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Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017

Filed:

May. 14, 2015
Applicants:

John W. Borghese, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Arlen E. Breiholz, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Inventors:

John W. Borghese, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Arlen E. Breiholz, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Assignee:

Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method can provide a warning of a drone or unmanned aerial vehicle in the vicinity of an airport. The apparatus can include at least one antenna directionally disposed at an along the approach or departure path and a detector configured to provide a warning of a presence of sense an unmanned aerial or drone. The warning can be provided in response to a radio frequency signal received by the at least one of the antenna being in a frequency band associated with a transmission frequency for the unmanned aerial vehicle or drone or in a frequency band associated with interaction from receive circuitry of the unmanned aerial vehicle or drone.


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