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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Michael S. Gordon, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
James R. Kozloski, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Ashish Kundu, New York, NY (US);
Peter K. Malkin, Ardsley, NY (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and/or computer program product controls operations of an aerial drone within a predetermined airspace. A drone controller device detects a presence of an aerial drone. The drone controller device and the aerial drone negotiate permission to fly within a predetermined airspace under a predefined aerial drone state. In response to successfully negotiating the permission, the drone controller device enables a drone on-board computer to operate the aerial drone within the predetermined airspace in accordance with the predefined aerial drone state.