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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Etak Systems, Llc, Huntersville, NC (US);
Inventor:
Lee Priest, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Metal Raptor, LLC, Raleigh, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/02 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/42 (2018.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/04 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G05D 1/04 (2013.01); G08G 5/0008 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/42 (2018.02); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for emergency shutdown and landing by an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for passenger drones include detecting a passenger drone is one of distressed and rogue; determining timing for a shutdown and a location for landing; and communicating the determined timing and the landing location to the passenger drone by the Air Traffic Control system via one or more wireless networks comprising at least one cellular network, wherein the passenger drone is constrained in flight based on cell coverage over the at least one cellular network.