WO2020136419A1 - Control system helping to maintain striking distance with target - Google Patents

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WO2020136419A1
WO2020136419A1 PCT/IB2018/060634 IB2018060634W WO2020136419A1 WO 2020136419 A1 WO2020136419 A1 WO 2020136419A1 IB 2018060634 W IB2018060634 W IB 2018060634W WO 2020136419 A1 WO2020136419 A1 WO 2020136419A1
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Pratik Sharma
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G5/00—Traffic control systems for aircraft, e.g. air-traffic control [ATC]
    • G08G5/0004—Transmission of traffic-related information to or from an aircraft
    • G08G5/0013—Transmission of traffic-related information to or from an aircraft with a ground station
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D1/00—Control of position, course or altitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
    • G05D1/10—Simultaneous control of position or course in three dimensions
    • G05D1/101—Simultaneous control of position or course in three dimensions specially adapted for aircraft
    • G05D1/104—Simultaneous control of position or course in three dimensions specially adapted for aircraft involving a plurality of aircrafts, e.g. formation flying
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G5/00—Traffic control systems for aircraft, e.g. air-traffic control [ATC]
    • G08G5/0017—Arrangements for implementing traffic-related aircraft activities, e.g. arrangements for generating, displaying, acquiring or managing traffic information
    • G08G5/0026—Arrangements for implementing traffic-related aircraft activities, e.g. arrangements for generating, displaying, acquiring or managing traffic information located on the ground
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G5/00—Traffic control systems for aircraft, e.g. air-traffic control [ATC]
    • G08G5/0043—Traffic management of multiple aircrafts from the ground
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G5/00—Traffic control systems for aircraft, e.g. air-traffic control [ATC]
    • G08G5/0047—Navigation or guidance aids for a single aircraft
    • G08G5/0069—Navigation or guidance aids for a single aircraft specially adapted for an unmanned aircraft
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G5/00—Traffic control systems for aircraft, e.g. air-traffic control [ATC]
    • G08G5/0073—Surveillance aids
    • G08G5/0082—Surveillance aids for monitoring traffic from a ground station

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  • a centralised control system which helps to maintain striking distance with their targets for respective drones.
  • the centralised control system will have access to the list of targets intruding the air space shared by the fleet of drones and will use any behaviour flocking algorithm to understand the respective flight paths of the targets, the manoeuvring motions of the targets, the objects under attack by the targets, etc.
  • the centralised control system informs each of the respective drones about the next estimated geographical coordinate of their target in next few seconds if applicable, current geographical coordinate of their target, flight path taken by their target in last few time units, image and information about next target to hit, etc.
  • the drone might also use its own target object detection and tracking technique to be within striking distance of the target. If the above drone loses track of the target, then it will either wait for the periodic update of the target information from the centralised control system or it will request the centralised control system for the up-to-date target information.

Abstract

Here there is an air space shared by a fleet of drones and each drone is assigned a target to hit based on parameters like type of drone, target type, proximity, priority, etc. by the centralised control system. The centralised control system will have access to the list of targets intruding the air space shared by the fleet of drones and will use any behaviour flocking algorithm to understand the respective flight paths of the targets, the manoeuvring motions of the targets, the objects under attack by the targets, etc. Based on the above gathered information, periodically the centralised control system informs each of the respective drones about the next estimated geographical coordinate of their target in next few seconds if applicable, current geographical coordinate of their target, flight path taken by their target in last few time units, image and information about next target to hit, etc.

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Control System Helping To Maintain Striking Distance With Target
In this invention we have a centralised control system which helps to maintain striking distance with their targets for respective drones. There is an air space shared by a fleet of drones and each drone is assigned a target to hit based on parameters like type of drone, target type, proximity, priority, etc. by the centralised control system. The centralised control system will have access to the list of targets intruding the air space shared by the fleet of drones and will use any behaviour flocking algorithm to understand the respective flight paths of the targets, the manoeuvring motions of the targets, the objects under attack by the targets, etc. Based on the above gathered information, periodically the centralised control system informs each of the respective drones about the next estimated geographical coordinate of their target in next few seconds if applicable, current geographical coordinate of their target, flight path taken by their target in last few time units, image and information about next target to hit, etc. The drone might also use its own target object detection and tracking technique to be within striking distance of the target. If the above drone loses track of the target, then it will either wait for the periodic update of the target information from the centralised control system or it will request the centralised control system for the up-to-date target information.

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Claims Following is the claim for this invention:-
1. In this invention we have a centralised control system which helps to maintain striking distance with their targets for respective drones. There is an air space shared by a fleet of drones and each drone is assigned a target to hit based on parameters like type of drone, target type, proximity, priority, etc. by the centralised control system. The centralised control system will have access to the list of targets intruding the air space shared by the fleet of drones and will use any behaviour flocking algorithm to understand the respective flight paths of the targets, the manoeuvring motions of the targets, the objects under attack by the targets, etc. Based on the above gathered information, periodically the centralised control system informs each of the respective drones about the next estimated geographical coordinate of their target in next few seconds if applicable, current geographical coordinate of their target, flight path taken by their target in last few time units, image and information about next target to hit, etc. The drone might also use its own target object detection and tracking technique to be within striking distance of the target. If the above drone loses track of the target, then it will either wait for the periodic update of the target information from the centralised control system or it will request the centralised control system for the up-to- date target information. The above novel technique of providing a centralised control system helping to maintain striking distance with the target for a drone is the claim for this invention.
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US20160293018A1 (en) * 2015-04-01 2016-10-06 Korea University Research And Business Foundation Method of controlling fleet of drones
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