US 11,757,561 B2
System and method for intercepting unmanned aerial vehicles
Richard Jonathan Whittaker, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to Airshare, Inc., Ottawa (CA)
Appl. No. 16/476,793
Filed by Airshare, Inc., Ottawa (CA)
PCT Filed Jan. 9, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CA2018/050018
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 9, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/129615, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/444,492, filed on Jan. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0360783 A1, Nov. 28, 2019
Int. Cl. H04K 3/00 (2006.01); F41H 11/04 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); F41H 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04K 3/92 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); F41H 11/04 (2013.01); F41H 13/0006 (2013.01); G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); H04K 3/41 (2013.01); H04K 3/43 (2013.01); H04K 3/827 (2013.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01); H04K 2203/22 (2013.01); H04K 2203/36 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for intercepting an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
detecting a target UAV entering a surveillance airspace, and
deploying a plurality of countermeasure (CM) objects into a projected path of the target UAV, the CM objects configured to interfere with operation of one or more propellers of the target UAV so as to disrupt the lift or thrust of the target UAV;
wherein the plurality of CM objects comprises unattached elongated pieces of flexible material having a length greater than 10 centimeters that are capable of further elastically elongating by 250%, and
wherein one or more of the plurality of CM objects stretch by 10% or more when between two rotating propellers of the one or more propellers of the target UAV or when between a rotating propeller of the one or more propellers of the target UAV and another structural feature of the target UAV when disrupting the lift or thrust of the target UAV.