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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2016
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Ernesto Valls Hernández, Madrid, ES;
Francisco A. Navarro Félix, Madrid, ES;
David Sánchez Tamargo, Madrid, ES;
Carlos Querejeta Masaveu, Madrid, ES;
Jesús Cuadrado Sánchez, Madrid, ES;
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for autonomous generation of shortest lateral paths for unmanned aerial systems are described. An example method includes defining an area between a source point and a target point; identifying a first no flight zone within the area; identifying a second no flight zone outside of the area; estimating a first computation time to determine a first lateral path between the source point and the target point, the estimating to consider the first no flight zone, the estimating not to consider the second no flight zone; comparing the first computation time to a reference computation time; in response to the first computation time not satisfying a threshold of the reference computation time, modifying the first no flight zone to be a third no flight zone; and estimating a second computation time to determine a second lateral path between the source point and the target point, the estimating to consider the third no flight zone.