Interception Flight Planning Using Visual Hostility Analytics
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current solutions for intercepting hostile unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are complex, often requiring manual control and extensive knowledge of radio frequency links, and are impractical for urban areas, with a high risk of human error leading to dangerous conditions or failure.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for generating flight plans for an interception vehicle to automatically intercept hostile UAVs by collecting multimedia content elements, analyzing them to determine hostility indicators, and generating intercepting flight plans based on speed and direction, allowing for autonomous interception without manual control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual control is used to intercept hostile UAVs, then interception capability is achieved, but human error risk increases and safety decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables autonomous interception by allowing the UAV fleet management system to automatically detect hostile UAVs, generate interception flight plans, and control interception vehicles without human intervention. The system serves itself by autonomously completing the entire interception workflow from detection to execution.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical control with automated computational systems. The flight planning system uses algorithms to automatically generate interception trajectories and control commands, substituting human operators with automated software-based control mechanisms.
2Reliability
If jamming technology is used to counter hostile UAVs, then interception capability is improved, but device complexity and operational difficulty increase due to requiring extensive RF knowledge
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex RF jamming functionality from the interception system and replaces it with a simpler visual detection and autonomous pursuit approach. The system removes the need for RF knowledge by using camera-based detection and automated flight control instead.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an automated flight planning system as an intermediary between detection and interception. This intermediary automatically processes visual data, generates flight plans, and controls interception vehicles, eliminating the need for operators to directly manipulate complex RF systems.
3Productivity
If automated flight planning is used for interception, then productivity and response time are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The flight planning system is designed to be universal by serving multiple functions: it detects hostile UAVs, generates interception flight plans, tracks targets, and controls various types of interception vehicles. This multi-functionality consolidates what could be multiple separate complex systems into one integrated platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges detection, decision-making, and control functions into a single integrated autonomous system. The flight planning system combines visual detection algorithms, flight plan generation, and vehicle control into one unified automated workflow, reducing the need for separate manual systems.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for flight planning for a first vehicle. The method includes generating, based on an entry indicator, a first flight plan for the first vehicle, wherein the entry indicator indicates entrance of a second vehicle into a protected area, wherein the first flight plan includes collection, by the first vehicle, of at least two multimedia content elements showing the second vehicle; generating, based on the at least two multimedia content elements showing the second vehicle and at least one set of predetermined multimedia content elements showing known hostile vehicles, at least one hostility indicator analytic, wherein the at least one hostility indicator analytic includes at least a speed and a direction; and generating, based on the at least one hostility indicator analytic, a second flight plan for the first vehicle, wherein the second flight plan includes intercepting the second vehicle using the first vehicle.