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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2020
Unmanned aerial vehicle ad-hoc clustering and collaboration via shared intent and operator discovery
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Baltimore, MD (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Dana L. Price, Surf City, NC (US);
Aaron J. Quirk, Raleigh, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for establishing an ad-hoc collaboration between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are provided. A method includes: configuring intent data of a first UAV using a controller of the first UAV; configuring a collaboration plan for the first UAV and a second UAV based on a determination of a shared intent between the first UAV and the second UAV; executing the collaboration plan by flying the first UAV and gathering data using the first UAV based on the collaboration plan; and sharing the gathered data with an operator of the second UAV.