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Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2024
Applicant:

Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD (US);

Inventors:

Kevin Kornegay, Middle River, MD (US);

Denzel Hamilton, Upper Marlboro, MD (US);

Assignee:

Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/617 (2024.01); G05D 1/248 (2024.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); G05D 101/15 (2024.01); G05D 109/20 (2024.01); G05D 111/10 (2024.01); G05D 111/30 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/617 (2024.01); G05D 1/248 (2024.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); G05D 2101/15 (2024.01); G05D 2109/20 (2024.01); G05D 2111/17 (2024.01); G05D 2111/32 (2024.01);
Abstract

A safety assurance system and apparatus for improving the safety of unmanned vehicles where various computer, GPS and proximity data is collected onboard from the unmanned vehicle and transmitted to a ground/home station, where the data is assigned values according to fuzzy logic rules. The values are input to a fuzzy logic safety module and three different fuzzy logic security modules to safety and risk scores. The safety and risk scores are then applied to a decision tree to determine whether the native navigation control system should be confirmed to continue mission or overridden to hover/idle in place, land in place or return to home.


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