UAV Location Access Management with Dynamic Geo-Fencing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing location management systems for aerial vehicles lack flexibility and interoperability, relying on predefined restricted areas that may not reflect the current status of a given area, leading to potential unauthorized operation in unexpected or controlled airspaces.
Innovation Solution
A location manager requests access data from an access manager based on location data, receives geo-fencing data, and sends it to the vehicle, enabling dynamic geo-fencing and proximity warnings, with user verification for restricted areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If predefined restricted areas are used to limit UAV operation, then system simplicity is maintained, but flexibility and adaptability to current area status are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an access manager as an intermediary component between the location manager and the UAV. The access manager receives location data, determines access status based on current area information, and provides geo-fencing data back to the location manager. This intermediary enables the system to adapt to current area status without requiring complex direct integration between all components.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from static predefined restricted areas to dynamic geo-fencing that can be updated in real-time. The access manager continuously or periodically updates geo-fencing data based on current area status, allowing the restricted areas to be dynamically adjusted rather than fixed beforehand.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional predefined restricted area systems are used, then implementation simplicity is maintained, but interoperability and flexibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The access manager serves multiple functions: it receives location data from the location manager, determines access status based on various area conditions, manages geo-fencing data, and provides updates back to the location manager. This multi-functional design improves interoperability while maintaining implementation ease through a centralized management approach.
3Reliability
If real-time geo-fencing data is implemented, then location access control accuracy is improved, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex data processing and access determination logic into a separate access manager component. This component handles the complexity of interpreting current area status, determining access levels, and generating geo-fencing data, while the location manager simply receives and transmits location data and instructions.
Data Source
AI summary
A method includes controlling a user interface of a client device to display one or more regions, controlling the user interface to, for each of the one or more regions, display visual information corresponding to an access level of the region at the region displayed on the user interface, and in response to the access level of one region of the one or more regions changing, controlling to adjust the visual information of the one region to obtain adjusted visual information, and controlling the user interface to display the adjusted visual information at the one region displayed on the user interface. The access level of each region is one of a plurality of access levels having different restrictions on whether and how the client device or a movable object controlled by the client device accesses the region. Different ones of the plurality of access levels have different visual information.