Open Flight Restriction Platform for Centralized UAV Airspace Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems lack a centralized platform for managing and updating flight restriction regions for aerial vehicles, leading to inefficiencies and potential violations of airspace regulations.

Innovation Solution

A platform that allows users to input, manage, and update flight restriction regions, incorporating databases for real-time updates and providing a unified interface for UAV operators to navigate these regions, with flight response measures to govern UAV operations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If a centralized platform for managing flight restriction regions is implemented, then the management efficiency and compliance with airspace regulations are improved, but the system complexity and infrastructure requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanagement efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple flight restriction region data sources, management functions, and access interfaces into a single centralized platform. This consolidation improves management efficiency by providing unified access to all restriction regions while managing system complexity through integrated architecture rather than multiple separate systems

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The centralized platform serves multiple functions including storing flight restriction region data, providing access to UAV operators, enabling real-time updates, and managing compliance information. This multi-functionality improves overall management efficiency while avoiding the need for multiple separate systems

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If real-time updates of flight restriction regions are provided, then the reliability and safety of UAV operations are improved, but the data transmission requirements and system resource consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational safetyVSAvoiddata transmission requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables UAV operators to autonomously access and retrieve flight restriction region information as needed. This self-service approach ensures operators have current information for safe operations while allowing data transmission to occur only when information is accessed, rather than requiring continuous real-time broadcasting

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple users can input and manage flight restriction regions, then the adaptability and comprehensiveness of restriction coverage are improved, but the need for verification and approval processes increases system complexity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverestriction coverageVSAvoidverification process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system requires flight restriction regions to be verified and approved before being added to the database. This preliminary verification action ensures data quality and authorization while maintaining a structured process that prevents unauthorized or erroneous restrictions from being implemented

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system includes approval and verification processes that provide feedback on submitted flight restriction regions. This feedback mechanism ensures that only properly authorized and validated restrictions are added to the database, maintaining system integrity while accommodating multiple user inputs

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP4198672B1Open platform for restricted region
Publication Date: 2025.09.10 SZ DJI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Systems and methods are provided for collecting information regarding restriction regions. The information regarding restriction regions may be approved of, or the identity of a user inputting such information may be verified. The designated restriction regions may be displayed on a two- or three-dimensional map and be utilized by movable objects, for example, in conjunction with response measures.