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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:
Oct. 28, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2023
Applicant:

Caes Systems Llc, Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

Brian Adam Hetsko, Lancaster, PA (US);

Brent Franklin Davis, Windsor, PA (US);

Darrell Ray Snader, Manheim, PA (US);

Assignee:

CAES Systems LLC, Arlington, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/86 (2024.01); G01S 13/08 (2006.01); G01S 13/89 (2006.01); G05D 1/69 (2024.01); G05D 109/20 (2024.01); G05D 111/30 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/86 (2024.01); G01S 13/08 (2013.01); G01S 13/89 (2013.01); G05D 1/69 (2024.01); G05D 2109/20 (2024.01); G05D 2111/30 (2024.01);
Abstract

Systems, cooperative uncrewed vehicles, and methods for detecting an uncooperative uncrewed vehicle within a plurality of cooperative uncrewed vehicles are provided. For example, a system may include a plurality of cooperative uncrewed vehicles. Each cooperative vehicle is configured to transmit a respective first RF signal containing a unique ID code, receive reflections of the first RF signal reflected off other cooperative vehicles and at least one uncooperative vehicle, calculate a distance at which the first RF signal was reflected, create one or more point clouds corresponding to the reflections of the first RF signal; determine distances to each of the cooperative vehicles, and correlate the point clouds with distances to each of the cooperative vehicles to determine which of the point clouds is associated with which of the cooperative vehicles and therefore which point cloud is associated with the uncooperative vehicle.


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