Signaling UAV Airspace Boundary Beacon
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Solution Overview
Problem
Drone/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) congestion over public-safety incidents is a common issue, as public-safety UAVs often interfere with other UAVs and manned aircraft, such as those operated by media entities.
Innovation Solution
An incident air space management system that includes a signaling unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV) and a controller associated with a public-safety entity. The SUAV broadcasts a restricted airspace beacon to define a restricted airspace boundary, instructing other aircraft to stay outside this boundary.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a public-safety UAV operates over a public-safety incident, then situational awareness and safety monitoring are improved, but interference with other UAVs and manned aircraft increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a restricted airspace beacon as an intermediary signaling device that mediates between the public-safety UAV and other aircraft. The beacon transmits signals to define a restricted airspace boundary, allowing the public-safety UAV to operate reliably while preventing interference with other aircraft through clear spatial delimitation.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a restricted airspace boundary is established to prevent interference, then interference with other aircraft is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The restricted airspace beacon system operates autonomously by automatically defining and broadcasting the restricted airspace boundary based on the public-safety UAV's location and operational parameters. This self-service mechanism reduces the need for complex manual coordination and external control systems, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while still preventing interference.
3Reliability
If the SUAV broadcasts a restricted airspace beacon continuously, then other aircraft are instructed to stay outside the boundary, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The restricted airspace beacon operates using periodic broadcasting of the airspace boundary definition rather than continuous transmission. This periodic action maintains reliable enforcement of the airspace boundary by periodically updating and reinforcing the restricted area designation, while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous operation.
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AI summary
A device, system, and method for incident air space management is provided. A system includes a controller and a signaling unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV) associated with a public-safety entity. The controller dispatches the SUAV to a location of a public-safety incident and generates a restricted airspace boundary for airspace, associated with the incident, within which the SUAV operates. The controller activates a restricted airspace beacon of the SUAV that correlates with the restricted airspace boundary. The SUAV broadcasts the restricted airspace beacon, indicating the restricted airspace boundary, relative to a current location of the SUAV. The restricted airspace beacon is operational in at least two modes: a stationary incident mode, during which the SUAV and the restricted airspace boundary are stationary relative to a fixed location of incident; and a mobile incident mode, during which the SUAV and the restricted airspace boundary are mobile and tracking a moving incident location.