UAV Airspace Restriction UI for Non-Digital Input Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing UAV delivery systems struggle to effectively manage airspace restrictions due to the presence of non-digitized information sources, such as voice-based communications and phone calls, which are not readily amenable to automated digitization, posing challenges in timely and scalable airspace management.
Innovation Solution
An information collection user-interface (UI) that allows human supervisors to input and manage airspace restrictions based on non-digitized information, including selectable fields for restriction type, duration, location, and description, facilitating the integration of such data into the fleet management system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated digitization is used for airspace restriction data, then processing speed and scalability are improved, but non-digitized information sources (voice communications, phone calls) cannot be effectively processed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a human supervisor as an intermediary between non-digitized information sources (voice communications, phone calls) and the automated fleet management system. The supervisor manually inputs restriction data from these analog sources into the digital system, bridging the gap between automated processing capabilities and non-digitized information sources.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments information processing into two distinct pathways: automated digitized processing for structured data sources, and manual human-supervised processing for non-digitized sources. This segmentation allows each pathway to be optimized for its specific data type while maintaining overall system functionality.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual input methods are used for airspace restrictions, then non-digitized information can be processed, but processing time and operational efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by maintaining a library of pre-defined restriction templates and categories. When a supervisor receives a non-digitized restriction report, they can quickly select from pre-configured templates rather than entering all parameters manually, significantly reducing input time while maintaining data quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital copies of restriction data from non-digitized sources through human input. Once entered, these copied digital records can be reused, referenced, and processed by the automated system, eliminating the need for repeated manual entry of similar restriction information.
3Measurement precision
If comprehensive information collection is implemented, then airspace management accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information collection UI serves multiple functions within a single integrated interface: it collects data from both digitized and non-digitized sources, validates input data, stores restriction records, and interfaces with the automated processing system. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized systems for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The human supervisor acts as an intermediary that simplifies system complexity by handling the cognitive task of determining when and how to convert non-digitized information into structured digital records. This mediator approach shields the automated system from dealing with unstructured analog inputs directly.
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AI summary
A technique for managing an airspace used by a fleet of UAVs includes presenting a user interface (UI) adapted for creating an airspace restriction based on non-digitized information available to a human supervisor and input into the UI by the human supervisor, soliciting with a selectable field of the UI a restriction type for the airspace restriction from a plurality of available restriction types, soliciting with duration fields of the UI start and end times for the airspace restriction, soliciting with location fields of the UI a location of the airspace restriction, creating a new entry for the airspace restriction in a restriction data store based on the selectable, duration, and location fields, and creating a new flight mission or altering an existing flight mission based upon the airspace restriction.