KR20210051960A - Drone/UAS Identification, registration and reservation system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a drone flight reservation, wherein, in a flight reservation system which enables drone/unmanned aerial vehicle identification, pilot identification and registration, and flight permit procedures to be simply, quickly, and accurately performed through a smartphone app, and a system which shares basic UTM information with related organizations safely and efficiently through a portal service capable of collectively handling such services, subsequent measures can be taken against an aerial vehicle that violates regulations in accordance with a flight result report procedure, and an insurance service including an accumulated flight time of the pilot and a drone parts replacement service can also be provided.

Description

Drone/UAS Identification, registration and reservation system}

The present invention is for registering a drone (UAS: Unmanned Aircraft System; unmanned aerial vehicle) by a supplier and a user, identifying it in flight, and flying safely by flight reservation.

Recently, drones have been applied to various industries and demand is increasing rapidly.Drone flight is creating a new paradigm based on differences in aviation laws and systems for safe operation of existing manned aircraft. In the case of drones compared to in the previous flight control system, it is almost impossible to control with equipment such as radar, and it is difficult and suffers from difficulties due to insufficient basic elements for safe operation.

After the end of World War II in 1946, as the demand for civil vehicles increased rapidly, the Vienna Convention was established and used to link license plates, driver's licenses, and international driver's licenses. Vehicle identification numbers (VINs) and vehicle license plates have also been used before and after, and are still in use.

Aircraft are safely operated by International Civil Aviation Organization "ICAO" and ATM (Air Traffic Management) according to the characteristics and requirements of each country, and UTM (Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management: ISO TC20/SC16/WG4) standardized for unmanned aerial vehicles. In preparation), the civilian and personal "UTM" has to fly within 150 meters, so there are many more difficult problems than the civil aviation "ATM", which is identified and controlled by radar and ground control equipment.

In any case, it is essential to interwork internationally with the drone identification number (DIN) and the pilot identification number (PIN). As a problem, the identification of the unmanned aerial vehicle and its pilot is essential.

Although the areas where private and commercial drones can fly and the airspace and time that restrict or prohibit flying are strictly separated, there are a lot of unmanned flights such as exceptional public, fire, environment, police, and national defense, and fly in violation of laws and regulations. It remains a task to solve the problem of unmanned aerial vehicles.

However, in order for "UTM" to identify and safely manage all aircraft, like "ATM", it takes a huge cost and infrastructure to implement a very complex system, which incurs astronomical costs, and it is difficult for related experts to control it. I have too many problems.

In particular, there are many problems that cannot be solved by the existing analog flight permit procedures and management methods operated by aviation-related ministries in each country, so a solution method using IT technology and mobile digital method is required.

Portal server that supports the entire process of drone flight, such as registration for identification of unmanned aerial vehicles (including UAS and drones), identification and registration of pilots, flight permits and post-flight reports, etc., with the user's mobile app in seconds. The drone flight reservation system is configured as shown in FIG. 3 so that the drone users can freely fly anytime, anywhere.

Drone Flight Reservation System (DFRS), which supports users who control or operate drones, can fly easily, simply, quickly and safely, as shown in Fig. 3, by downloading the user's mobile/smartphone app in a few seconds. Based on the identity verification procedure installed in the user's own phone number and sent to the user's own phone number, it starts by verifying the identity of the pilot who has been verified as a member sign-up procedure in which basic information such as name, address, and drone license number is entered.

Register your drone's drone identification number "DIN:Drone Identification Number" (1) with the relevant department through a mobile app, register the pilot identification number "PIN" (2), and apply for flight permission (3). If you apply for the procedure by receiving the screen guidance of the smartphone app, as shown in Fig. 3, the "DFRS" portal server can easily process all procedures such as registration and permission based on the user's information verified in the server of each relevant department. Support.

In particular, flight reservation information that combines spatial information and time information near the place to which flight permission is applied and the planned flight area is available in flight areas (prohibited areas such as expressways and roads 30 meters above and in densely populated areas, areas where secondary accidents are possible, etc.) When the drone flies in a reserved area with high-resolution geofence information entered into the drone by transmitting geofence information and time information from the smartphone to the drone by transmitting the geofence information to the user's smartphone, the drone periodically Unless the information that transmits DIN, PIN, FPN and GPS coordinates, altitude information, time information and reserved information match, monitoring or tracking only inconsistent drones will not only detect unconfirmed drones. Unlawful flight can be prevented, and the drone coordinator can assist the drone to fly safely by avoiding areas where there is a possibility of secondary accidents, including the no-fly zone, so that anyone can freely fly commercial personal drones including special missions anytime, anywhere. I can.

In addition, if the drone reports the profile information at a certain period of time, such as coordinates, altitude, time, etc., recorded during flight through DFRS after flight (4), the error of the coordinator or intentionally invading the geofence, whether an accident occurred or not. In addition, it is possible to determine whether or not to fly illegally, and to support services and insurance services related to the cumulative flight time of the pilot and parts replacement for each life cycle of the drone.

Most of the drones in use up to now do not have proper permission to fly or invade the no-fly zone. In order to exclude very dangerous elements while flying illegally, “UTM”, which is close to “ATM”, requires enormous cost. It is planned and in preparation, but it is not only a problem of cost, but it is essential to build an infrastructure in a wide flight area, and the difference in level to ensure safety is large depending on how it is implemented, and it is not a problem of simple drone flight. There is a need to check and verify various problems and conflicts in order to connect with "ATM" and harmonize with the overall system of society.

If these various problems are handled simply and clearly, and implemented with a portal service and an app service, "DFRS", a minimal system that can fundamentally exclude the 2nd and 3rd safety accidents and mutual verification by both users and operators,

It is possible to identify all unmanned aerial vehicles/drones, as well as the pilot in real time, and minimize flight control costs through tracking and monitoring only aircraft that are out of the scope of the reservation according to the reserved flight route, altitude and mission. The occurrence can be minimized.

In the operation system of the flight reservation system, the development of the drone industry is promoted by establishing a system that fundamentally excludes factors that may cause secondary and tertiary accidents, as well as collision avoidance between drones that will fly in platoons and formations. It is possible to build a foundation for various industries such as courier service in the city center.

1 is a flowchart of the drone identification and registration, pilot identification number registration, flight permission, post-flight report, and the entire drone flight reservation system.
Figure 2 is a detailed procedure and integrity encryption transmission and service structure of the post-flight report
3 is a block diagram of a drone flight reservation system, such as DFRS, UTM, MUTM, and global/ICAO UTM.
Figure 4 shows the life cycle of DIN and PIN in ISO22460-2 drone identification module.

Obtaining a drone identification number 11 by a supplier registration procedure before a drone supplier produces or imports a drone and sells it to a consumer;

When a supplier registers a drone (12), it registers the life cycle (16) and maintenance cycle (16) for each part among the components of the drone, and exchanges or maintains the parts at the time of replacement of the parts of the drone that has flown for a certain period of time. (15) and updating the information;

The drone identification number (1) is a code consisting of a unique identification number such as three digits of the country of manufacture identification code, the three digits of the manufacturer's number, the date of manufacture, serial number, model number, etc. At the same time, it is recorded in a nonvolatile memory or DIM (Fig. 4), and the DIN number is transmitted by radio waves during flight (3B), and the information on which drone is in flight is transmitted to the ground control center 56, and the identification number and the three-dimensional Steps to transmit flight coordinates, etc.

In the case of a DIY drone (13) assembled by an individual not produced by the manufacturer, the assembled individual registers the drone (12), obtains a DIN number, and then registers as a user to any drone that has a toy drone weighing less than 250 grams. Steps to enable you to fly after registration.

Registering (2) the drone and user information purchased by the drone user/drone pilot;

Registration of a pilot with a pilot's license: ISO22460 Drone license number and name, etc., simplify user registration with basic information, and user registration (2) through the DFRS app (20) with the user's smartphone to facilitate user registration. Steps to make it possible

Registration of Unlicensed Pilots: A step in which unlicensed drone pilots can identify the pilot by simply registering the pilot through the app with the pilot's mobile phone number (23).

In the case of drones with ISO22460 drone license, the PIN is recorded in the DIM so that user registration and drone registration can be performed at the same time.

In the case of unlicensed drone pilots, the step in which a drone with a limited weight can be registered as a user within a limited range of missions and then a flight permit can be obtained.

When a user who has completed user registration applies for a flight permit, in the case of a drone 31 with a built-in DIM, it is possible to simply apply for a flight permit with the information recorded in the DIM, but in the case of a drone without DIM, the DIN number and user number To apply for a flight permit

When the DIM (31) applies for a flight license that is owned by the person (32), it is possible to simply apply for a flight license, but in the case of a pilot who is flying by a third party (33), after confirming whether or not he has a license again on the app screen, In the case of licensed pilots, they can simply obtain a flight permit with only their license number and then apply for a flight permit. However, in the case of unlicensed pilots, the step is to restrict flight only when they are subject to limited missions and flight restrictions.

In addition to the DCL (Drone Controller License), a license that controls drones 1:1, the license is a DOL (Drone Operator License) in which an agency or organization controls various types of UAVs for a certain period of time, or a single manipulator controls multiple UAVs at the same time. Steps to separate licenses

Step of entering (34) the purpose of flight such as flight permission date and time, take-off point GPS coordinates, route, mission, etc., and then applying for a flight permit (38), receiving a flight permit number (3F), and then flying (39).

When the drone takes off, recording information such as GPS coordinates, altitude, time (YYMMDDHHMMSS) in memory at regular time intervals and broadcasting DIN and PIN FPN information (3B)

Flight Report (4): Flight information records (3C) recorded at regular time intervals during flight (39) are encrypted with private key (3D) recorded in DIM after flight completion and flight results are reported. Post-flight report integrity transmission (40) step sent to related organizations

As shown in Figure 2, after restoring the encrypted flight record 40 transmitted to the flight report-related agency with the public key 41 to check the presence or absence of an accident in flight (44), in case of an accident, insurance (45) related company insurance If there is no accident, it is recorded in the server as an integrity flight result (46) report. At this time, the step of recording the accumulated flight time (47) of the operator (PIN) so that the accumulated flight time without accidents and the accident record can be separately managed.

Meanwhile, the flight time (48) of the flight report (40) is calculated according to the life cycle (16) of the drone (DIN) component parts and modules registered (16) by the drone manufacturer, and the history of the parts of the drone requiring replacement and repair of parts. Steps to support (15)

Since it can be very complicated and difficult to propel the procedure of the above four embodiments in an analog manner, procedures such as registration and obtaining permission through the DFRS app of a smartphone as shown in FIG. 3 can be performed simply and quickly. If the permit application process is promoted by the reservation system of the present invention, it can be processed more conveniently, conveniently and quickly. In particular, in the process of applying for a flight permit and receiving the flight permit number "FPN", If the drone flies with the geofence information 54 transmitted to the driver's smartphone app and retransmits the geofence information to the drone by sending the geofence information 54 such as 30m above the highway or highway where an accident may occur, Steps to ensure safe flight without access to areas and altitudes where secondary accidents may occur

Meanwhile, coordinate information of the reserved area and information 55 such as altitude information and reservation time are displayed on the 3D map screen, and if the information 3B broadcasted in real time during flight by the actual drone coincides, it is blue and does not coincide. Unidentified drones/UASs are marked in red to share 3D flight information with the UTM (56) service provider so that normal reservations and abnormal or unidentified aircraft can be classified and managed safely.

1. Drone/unmanned aerial vehicle registration and identification number DIN (Drone Identification Number)
2. User registration and pilot identification number PIN (Pilot Identification Number)
3. Flight Permit and Flight Permit Number FPN (Flight Permit Number)
4. Flight Result Report FRR (Flight Result Report)
5. Drone Flight Reservation System DFRS (Drone Flight Reservation System)
11. Check whether it is DIN 12. Registered as a supplier
13. DIY (Drone/Assembled by myself) UAS 14. Registered DIN
15. Maintenance (periodic parts exchange) service 16. Drone supplier parts registration 20. DFRS user registration app
21. ISO22460 drone pilot license holder 22. ISO22460 drone license number
23. Unlicensed drone pilot mobile phone number, address, name, etc.
24. Record PIN in ISO22460-2 Drone Identity Module (DIM)
25. Limited missions and limited drone types for unlicensed drone pilots
26. Registered the pilot registration number "PIN" in related organizations
27. Drone License Category DCL/DOL/DDL 30. DFRS App Flight Permit Application
31. DIM in drone 32. DIM owner 33. DIM surrogate controller
34. Flight Permit Application Details Flight date and time, flight coordinates and route, altitude mission, etc.
35. Limited missions for unlicensed pilots and restrictions on drone types
36. Line-of-sight flight / Non-line-of-sight flight 37. Special mission In-line flight
38. Application for flight permit to relevant organizations 39. Unmanned aerial vehicle/drone flight
3A. Communication equipment for police/related organizations flying drone inquiry
3B. Information such as DIN, PIN, FPN, GPS coordinates, altitude, and time transmitted by drones in flight
3C. Information such as GPS coordinates, altitude, time, etc. that are periodically recorded by drones in flight
3D. Asymmetric encryption key (private key) recorded in DIM
3E. Encrypted flight record transmission 3F. Flight Permit No. FPN 41. Public Key of Related Organizations for Non-Orientation Result Report 42. Asymmetric Cryptographic Decryption Module
43. Electronically signed flight result report 44. Accident and fall during flight
45. Insurance Accident Handling 46. Integrity Flight Result Report
47. Record the cumulative flight time of the drone pilot
48. Drone maintenance and parts exchange service by flight time
49. Legal violation verification system 4A. Drone punishment/billing for violation of laws and regulations
4B. Mission completed
51. DFRS smartphone app installation and drone registration
52. Flight permit and reservation through smartphone app
53. Geofence Service
54. Sending Geofence to Drone/UAS
55. Flight information such as reserved DIN, PIN, flight reservation number, GPS coordinates, altitude time, etc.
56. UTM Server
57. The 3B information broadcasted by the drone and the reserved information match/discord color display.

Claims (1)

Registering user information including a drone identification number obtained by a drone registration procedure of a supplier and a pilot identification number of a drone user in the drone flight reservation system by the app of the user terminal;
Application of a drone flight reservation and permission for the drone by transmitting flight reservation information to the drone flight reservation system by the app of the user terminal;
The drone flight reservation system interlocks with a server of a flight permit-related institution to process a pilot verification, flight reservation, and permission;
Receiving, by an app of the user terminal, a flight permit number and geofence information from a drone flight reservation system;
Transmitting geofence information to the drone by the app of the user terminal;
Storing and broadcasting flight information as flight information records at preset time intervals during flight by the drone; And
After the flight, the application of the user terminal receives the encrypted flight information record from the drone and transmits it to the server of the flight report-related institution through the drone flight reservation system;
Drone flight reservation and flight management method, including.

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