UAV Fleet Map Interface for Concurrent Group Command Control
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies are inadequate for managing large fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as they only allow human operators to transmit commands to a single UAV at a time, making it unmanageable to oversee multiple UAVs simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A fleet management computing system that receives telemetry information from multiple UAVs, generates a map interface with icons representing the UAVs, allows operators to select and de-select groups of UAVs, and transmits commands to the selected UAVs, enabling flexible command management and acknowledgment monitoring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If current single-UAV command transmission technology is used, then command transmission to individual UAVs is simple and reliable, but human operators cannot manage multiple UAVs simultaneously, leading to unmanageable workload
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual UAV command transmissions into a single group-based command transmission interface. Operators can select multiple UAVs and transmit commands to the entire group simultaneously, consolidating what would otherwise require multiple separate transmission actions into one unified operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The command transmission system is designed to handle both individual UAV commands and group UAV commands through a universal interface. The same transmission mechanism serves dual purposes: transmitting to single selected UAVs or to multiple selected UAVs as a group, eliminating the need for separate transmission systems.
2Productivity
If group command transmission is implemented, then operators can manage multiple UAVs simultaneously, but the system complexity increases with selection and de-selection operations
Solution Approach 1:
The interface automatically manages the selection state of UAVs based on user interactions. When operators select or de-select UAVs, the system self-updates the selection group and adjusts the command transmission target accordingly, without requiring manual configuration or complex setup procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface provides real-time feedback about the current selection state, showing operators which UAVs are selected and how many UAVs will receive the command. This feedback mechanism prevents errors and reduces cognitive load by making the system state transparent without adding operational complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method of managing a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is provided. A fleet management computing system receives telemetry information from a plurality of UAVs. The fleet management computing system generates a map interface having a plurality of UAV icons based on the telemetry information. The fleet management computing system receives a selection of an initial group of UAV icons via the map interface, wherein the initial group of UAV icons includes two or more UAV icons. The fleet management computing system receives a de-selection of one or more UAV icons from the initial group of UAV icons to create a final selected group of UAV icons. The fleet management computing system transmits a command to UAVs associated with the UAV icons of the final selected group of UAV icons.