control system, and aerial vehicle capture countermeasure, which includes sensors for detection and communication with an external aerial vehicle detection system to intercept and capture target UAVs, utilizing autonomous flight control and coordinated operations to neutralize threats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing technologies are used to counteract drone threats, then the protection capability is improved, but the cost and system complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs counter-attack UAVs that replicate the flight characteristics and operational modes of target drones, allowing them to effectively intercept and neutralize threats. The counter-attack UAVs are equipped with sensors and control systems that enable them to copy the target's flight patterns, making them highly effective countermeasures without requiring overly complex specialized equipment.
Solution Approach 2:
The counter-attack UAVs are equipped with autonomous flight control systems and onboard sensors that enable them to independently detect, track, and intercept target drones. The system performs self-navigation, self-targeting, and self-neutralization operations without requiring constant human intervention or complex external control infrastructure, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high reliability.
2Area of stationary object
If countermeasures are deployed to protect large airspaces, then the security coverage is improved, but the cost and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the large airspace protection task into multiple independent counter-attack UAV units, each capable of autonomous operation. Rather than deploying a single complex centralized system, multiple simpler UAVs work in parallel to cover different sectors of the protected airspace, reducing operational complexity while expanding coverage area.
Solution Approach 2:
The counter-attack UAVs are designed as multi-functional platforms that can perform detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of various types of target drones. This universal design allows a single type of UAV to handle diverse threats across large airspaces without requiring specialized equipment for each threat type, thereby simplifying operations while maintaining broad coverage.
3Speed
If rapid interception is implemented to neutralize fast-moving drones, then the response time is improved, but the precision of capture decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The counter-attack UAVs are equipped with onboard sensors and flight control systems that continuously track and predict the future position of target drones. By performing preliminary calculations of intercept trajectories and anticipating target movements, the system can initiate interception maneuvers earlier and with greater precision, maintaining both high speed and accurate capture without requiring slower, more deliberate approaches.
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AI summary
A counter-attack unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), for aerial neutralization of a detected target aerial vehicle, comprises a flight body and a flight control system to intercept the detected target aerial vehicle, and comprises an aerial vehicle capture countermeasure (e.g., a net) operable to capture the detected target aerial vehicle. The aerial vehicle capture countermeasure can comprise a net deployable from the counter-attack UAV, and a captured target aerial vehicle can be delivered to a particular location. A system for aerial neutralization of a detected target aerial vehicle comprises an aerial vehicle detection system comprising at least one detection sensor operable to detect the target aerial vehicle, and operable to provide command data (including location data) to at least one counter-attack UAV for neutralization of the target aerial vehicle. The counter-attack UAV and systems may be autonomously operated. Associated systems and methods are provided.