UAS Interdiction Access Control With Credential Logging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current unmanned aircraft system (UAS) interdiction devices lack effective mechanisms to prevent unauthorized use and record crucial operational data, posing safety and security risks as they can be used by untrained individuals, affecting both civilian and governmental safety, and often interfere with legitimate wireless devices.
Innovation Solution
Integration of security and recording mechanisms into UAS interdiction devices, including a hand-held housing with a control unit, unmanned vehicle detection and interdiction mechanisms, credential detectors, and recording mechanisms to validate access keys and log data on device operation, vehicle identification, and location, utilizing radio frequency, GNSS, and optical sensors to disrupt UAS operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If UAS interdiction devices are made accessible for use, then they can be used to disrupt unauthorized UAS operations, but they can also be misused by untrained individuals causing safety risks and interfering with legitimate wireless devices
Solution Approach 1:
A credential detector acts as an intermediary between the user and the interdiction mechanism. The device requires validation of credentials (such as ID cards or electronic credentials) before enabling the interdiction functionality. This intermediary layer ensures that only authorized personnel can activate the disruptive signals, preventing misuse by untrained individuals while still allowing legitimate law enforcement or security personnel to use the device effectively.
2Productivity
If UAS interdiction devices emit disruptive signals, then they can disrupt unauthorized UAS operations, but they also interfere with legitimate wireless devices and communications
Solution Approach 1:
The credential detector enables localized control of the interdiction mechanism's effects. By requiring credential validation, the system ensures that disruptive signals are only emitted when authorized, and potentially only in specific contexts or locations. The device can be programmed to target specific frequency ranges or geographic areas, concentrating the disruptive effect on unauthorized UAS while minimizing interference with legitimate wireless communications in the broader environment.
3Reliability
If UAS interdiction devices are equipped with recording mechanisms, then crucial operational data can be recorded for accountability, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The recording mechanism is merged with the existing control unit and processor of the interdiction device. The same processor that controls the credential detection and signal emission also manages the recording functions. Memory storage capacity is integrated into the device's overall memory architecture. This merging approach provides comprehensive operational recording for accountability while avoiding the need for separate, additional recording hardware, thus minimizing the increase in device complexity.
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AI summary
The devices and methods described herein integrate security and/or recording mechanisms into unmanned vehicle interdiction devices to prevent unauthorized use and to record information related to operation of the unmanned vehicle interdiction device, identification of an unmanned vehicle, location of the unmanned vehicle, and operation of the unmanned vehicle.