FLIGHT CONTROL FOR FLIGHT-RESTRICTED REGIONS

摘要

Systems, methods, and devices are provided for providing flight response to flight-restricted regions. The location of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may be compared with a location of a flight-restricted region. If needed a flight-response measure may be taken by the UAV to prevent the UAV from flying in a no-fly zone. Different flight-response measures may be taken based on the distance between the UAV and the flight-restricted region and the rules of a jurisdiction within which the UAV falls.

主权项

1. A method for assessing flight response of an unmanned aerial vehicle to a flight-restricted region, said method comprising:
assessing a location of the unmanned aerial vehicle; assessing a location of a flight-restricted region; calculating, with aid of a processor, a distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the flight-restricted region using the location of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the location of the flight-restricted region; assessing, with aid of the processor, whether the distance falls within a first distance threshold or a second distance threshold greater than the first distance threshold; and instructing the unmanned aerial vehicle to take (1) a first flight response measure when the distance falls within the first distance threshold, and (2) a second flight response measure different from the first flight response measure when the distance falls within the second distance threshold and outside the first distance threshold, wherein the second flight response measure is different from a behavior of the unmanned aerial vehicle outside the second distance threshold.