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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2019
Applicant:

Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Brian M. O'Connell, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);

James E. Bostick, Austin, TX (US);

Martin G. Keen, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);

John M. Ganci, Jr., Durham, NC (US);

Assignee:

Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G02B 30/56 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G02B 30/56 (2020.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: examining data specifying a plurality of alternative candidate routes for travel by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from a current location of the UAV to a destination location; selecting one of the alternative candidate routes as a selected route for travel by the UAV; and controlling the UAV so that while the UAV travels along the selected route the UAV emulates a ground based vehicle (GBV).


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