Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Shane Pierce Williams

Matthew S Fanelli

Tariq Rashid

Jonathan Evans

Dana Maher

Eric T Ringer

Jared Nelson Muirhead

Michael David Bergeron

Jonathan R Natiuk

Amie Kuttruff

Alexei P Yagolnikov

John William Fahey

Gregory Bauwens

Leah Brady

James Paul Smith

A device can receive obstacle data from a plurality of sources. The obstacle data can include location data associated with obstacles. The device can determine weightings for the obstacles based on the plurality of sources. Each of the weightings can indicate a measure of reliability/accuracy of the information regarding an obstacle. The device can process the obstacle data to associate the obstacles with airspace voxel(s), that represent one or more 3D portions of airspace, based on the location data, receive flight parameters relating to a proposed flight plan of a UAV through airspace represented by a set of airspace voxels, determine whether the set of airspace voxels includes any of the airspace voxel(s), and perform one or more actions to cause a recommendation, regarding the proposed flight plan and based on the determination, to be provided. The recommendation can be based on one or more of the weightings.

Flight planning using obstacle data

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may include a communication interface and a pressure sensor configured to measure barometric pressure. The UAV may also include a processor configured to generate a request for elevation data and barometric pressure data and transmit, via the communication interface, the request to the at least one other device. The processor may also be configured to receive, from each of the at least one other device, elevation data and barometric pressure data, and estimate the elevation of the UAV based on the measured barometric pressure, the received elevation data and the received barometric pressure data.

Systems and methods for generating vertical positioning information for unmanned aerial vehicles

A device includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute instructions to receive first operator input and generate layers for a map based on the first operator input. The layers include features to indicate whether an Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operator should or could fly a UAV in an airspace corresponding to an area within the map. The processor is also configured to receive second operator input that specifies a path on the map, for a UAV flight.

Rendering layers of airspace map for uncrewed aerial vehicle flight planning

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