UAV Flight Data Access Control for Secure Shared Records
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Solution Overview
Problem
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight data is often incomplete, inaccessible, or improperly controlled, limiting its availability for analysis, safety, and regulatory purposes due to varying collection methods and access restrictions.
Innovation Solution
A flight data management device that collects, stores, and provides controlled access to UAV flight data using Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Category M1 technology, enabling efficient data transmission and storage, and managing access rights for different entities, such as pilots, law enforcement, and the public.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If flight data is collected and stored using traditional methods, then data availability is limited, but data volume and accessibility are improved through centralized management
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a flight data management device as an intermediary between UAVs and various entities seeking flight data. This centralised mediator collects, stores, and manages flight data from multiple UAVs, then provides controlled access to authorised entities such as pilots, law enforcement, and the public. The intermediary resolves the contradiction by centralising data management to improve availability while managing complexity through a dedicated specialised system rather than distributed ad-hoc solutions.
2Reliability
If access to flight data is restricted for security reasons, then data security is improved, but data accessibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements local quality by providing different levels of data access to different entities based on their specific needs and authorisation levels. Pilots receive access to their own flight data, law enforcement receives access to relevant investigative data, and the public receives access to limited non-sensitive information. This differentiated access control resolves the contradiction by securing sensitive data while maintaining accessibility for authorised users with appropriate permissions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts data access based on entity type, authorisation level, and specific flight context. Access rights are not static but change depending on who is requesting data and what flight circumstances exist. This dynamic access control allows the system to maintain security while providing appropriate accessibility to different stakeholders.
3Measurement precision
If flight data is not systematically collected, then data collection simplicity is maintained, but data accuracy and completeness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The flight data management device serves multiple functions: collecting data from various UAV sources, storing data systematically, managing access rights, providing data to multiple types of entities, and enabling different use cases including safety monitoring, crash investigation, and regulatory compliance. This universal multi-functional system resolves the contradiction by establishing a comprehensive data collection framework that ensures accuracy and completeness while consolidating complexity into a single managed platform rather than requiring complex distributed collection systems.
Data Source
AI summary
A device can be configured to receive flight data associated with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), at least some of the flight data being received from the UAV; store the flight data; receive, from a requesting device, a flight data request, the flight data request including information identifying the UAV or a flight of the UAV; determine response data based on the flight data request and based on an entity associated with the requesting device, the response data including a subset of the flight data, which is available to be accessed by the entity; and perform an action associated with the response data.