The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2014
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Varadarajan Gopalakrishnan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jesper Mikael Johansson, Redmond, WA (US);
James Domit Mackraz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jon Arron McClintock, Seattle, WA (US);
Brandon William Porter, Yarrow Point, WA (US);
Andrew Jay Roths, Kenmore, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Uncrewed autonomous vehicles ('UAVs') may navigate from one location to another location. Described herein are systems, devices, and methods providing countermeasures for threats that may compromise the UAVs. A plurality of UAVs may establish a mesh network to distribute information to one another. A first UAV may receive external data from a second UAV using the mesh network. The external data may be used to confirm or cross-check data such as location, heading, altitude, and so forth. Disagreement between data generated by the first UAV with external data from the second UAV may result in the determination that the first UAV is compromised. Remedial actions may be taken, such as the first UAV may be directed to a safe location to land or park, may receive commands from another UAV, and so forth.