US 11,914,024 B2
Systems, methods, and devices for drone detection using an outdoor lighting network
Dong Han, Newton, MA (US); Jia Hu, Brookline, MA (US); Abhishek Murthy, Arlington, MA (US); and Jin Yu, Lexington, MA (US)
Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/299,410
Filed by SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jan. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/050348
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/144245, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/790,039, filed on Jan. 9, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 19156567 (EP), filed on Feb. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0057503 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 13/66 (2006.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/87 (2006.01); G01S 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 13/66 (2013.01) [F21V 23/0471 (2013.01); G01S 13/86 (2013.01); G01S 13/87 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A system for drone detection using an outdoor lighting network, comprising:
one or more lighting fixtures;
one or more radar sensors configured to detect a moving object in an outside environment;
one or more controllers configured to:
receive data from one or more sensors;
determine the velocity and velocity change rate of the object over a period of time;
determine, by the one or more radar sensors in the outdoor lighting network, if the moving object is a drone based on the monitored velocity or velocity change rate of the moving object, the moving object being determined to be a drone if the monitored velocity or velocity change rate is substantially constant;
if the moving object is determined to be a drone:
analyze flight data pertaining to the drone to determine the starting location of the drone;
send a signal indicating the starting location of the drone.